Become a feudal king from today

The sun was in the west, and the sunlight passed through the branches of the trees, casting little spots of light on the battleship. read

Zhao Xu led Zhou Yi and the students down the river bank to the edge of the dry dock pit.

Here, a crossbar rests on the battleship deck and concrete wall edge.

At this moment, Zhou Yi and the students' eyes were all straight.

Although they both trained in Pingcheng, they were also not allowed to approach the Ship Division.

Now, seeing such a huge battleship lying in front of him, he was as shocked as seeing a meteor falling in front of him.

Thinking that this was the battleship they were about to control, everyone's faces flushed with excitement.

Many students wanted to jump on the battleship and kiss the deck immediately.

Zhang Yazi was also among the students. He looked at the battleship with admiration as if he saw Erya in the village.

"My mother, even if this big baby collides, it can smash Goryeo's warship into pieces." Zhang Yazi sighed with emotion.

The students around him learned something about battleships in the school.

Pointing to the small window-like place on the side of the battleship, he said: "This battleship is not used to ram the enemy, but to hit the enemy's ship with cannons."

"Cannon?" Zhang Yazi felt that his brain was not enough.

During the Battle of Yanguan, news about artillery spread.

He heard that with one shot, both men and horses were shattered.

I didn't expect that this artillery could be mounted on a warship.

Thinking of this, he became more and more excited.

"This thing is the mast. The soft sail has not been hung up yet. It will be hung up after it is launched into the water. It is the most difficult thing to maneuver on the battleship." Zhao Xu passed through the crossbar and came to the deck, pointing at three He stood up the rough wood and said.

Zhou Yi nodded, with an expression like a student, listening humbly.

"The highest disk-like thing is an observation tower. When the warship is moving, someone needs to be on top to keep an eye on the situation on the sea."

"This is an alarm bell. Once you encounter an enemy, you can shake the alarm bell."

The deck of a sailing battleship is basically flat.

After a brief introduction, he led Zhou Yi and others down the steps into the warship.

At this time, a strong smell of wood hit my nostrils.

"This is where the crew rests."

"This is the artillery position." Zhao Xu introduced as he walked.

After his introduction, Zhou Yi and others had an overall understanding of the structure of the battleship.

Today, he does not expect the students to be completely familiar with the battleship, but just to open their eyes.

Soon, they will be training on the battleship every day.

In the evening, everyone left the ship department.

Zhao Xu also ordered the county guard to prepare a courtyard for lectures in the city.

In the following days, he gave lectures every morning, teaching them the calculation of longitude and latitude lines and triangle angles, and in the afternoon he took them to simulate operating sails on a battleship.

In addition to the trainees, Zhou Yi also brought over naval soldiers to train together.

After all, generals need to master navigation skills, and soldiers are needed to control sails and fight wars.

Four days later, the Bingzhangsi delivered the first sextant. He simply went directly to the battleship for on-site teaching. At the same time, he urged the Bingzhangsi to send the artillery used on the battleship to Pingcheng.

When the battleship is completed, the artillery will be put on board.

During this time, Bingzhan Sijiao no longer delivered artillery to Chang Wei.

Because the number of artillery has already been sufficient.

So what has been being manufactured is actually the naval guns on the battleships.

This kind of artillery is the same as the city defense artillery, and it is a heavy artillery.

The contemporary red cannon is an imitation of the Dutch naval gun.

While Zhao Xu was conducting assault training on the navy, Chang Wei was not idle either.

At this time, in a wilderness in Wu'an County, Zhongli led his cavalry, pretending to be Beidi cavalry, to attack the chariot formation again and again.

They used crossbows instead of Beidi people's bows and arrows, but the arrows they fired had no arrowheads.

Facing the circular array of cars, Zhongli was helpless.

In the end, he had to give up his war horse and play the role of Beidi infantry in hand-to-hand combat.

However, the fusiliers in the vehicle formation kept firing. When they broke into the vehicle formation with heavy casualties, they faced the soldiers who had been waiting for them. They used wooden sticks wrapped in cloth to overthrow them.

What's even more hateful is that the artillerymen are also hiding in the vehicle array. They push the artillery to be level with the tanks and bombard them outward through the gaps between the tanks.

During the charge, they were constantly judged to be attrition.

There are also cavalry in the chariot formation. Once they are defeated, the royal soldiers will open the iron rope and let the cavalry rush out to pursue them.

"All killed!"

shouted the general directing the exercise after another charge.

Hearing this, Zhong Li said to Chang Wei: "General, let someone else play the role of Beidi. This battle cannot be fought."

Chang Wei patted Zhongli on the shoulder, "Keep on holding on, no one else is as good at acting as you. After these few days of fighting, I have accumulated a lot of experience, which will be very useful on the battlefield in the future."

Seeing that Zhongli still looked hopeless.

He said: "When you return to Yancheng, I will give you three jars of royal wine."

When Zhongli heard this, he immediately stood up and said energetically, "That's it."

When Chang Wei saw this, he smiled and scolded: "You just want to blackmail me for the wine."

Zhongli just dodged Chang Wei's leg sweep and ran away laughing.

Not long after, the horn sounded again, and Zhongli acted as the Beidi cavalry and rushed towards the car formation again.

The drills of the infantry and cavalry and the training of the navy were in full swing, and the days passed by.

September 24, the 23rd year of Taihe.

Zhao Xu received news from the capital.

The Northern Expeditionary Army will arrive on the fifth day of October.

Then the war begins.

"The battleship can be launched." After learning the news, Zhao Xu said to Chen Shou.

At this moment, he was on the battleship. Although the weather had turned cold, he was covered in sweat.

There are several stoves burning charcoal on the floor of the dry dock, raising the temperature here very high.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Chen Shou is also waiting for this day. Although it is not perfect, the battleship is finally going to be launched.

He immediately had the dry dock cleared and the furnaces removed.

Then people opened the valve near the river, and the river water quickly poured in. As the water surface rose, the warship continued to float, and finally it was flush with the river surface.

The same goes for other dry docks. Battleships floated from the ground of the dry dock.

Seeing the excitement on the faces of Zhou Yi and others, Zhao Xu said: "What are you waiting for? After practicing for so many days, it's time for you to actually operate the battleship."

Zhou Yi was just too excited and reacted immediately. He shouted: "Captains, the first mate is still on the crew, all are in place."

The captains of the twelve warships were selected based on the results of the drills during this period.

They have all mastered the skillful use of sextants and the identification of latitude and longitude charts.

At the moment, the only thing they lack is the experience of actually entering the sea.

But he wasn't too worried about this.

The Korean navy is not necessarily stronger than them. Even if they are novices pecking each other, they still have the advantage of crushing them.

Looking at the navy soldiers who were starting to get busy, Zhao Xu turned his attention to the north.

The horn of war finally sounded.

Beidi wants to attack him from the sea this time, and he will definitely make his death ugly.