Chapter Seventy-Eight: New Ships and Armored Vehicles Lessons learned

"The emperor has always been unwilling to Shanxi, and now with the addition of Shaanxi, they will definitely make small moves." Ouyang He said, "We don't care if they come, but we can't just collect money and send labor." If we control these two things, we will not be afraid of them. When the time comes, their officials will eat and see if we are happy to give it or not. ”

"Mr. Ouyang is right, I'll deal with the emperor's affairs. As long as he can control the affairs of Shanhaiguan, we still have to give two million taels of silver. Zhang Zhimu said, "For the sake of these two million taels of silver, he will not tear his face with us." Now it's a little troublesome over there in Quanzhou. That Zheng Zhilong secretly gave us a lot of stumbling blocks. I told Li Mao to be as patient as possible. As long as we can ensure that we can buy food from there, we don't want to expand our influence. I don't think they're going to openly tear up with us yet, that's not going to do them any good. ”

"In terms of military strength, Zheng Zhilong is not our opponent. They couldn't deal with steamships before, and now that we have steel-hulled ships, they can't do it anymore. Ouyang He said, "At the end of this year, the two steel-hulled ships can also be launched, especially Li Yunhe's 203-caliber cannons, which can be loaded on steel-hulled ships at that time." Our ship can run rampant all over the world, and Zheng Zhilong is even more helpless against us. The point is that we are not yet the time to address them. ”

"Zheng Zhilong, they probably already feel threatened by us, it stands to reason that after you last met him, the two of us should have business dealings. They have a market at sea and we have the best products. But they didn't come, and it seems that they were very wary of us. Chen Yufeng said, "I have always felt that the last time I ambushed you in Huai'an, it was probably the people of their Heaven and Earth Society who did it. Otherwise, they wouldn't have had to be so mysterious. We need to be more wary of them. ”

"We will build two more steel-hulled warships next year, so that we can deploy two such warships on the Yangtze River all year round. With them on the Yangtze River, they are a threat to Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and Zuo Liangyu. It can also protect the security of our business activities. Ouyang He said.

"Huh! What Mr. Ouyang said is that we at the Lingshui Wharf Shipyard cannot be idle. Zhang Zhimu said, "Don't worry, before I came out, I touched Director Lin and them." Now they have already started to design new ships to be built next year. ”

"Still going to redesign? Isn't there already the successful experience of three boats? Ouyang He asked.

"Huh! There will always be room for improvement in this shipbuilding. Let's just say that these two ships are much larger than the previous one. Zhang Zhimu said, "They may have a lot to improve this time." This time they're going to use steam turbines, just like our Niutoushan power plant. In this case, the volume of the steam turbine is much smaller than that of the steam engine. It's much more efficient. This time they are going to use three boilers and three steam turbines. One of the smaller ones is dedicated to power generation. ”

"Huh!" Chen Yufeng smiled and said, "I don't know what they will come up with in the future?"

Zhang Zhimu said: "This time, Li Mao also put forward an opinion that we should specialize in manufacturing passenger ships. Now our passenger ships are all towed by tugboats, and we always feel a little unsafe. Besides, it's too small. It is better to have a special passenger ship. However, the disadvantage of our steamship is that it is too noisy and very uncomfortable to ride. This time I'll let them figure it out. The steam turbine with a generator should be placed on a shock-absorbing floating raft, so that the sound and vibration of the steam engine and generator cannot be transmitted to the hull, and the sound has no effect on the passengers. Then we drive the propeller directly with the motor, so that the propeller can also turn the direction and the speed control is easy. The maneuverability of the boat is also much better. ”

"If that's the case, it will be more comfortable and safe to travel in the future." Ouyang He said.

"When will we be able to build a larger ship that can sail directly to the South Seas, or even farther. That way, we'll be able to hold more silver. Chen Yufeng said.

"When we can have a wharf on the Yangtze River, then we can build a dock for building big ships." Zhang Zhimu said, "It's not good in the Yellow River, the water is too shallow, and the big boats can't get out." ”

"Zheng He's treasure ships are all built in Yingtianfu (Nanjing), can we buy a piece of land to build a shipyard somewhere?" Ouyang He suggested.

