Chapter 31: Invitation to War
During the naming ceremony, Lidorn was in the cabin of the "Keelung", and he observed the movement on the dock through the porthole. Of the few people standing in the front row, Li Dorn only knew Wang Tiehammer, but he guessed that the people standing on the left and right sides of Wang Tiehammer were probably Qian Shuiting and Lin Youde.
As soon as the ceremony was over, Li Dorn immediately rushed to the dock, and although he had experienced more than 700 nautical miles at sea, Li Dorn did not feel tired at all.
He stood upright, and then saluted, "Li Dorn has been ordered to report for duty!" ”
Wang Tiehammer returned the salute, and then introduced: "Qian Shoufu, Forestry Department, this is Li Dorn!" ”
Qian Shuiting was busy with North American affairs, and Lin Youde also went to Mingxing Island very late. Wang Tiehammer and Li Dorn have been in contact with Mingxing Island for a while, and the two are more familiar.
"Qian Shoufu, Wang Sima, Ministry of Forestry Industry, this autumn rain in Taiwan is dripping, it really seems to have arrived in the south of the Yangtze River." Li Dorn said as he stepped under Wang Tiehammer's umbrella and took it from him.
"You're Leedorne." Qian Shuiting looked at Li Dorn carefully, "Your plan is very good, but the key is to see how it is implemented." I heard that you have lived in Germany for a long time, and you should have learned a lot from this German strict work attitude. ”
Li Dorn held an umbrella with one hand, put the other hand behind him, and stood straight, "I'm just engaged in news reporting in Germany, and it's purely public, and it can't be compared with Qian Shoufu." Qian Shoufu, you are the one who breaks into the world and fights the world in the United States with your bare hands. ”
Qian Shuiting's fat face looked even more rounded, and he shook his hand, "No, we are the descendants of King Lu's subordinates, and we are all mixed with North America." He looked at Li Dorn with a smile, "You are better than us, and you have made one more trip to Germany." ”
Everyone burst into laughter.
"Boom!" Suddenly, there was a cannon sound from the direction of Niu Chouling.
Lin Youde explained, "This is the sound of opening the mountain and firing artillery, and we need a lot of stones for infrastructure construction. ”
While speaking, Chen Deng also went to the dock, and when he saw so many female soldiers working in the rain, Chen Deng's big mouth couldn't hold back, and he immediately opened fire, "People treat women as men and men as cattle." Hello, just use women as cattle. ”
Chen Deng is Chinese New Year's Eve years old and is still an otaku magician. During his work in Hong Kong, there were occasional occasions of wind and snow, but Chen Deng thought very highly of himself, looked down on the aborigines, and always held his head high, contemptuously placing those women on the wind and moon field three feet away, and as a result, he lived alone at night, and he couldn't help but turn out the Av of the small ri's book.
Wang Tiehammer and Lin Youde both knew that Chen Deng's speech had always been very stinky, so they ignored it.
Qian Shuiting returned from North America and was relatively broad-minded, he explained a little, "The winter rain in Keelung will rain for several months, and other personnel are working in the rain, and the female cadets are our reserve force. ”
"Why can't you pull more people?" Chen Deng pointed to the people of Keelung who were working, "Those guys are not bad at work." ”
Ao Sayang had been standing behind Qian Shuiting, and at this time he couldn't help but speak, "Do you know how many people there were in Keelung Bay?" After we landed, how many of them fled to Monga Taipei? ”
Taiwanese Ao Sayang is familiar with Keelung's customs and customs, and after landing, Qian Shuiting has always asked him to participate in the local affairs of Keelung and manage these Keelung people who come to work.
Ao Sayang swept away like a machine gun, making Chen Deng confused. "Where is this?"
Ao Sayang glanced at Chen Deng, "The entire Keelung Bay originally had a population of just over 4,000, but now there are still 3,000 left, and there are already more than 600 strong laborers working for us. ”
"It's only six hundred, you can still squeeze it!"
Ao Sayang sneered, "These three thousand people get rid of half of the women, and then remove the old, weak, sick and disabled, do you know how many are left?" ”
Chen Deng's dark face was slightly red.
