In this way, Haiwa Territory will provide the United States with seven division-level units, eight brigade-level units and more than 30 battalions and regiment-level units. Of course, only a small number of these battalions and regiment-level units are technical or independent, and most of them are reserve troops in various overseas territories. Because from overseas territories to the frontline, some will take more than half a year to sail, many of the soldiers will die, and there will be casualties after participating in the war. Therefore, there must be a reserve troops under the jurisdiction, such as the South African brigade, which has a reserve regiment of 1,500 people.

It can be seen that the "Emilitary Expansion Act" has expanded the United States' strength by at least one-third without paying funds, and has deepened the connection between the base camp and overseas territories. It is considered a good policy. Of course, these troops can arrive at the earliest next year, while most of them arrive in the 14th or 15th year of the Yongli period, as reserves or in the second round of offensives. In fact, after the war for the whole nation began, some overseas civil groups began to participate in the war, and the first response was Macau.

The Portuguese colonists were staunch ally of the United States. Whether in trade or in the face of the Netherlands and indigenous peoples, they would not have handed over East Timor to the United States and sold Cochin. The United States reciprocates, while giving it a higher trade position than other countries, and while protecting Portuguese colonies within its capacity. Therefore, after the outbreak of the full-scale war, Macau took the lead in asking whether to organize a battalion for Yongli, since it had provided a battalion for Yongli?

In the end, this requirement was allowed, the equipment was provided by the Portuguese and the funds were jointly borne by the Portuguese and Chinese merchants in Macau, and the soldiers were mixed with Portuguese and Chinese. Ming people, of course, Ming people were the mainstream because most of the people in Macau were Ming people, while the so-called Chinese were those Ming people who were naturalized in Portugal.

This also set off a trend, and some overseas businessmen began to follow suit, and Chinese businessmen in Siam even built a Siam voyage.

After all the miscellaneous calculations, the military strength to engage in a full-scale war with the Qing Dynasty was absolutely enough. The key was financial resources. In fact, the original intention of allowing overseas territories to form troops at their own expense to participate in the great national liberation war was to save military expenses, but the financial and material resources consumed by 300,000 to 400,000 people fighting were quite expensive. This was also Li Mingxun's attempt to delay it and accumulate more financial resources.

In fact, the Senate proposed to replace the recruitment system with the conscript system, but in the end, it chose to compromise after trial. The combat troops were still recruiting troops, while the occupying troops were conscripts. This was impossible, because it could not change people's thoughts for twenty years. Joining a soldier is a means of making a living, which is the mainstream of soldiers in the United States. As for the sense of belonging to the nation and the country, this is, but it still cannot suppress the desire for money.

Of course, the key to gaining more financial resources is still to win. The resources accumulated at present are Li Mingxun's plan to at least seize the core area of ​​Jiangnan. Of course, if it goes well, you can occupy Huguang again. Only by occupying, liquidating and enriching military funds can you continue to snowball. Of course, an accident occurred during the period. The United States immediately generated tens of millions of additional fiscal revenue to make everything go smoother. This is a later story.

Everything Lee Myung-hoon did, whether it was military expansion or mobilization, or participation in a meeting held in Penang soon, was part of the National Liberation Plan.

The Qing Dynasty has always been the main enemy of the United States, but it has never been the most preferred enemy. Before the great retreat of the mainland, the United States defeated Spain, the most urgent maritime threat, and before the outpost battle of the mainland offensive - the Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi, the United States defeated the Dutch East India Company first. Now a full-scale war against the Qing Dynasty is about to be launched. What Li Mingxun must do first is to stabilize the direction of the ocean.

Only by stabilizing the ocean can we continuously provide resources for the mainland offensive, otherwise we will be stumbling around. This branch is the core of the United States' strategy and has never changed. In fact, at least now, Li Mingxun still does not know that when the Qing Dynasty and the Dutch East India Company were going to build an anti-China alliance that included colonial countries and feudal dynasties, Li Mingxun still had to stabilize the maritime strategy through negotiations, but often things went against their wishes.

