"Dinner is coming!"

At noon, with a loud shout, the cook, who had been temporarily transferred, came on board with food. Barrels and vats of food, all steaming hot, exude an enticing aroma. However, in this cold winter, not a single craftsman felt that he had chills.

If you want people to work, of course, it is impossible to go without food, Zhang Zhun is definitely bloody, big fish and meat, enough to be full, and a little wine when tired. However, you can't drink too much alcohol and don't delay your work. Due to the tight schedule, the craftsmen did not get off the boat to eat. Eat on top of the original post. When you're full, keep working.

Zhang Zhun had dinner with Xue Zhidie on the high platform. Xue Zhidie obviously didn't have much appetite and couldn't eat it at all. Fortunately, Zhang Zhun was also prepared. Yun Pei had already boiled some medicinal soup for her, and also put some peppercorns. Zhang Zhun went south this time, and bought a lot of rare medicinal materials from the Gu family in the south of the Yangtze River, and the ginseng and everything were packed in sacks, so he naturally would not be stingy at this time. At Zhang Zhun's request, Xue Zhidie finally drank two bowls of soup, and then drank a little porridge.

Ji Yuqing is already in charge of Caidiexuan. The task given to her by Zhang Zhun was to let Xue Zhidie not have an accident. Ji Yuqing naturally assured that there was no problem. In fact, under her care, Xue Zhidie did not have any major problems, although she looked tired, she never fell. Of course, Ning Lingwei's help is also indispensable. This little girl also rarely stayed up late, and her eyes were red. The strength of this logistics support regiment is still very strong.

The originally deserted Cai Diexuan suddenly became lively. In addition to Ji Yuqing, Ning Lingwei and others, Liu Ruis and Xue Ningying also moved in. When she heard the news that Zheng Zhilong's fleet was coming, she naturally hurried over. She's really not very good lately, and she's busy arguing with the little girl.

The little girl is just growing knowledge, when she grows her body, her energy is extraordinarily vigorous, once the debate starts, it is really gushing, chattering, and Liu Dacai has to wake up twelve points of mental response. In the end, she was defeated. There's no way, she really can't stand the little girl's vigorous energy. Liu Dacai's body is not very good. It's a pity that Liu Ru ran to Caidiexuan to avoid it, and the little girl also came. Why, Xue Zhidie is her aunt! Of course, she had to come to help her aunt.

Seeing the busy scene in front of her, Liu Ru was completely stunned. Oh my God, what a scene of labor this is! Liu Ru admits that she has seen a lot of big scenes. However, the scene I saw before was really nothing compared to the scene of the labor in front of me! What kind of method did Zhang Zhun use to be able to show this scene. Unspeakable, Liu Ru quietly unfolded the brush and depicted everything she saw in front of her.

"My lord, is fifty torches enough?"

Someone asked Zhang Zhun for instructions.

"You can do it yourself!"

Zhang Zhun said casually.

For four days, of course, even the evenings are counted. No second can be wasted. According to Xue Zhidie's overall arrangement, the craftsmen are divided into two shifts, a group of people work during the day, and a group of people work at night, in short, they must not stop. Working at night requires a large number of torches, and Zhang Zhun has already asked someone to prepare in advance.

"A hundred cannons ......"

"A hundred cannons ......"

"A hundred cannons ......"

On the top of the high platform, Xue Zhidie led the craftsmen to plan the arrangement of the cannon. It was only at this time that several shipwrights who were usually responsible for installing the cannon understood Zhang Zhun's requirements. For a moment, they were all shocked by this crazy request. Installing a hundred cannons on two Fu ships can be imagined! However, Xue Zhidie's expression clearly told them that no matter how crazy Zhang Zhun's request was, they had to find a way to complete it.

There was no way, they had to break their habitual thinking and do things according to Zhang Zhun's requirements. Xue Zhidie finally determined that the upper deck of the No. 2 Fu ship was loaded with thirty-five cannons, and the lower deck was loaded with twenty-five cannons, for a total of sixty cannons. The upper deck of the No. 3 Fu ship was loaded with twenty-five cannons, and the lower deck was loaded with fifteen cannons, for a total of forty cannons. The two ships combined, it was exactly a hundred.