At this time, Lu Huitian found Wang Tiehammer, "Captain, I heard that an attack on Taipei will be launched in the next two days?" ”
Wang Tiehammer glanced at Zhang Xin behind Lu Huitian and smiled, "What?" You don't want to go to the Americas anymore. ”
Lu Huitian smiled, "How can it!" I just want to finish the Huwei fight and then go to the Americas. ”
"Next time!" Wang Tiehammer put away his smile, "The dock loading and unloading team will work overtime tonight, and both ships of cargo will be unloaded. Tomorrow you will replenish the water and coal, load the corresponding goods, and you will be able to leave for the Americas the day after tomorrow. ”
Lu Huitian was a little anxious, "Captain, the first thing to go to the Americas is to exercise our long-distance experience, and the second is to test the modification effect of the warship. But two days late, it's nothing, the navy needs not only to accumulate experience from ocean voyages, but also to accumulate experience from battles. ”
"Yes, Captain! You're just going to give us a chance to exercise. Haiying Yang, Chen Tianxiong, Ye Feiyang and others also echoed Lu Huitian.
Qian Shuiting gently rubbed his chin with his right hand, and said to Wang Tiezhu with a smile, "Wang Sima, the comrades' enthusiasm for fighting is very high. ”
Wang Tiezhu knew that he had strongly advocated the two newly refitted steamships to carry out long-distance adaptation training, but many people did not think so, and they felt that the Taiwan campaign was at a critical juncture, but it was very inappropriate to send the two main warships on a trip around the world. He glanced at Qian Shuiting, and said in his heart that even if he didn't use the two steam ships "Dinghai" and "Dunan", it would be easy to encircle and annihilate the Manchu Qingshui Division in the Taiwan Strait with the weapons and equipment of those Haijing troops, but the Ming Navy was not dealing with the broken ships of the Manchu Qingshui Division, but the Ming Navy was dealing with the European and American navies. If it wants to compete with the old naval powers of Europe and the United States, the young Ming navy must stumble and climb in the ocean and withstand the test.
It's just that the enthusiasm of the comrades can't be suppressed too much, Wang Tiezhui shook his head secretly, and his tone softened, "How are you two boat crews running in?" ”
Haiying Yang, Lu Huitian, and others stood up with their feet straight and reported to Wang Tiezhui that the personnel of the "Keelung" and "Kaohsiung" were all good comrades selected from the Haijing team, and most of them had a level of education close to the high and primary level.
"Okay, you guys hurry back to do a mechanical inspection, do a good job of combat mobilization, let the comrades have a good rest, and you may have to leave tomorrow."
Haiying Yang, Lu Huitian and others suddenly became excited, saluted Qian Shuiting, Wang Tiezhu, and Lin Youde, turned around and went back to the boat.
Qu Zhihui and Dong Jianheng behind Wang Tiehammer exchanged glances with each other, and the battle plan they and Wen Zhuhe had been busy with for n days was about to be fine-tuned again.
Qu Zhihui, Wen Zhuhe, and Dong Jianheng are all young people in their early twenties, and the three of them currently form Wang Tiezhu's staff team. Qu Zhihui is a typical pseudo-military fan, slightly involved in military affairs, and comes up with random ideas, looking like a dog-headed military teacher; Wen Zhuhe is a financial analyst and a military enthusiast, good at intelligence integration and data analysis; Dong Chee-heng is a computer major who likes to deduce the battle situation and make plans, and can deal with problems calmly and decisively, with a black belly.
Wang Tiezhu, Qian Shuiting, and Lin Youde muttered twice, then turned around and waved their hands, "Disperse!" It was still raining, so everyone hurried back to make preparations, and a combat meeting was held at four o'clock in the afternoon. Staff Officer Wen and Staff Officer Dong, you should hurry back and work with Staff Officer Qu to revise the plan slightly. ”
Qu Zhihui was a little confused, "Deputy commander-in-chief, how to arrange the 'Keelung ship' and the 'Kaohsiung ship', you have to give a policy." ”
Wang Tiehammer's eyes widened, "Didn't I say it all!" What more policy do you want? ”
"Yes!" Wen Zhuhe saluted, turned around and pulled Qu Zhihui away.
Out of the dock, Wen Zhuhe scolded, "Qu Zhihui, you soy sauce head, you are still praised by others as Wang Sima's dog-headed military advisor." Didn't Wang Sima say it, slightly modified, slightly modified, that is to say, the 'Keelung' and 'Kaohsiung' are just playing soy sauce, and the main task of their two ships is to go to the Americas. ”
The people on the dock who welcomed the new ship gradually dispersed. Chen Yu looked at the two big ships, and was unwilling, "I trained the personnel of the Haijing team and then sent them to the navy, but I couldn't get on the warship!" ”
Wang Tiezhu turned his head and looked at Chen Yu with a smile, "The navy has transferred a group of soldiers from the Haijing team, but the cadres are all military cadets trained by Guozixue, if you really want to go to the navy to be a soldier, I can fulfill you." ”
Chen Yu's mouth was plugged for a while, and he was angry in his heart, pushed away the soldier who helped her with the umbrella, turned around and trotted all the way, disappearing into the rain and fog, and the little soldier ran all the way behind with the umbrella.