At the end of May of the 13th year of Yongli, a huge fleet set sail from Taipei and headed south to Penang. This fleet with a second-class battleship, two Avian Beast-class, and four Taiwan-class battleships was originally planned to strengthen it to the Indian Ocean fleet, but because the head of state hung up Li Mingxin's Golden Dragon Emblem flag on the flagship, the fleet was referred to as the Dragon Fleet.

The second-class battleship in the fleet is the Regal, named after Li Mingxun's third son. The Regal was just launched in March and was not actually included in the list. However, in order to catch up with this military operation, the first ship of the Jun-class battleship, which is half of the officers on the Jun-Class battleship, was dispatched to allow the warship to successfully meet the service standards.

The addition of this fleet has enabled the United States' Indian Ocean Fleet to have nine battleships and six heavy patrols, totaling fifteen main battleships, becoming the second strongest fleet of the United States after the large fleet stationed in Taipei.

The Jun-class battleship is the third type of battleship built by the United States, but it is very different from the previous two types. From a technical point of view, the Jun-class battleship adopts the most advanced and classic Cypins system in later battleship systems. The biggest feature of this system is to use relatively poor wood to build three-deck battleships, and obtain stronger combat effectiveness and lower construction costs for fleets of the same level.

First of all, advanced splicing technology was used in terms of ribs. The battleships of this era still used a whole piece of wood to cut and bent ribs, and then piled up the upper buildings randomly. Starting from the Aiba-level level, the United States Navy used a four-stage splicing technology to successfully extend the length of the ribs to the open-air deck. Only the front and rear artillery decks were stacked. Under the Cypins system, the ribs were six-stage splicing technology, which directly extended to the upper artillery deck, so that a more powerful three-layer artillery deck battleship could be created. Another advantage of the Cypins system is that the bow and stern of the ship also used ribs to extend to the deck, so that the front and rear were no longer the warship weakness, avoiding a shell piercing through, rolling through the artillery deck, sweeping over a dozen gun groups, and hundreds of people.

In addition to the application of the Cypins system, Jun-class battleships also use a large number of steel materials, such as supporting elbows second only to keels and mast materials. This material that must be made of natural curved wood is directly replaced by steel parts on Jun-class battleships, occupying a small space and being stronger.

The Jun-class battleship with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons is already the strongest battleship of this era. In fact, its technology and construction projects are no different from the first-class battleship with more than 100 artillery guns. To be more precise, the Jun-class can transform into a first-class battleship at any time.

The battleship with four gun doors on each side of the upper and lower levels of the ship, fifteen gun doors on the middle floor, and four gun doors on the stern tower have ninety-four side-fired cannons, plus two short heavy cannons in front of the ship's bow, a total of ninety-six cannons. However, if necessary, eight or more cannons can be placed on the open-air deck at any time, and directly transformed into a first-class battleship.

The total length of the Jun-class reached 60 meters and the artillery deck was 51 meters, but the dragon aggregate was the same as the auspicious beast level, which was 41 meters. In fact, the three Jun-class battleships, Junhua, Jundu and Regal, were directly used for the auspicious beast level storage, while the Jun-class was more like the auspicious beast level with a layer of artillery deck, but in fact it was not the case. The full load displacement of the Jun-class has reached 3,200 tons, and it is stronger in terms of attack power and defense. However, the first-class battleship planned by the United States Navy is already under construction, and that kind of battleship is named the Chinese class.

Unlike the Jun-level and Auspicious Beast level, the Chinese-level hull was once again extended and used 43 meters of rooster aggregate. Its firepower configuration from bottom to top is 303230102, and the standard-configured artillery has reached 104, which is a real first-class battleship.

In terms of firepower, whether it is the warships that have been in service or the battleships under construction, the United States has strengthened its firepower. Of course, the Navy is not the peers in Europe who like to pile up light guns. The United States Navy's enhanced firepower is to use Caron guns on a large scale, namely short and heavy guns. For example, all ship types built with the Cypins system, the Chinese class and the Jun class, have two 68-pound Caron guns on the bow of the ship for assault.

The United States' fleet heavy patrol and Taiwan-class battleships are fully equipped with Caron guns, and both are completely unified in caliber, that is, they are all thirty-two-pound Caron guns. Of course, some heavy patrols, as cruisers, and all light patrols are still equipped with traditional long-barrel cannons. The reason is very simple. These warships mainly perform escort and anti-pirates and even part-time pirates, and must maintain long-distance shelling, which is the same as the purpose of some of the mon-class and Chinese-class replacing Caron guns.

