In addition to the army, there is also the Royal Navy, after Xiao Tianjian returned to Nanjing, Xiao Tianjian directly grasped the construction of the navy, under his will, the original Songjiang Mansion and Ningbo Mansion two places of the naval army, was greatly expanded into six water battalions, in addition to the old Zheng He treasure shipyard outside Nanjing, under Xiao Tianjian's spare effort, was also completely rebuilt, the old dock was re-excavated, forming a total of six docks of the shipyard, the dock in the re-excavation of the wharf, It has also been expanded into a medium-sized dock that can undertake the construction of more than 2,000 materials, and various shipyards are equipped with such as sail rope workshops, iron workshops, tung oil workshops, etc., in addition to various timber warehouses, hemp rope warehouses, and tung oil warehouses for storing materials...... Facilities to serve shipyards have also sprung up.

At the same time, more than 2,000 apprentices were recruited into the shipyard and the auxiliary workshop of the shipyard, while helping to lay hands, while learning the skills of shipbuilding, each craftsman is responsible for bringing a few apprentices, first in the way of passing on the help, to teach the apprentices, in the future, these people will be the basis for the expansion of shipbuilding industry in various parts of the country, it will not take five or six years, as long as the capital investment of the China and North Korea can keep up, China will re-erupt huge production potential, Become a major shipbuilding country in the world.

In addition, under the supervision of Xiao Tianjian, the shipyard stopped the construction of all civilian ships after September, and went all out to start building warships for the navy.

As for the larger Dafu ship and the Fu ship, it can't be built for the time being, which is not counting the things that make Xiao Tianjian depressed, and the thing that makes Xiao Tianjian even more depressed is that when the first Haicang ship was launched, Xiao Tianjian rushed to the shipyard to watch the launch of the Haicang ship.

Forget about the fact that the displacement of the Haicang ship is not large, Xiao Tianjian can ignore it, after all, the Nanjing shipyard has just resumed production, and it can't build too big a warship overnight, but when asked about the performance of the Haicang ship, Xiao Tianjian was really disappointed.

Xiao Tianjian didn't know how to ship, before he crossed over to this era, he only stayed at some limited information and some foreign films and television on ancient naval battles, thinking that the warships of this era, whether Chinese or Western, were covered with cannons on both sides, and drove to the sea to open the battle line to bombard, such a scene was really exciting.

But after asking about the performance of the Haicang ship they built at the moment, Xiao Tianjian was disappointed and almost ordered the Haicang ship to be dismantled and pulled down on the spot.

It turned out that when Xiao Tianjian asked about the number of guns loaded on the Haicang ship, the craftsmen of the shipyard told Xiao Tianjian that this ship could be equipped with four thousand-pound furlong guns, that is, medium-sized furlong cannons, and on both sides of the ship, they could only install small cannons like bowls, and even the cannonballs were only more than four pounds, and they did not dare to install the big hair that had already been eliminated by the big Chinese army, otherwise when the guns were fired, the recoil would crack the hull and cause the ship to sink into the water.

The rest of the armament was at best a few muskets, bows, swords, ash bottles, spray cans, fire bricks, and the like.

After listening to it, Xiao Tianjian knew that he was thinking too simply, the sailors of the Ming Dynasty were powerful, and they were completely blown out, so he hurriedly asked someone to inquire about the Ming Dynasty sailor warships, and after a careful understanding, he figured out that the sailors of the Ming Dynasty were already too far behind the West in this era.

Although it cannot be denied that China's shipbuilding industry was very developed in the past, and it once created excellent sea ships such as Fuchuan Guangchuan and Sha Ship, but because of the use of ribs, although it played the role of a watertight compartment, the sinking resistance of Chinese ships has been greatly improved, but because there are no solid ribs, the structure of the ship cannot withstand the huge recoil force when the cannon fires, and in addition, it cannot form a connected deck on the warship like the Western sail warship, and can only place the cannon in the bow and stern of the strongest structure. On both sides of the ship, only light guns such as bowl-mouth guns or small furlongs can be placed on the upper deck, and even the three-pounder guns that the Great Chinese Army has begun to dismantle, when placed on the ship, there is a possibility that the deck will crack when the fire is fired.

This result made Xiao Tianjian very discouraged, which fully shows that China's shipbuilding level and technology have begun to lag far behind Western countries in this era.

But even so, Xiao Tianjian could not immediately start building sail warships similar to those of the West, and could only build such Haicang ships to meet the needs of the navy temporarily, otherwise, his navy would have to rely on sampans to guard the coast.

In this way, although he was not satisfied with the performance of the Haicang ships, but something is better than nothing, Xiao Tianjian still urged the shipyard to build nearly 30 Haicang ships for the navy at a rapid speed in the first two or three months, and immediately delivered them to the naval forces of Songjiang and Ningbo Prefectures.

At the same time, Xiao Tianjian also issued an order to temporarily implement sea closure measures in Zhejiang, Shandong and the coastal areas of Nanzhili, in addition to cutting off the Zheng family's access to goods in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Nanzhili on land, but also forcing the Zheng family to temporarily unable to obtain supplies and commodities in the coastal areas, causing some losses to Zheng Zhilong Group.

