Chapter 146: Fleet, Fleet Ask for collection
In the blink of an eye, it was already the beginning of June, outside the Perak Navy Pier in Kuazhou.
It's a summer day with boats plying the river and merchant ships lining up at the entrance to the Grand Canal. Although the war with the Mongols continued, the two Huai battlefields had almost ceased fire, and the fields on both sides of the Huai River had resumed trading. When the battlefield on the Western Front was in flames, the Eastern Front was a thriving business, if the Mongol Khan under the city of Hezhou saw this scene, I really don't know how to feel?
The workshops in the Perak Navy camp were also busy, with the sounds of sawing wood, iron, and labor trumpets mingling. The new shipyard on the edge of the dock is also in full swing, with the hulls of several huge ships already in shape, and the hulls are surrounded by scaffolding, all of which are busy with craftsmen at work.
Along the wharf, a new warship that had been launched docked, twenty of which were three-decker oars with tall freeboard, and ten of which were 23-wheeled ships. Some shirtless, muscular soldiers were delivering supplies to the ships docked at the pier amid the shouts of the officers.
All the three-tiered oared boats are the same, with smooth lines, many exaggerated oars, a mast with sails in the middle of the hull, a tower in front of the mast, and a suspended staircase at the stern - that is, the crow hanging, and when put down, it is a drawbridge, which can hook the enemy ship and facilitate the soldiers to board the ship for hand-to-hand combat.
On the deck in front of the watchtower, two heavy-duty torsion stones were also installed, fixed on a platform that could be rotated, forming a "double turret" arrangement one in front and one behind. And between each fort, there is also a blacksmith's stove - which is used to heat the iron balls, and also to create the shell of the thunderbolt (the name given by Jia to Chen Dexing's new bomb). In addition, there are four three-bow bed crossbows each, which are also mounted on rotating platforms and can fire to the left and right.
Two stones, four bed crossbows, and a bow angle of attack were the main weapons of a three-layer oared ship. Compared with a car and ship of the same size, it is not necessarily sharp. However, the appearance of bombs and red-hot bombs (that is, red-hot iron balls) still gave Chen Dexing's 20 three-layer oars a super combat power, enough to sweep an opponent on the Yangtze River!
On the top of the mast of one of the three-tiered oared boats, a big red flag with white characters embroidered on it hung at this time, and the bow of the ship was painted with white paint - 001. Needless to say, this ship is Chen Dexing's flagship Tiger. All three-decker paddle boats are named after animals, such as tigers, lions, bears, leopards, wolves, dogs, mastiffs, crocodiles, sharks, snakes, jiao, turtles, eagles, foxes, cows, horses, sheep, scorpions, camels, and deer.
Chen Dexing stood neatly at the stern of the boat looking at the tower in his robe, looking at the powerful naval army he had built single-handedly, with a look of pride. Although this navy does not have the ability to navigate, it should have no difficulty in sweeping the Sichuan River.
He set his sights on the nearby docks, where larger cullar galleys were being built, and by the time he returned from the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, at least fifteen galleys would be built. When the time comes, will there be any places that can't be visited along the coast of the Northland? If you are careful, avoid the dense wind and waves, it is Japan and the South China Seas, and it is not impossible to go.
As for the more powerful sail ships, it is not too late to design and build them when the processing technology of the bronze cannon matures. At that time, its own navy will not dominate East Asia, but dominate the ocean!
"Million, eighth, halfway, the old camp is here to give you carte blanche to entrust you. The galleys should be built carefully, the sea is high and the waves are fast, no better than on the river, and the galleys should be strong. Thunderbolt arrows and earth-shattering thunderbolts should also be stepped up in manufacturing, and they should be well stockpiled after they are built. You should also step up your training...... Chen Dexing turned his head and looked at Huang Zhishen, Liu Yang and Qi Ta, and whispered what to do after he left.
This time, the Thunderbolt Navy Army was not all dispatched, and the right army of nearly 2,000 people basically did not move, staying here in Guazhou to build warship equipment, and Huang Zhishen and Zita were jointly responsible. Liu Yang and Daoist Liu also have a heavy responsibility, on the one hand, he has to stay in Damingguan to be responsible for deploying fire Y, and on the other hand, he is also responsible for training spies.