The middle and lower artillery of the Chinese-level and Jun-level level still use cannons, namely 32 pounds in the lower level and 24 pounds in the middle level, ensuring the effective range of long-range artillery bombardment. However, on the upper level, the forecastle gun position and even the possible open-air gun position used 32 pounds of Karon cannons, while twelve and nine pounds of medium caliber artillery were cancelled.

The reason is actually very simple. These medium-sized artillery can hardly penetrate the opponent's main ship when firing long distances. If it fires shells, chain shells and other shells, it is not as good as the Caron gun. However, close-range shells, the 32-pound Caron gun can fully exert firepower than the 32-pound cannon, because the short and heavy cannons are light and have a fast shooting speed. At close range, both types of cannons can penetrate.

Another advantage of the Caron gun is that it can be used as a howitzer (in the open-air gun position). The Navy also tested a side-fired artillery on a Garen ship that was about to retire. However, the test result was really bad. The grenade itself was very light and had poor speed. It was difficult to penetrate a warship of half a meter to one meter thick. If it could not penetrate, it would have to fall into the water and fail. If the fuse was cut, it would be too dangerous. What was even more terrible was the failure of the launch. This situation led to the blowout of the test ship, which eventually caused the Navy to cut off the idea, but only some shells were stored in the ammunition to support the landing.

The current howitzer fuse is ignited by the heat flow generated by the firing drug through the gap between the shell and the barrel, which is much better than the mortar that needs to actively ignite the fuse. However, the problem is that once the bullet is stuck, it is that the grenade fuse is ignited but not fired, and it will explode itself. Of course, this is just an extreme situation. More importantly, in the sea artillery battle, there are various ignition flames on the artillery deck. The grenade is placed on the artillery deck. Once it is ignited by the war, it is not as simple as reimbursing one or two gun groups.

As the head of state and commander of the Dragon Fleet, Li Mingxun must have taken the flagship Regal. This ship was originally a flagship built for the Indian Ocean Fleet. Li Junwei is the second child of Li Mingxun and Li Xiangjun, and Li Mingxun's youngest son. Li Mingxun loves him especially. The two factors combined together make the Regal's luxuriousness beyond imagination, especially the stern tower, carved building, painted buildings, and gold paintings. It is simply unparalleled. The only one who can compare with it is the Junhua.

It is precisely because of this that the delivery of these two warships was seriously overdue. The Jun-class built the Junhua first. The main structure was completed and the construction of the Coredevil and Regal together started. But the final service was the Coredevil. The first ship of the Junhua was the second one to serve. It took the Junhua two years to carry out sculpture decoration. In fact, the Junhua was not completely completed. The interior decoration was to be done after the interior decoration arrived in Penang.

The Regal is beautiful, powerful and noble, but Lee Mingxun loves and hates it. The reason is very simple. Even Lee Mingxun is not sure that he can arrive before the July meeting begins.

The Regal is a three-layer artillery deck battleship. This trip southward is May when the southwest wind prevails. The Dragon Fleet sails against the wind, and the tall and wide bulwarks of the Regal will have a sail that cannot be folded, resulting in the ship having to reach the wind at an angle of 72 to 75 degrees to move in the wind. This means that it takes three or four times the road to reach the target.

The words of the engineer who accompanied the ship (strengthened to the Penang military shipyard to provide maintenance services for the expanded Indian Ocean fleet) almost caused Li Mingxun's chin to fall off. The experienced engineer said that if he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would not believe that the ship could really be beaten!

In the end, Lee Myung-hoon chose to change the ship and replaced it with a large flying-scissor cruise ship full of the Indian Ocean Fleet officers' families. He headed to Peking University amid the chatter of a group of old ladies, and then headed to Penang on land. Before leaving the fleet, Lee Myung-hoon ordered the fleet's chief of staff to arrive in Penang before the meeting began. He needed this fleet to show off his power. Of course, if he couldn't feel it, he could temporarily abandon the cute Regal and lead other battleships to go.
Chapter completed!