After the warships of the Ming Navy were over, the warships of the Ming Navy were broken down into four parts. One was the Tianjin Navy, one was the Dengzhou Navy, one was the Fujian Navy, and one was the Guangdong Navy. Now, the warships of the Tianjin Navy and the Dengzhou Navy are all in the hands of the White Army. The warships of the two major navy divisions were about ten. However, Xu Xingxia meant that he was not ready to use the original warships at all. He was planning to dismantle all of these lucky ships and sell them to civilians as transport ships.

All warships of the Tianjin Navy and Dengzhou Navy were sealed off, and all officers and soldiers were disbanded. The only way they wanted to participate in the White Army Navy was to participate in the assessment of the White Army Navy. No matter what position you were originally and what origins you were from, you were a piece of paper in front of the White Army Navy. If you failed the assessment, everything would be useless.[]

To build a navy, the first thing to do is to build a ship. This is Xu Xingxia’s most difficult problem at present. It is not because he has no money, nor because he has no shipyard, nor because he has no skilled technical workers, but because he does not have combat ships that Xu Xingxia is satisfied with.

He took time to inspect all the warships of the Ming Dynasty, and the final result was that he shook his head and was very dissatisfied. To be honest, he disliked all the warships of the Ming Navy.

There were many posts in later generations saying that the No. 1 Fu Ship was two feet away. From this, it was inferred that the displacement of the Fu Ship was more than four or five thousand tons. Some people even inferred that the displacement of the treasure ship was more than ten thousand tons. In fact, this is all nonsense. The records of the ancients were not trustworthy as long as they were used. If you believe in the ancients’ numbers without thinking, you will definitely be a brain-dead man.

The displacement is two meters, which means more than six meters. What is this? The modern-class destroyer of the Russian Navy in later generations has a standard displacement of 6,500 tons and a full load displacement of nearly 8,000.

Ton, the draft is only about 6 meters. The Chinese-made "Shenzhen" destroyer is an all-steel missile destroyer with a very slender body, and the captain is 153

meter, ship width 165

The water displacement exceeds 5,000 tons, and the draft is only six meters.

It should be known that these are pure steel warships, and they are incomparable to warships made of wood. They are also six meters tall and wood warships are at least several times larger in size than steel warships. Otherwise, how could they achieve such an amazing displacement? It is no joke that five or six thousand tons of wood are yarded together.

In addition, since both the lucky ship and the treasure ship are flat-bottomed ships, the buoyancy generated by the sea water is high. If you want to reach a depth of six meters of draft, the displacement should be at least three or four times that of modern steel warships. What does this mean? It means that any lucky ship and treasure ship are wooden warships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons.

It should be noted that the draft of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the later American Empire was only about 11 meters. It was a super giant with a displacement of more than 100,000 tons, and even a twelve-level typhoon could not be swept. Considering the proportion of wood and steel, the wooden warship with a draft of about 6 meters should be approximately the same as that of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.

Of course, the original shipbuilding of the Ming Navy was not useless. Xu Xingxia believed that the largest treasure ship should have a displacement of more than 1,000 tons. It was possible to build such a huge warship in the early Ming Dynasty, which shows that the shipbuilding process of the Ming Dynasty was quite advanced. With such a solid foundation, he would have achieved twice the result with half the effort to build a larger warship.

Unfortunately, it is a pity that most of the shipbuilding information was lost when the Jinghai policy was implemented. It is quite difficult to find it out at once. After the White Army conquered Beijing, Xu Xingxia immediately sent people to search for information about shipbuilding everywhere. As a result, there is no definite statement until now. According to the information summarized at present, most of the shipbuilding information has been completely burned down, and I am afraid it will not be found.

In fact, even if all these information was found, Xu Xingxia would not be very satisfied. Because he always felt that the various warships of the Ming Navy were no longer suitable for the needs of the times. When Zheng He went to the West, those warships might be fine. However, two hundred years have passed, and it has to be said that these warships are really a bit out of date.

The reason is actually very simple. When Zheng He went to the West, there was no maritime power in the entire East Asia, even the entire Asian region, and the entire world. Zheng He's fleet would not be subject to strong challenges no matter where he arrived. However, two hundred years later, the rise of the Age of Discovery and the arrival of Western powers made Zheng He's fleet pale. In this era of wars on the sea, the Ming Dynasty was left far away.

