At noon, Li Yunzi invited Chen Zijian over, an independent dining hall with a table full of various dishes.

Li Yunzi greeted Chen Zijian and sat down, and said modestly, "The chief is slacking, the conditions here are not good, so I can only do this, please atone for the chief." ”

Chen Zijian sat down, the dishes on this table were already satisfied, he had nothing to worry about eating and drinking with his subordinates, most of the dishes on the table were seafood, and seafood was very worthless in Zhangjiacheng, which was the result of being deliberately suppressed by Chen Zijian, so that everyone could meet the demand for meat.

Chen Zijian: "Sit down!" ”

"Chief Xie!"

Everyone sat down, Chen Zijian picked up the chopsticks and ate, as the master, no one dared to start if he didn't move the chopsticks, this is the privilege of being the chief, why Chen Zijian left Zhang San's cottage early, is to be the first to start the privilege of chopsticks now.

Li Yunzi: "Chief, my subordinates will give you a drink." ”

Well, Chen Zijian personally has no interest in drinking, although now he brews rice wine, in addition to making alcohol, selling rice wine to the outside world, after several distillations, the degree of rice wine has increased, and it has become a so-called fine wine, and his subordinates who are familiar with Chen Zijian know that their bosses don't like to drink, and usually Chen Zijian invites everyone to dinner, and few people invite him to drink.

Li Yunzi wants to give face, and people have good intentions, Chen Zijian doesn't like to drink, it doesn't mean that he can't drink. had a toast with Li Yunzi, and drank rice wine, which tasted average.

Zhang Wu lowered his head and ate whale meat, secretly laughing at Li Yunzi, as Chen Zijian's personal guard, he naturally knew Chen Zijian's habits.

Five days later, the barracks.

"You want to be in the navy, it's hard to live at sea, and you know the nature of water?"

"Sir, I grew up playing in the water since I was a child, and I can dive into three meters of water to fish, so there is definitely no problem in being in the navy."

"Okay, I'll sign you up, and you have to go through the selection in three days before you can really join the navy."

Recruit: "Thank you, sir. ”

In a corner of the barracks, Zhang Wu had Chen Zijian's order to start the selection of naval talents, which was a matter related to the army, and Chen Zijian took it very seriously, because the army is the foundation of stable development, and the experience of later generations has shown that without the protection of a strong army, all development is a castle in the air.

The Song Dynasty was commercially developed enough, but unfortunately it was not protected by a strong army, no matter how rich it was, it was not swept away by the Mongol army.

Chen Zijian can tolerate other things a little, and he will definitely not relax in the army, and the recruitment of the volunteers can only be authorized by Chen Zijian himself, and the people below can have the corresponding orders, otherwise whoever breaks the rules of the army without authorization will definitely eat the end of Minnie bullets.

For example, the navy led by Zhang Wu, who fought at sea before, felt that there were not enough manpower, and without Chen Zijian's permission, he recruited people into the navy without authorization, even if he made great contributions, Chen Zijian would only give him a Mini bomb, and would not allow him to break the regulations because of his merits, or that no one was allowed to meddle in the affairs of the army. This power is only possible as a leader, and in the future, Chen Zijian will step down and withdraw from the center of power, and only his successor can have this power.

Zhang Wu had Chen Zijian's order, and there was a scene of recruiting the navy in the barracks, and after several rounds of elimination, the recruits who could persist were all good seedlings, at least they would not be bad in terms of hardship and hard work.

The 15,000 men in the barracks will be trained in the basic training, and when the recruits have completed their initial training, they will be assigned to six different regiments, which will be the cradle of the Volunteers.

Zhang Wu asked people to be selected in the barracks, which attracted everyone's attention, not for anything else, because the navy's basic monthly money was eight silver coins per month, which was much higher than the five silver coins per month of ordinary volunteers.

Although there are more rewards for merit in the later stage, this is what attracts many people.

Li Shan Volunteer Army recruits, after entering the barracks, endure hardships and persevere, usually train well, there is a characteristic in the Volunteer Army, that is, no matter what identity you have before, what you have done, no one cares about these after entering the barracks, even if you have done murder and arson before.

The reason why it doesn't matter is very simple, because Chen Zijian has no time, if every recruit who enters the Volunteer Army seriously investigates the previous things, and makes all the trivial things he has done before clear, it is really nosy, the key is that Chen Zijian himself is a thief, and his own background is not clean, and he requires his subordinates to be innocent, isn't this full of food.

Chen Zijian's requirements for recruits, as long as they enter the volunteers, implement the regulations of the volunteers, of course, there have been murders and arsons in the past, and the volunteers can't let them know, otherwise they will still be arrested and mined, as long as the recruits are not stupid, they will not tell others about their previous evil deeds.

A companion who went in with Li Shan to enter the volunteer army recruits, because he couldn't stand the various training of the volunteers, he applied to quit after a week, and the military camp was for food and drink during the recruits, as well as silver coins to take, but the training task was very heavy, five thousand meters of long-distance running a day, more than 3,000 times of stabbing practice, not long ago with the aim of the subject, it was difficult for the sneaky guy to survive in it.

Although Li Shan's companion is not a person who cheats and cheats, but the volunteers obviously can't bear the high-intensity training every day before leaving, but it's not that they can't live without the volunteers, Zhangjiacheng currently provides a lot of work, and he can't live a good life if he is not a lazy person.

