Chapter 243: Cross-Sea Inspection
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On the ninth day of November in the seventeenth year of Chunxi, on a sunny day, Zhao Lu's special safety olive boat set sail again. This time it was not to Taipei, the olive ship went out of the port, in front of it was a warship to open the way, followed by three escort warships, one of which was the only ironclad warship under Zhao Luan, it is a bit exaggerated to say that it is an ironclad warship, but the skin of this ship is indeed covered with a layer of iron, in this era, it seems that no one cares about calling it an ironclad warship.
Mao Geng is on the olive boat at the moment, and the side door is open at the moment, so that you can catch a glimpse of the sea and sky outside the door, but the consequence of this kind of boat's excessive pursuit of safety is that the field of vision is greatly limited, so that everyone has no intention of enjoying the sea view all the way.
Zhao Lian went to Luzon Island to inspect, in addition to pulling Mao Geng, there were 6 Jiuyuan, Ye Shi, Lu Yijian and Liu Guo together, Zhao Lian almost pulled Zhu Xi into the inspection team, but Zhu Xi was busy with things during this time, and he really couldn't go along, so Zhao Lian gave up.
Mao Geng, as a special, originally had a lot of things, but to say that he couldn't even spare time for a business trip, it was not true. What's more, with Lao Qiu staying in the Special Economic Zone, there is nothing that cannot be handled, so you can rest assured. Mao Gengxin said that as a leader, it is time for his leadership style to transform, he has always been a transactional leader in the past, and we have to learn to be a shopkeeper in the future.
Zhao Lian pulled these people to go to Luzon together, naturally it was a lively picture.
There was little chatting along the way, and most of the topic was the Song army's cross-sea expedition to Luzon. And speaking of this expedition, it is impossible not to mention the great success of the balloon throwing tactics.
"Yi Sheng, this Chen --- Chen Peishi is a brave and resourceful general, of course, to create a hot air balloon, the skill is still your Mao Yisheng."
Chen Yujie wanted to use the word "Pace" at the beginning, but someone immediately gave it a no, and he couldn't be so bad as a man, so he changed it to Pei Shi, and the word was a bit of a girl. Zhao Lian felt that this expression was too elegant, and it was a little out of touch with the generals.
Mao Geng was in front of Xiao Lu, how dare he take credit, this hot air balloon really has no technical content, so he said casually:
"This hot air balloon thing, not worth mentioning, to say, Mr. Xiangshan supervised the manufacture of grenade bombs can be said to be a great contribution, over the past year or so, grenades, mines, all kinds of bombs are complete, and the power has greatly increased, it is with these greatly increased bombs, there is a miracle of high-altitude bombing."
Mao Geng's praise made 6 Jiuyuan feel a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said:
"Yi Sheng Hugh mentioned my 6 certain work, but it should be said that the lesson, from the effect of the grenade used in the Western Expedition, or Yi Sheng is right, the grenade should not be used ceramic shell and paper shell, it turns out that one is fragile, one is easy to damp, ceramic shell grenade is inconvenient to save and carry, paper shell grenade is very susceptible to moisture, marching and fighting, iron shell grenade is the best choice. 6 is ashamed, because of 6, resulting in the accidental explosion of ceramic grenades, this is a profound lesson. Since then, no ceramic grenades or paper case grenades can be made, only iron case grenades. ”
It is said that this expedition to the west is far from being comparable to Taiwan's sweeping operations on the ground, and it is just a test of the transport and carrying performance of weapons. I never expected in advance that the ceramic grenades damaged in this expedition were as high as 30%, especially when the soldiers climbed off the boat from the rope net, the ceramic grenades they carried were accidentally smashed or crushed, and the saddest one of the soldiers accidentally rang the ceramic grenade during the climbing, causing one death and three injuries, making the soldiers resist the use of ceramic grenades. Originally, 6 Jiuyuan attached great importance to ceramic shell grenades, because ceramic grenades were not costly, and the power of the explosion was not inferior to that of iron shell bombs, so there were not a few ceramic grenades made. However, after this expedition, facts speak louder than words, and 6 Jiuyuan has to admit that it seems that it is really impossible to cut corners when making grenades.
