Zhao Rui came, and Su Tuo and Zheng Yu from the shipyard led people to greet him.

A few people who haven't seen each other for so long are also very enthusiastic.

When I arrived in the city of Ampang, there was the smell of the sea breeze in the air, and there was a faint smell of fish.

Walking to the side of the government, Su Tuo introduced the development of Anbang Prefecture.

With the increase in the number of fishing vessels, the production of marine fish is gradually increasing, and at the same time, the abundance of products on the seashore is like an inexhaustible treasure trove.

In this regard, Zhao Rui can only sigh, of course, the sea fishing capacity at this time is inexhaustible, and in modern times, it is radar and ground cages, and the aquatic products in the offshore waters are going to be exhausted.

When he arrived in the palace, Zhao Rui affirmed Zheng Yu's shipbuilding work, and he was so happy that he was originally a master of a shipyard in the Song Dynasty, but now he is in charge of the shipyard on Zhao Rui's side, and his status or income has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Zhao Rui realized that there was one less person at this time.

"What about Jiaoxian? Going to sea again? Zhao Rui asked casually with a tea bowl.

The two glanced at each other, both shook their heads helplessly, and finally Su Tuo said: "Yes, Jiao Xian is now addicted to military training, and he wants to go to Qiongzhou Island to attack at every turn, does the effect look good, at least he comes back and those sailors, all of whom have high morale." ”

Oh...... I see.

Zhao Rui put down the bowl and nodded: "The morale is high, it means that he is leading his soldiers to win the battle, you say so, I also want to see what the naval army he trained looks like." ”

"The prince will not be disappointed!" Zheng Yu said with a smile: "Congratulations in advance to the prince for having an army of sea heroes!" ”

When did Zheng Yu become so good at talking.

Zhao Rui was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Haha, Old Zheng, I don't have the rules for saying auspicious words to receive silver rewards, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed!" ”

knew that the prince was ridiculing, but from the shipyard of the Song Dynasty to Anbang Prefecture, he was in a much more cheerful mood, and naturally he talked more.

"Oh, the prince laughed, the old man earns a lot here!"

Later, the two of them praised Zhao Rui for capturing Xiangfan, and asked Zhao Rui about his future plans.

Anbang Prefecture was the last stop of Zhao Rui's trip, so he was not in a hurry, so he chatted with them casually.

At this time, a soldier suddenly came to report in a hurry, saying that General Jiao's ship had returned and was docking in port, but two ships were broken down and seriously damaged, and they were dragged back!

Yes?

The three of them looked at each other, all surprised.

Most of the current naval ships are equipped with artillery, and the advanced degree of artillery is even more superior than that of the Song army.

So when this news appeared, it made the three of them a little incredible.

"Let's go, let's go!"

Zhao Rui went out first, the two followed behind, the three of them found a war horse to ride, and went straight to the inner harbor at the south gate without stopping.

I saw that Jiao Xian's fleet had returned to the inner harbor, and the sailors were getting off the boat, and Jiao Xian was discouraged, and saw that the person standing on the city wall was Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui also saw Jiao Xian at the same time, and beckoned him to come over, Jiao Xian shook his head helplessly, and had to walk towards the city wall.

Zhao Rui was looking at the two bad ships that were dragged into the dock, tattered, with countless fragments on them, and it was estimated that they could not be repaired anymore, for fear that they would have to dismantle the wood to form other ships.

Such serious damage is definitely not caused by manpower, so Zhao Rui felt the seriousness of this matter more and more.

It wasn't until Jiao Xian walked up with a guilty face and told the situation that Zhao Rui understood what was going on.

Originally, it had been attacking the southwest coast of Qiongzhou, and the fleet with its artillery Jiao Xian was naturally invincible, and even beat the local private army organization to the ground completely.

After that, Jiao Xian had a whimsical idea to organize the naval army to train what kind of beach-grabbing landing drills.

At the beginning, with the ultra-long range of the ship's artillery, it did beat the local private soldiers, but something unexpected happened today, and it was unexpectedly planted.

"What! Are you saying that they also have artillery on the shore? ”

Not only Zhao Rui, but anyone who heard Jiao Xian's report would be surprised.

Zhao Rui groaned, this makes sense, the artillery on the shore is generally large and powerful, and there is no shaking on the ship, so it is naturally very advantageous in accuracy, so it is reasonable for Jiaoxian's warship to suffer.

Seeing Jiao Xian's somewhat decadent appearance, Zhao Rui comforted him.

"Okay, what's this, isn't it just the artillery on the shore, let's just fight it again?" Zhao Rui patted Jiao Xian's shoulder and said.

"Well, I tried it at the time, but no!"

Jiao Xian's mind recalled the situation at that time, he ordered all the artillery to shoot at the shore, but it was a hasty response, coupled with the shaking of the wind and waves, it did not pose any threat to the artillery on the shore at all, but was sunk by the other side two medium-sized warships, and then dragged back.

Jiao Xian briefly introduced the situation at that time, Su Tuo and Zheng Yu both frowned and pondered, indeed, no matter who is in such a situation, there is no good way.

