Originally, Zhu Daolin was reluctant to participate in the affairs of the Jiangnan Naval Division, but considering that Zhang Dezhong was going to take over his father Zhang Gongwei's squad commander Jiangnan Land Division in the future, it was likely that he would have to equip some warships and cooperate with the land division to fight in the Jiangnan region where the water network was crisscrossed, so he briefly introduced the knowledge of warships to Zhang Dezhong:

"The first thing to consider is the accurate positioning of the warship...... Different warships take on different tasks, such as the three 300-ton two-masted warships newly equipped under the command of Grandpa Guo, which were originally built for coastal patrol and maritime escort, so the more expensive twin-mast design was adopted. ”

"In fact, to fight on the Yangtze River, only one mast and two new sails are enough, the reason why Wei Guogong likes this new warship is because of its sturdy structure, the hull is twice as thick as the old warship, and the new steering wheel system is installed after the maneuvering is more flexible, and the speed is much faster than the old warship of the same size."

"In the words of the lieutenant colonel, this 300-ton brig warship is thick in flesh, fast and flexible, and can be used as the main warship across the Yangtze River!"

Everyone nodded their heads.

Everyone knows what is going on at sea, everyone is familiar with all kinds of ships on the Yangtze River, and they all know that the two existing warships of the Jiangnan Navy Division cannot defeat a new 300-ton warship with fast running and many artillery.

Zhu Daolin then introduced: "After figuring out the positioning of the warship, the next thing that needs to be considered is the combat object and combat method, who is the enemy?" What about the enemy's warships and onboard armament? How can I restrain him and defeat him? Thinking about these questions clearly, there is no debate about how many guns to load. ”

"In my personal opinion, the opinion of the Jiujiang Wei General is correct, the new 300-ton warships of the Jiangnan Navy Division do not need to fight at sea, and it is enough to install 16 12-pounder bronze guns and 6 6-pounder bronze cannons on each warship, freeing up space and manpower to increase 30 musketeers. In this way, the warship is lighter and faster, the strike is more flexible, and it is completely possible to see who kills who in the waters of the Yangtze River for thousands of miles! ”

"You only need to think about the so-called general artillery in the hands of the Liaodong and Xuanda border armies, and you will know that the 12-pound long-barreled bronze cannon in the hands of Grandpa Guo is already too strong, and there is no need to use the 18-pound long-barreled bronze artillery at all. Let's use it again when there are more big warships in the future. ”

After listening to Zhu Daolin's words, everyone's thinking became clear, and they couldn't help but nod in unison.

Zhang Deyi asked curiously: "Brother, you have a lot of artillery installed on your warship, are you doing it for naval warfare?" ”

Zhu Daolin nodded: "That's right, because the potential enemies are the Dutch, and even the Spaniards and the Portuguese are our potential enemies, and their 500-ton warships are generally equipped with 34 to 42 guns, so the number of guns on our 500-ton warships is set at 36, of which 18 24-pounder guns are installed on the bottom floor." 12 18-pounder guns and 6 6-pounder guns were installed on the deck. ”

"The two 450-ton old warships are a little less, with 16 18-pounder guns installed on the ground floor, 10 12-pounder guns and 4 6-pounder guns on the deck, a total of 30 guns, all of which are relatively good long-barreled bronze guns, plus the use of a more advanced steering wheel system, it is really necessary to fight with the Francophone without suffering."

"The only weakness is that you don't train enough, you have to work hard for years...... At the end of next year. When the time comes, we will build ships with a larger displacement and more powerful and better quality cast steel guns. At that time, he will have the ability to fight with the Franc man. ”

"Why didn't I hear you mention the Zheng family in Fujian? There are thousands of warships, large and small! Look down on him? Ying Changpei reminded.

