Li Guolou took the instructors and students of the martial arts hall to visit the Dagukou Fort for three days to listen to various opinions, and on this day he accompanied by Admiral Yulu to the war room, and the officers looked at the model map of the central military camp in the war room and started a round of discussions.

Today, Li Guolou finally spoke, holding a teaching stick, pointing to the military model, and said: "First of all, I want to say that it is a hard battle, and it is by no means to wipe out the invaders in one fell swoop. If the invaders have the advantage, they will definitely board the coastline, build a bridgehead, and build a cannon in front of our forts, and what about us? Under the fierce attack of the enemy's artillery on these batteries, how many of them can still be intact, and the turrets with thousands of holes cannot exert half of their power, and even lose their combat capability; the operation must be based on reality, and the general staff will only say in a good direction, that is the strategic principle of harming others and harming oneself, and the general staff thinks of the difficult situation and supports the Dagukou fort under the dangerous war situation, and this is the strategy that a qualified staff officer should have. ”

Several Admiral Yulu strategists and pipe bands were blushing and thick-necked by Li Guolou, but they all admired Li Guolou's ability to think about strategies and make speeches with big thoughts.

Li Guolou seems to be an awe-inspiring and inviolable hero, holding his head high and saying: "In times of crisis, the true colors of heroes are shown, and survival in adversity is the ability of the main general, first of all, I will first talk about the problem of shells, this war is to throw money, see who has a thick foundation, an encounter can consume the shells in our warehouse, and our Qing artillery, which can be described as made in all countries, this type is not a shell, a model is used up, and a cannon will be scrapped, so the cannon of Dagukou Fort must not covet this kind of artillery advanced, just put it on the fort first, and there is no foundation for good thingsFor the use of artillery, to understand the performance first, only to store to a certain base number of shells, to seek the type of artillery can put a key position, the second point of the shell is about the solid shell, to the flowering bomb transformation characteristics, although the country itself to develop the flowering bomb still has many deficiencies, but we must firmly believe that the difficulties can be overcome, the use of domestic flowering bombs and tackling key problems of the flowering bombs, these two must always grasp the relationship, and the military industry department to coordinate the relationship, now weapons manufacturing to Jinling Manufacturing Bureau for the top levelDon't buy some shells here, buy some shells there, make the gunner complain, see a certain manufacturer of shells kicked away, cooperate with the silver, but lose his life, this kind of silver or don't make money, training bullets and live ammunition should be distinguished, this kind of simple math will not be done, not worthy of being a soldier, and then there will be no mercy next time, the backstage will be brought to the front desk, I am not soft, do it myself, but to see if his heart is black, It is not an exaggeration to raid the family and exterminate the family, and there is no festival** and I know the price is clearly marked. ”

Quartermaster Hongdu and others immediately lowered their heads, and the big cats in the army bought all the consumables they needed, and used hollow shells in training in peacetime, and there was no ** in the shells, which was filled with sand shells, and the quartermaster also counted this kind of hollow shells into the inventory, which was used to make false accounts and fill the shortage of inventory.

This kind of cat greasy was recognized by Li Guolou, who called him a god catcher? It's very difficult to hide from him.

Admiral Yulu took a filial piety from the Quartermaster Department, hurriedly played a round, and said with a frown: "The small details must be controlled, the general direction must be controlled, and the unremitting efforts can lead to long-term peace and stability." ”

Li Guolou didn't pay attention to Yulu's code words, nor did he look at the gloating expressions of some officers, and continued: "The training of gunners is Yujunmen's personal grasp of the subject, and the Dagukou gunners have been passed down from generation to generation. ”

The applause of the soldiers was also uniform, and there was a noise in the war room, which added a layer of oil paint to Yulu's face.

