Gao Huaiyuan slapped the parapet wall on the side of the warship, where there are battlements like the city wall, which can be used by the soldiers on the ship to defend or attack, and the wood used is very thick, which shows that the workmanship of this ship is also quite good. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Very good! This ship is a sailboat as a whole, it is indeed a lot more convenient, but I want to ask Commander Wang, this ship is tall and mighty, but after adding the sails, the center of gravity is obviously higher, how do you solve the problem of stability? Also, this boat is so wide and long, is it easy to turn around on the river? Although Gao Huaiyuan is not good at water warfare, he also knows a lot of things, so he raised his questions to Wang Quan.

As soon as Wang Quan heard Gao Huaiyuan's question, he knew that Gao Huaiyuan also knew a lot about the ship, so he hurriedly took Gao Huaiyuan towards the bilge, and went down to the bottom of the floor, before pointing to the bilge and saying to Gao Huaiyuan: Lord Gao is also an expert, and he suddenly asked the key point, this ship does have a very high center of gravity, and in order to ensure the stability of the ship, the bottom of the ship is loaded with more ballast stones, and pig iron is specially installed on both sides, so as to ensure that the warship will not capsize, please look at both sides, The wood used for the bottom of the ship is more than a foot thick, which is thicker than the wood used above, so the center of gravity of the ship is concentrated below, and it can also ensure that if the enemy ship collides, it will not break!

As for the passing of this ship to turn around, in addition to the two rudders at the stern, it can also rely on two broadside wing wheels to help make a U-turn, so it is more flexible than ordinary ships, and adults do not have to worry about this, marking the confidence that they will encounter enemy ships, and they must not be allowed to escape!

Gao Huaiyuan looked at it according to his words, if this was the case, he looked at Wang Quan, who was full of confidence, and then looked at the various arrows, hook guns, poles and other things stacked in the cabin, and he was relieved.

When they returned to the deck of the ship, Gao Huaiyuan asked another important question.

Now the warships are all wooden, it is easy to catch fire, fire attack is an important way to attack in water warfare, how can our warships deal with the enemy's fire attack? Gao Huaiyuan is most concerned about this issue.

Your Excellency, please rest assured, this humble position has already been considered, please see, all ships are brushed with eucommia glue, this thing can be fireproof, not easy to burn, and all sails are painted with eucommia paint, the general rocket can not ignite the fire at all, adults look at the two sides, each place has a lot of copper or bamboo and wood pumps, once the fire can be immediately extinguished with water in the pump, each boat is also equipped with a water tank and a large sandbox, and there are quilts on the ship, after pouring water can be used to put out the fire, so in the general water war, If you want to burn our ship with fire, you can't do it at all! Wang Quan triumphantly introduced their preparations to Gao Huaiyuan and other important generals one by one.

Gao Huaiyuan saw that it was true, large and small ships were equipped with pumps and other fire-extinguishing things, so he nodded with satisfaction and continued to patrol the big ship.

He looked at the wide deck above the ship, and thought to himself, if he got all the guns he hid on the ship, I am afraid that in this era, he can absolutely run rampant on the water, and kill the Buddha when he encounters the Buddha!

In the middle of the inspection, he suddenly saw three very familiar things on the bow and the two side decks, when he became excited, it turned out that he saw three large boxes, which were actually the fierce fire oil tanks that he had seen in Huangzhou City before, he really hadn't seen this guy on the warship before, because it was quite dangerous, this thing was generally not used on ships, but he didn't expect to see three such guys here today, so he immediately pointed to the three fierce fire oil tanks and asked Wang Quan.

How did you get it? Why is it on a boat?

Wang Quan laughed, looking a little embarrassed, and hurriedly bowed down and replied: Please forgive me, these fierce fire oil tanks were found in the warehouse of the nearby county, it is said that they were left over during the reign of Gaozong, and they were used to guard the Jin army. In order to prevent fire, the lowly position arranged special people to guard, and laid iron plates around these guys, but there was no risk that anything serious would happen.

This thing is very powerful, once you encounter an enemy ship, spray a guy at them, and kill them at once! That's why he made his own decisions and made changes!

Gao Huaiyuan circled around the three fierce fire oil tanks twice, and said with a smile: You guy is really yin, and it is a waste to put this thing away, it is better to give it to the water military! But you have to pay special attention, don't be careless about the fire oil in it, once the fire starts, the gods are difficult to save, I will give you another idea, you might as well let some small boats prepare more copper pumps, which are also filled with fire oil, put the torch in front, and spray it at the enemy ship, it will become a small fire oil tank, and the fire attack on the enemy ship is even more powerful! Hey! Good guys, this stuff is really good! Just be careful! I want to find a way to go back and ask the maritime merchants to get more fierce fire oil in the big food country to come back, this thing is really easy to use! Ha ha

After seeing the preparation of the naval army, Gao Huaiyuan was even more confident, with the support of the huge national strength of the Southern Song Dynasty, once the Song army worked hard, how could it be comparable to Li Quanjun in terms of financial resources, and this time with the help of the naval army, he had confidence in this battle.