Zhu Daolin laughed: "I really look down on a rich man like him, I'm not afraid that you will say that you are a good man with a good eye, I have never regarded Zheng Zhilong as an opponent, and he is not worthy of being my opponent, otherwise how dare I take advantage of the weakness and dare to seize the northern region of Taiwan under his nose?" ”

"It just so happens that he's being pushed by the Dutch and doesn't know what I'm going to do. I don't have time to ignore me, just give me another year, and even if he doesn't come to me, I'll go to him, and I can't just watch him wander around and charge 1,000 taels of silver per ship, right? ”

"Every time I think of this rich man, he draws tens of millions of taels of silver every year for tolls and protection fees. My heart is like a fire, how can I get rich if I don't clean him up! ”

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.

Seeing that Zhu Daolin had already stood up, it was difficult for everyone to continue to ask what was going on, so they could only hide their doubts in their stomachs.

Half an hour later, Zhu Daolin came to the Nanda Battalion, where 32,000 recruits had gathered, and Li Yiliang, the chief instructor who had already received the notice, and more than 20 heads of the instructor groups of various disciplines were waiting in the main hall of the Jiangfu.

Zhu Daolin returned the salute while walking, came to the main seat after a long absence, untied the sword of King Qin from his waist, and handed it to Guo Zhongjun, the chief of the guard beside him, and sat on the handsome chair with a golden knife and glanced ahead: "Please sit!" ”

More than 20 people sat on the chairs on both sides with a "bang", and none of them dared to slack off at all, and even the chief instructor Li Yiliang felt that Zhu Daolin was getting more and more domineering.

Zhu Daolin looked at the two Franc machine instructors sitting at the end of the seat on the right: "Lieutenant Mai Li, Second Lieutenant Kakulai, can you and the other 48 soldiers from various European countries adapt to the environment here?" ”

Two tall, bearded mercenary instructors stood up, and the 31-year-old retired Spanish Army central defender Itaet. Mai Li took a half-step forward:

"Your Excellency the General, we are very adaptable to the life and training in the barracks, and the officers here have given us a lot of help, thank you very much!"

Slightly shorter Trimeda. Kakule stepped forward and reported loudly in stammering local Mandarin:

"Thank you, General, all of us...... It's a good day, everyone in the barracks is ...... Diligent, better than all the soldiers of other countries I have seen, the only difficulty is ...... It's just that there are too many recruits! ”

"Also, I heard that there are tens of thousands of catties of urine pulled out by a horse-drawn cart every day...... It's hard to imagine, can urine really be able to refine gold? ”

The generals couldn't help laughing, Zhu Daolin's tense face became much softer, and he looked at the 28-year-old former Spanish Navy gunnery chief and explained politely:

"Urine cannot be used to refine gold, but it can be used to promote the growth of fire nitre...... In the northeast, 15 kilometers from here, farmers from more than a dozen villages have built more than 5,000 acres of nitrate fields at the foot of the mountain, by the pond, and in the col, and the urine collected in our barracks every day is sent there. ”

"Okay, two, please sit down, the meeting is over, if you two want, we can talk privately."

"More than willingly!"

The two Spanish instructors returned to their positions with a military salute.

Zhu Daolin looked at everyone at this time: "You have worked hard! I will be in the camp for the next three days, if you have any opinions or suggestions, you can ask me to put them forward, and if you can solve it, you will solve it on the spot, and if you can't solve it, I will tell you the reason......

"The following is an order: Tomorrow morning, concentrate forces on the selection of the 23,000 recruits who will enter the camp in the last two batches, give priority to the selection of 15,000 recruits, divide them into three large battalions of 5,000 people to continue basic training and military law and military order education, and the 8,000 recruits who have been eliminated will be selected and screened again, 3,000 of them will be eliminated, and the recruits will be paid one month's salary for dismissal."

"The remaining 6,000 people will be transferred to the Shangyuan Water Division Barracks for another arrangement, and it will be completed in three days!"

"Yes!"

All the generals stood up in unison, and hurriedly retreated after saluting, most of them did not dare to look at Zhu Daolin, who looked indifferent on the main seat, and no one dared to ask half a question.

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