Wanli 1592

Chapter 162 Footsteps of the Times

Walking around and chatting, everyone gradually became familiar with each other. After the night darkened, Xiao Ruxun announced the start of a grand reception banquet. Everyone ate and drank together. Although the food was not as good as the previous Chinese New Year, it also surprised the officers and soldiers of the navy. I didn't expect Admiral Xiao to give them such a good welcome banquet.

The only fly in the ointment, in their opinion, is that there is no alcohol. The favorite of these arrogant soldiers is alcohol, but everyone looked at Admiral Xiao and never mentioned alcohol or drank. Those army generals and soldiers did not drink alcohol. I didn't drink, and I didn't have the nerve to mention it.

Later, a few idiots boldly came forward and asked Xiao Ruxun if he had any alcohol. Xiao Ruxun replied with a smile: "Except for New Year's Day and the celebration banquet for the complete defeat of the Japanese pirates, drinking is not allowed in the army at ordinary times. Anyone who finds drinking is severely punished three times at a time. Ten boards, beheaded twice to show the public."

The plain words were like a dark wind blowing towards them, making them tremble from the bottom of their hearts to the surface of their skin. When Xiao Ruxun said this, he said it with a smile, but it made them suddenly think that Xiao Ruxun is a murderer without blinking an eye. His general, who has tens of thousands of heads, probably wouldn't mind accepting one of them.

Chen Lin and Deng Zilong also felt awe-inspiring, remembering that none of the generals in the army were older than Xiao Ruxun, but they were subdued by him, which was enough to see Xiao Ruxun's methods. As a model, he is not a good general.

Partly relaxing and partly carefully enjoying the welcome banquet, after the lunch break, Xiao Ruxun decided to hold a military meeting, gather the generals of the navy, and have the military judge announce to them the content of the military law of the army, how to count violations of military laws, how to punish, how to count For meritorious service, how to calculate rewards, etc., Xiao Ruxun knew very well that this aspect must be agreed in advance, and sand should not be mixed, otherwise problems will definitely occur.

After announcing the military law, Xiao Ruxun invited Li Sunchen to join him in the battle meeting of the navy, and formally announced the strategic plan to capture Tsushima Island and cut off the Japanese pirates' supply line. In a fierce battle at sea, there will definitely be a lot of gains.

"The Japanese pirates tried to transport supplies from Jeolla-do and Gyeongsang-do before, but due to the bloody battle of General Yi Sun-shin, the Japanese pirates had to abandon the transportation and supply plan of Jeolla-do and could only take the road of Gyeongsang-do. The Japanese pirates' marching speed and combat capability have been reduced, and if we further cut off the supply route from Tsushima Island to Busan Port, the Japanese pirates will be trapped to death in Busan."

Xiao Ruxun punched Busan on the map.

"General Yi Sun-shin tried to capture Busan Port before, but the traitor betrayed his plan and was ambushed by the Japanese pirates, so he failed. But this time, we must gather the strength of [-] warships to take Tsushima Island. , and then attacked Busan Port, wiped out the Japanese pirate navy, completely trapped the Japanese pirates in Busan, prevented them from returning to the country, and forced them to surrender. After that, there are more things that the navy needs to do.

So this time, the governor is of great use to the navy. Whether the navy wins or not, and whether the navy is sharp or not, will directly affect the victory or defeat of the army. The governor will never allow any factors to affect the navy If you want to fight, then I would like to ask Chen Zongbing to talk about the specific equipment of the navy in detail. "

Xiao Ruxun threw the quarrel to Chen Lin.

Chen Lin nodded, and began to talk about the composition of the navy under his command.

"The navy under the command of the last general is composed of Guangdong Shuiying and Zhejiang Fujian Shuiying. Most of them are Fuchuan. The main ships are No. 63 and No. 65, with a draft of one foot and two feet. No. [-] Fuchuan has five hundred materials, which is the largest. There are [-] warships, the No. [-] Fuchuan has [-] materials, [-] ships, and a total of [-] ships. The firearms carried include Dafa Gongyi, Dayang Frangji VI, Wankou Gun III, and spray guns [-] , Bird gun ten, as well as rockets, fire bricks, gunpowder barrels, knives, guns, bows and arrows, etc., the full number of soldiers is [-].