"Huh! Let's not mess with the emperor yet. We tossed him in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and it was uncomfortable. If we build a shipyard there, we're going to have a lot of trouble. Zhang Zhimu said, "Wait and see." We don't have to worry about shipbuilding technology, Lin Zongwei and they can build a ** lucky ship out of wood, which is a big ship of more than 5,000 tons. It's even better if we make steel. In the future, we will build a 10,000-ton ship. Such a ship can be more stable at sea. ”

"It seems that this will have to wait for Li Zicheng to be driven across the Yangtze River," Ouyang He said, "However, according to intelligence, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are fighting very vigorously now." He poured all his anger on Zhang Xianzhong. Hehe! ”

"It is estimated that soon, Zhang Xianzhong and the others will not be able to stop Li Zicheng, and they will withdraw to Jiangnan." Zhang Zhimu said, "Li Mao, they have already withdrawn the tickets and the like to Wuchang. ”

"I'm also worried that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will join forces," Mr. Chen said, "It seems that they are both a pair of fools." ”

"The feud between the two of them is too deep, and they understand the truth, but they can't get along." Ouyang He understood it.

"I have good news for you. Li Yunhe: Their newly built tractor factory will be put into operation in the second half of the year, so that they can produce tractors in large quantities. Now the tractor can play a big role in the Tangjingyao reservoir construction site. Zhang Zhimu said, "After they sum up their experience in the next step, the reliability of the tractor will be greatly improved." I want them to use the chassis of this tractor as a base and raise the intake and exhaust ports a little higher, and all the electrical stuff to be raised. In this way, the wading performance can be greatly improved. Put them with a hull made of sheet steel, and we can turn them into armored vehicles. You can ride a soldier in the car and mount a heavy machine gun on the car, and it will be invincible. It is also possible to tow a cannon in the back. ”

"Huh!" Chen Yufeng said with a smile, "A while ago, Mr. Ouyang and I said that I don't know what kind of weapons you will get for us, and sure enough, there will be armored vehicles again." ”

"This armored vehicle is really invincible if it is carried out in a field battle, even if a large number of cavalry rush over, it is helpless." Ouyang He saw the combat potential of armored vehicles, "If we can have a batch of such armored vehicles, and then we can fight, we will be invincible in the world." ”

"We can also modify the infantry gun to make a movable turret, which can be mounted directly on the armored vehicle, so that we can shoot everywhere while driving." Zhang Zhimu didn't dare to say the word "tank", otherwise he would have to explain it again.

"That's the gun carriage!" Chen Yufeng said.

"That's right! After that, it will be called a gun carriage. Zhang Zhimu said, "Those who are not equipped with guns are called armored vehicles." ”

After Zhang Zhimu and the others arrived in Xi'an, Liu Yun and Liu Chenghuang, who had gone to Dasanguan to inspect them, also rushed back. Fan Chengkun, Mu Yi, Shi Tao and their generals also rushed to Xi'an. At this moment, Xi'an seems to be lively.

Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng also took the opportunity to hold a meeting with the military generals in Xi'an.

First of all, Ouyang He made a military summary of the Western Expedition Campaign. In the summary, the first is to affirm that the campaign was successfully completed in full accordance with the plan, and the scheduled plan was successfully completed. The second is to sum up the lessons. That is, everyone is still a little underestimated. For example, Liu Chenghuang and they were ambushed once, and Ningde and they were also ambushed once, which shows that we still underestimate the enemy from the bottom of our hearts. Although we relied on the superiority of weapons and the well-trained officers and men, we did not suffer too many losses. But fighting a war cannot always rely on luck, it depends on good weapons. In fact, Liu Yun encountered an ambush in the Mongolian steppe, but because they didn't suffer much loss, they didn't learn too much. That's why we've been ambushed again and again. In such an ambush, if we had not relied on our superiority in weapons, we would have suffered great losses long ago, and even lost one defeat at a time. Our lessons must be learned. The lessons learned must not be ignored just because of a big victory. Otherwise, we will suffer a big loss in the future.

At the meeting, the generals from all walks of life also made summaries and introductions, and exchanged experiences and lessons they had encountered.

Zhang Zhimu liked this kind of meeting very much, and everyone did not hide it, and it was the best way to improve their command ability by communicating with each other.

After the meeting, Shi Tao brought a surprise to everyone. He spread out a map for everyone to see.

