Chapter 259: Taking Chestnuts from the Fire (Seventeen) Toyotomi Military Purchase
Perhaps because the location of Sakai Town is too close to Osaka Castle, Toyotomi Hideuchi insisted that the Maritime Trade Alliance's garrison in Sakai Town should not exceed five thousand. He also said "very considerately" that the number of troops stationed in Sakai Town should not exceed five thousand.
There are 4,038 people planned to be a standard infantry corps of the Sea Trade Alliance, and the remaining about 1,000 people can be the family members, servants, etc. of the officers of this corps.
Well, in order for the Maritime Trade Alliance to have fewer troops stationed near Osaka Castle that can actually fight, Lord Toyotomi Dainagon Hideuchi really worked hard and almost died.
Luo Yuan argued with him for a long time, but in the end he couldn't get rid of this "professional staff", and finally reluctantly agreed, setting the upper limit of garrison strength at five thousand.
Regarding this result, Toyotomi Hidenaga breathed a sigh of relief, while Luo Yuan had a bad look on his face but was secretly happy in his heart.
Why are you still secretly happy? That's because among the three places that Gao Jingshi had made his mind to, Sakai Town was originally ranked first, and Gao Jingshi also knew the sensitivity of Sakai Town, so what he told Luo Yuan was "the garrison strives to be in the
More than one mark".
The standard is directly one level lower than that of the association, and the difference in the number of people between one association and one association is not small. The establishment of a town in the Jinghua Department is two troops in each town, and one association has 4,038 officers and soldiers; each association has two bids, and each association has
There are 1,756 Biao officers and soldiers, while Ma Biao has slightly fewer officers and soldiers, 1,117. Each Biao is divided into three battalions, with four companies in each battalion, three rows in each company, and three sheds in each row...
…etc.
The reason why there are only 3,512 people in an association formed by the two bids, which does not seem to reach the total number of people in an association, is because the association also has a guard company, direct artillery, reconnaissance cavalry, direct engineers, etc.
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Gao Pragmatic's request was to strive for a garrison standard, which roughly meant to try to garrison two thousand troops. This number was less than half of what Luo Yuan actually achieved. Of course Luo Yuan was happy now - even if the master only ended up with
Send a bid, but it wouldn't be a bad thing if the upper limit given by the Toyotomi family is high! What's more, he doesn't think that the master will be happy to put more people in Sakai Town.
After discussing this big issue, Luo Yuan originally estimated that Toyotomi Hidenaga would mention the relationship between the Maritime Trade Alliance and the Hojo family. Who knew that he miscalculated? What Toyotomi Hidenaga mentioned next was actually a sum of money.
Business, a big deal.
On behalf of the Toyotomi family, he formally proposed arms purchase to the Maritime Trade Alliance!
Yes, it's the kind of arms purchase that everyone knows: buying warships, buying artillery, buying muskets, buying gunpowder... He even wants to introduce some production lines - of course he doesn't know the word production line, but his expression undoubtedly means this:
"Build the necessary facilities and tools for us to build relevant warships, artillery, muskets and other items. If we need to teach and train craftsmen, please send someone to guide us. We are willing to pay the corresponding cash for this." He then added.
One sentence: "The price is negotiable."
If Gao Pragmatic were here in person, I'm afraid he wouldn't be praising Toyotomi Hidetoshi's vision in his heart. People a few hundred years ago had a far-sighted vision than some comprador entrepreneurs in later generations, and didn't even think about "making is worse than buying." , it is necessary to introduce production lines and train industrial workers. It is indeed one of the main members of the "East Asian Monster House".
However, even if Gao Pragmatic was not around, Luo Yuan would never agree to this proposal. Commander Luo rejected him cleanly and said: "I am only the commander of the Guandong Squadron, and I rarely get involved in specific business matters, but as far as I know, I
Each factory in Jinghua only sells products and has never sold production technology."
Toyotomi Hidenaga was obviously a little disappointed, but having said that, disappointment was a disappointment, and it was actually what he expected.
In fact, the deal he just proposed was not made by him alone, but an idea that Toyotomi Hideyoshi came up with after being persuaded by Ishida Mitsunari, Nagasu Masaie and others. When Hideyoshi told him, he also said
Agreed, so the scene above happened.
But they all know that this idea has a low chance of success, so they also have a backup plan. The backup plan is very simple. There is nothing you can do if the production line cannot buy it temporarily. It is also good to buy some finished products first for emergencies. However, these finished products belong to "
Customized services" must also be discussed in detail with Jinghua.
Take warships as an example. In the past, Jinghua only sold armed transport ships to domestic maritime merchants in the Ming Dynasty. However, due to its high pragmatism and emphasis on standardization (this was due to cost considerations, including production and maintenance), Jinghua’s armed transport ships were all of the same specification.
, very unified.
Of course, specifically, there are also certain "customized services", but this kind of customization service is relatively simple, mainly due to the difference in gun load, which is divided into four categories: standard gun load, medium load gun, small amount of gun load, and no gun load.
Class - The thirty armed transport ships ordered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi before were the lowest standard unloaded gun models. Of course, that was mainly because Gao Pragmatic refused to sell him guns.
