Chapter 33: The Ship's Mother

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Ma Yinglong then reported: "There were 18 other injuries, most of which were caused by the release of rockets...... If you don't get it right, you'll run around, and some of them can fly to your own boat. Alas, why was it okay to drop a rocket last time? ”

"The fight against Jiangchuan City was a tailwind, and yesterday we fought against the wind, and the difference is here." Zhao Gongzi picked up a handkerchief and wiped his mouth and said: "In short, use it with caution when the wind is strong in the future, and if you don't get it right, you will hurt yourself." ”

Zhao Shizhen suddenly thought of something, didn't eat anymore, picked up his stack of manuscript paper, put it on his knee and drew it intently.

The three of them knew that he was inspired again, so they didn't bother him, and continued to talk on their own.

"In terms of ammunition, the ships consumed too much last night, using three times as many shells as last time. Five supply ships were emptied, and the average ammunition reserves of each ship were only restored to seventy. There are less than a thousand rockets left. Ma Yinglong said with some embarrassment: "In addition, there are 32 guns whose breeches are deformed, and it is estimated that they will have to be rebuilt, so you can imagine how ruthless the cannon was last night." ”

"But if that's not the case, I won't be able to keep those two Western ships." Wang Rulong explained: "In the future, we will save some artillery." ”

"Don't worry." Zhao Hao shook his head with a smile and said, "The next batch of supplies should have arrived at the base by this time." ”

"Ahh The two cheered in surprise and said, "That's great! Send the supply ship back today! ”

Zhao Gongzi smiled and nodded. He has deeply realized how wonderful it is to be backed by the world's largest economy. Especially in wartime, that kind of strong support is unimaginable to other countries.

It has been less than a year since he formulated the First Five-Year Plan last year, but the Jiangnan Group's military manufacturing capacity has already been raised to a considerable level.

In a top-secret report submitted to him by the Strategic Decision-making Committee, he was told that the group could cast a hundred bronze cannons every month and produce 5,000 catties of granular gunpowder...... And Zhao Gongzi's original goal for them was to end the First Five-Year Plan, with an annual output of one ton of gunpowder and two hundred bronze cannons.

has far exceeded his goal.

Because Zhao Gongzi didn't expect the war against Japan to come so quickly, he naturally didn't expect to face the Portuguese so early. In his plan, during the First Five-Year Plan period, we should work hard to improve the production standards and manufacturing processes, rather than blindly pursuing output.

Gunpowder has an expiration date, especially in Jiangnan, where it can get damp in the summer. So Zhao Hao only set a very low amount. If you can't go to sea, will you rebel by making so many guns with so much gunpowder?

But the plan can't keep up with the changes, and the opportunity must be seized since it comes. The Jiangnan Group, which was temporarily transferred to a wartime state, concentrated its production capacity in the military industry, and the energy that erupted was naturally amazing, and it could not be regarded as normal.

The strategy committee also reported to him that production could be doubled if needed. Only the treasure land of Jiangnan can have such great energy.

However, Zhao Hao deduced the scale of the war and told them that they only needed to maintain the current output.

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After talking about his own situation, Ma Yinglong continued:

"On the enemy's side, all three ships surrendered, and the Duke of Goa was the most badly damaged, the deck was so black that the bow of the ship was leaked, and they had to get their sailors back, and it took a rescue to control them. As for the Oriental Beauty, because there was no rocket to greet her, and the hull was low, the situation was much better, and it was almost not broken. ”

"That's good, that's good." Zhao Gongzi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's okay that my big beauty is fine." ”

"Childe is so thoughtful, how dare you hurt it?" Ma Yinglong smiled jokingly: "It has been washed and tied up at this time, just waiting for the son's luck!" ”

"Really?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but be overjoyed: "This son can go up now?" ”

"Anytime!"

"Go together, this kind of thing is interesting together!" Zhao Hao couldn't wait to plug in his wings and fly over.

"Yes. Let's also study and study how attractive this oriental beauty is, and make Childe like this! Wang Rulong's urn sounded and said.

"Well, inside and out, inch by inch." Ma Yinglong also smiled.

I heard a click outside the door, and the guards immediately went out to check, and came back to report that it was the girl Qiaoqiao who had accidentally hit the soup bowl.

"No one hurts, right?" Zhao Hao raised his voice and asked with concern.

"No, no......" Qiaoqiao's crying voice came from outside the door, and she gradually walked away.

"Is it so sad to drop a bowl?" Zhao Hao glanced at the guard. "It's really not hurt?"

"Not really." The guard shook his head.

"That's good." Zhao Hao nodded and said to Ma Yinglong: "You continue." ”

"There is also a large wide ship that fell behind, but it was unscathed." Ma Yinglong then reported: "And the ship was full of gold and silver, plus it was stored on two Western ships, and there were 120,000 taels of silver and 8,000 taels of gold. ”163TXT

"Hey, I'm making a lot of money now!" Wang Rulong was very happy. This time I made a lot of money in the game, and my pressure disappeared.

