Datang: Touching the Corpse Li Yuanba at the Beginning

"Ouch……"

"Is there really such a stupid person in this world?"

"They are really stupid to be played by you little fool in the applause!"

Chapter 440 Li Wenhao is a father

"if not?"

"They are not stupid, who shall we use?"

Li Wenhao curled his lips. In fact, he still had news about the explosion, but he didn't say it now.

He wanted to wait for the day when the cannon in red was finished debugging, and when it was fully equipped for the army, he would tell Li Shimin that now he had asked Zheng He to start training sailors.

The first batch of Zheng He's treasure ships in the Tang Dynasty will also be launched soon, and the installation will be completed.

This is a total of twenty treasure ships. You must know that Zheng He's fleet that sailed to the West back then had only three treasure ships, and the rest were large and small supply ships and warships of various functions.

Among them, the most eye-catching thing is the cannons in red.

After all, no one knows how to use this thing, but everyone knows that this thing is not simple from the black barrel, but why is it not simple, sorry, no one in the world today knows.

"Feng Zhouyu is the chief commander of the army, Qi Jiguang and Zheng He are the left and right deputy commanders respectively, Zheng He is in charge of the northern fleet, Qi Jiguang is in charge of the southern fleet, and Zhou Yu arranges the personnel of the Inland River Navy."

"From now on, Zhou Yu, Zheng He, Qi Jiguang and others will intensify their training and strive to become familiar with the performance and usage of the treasure ship as soon as possible, and formulate naval tactics suitable for our Tang Dynasty. We will strive to send troops to Japan next year."

Li Shimin's imperial decree spread to Zhou Yu's barracks along with the news of the launching of the treasure ship. At this time, Zhou Yu's mind was completely in a state of confusion, the treasure ship?

Isn't that a warship? Is there anything familiar?

In fact, this is not Zhou Yu's fault, after all, no one has seen artillery.

The current way of attacking warships is still the kind of collision. If you don’t want to hit them with a racket, or connect the two ships, and then send troops to board the ship to fight, it is very cruel. Thousands of weapons over thousands of meters?

With the launch of the treasure ship, some banned inventions were gradually revealed, such as the compass, telescope, and steam boiler.

Although steam boilers can replace manpower and forge steel, Fan Yang Academy still hasn't figured out how to use steam power to propel ships.

In later generations, steam ships have been used for a long time, which means that the craftsmanship is not complicated, the maintenance is convenient, and the maintenance cost is low, but this does not mean that the current Datang can make it.

Xuegong Fan Yang had already tried to get a steam engine on the ship to serve as power, but the effect was negligible. In today's terms, the power of the steam boiler was not enough, but at that time there was no such thing as power. It was a simple word, boring.

The steam engine is dull and cannot be pushed.

And another problem is the quality of steel. The quality of steel is not enough to support the transmission of high-pressure steam for a long time.

Fan Yang Academy tried five times without admitting defeat, and finally the boiler exploded five times. After injuring 27 people in total, Lu Zhi decided to study steel first...

One day, the sea was calm and the sea was calm, Jizhou Harbor was under martial law for a hundred miles around, within a hundred miles, layers of blockades were made for the maiden voyage of this treasure ship.

Lu Zhi led a group of students from Fan Yang Academy to stand on the treasure ship, waiting for Zhou Yu and Zheng He to come to accept them, and Li Wenhao and others who were watching.

First of all, Lu Zhi led them to visit the power system. The current power is still human and wind, but because of the gears, even with human power, they can fight for a long time. Even came up with a simple gearbox.

What is used is the principle of switching between large and small gears in the gearbox. When the same power is output, the speed can be increased or decreased through the speed. Even when there is no wind or headwind, it can also output good power.

Although the entire ship cannot be made of steel, the interior of the ship, especially the bottom of the ship, is indeed covered with a layer of iron film. Although it is not thick, it has the same effect as the airtight compartment of later ships.

"Your Highness, this ship, this is simply..."

Zhou Yu and Zheng He were so excited beyond words, they didn't know how to express their current mood at all.

"Ha ha!"

Li Wenhao laughed lightly, and opened his mouth to plagiarize a famous saying, "So, technology is the primary productive force."

"Without these technologies, our ship can still run, but how much effort will it take?"

"It's just Your Highness, I don't know what these things are for?"

"This should be the bow and arrow shooting position of the soldiers"

The thinking of Zhou Yu and Zheng He is still old-fashioned. After all, this water station method has been used for many years, and it is difficult to change it.

"Lu Zhi..."

"Please look at it, generals."

Lu Zhi shared a pair of binoculars by himself.

"If the ship ahead is our enemy, then all we need is to destroy it, but how do we destroy it?"

"Of course it was close to the enemy, and then we used the advantage of our warship to hit it or hit it with a racket?"

Zhou Yu subconsciously said that this kind of naval warfare is ingrained in his bones.

"In the past, it was indeed necessary to fight like this, but now..."

"Look, everyone, don't blink!"

