When it comes to the training of warship commanders, Fujian dares to say second, and no one in other regions dares to say first. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fujian people, who have been begging for a living at sea all year round, are as familiar with driving a boat as if they were dressing and eating.

The performance of Li Hongfei's steamships is indeed good, but it is really impossible for his sailors to quickly familiarize themselves with these warships in a short period of time, and the warship transformation plan has only been carried out for more than three months, and the steamships have only been renovated to about 100 ships.

If you want to achieve unexpected results with these 100 warships, you must join forces, and the warship commander of the Fujian Navy Division is what Li Hongfei is in dire need of at present.

"What kind of warship, do you still need to specially transfer commanders from our Fujian Naval Division?" When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he was a little curious.

The secrecy of the steamship is actually nothing, at least the people in Shanghai and other places have long been talking about it, but everyone is unanimously curious about the speed of this kind of steamer, so it has not attracted the attention of the Fujian side.

After all, the rumors of the common people are generally easy to exaggerate, when Zheng Chenggong first learned the news, he thought that Baoshan had developed a small ship with extremely fast speed, but he didn't expect that it was a new power system that acted on large warships.

Li Hongfei didn't talk nonsense, and directly handed a stack of warship parameter data to Zheng Chenggong, and said: "Guo surnamed Ye, this is the experimental data of improving the warship, you can take a look first." ”

In the data materials, not only the size of the warship and the data of the shipboard weapons are detailed in detail, but also the speed of various warships is marked.

Zheng Chenggong took the information, first browsed it quickly, and then looked at it more and more slowly, and looked more and more carefully, and the hands holding the information couldn't help but start to tremble.

After a long time, Zheng Chenggong finally read all the data, and finally couldn't help asking: "Is this ....... Is this all real data? ”

Can he not be excited!

In terms of the performance of the ship's artillery alone, these modified battleships surpassed the warships in his hands by too much.

The new Fran cannon, equipped with a trigger fuse and a pull-out ignition device, has multiplied the rate of fire and range.

Suzhou Heavy Industry's pulling and ignition technology, in addition to slowing down the recoil, has not been improved, has been not much different from the later generations of artillery ignition, this is Suzhou Heavy Industry, after three years, to achieve research results.

The shell of the pull-hair rear-loading gun is divided into two parts: the propellant and the warhead, and in the process of loading the shell, it is necessary to first fill the warhead of the warhead and then fill the propellant.

At the bottom of the propellant is a fire cap device made of thundermercury, which also relies on impact ignition, which is much more convenient than the previous fuse ignition, and this kind of artillery can fire effectively even in heavy rain, which is equivalent to a major breakthrough for the naval warship.

In water warfare, there is no trajectory at the point where the shells fall, and sometimes the enemy shells fall on the edge of the warship, which is easy to stir up the water and even extinguish those guns that are ignited with arquebus.

In order to prevent the splash from wetting the shells, the naval divisions and warships of all armies placed their guns in the middle layer of the hull, and only opened small windows to expose the barrels outside the ship (before the ironclad ships came out, the gun emplacements of the warships of various countries were all on the side side, and the gun muzzles were stretched out from the squares, in addition to bulletproof, mainly for waterproofing).

Although the gun had a splint on it, which played a waterproof role, the plywood increased the weight of the hull, not to mention those small windows, which also seriously hindered the firing range of the gun (because the gun could not freely adjust the firing position).

The artillery battles in the Ming Dynasty were all after the two armies met, the warships were beaten horizontally, and then the side bombarded each other, to see who could not withstand it first, so that when the artillery was most appropriate, all depending on the commander's experience in dealing with the enemy, there was nothing accurate at all.

However, the new artillery is different, because there is no need to worry about waterproofing, the overhead splint can be removed, and the gun becomes an open air placement (later warships are placed on the deck of the open artillery), even if there is no rotating turret, but the range of the artillery is much wider, and experienced gunners can greatly increase the accuracy by adjusting the firing position, rather than relying on salvo fire, to bet on the so-called hit rate.

Similarly, this pull-hair ignition device, due to manufacturing process problems, can only be applied to large artillery, the army's small and medium-sized field guns, still in research and development, can not be mass-produced, so now Suzhou Heavy Industry's pull-hair artillery orders, all by the Yangtze River Naval Division, and the shore defense artillery unit issued.