"Well, yes, yes." Zhao Hao was also very happy, he knew that Nanban trade was very profitable, but he didn't expect it to be so profitable. Of course, it is better to rob them faster before they come, and the cost of the fleet will be recovered in one hand. He said with great interest: "Go back to Jiangchuan City and take a look, didn't those Tang people say that there is a silver cellar under the castle?" The Yujiu family followed the owner of the Wufeng ship to engage in smuggling back then, so why do you have to save tens of thousands of taels in it, right? ”

"Okay." Wang Rulong nodded and wrote it down.

Although it is strictly forbidden for officers and soldiers to hide war spoils in the garrison - violators, regardless of the size, will be expelled from the police and sentenced to life hard labor.

However, according to the regulations, all seizures must be returned to the public, and then distributed by the group in accordance with the '211' principle. i.e. the 'distributable profit' after deducting costs is divided into four parts. Two copies belong to the group, one part belongs to the garrison area, and one copy is given to the soldiers participating in the battle as a special bonus according to merit and rank...... This work is also the responsibility of the Police Commissioners.

"In addition, a total of 103 enemies were destroyed. 788 people were captured, including 134 Hongmao, 635 Kunlun Nu, 11 Wa and 8 Han. Ma Yinglong went on to report: "There were 123 wounded among the prisoners, of whom 28 were seriously wounded. ”

"Don't just because they were enemies don't give them proper treatment." Zhao Gongzi instructed with a compassionate face: "To change the concept, they are now the precious wealth of the group. ”

"Yes." Ma Yinglong hurriedly came down. In fact, there is no need for Zhao Hao to say, he has already instructed the ship's doctor to try his best to treat every prisoner. As long as you board the two galleons and see them, they will admit that the shipbuilding and boatmanship of the Francophone are better than the Ming Dynasty, and naturally they will understand how precious those skilled crews are.

It is no exaggeration to say that the coast guard fleet is going to iterate, and it will fall on these prisoners.

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In that room, Qiaoqiao returned to the small kitchen in despair.

Ma Xianglan is still showing her the stove...... No way, the rules on the ship, you can't leave people when you use fire.

"What's the matter?" Seeing that she was more stimulated than yesterday, Sister Ma asked.

"It's getting more and more unpleasant...... "Qiaoqiao clicked away from her tears and said: "Childe was completely damaged by them, and he actually wanted to spoil other girls' girls together!" ”

"Huh?" Ma Xianglan's jaw almost fell into the stove, and she hurriedly asked, "Are you talking about that oriental beauty?" ”

"Isn't she who else can make Childe forget?" Qiaoqiao's eyes were gone, and she felt that she couldn't accept this kind of thing.

"Giggles, what did you hear?" Ma Xianglan didn't sell it now, and smiled at her: "That oriental beauty is not a person." ”

"Why are you so ......" Qiaoqiao bit her bloodless lip and said, "Whether it is our Ming Dynasty or not, but after all, she is a hard-working woman." ”

"The Oriental Beauty is a galleon, a warship of the Franc man." Ma Xianglan couldn't help but laugh and said: "You said that it's not good for you to be jealous with someone, and you are with a shipman...... Oh no, the ship's mother is jealous. ”

"Really?" Qiaoqiao opened her mouth slightly, in disbelief. "Oriental Beauty...... She's a boat? ”

"No, look." Ma Xianglan took out a ship sketch from the folder on the side, handed it to her, and said, "It's this black Western ship." ”

Qiaoqiao blinked in shock, only to see that in the blank space of the drawing, there were indeed five eye-catching words written 'Oriental Beauty'.

After a moment's pause, she ran out of the galley, and looked at the captured Galen ship against the sketch in her hand. Although it broke two masts, there is no doubt that it was indeed a ship.

At this time, she saw Zhao Hao and the others boarding the Dongfang Princess in a small boat, and now she completely understood what 'Shang' meant.

"This, this ......" Qiaoqiao covered her hot little face, eager to jump into the sea to cool off.

It's a shame to be dead, and I'm actually jealous with a ship's wife......

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Zhao Gongzi finally boarded the Galen ship that he had been thinking about. As for the deck covered with illegal Karak galleons, he didn't even bother to look at them.

Compared with the bloated middle-aged woman-like governor of Goa, the biggest characteristic of this oriental beauty is her slenderness. It eliminated the bow tower and lowered the stern to almost the hull, greatly reducing the ship's center of gravity.

Compared with the warships of the Ming Dynasty, its biggest feature is that the cabin is wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, which further lowers the center of gravity to withstand the salvo of multi-layer artillery.

Standing on the upper deck, looking at the various auxiliary rigging and listening to the captives explain their usefulness, Wang Rulong couldn't help but secretly call it a fluke. Fortunately, Gongzi expected the situation like a god, and ordered the fleet to go straight to Futianpu, and with an absolute superiority of troops, the two Western ships were blocked in the harbor.

Futianpu is less than 2 miles wide, and the deep-water channel suitable for Western ships is less than 500 meters wide. This severely limited the maneuvering range of Western ships, allowing them to be beaten passively.

If the two sides meet on the open ocean, the other side is only allowed to obtain faster and more agile maneuvering ability with several times more sails on this ship, as well as superb sail handling skills.

I can't imagine what kind of result that will be, waiting for my own fleet.

Childe's sentence 'Master Yi's long skills to control Yi' finally deafened.