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In the center of the lower part of the fort, the most protected place is an ammunition depot. Gunpowder is usually stored here. Once used, it is taken out and sent to various gun emplacements. This basically ensures that it will not be hit by enemy shells.

Caused by the explosion, and next to the ammunition depot, there is a grain depot, which is specially used to store food. Things that are the core of the guarantee of life and battle are basically placed in the strongest lower position.

The middle floor, which is separated from the ammunition depot, is staggered and has a special kitchen. A flue has been reserved in the kitchen, which can directly discharge the smoke here. There is also a special fuel storage room, which can store a large amount of firewood.

Or charcoal and coal, which can ensure that the personnel stationed here will be enough for two months if they cannot get replenishment.

Around the kitchen on the middle floor is a barracks, where the garrisoned personnel usually live. There are small shooting holes on the wall. In addition to being used as shooting holes, they also provide lighting and ventilation to the room. The center of the fort

There is a direct patio at the location. Once the external perforation is set on fire or smoked, it can be blocked with wooden boards. The patio can ensure the supply of air inside the fort. It can also play a role in convection at ordinary times, so that the inside of the fort will not be too hot.

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This design is also very ingenious, which shows that Liu Jiangtou and the others have understood Yu Xiaotian's ideas and have carefully considered the structural layout of the entire fort, even ventilation and drainage, which Yu Xiaotian did not consider.

They also considered it in advance, which made Yu Xiaotian very, very satisfied.

Go up further and reach the third-floor platform that is under construction. This is where the artillery is placed.

This fort has a total of ten gun positions reserved. Six gun positions are designed in the parts facing the sea to the west and north. They are all places where heavy artillery can be placed. The place is relatively spacious, and there are two guns left on the east side.

There are even two gun positions reserved on the south side facing the bay, which can place light guns under twelve pounds.

Although the heaviest of Yu Xiaotian's self-made artillery is only a twelve-pounder, when Yu Xiaotian asked them to build the fort, they still left enough margin so that the heavy artillery position here can withstand at least three thousand

The heavy artillery weighs 500 kilograms, leaving a margin in advance for future replacement of heavy artillery.

Lying on the reserved artillery hole, Yu Xiaotian looked outside. All the artillery positions had a wide field of view. If the artillery was placed here, in addition to being able to directly hit the sea outside the bay, it would also

The waterway in and out of Jilong Bay was firmly blocked. Anyone who wanted to forcefully enter Jilong Bay before taking over the fort would have to be bombarded by the fort's heavy artillery first.

Seeing this, Yu Xiaotian has nothing to criticize. Although the construction of this fort is still a bit rough and its appearance is a bit nondescript, no one can deny that this fort is both functional and sturdy.

It is a pretty good fort that can be attacked from a distance and defended from a short distance. It is basically impossible for anyone to capture this place without paying a price.

Unless the opponent now possesses large-caliber rifled guns from later generations, it will be difficult to destroy this fort even with the heavy artillery of this era.

Moreover, this fort has not yet been completed. After this layer of fort is built, the top will be capped. Liu Jiangtou said that some gun positions will be left on the top, where some lighter artillery can be placed, which can at least withstand the current sea.

There is no problem with the twelve-pounder cannon owned by the Wolf. You don't need to put too many cannons on top, because the upper cannons will not be affected by the firing range and the cannons can be moved, so the firepower density in any direction is greatly enhanced.

Therefore, the construction of this fort has basically reached Yu Xiaotian's original plan, and at least it did not disappoint him.

So after walking out of the fort construction site, Yu Xiaotian immediately praised Liu Jiangtou and the craftsmen greatly, and ordered on the spot to reward each of them thirty taels of silver. Liu Jiangtou also rewarded thirty taels, and immediately asked Liu Jiangtou and others

He was so happy that he almost knelt down to Yu Xiaotian again.

Ten taels of silver is a considerable amount of wealth in this era, and ordinary families may not be able to earn so much in a few years. Yu Xiaotian not only gave them the starting salary, but also rewarded them so much, which made them very satisfied and motivated.

It was immediately improved a lot.

"You don't need to praise me. You deserve this, and you earned it for yourself! I am very fair when dealing with others. If you do a good job, I will never be stingy in rewarding you, but if you do a bad job, I won't be stingy either."

polite!

I think this fort will be almost completed in another ten days at the latest. After this is completed, you can move to the other side and build another fort at that place. The structure will be similar to this fort, but it can be slightly smaller, similar to this one.

The forts echo each other and just block the mouth of the bay!

In addition, this time I have sent you more than 400 people's labor. The construction speed can be much faster. While building the fort, you can also start the construction of Dazhai in the bay. Try to build Dazhai before the end of the year.

The outer wall is basically completed, and it only needs to have certain defensive capabilities! What do you think?" Yu Xiaotian said to Liu Jiangtou and others.

"This is the best. What we lacked most before was manpower. We needed people to quarry stone, cut trees, pave roads, and even transport people. Manpower was very tight!

This time the boss has brought so much manpower, things will be much easier to handle. With the help of these men, the fort can be completed in half a month at most. The unused manpower can be used to quarry stone and logs for the opposite fort.

Just prepare materials or lay the foundation first!

As for the Dazhai side, we have already chosen the location. It is on the west side of the bay against the mountain. We think it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is also more suitable for building a dock. It is also very convenient for loading and unloading goods and requires the least amount of labor.

A wall needs to be built on the part facing the bay. If there are enough manpower, there will not be much problem in erecting the wall before the end of the year!

The problem is that there are too many rainy days here. It rains heavily every three days and we have to stop work. I hope that the next time the boss sends someone to come, he will send more raincoats and bamboo hats. With these things, at least the rain will lighten up.

, we don’t have to stop work!" After Liu Jiangtou received the reward, his interest became even higher, and he promised with a heartbeat, but he also made some demands.

Yu Xiaotian immediately asked Liu Wang to write down this request, and promised to prepare a large number of coir raincoats and bamboo hats and send them here immediately after returning.

After looking at the construction of the fort, Yu Xiaotian landed on the shore and walked around to see the situation here, especially the temporary accommodation of personnel.

(The update means that I am still alive and the low-grade fever is still going on! I don’t know when it will end! There are two updates today and one in the afternoon!)