Zhang Zhimu understood at a glance that Shi Tao had made many revisions to the original map drawn by the Ming Dynasty. It turned out that Shi Tao took his team during this time and used a sextant to re-map the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and the places they could go back to according to longitude and latitude. The accuracy of the map is not comparable to that of previous maps. This time, Shi Tao and the others are going to re-survey the map of Shaanxi.

Zhang Zhimu praised Shi Tao's achievements, but at the same time gave him a suggestion. It is hoped that in the future, they will mark the horizontal height of each place based on the sea level of the East China Sea. As soon as Zhang Zhimu said this, Shi Tao immediately understood, so that there is a unified standard to measure the relative height of each place. Shi Tao said that although the work will be complicated, someone must do it. They are ready to test the situation in Shaanxi. Re-map along the coastline.

Zhang Zhimu affirmed their idea. At the same time, he was briefed on ways to locate by shore-based radio in the future.

Shi Tao said: "It would be great if we could do this, after returning to Yaogang, we will study with Yangchang and them how to do this work." Now our time is verified every day through short-wave radio broadcasting, so that the time is accurate, and the accuracy of our measurement is also accurate. ”

"Now, Mr. Lu, they also have a survey team in Shaanxi, and they first have to measure the situation in the Qinling area, so you can cooperate. It will take them a year to do a detailed survey of the place. You don't have to do what they do. Zhang Zhimu said.

These days, Yan Boju, Lu Chengxiang, and Yan Xing took Xiao Hongyu and their troupe and army art troupe to inspect performances everywhere, and Lu Bingyi took their survey team to arrange surveying tasks.

Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, and Ouyang He were relaxed. They visited many places in Xi'an together, and on this day they came back from Xianyang, and Xiurong Zhixian was waiting for Zhang Zhimu.

It turned out that the gentlemen and literati in Xi'an made a request to Zhang Zhimu, they wanted to build a school in Xi'an, and wanted to ask the kiln gang people to send some new-style teachers to give them a new-style curriculum.

When Zhang Zhimu heard this, he said, "Okay! That's a good thing, since it seems that the squires are so interested. This school is run by our kiln with money. Then we organize teachers to come over and come to the class. Find some local young teachers in Xi'an to follow the students in class, so that the school will continue to expand and increase in the future. And you go back and tell them, everyone should also publicize it, and the college in Yaogang will enroll students soon, and we will also set up an examination point in Xi'an this time. ”

The news immediately spread in Xi'an. Soon, officials from all over Xi'an also received telegrams from Yaogang, and they also informed the local people of the news of Yaogang's enrollment in Xi'an, the enrollment methods, and the treatment of students. This is too big a thing for the people of Shaanxi. Those students who have read some books are eager to try one by one, and they all want to be admitted to the academy of Yaogang.

When Yan Boju and the others returned to Xi'an, Yan Boju's words were, "Zhimu, don't worry!" Shaanxi is ours. Everywhere is safe and sound. All the bandits in Shaanxi were exterminated by Li Zicheng, and Zhao'an was finished. Our police basically didn't even let go of the little thieves. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and it is good. ”

Yan Xing said: "Our officials are still very effective, and now our fertilizer is in place, and the officials and police are helping the people to apply fertilizer." The cattle and horses we supported made the people who had no livestock to cultivate the land move when they saw us one by one, and they didn't know what to say. ”

"Of course, the people know best who is good for them." Lu Chengxiang said, "If there is no real character, it is useless for you to say that you break the sky." The most practical benefits for the common people. ”

Yan Xing said: "There is one thing that we have to continue to do. Li Zicheng and the others engaged in several water conservancy projects, I took a look at them, and I still have a lot of ideas, we should not give up, we should take over and finish the construction. And the few roads they have dredged are not finished, and they should continue to be completed. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This matter should be discussed with Xirong Zhi County, our director of the Xi'an Autonomous Committee. If you need to use silver, make a plan. ”

"I see Zhimu, some projects can be handed over to our garrison to do, we don't want to fight for a short time, we can't feed one or two hundred thousand troops, this kind of work is suitable for the army to do. I'll leave it to them to finish. Garrisons in other localities should also be arranged to participate in specific work. Mr. Ouyang made a plan for these things with the General Staff. Chen Yufeng said.

