New Ming Empire mixed in America

Thinking of the navy, Li Mingqi opened his special large map that occupied an entire wall.

Looking at the area painted bright yellow, Li Mingqi nodded with satisfaction.

But Liu Youcai's face was full of black lines, because on that map not only the Upper and Lower California and Alaska, which were actually controlled by the New Ming Empire, were painted in bright yellow.

Even Texas and New Mexico, which have not yet been completely cleared of militias, are painted yellow.

If these two places are a little bit related to the Xinming Empire, then the large land above the New Mexico region is also the same yellow.

These places did not leave Liu Youcai speechless. After all, he could still win these places if he worked hard.

But the entire Canadian region and the Puppet Qing Dynasty, which was thousands of miles away from the New Ming Empire, were also Ming and Yellow, which made Liu Youcai a little stunned.

Not only that, but the small islands and archipelagos in the Pacific are also bright yellow.

In addition, there are some places painted red, which represents war.

For example, Peru, which had just been beaten by the New Ming Empire, and the northern and southern territories of the United States.

Even Dai Ying and Na San who are far away in Europe are not missing, they are all red. There are also Japanese countries and Bangzi Peninsula in the Far East.

What confused Liu Youcai the most was a place called Cuba in the Gulf of Mexico. Like Dai Ying, Japan and Peru, the word "extinction" was written in big letters on it.

"How is the progress of our battleship now?"

After Li Mingqi admired the map for a long time, he asked Liu Youcai.

After hearing Li Mingqi's question, Liu Youcai came back to his senses and said: "Back to Lord Long Live, the progress of the battleships is quite stable. During this period, due to the increase in shipbuilding workers, two new docks were built..."

Regarding Li Mingqi's knowing questions, Liu Youcai could only report it helplessly.

During this period, Li Mingqi was almost stationed in the Royal Battleship Design Bureau. Almost all the senior officials in the empire knew about it.

In fact, Li Mingqi is also a little anxious. After all, what the Xinming Empire lacks now is a powerful navy.

The previous armored warships could still bully Peru and the countries on the west coast of America, but they were a bit wishful thinking against Europe.

Don't forget that the current battleships of the Xinming Empire are all modified sail battleships.

First they captured two old Spanish warships, and later captured two American warships (the 'Reserve Monarch' and Wells' flagship which they had been chasing for half a year).

Currently, the Xinming Empire only has four armored warships in total, and as long as Europe undergoes a period of modification, there will be dozens or hundreds of similar primary armored warships.

After all, the world's first ironclad ship showdown in March had already caused European countries to start their own ironclad ship development work.

Therefore, if the navy of the New Ming Empire is placed in the Gulf of Mexico, it will not need those European warships. The offshore iron-clad ships of the Northern Federation of the United States alone will be enough for the New Ming Empire to drink a pot.

The Northern Federation does not only have one ironclad, the Monitor, nicknamed the 'Raft Cheese Box' (it looks like a bottle cap on an insole)

There are also a large number of small ironclad ships converted from merchant ships. Although these small ironclad ships are not as advanced as the steam turbines of the New Ming Empire, they cannot go far across the ocean.

But it is more than enough for defense in the Gulf of Mexico.

And at this time, there were still many black technologies on both sides of the North and the South.

For example, a small ship called a rod mine boat.

Another example is the small human-driven suicide submarine with a strut mine that is still being tested. (Easter egg chapter)

So now the Xinming Empire relies heavily on new ironclad ships.

Only after the new ironclad ships are built can the New Ming Empire get rid of its current situation of being treated as a vassal state by Tsarist Russia.

Thinking of the navy, Li Mingqi couldn't sit still. He once again took Liu Youcai to the battleship design bureau to supervise the work.

It is said to be a battleship design bureau, but this department has its own large shipyard.

Not only are there eight large shipyard buildings that can build new warships, there are also more than a dozen small shipyards scattered around.

What is produced here is not battleships, but some experimental battleships.

For example, a small submarine with a diesel engine installed inside it.

This kind of submarine can accommodate four to five people inside, and relies on a diesel engine to power the rear propeller to move forward and backward.

But this kind of submarine is not yet effective in actual combat and is still in the exploratory stage.

It has sunk more than a dozen times, resulting in the deaths of more than 20 African-American employees. But this did not scare the white engineers and Jin Yiwei of the design bureau, and research continued.

The purpose of Li Mingqi's visit this time was to take a look at the battery-driven torpedo recently reported by the design bureau.

Well... to be specific, it's a cannonball with a battery and a propeller installed.