This is already the limit of the cannon set. More than two cannons were installed at a distance of one zhang, and the space for each cannon was less than four feet (about 1.333 meters), and there was only one table length. The gun mounts are basically next to each other, and there is basically no angle to move left and right. However, judging by Zhang Zhun's meaning, there is probably no need to arrange the artillery to move left and right. What Zhang Zhun needed was the bombardment of the platoon.

…… Fushan City, artillery factory.

At this moment, there is also a hundred cannons, as well as Sun Qinkai, the manager of the artillery factory.

The task given to him by Zhang Zhun was also super strong: in three days, cast thirty flying dragon cannons. He also knew that this requirement was definitely a challenge for Sun Qinkai. However, he must hand over this challenge to Sun Qinkai. Because, Zhang Zhun currently has only 70 guns of various types in his hands, and there are still 30 pieces missing.

When capturing Lingshanwei, Zhang Zhun captured ten Franc machine guns. On this trip to Jiangnan, ten Franc machine guns were also captured. Together with the ten Wyvern cannons of the original Artillery Association, there are thirty in total. Although the captured Franc guns did not have a good range, they had to be used as well. Otherwise, there will simply not be enough for a hundred artillery pieces.

As a descendant, Zhang Zhun knows very well that artillery, as the god of war, is an indispensable role in both land and naval warfare. Its place in the war will become more and more important. Especially in naval warfare, the dependence on artillery is becoming more and more serious. Whenever there is a cannon number, the more the better. Therefore, when Zhang Zhun went south, Sun Qinkai's artillery factory was still casting cannons. The average casting efficiency is about two guns per day. When Zhang Zhun returned, the artillery factory already had forty guns in stock. All the artillery guns combined, exactly seventy.

Thirty doors left!

It's only three days!

"Thirty cannons...... Three days ......"

"Thirty cannons...... Three days ......"

"Thirty cannons...... Three days ......"

Sun Qinkai was under the locust tree, circling back and forth around the locust tree, talking to himself while turning in circles. For him, there was no technical difficulty at all in casting the Franc machine gun. As long as there is silver, craftsmen, and steel, Zhang Zhun can provide as many Franco cannons as he wants. Hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of doors, all depend on what Zhang Zhun means. However, it is still a bit exaggerated to cast thirty dragon cannons in three days.

In normal times, the time to cast a cannon is generally about five days. Sun Qinkai prepared the mold of ten cannons, and at the same time started casting ten cannons, and the average calculation was that there was an efficiency of two cannons per day. Three days, thirty cannons, is equivalent to asking him to increase the efficiency of casting by five times.

Of course, no matter how exaggerated it is, Sun Qinkai has to find a way to complete it. This is also a huge challenge for him. He has been in prison for almost three years, and he is indeed depressed enough, and now he also wants to go crazy with Zhang Zhun. Zhang Zhun is so young, he has such crazy thoughts, Sun Qinkai really admires it!

If it were a Hongyi cannon, it would have been impossible to accomplish it. It takes at least thirty days to forge a Hongyi cannon. However, the prototype of the Wyvern cannon is the Franc machine gun, and there is still a chance. The biggest feature of the Franc machine gun is that it has a sub-mother gun. The sub-cannon can be cast separately. As long as the specifications are determined, there is not too much error. After the sub-mother cannon is cast, it is put together, and it is the flying dragon cannon.

Obviously, to do this, it is absolutely not possible to start work in turns, it must be started at the same time. Fortunately, the foundation required for casting cannons is relatively simple, and it can be completed with a simple mold. Therefore, Sun Qinkai immediately arranged the work and added 20 molds. In order to shorten the time for the cannon to condense, it is also necessary to prepare a large amount of coal to provide sufficient temperature for the mold. As long as the temperature is enough, it can be completed in three days.

