The vast sea is sparkling, and this unpolluted sea is so blue. From time to time, some dolphins jump out of the sea, and a few seagulls linger and chirp around the sails.

People are so small in front of the sea, but anyone will be infected by his vastness in front of the sea. Zhu Zhi stood on the bridge of the "Magnificent" and faced the wet and slightly fishy and salty sea breeze, enjoying the pleasure of conquering the ocean happily.

Accompanied by Tie Hyun and Salini, Zhu Zhi finally boarded the big ship. He could finally majesticly inspect the new Liaodong fleet.

On the left of the "Da Ming" is the "Da Qin" and on the right is the "Da Han". Three "Da"-class warships with a displacement of 600 tons built based on Western shipbuilding experience are sailing at the most square of the entire fleet, followed by seven small Fu Ship warships.

This small fleet consisting of ten warships is the most powerful fleet of the entire Ming Navy. She is weak but full of vitality, while she is young but ambitious.

Only by conquering this blue sea can this country and this nation have the opportunity to move from closure to openness.

Zhu Zhi, who was on the warship for the first time, was excited and listened to Salini introducing the performance and equipment of the warship to him. "Your Highness, the dynasty-class warship is 18 zhang long (fifty meters) and 3 zhang ten feet (more than ten meters) wide. It is divided into four-story cabins. The lower floor is a watertight cabin, four on the left and right, and there are two pressurized cabins in the middle; the second floor is a crew living area; the third floor is a cannon cabin. According to His Highness's design, there are currently five crossbow beds and cannons on both sides, and the fourth floor is a deck, with a front and a back floor. The front floor is a place where the jumping gang officers and soldiers live, and the back floor is a place where the officers live.

In addition, there are four doors of crossbow beds on both sides of the deck, one door of a rotatable crossbow bed in the front floor, and two doors of a crossbow bed in the back floor.

The ship carried a total of 168 crew members. Eleven officers were named after His Highness, namely the captain and the first mate. The second mate, the third mate, the crossbow bed, the hundred households, the sailor's general flag, the wheel rudder's general flag, the Zhang Fan's general flag, and the jumping gang's general flag. The medical officer.

Thirty-two sailors, ninety-five gunners, and thirty swordsmen jumping cards.

Since the copper-heart iron tire gun is still under development, only crossbow beds with a range of 300 steps are equipped on the ship to launch flowering bullets, which is designed to kill the people on the enemy's deck.

Zhu Zhi calculated silently that the entire ship was equipped with twenty-three crossbow bed cannons, which means that ten flowering bullets could be projected at one time on any side.

In this era, it is believed that such weapons and equipment are enough to deal with ordinary lucky ships that can only spray the flame dragon at most.

Zhu Zhi asked: "How much time will it take for each round of launch?"

Salini said: "Why might as well demonstrate to His Highness?"

Zhu Zhi said: "Okay!"

Salini ordered: "Send the order, and slow down the rest of the ships."

Three messengers shouted to the boat behind, "Slow down..." Zhu Zhi saw this kind of messenger method for the first time. It seems that the Ming Dynasty's ships have not invented flag language to contact.

The ships behind retracted their sails. The speed immediately slowed down. Salini shouted to the lower body: "Discover the enemy ship, prepare for the crossbow bed!" He passed the order one level after another.

The entire warship immediately entered and made every effort to prepare. The gunners who were still in the inner cabin quickly came out of the cabin door and moved quite quickly. Each crossbow bed had a gun team composed of four people. The gunman was one person responsible for adjusting the angle and range of the gun.

One person is responsible for stirring the string machine, one person is responsible for the playback, and one person is responsible for the fire.

After a while, the following message was sent back: "Prepare is complete!"

"Two hundred steps on the starboard target." Salini ordered, and the gunner immediately adjusted the angle according to the requirements, "Ignite and release!"

"Teng...swoosh" Ten shells on the starboard side came out of the string and hit the sea about 150 meters away. Nine of them hit the water and splashed a splash of water. One of them might have had a short fuse and before it fell into the sea, it exploded with a "boom".

Countless iron nails and slags inside were scattered on the water, splashing densely packed water.

"Two hundred steps on the right string, the second round of volleys." After Salini's order, Zhu Zhi gently touched the pulse. When it reached 120 strokes, the string was completed. "Light, release!" Another ten shots were shot out.

This time, two shells exploded in the air. Zhu Zhi knew it. His usual pulse was about seventy strokes per minute, but now it was about one minute and forty seconds when jumping 120 strokes. He was quite satisfied with such a result.

Next, it was the port side launch, and the time interval was almost the same.

Zhu Zhi nodded with satisfaction and said, "No, I'm very skilled in training. Next time I will demonstrate the accuracy to this king. Don't be afraid of spending money. Use more live ammunition. You must practice to at least half of the ten shots.

"The shooting rate of artillery fire in modern naval warfare is very low, usually only one to two percent, and 50 percent is almost impossible, but Zhu Zhi specially proposed an over-high target to motivate the gunners to practice hard.

Salini heard what Zhu Zhi was not satisfied with and said, "Yes, Your Highness asks that you must do the humble position."

Zhu Zhi said: "I would like to give you a suggestion. I was so tired when I saw General Sa's order. Isn't it difficult to convey it if I encounter a storm? It's better to use different flags and different hand postures to represent different meanings. It can be expressed by lights at night.

In this way, the connection between ships can be kept open."

