Become a feudal king from today

"Well, that's very good. ReadМ" Zhao Xu looked at the steamship keel in the dry dock.

The main body takes ten months, and it also takes one month to install the steam engine and debug it.

It is May of the 25th year of Taihe.

In this way, the Yanzhou Navy will have its first batch of steamships in November this year.

"By the way, the sail warship can't be delayed either." Zhao Xu thought of something and said to Chen Shou again.

While he asked Chen Shou to build steamships, he did not reduce the construction of sail warships.

These steamships were built in new dry docks, the former dry docks still being used to build sailing warships.

After all, Wang Chong installed steam engines in the shipbuilding department, as well as wood saws driven by steam engines and lifting iron ropes similar to those in steel mills, thus greatly improving the efficiency of ship construction.

Although, he knew that with the development of Yanzhou's industry, the Shipbuilding Department would simultaneously have the ability to build ironclad ships.

But the situation he was facing now was very serious, and he couldn't tolerate her. He slowly waited for the arrival of the ironclad ship.

Moreover, even Britain currently only adopts the new tactic of steam engine ships towing sailing warships.

Therefore, the sail battleship is sufficient for a short period of time.

Like last year, the Ship Division also built twenty-four sailing warships this year.

By the end of the year, the Navy would have sixty sailing warships and twenty-four steam tugs.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chen Shou said.

After inspecting the Ship Department, Zhao Xu went to the naval station in Jinghai County.

After going around in a circle, he returned to Yancheng the next day.

He did not see Zhou Yi, because the day before he arrived in Jinghai, Zhou Yi commanded the fleet and marines to set off.

Qizhou sea area.

After a day's sailing, a fleet consisting of six battleships and twelve troop transport ships arrived here.

At this moment, the bright sunshine at noon shines from the sky, making the sea surface sparkle.

On the deck, Zhou Yi, Gong Ying and Shang Bin were sitting around a table, drinking tea.

Looking at a group of flying fish rising from the sea and the giant whale chasing the flying fish, Zhou Yi's eyes were blurred for a while.

When they were in the naval academy, King Yan not only taught them navigation skills, but also taught them how to distinguish various fish in the sea.

Therefore, he recognized the flying fish and the killer whale chasing after the flying fish.

On his first voyage, he was fascinated by these sea creatures.

But as the number of times he went to sea increased, he became accustomed to these things and became normal.

However, sometimes when he sees a rare scene, he will occasionally feel excited.

Pan Chang was leaning on the railing and fishing with a fishing rod.

The barrel next to him was almost full of sea fish.

Sailing on the sea is boring, but the best thing is that you can taste all kinds of delicious food in the sea.

"Your Highness, after so many years, can the people of Ryukyu still be loyal to you?" Zhou Yi put down the tea cup and looked at Shang Bin.

This is a serious question, Ryukyu fell into Japanese hands for thirty years.

In the past thirty years, Japan must have supported the new Ryukyu king.

They could easily defeat the Japanese army, but they did not want to get involved in the conflict with the Ryukyu people.

Hearing this, Shang Bin looked confident, "The people of Ryukyu have never forgotten us, and my contacts with Ryukyu have not been severed over the years."

"After the Japanese occupied the Ryukyu Kingdom, the Ryukyu people resisted the Japanese several times, but were massacred by them. After that, they expropriated the Ryukyu people violently. The Ryukyu king they supported was unpopular at all." Shang Bin said and looked at it The Ryukyu minister sitting at the next table had fled with them back then.

"Well, this is best." Zhou Yi nodded. He was certainly not a womanizer.

After annihilating the Japanese soldiers of the Ryukyu Kingdom, if the Ryukyu Kingdom resists them, they will also take ruthless measures.

After all, the Ryukyu Kingdom is related to Daisung's interests. They cannot allow the Ryukyu Kingdom to turn to Japan, nor can they allow it to become a country that hates Daisung.

Then, he looked at Pan Chang and cursed: "Eat, eat, eat, you just know how to eat, and you don't think about how to capture Ryukyu."

Pan Chang turned around, with a playful smile on his face, and said: "If you can't win the Ryukyu Kingdom, you just cut off my head. This trip, no matter what, I have to let the general feed the greedy worms in his belly."

Zhou Yi glared at him, "Don't forget to save the fattest one for me."

Of course he was playing around with Pan Chang, and now it was his free time.

After sailing on the sea for another seven days, the Yanzhou fleet appeared in the waters of Ryukyu Kingdom.

The Ryukyu Kingdom is located northeast of Yizhou. There are small islands distributed in an arc shape, extending to the Japanese mainland.

Among these islands, there are three islands with the largest area, which is where Ryukyu Kingdom is located.

It is three thousand miles away from the Yanzhou sea area.

"Liu Qiu, I'm finally back." On the deck, Shang Bin looked at the distant horizon with tears in his eyes.

Thirty years, exactly thirty years, he finally returned to his hometown with the help of King Yan.

Shang Bin is excited and sentimental.

Zhou Yi and Pan Chang were discussing how to land in Ryukyu.

The Japanese Navy was destroyed by them, and no Japanese warships were seen on the sea.

However, along the way, they still saw many Japanese merchant ships.

And the closer to Ryukyu and Yizhou, the more Japanese merchant ships there are.

After the fleet appeared in the Ryukyu waters, some Japanese merchant ships fled in all directions. Apparently they were very afraid of Daisong's fleet.

However, some merchant ships fled in the direction of Ryukyu.

The news of their arrival has probably spread throughout Ryukyu.

"The Japanese will definitely build a fort at the pier. There is no need for the fleet to take risks. It is better to send some soldiers to land on the beach thirty miles away from the pier, bypass the side, capture the pier, and then the fleet can dock at the pier." Pan Chang pointed to Map, looking serious.

The map contains detailed mountain and river geography of Ryukyu Kingdom.

Shang Bin gave it to them.

Overall, Ryukyu Kingdom is divided into North Island, Central Island and South Island.

Nakajima is where the Ryukyu King Castle is located.

It was Nakajima they wanted to attack.

"Well, let's do it!" Zhou Yi agreed to Pan Chang's plan, "I will lead the fleet to the sea outside the dock to attract their attention, and you will take the opportunity to land."

Agree on this matter.

Four troop carriers, escorted by three warships, broke away from the fleet and headed for the beach thirty miles north of the pier.

There are beaches where you can land almost everywhere around the central island.

Therefore, without warship defense, the islands of the Ryukyu Kingdom are just meat for anyone to cut.

Now Japan has no warships to protect Ryukyu.

They would then be able to land anywhere, leaving the Japanese army on the island exhausted and forced to be beaten passively.

After driving for a while, Zhou Yi's fleet approached Zhongdao Pier.

At this time, through the telescope, he could see everything on the shore clearly.

He found that a Japanese general was also observing him with a telescope.