In addition to the performance of the artillery, the speed of the warship has also become a place that amazes Zheng Chenggong, the speed of large and medium-sized warships has actually reached, or even exceeded some small clippers, what is this concept?

That is, after rushing into the battlefield, these warships can completely fight alone, and do not need the cover of small clippers at all.

The enemy's sub-mother ships, serial ships, and suicide ships with small and broad scales, will not play the slightest role in these new warships, and you can't catch up with others, so what can you do with them?

"The data has been put together after many trials and is absolutely reliable. Of course, after all, it is something that has just been researched, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in all aspects, and if it weren't for the urgency of the war now, I wouldn't have used the old ship to improve it. Li Hongfei said without modesty.

He really didn't like to use old ships to improve, and if he redesigned a ship to match the steam engine, the speed would definitely be greatly improved.

"How many of these warships have been renovated now?" Zheng Chenggong asked again.

"About a hundred, no way, we are pressed for time." Li Hongfei sighed.

The number of transformations is too small, and he does not know whether he can compete with the Qing army's sailors.

"It should be enough, if the performance of these warships is really as recorded in the data, on the battlefield, it will definitely be able to be ten with one, if the horse master doesn't mind, I am willing to be the commander of this fleet myself!" Zheng Chenggong then recommended himself.

This is the debut of a new type of warship, and he has already seen the status of these warships on the battlefield in the future, and what an honor it is to become the first general to command a new type of warship.

"Okay, no problem! If the surname of the country is willing, he can take someone to Baoshan Shipyard at any time to receive this batch of warships! Li Hongfei immediately clapped his head.

Originally, the best commander in Li Hongfei's heart was Shi Lang, who was a historical celebrity and a famous sailor general.

However, Zheng Chenggong is not bad, he is a master who even the Dutch dare to harden steel.

And Zheng Chenggong has a good saying, the new warship, in today's battlefield, can definitely be one as ten.

When the navy developed to the age of steam, the tonnage of warships, as well as the caliber of warships' guns, often determined the outcome of a war.

At this time, Wu Sangui deeply realized that an elephant is an elephant, and it is not something that "ants" can easily bite to death..........

After Wu Sangui arrived in Yueyang, he had been actively building fortifications in the city and could not hold out.

But he doesn't want to take the initiative, it doesn't mean that others don't want to fight!

After Dai Shan arrived in Wuhan, the first thing he did was to order Hauge to go east to Chibi and be ready to cross the river at any time.

The second thing was to order Wu Sangui of Yueyang to take the initiative to attack the Ming army stationed on the south bank of Chibi, disrupt the position of the Ming army, and create fighters for the troops crossing the river.

Wu Sangui did not dare to disobey the order, so he could only personally lead 50,000 foot cavalry and launched a fierce attack on Stilwell's vanguard, the Fifth Division of the Ming National Defense Army.

After the reform of the Nanming New Army, all divisions and above have become independent, that is to say, units above the division level are personally appointed by the Ministry of National Defense, and there will never be a duplicate division-level establishment in the entire Nanming, and the first, second, and third divisions at the earliest will be retained, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth divisions will continue to be continued after that.........

Similarly, the same is true for the army-level establishment, Li Hongfei took advantage and obtained the establishment of the first, second, and third armies, and Qi Hongying's second group army was the fourth to sixth armies, and so on.

Today, the 350,000 army units of the Southern Ming Dynasty have also reached the scale of 30 divisions and 10 armies.

The Fifth Division belonged to Stilwell's descendants, and there were more than 1,000 of them, and they were soldiers who fought their way out of the encirclement from tens of thousands of Qing troops in Yangzhou.

This group of people has a more thorough understanding of thermal weapons than the ordinary New Army, and has very rich combat experience, and belongs to the ace unit of the Third Army.

It just so happened that in order to boost morale, Wu Sangui sent an ace army, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry, who had been following him in the southern and northern wars, poured out this time.

Ace vs. ace, it's a tough battle!

For firearms, the Guanning Iron Cavalry is no stranger, when they fought against the Manchus in the north, they were also equipped with a large number of firearms, although they do not continue to use firearms now, but Wu Sangui is very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of firearms.

If you want to defeat the opponent, you must first understand the opponent, Wu Sangui thinks that he has a good understanding of firearms, and he also knows that the firearms of the Ming army have been greatly improved in terms of range and rate of fire, so if you want to defeat the opponent, you must surpass the opponent in terms of numbers.

