As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

It’s also lucky that Hua Manlou didn’t hear these words, otherwise he would definitely vomit blood: All of this is just because he didn’t stop talking after drinking a lot of wine, and by the way, a certain old man misunderstood... And who the hell said I asked Hirawa myself?

Having seen the Shenji Battalion and getting used to his own Xishanwei, Hua Manlou had a preliminary estimate of its combat effectiveness when he inspected the Tianjin Navy.

It can be seen that after half a year of training and improving the quality of food regardless of the cost, this naval division restructured from the peasant army of the guard has already passed the pass. That's what happened to the spirit.

After inspecting the soldiers, Hua Manlou came to the dock to inspect the most important thing in this war: the warships.

361. Shall we set off tomorrow?

The hard-sailed sailing ships of the Chinese Dynasty have been active in major rivers, lakes, and coastal waters since the Han Dynasty, and they still existed until the death of the Qing Dynasty, and there was even one in service during World War II.

This kind of ship is called junk ship in the West. Its most active period is from the [-]th to the [-]th century. The most glorious is the Zheng He fleet that made seven voyages to the West. The largest is naturally the treasure ship.

So how big was the treasure ship that hoisted the same age?

According to various speculations, many people believe that the Zheng Hebao ship is 148 meters long, with a displacement of nearly 2 tons, and its deck area is equivalent to a football field, which is simply shocking.

For comparison, Columbus's flagship Santa Maria is 23.66 meters long and 7.84 meters wide, while the Pinta and Niya are smaller caravel sailing ships-yes, they are small ships like Wang Lufei's Golden Meili.

Even the Spanish Armada, which is a century late, is not enough to look at in front of the treasure ship. Once the four-storey treasure ship comes out, any ship in the same period looks like a sampan, just like the Four Emperors against the newcomers of the pirates. Déjà vu—this is by no means bragging about the wisdom and craftsmanship of the ancestors, it is the truth.

Huamanlou didn't deliberately pursue big boats, although he really wanted to see what a boat with five thousand materials would look like, but the financial resources were too much for him, no matter how much money Xishan could make, he couldn't build it like this, right?

Therefore, as early as when he was looking for a shipbuilder, Hua Manlou set the requirements for the main warship: strong and fast, that's all.

But even so, Hua Manlou felt a little dizzy when he entered the dock and saw the warship in front of him: "How long is this...?"

Geng Tiancheng introduced: "This captain is fifteen feet long and six feet wide."

Hua Manlou opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

A 50-meter-long warship, driving this thing can knock over most of the Japanese pirates' sampans, right?But this group of people is going to shrink back on the shore and beat a group of farmers with them, this...

Da Zhao's characteristics are really refreshing.

Considering the speed, this newly designed warship has five sails including the tail sail and two triangle sails. According to the shipbuilder, this setting can handle eight winds, and it can sail fast no matter what the conditions are. There are as many as twelve waterproof and anti-leakage processes, which can be said to achieve the ultimate in anti-side leakage... anti-leakage.

In terms of shape, the warship is tall at the front and the middle is low. The front of the warship is equipped with a ram according to Huamanlou's statement, and there are two large-caliber mortars produced in Xishan on both sides-the kind of one-cannon mountain. A miniature version of the collapsed cannon.

In order to prevent the recoil of this thing from destroying the deck, the mortar adopts a wheeled design, the running seat is designed to be sunken, and the rear of the gun is a slope to offset the huge inertia. into the sea.

Although the use conditions of this thing are relatively harsh, it is definitely powerful enough. Its main purpose is to attack land buildings and fortifications.

The middle part of the warship is relatively low, and there is a row of portholes under the side. Needless to say, this thing is a muzzle, and it is equipped with a curved cannon specially designed for warships.The portholes are usually closed, and will only be opened during battles to prevent wind and waves from pouring back.

The stern of the warship has a two-story design. There are not only functional compartments such as the command compartment, but also a stern gun, and the captain's lounge is also here.

Looking at it all the way, this kind of improved warship "under the wise leadership of Uncle Xishan", which combines the wisdom of the craftsmen and the sharp firearms of Xishan, can be said to be armed to the teeth: there are as many as [-] different calibers at a long distance The artillery is equipped with Nishiyama and Purdue in the middle and short range, and the short range...

Well, it feels like if you want to fight Japanese pirates, as long as the gunner's target is not so outrageous, then you don't need to fight at close range.