Of course, this sea closure strategy is only a temporary measure, as long as the matter in the south is resolved, Xiao Tianjian will definitely still open the sea ban, so that Chinese maritime merchants can go to the sea and go abroad.

In recent months, in addition to transferring naval divisions and soldiers from the interior to supplement the water battalions of Songjiang Prefecture and Ningbo Prefecture, Liu Jiang has also recruited a lot of fishermen from the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to join the army.

In this regard, under Xiao Tianjian's attention, the military department also added a group of soldiers to the navy, and enriched the navy, including a group of graduates of the martial arts hall with good quality, although they are not familiar with naval warfare, but their military quality is far more than that of ordinary soldiers, and these people will become the backbone of the navy in the future.

As for the Navy Martial Arts Hall, although the Ministry of War was established in Ningbo Mansion in accordance with Xiao Tianjian's intentions, but at present, because of the extreme lack of talents, it has only built a framework, and the first batch has only recruited more than 100 teenagers to enroll, first learn some simple things about boat manipulation and water warfare, if you want to establish a real naval academy, there is still a long way to go in the future, Xiao Tianjian also knows that it is impossible to eat a fat man in one bite, so he is not too pressing.

Liu Jiang according to the deadline set by Xiao Tianjian for him, in early December, on the sea outside Ningbo Mansion, launched the first battle since the official establishment of the navy, Liu Jiang personally led the fleet and thousands of naval generals, in addition Liu Yaoben also sent two elite battalions under his command to cooperate with the navy, outside Ningbo Mansion, forcibly against the Zheng family naval division entrenched in the Zhoushan area, launched a large-scale landing war, the navy with warships first dragged the Zheng family naval division at sea, Then, the army under Liu Yaoben's command and the two newly formed marine battalions took the opportunity to take various variegated ships and forcibly landed on the Zhoushan Islands, and fought with the Zheng family's men and horses entrenched on them, island by island, and finally after the navy paid a considerable price, a Zheng family naval division entrenched in the Zhoushan Islands area, which had recently frequently attacked the coastal areas of Zhejiang, was driven out of the Zhoushan Islands.

Although the price paid by the navy in this battle is not small, but the harvest is not small, the biggest gain is to let the newly built large and medium-sized navy, for the first time experience what is called naval warfare, even if it is only primary, for the royal navy that has just been formed, it is also rare, which is undoubtedly very important for the development of the navy in the future.

And this battle, but also let the Dazhong Dynasty understand the strength of the Zheng family's sailors, at the sea, at least now the Zheng family's sailors are still a force that can not be underestimated, when they are fighting at sea, experienced, and very fierce, the transfer is also quite fast, the initial hand, the Dazhong Navy, has been pressed and beaten by the Zheng family's navy, the losses are very large, almost collapsed on the spot, if it is not for Liu Jiang to fight hard, the overseers will not retreat, and the number of muskets equipped on the ships of the Dazhong Army is relatively large, Comparative advantage in firepower! After seeing that Zhoushan had been landed by the Dazhong Army, coupled with the scheduled Songjiang Mansion fleet, it suddenly appeared on the sea, which greatly hit the morale of the Zheng family's naval division, and Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Zhibiao, who led the army, saw that there was no possibility of winning if he continued to fight, so he took the initiative to withdraw from the battle, otherwise the result of this battle may be miserable for the Dazhong Royal Navy.

However, at the same time, the Dazhong Army also learned that the Zhengjia Naval Division was relatively weak in land warfare, although their naval division was powerful, but once the Dazhong Army landed, it would not be able to confront the Dazhong Army on land, which was the next step to attack Fujian, and also allowed the Dazhong Army to accumulate a lot of experience.

In short, the result of this battle made Xiao Tianjian more satisfied, the recovery of the Zhoushan Islands, for the Great Middle and North Korea, at least the situation along the coast of Zhejiang began to improve a lot, and also made the Zheng family lose a strong support point in the coastal area of Zhejiang, so after the battle, Xiao Tianjian vigorously praised Liu Jiang and the royal navy generals under his command, and caressed the casualties in this battle, so that the navy was all excited, and the morale suddenly rose a lot, and there was a feeling of raising eyebrows.

After all, the naval division from the beginning of its establishment, until now, used to act as a supporting role for the army, mainly responsible for the army, the most is to provide transportation support for the army, this is the largest water operation launched by the naval division of the large army since its establishment, although there are many lessons, the loss is not small, the loss of warships and various ships as many as a dozen, but this battle was finally won, which has always been a little despised by the army generals, the navy, really raised their eyebrows, but also let the navy, With an intuitive understanding of future development, it will undoubtedly play a role in carrying forward the past and opening up the future for the next step of naval construction.

In short, in the past three months, the Great Middle and North Korea have basically completed their military preparations for the south, and it can be said that the final blow to the two small courts of the Southern Ming Dynasty is basically ready, and only the east wind is owed.

(Today, I would like to thank the friends of the soldiers for their tips!) ）