Zhou Shiwen, Luo Dashan and others brought three or four hundred craftsmen from the craftsman's workshop to help. The order they received was to spare no effort to help Sun Qinkai complete the task of casting cannons at all costs. Zhang Zhun gave such an order, of course they did not dare to slack off. With their help, Sun Qinkai quickly got busy. Hundreds of people working together to cast thirty flying dragon cannons at the same time is a miracle from any point of view.

Of course, such a miracle is difficult to replicate. Because, this is not cost-effective. According to Sun Qinkai's estimate, the cost of an ordinary flying dragon cannon is about two hundred and twenty taels of silver. Compared with the Tiger Ben, such a cost is really not very high. The main thing is the steel required for the flying dragon cannon, which is not as high as the quality requirements of the tiger gun, after all, it is still a smoothbore gun, and there is no need to engage in rifling.

However, if the total number of Wyvern cannons is large, the cost is still very high. Especially in this way, regardless of the cost, as long as the progress of the casting, the cost of each cannon must be doubled. In other words, the price of each flying dragon cannon will soar to more than four hundred taels of silver. Sun Qinkai estimated that the total cost of casting the cannon this time would not be less than 10,000 taels of silver. Probably after this incident, Zhang Zhun will vomit blood, and he will definitely not next time.

"Everybody, get out!"

"It's done!"

Sun Qinkai was rarely high-spirited and shouted with high morale.

…… After a busy day and a night, Fuhai and Ninghai were finally basically demolished. Zhang Zhun walked back and forth several times, and finally didn't find anything that could be dismantled. Due to the demolition of too many things, the waterline of Fuhai and Ninghai has risen by at least four feet. The consequence of the shallow draft, of course, is the instability of the ship. Any small wave can cause the ship to shake violently. Fortunately, there is no wind in Mawan, otherwise, as long as there is a random wind of five or six levels, it is possible to blow the top-heavy Fuhai and Ninghai over.

The next day's work was to reinforce the ships and dig the blast windows.

In fact, there is no gap between this reinforcement work and the previous demolition work. As soon as the demolition was completed, a large amount of reinforcement materials over there were pulled to the ship. The sound of beep, bang, rattle, is still ringing.

After the craftsmen removed the excess parts, they immediately reinforced them with steel bars. According to Xue Zhidie's arrangement, all the key parts, especially the position of the joints, are all reinforced with steel bars. At the same time, the rivets of the big roots were beaten down hard. At this time, it doesn't matter whether it is beautiful or not, as long as it is strong. There is no need to care about the cost, anyway, Zhang Zhun said that what he has is silver. You beat me hard for as many rivets as you want.

A large amount of purlin wood was also used to reinforce the sides of the hull. At the same time, in the middle of the hull, a number of support points were created. Ship stress is a very complex science. The addition of purlins involves the stress of the ship. However, Xue Zhidie's method is very simple, that is, to treat the boat as a boat, and directly treat it as a solid wooden block, a solid wooden block floating on the water. Since it is not a ship, there is no question of stress.

Anyway, there is no need to live or load supplies, so Xue Zhidie tosses to his heart's content. These purlins are used to reinforce the ship's side, anyway, there is no need to think about navigation, Xue Zhidie directly ordered that the side of each side should be reinforced with three layers of purlin. At the same time, in the middle of each layer of purlin, a thick cotton cloth is pressed stiffly. In addition, raw cowhide is used to cover key areas. With three layers of purlins and thick cotton cloth, even if a solid bullet falls directly, it will not be able to cause great damage.

For such a reinforcement method, Zhang Zhun is in favor. As long as you don't suffer trauma, you are invincible. As long as this floating battery is unsinkable, the ship's cannons can constantly bombard the enemy. It would be better if the enemy came up for hand-to-hand combat. Seriously, Zhang Zhun's favorite thing is that Zheng Zhilong's fleet came up to fight hand-to-hand. At that time, the navy soldiers, who are covered in eagle-eyed guns, will definitely give them a full meal, and then sink into the sea to feed the fish.