The warhead uses a pressure-fired explosive fuse similar to that of a landmine (the front touch rod will be pushed into the shell when it hits a heavy object, hitting the flash cap and igniting the explosive).

Behind it is a power section with batteries and propellers inserted, as well as some tail fins to prevent the torpedo from rotating in the water or sinking quickly.

And the torpedo is divided into upper and lower parts, one half contains the devices just mentioned, and the remaining half is simple, it is a simple air chamber.

It will not turn after being launched, and can only rely on the power provided by the battery to the propeller to move forward. It will not stop and explode until it hits an enemy warship. (My own idea, no picture)

This is used to attack the wooden bottom of the current ironclad ship below the waterline.

Of course, all this is just a concept given by Li Mingqi, so it is still under research.

Although this kind of torpedo is simple, the distance of naval battles nowadays is not measured in terms of nautical miles in the future. Now it is considered far away by hundreds or thousands of meters.

In this case, this kind of torpedo will be useful. Although it will not turn, its speed is not slow.

It is still very easy to hit the target warship at this distance.

This is much more reliable than the tactic that Li Mingqi originally thought of using drones or crude hydrogen balloons to drop bombs and incendiary bombs.

After inspecting around, Li Mingqi left here disappointed.

Because it will take at least two months for the battleship to be built, and it is not easy to buy well-seasoned wood now.

In order to cope with the Northern Federation's Anaconda plan to block the coastline, those in the Confederacy also started a large-scale shipbuilding plan.

For a time, the export of wood used in building warships was reduced, which made Li Mingqi's idea of ​​hoarding large quantities of wood come to nothing.

But now Li Mingqi has gone to countries on the west coast to start looking for wood suitable for shipbuilding. Among so many countries, there must be shipyards hoarding some materials.

Therefore, Li Mingqi only needs to find the target and then send a fleet to take a walk. These countries should be willing to send these materials to the Xinming Empire.

The problem of battleships cannot be solved in a short time, so the best solution is to update the weapons and equipment of the Xinming Empire now.

So Li Mingqi then went to the Small Arms Design Bureau to check the current weapons production situation.

"Your Majesty, the production of smokeless gunpowder is still a bit slow now, and the African-American employees are already becoming dissatisfied with small accidents such as explosions that often occur."

Jiang Yuye, the head of the Small Arms Design Bureau, was not surprised at all by Li Mingqi's arrival. He even came up with some difficult problems during this period to seek Li Mingqi's help.

The African-American employees he mentioned were all black people who had fled into the mountains. These people had participated in the attack on the National Defense Forces, so they were thrown into the secret factory.

They will devote their youth and blood to the scientific research of the New Ming Empire, but they still need white supervisors to patrol with whips.

This is not to exploit them, but to motivate these African-American employees in this way.

They can now have enough food and clothing, and are also lucky enough to be the first to use various new technologies of the New Ming Empire.

Li Mingqi thought that these people should be grateful. If he hadn't given these people a bite of food with great mercy, these people would have become fertilizer long ago.

After all, I heard that the Allied Forces were very unfriendly to the African-American personnel they saw, and they greeted them with bullets.

As for newspapers in some countries slandering the Ming Xie Army that they followed his orders, Li Mingqi said he would not take the blame.

He just hoped that these African-Americans could appear in the land of the Xinming Empire with temporary residence permits like the white workers.

As for why there is no place in the port area for African Americans to apply for temporary residence permits?

That's because special personnel should be treated specially. In order to respect them, Li Mingqi specially set up a special temporary residence permit application window for African-American personnel in Jinling.

As long as these people can come to Jinling, they can successfully apply for temporary residence permits, and they can legally travel in the Xinming Empire in the future.

Look, is this reasonable? Is this humane?

Therefore, Li Mingqin can say with all his heart that what the media in other countries promote is slander and nonsense!

"The reason for dissatisfaction is that you are too full. If you skip a few meals, you will have no complaints."

Li Mingqi waved his hand and felt that Jiang Yuye's question was really childish. He didn't have time to pay attention to these small problems.

"A batch of submachine guns have been produced now, and they can be equipped for use by the Guards as long as they pass inspection."

Jiang Yuye saw Li Mingqi starting to frown, so he quickly broke out the good news.

"Where are the pistols? Can they be equipped for the officers of the Guards and the Wehrmacht?"

Li Mingqi asked another question that made Jiang Yuye scratch his head.

"The pistol will take some time to complete. The current production line is occupied by charge money..."

He answered Li Mingqi's questions honestly, and began to beat around the bush to get Li Mingqi to allocate more budget.

