Zhou Kun began to clean up the battlefield, the personnel returned to the original ships, the soldiers who fell into the water also had to be salvaged, and all the ships were also restored to the state before the drill, adjusted the direction, and moved closer to the shore.

Li Zicheng also ordered the captain to turn the bow of the ship, and wanted to land back, and the sea gradually returned to calm, and only the sea breeze set off its original waves......

After Zhou Kun went ashore, he walked a few steps and caught up with Li Zicheng, "My lord, the training of this naval army ......"

Li Zicheng's pace slowed down slightly, and he looked back and said: "This naval drill training is like an actual combat exercise, Zhou Zongqi, you first summarize today's drill, what you have gained, what experience you have accumulated, whether you have achieved the expected results, and what needs to be improved." ”

Zhou Kun was stunned for a moment, and then arched his hand and said, "My lord, my subordinates...... The subordinates really didn't think about it so much, the subordinates just let the brothers be more familiar with the warship, not seasick in the wind and waves, and dare to pick up the swords and guns in their hands in front of the enemy. ”

According to the current training situation of the Xihai Army, there is nothing wrong with Zhou Kun's words, the Navy has just been formed, it is in the most primitive stage, one is poor and two white, in the current combat system of the Xining Army, it cannot play an important role, so it naturally cannot be taken seriously, Li Zicheng formed the Navy Army, initially just to transport soldiers, and after meeting Tang Ruowang, he remembered to build a real warship.

The main purpose of this stage is only to familiarize the soldiers with the sea, so that the soldiers do not get seasick and vomit when the ship is drifting in the wind and waves, and then talk about the battle.

Judging from the drill and training, the sailors initially adapted to the sea, at least Li Zicheng did not find that the battle was affected by seasickness and vomiting.

The battle at sea is a battle between naval forces, Li Zicheng also heard Tang Ruowang say something, the most important weapon is artillery, compared with each other is more running, larger caliber, like the kind of battle of today's West Sea Army, can only be regarded as a white-knuckle battle, after the appearance of large-caliber naval artillery, this kind of battle has become less and less in actual naval warfare.

However, with the current embarrassment of the Xining Army, it is absolutely impossible to build a large number of naval guns, not because of technology, but because of copper and iron, even if there is enough copper and iron, it is also prioritized to equip the army, and the navy can only be counted as an auxiliary army at most, and it is impossible to be better than the equipment of soldiers.

With Zhou Kun's experience, it is impossible for him to work out the training outline of the modern navy behind closed doors, and he can only take one step at a time for the time being, and in the future, according to the training process and needs of the navy, determine the training content, and gradually sort out a complete set of training outlines.

"Zhou Zongqi, then let me ask you, what do you think is the biggest difference between the Navy and the Army?"

"Different?" Zhou Kun obviously hasn't thought about this problem yet, but he has served in the army and navy, and after thinking about it for a while, he hurriedly said: "My lord, my subordinates think that the biggest difference between the navy and the army is that they rely on the sailman and the helmsman, and only when they control the warship steadily, can the soldiers fight on the water!" ”

"You are right, in the navy, the sail and the helmsman are indeed important, in the real naval battle, you must also seize the upper hand and use all the conditions that can be used, such as today's drill, your warship is very large, it can completely ram the opponent, knock the transport ship over, and let the opponent's soldiers fall into the water...... In this way, I am afraid that the battle will be over long ago, and you will not be defeated! ”

Zhou Kun first pondered what Li Zicheng said, he couldn't help nodding, but in the end, he said: "My lord, my subordinates have also considered impacting, but this is a drill, and the warship is wooden, and there are too many collisions, so it is easy to fall apart!" ”

This is indeed a problem, in modern naval warfare, white-knuckle warfare is no longer the focus, and the Western Sea Army, there is only this one warship, Zhou Kun naturally wants to protect the warship, Li Zicheng nodded slightly, and said: "Zhou Zongqi, you still have to strengthen the training of sailors and helmsmen, they may not participate in the battle, but they play a vital role in the victory or defeat of the naval battle." ”

"My subordinates understand," Zhou Kun then frowned, "My lord, it's just ...... It's just that the sail pilots occupy too many soldiers......"

"Haha," Li Zicheng laughed, "The navy is different from the army, the sail operator and the helmsman are also part of the navy, in your drill today, when it comes to white-knuckle combat, they are also soldiers and can participate in battles, so in the weekday drill, they also have to take turns to conduct combat drills." ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand!" Zhou Kun was relieved.

"Let me ask you again, why did the large warships fail in today's drill? Did you do it intentionally? ”

Zhou Kun was stunned for a while, then hurriedly bowed his head and said, "This ...... The subordinates did not dare, and the warship was defeated, but it was caused by having to deal with a large number of transport ships and the dispersion of troops! ”

I see, there is no need to worry, this kind of large warship, not convenient at sea, is not used for white-knuckle warfare, the ship is large to install more artillery, the Xining army is now lacking artillery, in the naval battle it is in a disadvantageous situation, "Zhou Zongqi, a naval army, not only warships, warships also need the protection and assistance of small ships, in real naval warfare, small warships are flexible, can play a role that some warships can not play, in the West's naval army, often small boats set fire to the other side. ”

Zhou Kun nodded again and again, although he had not experienced a real naval battle, but what the adults said about the naval battle was very reasonable.