What's more, Huamanlou requires that the speed of the ship must be fast, so in theory, the way of fighting this kind of warship should be to open the distance——open the maximum firepower to the enemy on the side—turn the rudder to continue to open the distance, and at the same time, the gunner loads And use the stern gun to harass and hinder the enemy's pursuit-this kind of kite warfare that uses the maximum firepower to attack the enemy from the side.

Even if you encounter a faster ship or lose speed for some reason, isn't it fun to squat under the ship's side and lose Purdue during the battle?Who is willing to fight bayonets if they can play with fire suppression?

Of course, considering the rainy weather and wet gunpowder, there are not only bows and arrows, swords and long guns in the cabin, but even crossbows...

Hua Manlou suddenly felt that it was a bit of a bully to drive such a gunboat to fight Japanese pirates.

In addition to the main battleships, according to Huamanlou's original request, the Tianjin Navy also has regular function ships such as supply ships, reconnaissance ships, and rescue ships, as well as a special landing ship for a team of elite soldiers.

In addition, I don't know who got inspiration from the fine tradition of Chinese water warfare like fire boats, and then developed a small self-explosive ship. The front of this thing is installed with a large dose of waterproof gunpowder. The bottom is a pile of flammables, whether it is placed downwind or thrown on the water at will, as long as you grasp the time and set this thing on the enemy's only way, then you can watch fireworks on the water.

To be honest, Hua Manlou didn't know what to say when he saw this thing.

There are so many capable people in the country, and when it comes to the art of war and the means of war, most countries in the world can’t compare with it, but now they lose even if they fight Japanese pirates, and they have to be cautious and prudent when they fight in person, so this Who is it that satirizes?

Even Qi Wanrong followed Hua Manlou to watch the whole gunboat and said: "Hey, let's set off tomorrow? What kind of Japanese pirates can't be defeated by this ship, maybe they will be back before September!"

Although Hua Manlou kept saying to be cautious, to be honest, even he himself felt that what Qi Wanrong said made sense after watching the boat.

According to the information collected, the Japanese pirate ship is similar to the blessing ship, but there is no poop at the stern, and the mast is not seen. The sail is something like straw mats instead of the unique folding hard sail of the Chinese dynasty—— In short, this thing is a fake and shoddy product made by Japanese boat craftsmen imitating Fuchuan. (There are detailed introductions in the Ming Dynasty Japanese Pirate Scroll)

From the point of view of tactics, whether it is a land battle or a water battle, the Japanese pirates and Da Zhao are fighting with small boats of seven to ten people, and board battles at sea rarely occur, and firearms rarely appear.

In other words, the Tianjin navy crushed the Japanese pirates in terms of tactics and weapons alone. This battle...

Is it hard to play?

Of course, the Japanese pirates like the three Japanese should have some firearms, but judging from the battle reports of the Japanese pirates who attacked Chongming, not to mention the few times they committed crimes this year, they did not even fire a single gun during the landing battle in Chongming. gun.

So in terms of results...

Standing on the deck, Hua Manlou cast his eyes on the navy soldiers lined up below the ship and said: "If possible, I really want to find a weaker opponent to practice hand-holding for them to boost their spirits. If they become real Soldiers, this battle is safe."

362. Fun?

In any case, the main body of war is human beings, even if they have advanced equipment, fighting a war when the army has no fighting spirit is no different from guessing and thinking.

It has to be said that Wala helped Xishanwei a lot back then.

During the war against Wala, Xishanwei was also a group of teenagers who had only been trained but had never been on the battlefield. Although the teenagers were so foolish and could accumulate some morale in a short period of time, they were not qualified at all at that time. Soldier.But after the battle of Wala, the teenagers of Xishanwei were obviously different, even the teenagers who didn't play.

Morale, self-confidence, and attitude towards war, these necessary psychological constructions, have been acquired by the teenagers after the War in Valana—even though it was strictly a competition or competition at that time, not a real war.

But even so, Hua Manlou is convinced that if Linshanwei on Chongming Island is replaced by Xishanwei, even if it is a hand-to-hand fight, Xishanwei will not be beaten like Linshanwei—in these years, morale is really very high important.

So, Er Situmu is really good money, he used his flesh and blood to sharpen Xishanwei's knife, so much so that after thinking about it, Hua Manlou didn't have the nerve to cheat him...

Although today's Tianjin navy has been training according to Xishan's method for half a year, and the control and coordination of the warship seem to be good, even if they hit the target in the wind and waves, these people are all because they spend a lot of money to provide ammunition regardless of cost. They looked good, but in terms of morale and military spirit, they were inferior to Xishanwei.