Salini thought about Zhu Zhi's words and replied: "Yes, the humble vocational team must organize people to figure out how to designate a set of this..." "Flag words, lantern words." "Yes."

Zhu Zhi said: "Go back."

Under the command of Salini, the ten ships changed from cone-shaped formation to a long snake formation and flexibly circled the sea and headed towards Jinzhou Port.

Zhu Zhi, Tie Hyun, and Salini walked into the captain's room of the back cabin. Salini handed over two towels, wiped the faces of the two, and ordered the people below to bring tea.

The three of them sat down and Salini said, "Your Highness, this dynasty-class warship did not launch the water in spring as His Highness ordered. It was mainly for several reasons. First, the winter in Liaodong was too cold and migrant workers could not start work. The most important thing was that Beiyi transformed His Highness's drawings. In the naval battle, the most important thing was to occupy the limelight and take advantage of the wind to impact. However, the high tower of the ship affected the ship's turn. Therefore, considering that the dynasty-class warship was taller than the Fu Ship, Beiyi dared to change the front and back two floors from two floors to one floor. This change took another two months and was not launched until May.

I also ask for the crime of low-ranking duties.”

Zhu Zhi took a sip of tea and said, "It's okay. You have already submitted a petition last time, and it's all about the actual situation. I don't blame me. Is the money still enough to spend now? Just ask for any difficulties.

I have ordered Zhao Yu to fully support the navy. I guess by the end of the year you can start construction of two new ships.”

Salini smiled and said, "Your Highness, the expense account has been ordered to be sent to the Prince Guo of the Palace. Add to the money allocated last month, and it is still useful. But this difficulty is really there.

Your Highness didn't know that ships were easy to build, but large ships like dynasty level were too troublesome to operate and had too many sails, so it took a lot of time to train sailors. Bei Zhi brought over 200 skilled sailors.

Now it is only enough to be able to continue one minute. After training for two months, I was only familiar with this boat, but I haven't passed the test of long voyages. For a warship like this, ordinary sailors need to train for at least one year to achieve proficiency.

So now, it is not suitable to increase new ships too quickly. Two ships a year are suitable, and there are more. Sailors can't train."

Zhu Zhi listened to Salini's report and understood it in his heart. He was also concerned about everything he said, but he was a little anxious. The navy is a very technical group of troops, and the stronger the technicality, the longer the training time.

In the army, a cavalry trains longer than a crossbowman, and a crossbowman trains longer than an infantry trains. The navy trains longer than any armies in the army, and of course the air force trains the longest. That's what we've got.

Zhu Zhi said: "Well, this place is not a matter of rush, but it still needs to urge you. Now all the supplies in Liaodong have to be transported by land, which is really too laborious.

If you walk by water, you can get on the boat from Jinzhou and sell it all the way to Yingtian, Quanzhou and Guangzhou. Moreover, after the Jinzhou Salt Farm was opened, the number of ships coming to Shandong to transport salt was increasing day by day. Last time, the grain and grass sent by a salt merchant was robbed.

Salt is your navy's God of Wealth, you have to find a way to protect it."

Salini pondered for a moment and said, "The Japanese pirates who were eliminated last time were called Li Shu, and they were also the leaders of the land on this sea surface. After they were defeated, the reputation of Liaodong was also spread, and the Japanese pirates did not dare to disturb them for a while."

Zhu Zhi said: "How is the situation of the Japanese pirates near Liaodong?"

Salini said: "In the past year, I have touched the situation on this sea surface. The largest group is Li Tonghe, who is from Goryeo, with twenty boats under his command. More than two thousand people.

I heard that the vote in Jinzhou last year was that he and seven or eight small groups of Japanese pirates along the coast of Goryeo. In addition, Huangcheng Island opposite Laotie Mountain Waterway. Recently, a group of Japanese pirates coming from the south came, with about five ships and more than five hundred people.

They were the ones who robbed the salt ship last time."

Zhu Zhi looked at the chart under the guidance of Salini. The location of Huangcheng Island was the key, just in the middle of the Bohai Strait, guarding the Bohai Sea estuary like a sentry. Zhu Zhi looked up and said, "Lao Sa, what did you think."

Salini said: "Gory Japanese pirates with our current strength cannot move, but Huangcheng Island is too important, just like a fish bone in the throat. If they are not removed, the salt transportation will not be safe.

But the dynasty training time was short at that time, and it was not the time. Now I want to have a sudden attack on it and knock him off in one fell swoop." As he said that, he punched the chart.

Zhu Zhi said: "This is the first time that the Liaodong Navy has taken action since its formation. We must be clean and neat and not keep any. I don't want the Liaodong Navy's strength to be exposed to Li Tonghe."

Salini bowed and said, "I will obey your order. If you don't leave any one, you must wipe out all."

...

One day later, in Huangcheng Island Port.

"Boss Wu, there is a big fishing crab over there." The Japanese pirates who were watching on the masts shouted down.

A little leader walked to the bow of the boat calmly and looked out. A fishing boat was faintly visible in the wind and waves outside the port. Mr. Wu said, "Rise the anchor and raise the sail, chase after you to take a look.

"When the lucky ship rose and sailed out of the port, the fishing boat had disappeared into the waves.

Boss Wu slapped his guard and left the little Koudi's head: "Do you see clearly?"

Xiao Kou said aggrievedly: "Boss, you seem to have seen it with your own eyes, right?"
Chapter completed!