(0690) The original battleship of the Daming Navy Division was decomposed into four parts after the end of the battle to resist and aid Korea. Part of it is Tianjin Water Division, part is Dengzhou Water Division, part is Fujian Water Division, and part is Guangdong Water Division. Now, the warships of the Tianjin Navy Division and the Dengzhou Navy Division are in the hands of the white-clothed army. The warships of the two major naval divisions combined, there were about ten. However, Xu Xingxia meant that he was not ready to use the original battleship at all. He plans to dismantle all these lucky ships with weapons and equipment, and then sell them to the civilian sector for use as transport ships.

In the Tianjin and Dengzhou naval divisions, all the battleships were mothballed, and all the officers and men were disbanded. The only way for them to participate in the White Navy is to participate in the assessment organized by the White Navy. No matter what position you originally held or what your background was, in front of the white-clothed navy, you are a piece of paper. If you fail the assessment, everything is in vain.

To build a navy, first of all, it is necessary to build ships. But this is Xu Xingxia's most difficult problem at present. Not because there was no money, not because there were no shipyards, and not because there were no skilled skilled workers, but because there were no combat ships that Xu Xingxia was satisfied with. He took the time to inspect all the warships of the Ming Dynasty, and the final result was that he shook his head and was very dissatisfied. Frankly speaking, he didn't like all the battleships of the Daming Naval Division very much.

There are many posts in later generations, saying that the draft of the No. 1 Fu ship is two zhang Yunyun, from which it is inferred that the displacement of the Fu ship is more than four or five thousand tons. Some people even deduced that the displacement of the treasure ship was more than 10,000 tons. Actually, it's all nonsense. The records of the ancients are not credible wherever numbers are used. If you believe the numbers of the ancients without thinking, you are definitely the brain-dead of the brain-dead.

The displacement is two feet, that is, more than six meters. What is this concept? The modern-class destroyers of the later Russian Navy have a standard displacement of 6,500 tons, a full load displacement of nearly 8,000 tons, and a draft of only about 6 meters. China's domestically produced "Shenzhen" destroyer is an all-steel missile destroyer, with a very slender body, a length of 153 meters, a width of 16.5 meters, a displacement of more than 5,000 tons, and a draft of only six meters.

You must know that these are pure steel warships, and they can't be compared with warships made of wood. The same draft of six meters, the warship made of wood, in size, is at least several times wider than the steel battleship. Otherwise, how could such an astonishing displacement be achieved? Five or six thousand tons of wood stacked together, that's no joke.

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

It must be known that the draft of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the later US imperialism was only about 11 meters. That's a super giant with a displacement of more than 100,000 tons, and even a Category 12 typhoon can't sweep it away. Considering the specific gravity of wood and steel, a wooden battleship with a draft of about 6 meters should have a displacement estimated to be about the same as that of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.

…… Of course, the original shipbuilding of the Daming Navy Division was not useless. Xu Xingxia believes that the displacement of the largest treasure ship should be more than 1,000 tons. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was able to manufacture warships with such a huge displacement, which shows that the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty was still quite advanced. With such a solid foundation, he should be able to do twice the result with half the effort if he wants to build larger warships.

It is a pity that most of the shipbuilding materials were lost during the implementation of the Jinghai policy, and it is quite difficult to find them out at once. After the white-clothed army conquered Yanjing City, Xu Xingxia immediately sent people to look for information about shipbuilding everywhere. As a result, until now, there has not been an exact statement. According to the information collected so far, most of the shipbuilding data has been completely burned, and I am afraid that it will not be recovered.

In fact, even if all these materials were found, Xu Xingxia would not be very satisfied. Because, he always felt that the original warships of the Daming Navy Division were really not suitable for the needs of the times. When Zheng He went to the West, those warships might be okay. However, two hundred years have passed, and I have to say that these warships are really a bit outdated.

The reason is actually quite simple. When Zheng He went to the West, the entire East Asian region, and even the entire Asian region, and the whole world, had no maritime power that could compete with the Ming Dynasty. Zheng He's fleet, wherever it arrived, would not be strongly challenged. However, two hundred years later, the rise of the Age of Discovery, and the arrival of Western powers, overshadowed Zheng He's fleet. In this era of smoke on the sea, the Ming Dynasty was thrown away from the distance.