Lu Yijian smiled secretly in his heart, Xindao 6 Jiuyuan is better than his father in terms of cost saving, and when he gets older, he probably likes to think about ways to save money, at this point, there is no difference between ancient and modern. However, it must be said that the production of pig iron in this era is still too low, and the use of pig iron to make consumables such as grenades seems to be a real loser, so the origin of 6 Jiuyuan is more understandable. Mr. Xiangshan, we also want to have a good relationship, so we might as well take a look:
"Mr. Xiangshan, in my opinion, this ceramic grenade is not unusable, after all, the cost is low, if it can be properly transported and properly carried, ceramic grenades, ceramic mines can also be used to the fullest. I heard that the warrior surnamed Qin who won the siege of the city liked to use ceramic grenades very much, if it weren't for the fact that he felt that the iron-shell grenade was expensive when he threw the iron-shell grenade, and he was reluctant to throw it for a while, maybe he wouldn't have figured out the trick of the volley explosion! ”
When Lu Yi saw this, Zhao Lian also agreed:
"Qi An is right, as the so-called Sai Weng loses his horse, he knows whether he is a blessing!"
In the midst of everyone's laughter, 6 Jiuyuan shook his head, only a wry smile.
After laughing, Liu Guo said mysteriously:
"I heard that a new fierce powder was used this time, and the power has been multiplied several times, is that right?"
Liu Guo was appointed by Zhao Lian to accompany him to Luzon to cover and report, and Liu Guo is also a well-informed person in the SAR, but his sources are mixed, and it is difficult to say that he is accurate.
Zhao Yan smiled:
"Mr. Gaizhi, there is fierce gunpowder, as for the power of fierce gunpowder, you are hearsay, a little exaggerated. However, Mr. Mao said that in time, the fierce gunpowder of the future will be ten times more powerful than today's gunpowder, and I believe what Yi Sheng said. ”
6 Jiuyuan knew that Liu Guo was talking about zinc powder gunpowder, and there was nothing else, that is, adding zinc powder ground to a very fine powder in gunpowder, Mao Geng called it zinc hot agent, after adding, the explosive power of this gunpowder was indeed greatly improved, as for how much power was improved, according to Mao Geng, at least more than thirty percent. It is estimated that Liu Guo in front of him heard some gossip, gossip, of course, it will be extremely exaggerated, hehe, it is completely understandable.
In Mao Geng's eyes, adding zinc powder is a temporary method, and it is best to add aluminum powder - thermite, which can greatly improve the explosion effect. However, to get aluminum, you have to go to the electrolysis process, the current progress in electricity is not bad, as long as there is enough electricity, it is easy to prepare chloric acid/potassium, chloric acid/potassium deflagration effect is much stronger than **, if there is aluminum powder icing on the cake, the power of the new version of the grenade of the Great Song Dynasty is called mighty.
Liu Guo listened to what Zhao Lian said, and the rumors in his heart were not groundless after all, but it was inconvenient for him to inquire deeply about such confidential matters, so he simply changed the topic and said:
"Since the power of this aerial bombardment is incomparable, if you fight against the Jin soldiers in the future, you only need to raise a number of hot air balloons, crackle and throw grenades, no matter how ruthless the Jin soldiers are, they can't resist such bombing, in this way, wouldn't it be a matter of raising hands to destroy the Jin soldiers!"
"Brother Change, this statement is not true. This hot air balloon depends on the direction of the wind, and if the wind direction is not right, it cannot hover over the Jinbing army and throw grenades. Second, the golden soldier has a strong crossbow, the hot air balloon cannot float at a low altitude, and it is safe to rise to a high altitude, but the high-altitude hot air balloon floats uncertainly, and the bomb is not accurate, and the effect may not be good. Besides, it takes a lot of time to raise the hot air balloon, and between the two sides, the fighter plane is fleeting, and when the hot air balloon is raised, I am afraid that the victory and defeat will be decided by then. Therefore, against Jin Bing, this hot air balloon may not be easy to use. "Lu Yijian is actually very jealous of Chen Yujie, this guy was out of the limelight in the Battle of Luzon, originally at least half of the limelight was his own, but he snatched it away, if Liu Guo blows nonsense about hot air balloon tactics in the report article, wouldn't Chen Yujie want to go to heaven! Therefore, this hot air balloon aerial bombing tactic, we have to pour some cold water on him. And so it is!