Li Guolou was satisfied and glanced at the officers around him, all of them were full of energy, listened to him with a bulging chest, and said with a smile: "I will also talk about the small details of the fort, the big forts have storage rooms, most of them are built and the forts are decentralized, which seems to be very solid, although the forts are tall, but the target is obviously inevitably crushed by the enemy's artillery fire, then the storage room under the fort is dangerous, either collapsed, or hit by shells, and exploded together with the inventory in the storage room, the possibility is very large, the last Dagukou artillery battle, there were gunners digging and collapsing the storage room, Looking for the possibility of using shells, why don't we learn a lesson? War is a good teacher, learning to fight in war, it is hard to buy lessons and lessons, the enemy educated us once, but we did not repent, and still used the old formation map to build the fort, which bastard Wang Ba Lamb came up with the method of hollowing out the fort. ”

Li Guolou said that if he changed his face, he would change his face, and the teaching stick in his hand was broken by him, thrown to the ground, and looked at the officer in front of him angrily, like a boxer in the duel arena, wanting to find someone to fight.

Admiral Yulu's face turned green, originally thought that Li Guolou was just summarizing the opinions he had heard in the past few days, summing them up, listening to a paragraph of unintentional old bottled wine, he never thought that Li Guolou's eyes were so poisonous, and he could see that it was useless in the storage room under the fort, he inspected the fort every day, and he never thought that this was a big loophole in the fort, greedy for convenient combat methods, that is, to bury hidden dangers for himself, placed under the butt of the powder magazine, and the enemy shells hit the fort continuously, the surface will always collapse, and the fort will collapse sooner or later.

"Yes, Lord Li's article is to the point, the construction of a storage room under the fort seems to make it much more convenient to transport shells, the inventory base of the fort has increased, but the danger factor has also doubled up, we can't do a loss-making deal, the storage room under the fort must be filled in to consolidate the firmness of the fort, and the gunners will work hard, it is better than being served by the enemy."

Admiral Yulu's words were approved by all the officers, and the war was not about emotion or convenience, but only about winning or losing.

Li Guolou heard a sound of praise, calmed down, and said loudly: "Okay, since everyone agrees with my opinion, I will talk about the transportation of artillery shells, which is related to the decisive factor of whether a war is won or not, the artillery shells are exhausted, and the shells cannot be transported to the battery, so that the artillery becomes infantry, and this battle becomes a war of consuming artillery soldiers, and we also lose what we say, an artillery is worth more than ten infantrymen, and even a cannon can resist an army, I think you know this truth better than me." ”

This sentence is sycophancy, and the artillery officers listen to it comfortably, they get a high salary, they are worthy of their conscience, and they are happy to regard Li Guolou as a confidant.

Li Guolou said: "The shells are heavy, and they are classified, very cumbersome, at the moment of emergency on the battlefield, relying on manpower and horsepower transportation is far from keeping up, sometimes the enemy has reached the firing range, the sharpshooter is also anxious to see it, there are no shells in his hand, so what to do, the progress of the times, we directly take the doctrine, build railways between the batteries everywhere, even if the train is damaged by the enemy, a small cart can pull up the rails, a person, a horse is far more efficient than the current trailer, the rear barracks people, The support battery is also very fast, the war of attrition is supported by the rear, our artillery is not a last resort, do not fight with the enemy, and establish a spider web like a logistics transportation line, is our invincible fundamental, the cannon is damaged, it can be transported directly from the rear, as long as the rails, we will not have a shortage of Dagukou cannons, there will be no damage to a cannon, the strength will be weakened a hidden danger, now the artillery does not need a tall battery, fired in the flat, can still destroy the enemy, Dagukou Fort is not only 64 Hongyi cannons, Instead, there are hundreds of backup cannons, and the cannons on the railroad tracks are mobile batteries, and it is not easy for the enemy to aim, the probability of being hit is greatly reduced, and the combat effectiveness of the artillery has leaped several steps. ”

Li Guolou was overly excited, smashed the model with a fist, and smashed the corner of the model, but the people next to him didn't mind this small move, and was brought into another world by Li Guolou, the whole combat method, let them reverie, the idea is to follow the horizon and become broadened, these artillery officers are both civil and military Confucian generals, not stupider than Li Guolou, but no one brought them thoughts, looking at Li Guolou, is so hot, excited, no dream to follow Li Guolou's guidance to make a big leap.

