I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 830 Only Change Is Eternal

At this time, there are still hundreds of years before the age of great navigation. Zhao Xi is not sure whether the current navigation technology can have amazing talents and amazing things like Columbus.

Zhao Xi will not aim too high. After the pirate incident, the first thing he thinks of is escort... This is determined by his original identity.

Therefore, all arrangements still have limitations.However, Zhao Xi has the idea to build a navy of the Song Dynasty.Unfortunately, although he is really not familiar with sailing, it is difficult to give reasonable guidance.

Guochao's voyages should be caused by the severance of commercial routes in the Western Regions. In other words, Guochao's voyages were more due to commerce and trade rather than adventures in the age of great navigation.

Without the corresponding scientific and technological support, it would be difficult for Zhao Xi to guide the development of today's voyages in the direction of discovering new continents.

Thinking too much, a person's life has its end, and Zhao Xi never thought about changing the historical process too much from the beginning, but just wanted to make the dynasty of this land strong within his ability.

And this within one's ability, in Zhao Xi's heart, is in line with this era.

Taking this opportunity, we may be able to take a step forward...

"Zhongzheng, select the imperial city department to investigate, and focus on investigating the degree of participation of various noble families along the coast..."

"At the same time, try to see if you can scout a piece of Liuqiu's island to see if it's all those forces. If it doesn't work, start from the periphery. The key point is to get news."

Liuqiu was only discovered in the former Sui Dynasty, and it was only a few hundred years ago. Zhao Xi didn't think there was any local power there.

It took less than a thousand years for Ryukyu to exist as a dynasty from its discovery. Zhao Xi can be sure that the development of Ryukyu should be the same as that of a certain country in later generations.

Some forces that lost power in the mainland, desperadoes, and adventurers gathered, and finally formed different forces, and after mutual conflicts and exterminations, they finally formed the so-called unity.

At this time, Song Dynasty intervened, which may be different for later generations.

The courtiers may think that they are preparing for the planning of the Northern Liao... In fact, for the Northern Liao, there is only one opportunity now, and there is no need to spend too much thought.

In the early years, the imperial court was weak, and the imperial army was in a mess, so they must have no thought or power to consider the issue of the navy.

Now, maybe the time is right...

Once the imperial court has made a decision on something, with the current imperial court formulating it, it will move quickly.

The Ministry of War and the Privy Council began to prepare for the establishment of the navy, which was almost a process from scratch. Without any reference, Zhang Dun could only combine the sailors who went to sea in the south with the training mode of the new army...
"Zirong, you have to help me with this matter. Before the warship is finalized, I have no way of doing it. It is not suitable for the training of soldiers from the old guard battalion and the new army, nor is it suitable for sailors. Only the warship Once the form is established, we can conduct targeted training here.”

Zhang Dun was helpless.The officials' records in the guard battalion in the early years rarely involved naval warfare, let alone training for the navy.

"The workshop city is also anxious. Just talking about shooting on the warship, this idea should be able to do training first. Now the workshop city needs to solve the problem of gunpowder and water avoidance."

"You also know that the current gunpowder bullets, even iron shell gunpowder bullets, the calculation of the firing distance is based on the length of the lead wire, and how the lead wire avoids water is a big problem. Not to mention the problem of muskets, tunnel-fired guns After being flooded, it also cannot be ignited..."

"However, Zihou, from Su Song's point of view, the Ministry of War can try to train the marines first."

"Marines?"

"Well, I remember that in the early years, when the officials led the army to march south, during the battle to disrupt Annan's north, there was a topic of chatting, that is, if the country attacked Annan, it would be enough to attack from north to south."

Su Song seemed to be recalling the previous battle situation, that was the first time the officials showed their astonishment in strategy and tactics.

"At the time of the debate, Di Shuai thought that as long as he had an army of [-], he could go straight to the Shenglong Mansion like Ma Yuan. The officials didn't think so. The officials said that this time is not the same as in the past. When Ma Yuan conquered Annan, Annan is not considered a unified dynasty."

"Officials believe that the Annan Li Dynasty is already unified. As long as it is not popular, it can organize resistance. However, Annan's terrain is mountainous, and soldiers are used to fighting in the mountains. Our soldiers are obsessed with cavalry and large armies. Combat may not succeed in one fell swoop.”

At that time, the first southern expedition, the guard battalion was the first time to fight, and it was also the first appearance of special operations.At that time, the main combat force was still dominated by the Western Army, which relied heavily on cavalry because it had been fighting Xixia for a long time.

Su Song clearly remembered the debate at the time, which touched him a lot.

"The officials said at the time that if you want to take Annan lightly, the development of armaments is the first need, supplemented by special operations, and sending a naval division, carrying ten thousand marines, to land and fight from the sea is the least expensive way to win Annan. The best way."

"Di Shuai asked the officials at that time, what is the Marine Corps, and the officials said that both naval and land warfare have the qualities like the guard battalion, or that the sailors have the military quality and combat capabilities of the guard battalion soldiers."

"Zihou also knows that the soldiers of the old guard battalion, not only in terms of shooting, whether it is lurking, attacking, individual combat, etc., have been difficult to surpass in the entire new army of the country. If the sailors can What is the situation of the pawn's individual combat ability?"

Zhang Dun realized something, although he couldn't fully understand it, he seemed to have touched something.No matter how deep it is, he also knows that Su Song won't understand... Su Song doesn't focus on the army.

"Zihou, you are actually stubborn. Who was the Tuohai team defeated by? Pirates, that is to say, pirates' combat quality at sea is higher than that of soldiers of the new army of the country and the dynasty, and also higher than that of sailors in sea transportation."

"You just need to refine the combat methods of pirates, combine the training of new soldiers and new equipment, and integrate them into a new training system, which is the training topic of the Marine Corps."

The difference between Su Song and Zhang Dun is that he has been doing flexible things all these years. Whether it is for civilian or military use, any improvement of existing equipment requires a flexible thinking at all times.

Officials have said that only change is eternal...
At this time, it was no longer a call to Zhang Dun, but a broad road.

As a scholar, there is no one who does not want to leave a name through the ages.And Su Song's words almost pointed out the direction for Zhang Dun... a training system, a perfect Marine Corps training system, the temptation to Zhang Dun is no longer limited to the selection and formation of the navy this time, Once formed, he Zhang Dun will be the founder of the Guochao navy, and may even be the originator of the navy of later generations.

What could be more exciting than this?
Zhang Dun bowed and saluted Su Song sincerely.

(End of this chapter)