It takes a lot more time to install so many purlins and reinforce so many steel bars on a ship than it takes to dismantle them. Craftsmen are working all night, and there are still plenty of places to be reinforced. As a result, the reinforcement time alone took two days.

On the contrary, the work of opening the cannon window is the simplest, which is the problem of hollowing out. According to Xue Zhidie's design, a total of 60 holes were dug on the port side of Fuhai, and 40 holes were dug on the starboard side of Ninghai. Originally, there was a baffle outside the gun window to prevent seawater from splashing in. However, now the bezel is also gone. Not necessarily.

On the fourth day, all types of artillery were fully installed.

On Sun Qinkai's side, after three days of hard work, he finally cast thirty flying dragon cannons before noon on the fourth day. Immediately, Zhang Zhun asked the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army to help and pulled all these flying dragon cannons to the Partridge Bay Shipyard. At this time, the other seventy cannons had been concentrated on the beach of the Partridge Bay shipyard from different directions. Xue Zhidie immediately arranged for the shipwright to drag the flying dragon cannon onto the ship.

Installing the cannon is also a water mill. Compared with the demolition and reinforcement work, the installation of the cannon needs to be very careful and cannot be messed with. The cannon is not installed properly, and once fired, it can cause the barrel to detach at any time. In the past, it was very troublesome to just pull up a cannon weighing thousands of pounds. Fortunately, with the help of pulley sets and gantry frames, it is a lot more convenient. Otherwise, it is really not easy to pull up so many flying dragon cannons!

While installing the cannons, sandbags should be stacked on the other side of the boat to keep the boat balanced. So, on one side there was a busy crowd of people installing cannons, and on the other side there were busy people carrying sandbags. As cannons and sandbags continued to come aboard, the draught of the ships became deeper and deeper. When all the dragon cannons and sandbags were on board, the shortest sides of Fuhai and Ninghai were less than two feet from the sea.

If it is in the open sea, such a distance, any wave hitting it is enough to sink it. But in Mawan, relatively speaking, it is much safer. As long as it is not a storm, the wind and waves in Mawan are very light, or how can it be said to be a natural military port? Can it be used as a military port with strong winds and waves?

By the evening of the fourth day, all the dragon cannons had finally been installed. All the sandbags were pressed as well. It was at this time that Xue Zhidie fainted. She was physically and mentally exhausted, and she had no strength at all. In four days, Xue Zhidie basically didn't close her eyes, and she was already sick, but until now, it was already the limit. Fortunately, Ning Lingwei and the others were next to her, and hurriedly helped her down.

Actually, Zhang Zhun is also very tired. It's just that he is an overseer after all, unlike Xue Zhidie, who needs to use his brain all the time, and occasionally, he can still see each other. No matter how tired he is, he must persevere. It's not easy to be a boss, especially a mental boss. Now everyone knows that a powerful and ferocious enemy is coming from the sea. If at this time, Zhang Zhun himself fell first, the military heart can be imagined.

Fortunately, these two freaks finally came out as they wished.

Honestly, these two freaks are definitely the ugliest things anyone has ever seen. No matter from that point of view, there is no appearance of a ship. It's simply two hedgehogs, two hedgehogs floating on the water. Everything else was abandoned for the installation of the thorns on the hedgehog. Even the sails have been reduced by more than two-thirds. I'm afraid that when Zheng Zhilong's fleet sees it, it will also be very puzzled...... What the hell are these two?

Well, Zhang Zhun must admit that these two freaks are not things at all.

They are the most perverted beings.

"Yang Guohua!"

"Zhou Zhengyu!"

"Now it's your turn!"

Zhang Zhun shouted excitedly.

Yang Guohua, Zhou Zhengyu and others, who had been prepared for a long time, hurriedly got on the boat and familiarized themselves with the various operations. The fighters of the two sailor detachments also came on board to familiarize themselves with the renovated space. In case Zheng Zhilong's fleet arrived, they were going to fight the enemy hand-to-hand here.