In addition, the teenagers of Xishanwei started from a blank sheet of paper and painted it all over the building. At the beginning, he didn't recruit the veteran Youzi and the nephew of Xungui because these people were not easy to talk about discipline. Most of the Xuanwu Guards transferred from hundreds of households on the East Street, such as Peng Guang and Liu Fan, were arranged by him in other places, such as supervisors and logistics, so Xishan Guards can be said to be completely Huamanlou's direct troops, even Can be crowned with the title of 'Huajiajun'.

But the Tianjin navy is different. Although the soldiers of the navy have been changed to recruits, they are still the old men of Tianjin Sanwei, and they are also civilians like Linshanwei who can't train ten times a year, so...

If they don't have a weak opponent to crush them once, they still can't be regarded as serious soldiers, and they are harder to fool than young soldiers, so the only way to boost morale is to reward them with brave men This is the trick.

But then again, heavy rewards can be used once or twice, but if you use too much, this group of people will be in trouble if they don't see money and don't fight.

"Near Tianjin...or are there any bandits in the surrounding areas?" Hua Manlou thought for a while, then asked casually.

Geng Tiancheng was stunned, and said with a sneer: "Uncle, how can there be bandits who dare to stay near Shuntian Mansion?"

Hua ManLou thinks about it too.

Although Tianjin has now become a government-level unit, and has divided a region from Shuntian Mansion and Hejian Mansion, it is too close to the capital here. Situation?

"But..." Geng Tiancheng hesitated and said, "Do you know about Bazhou?"

Hua Manlou asked in confusion, "Huh? Bazhou?"

Geng Tiancheng nodded and said: "That's right. Uncle, if you talk about the strong folk customs near Shuntian Mansion, it must be Bazhou. And there are many thieves in Bazhou. These thieves have always been a big disaster. If you talk about bandits , and only them."

After he mentioned this sentence, Hua Manlou also remembered.

Bazhou is not far from Tianjinwei, about 140 miles west.Since ancient times, Bazhou has been the most difficult place to pacify. I don't know if the name of this place is too domineering. Anyway, even the people here are mostly hot-tempered, with a strong sense of martial arts, and they will fight if they don't agree with each other.

How about the thieves in Bazhou? This group of people is in groups of three to fifty people. They are honest and honest farmers during the day, and at night they are thieves who rob houses and rob houses.But when the government came to question them, they turned into honest and honest peasants who didn't know what to ask, as innocent as a certain uncle who pushed Nie Shangshu to sacrifice to the sky, this is why it is difficult for thieves to rob.

Of course, there are also a group of people who gather in the mountains and forests, but every time the government raids, this group of people will go down the mountain and become innocent citizens, or escape into the deep mountains to spend a few days as hunters, and stay in the government. After withdrawing, they turned into thieves who robbed houses and roads, and they were really annoying.

And are there any people in the government who tipped off the news so that the thieves ran away repeatedly?

So it took Hua Manlou a long time to focus on this group of thieves. Firstly, it can train the Tianjin navy, and secondly, it can also eliminate harm for the people, so why not do it?

"Okay, it's them! Song Jie? Song Jie, come here!" Hua Manlou greeted his own soldier captain: "You take seven or eight brothers, disguise yourself, and go to Bazhou."

Song Jie was taken aback: "Mr. Qian, we are your personal guards. Without our protection, if something goes wrong..."

After half a sentence, the guy suddenly got stuck, and Hua Manlou looked at him with a half-smile: "Well, keep talking."

Song Jie glanced at Su Jiu'er who was following Hua Manlou step by step, and then asked solemnly, "Mr. Qian, what are you doing in Bazhou?"

Hua Manlou said: "No matter what method you use, find out a few villages where thieves gather for me, the sooner the better."

Song Jie said in astonishment: "Mr. Qian, we... aren't we here to fight the Japanese? Did we go astray in the investigation of the thieves?"

"Where are you so many wisecracks? If you ask you to check it, you can check it!" Hua Manlou kicked him lightly, and said in disgust: "Go to the account and pay 200 taels of silver and then get out quickly, go and come back!"

For some reason, ever since Su Jiuer appeared, Hua Manlou always felt that her captain was more and more like a joker, and her daily functions seemed to be only funny...

After dismissing Song Jie, Geng Tiancheng came over and said, "Uncle, are you going to use thieves to train soldiers?"

Hua Manlou nodded, and said with a smile: "Soldiers who have never seen blood are really not good soldiers. It is better to let them get used to it in advance than to cause trouble for me on the battlefield. Prepare for these two days and wait for Song Jie's return." Let’s set off after the news comes back... By the way, don’t leak the news, just say that there will be a quick march in the field.”