Li Mingqi raised his eyebrows, calculated in his mind the urgency of the m1911 pistol for the current war, and then casually said a few words and left the small arms design bureau in a hurry.

Just kidding, how can we allocate more budget just to give officers more display equipment?

Isn’t it that the black powder version of the revolver cannot cope with today’s battlefield?

Although Li Mingqi could give more money to the Small Arms Design Bureau, this would break the original rules.

Today, the small arms design bureau came to him to ask for a budget. In the future, what if the design bureaus of aircraft, tanks, missiles, etc. all learn from it?

No matter how much money the Royal Bank has, it won't be enough for this kind of use.

A batch of equipment, a batch of designs, and a batch of research and development are enough.

And the research direction Li Mingqi has already given ideas.

We can't necessarily build an aircraft carrier fleet to fight the current hybrid sail and steam-powered battleships, right?

And this kind of hybrid battleship is not mainstream in the world. The mainstream now is still sailing battleship.

It will take some time for these hybrid warships to become mainstream.

If warships abandon sails and only use steam as power to become the mainstream, it will take longer.

That needs to be calculated in units of ten years.

New or not? Now that the new warships of the Xin Ming Empire have been built and these warships have been used to fight several naval battles in the world, countries around the world will vigorously imitate the warships of the Xin Ming Empire?

Sometimes it's not that Li Mingqi doesn't want to develop more advanced weapons and equipment, but because he is afraid that he will accidentally open up ideas to other countries in the world.

If a country is determined to study something, it will do so very quickly.

What's more, these things can all be produced with today's technology.

Another example is diesel engines. As long as one is spread, it will definitely set off a power revolution.

As long as people take it apart and take a look at the internal structure, they can open up their ideas, and then develop their own engines based on this idea.

At that time, the Xinming Empire will have to face competition from countries much larger than itself.

Li Mingqi is confident that he will not fall behind and will be far ahead by relying on his golden fingers.

But if we can rely on existing advantages to form advantages, why should we promote technological progress in countries around the world?

I would like to advise those who have just traveled to the mid-to-late 19th century not to drive around on your beloved motorcycle, as it can easily be stolen and copied by other countries.

A new and mature revolutionary driving force, it is an important technology that no country will let go of.

(To complain about the big guys who invented penicillin and the like, you should stop promoting scientific progress in Europe. At the same time, China was really having a hard time!)

After leaving the Light Weapons Design Bureau, Li Mingqi went straight to the Heavy Weapons Design Bureau.

This time he wanted to see if the heavy machine gun had been developed. This thing was a big killer on the battlefield and was the key to the future success of the Xinming Empire.

Without smokeless gunpowder, it would be difficult for other countries to follow suit, unless they could rush into the New Ming Empire and snatch away all the talents who researched smokeless gunpowder.

And in order to delay the development of this kind of gunpowder in various countries around the world.

Those from the Umbrella Youth League and the Lightning Gang have begun to implement Li Mingqi's policy of "If you don't get it, destroy it" and began to operate in various European countries.

Would you like to send some spies out? No help.

Who in the world today doesn’t have some spies operating in other countries?

Let's not talk about distant places, let's just talk about the Northern Federation. Lin has four relatively important spy chiefs under his command.

Alan Pinkerton, there is no need to say much about this person, his last name can let everyone know who he is.

Mr. Lin's current bodyguards are composed of Pinkerton agents, and later they were replaced by the U.S. Army. You all know the outcome.

Lafayette Baker, because he was dissatisfied with his salary, left the Confederacy and joined the Secret Service of the Northern Confederacy. Later, he was demoted and expelled from Washington because he suspected the Secretary of War of corruption. (Li Mingqi called him a good guy)

George Sharp, he was the confidant who provided Lin with information about the number of soldiers in the New Ming Empire.

Elizabeth Van Lew, this female spy inherited her mother's business, was a socialite in the upper class, and was also George Sharp's most reliable subordinate.

Therefore, Li Mingqi is now very concerned about the counter-intelligence situation of the Xinming Empire, and Jinyiwei has a special organization to deal with this.

Not only are they on guard against white workers and white businessmen, but some are also keeping a close eye on immigrants from the Puppet Qing Dynasty.

Li Mingqi still knew that it was necessary to be on guard against others, so the Jin Yiwei would pay special attention to these immigrants who came from the Puppet Qing Dynasty.

After all, not everyone is human, and some people are willing to be lackeys.

In future generations, when there is enough to eat, there will be sheepdogs and women everywhere... let alone the current situation where there is not enough to eat.