Maybe he understands, maybe he doesn't understand at all, but growing from a low-level officer in the army to a qualified officer in the navy is by no means something that can be completed in a short period of time, not only needs training, but also needs to accumulate experience through war.

Li Zicheng was not in a hurry, but just asked the last question he had prepared: "Did Zhou Zongqi find out that although the warship is huge, it is faster than the transport ship to act, do you know what the reason is?" ”

"Is it because of the sails? Ships of war are sailed by sails, and are sails more suitable for sailing than wooden oars? ”

"Zhou Zongqi is right," Li Zicheng smiled faintly, "This is still the West Sea, if it is on the real sea, the wind and waves are greater, the role of the sail will be greater, and the speed of the warship will be faster," he said, "Of course, if there is not enough wind and waves in the small river and ditch, the sail is still not as good as the wooden oar." ”

"Subordinate...... The subordinates understand, and the subordinates will seize the time to train more sailors and helmsmen as soon as possible! ”

Unconsciously, the two of them have come to Shatuo Temple, Ao, it is now the military camp of the Xining Water Army, because before the meal, Zhou Kun pestered Li Zicheng, and he had to learn the knowledge of the Navy from adults.

Li Zicheng had to shake his head and smile, with Zhou Kun's current level, without the assistance of a naval instructor, it would indeed be difficult for this naval army chief flag officer to cultivate a qualified new-style naval fleet.

can use the experience of later generations to help him, Li Zicheng is very happy, but in this way, the desire to visit Longju Island, I am afraid that it will be disappointed, he asked Liu Yunshui to take the soldiers to the island for a walk, maybe these soldiers only have this chance to land on the island, since they are here, just take a good stroll, leave He Xiaomi's personal soldiers, and guard them by his side.

Li Zicheng talked with Zhou Kun for a long time, and when it came to dinner, Zhou Kun's personal soldiers came to urge, Li Zicheng did not speak, but Zhou Kun directly sent his personal soldiers away, and after urging three times, Zhou Kun still had no intention of eating.

Li Zicheng felt a little hungry, "Okay, Zhou Zongqi, the first warship of the West Sea Army is called the 'Beichuan', let's eat first, and after dinner, let's talk about the formation of the mixed fleet." ”

"The Beichuan?" Zhou Kun was stunned for a moment, his brows were slightly locked, but when he heard Li Zicheng say that he would talk about it in the evening, his brows relaxed.

"That's right, Kitagawa!" When Li Zicheng was thinking about naming this warship, he referred to the naming methods of aircraft carriers, destroyers, and frigates of the Central Country in later generations, and originally planned to name it "Xining", which was more shocking and in line with the belonging of the West Sea Force.

But this warship, only according to Tang Ruowang's observations, recollections, Cao Jian according to his own imagination, hastily built, belongs to the excessive nature, mainly used for training and scientific research, if it is named "Xining", it will occupy the number of the real warship, Cao Jian is already under construction, will be the first warship in the modern sense according to the Portuguese Navy design drawings, it is worthy of the "Xining" port.

It just so happens that Xining now has more counties, and Beichuan County is the first place where the Xining Army established a county, so he chose "Beichuan" to name it, "Zhou Zongqi, the real warship, is like a cavalry horse, and even a soldier of the army, only by fully mastering its temper and temperament, in the future battle, can it play the greatest effect!" ”

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates understand...... My subordinates have benefited a lot today! "The only thing Zhou Kun doesn't understand, adults have never served in the navy, why are they so familiar with the navy, even the Westerners' navy, he has also been involved, he has been training the navy for several months, in front of the adults, there is only learning.

However, he will never finish learning the skills of adults, and he has no heart to think about why.

After dinner, Zhou Kun and Li Zicheng talked separately for more than an hour, all about the training of the navy, the training of soldiers and sailors, the formation of a mixed fleet, and even the formulation of the outline of the naval army's drill in the future.

For most of the time, Zhou Kun, the supreme commander of the West Sea Army, widened his eyes, thought hard, and then nodded yes.

It is simply impossible for Zhou Kun to fully grasp these knowledge in such a short period of time and use it in daily training, and the knowledge about the navy guided by Li Zicheng is also relatively fragmentary, which needs to be gradually systematized in the process of drilling.

Li Zicheng only hoped that the navy could gradually embark on this right track, and at least in the process of training soldiers, it would also be able to train a large number of qualified sailors and helmsmen, and if the navy had the opportunity to expand its army, it would not lack these technical personnel who would take a long time to train.

In the end, Li Zicheng promised Zhou Kun that if the next warship built by Cao Jian went down to the ranks, he would be promoted to the rank of 100 household officers of the navy, and he would be fully responsible for the training of the West Sea army.

Coming to the barracks arranged by Zhou Kun, Li Zicheng can finally sleep well, the West Sea Army, there will be a preliminary model tomorrow, but I don't know if Zhou Kun will sleep well tonight.