Under his order, the whole navy lifted anchor, set sail in the direction of Zhenjiang Mansion, and joined the army of Li Quan.

Gao Huaiyuan refused Wang Quan's request to take a boat to the north, and still disembarked and acted on land with the army, so as to boost the morale of the soldiers on the expedition.

And Hua Yue took advantage of the fact that he was okay at this time, and came to Gao Huaiyuan's side again, muttering: I said my lord, let's fight Li Quan this time, but it's not easy! Did you bring the three Shenwei cannons you took out on the day of the war, this time? Why didn't I see it?

Speaking of this Shenwei cannon Hua Yue was excited, on the night of the war, Gao Huaiyuan used three Shenwei cannons, and in one fell swoop killed Shi Song, the commander of the Xuanfeng Army, and blasted open the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, this incident left a deep impression on Hua Yue and others, these people are all military shrewd masters, one by one immediately realized the value of this thing on the battlefield, so they quarreled with Gao Huaiyuan for a while, and wanted to equip this cannon in large quantities.

But their requests were rejected by Gao Huaiyuan, and they were strictly sealed, and they were not allowed to mention this matter to anyone again, but they chose a time, pulled these important generals, and ran to the mountains near Lin'an, and gave them a demonstration, so that they could thoroughly understand the power of artillery.

After looking at the huge destructive power produced by the artillery, some people thought that this thing seemed to be similar to the bamboo pole musket made by the famous minister of the Southern Song Dynasty a hundred years ago, but the Shenwei cannon that Gao Huaiyuan showed them was cast in bronze, and the model was much larger than the bamboo musket made by the old rule, and it was also much more exquisite, all of which used gunpowder to launch the projectile, and the power was far more than ten million times that of the bamboo musket.

So all the generals were amazed, shocked that Gao Huaiyuan could make such a sharp weapon, but these people also realized the superiority of this kind of artillery at the same time, and asked to equip it in their army, but they were also rejected by Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan told them that this thing can only be used as a last resort, and now is not the time when this thing is in the world, in case it is learned, as for the specific reason, Gao Huaiyuan slapped the cannon body that still had residual warmth after firing and said: This thing is what I left for the Mongolian army, I want to see if the Mongolian iron horse can be so powerful under my Shenwei cannon! But to use it against ordinary people is really too big and useless! Therefore, everyone must strictly guard this secret, and do not publicize it, as for the sound of the cannon firing on the night of the soldier's advice, it is just that we used a thunderbolt!

Therefore, for such a long time, the secret of the Shenwei cannon has been tightly sealed within the scope of the high-ranking generals of the front division of the palace, and ordinary people do not know that there is such a sharp weapon in this world.

And after Hua Yue set out on this expedition, he thought of the Shenwei cannon again, and quietly asked Gao Huaiyuan about this matter.

Gao Huaiyuan relaxed his body, his body fluctuated with the movement of the yellow horse under his crotch, and looked left and right, only Qiu Tong followed behind him in the clothes of a personal guard, and then said to Hua Yue: You don't have to mention this matter again, our army's attack on Li Quan this time is not only to solve Li Quan's trouble, I also have a purpose, which is to take this opportunity to train a few brave troops for our Great Song Dynasty, although the artillery is extremely sharp, but it cannot replace the bravery of the soldiers, I don't want this thing to show up this time, so can you solve Li Quanjun, It depends on the real skills of the soldiers!

An army can not rely too much on the sharpness of weapons, the courage of soldiers is the soul of the army, if an army only relies on the sharpness of weapons to fight, are timid and afraid of death, then even if they are given the best weapons are in vain! Brother Hua, you are also a genius in the army, you should know the truth very well!

Hua Yue was bored, so he nodded and said: What the adults said is good, the lower officials have been taught! Xia Guan didn't just think about using this kind of divine cannon, but felt that this thing would be of great benefit to the process of our army's conquest of Li Quan, so he mentioned this matter again! The lower officers of other armies dare not say, but for the soldiers of the former division of the palace this time with the adults, the lower officials can guarantee that they are not bulliable, and we have already fought hard with the elite under Li Quan's command for a while, and Li Quanjun is just Erer! Although Xia Guan did not dare to say that our army would definitely be able to defeat ten enemies, at least when dealing with Li Quan's superior forces, it would never collapse easily!