However, the warship the Toyotomi family proposed to purchase this time had to be customized even in model, because they felt that the armed transport ship was too big and the various costs were a bit expensive, so they needed a smaller warship.
This matter has to start with the actual situation of Japan's "Navy Army". As mentioned before, Japan's "Navy Army" is actually just a later name. The earliest Japanese maritime power should be called "Pirates". As early as the Heian Era
, Japan has a maritime armed robbery group with the same characteristics as bandits - pirates.
By the Muromachi period, pirate was no longer a contemptuous term, and powerful pirate leaders were even more proud of the title of "pirate general". They no longer even made a living by robbing property, but used commercial activities as their main source of funds.
The original military force existed to strengthen their rule. Later, in order to distinguish the difference between the two, the latter was called "Navy Army".
There are roughly three types of ships used by the Japanese Navy and one special model. The conventional ships in order of size are Anzabune, Sekibune, and Kohayabune. The three ships are all single-masted, using sails for oceangoing, and oars for close combat.
, the hull is divided into three parts, the upper and middle parts, and the bottom is below the waterline. There is also an unconventional model called an ironclad ship, but it is too heavy to go to the open sea, and because Japan has insufficient iron production, few are built.
, we don’t need to mention it for now.
Then the first thing to talk about among the other three types of ships is the Anzha ship. This kind of ship is large and sturdy, using "tortoise bones", but it is much more fragile than the Mingfeng ships outside the Keika system at the same time. It is comparable to Keika's armed transport ships.
Not to mention comparison.
There is a police building at the center and rear of the ship, which is divided into three floors and is equipped with 160 small oars and 80 large oars. The weapons are large barrels and iron cannons (artillery and muskets). It is the core force of the regular navy and the core of the navy's formation.
Therefore, large ships of more than 2,000 koku (referring to the unit of load measurement, different from the Ming Dynasty) can be classified into this category. However, it should be noted that even the largest Anzha ship in Japan is not as big as the armed transport ship of Jinghua
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The second is Kanshun, which is a medium-sized warship. The design concept is to improve mobility while taking into account defense power. The two sides have between eighty and forty oars. The weapons are also large barrels and iron cannons.
Seed ships are currently the main battle force of the Japanese Navy.
Then there is the small morning boat, which is a small boat. The design idea is to give up defense and improve maneuverability as much as possible. With forty oars on both sides, it is mainly responsible for reconnaissance and reporting in the regular navy. But because of
It is light and flexible, has a relatively high cost-efficiency ratio, and has low technical content, so it has become the mainstream ship of pirates and is often used in groups.
Small morning ships can be divided into iron cannon ships, long-handled ships, odd ships, monojian ships, ban ships, military and food ships, etc. The staffing of eight hundred stone ships is an example. Generally, it is equipped with a hundred oars, which requires a hundred sailors.
, there are five helmsmen on the bow, about a hundred musketeers, and combatants account for half of the total number. If sails are used as power, the number of sailors required can be greatly reduced, and a hundred-man iron cannon team can be used.
As can be seen from the above ships of the Japanese navy, the small morning ships can only fight and basically have no carrying capacity; the Kansai ships can fight and carry, but considering that sea-going ships need to reserve the supplies needed by the ship to ensure self-sustainability,
Therefore, the carrying capacity of the customs ship is also relatively limited; if the Anzha ship is not mainly used for combat, the carrying capacity will be relatively larger, but this kind of ship runs slowly, and the carrying tonnage is wasted accordingly.
Since the Japanese navy is accustomed to using smaller ships, and they currently do not have the "giant ship and cannon" doctrine, they believe that it is not cost-effective to replace all of them with Jinghua-style armed transport ships, so they put forward a plan for two customized warships.
I hope Jinghua can design and build a batch specifically for it.
According to the plan proposed by Toyotomi Hidenaga, the Toyotomi family first needs to use the size of the Anzha ships as a rough standard and ask Keihua to design and build a batch of new Anzha ships. The main requirement is to not reduce their defense capabilities and carrying capacity.
Significantly increase sailing speed.
The second custom-made warship is of course the new Kansai ship. The requirements are opposite to those of the new Anzha ship, which is to strengthen the defense while maintaining its speed, and preferably also increase the carrying capacity.
Theoretically speaking, if shipbuilding technology reaches a certain level, the relationship between these three standards is nothing more than that if you are strong, I will be weak, and if you are weak, I will be strong. There is no premise of maintaining one or two dimensions and improving the other.
Dimension. But the problem is that Japan's shipbuilding technology is quite backward at this time, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the technical level of Anzha and Kanfune, so in fact, Jinghua is capable of technological upgrades for them.
This kind of technological upgrade does not even require Jinghua to spend too much effort, because at this moment, apart from Jinghua, the Ming Dynasty's own shipbuilding level can almost meet the requirements of the Toyotomi family - of course this refers to the warship level of the Ming Dynasty's regular navy
, rather than referring to the products of private shipyards, which are too complicated and have mixed quality.