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

From a technical point of view, the original warships of the Daming Naval Division were all flat-bottomed boats. Including the fortune boat and the treasure ship, they are all flat-bottomed boats. The navigation of the flat-bottomed boat is stable, which is good for transportation, good for resisting wind and waves, but not good for fighting. The biggest disadvantage of the flat-bottomed boat is that the maneuverability is very poor, and the flexible surname of the operation is too low, which seems slow and bulky. In a fierce naval battle, if there is no mobile surname, it is simply a target to be beaten, and you are looking for death.

To be precise, all the warships of the Eastern countries at that time were flat-bottomed ships. More often than not, they are responsible for transportation. In fact, the transportation capacity of flat-bottomed boats is indeed very strong. It is like the No. 1 Fu ship, which has a small displacement of only about 400 tons, but can carry about 2,500 stone (about 220 tons) of materials. In terms of surname price ratio, it is much stronger than the merchant ships of the Western Ocean. The sailing was very smooth.

The most important point is that all fortune ships and treasure ships cannot be called professional combat ships. They are all a mixture of business and war. That is, in addition to the functions of warships, they also have to assume the functions of merchant ships. Each fortune ship and treasure ship is designed with a special cargo warehouse. This inevitably leads to many flaws in the design of the warship. If you have to fight a war and pull goods, how can you have the best of both worlds? I won't be able to do it in the future!

It seems that when Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, all the treasure ships and blessing ships were actually loaded with a large amount of materials. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Zheng He to take so many people and so many ships to run so far without a fixed supply port to supply supplies. At that time, it was still a long way to go to the coast of Africa. Therefore, from a military point of view, it is more appropriate to call these ships transport ships or multi-purpose ships.

On the contrary, the warships of the Western powers were all pointed bottoms. The biggest feature of the sharp-bottomed boat is that it is flexible in length. In the heat of naval battles, the sharp-bottomed ship is conducive to the play of maneuverability, thus seizing the upper hand. At that time, naval battles were very important for the upper hand. Basically, whoever gets the upper hand has a three-point better chance of winning.

At the same time, the steeple-bottomed ship had a natural advantage for relieving the recoil of the artillery. The draft of the pointed bottom boat is conducive to a large tilt of the boat. The tilt of the ship can effectively alleviate the recoil of the cannon fire. Otherwise, the recoil generated by a salvo of a hundred large and small guns, definitely not a joke, the whole ship would have been shattered.

From a professional point of view, what Xu Xingxia needs is also the most professional combat ship. His navy does not need to undertake any other tasks. The only task is to fight. Therefore, in the design of the battleship, every cent of resources should be devoted to the combat aspect. It is shameful and forbidden to waste any resource on anything else.

With the gradual development of the world's shipbuilding technology, all kinds of large sail battleships will appear. One after another, the sea giants will appear on the surface of the sea one after another. Especially in Spain, the Netherlands, Britain and several other countries, their sail battleships, the tonnage will be larger and larger, the number of cannons will be more and more, and the caliber of cannons will be larger and larger.

In the end, the displacement of the 1st class sail battleship will exceed two thousand tons. And the number of cannons will be more than a hundred. At the same time, there will be more and more of them. And the White Navy is just starting, and it is simply impossible to build such a large battleship. Even, the navy of the white coat army does not even have a lot of experience in the construction of sharp-bottomed ships.

"What should I do?"

"Bounty!"

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

In fact, the contradictions between the Western powers are still very deep. As long as they have contradictions, that's easy. For their own interests, or purely for money, there will definitely be people who are willing to sell battleship drawings to the White Coats Navy. Xu Xingxia didn't expect to get the most advanced and largest Super Jumbo battleship drawings immediately, as long as there were small and medium-sized battleships.

Whether it is the British or the Dutch, the warships are actually quite good in terms of design. Especially in the design of battleships with a displacement of less than a thousand tons, there was not much difference. As long as you can buy the blueprints of a certain level of battleship, the white-clothed navy can improve it according to its own needs, and then desperately copy it.

When it comes to imitation ability, Xu Xingxia is not worried at all. Our copycat skills are definitely not built. As for the ability to make dumplings, there is no need to worry. With China's vast land and abundant resources, both rich timber resources and abundant human resources, there is no problem at all with dumplings on warships. The key is how much Xu Xingxia wants to play.

(To be continued)