Zhao Rui was very optimistic about this, and said directly: "Since they have artillery, they have no value in existence, so let's simply destroy them!" This can also be regarded as a connection on how to counter artillery attacks from the shore! ”

What the!

The three of them were stunned, there was obviously no way to win, why did the prince still try his best to meet the enemy?

"Report on the armed situation in Ampang State!" Zhao Rui asked with a serious face.

The prince is a key general, and Jiao Xian and Su Tuo are both waiting for it solemnly.

First of all, Jiao Xian reported: "Report to the prince, at present, there are more than 5,000 sailors, all of whom are equipped with bolt rifles, and at the same time there are 180 small warships, 70 medium-sized warships, and one large warship!" ”

Zhao Rui nodded, thinking that the small warships in this battle might not be of any use, but it was still good to use them to transport troops ashore when they landed, after all, there were too many reefs on the shore, and medium and large ones could not enter.

The reason why there is only one large warship is because the other three are responsible for the transportation of Fancheng, and they are not in the port now.

"There are 46 guns on board, 28 of which can fire at the same time to the side!"

Zhao Rui nodded at Jiaoxian, indicating understanding, and then looked at Su Tuo again.

Originally, Jiao Xian was responsible for transporting cloth, gold and silver, or firearms made from Wanya Prefecture, but now that he was focusing on training and training, he had already assigned these things to Su Tuo to do.

For the daily care of things, Su Tuo also opened his mouth to come: "Report to the prince, there are 3,000 soldiers stationed in Anbang Prefecture, including 1,000 automatic riflemen, and the rest are pull-bolt rifles!" In addition, there are 60 mortars ready to be transported out in the warehouse, **** 2,000 rounds......"

"And mortars?"

Zhao Rui's eyes lit up suddenly, and now it was just right to equip the mortar directly on the ship and fire the cannon on the shore.

Originally, Zhao Rui still wanted to study the location of the shore artillery and make similar tactical arrangements, but with mortars, there was no need to be so troublesome.

For Zhao Rui's thoughts, Su Tuo and Jiao Xian were a little incredible, what kind of mortar they naturally test-fired, although the launch was simple and fast, but after all, it was an elevation shot, on the shaking sea, the accuracy was not much worse than the artillery on the ship.

"Then how can you be accurate in placing mortars on a ship?" Jiao Xian asked with a frown.

"Haha, I don't know!"

Now Zhao Rui's mood is extremely relaxed, and he said with a smile: "In fact, the mortar can take a slight elevation angle of flat fire!" ”

Can it be fired flat?

"Then you'll understand......"

Zhao Rui ordered an attack tomorrow, and now Anbang Prefecture as a whole has entered a state of combat readiness.

Mortars and shells were transported to the ships, and water supplies and ammunition for muskets were naturally indispensable.

This is not Zhao Rui's first landing operation, but it is the first time that there is artillery on the shore.

At the beginning of the day, the fleet was already sailing on the light misty sea, and this time was usually the time for Jiao Xian's departure, because the distance was long, and it could probably reach the southwest corner of Qiongzhou Island after noon.

This time there were plenty of soldiers, leaving only 1,000 musketeers in Ampang State, and the other 2,000 plus more than 5,000 sailors were all placed on the ship.

Zhao Rui meditated in the highest cabin and continued to study the Fu Gong Mental Method, as long as he had time during these days, Zhao Rui would practice for a while, but this stage of the mental method was even more obscure, so that Zhao Rui's progress was not a millimeter.

This time to attack the southwest of Qiongzhou, Zhao Rui made arrangements in advance, handed over Wei Lu and the others to Zheng Yu, and asked them to jointly build a sea ship driven by a steam engine.

So this trip was with a cargo ship, loaded with a large amount of cloth, Zhao Rui just after Qiongzhou sailed eastward until he returned to Fancheng.

After the afternoon, Zhao Rui had lunch and left the cabin, thinking that he was about to arrive, so he checked the sea situation with Jiao Xian on the deck.

The sky is cloudless, the weather is clear, and the endless sea is sparkling in the sun, which makes people feel comfortable.

"There are a few fishing boats, and they could be theirs!"

Following the direction of Jiao Xian's finger, Zhao Rui really saw three small black dots.

I can't see this clearly, how do you know it's a fishing boat.

Zhao Rui set up a telescope, and after looking at it, he found that it was indeed a fishing boat, and there were people on these boats looking towards him.

Soon, the person in charge of the observation on the fishing boat said something, and then the people on the fishing boat got busy and quickly returned to the sea.

"Are they going back to report the news?" Zhao Rui handed the telescope to Jiao Xian.

"Yes, Lord Wang, there is no way to do this, it is difficult to hide traces at sea."

Jiao Xian's face became a little more worried, obviously the shadow of the last artillery attack was still there.

"By the way, Lord Wang, how to place the mortar?"

"That's not simple, just insert the mortar into the original barrel, and then arrange the extra one on the deck, with a railing below, and the angle is relatively horizontal."

"Yes, my subordinates will arrange it!"

They took the largest warship, and the lower floor was the launch module, Jiao Xian hurriedly went down to arrange, dismantled the base of some mortars, and then put them into the barrels, although the difference in the inner diameter was relatively large, but it was mainly used to resist recoil, and it was not a big problem.