In fact, even if not counting Beijing or the Maritime Trade Alliance, the strength of the Ming Dynasty navy is not weak in the world at this time. Based on this year's standards (1590), its comprehensive combat capabilities can probably be ranked among the top five. Design
And their shipbuilding capabilities are not bad either. From the Jiajing to Wanli years alone, there were as many as 21 models of warships in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. If Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi are included, the models are even more numerous.
From a global perspective, with the extensive application of firearms, naval tactics have also undergone major changes. In the early years, Yu Dayou promptly proposed a basic principle of naval warfare: "Naval warfare is nothing more than using big ships to defeat small ships, and using big guns to defeat small ones."
Guns; many ships are better than few; many guns are better than few."
It can be seen that the naval warfare of the Ming Dynasty entered the modern mode very early. During the Jiajing period, more than half of the combatants on the Ming army's warships used firearms, and by the Wanli period, the proportion reached more than 70%.
It is considered a very high degree of firearms use worldwide.
As for the full use of firearms in Jinghua's Liangyang Fleet, that is another matter, and it was not achieved until the bayonet came out. Originally, Jinghua's Liangyang Fleet did not recommend sequential boarding operations, but in the early years, considering this situation, it might still be
Occasionally, they were equipped with Yan Ling knives. Later, when bayonets were introduced, the separate Yan Ling knives were cancelled, and all muskets equipped by the fleet were bayonet type.
At this time, the equipment of the Ming Dynasty Navy was mainly based on Fu Chuan, which is a general name for a type of ship born on the coast of Fujian. It has a wide bottom tip, a wide tip and a tail, and two raised ends. The building materials are mainly Fujian pine, fir, and camphor.
, Nanmu, there are six models in total.
The lucky ships used in naval battles, specifically No. 1 and No. 2. According to Qi Jiguang, who had won several great victories in 1560, "Fu ships are as tall as a city and cannot be driven by manpower. They rely entirely on the wind, while Japanese ships are naturally smaller."
Just like my little cang boat, the lucky boat rides on the wind and presses down, like a chariot crushing a mantis. The battle is for ship power, not manpower." His views on naval warfare are basically consistent with Yu Dayou's, and of course they are also basically consistent with Gao Pragmatism.
According to the "Military Bei Zhi": "Using firearms and the undulations of the waves may not necessarily hit the thieves. Even if they do, it will not be much, but they can be used to frighten the enemy's heart and ears. There are two things to rely on: shooting Buddhas
"Langji. But if you don't hit it, no ship will be smashed. The first is. Use fireballs like fireballs on the bows. When they meet, throw them down from a height. The fire will set off and the pirate ship will be burned." This can be seen from this.
Compared with the Japanese navy, the military navy also has obvious advantages in large ships, high freeboard, and ability to ram into close combat situations.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Among these great fortune ships, one is known as the great fortune ship. It has three turrets, a wide bottom tip, and a high bow and stern. It can accommodate a hundred people.
The performance is relatively poor. No. 2 is called a lucky boat, which is slightly smaller than No. 1 and is "commonly used".
Fu Chuan is as tall as a building and can accommodate a hundred people. It is wide at the bottom, with a raised and open bow, a towering tail, and a draft of about 3.5 meters. It is equipped with a head gun on the bow, six thousand-pound Folang machines on both sides, and a bowl-mouth blunderbuss.
3, 20 thunder cannons, 60 nozzles, 10 fire blunderbuss, 500 crossbows, 10 gunpowder crossbows, 300 rockets, 100 fire bricks, and thousands of cold weapons. 64 crew members, 9 sailors,
55 soldiers.
According to the description in "Weaponry Chronicles", this kind of giant ship has three floors on top. The sides are guarded by boards and protected by thatched bamboo, standing like a wall. It has two sails and masts. There are four floors in the middle. The lower floor is equipped with ballast stones.
The third floor is where the fresh water tank is placed, and the second floor is where the soldiers live. The top floor is a terrace, which needs to be climbed up from the ladder on the third floor. The wings are used as railings on both sides, and people lean on them to fight. The arrows, rocks and artillery are all overlooked.
It is actually a weapon in naval warfare.
The floors here are different from the Western terminology used by Jinghua. For example, Jinghua's so-called "two-deck gun" refers to the two decks that can fire artillery, and does not include the deck below.
The common shortcoming of these two types of Dafu ships is that they have poor maneuverability. "They are as tall as a city and cannot be driven by human power. They rely entirely on favorable winds and tides, but it is inconvenient to maneuver. Moreover, their drafts are deep, and they can only benefit from the open ocean. In the Caspian Sea, it is difficult to maneuver."
The Yijiao is shallow and must be rescued by the sentinel ship." ("Tongkao of continued literature")
Because the latter types of Fuchuan are generally not used for long-sea operations, there is no need to go into detail here. Overall, the first two types of Fuchuan can fully meet Japan's needs. The only thing Jinghua has to do is to slightly change the design to increase their speed.
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This is not difficult for Jinghua, because Jinghua has already developed the clipper bow of the wooden warship era, and also has the copper cladding technology on the bottom of the ship, so increasing the speed is completely within its technical level.
The only question now is what price the Toyotomi family is willing to pay.
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