Chapter 1141: Strike Eastward

Jinghai County.

When the Russian delegation came to Dasong, Zhao Xu was watching the launch of a new batch of ironclad ships.

Compared with the first batch of ironclad ships, the construction period of this second batch of ironclad ships was shortened by about two months.

Firstly, this is because after the construction of the first batch of ironclad ships, there are mature supporting construction facilities.

Secondly, after Dasong mastered the power generation technology, the shipyard also carried out relevant power transformation, and now uses a large number of power equipment.

However, since the thermal power plant in Jinghai is under construction, the shipyard uses its own steam engine power generation unit.

"Including the Jinghai Shipyard, a total of 48 ironclad ships can be delivered to the navy by the end of this year, and the navy's sailing warships will soon be eliminated." On the coast, Chen Shou looked at the twelve ironclad ships sailing from the dry dock to the sea with a smile on his face.

After a pause, he showed a regretful expression again, "It's just that our sailing warships have only been delivered for a few years and are about to be eliminated."

Although he said this, he was happy in his heart.

Because this means that Dasong's shipbuilding industry is changing with each passing day.

At present, in addition to ironclad ships replacing sailing warships, Dasong's steam merchant ships are also replacing traditional sailing merchant ships.

If you look at the bank of Jin River, you can see steam merchant ships coming and going.

In addition to inland rivers, there are steam merchant ships everywhere on the sea.

They constantly transport Dasong's industrial products to other countries and bring back cheap raw materials.

"Hahaha..." Chen Shou's words made Zhao Xu laugh. He said, "This is called the old does not go, the new does not come. Besides, these sailing warships have already had buyers before they are retired. We have used them for a few years and sold them at the original price. It is profitable anyway."

The sailing warships replaced by ironclad ships were naturally snapped up by vassal states such as Goryeo and Japan.

Although these countries are all vassal states of Dasong.

But there is no harmony between them, but they have their own contradictions.

Therefore, in order not to suffer losses in the conflict, they are all trying their best to arm themselves.

And the muskets, artillery and warships eliminated by Dasong are naturally sweet cakes for them.

At the same time, from the perspective of Dasong, it is not a good thing for the dependent countries to unite in private.

Dasong only needs to mediate when they are in a mess, and turn a blind eye on weekdays.

"Master Chen, our emperor has never suffered a loss." Zhou Yi was also there at this time.

Hearing this, he also laughed.

The three of them talked and laughed for a while, and when the ironclad ship disappeared from sight, Zhao Xu said to Zhou Yi, "By the way, how is your cooperation plan with Qinshan Qinglong Army?"

Last time, after he made the next three major strategies of Dasong, he asked Zhou Yi and Qinshan to plan the second strategy given to them, the Indian Restoration Plan.

"Reply to the emperor, we have finalized the next action plan." Zhou Yi was well prepared, and took out a map from his arms and unfolded it.

After sorting out his thoughts, he said, "We are going to approach North America from two directions at the same time. The first is the Hawaiian Islands mentioned by the emperor, and the second is here."

Zhao Xu looked at it and nodded.

The location Zhou Yi pointed to was not somewhere else, but the location of the contemporary Alaska Peninsula.

"According to intelligence, North America is currently divided into two parts. The northern part is called Quebec, which is currently a British colony, and the south of Quebec is the United States, which is independent from Britain." Zhou Yi said slowly.

Clearing his throat, he continued, "Since we Dasong support the Indian National Restoration Movement, then this movement must spread throughout North America and even South America. Therefore, I will discuss with Qin Shan to set up two bases in Hawaii and here to provide shelter for the Indians and attack from the north and south."

"Okay." Zhao Xu did not deny the result of Zhou Yi and Qin Shan's discussion.

The Indian National Restoration Plan was originally a general plan.

Since he handed it over to the two of them, they can do whatever they want.

"Then six days later, I will allocate six ironclad ships to cooperate with the steam transport ship to capture Hawaii." Zhao Xu agreed to his plan, and Zhou Yi couldn't help but get excited.

The entry of the next 48 ironclad ships made him extremely confident.

For him, the sea is now the back garden of the Dasong Navy.

In the future, their navy will completely switch from defense to offense.

They will seize the islands occupied by the Western countries one by one.

For example, now all the islands between Dasong and Hawaii are under the control of the Dasong Navy, not only supply points have been established, but also garrisons.

In the future, there will be more and more such islands, all over the ocean, providing protection for the long-distance voyage of Dasong's naval warships.

After saying this, Zhao Xu ordered Chen Shou to continue the next batch of shipbuilding plans.

According to his idea, the number of this batch of ironclad ships should reach about 360.

Because for a long time, these ironclad ships will not be eliminated and will be the only main battleships of Dasong.

As for the next generation of battleships, they are the cannons and giant ships of the World War I and World War II, which can no longer be brought up by traditional steam engines.

What is needed is a steam turbine.

The process of this thing is very complicated. Without several years of technical accumulation, I am afraid it cannot be made.

But as long as it is made, it will be revolutionary for both battleships and power plants.

Even modern warships and thermal power plants use steam turbines to provide power and generate electricity, respectively.

As for why so many ironclads were built? The reason is also very simple.

He judged that the Western Kingdom, which had lost its naval advantage, would soon pick up its piracy skills and threaten Dasong's maritime trade routes.

These ironclad ships are meant to protect the shipping lanes.

After all, in the next few years, Dasong's trade will expand to North America, South America, Middle-earth countries and the Black Continent. The wider the scope of Dasong's merchant ship activities, the more warships will be needed to cruise.

After staying in Jinghai for a whole morning, Zhao Xu took the steam locomotive back.

On the way to Yancheng, he looked through the car window at the snow-covered wheat fields on both sides and the people passing by.

Although the food, clothing, housing and transportation of these people are better than before, they are still far from reaching his ideal goal.

He once told Liu Fu that all the children of Dasong people should be able to get a good education, have eggs and milk in the morning, and have meat for every meal on weekdays.

Now, only the people of Yancheng have reached half of this goal, and most of the people of Dasong have not yet reached it.

The reason is that although Dasong has developed, it has not yet fully developed.

Today, Dasong has no enemies that can threaten its homeland.

Then, he will use all means to build Dasong into a super developed country in this era.