Ouyang He said: "What Mr. Chen said is that our army is originally an organization that produces and fights. In addition to training time, you must participate in labor. ”

Finally, after everyone finished discussing things, they all left, and Xiao Hongyu came in to see Zhang Zhimu. Since the incident of encountering an ambush on the road, the relationship between the two of them has changed, and others think that they should be that kind of special relationship. So when Little Hongyu came, everyone avoided it.

In fact, it was less than ten days after leaving Zhang Zhimu, and Xiao Hongyu felt as if she had been away for a long time. But when he came back and saw Zhang Zhimu, he didn't know what to say, but fortunately, Zhang Zhimu was not polite, and when he saw that there was no one else, he hugged Xiao Hongyu and kissed him. The little red jade hugged Zhang Zhimu tightly. When Zhang Zhimu's hand wandered on her, Xiao Hongyu didn't do anything, broke away from Zhang Zhimu, ran over to Zhang Zhimu with a smile, and said, "Mr. Zhang, you sit down and drink a glass of water!" ”

"So? Get out these days. Zhang Zhimu asked.

"It's fun to go out, there are people welcoming us everywhere, but there are many places where the wind and sand are too big, and it's not too convenient to take a bath," said Xiao Hongyu, "The first thing I did when I came back was to take a good shower." ”

"Did you miss me?"

"You said you?"

"I'll ask you again!"

"Guess what?"

"Okay, don't quarrel," Zhang Zhimu said, "In a few days, the army art troupe and Yan Boju will go to Hexi, will your troupe also go?" ”

"I really want to go over, and the people in our regiment also want to give those westernmost officers and soldiers who didn't go to the performance, for fear of delaying the filming." Xiao Hongyu said, "I still have to discuss it with the master." Do you think we're going to go? ”

"I don't give you an idea about this," Zhang Zhimu said, "or you decide for yourself." ”

"Did the master tell you that he wanted to set up an opera academy?" Little Ruby asked.

"Not yet," Zhang Zhimu asked, "How big do you want your opera academy to be?" ”

"The Academy of Drama, it's too big. You need actors' classes, performance classes, and opera creation classes. Xiao Hongyu said, "We can recruit one song every year." In this way, some professional actors and creators can be trained in a few years. ”

"I think your ideas are very good," Zhang Zhimu said, "I suggest that you also have a film actor class and a film photography class." In the future, movies will be a big industry. You can also get all the art classes of Yaogang Academy to your opera academy. But I suggest you don't call it the Academy of Opera, just the Academy of Arts. ”

"Then we will choose an address to build a school when we go back," Xiao Hongyu said, "The master will come and be the dean, and I will be the vice dean for him." ”

"Huh! It seems that you are still quite willing to be an official! Zhang Zhimu said.

"I'm not an official now, but I'm in charge of a lot of things," Xiao Hongyu said, "I have to take care of the radio drama of the radio station, I have to take care of the Spring Festival Gala, and I don't care about rehearsing new plays, can I do it?" ”

"Huh! You are an official and don't take care of a lot of things. ”

"Of course," Xiao Hongyu said, "there are too many masters, and I am still in charge of the affairs of this academy." With such an academy, the status of the actors can also be improved a little. ”

Zhang Zhimu still appreciates Xiao Hongyu's understanding, "You see this very accurately, don't let people think that an actor can be anyone." ”

The result of Xiao Hongyu's discussion was that their troupe and this Yan Boju went to Hexi to give a condolence performance. Before leaving, they performed two performances in the military camp outside Xi'an, one for the officers and soldiers stationed in Xi'an, and the other for entertaining the gentlemen and literati in Xi'an and the vicinity. The gentlemen and literati who got the invitation felt very embarrassed. They have long heard how good Yaogang's "Tang Guifei" is, and some people in Shaanxi specially went to Yaogang to watch the performance of this drama. Today's performance is an eye-opener for these Shaanxi people. Xiurong Zhixian said in Zhang Zhimu's ear: "The effect of this performance is more useful than how many words we say. Now the hearts of the people in Xi'an are very stable, which is very rare. The gentry had a lot of confidence in us. They also said that it was not easy for Shaanxi to stabilize so quickly, and only the kiln gang people could do it. ”

"It also requires the credit of your hard work," Zhang Zhimu said, "but the days are still long, so don't get too tired." I see that your face is a little haggard. ”

"Don't worry, I'm tired, but I'm in good spirits." Xiurong Zhixian seems to have enjoyed this job very much.

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