Not all generals and recruits have the opportunity to receive personal training from Chao Gai, of course, this training is very hard and tiring, and there are a few people who give up because they can't hold on to blowing the whistle, but most of them persever.

After receiving half a month of training, Ma Jin said: "I used to think that I would be great if I knew martial arts, but now it seems that it is far behind, being a good soldier is not just a simple thing as martial arts, let alone being a general." ”

Half a month can only be regarded as assault training, and after half a month, Ma Qiang, Ma Jin, Teng brothers and others are already familiar with the training syllabus and can lead the team to train.

In the evening of that day, Chao Gai called Zhang Shun and Wang Liuding to the tent, and Chao Gai said: "Brother Zhang Shun, Brother Liuding, how do you feel after training." ”

Wang Liuding twisted the muscles on his body and sighed: "My whole body hurts." ”

Zhang Shun said: "I'm okay, if it weren't for the previous perennial training, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to persevere, this training is too ruthless, no wonder my brother's personal soldiers look so confident, it turns out that they are the result of this cruel training." ”

Chao Gai nodded: "The quality of this batch of students is very good, especially those who practice water kung fu can practice this result is quite good." The two of you, as well as the sailors from Jiangzhou, are going to sea. ”

When they heard that they were going to sea, the two were very happy, and Zhang Shun said: "Okay, I've been waiting for this day for a long time." ”

Chao Gai said: "However, the way our fleet at sea fights is completely different from the traditional naval army of the Great Song Dynasty, and the two of them can only start from small soldiers in the fleet, of course, Zhang Shun is still the treatment of the battalion commander, and Wang Liuding is still the treatment of the company commander." ”

The two expressed understanding.

The next day, Zhang Shun and others led dozens of sailors to Rizhao Port to wait first, while Chao Gai led his own soldiers back to Yuncheng and had a secret conversation with Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, Luan Tingyu, and Wang Jin for a night with the core figures of the Jeju army. After the talk, Chao Gai led Pang Wanchun, Luo Yun and other 200 soldiers to Rizhao Port.

Pang Wanchun was not Chao Gai's personal entourage, but considering that the recent extraordinary period was recently, the military department transferred Pang Wanchun to serve as Chao Gai's personal entourage.

In the evening, the port of Rizhao. Chao Gai, Pang Wanchun, Luo Yun, Zhang Shun, Wang Liuding, etc., and their personal soldiers, and sailors recruited from Jiangzhou boarded the Flying Eagle warship at the port, although they had already prepared, but Zhang Shun was still taken aback, the Flying Eagle Warship was built based on the Flying Bird merchant ship. This is the first time that the battleship is equipped with iron armor, and what is even more strange is that there is a smoke pipe several meters high in the middle of the Flying Eagle warship, spewing white smoke into the sky.

There were a total of three Flying Eagle warships, and Chao Gai and the others were on the flagship. As soon as he got on the boat, Zhang Shun couldn't hold back and wanted to look around.

Chao Gai said: "Zhang Shun, Wang Liuding, there is nothing to do tonight, I will take you to see." ”

The pro-soldiers were holding lanterns, and Zhang Shun and others followed Chao Gai.

Chao Gai first pointed to the ship's Xuan and the deck and said: "Although the appearance is the same as that of the Asuka merchant ship, the key parts of the wood are twice as thick, the wood has also been treated with fireproofing, and the outer part is equipped with steel armor, and the defense ability is several times stronger than that of simple wood." ”

Wang Liuding said: "With the addition of thick steel plates, the weight of the ship has increased, and the carrying capacity has definitely decreased a lot. ”

Chao Gai said: "The thick wooden planks of the battleship and the addition of steel plates do account for the weight, but the Flying Eagle warship is not a transport ship, so this is not a defect. ”

When he came to the boiler room, Zhang Shun pointed to the high chimney and said: "Such a big chimney means that there is a fire burning inside, what is the use of burning such a fire on the ship, it can't be that the room is under here." ”

"It's impossible for the guy to burn the fire all the time, the chimney on this boiler. As you can see in a moment, the wind is not conducive to sailing tonight, so we will not sail and go to sea with a steam engine as power. ”

As he spoke, the three warships had already left the harbor, and because of the bad wind, the sailors shouted to put away their sails, and there was a roaring sound from the ship, and the sea retreated rapidly.

"It's really amazing, you can only run at this speed when you have enough wind power with a sail, and you can run at this speed with this machine, and you can run a hundred miles in an hour." Zhang Shun said.

"Your estimate is really accurate, this is a Flying Eagle steamship that has been improved and finalized, and the original water wheel has been replaced by a screw machine, which can run sixty miles in an hour at the earliest. However, it is generally a cruise at a speed of one hour and forty miles, and it can run for seven or eight hours in a row. Chao Gai said.

As a person who begs for a living in the water, Zhang Shunke knows this speed too well, and he went out for more than 300 miles in one night, and if the sailboat is not in the wind, he will be tired and unable to catch up.

Chao Gai talked about the principles of the steam engine, but Zhang Shun and Wang Liuding were not interested in machinery, and only knew a rough idea.

When I came to the bow of the ship, I opened the blue gun jacket and there were two guns, which could be two meters long, thin in the front and thick in the back.

When I came to the bow of the ship, I opened the blue gun jacket and there were two guns, which could be two meters long, thin in the front and thick in the back.

The caliber is more than ten centimeters thick, and Wang Liuding said: "This is the legendary tiger squat cannon." ”

Chao Gai shook his head: "This is not a tiger squat cannon, this is a red-clothed cannon, a trumpet one, weighing more than a thousand pounds, and can fight four miles." There are only two guns in the bow, which have a slow rate of fire, but they are very powerful. Next to these places is a slipway of a giant crossbow, the entire battleship is equipped with eight giant crossbows, which can be fired in a single shot, under normal circumstances, the giant crossbow is not used, and the giant crossbow is mainly used when the artillery is not good. ”

After looking around the boat, Zhang Shun's mouth was surprised to be able to put down a big egg, two red-coated cannons, thirty tiger squat cannons, eight giant crossbows, and a mobile fire battery.

The ship is equipped with 150 sailors, and in addition to these long-range weapons, there are also cold weapons such as waist knives, spears, bows and arrows, which can really be said to be armed to the teeth.

Zhang Shun understood very quickly, and soon understood how this ship fought, at first it was a long-range red-coat cannon deterrent strike, although the red-coat cannon hit far, but it may not be able to hit, just give the enemy ship an illusion, which means you look at my warship far. As soon as the enemy ships saw that the opponent's artillery was so powerful, they fell psychologically.

When it is close to about 500 meters, this is the distance of the operation, and the bombardment of the tiger squat artillery is fatal, and the warships are basically wood-based in these years, and dozens of cannons will be basically scrapped if they are not extinguished in time.

If the Tiger Squat Cannon can't solve the battle, then the bow and arrow begins, and finally the repertoire program, boarding the ship to fight. Generally, they are not boarded unless absolutely necessary.

Lying in the cabin, listening to the roar of the machine, Zhang Shun couldn't sleep for a long time, and he was thinking about whether he could show his strength here and create a new world.

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