"Trains, rails, tactics." Admiral Yulu muttered to himself, looked at the model on the long table, tears came out of his eyes, the Dagukou Fort within a radius of dozens of miles is promising, the trees are lush, and there are countless hidden forts.

"I also hope that Lord Li will fully support the reconstruction of the Dagukou Fort, and the officials will live up to their mission and rebuild Dagukou into an impregnable fortress." Admiral Yulu suddenly turned over and knelt on the ground, his heart was bright, no silver is empty talk, the minister in front of him, Li Guolou, is the golden rooster given by God to the Qing Dynasty, the golden rooster was obtained by the emperor, and the golden eggs can still be divided.

"Please Lord Li to fulfill it, and my generation will swear to defend Dagukou and defend the territorial integrity of the Qing Empire." All the officers did not know anyone, and when they flicked their horseshoe sleeves, they all fell to the ground, crying, as if a relative had died at home.

"Okay, this official promises you, the reconstruction of Dagukou Fort will be scheduled on the same day, which is a hundred times stronger than the construction of Qionglou Immortal Pavilion, Wang'er and others should not live up to the emperor's grace, guard the gate of the Qing Dynasty, don't be greedy for the pleasure of the moment, and become a national sinner, remember, remember."

Listening to Li Guolou's bite and chew the words, all the officers hated to throw away all the Hongyi cannons on the fort, the old antiques that were out of place would have died a long time ago, if it weren't for the minister Li Guolou to come, how much time would they have wasted to practice the big teeth Hongyi cannons that were laughed off by foreigners.

"Master Li, when will this Prussian Krupp cannon be equipped with us?" Xun Xi was anxious, and he couldn't hold back his mouth to ask.

Li Guolou touched his chin, glanced at Admiral Yulu, and said with a smile: "Yujunmen is quite bold, I no longer hide it, caliber 12 mm, firing range 15 kilometers Krupp cannons, a total of five, caliber 8 mm, firing range 5 kilometers Krupp cannons, a total of fifteen guns, caliber 6 mm, firing range 3 kilometers Krupp cannons, a total of thirty, a total of 5 cannons have been Tianjin Wei, the equipment will be distributed to Dagukou first, and the small copper cannons are not worthy of you for the time being, because of the front-line combat needs, you first practice long-range shooting kung fu, Close-range artillery battles are still fought with old-fashioned cannons. ”

This is Li Guolou's idea of exchanging territorial sovereignty for Prussian military aid, there is no free dinner in the world, and if you want to strive for self-improvement, you must use the power of Western powers to betray the country and seek glory, and you can use the fig leaf of win-win to cover up, the historical truth will be revealed, and a large number of people will be stinking down.

Many eloquent kings have done such things, such as borrowing soldiers, recognizing thieves as fathers, marrying, buying, bribing, and ceding land, anyway, it is thirty-six schemes, Li Guolou Tian is shameless, and has long excused his behavior, leaving aside his contractual relationship with the Prussian Empire, and his name is not on the contract, so Li Hongzhang will be the traitor.

"15 kilometers, where do you want us to fight!" Pipe band Xun Xile scratched his head, and couldn't figure out how to place this long-range cannon.

"Stupid, this is asking our artillery position to move back, and the artillery on the foreigner's ironclad ship can't hit us." Admiral Yulu was overjoyed, and in the future, behind his ladder-shaped position, he would also be on the battlefield in person, and his safety would be guaranteed.

"Oh······" As long as the artillery is trained well, you can have prostitutes and amusement in your spare time, drunk and lying in the arms of women, and learn from the ministers.

"Yujunmen, we have to go to the front line." All the officers expressed their dissatisfaction with the status quo, and with the cannons, the artillery mortality rate was greatly reduced, and it was a good time to make a contribution.

Admiral Yulu was so noisy by his subordinates that he couldn't cry or laugh, and he also wanted to go to the Western Xinjiang, who would give him a chance?