Chapter 356 King of Korea

Author: Mrmumumuah

Chapter 356 King of Korea

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A train was billowing smoke and heading north at Zhenjiang Port on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

This is a feeder port.

It is connected to the railway connecting Guangzhou and Zhongdu, and Zhongdu to Beidu.

It took six years of construction.

The Beijing-Guangzhou Railway was finally completed and opened to traffic.

Of course.

Subject to current technical capabilities.

The Ming Dynasty did not have the ability to build a railway bridge across the Yangtze River for the time being.

So now we can only connect via ferry.

The first commercially operated freight train departs from Jianggang on the north bank of the Yangtze River and heads for Beidu City at this moment.

"It's not easy. With an investment of almost tens of millions of dollars, the first north-south artery spanning the north and south has finally been built! Next, we have to build several more north-south and east-west railways to form a north-south, east-west staggered, north-south line.

The railway needs to be extended all the way from Beidu to Heilongjiang City."

Standing at a place in Jianggang, Emperor Zhu sighed as he looked at the freight train rolling northward.

"Your Majesty, it is easy to build the railway from Zhongdu to Beidu. They are all plains. However, it is too difficult for the railway from Beidu to cross Yanshan Mountain." The person who was speaking was a man wearing a navy blue birch suit.

He is a man in his thirties with an army haircut on his head.

The young man’s name is Zhan Mingxing, a native of Panyu, Guangdong.

One of the three hundred old brothers.

After studying in several universities in Europe for several years, he was the founding scholar of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Daohua University.

Now he is the chief engineer of the Ming Dynasty Royal Railway Company.

This section of railway from Beidu over the Badaling Great Wall was a nightmare for engineers of this era.

If it weren't for the Royal Institute of Metallurgical Technology's research into new cheap steel smelting technology and the large-scale application of explosives in railway engineering.

This railway across Badaling will not even be planned.

"Train climbing is indeed a problem. Although the cost of bombing the mountain is high, the significance of building this railway is of great significance. Several industrial zones in the Ming Dynasty must be connected by railways!"

Emperor Zhu said.

Now there are three main industrial zones in the Ming Dynasty.

Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, Bohai Bay.

And now the Ming Dynasty plans to plan a new industrial zone in the northeast.

It's near Shenyang.

Relying on Anshan's iron and Fushun's coal.

This will be the most important coal and iron community and the largest heavy industry base in the Ming Dynasty.

And as the collective farms in Northeast China expanded toward the Xing'an Mountains.

In Liaodong, West Liaoning, and North Liaoning, provinces were established respectively. The colonial attributes and collective production attributes of collective farms were revoked, and the land was auctioned based on equity. The matter of transforming collective farms into large-scale operating farms was also discussed.

Schedule - Now that the Ming Dynasty has firmly controlled the Northeastern region south of Heilongjiang, it seems somewhat unnecessary to continue to maintain collectivization of collective farms.

Farmers who own collective farms can receive dividends through their own land equity. Liaodong Province, Liaoxi Province, and Liaobei Province have become the provinces with the best population structure, the highest level of education, and the highest per capita disposable income in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, plans to plan industrial zones, build universities, and build railways in the Northeast are urgent.

"God bless, I heard that the herringbone railway line design has basically passed the acceptance inspection?"

Zhu Daohua smiled.

Of course, Zhan Mingxing has little to do with the railway engineer in history.

His font name "Tianyou" was also given by Emperor Zhu.

So in this time and space.

There was also a railway engineer named Zhan Tianyou.

"Your Majesty, it has been verified that it is theoretically feasible. This will greatly reduce the number of contributors to the construction of the Badaling Railway. In three years at most, the railway can be built to Shenyang!"

Zhan Mingxing said excitedly.

Emperor Zhu nodded, then turned to look at Wang Dayong, the Secretary of the Ministry of War beside him.

Wang Dayong was originally the commander of Emperor Zhu's Guards Regiment.

However, Zhao Si resigned from the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of War some time ago, became a general, and now sits in the Generalissimo's Mansion.

As the scale of the war decreases.

The older generation of generals have stepped down from positions of real power.

They were replaced by young generals such as Wang Dayong, Luo Dingshan, Yang Yuchun, and Yang Fang.

"How is the equipment change situation of the northern corps?"

"Your Majesty, all the regiments in the north are now undergoing orderly reloading and installing needle-fired guns. At the current pace, all the northern corps will be able to complete the reloading by June next year."

Wang Dayong said hurriedly.

The Ming Army has also undergone organizational reforms.

The era of the brigade level as the basic combat unit is over.

The basic organization of the Ming Dynasty's army is now divisions.

The basic strength of a Ming Army infantry division is 12,000.

It has two infantry regiments, one mounted infantry regiment and one artillery regiment.

The regular army forces that now only belong to the Ming Dynasty Army Department include 20 infantry divisions, 10 horse infantry divisions, 5 shock cavalry divisions, and 5 large-caliber howitzer divisions.

The total strength of the army has reached 400,000!

And this is only the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, not including the vassal armies in each direction.

The Corps is a temporary organization.

Fill in several divisions according to the needs of the combat direction.

"First, focus on the Liaodong Corps. The Liaodong Corps must fully complete its equipment change and training by the end of this year."

"As you command!"

Wang Dayong said hurriedly.

At this moment.

A freighter arrives.

A large number of boxes containing arms were unloaded from the freighter.

This river port is not only the starting point connecting Zhongdu and Beidu.

It is also an important material distribution center.

Arms produced in Guangdong are transported here. After inspection and storage by the Army Department, they are then distributed to army regiments stationed in various places.

At this moment.

The staff officers of the Army Department were sweating profusely as they inspected, numbered, and put the unloaded arms into storage.

This is also the reason why Wang Dayong, Minister of the Ministry of War, is here today.

The Ming Dynasty Army is now going to comprehensively upgrade to a new generation of rifles.

Liberation Year 6 type breech-loading needle-fired gun.

Breech-loading guns had already appeared a few years ago, but there were still many problems at that time. There were no large-scale equipment troops.

After several years of continuous investment and iteration.

This breech-loading gun was finally finalized, and it was first equipped to the corps in several key directions.

Emperor Zhu asked someone to open a box, took out the Guangfu 6-year-old breech-loading needle gun inside, pulled the bolt, listened to the crisp sound of the mechanical collision, nodded with satisfaction, turned to Wang Dayong and said: "This The breech-loading gun is very good. Several regiments on the front line are rushing to get it. The factories in Guangdong have no time to produce it! However, the replaced Guangfu 2-year-old rifled gun must be recycled. Now all Western countries are replacing it with rifled guns. As for guns, we were the first to replace them with breech-loading guns, keeping us a generation ahead of the West in terms of equipment. However, the financial pressure is not small, so it would be best if we can find a way to sell some of the rifles we replaced with stronger rifles."

The mechanical structure of breech-loading guns is much more complex than that of front-loading rifled guns.

Therefore, the relative cost is also much higher.

In terms of final selling price, the price of a breech-loading gun is three times more expensive than a front-loading rifled gun.

A gun costs 6 Ming Yuan.
To be continued...