I saw the warship adjust its direction so that one side of itself faced the target, and then with a wave of hands, a group of Fan Yang Xuegong students picked up torches and directly lit the fuze.

"Be careful with the fire..."

Smelling the smell of gunpowder, Zhou Yu opened his mouth subconsciously, but what he got in return was indeed Lu Zhi's ruthless ridicule.

boom!

A few seconds later, there was a roar from the shooting hole on the side of the ship facing the target, and the ruthless shell broke through the obstruction of the wind and flew away.

Boom boom boom!

In the distance, thousands of steps away, the water around the target was blown up into high sprays, and the target was also torn into pieces under the dense shells.

"Lord Zhou Yu, this is our new weapon, and it is also the top secret. Your Highness named it the Red Clothes Cannon. The range on land is about three or four thousand steps, and it may be a little farther on the water, but it won't be too far away. , but mighty you see"

"Take the current wooden hull as an example, as long as the shell hits, it will be a huge hole."

"And the explosion of the shell can also cause a large fire and a shock wave, further destroying the enemy's hull."

"That's the cannonball."

Lu Zhi came to Zhou Yu holding a black sphere about the size of a watermelon.

"Lord Zhou Yu, as long as there are enough shells on board, we will be invincible."

"This is the magazine. Each treasure ship can hold [-] shells. This is not counting the shells held by the supply ships in the huge fleet."

"And we have refitted all the warships, and each one has shooting holes. That is to say, in future water battles, not the main ship has the ability to attack."

hiss!

Zhou Yu and the others gasped. Now he understands why Li Wenhao spends a lot of money in Fanyang Academy every year. It feels like a lot of money, but the things he researched are really easy to grab. money.

"Generals, come and see..."

Lu Zhi walked to the bow again, "This bow is made of steel. Even if there is no shell one day, the enemy will not be able to hit us if we hit it."

"Okay! Zheng He, you lead people to step up training and strive to be familiar with various tactics within three months. After three months, you send your troops south to replace Qi Jiguang, let Qi Jiguang return to the court, and take over his part of the fleet. "

"Zhou Yu, you decide when to fight Dongpu, but I have one request. As long as you fight, it will be a battle to destroy the country. I don't want to see this going back and forth for several years."

"My land and water army of the Tang Dynasty will support you, let's fight this battle first."

Li Wenhao looked at the vast sea and spoke quietly.

"Your Highness, in June this year, there will still be ten treasure ships, or two formations, launching into the water."

Lu Zhi said beside Li Wenhao.

"Oh?"

Li Wenhao called Zhou Yu to his side, "Now we have four naval formations in our hands, you can send one to Hengdao (now Tsushima Island) and one to Zhan Luo (now Jeju Island), and then one for Qi Jiguang, What do you think about leaving one here in Jizhou City?"

"Your Highness, I think Jizhou City will continue to maintain the status quo. Let's mobilize a team to the coast of Shandong, which is also a high-incidence area for Japanese pirates. Skill training can also calm the people."

"Alright, you understand the affairs of the navy, and you are in charge. As for the generals, you can arrange them yourself, but I have a request, that you must recruit talents..."

"Don't worry, Your Highness."

After Li Wenhao returned to Fan Yang, he had already started fantasizing with joy in his heart. When his enemies wanted to rely on their own city to defend in the future, Li Wenhao waved the cannon in red and looked at the top of the city with a smile, lit the fuse, and then a strong The city was blasted to the ground.

Then the next city, and the next city...

"Your Highness, wake up, you're home."

Li Wenhao, who had a haha ​​in his mouth, sucked and jumped up in the carriage.

"Got home?"

"Hello home, there is a wife at home!"

Li Wenhao jumped out of the carriage and walked towards the backyard in a daze.

"Sisters, I'm back!"

And just when Li Wenhao was letting loose, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun smiled helplessly, and the old man sitting opposite Li Shimin took a closer look, was it Li Yuan or who?

"Father, why didn't you say anything when you came?"

"I swear, can you see my grandson looking for my sister?"

"It's not the father, the child has been tired for the past two days..."

"I know, that's how you explained to your eldest grandson when you went to the brothel when you were young."

Li Yuan's words made Li Shimin bow his head quickly. After all, as an emperor, he is not afraid of the sky and the earth, but he is only afraid of his wife.

"Father, Queen Mother, are you there?"

"Huh, grandpa?"

"No, I must be too tired and have hallucinations. Grandpa Huang should be in Chang'an at this time."

Shaking his head, Li Wenhao continued to walk towards the back hall, "Father, Queen Mother, you sit down, I'll go to rest for a while, just now I went to the sea for a lap, passed out, I can see Grandpa Huang."

Snapped!

DUANG!

First, someone slapped the back of the head, followed by a kick on the buttocks, "Come and see, is this a hallucination, or is it your grandpa?"

"What?"

Li Wenhao got up reluctantly, walked to Li Yuan's side, stretched out his hand and pulled his beard, "Ah, what a beard..."