The second Humen confrontation with the British army, to this kind of Cheng dù, is basically a foregone conclusion, the Pearl River Estuary was sealed, and it was subject to the Humen Fort, whether it was to attack Guangzhou or land at Humen, it was impossible for the British army not to pay a considerable price.

Focusing on attacking the mouth of the Pearl River, with the cooperation of Mushui City and Humen Fort, if there is a sufficient amount of mines, the losses of the British army are immeasurable, with 20 warships, if you want to break through the Humen defense line, it is at least impossible today, as for what happens in the future, we have to fight again to see the results.

Similarly, the Humen Fort is subject to the number of artillery, and the flexibility of the battleship, and wants to give the battleship that roams flexibly to a fatal blow, and the element of luck accounts for too much, and it barely protects itself, which is the current situation of Humen.

If you don't experience war, you won't have actual combat experience, and the Humen artillery battle is also a wake-up call for Yang Meng, who originally wanted to threaten a British fleet with more than 500 artillery pieces from Humen, such an idea is somewhat naïve and naïve to look at it today.

The fort is a dead thing, the range and angle of fire are limited after all, and the battleship is a living thing, tossing and turning, flexible avoidance, even if there is no fog of war to cover, Humen Fort wants to defeat a fleet, it is also quite difficult.

The tentative battle has lost its meaning until now, and if it is delayed any longer, it will only increase the casualties, this time the temptation, Yang Meng does not know what the English have gained, but for him, the gain is great.

The establishment of a coastal defense system is imminent, and it takes time for the new army to accumulate actual combat experience, and it also takes time for the research and development of new coastal defense weapons. There is no such thing as a united, peaceful country. If you want to start a national war with England or Oros. It is basically impossible, the country does not have considerable strength, and it is impossible to last long by relying on war and strong military strength alone.

"Let Wang Fengyou let go of the fight! The ammunition stored in Humen could not be used up for a day or two, and every effort was made to damage or destroy the English warships. ”

Although it has reached the stage of increasing casualties, it is still the natural rule of the army to strike at the enemy, and the battleship will be damaged a little more. The next war will be postponed for a minute, and when the real sword and gun are dried, I will know how inadequately prepared I am.

The commander of the British army may also have the same idea, the artillery battle in Humen lasted until the evening and then slowly stopped, and the night battle was much more beneficial to the Humen Fort, even if it was the fog of war, it could not cover the fire when the battleship opened fire, if the British army wanted to fight at night. It's what Yang Meng can't ask for!

"Inform the men and horses along the way, and count the damage to the British battleships. Let Wang Fengyou and Wu Yuanyou report the consumption and damage of Humen together! ”

The tentative battle has been fought so far, and it is time to sum up, how much does a battle of this scale cost? How much damage? It is very important to Yang Meng, this kind of artillery battle of vitality and density, even if it is close to Humen of Guangzhou Shipyard, will not last for a few days, if such an artillery battle lasts for more than ten days, I am afraid that Humen's artillery will be retired on all lines, and whether the shells can be supplied in time is also a big problem, such a war of attrition, to be honest, Yang Meng can't afford to fight!

"Third master, Humen Fort, 573 artillery pieces, a total of 26,846 flowering shells, 3,532 solid shells, 2,260 barrels of foreign medicine and 11,800 catties of foreign medicine.

More than 1,700 shells, more than 200 barrels of foreign medicine, 216 artillery pieces were damaged, and more than 1,700 soldiers were killed and wounded by British artillery! ”

"Lord Ministry, the Guangzhou militia regiment, killed and wounded more than 400 people who practiced bravery, damaged 23 artillery pieces, consumed more than 3,000 rounds of flowering shells, and consumed more than 2,000 catties of foreign medicine."

Wang Fengyou and Wu Yuanyou's battle losses were reported quite carefully, after listening to such consumption, Yang Meng's brows were furrowed, and the cost was too great! I'm afraid that the loss of this battle, converted into silver, is at least more than 500,000 taels, which is only a day's consumption, what if it is ten days? Terrible attrition!