They were also full of curiosity about this monster that was densely packed with cannons. Fortunately, this monster's work is very simple. Because, it doesn't need to be controlled at all. It moves very, very slowly, and it turns very, very slowly. Just moor them at the entrance to Mawan, with the muzzle facing the ocean outside. As for the getting up and down of the crew, it was carried out by sampan.

From the Partridge Bay Shipyard to the entrance to Mawan, it was only about three nautical miles, and as a result, it took two hours for the two monsters to slowly move to their intended position. This is just the place where Lingshanwei and Aoshanwei are connected. The small yellow island in the middle of Mawan was also occupied by the artillery association led by Xu Ziwen and Liu Chenzi. Fuhai, Ninghai, and Xiaohuangdao were connected to form a defense line that enemy ships could not bypass.

When everything is ready, of course, it's time to experiment.

Everyone is looking forward to what kind of power a salvo of a hundred cannons will be.

"Fire!"

Zhang Zhun shouted sharply.

The pennant in the hand is pressed down at the same time.

"Boom!"

The sound of the sky cracking was heard.

A hundred cannons roared one after another.

Countless fires erupted in an instant, piercing everyone's eyes from opening.

Due to the volley of too many cannons, the sound was so loud and continuous that it seemed like a tsunami from a mountain. Hundreds of solid bullets roared to the sea in front of them, and then fell in a dense manner.

"Puff puff!"

"Puff puff!"

"Puff puff!"

The shells fell on the surface of the sea as if they were hail in the next layer.

Countless columns of water were splashed up and connected into a large area.

Yang Guohua was shocked.

Zhou Zhengyu was also shocked.

All the naval soldiers were shocked.

Such a monster is really terrifying. If there were enemy ships near the point where the shells landed, this round of bullet rain alone would be enough to seriously injure it. If it's a slightly thinner ship, it can be sunk. Even the most powerful three-masted gunboat can't withstand such a round of bombardment! One or two rounds of shells smashed down, you may be fine, but what about three or four rounds? What about five rounds and six rounds?

It is a pity that this was at the expense of all the other castes of the ship. These two monsters have lost the basic function of ships. It can only passively moor here in Mawan, and if it enters the sea outside, it can be sent to the bottom of the sea with a light and fluttering fifth-level wave. There are gains and losses! Otherwise, when attacking the enemy, a few of these monsters will be dispatched, and the cannonballs will fall like a storm, and the target area will have to be razed to the ground. When such a mobile battery can sail on the sea, that is really strong!

One night, the soldiers of the navy were familiar with the work of the two platform monsters, and Zhang Zhun slept solidly. Well, he's a little overwhelmed too. Before Zheng Zhilong's fleet arrived, he had to recuperate.

The place where he slept was next door to Cai Diexuan, and there was only a wall between him and Xue Zhidie, but he slept like a dead dog, and Yun Sheng was waiting next to him, and he didn't react at all.

Tired!

I'm really tired!

Zhang Zhun swore in his sleep that if Zheng Zhilong was caught in the future, he would definitely let him not sleep for five days.

"Exhaust you, dog."

Zhang Zhun is dreaming over and over again.

The three sisters of the Yun family who are waiting next to them, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what Zhang Zhun is dreaming of.

The next day, Zhang Zhun didn't wake up until almost noon. If no one wakes him up, it means that there are no special circumstances. Since there are no special circumstances, then continue to sleep and do not eat lunch. Continuing to sleep until the afternoon, Zhang Zhun got up. Before the freshening was finished, the big bronze bell in the port rang violently.

"Dang!"

"Dang!"

"Dang!"

This is the arrival of the enemy.

Zhang Zhun walked to the door of Cai Diexuan, and sure enough, from a distance, he saw from a distance that a patrolling Cangshan boat was hurrying in from the open sea.

The sailors on the mast of the Cangshan ship kept waving red pennants.

Zheng Zhilong's fleet has finally arrived.

(To be continued)