"I see, teachable." Liu Guo changed the word, but the change was fast, and it can be said that he is as good as a stream. It is said that there is a protagonist Yang Guo in Jin Yong's book, and I don't know what the origin of this Liu Guo's name is.
One day later, the fleet arrived at Furilu, and Guo Yue's coalition army had already swept away Vishena, but after searching for Vishena, there was no trace of Shen Shi, and Shen Shi ran away! Needless to say, it must have gone to Foil Lilu, and Guo Yue's coalition army took advantage of the situation to attack Foil Lilu again, and it didn't take much effort, and soon captured Foil Lilu City, but there was still no Jukou Shen Division. But if Shen Shi is not caught, he can't find it island by island, so the main force of the Song army is currently stationed in Lulilu, and after resting, an operation to sweep Luzon Island will be launched.
Under the guidance of Guo Ni, Yue Ju and Chen Yujie, Zhao Lian inspected the Foil Castle with great interest, but to be honest, this Foil Lilu Castle was really disappointing. Zhao Lu got a report before, saying that Foil Lu Castle is far better than Bishena Castle, I thought that Foil Lilu Castle is at least ten miles prosperous, but on the spot, where can it not be called prosperous, it seems that the Great Song Dynasty is the most prosperous place in the world, set the "Hatang" context, the barbarian castle is really scum!
However, the area of the island of Luzon is said to be three times that of Taiwan, and the original terrible miasma here is not to worry about since there is Dr. Peng's divine side. In other words, this is also the reason why Zhao Lian can't wait to come to Luzon to inspect, why is the eldest husband proud? Of course, it is to expand the territory, Zhao Luan burned the bag very much, and came here as soon as possible.
Zhao Lian came to inspect, and there was a serious thing arranged, that is, the award.
On the open ground outside the city, 6,000 Song soldiers lined up a neat phalanx, and at the front of the phalanx were 360 soldiers wearing shiny white armor, they were the musket battalion under the command of Chen Yujie.
Qin Jianlai was in the front row, and next to him was Lin Wu. Qin Jianlai and Lin Wu are both not tall and thin soldiers, only such soldiers are suitable to act as crew members on the hot air balloon, the lighter the weight of the crew, the more other loads the hot air balloon can carry, this is easy to understand. Arranged according to their height, Qin Jianlai and Lin Wu were naturally in the first row.
Qin Jianlai was both excited and nervous at the moment, excited that he would receive the medal awarded by the Duke of Guo himself, and nervous that he had never experienced such a battle as meeting the Duke of Guo on stage, which seemed to be more nervous than the real sword and gun before the battle.
Qin Jianlai not only made contributions in the siege of Vishana, but in the next siege battle against Furilu, Qin Jianlai suddenly had a flash of inspiration and came up with a new idea, proposing that he could shoot downward with a shotgun in a hanging basket. Chen Yujie thought about it when he heard this, ah! Fifty meters in the air with a shotgun to shoot downward, at the beginning of the gravity of the addition, the original only 30 meters range shotgun limited range may exceed 60 meters, in the range of 50 meters may be the best killing range. As it turned out, this was a stroke of genius, a shotgun was worth even three or four grenades, and the condescending and terrifying accumulation of fire made the defenders extremely frightened, and the defenders' morale quickly collapsed, and this time, the castle of Furiru fell faster.
Qin Jianlai came up to the stage in fear, Zhao Lian noticed that under the slightly fat shiny white armor, this thin hero's body looked slightly shaky, Zhao Lian walked over and patted Qin Jianlai's shoulder, feeling that the other party was a little stiff, Zhao Lian laughed good-naturedly, so Qin Jianlai also responded with a smile, smiling a little silly, but very cute. The impassioned march kept playing, and Zhao Lian picked up a gold medal from his plate and hung it on Qin Jianlai's chest.
Then, Qin Jianlai turned around and saluted the military formation, and there was a burst of warm applause in the military formation.