The No. 51 Fu Chuan is a sentinel ship, mostly used for scouting the enemy and engaging in close combat. There are [-] ships; , three bowl-mouth guns, six bird guns, fifty spray tubes, eighty smoke pots, ten cannons, fifty fire bricks, and two hundred rockets. There are [-] people in the full staff and fifty ships.

Among the Haicang boats, there is also a small boat called Cangshan boat, with a crew of [-]. The hull is small, above the water, with a draft of five feet. They are mainly used for chasing enemies and harvesting heads, and are mostly used for close combat. There are fifty ships.

The No. 70 lucky boat is the black boat. This boat is the most expensive boat in our navy. The black boat was originally a unique boat in Dongguan, Guangdong. It is made of iron pear wood. It is as wide as three feet, and it is as hard as iron. It can be broken when touched, and it can be broken when it is hit. It can last for 50 to 800 years, and it can last for [-] years. One bad thing is that this kind of ship is quite expensive to build. A ship needs seven to eight hundred taels of silver!

There are only ten of these ships in my navy, which are specially used to ram Japanese ships. No matter whether they are cannons or blunderbusses, they can't do anything to my black ships. There are more than 670 other types of fire boats and daughter ships, all of which are used for collisions. There are a total of [-] ships and [-] naval officers and soldiers. "

After hearing this, Li Shunchen was full of excitement, and said, "The ships of the Heavenly Soldiers are so majestic and mighty, and the Japanese ships are no match for them. The Japanese ships are so light and small, with a shallow draft. They can be broken by collisions with our plank boats and turtle boats." , not to mention the heavenly soldiers and the great blessing ship, one ship can reach three ships of the Japanese pirates, how can the Japanese pirates compete with me?"

After hearing this, Chen Lin felt a little proud in his heart, thinking how can you and other small countries compare with our heavenly kingdom?

In a blink of an eye, Chen Lin, who hadn't been happy for a long time, saw Xiao Ruxun's complexion was not good, frowning, he didn't know what he was thinking, and his heart became cold. He thought that Xiao Ruxun was not satisfied with his fleet, so he was a little unsure. He asked, "Admiral, do you have any questions?"

Xiao Ruxun sighed, and asked: "Did Zongbing Chen mention the bowl-mouth gun when he described it just now?"

"Wankou gun? Yes?" The second monk Chen Linzhang couldn't figure it out: "What questions does the admiral have?"

Xiao Ruxun asked: "This bowl of muzzle, if the governor remembers correctly, there was something in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties at the earliest. When Taizu founded the country, he had already equipped this bowl of muzzle. It has been more than two hundred years, and the infantry basically The navy no longer uses the bowl-mouth gun, but the navy is still using the bowl-mouth gun? Why not eliminate it and replace it?"

"what?"

Chen Lin looked confused, and the generals also looked puzzled. The reason for the admiral's frowning was because of this?

"Wankou blunderbusses are short in body, use less medicine, short in range, and low in power. They are basically useless. They are far inferior to Franji. Why not eliminate them? Firearms 200 years ago are still in use today. Isn't it self-satisfied? These bowls Take the muzzle guns down, don’t use them any more, I’ll give you one hundred Francophones from the army, fifty large Francophones, and equip them on the ship.

Do not use obsolete things, especially when there are better things. I heard that during the Jiajing period, the Daming Navy once fought against the Frangji Navy. At that time, they used this bowl of muzzle guns and fire boats Tactics, although they won the battle, they were also woken up by the Franc machine guns with the Franc machine guns, and then the Fran machine guns were introduced. In order to use it, the governor will ask Song Jinglue to write to the court to completely stop the production of bowl and mouth guns. "

Chen Lin, Deng Zilong and the navy generals looked at each other.

PS: There will be another chapter to add later.

(End of this chapter)