At this time, a line of sedan chairs from afar came in a long way, and the first eight large sedan chairs were surrounded by clouds, holding high the official title plate and cool umbrella, all of which were the honor guards of the prime minister's travel. Needless to say, the person who came must be the privy envoy and the ambassador of Xuanfu in the north and south of Beijing, West Lake, Sichuan, Du Da raised the two Huai soldiers, the general consul Huguang Jingxi Caifu, the consul Hu Beijing Xijun horse money and grain, the special hug of the imperial army and horse writing, and the collar of the Tuntian and the Jiangling military government Jia Rudao!
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"The pomp is not small, even Jia Rudao has come to see him off."
And at this moment, on the river not far from the Guazhou Navy Wharf, a painting boat more than ten zhang long is slowly moving in. A few people dressed as scribes were drinking on the platform at the top of the painting boat and watching the scenery. One of them was Liu Xiaoyuan, who was appointed by Kublai Khan as an envoy to Jiangnan!
"Just thirty boats want to stop the Khan's millions of male soldiers, I think this Chen Dexing is just a person who can't do anything about himself, and he doesn't have to be too concerned with Fufu."
It was Pu Shougeng who was talking to Liu Xiaoyuan, and he smiled lightly and his tone was also light. Pick up a glass of water and wine, and look up. It seems that Chen Dexing did not take Chen Dexing to heart, and only waited for the millions of male soldiers of the Mongol Khan to go down the east of the river, so that they could hold high the banner of righteousness in Quanzhou, and trample under the feet those Han people who did not believe in the true god and dared to tax the believers of the true god, and became the slaves of the Pu family forever.
Liu Xiaoyuan also raised his wine glass with a smile and drank it all. Put down the wine glass casually and look at the Guazhou wharf, the sound of drum music has sounded, the tune is very passionate, and there is a faint sound of singing.
“…… Thirty fame, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moons. Don't wait, the young man's head is white, empty and sad! Jing Kang is ashamed, and it is still snowing. When the courtiers hate, when will they be destroyed! Drive a long car and step through the lack of Helan Mountain. Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Xiongnu blood. ”
Hearing the lyrics, Liu Xiaoyuan also burst out laughing, shook his head and said: "These southerners really don't know the height of the sky, they are about to destroy the country and the species, and they are still singing about the ambition to eat Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Hun blood." ”
Pu Shougeng nodded approvingly: "It's just a group of crazy people!" The death of the Han Dynasty and the revival of Mengxing are already the trend of the times, and it cannot be reversed by a few Han people in the Southern Dynasties singing a song and writing some articles. ”
Hearing the word "article", Liu Xiaoyuan frowned slightly, and said: "What kind of "Liberation" report is talking nonsense all day long, slandering our Great Mongolia, it is really hateful!" Pu Haiyun, do you have any way to ban the "Recovery" newspaper? It's really not good, and it's okay to send someone to smash the Guangfu newspaper office. ”
"Okay, it's a trifle!" Pu Shougeng patted his chest, "Don't worry, this "Recovery" newspaper will never be able to enter Quanzhou!" ”
"It's not Quanzhou, it's the entire Southern Dynasty that doesn't allow tabloids like the "Liberation" newspaper!" Liu Xiaoyuan gritted his teeth and looked disgusted, "Such tabloids are all rumors all day long, slandering the name of our great Mongolia, it is really hateful, we must not let such a tabloid confuse the public again!" ”
"This ......" Pu Shougeng frowned, "This is a bit troublesome, the main writer of this "Recovery" newspaper is the champion Wen Tianxiang, and it is Chen Dexing who pays the money to run the newspaper, and I am afraid there is Jia Yidao behind it!" I'm afraid it's hard to do! ”
"What? There is also Chen Dexing behind the "Recovery" newspaper? Liu Xiaoyuan's face was a little more disgusted, "What a martial artist who doesn't know what to do!" Is there any way to remove this scourge from the world? ”
"It is not easy to get rid of this scourge!" Pu Shougeng smiled, "But if you want to get him into trouble, it's not difficult to make enemies of the Great Mongolia." ”