From a political perspective, the Ming Dynasty's policy of Jinghai made itself suffer and gave up the great opportunity of the Age of Discovery. If the Ming Dynasty actively participated in the Great Vesselage and with the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, it would definitely be able to seize the opportunity of others and turn most parts of the world into its own colonies. It is not difficult to build an empire in the East that does not set sun. Unfortunately, once the opportunity is missed, it will be lost forever.

From a technical perspective, the original warships of the Ming Navy were all flat-bottomed ships. They all had flat-bottomed ships, including lucky ships and treasure ships. The stable navigation of the flat-bottomed ships is conducive to transportation, resistance to wind and waves, but not conducive to combat. The biggest disadvantage of flat-bottomed ships is that they are very poor in mobility and have too low operational flexibility, which seems slow and bulky. In the fierce naval battle, if there is no mobility, it is simply a target of being beaten and seeking death by yourself.

To be precise, all the warships of the Eastern countries were punt ships at that time. They often took on transportation tasks. In fact, the transportation capacity of punt ships was indeed very powerful. It seems that the No. 1 Fu Ship, although the displacement is not large, it is only about 400 tons, but it can carry about 2,500 stones (about 220 tons). In terms of cost-effectiveness, it is much stronger than Western merchant ships. It is very stable when sailing.

The most important point is that all lucky ships and treasure ships cannot be called professional combat ships. They are all mixed with commercial warfare. In other words, in addition to taking on the functions of warships, they also have to take on the functions of merchant ships. Each lucky ship and treasure ship is designed with a special cargo warehouse. This inevitably leads to many defects in the design of warships. If you have to fight and pick up goods, how can you have the best of both worlds? You can't do it in the future!

It seems that when Zheng He went to the West, all the treasure ships and blessing ships were actually loaded with a large amount of supplies. Otherwise, Zheng He would not have been able to have so many people and so many ships, without a fixed supply port to supply supplies. At that time, it was still very far away to the coast of Africa. Therefore, from a military perspective, these ships were called transport ships or multi-purpose ships.

On the contrary, all the warships of the Western powers were pointed-bottom ships. The biggest feature of pointed-bottom ships is flexibility in maneuverability. In fierce naval battles, pointed-bottom ships were conducive to the maneuverability and thus gaining the upper hand. At that time, the upper hand position was very important. Basically, whoever could get the upper hand position had a higher chance of winning.

At the same time, the pointed-bottom ship has a natural advantage in alleviating the recoil of the artillery. The draft of the pointed-bottom ship is conducive to the ship's sharp inclination. The tilt of the ship can effectively alleviate the recoil of the cannon fire. Otherwise, the recoil generated by the volley of a hundred large and small cannons is definitely not a joke, and the entire ship will be shattered.

From a professional perspective, what Xu Xingxia needs is the most professional combat ship. His navy does not need to undertake any other tasks. The only task is combat. Therefore, in the design of the warship, every minute of resources should be devoted to combat. Wasting any resources in other aspects is very shameful and explicitly prohibited.

With the gradual development of world shipbuilding technology, various large sail battleships will appear. Sea giants will appear one after another. Especially in several countries such as Spain, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, their sail battleships will become larger and larger tonnage, the number of cannons will become larger and larger, and the caliber of cannons will become larger and larger.

In the end, the displacement of the first-class sail battleship will exceed 2,000 tons. The number of cannons will exceed more than 100. At the same time, their number will increase. The White-Clothed Navy is just starting out and it is impossible to build such a large battleship. Even the White-Clothed Navy does not even have much experience in building a pointed-bottom ship.

"How to force?"

"Borrow!"

Xu Xingxia decided to collect relevant battleship drawings with a lot of money.

The conflicts between the Western powers are actually very deep. As long as they have conflicts, it is easy to deal with. For their own interests, or purely for money, there will definitely be someone who is willing to sell battleship drawings to the White Army Navy. Xu Xingxia does not expect to get the most advanced and largest super giant battleship drawings immediately, and it is enough to have small and medium-sized battleships.

Whether it is the British or the Dutch warships, they are actually quite good in design. Especially in the design of battleships with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons, there is no big difference. As long as you can buy the drawings of a certain level of warships, the White Navy can improve them according to their needs and then imitate them desperately.
Chapter completed!