Time flies. In the blink of an eye, a full week has passed since a group of people went to the river beach to test the gun.

During these days, everyone was very busy: Director Li and Director Wen were still in charge of the operation of the workshop and the low-speed production of munitions, Shen Hanlin and Huang Huan began to build the rough skeleton of the Sailor Academy, and our Young Master Lan began to sharpen his knives Huo Huo to recruit recruits, and tried all kinds of ways to start grinding the local militia that had just entered the training camp.

However, there is one thing that can no longer be delayed--- this matter seems to be like a fish in the throat for the traverser, if it is not solved for a long time, the construction process of the industrial zone will not be able to enter the fast lane.

That's right, it's the water gang in Fuluzhou.

In order to exterminate this bandit, the traverser gunboat unit under the command of Master Huang Huan claimed --- to the outside world that it was the Yangguan Town Water Division River Patrol Team--- which would inevitably take on the heavy responsibility of the main attack, responsible for turning the bandits' camp into a scorched earth with large-caliber naval guns.

Naturally, the primary credit will also be his.

Due to these reasons, Young Master Huang was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night after learning that the traverser planned to do something to the water bandits in Fuluzhou, and he got up early in the morning and ran to the Wenjia Workshop, insisting on pulling Shen Hanlin to discuss naval tactics and tactics, and Shen Mengze, who was concentrating on compiling the syllabus and basic textbooks of the Sailor Academy, was naturally unbearable and annoying. In our Shen Hanlin's opinion, as long as Huang Huan can't assign a gunboat for him to command, then Young Master Huang will be suspected of showing off any matter related to the sailor in front of him--- he thinks that there is no point in pulling these things off, it is better to simply let him command a warship, which is better than anything else!

In order to mediate the dispute, Young Master Lan decided to hold a planned meeting in advance to suppress bandits on the water, and determine the division of tasks as soon as possible.

In the evening, in the newly established underground confidential room of the Wenjia Workshop, five traversers sat around a round table, on which was placed a huge map showing the waterways and topography of Fuluzhou. Under the flickering candlelight, the small chess pieces representing the ships of the sailors of Yangguan Town were also placed on the map one by one and used as props for wargame deduction.

"Tell me, what's our general idea?" As the default moderator of the meeting, Lan Wang went straight to the point and asked the opinions of the other participants first.

"There is no work, just gunboats shoot at close range, destroy the outlying fortifications of the bandit camp, and then the marines land to solve the battle, it's as simple as that! Otherwise, what else do you want to play? ”

Young Master Huang snorted very old-fashionedly.

"Our strength has a crushing advantage in the face of the natives of our own plane, and all plans are pale in the face of absolute strength!"

"No, you're a little too hasty, aren't you?" Even Director Li, who is not a soldier in his own job, can hear that Young Master Huang's so-called "battle plan" is not very reliable, "The lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, strategically you can despise the enemy, and tactically you must pay attention to the enemy!" “

Hearing this, Young Master Huang laughed even more happily: "Hehehehehehe! Hey, hey, hey, hey! I knew some of you would contradict me with that! Let me tell you, the master read Mao Xuan three times when he was eight years old, and showed Taizu's quotations in front of me, I really don't know what it means to get a big axe in front of Luban!! “

Everyone automatically ignored his boundless bragging, and Young Master Lan sank his face: "Let's get to the point!" ”

"Everyone knows the truth of anticipating the enemy's leniency, but I don't know that Grandpa Mao and his old man still have the following words, which probably means that the so-called 'anticipation of the enemy' is just that the enemy cannot be underestimated when formulating tactics, which does not conflict with seeing through the enemy's weak nature at all!"

Young Master Huang seemed to have become confident again, as if he had long known that his remarks would cause a backlash, so he had done his homework early.

"My plan seems simple, but it actually takes into account the most difficult situations. The reason why the bandit is difficult to exterminate is because of his relative mobility, not only the mobility of the range of activities, but also the mobility of the composition of the people. Many of our so-called water bandits are actually just fishermen or Tan families on the river, who only choose to be bandits because of economic or social factors, and make a fortune at the first opportunity. These people are like loaches, usually when the wind is not tight, they come out to be bandits, roaring in the mountains, forests and rivers, but if the officers and soldiers come to encircle and suppress, they will become good people and fishermen, row their own boats, pat their buttocks, and get out of the way! ”

"Without effective means of control, it will be very difficult to eradicate these so-called 'home bandits', which account for a considerable proportion of the bandits."

Immediately afterwards, Young Master Huang suddenly changed his words.

"However, this difficulty is only relative to the government army in the Middle Ages, and we have to face the opposite situation!"

"Due to the maneuverability of our steam gunboats, it is impossible for any bandits who try to scatter and flee to escape from our search and pursuit, and even if the bandits break through separately, they will not solve this problem - no matter how fast you row, our gunboats can easily bite them one by one and annihilate them!"

"But on the other hand, the defensive strategy that the officers and soldiers most want the bandits to use - to defend the village to the death - is our biggest problem! Because of the dense water network and many shallows in Fuluzhou, the maneuverability advantage of the steamship could not be brought into full play in it, and we had no way to find out the internal waterway situation in a short time. In this way, it is our highest priority to summon infantry directly into the field to solve the battle after preparing for fire. After all, if the bandits choose to fight us or break through in pieces, it will be extremely beneficial to us! “

"I still don't understand what you mean here." Shen Hanlin raised his own question, "You just said that we don't know about the waterway situation inside, so why do you still regard the gunboat landing and shooting as the first step of the mission?" “

"Haven't I finished yet!" Young Master Huang was a little impatient, "I just said that the backbone of our firepower preparation is the steam gunboat, and I didn't say that we only have the option of the steam gunboat!" ”

"What do you mean?"

"We now have only three steam gunboats that we can operate at full capacity, which means that we still need a fair number of unpowered ships with artillery as a platform for our firepower preparation. My plan was to use the 'artillery raft', which the British used during the siege of the Sevastopol fortress in early 1854 during the Crimean War, and it was nothing more than a heavier raft with artillery and the necessary artillery shield protection, and it was as simple as that! ”

Huang Gongzi continued to gush: "In this way, the firepower of our Dajiang Fleet will not be limited by the number of steam gunboats at all!" We could have taken this opportunity to mount the regular 32-pounder guns on the artillery rafts, and with the curling fire of the Caron and Mortar cannons, the camp of the bandits would be reduced to ashes! When our industrial zone is officially completed and put into operation, are we still worried that there will be no steam gunboats?! “

The Traveler's chief naval ship designer slammed his fist on the table viciously to show his resolve.