Geng Tiancheng was suddenly curious: "Uncle, why did you block the news?"

Hua Manlou blinked: "No reason, I just think it's more fun to do this? Probably."

"Good... fun?"

Although Huamanlou's answer was very unreliable, but after thinking about it for a while, Geng Tiancheng felt that Huamanlou was unfathomable...

363. Seems...a bit reasonable?

It is impossible to be unfathomable, even in this life, Hua Manlou is not lying, he just wants to play.

These are all sequelae left by the cheating things during military training, so Hua Manlou always likes to do the same cheating things when he is in the military camp.But those teenagers in Xishanwei are already used to Huamanlou's routine, which is not fun anymore, but isn't Tianjin Navy still playing?

For example, you can tell them the day before that everyone can rest for a day the next day, and then come to an emergency gathering in the middle of the night, and then hike to the border of Bazhou to set up camp...

Sour!

Anyway, the number of battleships is still slightly insufficient. There are still two main battleships waiting to install artillery, and there is plenty of time to cook these pumpkins.

however……

……

Although Song Jie seems to be a bit funny in daily life, it is undeniable that the funny people are often smarter and their minds are quite flexible.

So this funny guy had an idea to find clues before he left Tianjin: the city fox and the mouse.

Well, to put it bluntly, he is a rascal.

Don't look at this group of people who are idle all day long and only know to bully honest people, but because of their idleness, they can even know a lot of information that the Xuanwu Guards can't find, such as whose father-in-law picks up ashes, whose widow and whose man It’s great, that’s the characteristic of small places.

Even in Huamanlou's previous life, the city fox and sheshu in a small place were the same. They knew many little-known gossips in the local area, and of course, they were also clear about some terrible things.

Ever since, Song Jie took a few brothers and swaggered on the road. After arriving in Bazhou County, he walked around casually and met two poppis. The beating was violent, and the modus operandi was quite skillful...cough, cruel.

To be honest, Song Jie, who was born in the market, knows the beating nature of these people too well. Put it in front of the two: "Do you want to?"

Gudong.

Although the two rogues didn't know why the psychopath in front of them beat them violently, and they didn't know why the other party suddenly took out a jar of wine after being beaten, but how could rogues not like wine?

Even though they were already swallowing their saliva greedily, the two of them didn't dare to speak at all—who knows what is going on with this crazy person in front of them?

Song Jie didn't say much, just slapped the mud seal away with a smile, his expression very much like a certain uncle.

In an instant, a strong smell of wine filled the alley, and at the same time, a sentence wafted into the ears of the rogues: "You guys smell the smell of wine, tell me what to do about it?"

It has to be said that the methods used by rascals have not changed much since ancient times. They are generally such as, "You don't have eyes and met the master, so why don't you give me an explanation?"You are stepping on Grandpa's new shoes, what do you say?Ouch, you are a killer, you don't look at people when you ride a horse, my grandfather's leg is broken, and you lose money! 'This kind of routine.

But who would have thought that they would be responsible for smelling other people's wine!

The two Poppis immediately knelt down, crying for their father and mother, and said: "Master, you are the master, if there is anything that needs to be done, you can just tell me, why bother?"

You have to kneel down. If you don’t know what is good or bad, the next sentence must be how precious and rare this wine is, and then you will extort a large sum of money, and you will be beaten if you don’t give it—the rogues are too familiar with this, so why bother to leave? This process has to suffer more flesh and blood?

So Song Jie smiled even more happily: "Okay, tell me, where do the thieves and robbers in Bazhou gather?"

The two Poppis were taken aback when they heard the words, and then they turned bitter: "Master, how does this little one know!"

Song Jie blinked: "Oh, how about we finish the process? You smell the wine of the master, this wine is..."

"Grandpa, you are uncle!" The two poppis really cried this time: "We can't afford to provoke you, and we can't afford to provoke thieves and robbers. If they know that we leaked the news, I'm afraid we won't be able to survive tomorrow. what!"

Song Jie smiled and said, "That's it, then you don't want to live today. Brothers, dig a hole and bury these two bastards!"

The two Poppis immediately kowtowed and cried: "I said, I said, I said it's okay! Damn, who did you provoke today?"

That's how the information is obtained, and it can't be smooth.

"We have two thieves in Bazhou." The thieves began to introduce while drinking wine, grinning their teeth while covering their wounds: "One is the men and horses of Zhang Sanye in Hutou Village, and the other is Wei. The people controlled by the family..."