Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was April 15th, the seventh year of Tianqi. The 1.7-year-old Lin Yuhao has grown to a height of [-] meters [-], and his face is becoming more and more handsome.

On this day, Lin Yuhao led Wang Huaibao, Zhou Xixi and Wei Dabao to board the ship at Ningyuan Wharf under the escort of sixteen soldiers from the infantry company.Going to his shipbuilding base on the sea, Island No. [-] was named Hailang Island by Lin Yuhao because it was full of various industrial workshops.Island No. [-] is Lin Yuhao's shipbuilding base and was named Chengfeng Island by Lin Yuhao.

On August [-], the sixth year of Tianqi, the shipyard on Chengfeng Island was completed and put into use.On August [-], the first ship of the Liaodong-class sailing battleship: Liaodong began to lay the keel.

Finally, on March 27, the seventh year of the Apocalypse.Liaodong was completed and launched, and after Lin Yuhao received the letter.He also left Jingdong Acropolis full of joy, preparing to participate in the first sea navigation experiment of the Liaodong.

The Liaodong sail battleship uses sail wheels as the main driving force.It is also equipped with a pedal transmission plate as a backup power, and 140 people step on the pedals in turn to make the battleship move forward slowly.

That is to say, there is no suitable place to manufacture steam engines, otherwise, Lin Yuhao would directly manufacture iron-clad battleships.

On April [-], the seventh year of Tianqi, Lin Yuhao came to Chengfeng Island.Accompanied by Ye Chongwen, the chief construction engineer of the Liaodong-class battleship, and Hou Sheng, the deputy chief engineer, boarded the Liaodong battleship.

Because it was a sea trial, the battleship Liaodong was not equipped with many weapons.There are only eight [-]mm twelve-barreled rocket launchers that have been hoisted, and each rocket launcher is equipped with eight boxes of rockets.

For this trial voyage, Lin Yuhao planned to drive the Liaodong Cannon to Yongning.Two rounds of salvos were fired at the coastal defense facilities set up by Jiannu outside Yongning Acropolis with rockets.

Jiannu has also learned how to behave now, and spent a lot of manpower and material resources to set up a large number of refusal horses in the coastal areas, just to prevent Lin Yuhao from leading the Ming army to cross the sea and attack their garrisoned Dunbao and Weisuo City.

After two days of sailing, the Liaodong sailed to the sea area of ​​Yongning Weisuo City.Lin Yuhao commanded the Liaodong to stop four miles from the coast, and he began to observe the situation on the coastline with binoculars.

In the binoculars, Lin Yuhao saw Jiannu who was staying at the beach.Jian Nu at this time, according to the information obtained by Lin Yuhao.Using the warships seized from the Bangzi Kingdom, they have purchased a large number of Hongyi cannons and telescopes from overseas Hongyi people.

Moreover, Huang Taiji is now determined to reform and reuse Han people in the country, which has slowly restored the strength of the Houjin Khanate.

Lin Yuhao, who heard the news, didn't pay much attention to it.Whether it was Huang Taiji or Dorgon, who was valued by the boar chief, they were all scum in Lin Yuhao's eyes.In the face of absolute strength, they should stop thinking about taking over the Central Plains.

As for the Jiannu guarding the coast, Bayala, the leader, soon saw the battleship Liaodong moored on the sea through the binoculars.Because of the long distance, Jiannu thought it was a No. [-] Fuchuan-class warship from the Ming army.So, he hurriedly ordered his men to report the letter.

The current Jiannu only have troops stationed in important guard cities along the coast.As for the piers left by the Ming army, they have all been abandoned.Just shrink the troops to defend the important guard city.

Yongning Weisuo City is now stationed with a Niulu from the Zhenglan Banner and fifty cavalry from the Xianghong Banner. The leader of the Xianghong Banner cavalry is a Bashiku.Usually, the men and horses of the two flags take turns to defend the coast according to the odd and even numbers of the date.But it is agreed that once there is an enemy situation at sea.The two troops sent troops together to attack the enemy on the coast.

Today is April 32th, and the soldiers of Zhenglan Banner are guarding the coast.Two Ba Yala led [-] vests and infantry on duty together, and found something on the sea today.They immediately sent messengers into the city to report.

In just a quarter and a half, Niu Lu Ezhen from the Zhenglan Banner led 120 Zhenglan Banner cavalrymen and [-] Red Banner cavalrymen to the coast.

However, at this moment.Lin Yuhao has already calibrated the shooting angle here, and started loading rockets into the four [-]mm twelve-tube rocket launchers on the left side of the ship.

The gunners on the ship have already intensively trained how to load rockets into the rocket launcher, and now they can quickly load a rocket launcher with rockets within 2 minutes.

After loading, a gunner immediately pressed the electronically controlled launch button and fired all twelve rockets.The purpose of this round of salvo is to blow up the Juma on the coastline.It wasn't really an attack on the coast.

But even so, the huge power of the rocket after it hit the ground and exploded.Still frightened, the slave cavalry gathered in the distance and saw the coastal defense zone that they had worked hard for a month.A large area was wiped out in just one round of salvo by the artillery shells on the opposite Ming army warship.

Then a second salvo began, this time, because each rocket was loaded with only six rockets.So it looked less spectacular than last time, purely to destroy the remaining refusing horses.