Li Shan's hometown lives by the water, and his water nature is good, and he has an innate foundation for joining the navy.

"Li Shan, you are also here, why, you want to join the navy."

Talking is Wu Hai in the same dormitory, his original name is Wu Laosan, he knows what his status is in the family when he hears the name, this kind of name is named because he has no money relatives, so he has to be named according to his birth, after Wu Hai joined the Volunteer Army, the Volunteer Army has to conduct a two-hour literacy course every night, and Wu Hai asked the teacher to give him a new name.

"Wu Hai."

Li Shan said hello. "That's right, I thought about it, join the Navy."

The two were about to talk, when a loud sound rang out, overpowering all sounds, and in previous experience, such a cannon sound would last for two hours.

Li Shan gestured with his hand, saying that as a recruit, he would suffer from the sound of artillery for two hours a day, and those who were weaker in his heart would not be able to live this kind of life.

Within 5,000 meters of the barracks, it cannot be used for civilian use, and an artillery training base has been set up on the edge of the barracks; as for why artillery should be trained on the side of the barracks, the reason is very simple, that is, let the volunteers be familiar with the sound of artillery bombardment, and after they are familiar with the sound of shelling, they will not be frightened when they hear the sound of artillery on the battlefield.

The sound of artillery shelling is deafening, ordinary people are not far from the artillery, and suddenly hear this sound, there are only two results, either blind or frightened, and this reaction is not affected by personal will. Of course, if you get used to hearing this sound, then there is no problem.

The artillery was on the edge of the barracks, less than a hundred meters apart, and although it was not deafening, the recruits in the barracks still had a feeling of wanting to die.

Some time ago, the Hongyi artillery that was snatched from the European fleet was successfully defended, and there was a new type of troops, artillery.

Training artillery is to load the artillery in the shortest possible time, according to the parameters of the artillery, hit the shells to the corresponding target, shelling at the same angle, the distance of the artillery, according to the amount of gunpowder to control, for example, the artillery at the angle of forty-five, according to the data calculated in advance, one gunpowder can hit the shell for one thousand meters, two gunpowder at 1,800 meters to two kilometers, three parts of gunpowder will not work, because the barrel of the gunpowder can not withstand the loading of three parts, and the probability of explosion is very high. Therefore, the subject of artillery training is to shell targets within two thousand meters.

As for whether it can be hit, this depends on luck, shelling the enemy is more about hitting the enemy's morale, and the enemy's morale is exhausted, and the matter is almost done, the enemy is really hit by the artillery, and he can only consider himself unlucky, Chen Zijian has very low requirements for artillery, and in one minute, fire as many artillery as possible.

Shipyard.

Chen Zijian took Zhang Wu to see his equipment, all the twenty battleships completed all the work, the artillery was installed, and twenty guns of a battleship were placed on both sides of the battleship, in addition to the long-range strike capability of the battleship, the near-range attack was a Mini gun, and a battleship had fifty Mini guns, such weapons and equipment can be said to be armed to the teeth, of course, it is Chen Zijian's era, if you compare such equipment with later generations, uh, there is no need to compare.

With such weapons and equipment, as long as the commander does not rush for quick success, the battleship is invincible, because in addition to the powerful weapons, the power of the battleship is more flexible, and the two major power paddle wheels installed can move straight forward, compared with other maritime forces still use sail power, the flexibility of the battleship is much more.

For example, the Europeans' artillery was placed on both sides of the ship, and the warships of the Volunteers fought against the Europeans, using the power advantage to seize the bow or stern position of the enemy ship, so that the result was that the Volunteers could strike at the enemy ship, and the enemy ship could only be beaten passively, which was the advantage brought by the paddle wheel, and there was an additional advantage at sea, that is, to increase the probability of victory.

The battleship was temporarily handed over to the care of the volunteers, and when Zhang Wu selected the necessary manpower, he could set off to train the navy, and the improvement of the navy's combat effectiveness depended on peacetime training, so it can be said that training may not be able to win the battle, but if it is not trained, it will definitely not be able to win.

Zhang Wu's heart was full of joy, "Thank you, chief, I will definitely train them for you." ”

Chen Zijian: "One month, I'll give you a month, see that there is no transport ship over there, and leave Hainan in a month, I want you to escort them and ensure their safety." ”

"Yes, chief, my subordinates promise to complete the task."

Chen Zijian: "Tianyuan Wharf in Dianbai County, I plan to build a naval base there, and you will be stationed there for repairs in the future, while guarding the safety of Dianbai County." ”

The geographical location of Dianbai County is concave to the land, and it is necessary to pass through a section of waterway to enter and exit Dianbai County, and a naval base is set up on the side of this waterway to control the entry and exit of ships, and the construction of a naval base there can protect the safety of Dianbai County.

Chen Zijian gave Zhang Wu a nautical chart of eastern Guangdong Province and pointed out to him the approximate location of the naval base, Zhang Wu liked it with the map, and not long ago he attacked Hailing Island, where he saw the location on the nautical chart, which was in Dianbai County.

Zhang Wu, who took the benefits, left in a hurry, studied the chart in his hand, and for those who walked on the sea, they could know the value of this chart.