"Make a list for me, treat the surviving brothers, and show mercy to the dead! Build a cemetery behind the Humen Fort! The blood of protecting the country cannot be shed in vain, leave something behind for future generations to admire! ”

Compared with the war, the Humen artillery battle was only an insignificant small battle, with more than 2,000 casualties and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Maybe if you fight leisurely, the consumption of Humen will be less, but if you fight leisurely, the loss of soldiers will be great, and it is difficult to choose between gains and losses!

With the worry of not being able to fight on a large scale, Yang Meng also returned to Guangzhou in a daze, for Yang Meng, the gap between the ideal and the reality is also not small, the previous ambition was complacent, and he was astonished by Humen's consumption, and he slapped it hard.

Now that I think about it, the Humen Fort definitely took a big advantage against the three warships in Xima Migholi that day, and the three battleships were moored at the mouth of the Pearl River, and it took time to avoid and take time to raise anchors, and the three white copper cannons were extremely high, and they must have a considerable accuracy rate in hitting fixed targets.

And the marines without the support of naval artillery, in the face of an enemy several times their own, it is reasonable to be completely annihilated, so it seems that the guy in Xima Migoli used his life to set a trap for Yang Meng!

"Third master, the damage of the British warships has been counted clearly, in this battle, the British army participated in the battle of 20 warships, three were sunk by mines, Humen's artillery fire sank one, seven battleships were heavily damaged, the rest of the warships were also damaged by a considerable amount of Cheng Dù, with the repair capacity of the dockyard on Hong Kong Island, within a month or two, these warships will not be able to participate in the war again, and the number of British casualties is still unknown.

Today, there are still 30 gunboats on Hong Kong Island, and most of these gunboats are medium gunboats with 60 to 80 guns, and there are three huge ships with 120 guns. ”

Qin Ziqi's intelligence, the first half somewhat soothed Yang Meng's mood, but the second half was a little shocking, according to the gun position, the firepower of the British army's test this time was only a quarter of the total gun position, if these gunboats were all gathered in front of the Humen Fort, the firepower would be quite terrifying.

Of course, this is just an idea, if all the fifty gunboats in England gathered near Humen today, then Yang Meng would burst into laughter. So many battleships are gathered together. The goals are undoubtedly multiplied as well.

"Taechen. You estimate the loss of Humen. ”

handed the list of Wang Fengyou and Wu Yuanyou to Ding Taichen, and when he looked at the list of losses in Humen, Ding Taichen's brows also frowned.

"About 1.5 million!"

"What?"

"The price of the twenty-four-pound flowering bomb given to us by the foreigners is fifteen taels of silver, and Humen used nearly 30,000 taels a day, worth 450,000 taels of silver, and the value of foreign medicine is not very large, barely counting 20,000 taels, these more than 200 artillery. Calculated at two thousand taels, four hundred thousand! That's 900,000 taels, and the pension of 200,000 taels for the personnel, 1,000 taels for the New Army, and more than 25,600,000 casualties is not outrageous!

These losses, even after deducting the profits from artillery and shells, are around one million taels. ”

This account is not unknown, but Yang Meng's estimated 500,000 is one-third of the actual consumption, even if it is with self-made artillery ammunition. This cost is also doubled.

Yang Meng had neglected the bereavement of the personnel before, which was also the basis for ensuring the combat strength of the new army at this stage. Shouting slogans, in fact, it will not work, now the foundation of the Qing Dynasty's rule has not been completely defeated, not to protect their own land, if you want the soldiers to sell their lives, you can only spend money, as a soldier to eat, spend money to buy life, is the foundation of the new army, in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Tibet, maybe the Yang family still has some face, but the new army elsewhere, can only be controlled with silver, grain.

"I can't afford this battle! This artillery battle at Humen has also exposed our weakness in coastal defense, and we can't hold the entrance to the sea at all just by counting on the forts, and the mines and wooden drainage city must also be sorted out.

Ziqi, during the Crimean War, did you use mines? ”

The cost is too great, in one day, one million taels of silver have been lost, even if there are clouds and smoke, Yang Meng can't afford to fight a long war.