To put it bluntly, it is to fill with human lives, rely on continuous attacks one after another, and shorten the distance between the two armies little by little, as long as it becomes a white-knuckle battle, the cavalry will have enough chance of winning.

Wu Sangui is very smart, not only opportunistic and clever, but also a good hand in military command, and he also sees the problem to the point, such as the battle of Li Zicheng's siege of Beijing, if he hadn't seen that the Ming Dynasty's qi was approaching, he would not have deliberately delayed the speed of the march.

If you want to say that the only thing he lacks may be the fighting spirit, he has been cautious for most of his life, wandering on the edge of several major forces, forever on the wall, and never daring to really fight.

Well, the topic is far away, Wu Sangui understands the weakness of the all-firearms unit, and wants to gather heavy troops and fight a beautiful counterattack, by the way to prove the existence of his Pingxi King.

In this attack, Wu Sangui chose to take advantage of the darkness of night, 50,000 cavalry quickly out of the city, the population of bamboo and horses, even if night fell, did not light even a torch, taking advantage of the hazy moonlight, went straight to the camp of the Fifth Division of Nanming eighty miles outside the city.

Wu Sangui learned the lessons of Azig and Duoduo, and did not regard artillery as the main means of attack, in his opinion, cavalry is to use speed to win, and to cooperate with artillery to fight, is simply dragging down the cavalry's mobility.

At the same time, night combat is also an effective means of dealing with all-firearms armies, in the dark, the accuracy of firearms plummets, and with the speed of cavalry charges, it is easy to break through the enemy's camp.

However, the idea is really good, but Nanming's new army is also not vegetarian, especially Stilwin's Third Army, which is known for its defense.

At any time, the sentries of the Fifth Division were about ten miles out of the camp, which effectively prevented the enemy from sneaking up, and even in the face of cavalry, the Fifth Division had enough time to react.

When Wu Sangui's army secretly approached the camp of the Fifth Army for about ten miles, a dazzling signal flare shot straight into the sky, which quickly made him understand that the intention of the sneak attack was exposed.

"Lord Qiqi, the area where the signal flare is launched, the terrain is complicated, and it is late at night at this time, so I am afraid it will be difficult to catch the other party." The scouts sent out came back to report.

"Forget it, it's important to kill the enemy, although the whereabouts have been exposed, but fortunately, we are less than ten miles away from the enemy camp, everyone work harder, quickly rush over, and destroy this group of enemy troops, I personally ask for credit to Da Belle (Daishan) for you!" Wu Sangui didn't bother with the secret whistle anymore, and directly asked his subordinates to seize the time to attack.

In fact, vaguely, Wu Sangui already felt that this battle was estimated to be a bit hanging.

Don't look at the fact that they are only less than ten miles away from the enemy camp at this time, but the cavalry is marching urgently, and the war horses are already unbearable, Wu Sangui's original plan is to rest here first, and then rush into the enemy camp with all his might.

However, before they stopped, they were discovered by the Ming army, at this time, if they attacked, under the fatigue of the people and horses, the combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced, but if they rested according to the original plan, and when the Ming army was fully prepared, it would be even more difficult to fight.

Li Hongfei gave the death order at the beginning and set the secret post ten miles away from the barracks, and this is what he wanted.

Ten miles away, even if the cavalry is sprinting with all their might, it will take about a quarter of an hour, and a quarter of an hour is enough for these all-firearms troops under his command, who have been urgently assembled countless times, to quickly enter the battlefield.

Drip....... Drip......... Drip..........

The officers and men of the Fifth Division, almost reflexively, put on their clothes, picked up the guns next to the barracks, and rushed into the school grounds.

The troops in the major camps are all assembled, the division headquarters and several regiment commanders are also quickly in place, waiting for the division commander's orders.

"There is a signal from the dark post in front that there are enemy cavalry marching towards our army at night, the specific number is not yet known, each regiment will block it according to the tactics discussed in advance, no matter how many enemy troops there are, fight first!" Division Commander Ji Dongming said domineeringly.

If the enemy sends infantry, the outpost can quickly send people and ride back to deliver the message, so as to facilitate the effective deployment of the Ming army.

Only when the situation is urgent, and even the dark post has no time to return, the signal flare is used to transmit, so that both sides know that they have been exposed, and it is still the Ming army that has suffered a lot.

So at this time, no matter how many troops the other side came, it was too late to retreat anyway, and the only thing the Fifth Division could do was to confront the enemy.