Qian Shuiting, Wang Tiehammer and others all knew Chen Yu's temper and didn't pay attention to it at all.
"The 'Keelung' armament system won't just be these two guns, right?" Standing at the dock, Qian Shuiting saw that the "Keelung" only had two 60-pounder rifled guns, and was a little worried, "We will attack the Huwei Fort in the next two days, is this firepower a little thin?" ”
In terms of military industry, Wang Tiehammer and Lin Youde are mainly responsible, and although Qian Shuiting is the first assistant, he basically never asks.
Wang Tiehammer told Qian Shuiting with a smile that the firepower of the two ships was not weak, and each had four M2 heavy machine guns in the cabin, and in some cases, they were directly put on the deck for use.
"Is the bullet still reloaded?" Qian Shuiting knew that Landu had recently brought a batch of M2 from the original time and space, but the M2 was a fully automatic weapon of rice, and the bullets were consumed very much.
Lin Youde told Qian Shuiting that the M2 uses 12.7x99mm bullets, and we now have two bases of armor-piercing incendiary bombs and two base high-explosive bombs, which are enough to deal with two or three low-intensity battles. In addition, the Shanghai Machinery Factory has a bullet production line, which can be modified to produce 12.7x99mm bullets.
Qian Shuiting smiled, "Shanghai?!" It is better for military enterprises to move to Keelung. ”
"It's going to take time!" Lin Youde spread his hands, "The machinery factory in the Bachimen Valley has just started, and the first thing that needs to be solved at this stage is the matter of the Badouzi Power Station, and this gun and ammunition assembly line will not be considered until around the Chun Festival next year at the earliest." ”
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the conference room of the headquarters was full. After listening to the battle plan read out by Wen Zhu and the staff officer, everyone was very excited, and after being busy for many days, they were finally ready to enter Taipei.
Keelung has been farming for more than half a month, Qiu Feng feels that the bones of his whole body are about to rust, and he is about to turn into a hot war, and the joy flows involuntarily from the depths of his heart, "'We feel deeply lonely, and we always look forward to the end of this lonely life. ’”
The commander of the third battalion, Kohler, scolded with a smile, "Scumbag, you are moaning without illness again!" ”
"Go and go, have you seen Taizu Wenxuan, you uneducated guy!"
"Does anyone have a question about this plan?" The king's hammer interrupted the commotion. He asked twice, and the room fell silent. Seeing that no one spoke, Wang Tiehammer asked one by one.
"The eight-bucket blasting is our call to march. Can the construction team detonate on time? ”
"We're absolutely fine. The guide and medicine room in the belly of Badouzi Mountain have all been dug up, and the blasting group has begun to charge in the afternoon, and we will begin to arrange the fuse after dark, according to the plan we will use triple insurance, and we will be able to detonate on time at eight o'clock tomorrow. ”
Wang Tiehammer nodded, turned around and asked Si Ningke, "What's the weather like tomorrow?" ”
"Based on the data from all aspects, we predict: in the Keelung area of Ming Ri, there will be light rain at times, northeast wind 3~4, sea surface gusts of 5, and wave height of 1.5 meters."
Dr. Sima Ning is the team's meteorologist and is 50 years old this year. After the Ming Dynasty entered Keelung, a meteorological observation station was established on the top of Ershawan Mountain, with built-in thermometer kiosks, evaporation meter kiosks, rain gauges, cloud measuring rods, cloud measuring mirrors, unified heat meters and other equipment. Although the conditions of the Keelung meteorological station are simple, Dr. Sima serves as the stationmaster of the meteorological station, and the forecast of Keelung meteorology in the near future is relatively accurate.
Wang Tiezhu frowned, "Dr. Sima, you tell me the truth, what is the probability of rain in the area around eight o'clock tomorrow!" ”
Sima Ning pushed his glasses upward, muttered for about half a minute, and blurted out a piece of data, "50%"
Wang Tiezhu was a little disappointed, "In this way, half of the thousands of people in Keelung Bay may have to watch the detonation ceremony in the rain." ”
Lin Youde interjected and asked, "The industrial team has made a batch of silver iodide rockets, if we start to rain artificially at five o'clock tomorrow morning, what is the probability that the weather will be sunny at eight o'clock." ”
"In this case, the probability of sunny weather can reach ten percent."