After two rounds of salvo, Lin Yuhao ordered to retreat.Jiannu is far away now, and he can't beat them yet.Otherwise, Lin Yuhao wouldn't mind killing the Jiannu cavalry with a single salvo.

Then the Liaodong went to the sea area of ​​Lushun for a few laps, and then returned to Chengfeng Island.

For this test voyage, Lin Yuhao was very satisfied with the reliability of the Liaodong battleship.The completion of this warship also illustrates the shipbuilders of the Ming Dynasty.Possessing the world's top shipbuilding technology, they were really wronged as craftsmen working for the Ming court.

Well now, these talents were recruited by Lin Yuhao.The treatment given is also very high: the monthly salary of ordinary shipbuilders is five taels of silver, three buckets of rice, and five catties of pork; the monthly salary of a foreman is eight taels of silver, five buckets of rice, and seven catties of pork; Silver, eight buckets of rice, fifteen catties of pork.As for the level of shipbuilding engineer, the monthly salary is even higher.16 taels of silver, one stone of rice and thirty catties of pork a month.

Such a high salary makes the shipbuilders very motivated.In addition, rewards for work and punishment for laziness, and if there is a quality problem in one place, everyone will deduct six yuan from their monthly salary, which makes everyone dare not be lazy and have quality problems.

When the Liaodong was about to be completed and launched, the keel laying of the second ship Ningyuan and the third ship Jinzhou had also begun.After everyone summed up the experience of the problems that occurred during the construction of the Liaodong.Now that I have become more proficient in building the Liaodong-class sailing battleship, everyone brainstormed and worked together to make the Liaodong ship successfully built and launched.

After Lin Yuhao returned to Chengfeng Island, he immediately called all the shipbuilders for a meeting.At the meeting, Lin Yuhao praised every shipbuilder.I am very satisfied with everyone's work, and hope that everyone will continue to work hard and strive to complete the task of building twelve Liaodong-class sailing battleships before July of the ninth year of the Apocalypse.

At the end of the meeting, Lin Yuhao announced.For everyone's outstanding performance, it is also to reward everyone for their meritorious service in building the Liaodong battleship.Lin Yuhao rewarded everyone with 20 taels of silver and gave everyone three days off.

Because both Hailang Island and Chengfeng Island were inhabited by villagers from the original Dalian Village, the population of Jingdong Acropolis dropped sharply for a period of time.It wasn't until later that a large number of people were added one after another that the Jingdong Acropolis became lively again.

The original garrison in the village is now also renamed: Jingdong Acropolis Defense Guard.Li Changfu, the captain of the guard, now also holds the rank of major.The defensive guard now has twelve brigades, with a total of 820 six people.

The second and fifth brigades are stationed at Hailang Island, and the fourth, seventh and ninth brigades are stationed at Chengfeng Island.They are responsible for the security of these two islands, preventing all foreign enemies from landing on the islands and causing damage.

They are stationed on these islands because their families also live on the islands.Their relatives were either shipbuilders or workers in major workshops.So guarding here is guarding their own relatives and friends.

After the meeting, Lin Yuhao first expressed condolences to the officers and soldiers stationed on the island.A condolence gold of ten taels of silver was sent to them.Then Lin Yuhao took a boat to Hailang Island, where he also held a meeting and distributed bonuses to the workers.

Lin Yuhao also expressed condolences to the officers and soldiers guarding Hailang Island one by one.A condolence money of ten taels of silver was also distributed to encourage them to do a good job of guarding.

After leaving Hailang Island, Lin Yuhao went to Shanhaiguan.This time I went to Shanhaiguan for the expansion of the Yiyongwei.

Before Emperor Apocalypse's personal conquest, Lin Yuhao sold 24 M-1938 120 [-]mm howitzers to the imperial court.These cannons are now used to guard the city of the capital, and Lin Yuhao also equipped these cannons with a hundred boxes of shells.

Now, Sun Chengzong, the governor of Ji Liao, also wants these artillery pieces.I have been looking for Lin Yuhao to buy it before, but Lin Yuhao refused on the grounds that these cannons are too difficult to cast.Sun Yuanhua also spoke for Lin Yuhao, saying that he had seen these cannons before, and it was not easy to build them.

Then, because Liaodong Jiannu had been developing with their heads covered, there was no disturbance.Sun Chengzong also gave up temporarily and stopped urging Lin Yuhao for artillery.

When Lin Yuhao went this time, he planned to send eight M-1938 120 25mm howitzers to Sun Chengzong, and each gun was equipped with 4 boxes of shells.Now the imperial court has money, 400 taels of silver for a cannon, and [-] taels of silver for a box of shells.For this price, Sun Chengzong is definitely willing to pay.

These eight cannons are all equipped for the righteous guards.Add an artillery battalion to the volunteer guards, so that the volunteer guards have the ability to attack fortifications.

As for the gunner's training, Lin Yuhao specially wrote to Zhang Zhiji in the capital.Let him secretly send fifteen skilled gunners as instructors to Shanhaiguan to help the Yiyongwei train gunners.

Of course, Zhang Zhijibai was not allowed to help, and along with the letter, three jars of Yulin Xiangbaijiu, two sides of the fitting mirror and 30 yuan of soap were sent.

Zhang Zhiji, who was busy training in the Beijing camp, saw Lin Yuhao's letter, and then looked at the gift Lin Yuhao gave him.Immediately agreed to the matter, and secretly sent fifteen skilled gunners to Shanhaiguan as artillery instructors.

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