"Yes, mines are used in Finland and St. Petersburg, is it the Swede Alfred? Nobel invented, the patented technology we have not yet mastered, but after the Crimean War, the Nobel family's funds have problems, and we can buy patents very smoothly. ”

Flipping through the booklet he carried, Qin Ziqi gave an answer.

"Lack of funds? Good! Send someone to contact the Nobel family, if they are willing to immigrate to the Qing Dynasty, in addition to building them a required factory, Lao Tzu will give them 500,000 taels of living expenses per year within 20 years, if there is a requirement in the real yàn, as long as it does not exceed 5 million taels per year, Lao Tzu can meet it!

Swede? Let Patrick take the run himself! ”

Nobel's name, Yang Meng knows, the family of the good immortal goods is facing financial difficulties, although Yang Meng can't afford to fight, but only tens of millions of taels of silver, Yang Meng is still out, compared with the value of Nobel, even if it is ten thousand taels of silver, it is insignificant to Yang Meng, he can drive an era.

"Add such a sentence, if they come to the Qing Dynasty, Lao Tzu will spend two million to build a Nobel Academy of Sciences for them! The regulation is equivalent to that of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Europe! ”

This is the value of a scientist who can build a system, Nobel undoubtedly represents a scientific system, Yang Meng gives such a value, he is not afraid that the Nobel family will not come to the Qing Dynasty.

The Nobel family is Swedes, since they can serve Tsarist Russia, why can't they serve the Qing Dynasty?

The establishment of the scientific system is the real top priority, Ge Shiyang of Xishan, in this regard, can only be regarded as a commodity other than two knives, if you can invite the Nobel family to work for yourself, no matter how big the price, Yang Meng is willing to pay, it is really not possible, use the private property of the Yang family, such a character, absolutely not to be missed!

"Third master, live within your means! 10 million in 20 years, I have no opinion, but 5 million a year, such an expense is not a small amount of money for today's Yang family!

The Humen artillery battle cost one million taels of silver a day, and in the next war, our silver is simply not enough to spend, even if we use the old capital, we can't last a year or two!

We already have the West Mountain, and if you do this, you will build another West Mountain! To be honest, we can't afford this kind of cost! ”

The trickle of water flows, even if it is one or two million a year, the Yang family can bear it, but the third master invited this Nobel family, in fact, it is to build another West Mountain, and the consumption of two West Mountains will quickly hollow out the foundation of the Yang family.

"Taichen is right, let Master Ge from Xishan go to replace Patrick, let him take Xishan's achievements over the years, only bring the project, and the specific details are not allowed to go out of Xishan.

If the Nobel family comes, Lao Tzu can let them take charge of Xishan, and when Ziqi talks, be polite, you might as well mention our shipyard in the five countries, the world's largest industrial base, presumably the inventor is very interested in taking a look.

Taichen, for me, this Nobel family is worth this price, and now we are not inferior in spirit, but in national strength!

Referring to this national strength, Ziqi, this time I went to Europe, and you also asked people to collect the formula of chemical fertilizers, urea, phosphate fertilizer, potassium fertilizer, nitrogen fertilizer, all of which we urgently need.

Remember! It's not enough to have a formula, how to use it also has to be asked, and I don't know how to use these fertilizers! ”

Value, measured by value, prompted the Nobel family to come to China, it is definitely worth the money, speaking of which, the grain production that has been bothering Yang Meng has also had a breakthrough, as far as Yang Meng knows, Nobel seems to be a chemist, right?

If chemical fertilizer can be popularized within a year or two, as long as there is enough food, many things will be easy to do, silver, it is really not possible Yang Meng can also issue banknotes, as long as the Nobel family can solve the problem of grain production, ten times the price Yang Meng is also willing to pay!

"I'm going to do it myself?"

"Not necessarily! It's okay to be a reliable person, don't let Master Ge defect, it's really not possible, kill! ”

Whether Qin Ziqi goes or not, it has no impact on the success or failure of this trip, and now Yang Meng needs more places for Qin Ziqi, involving the achievements of Xishan, Ge Shiyang, a loyal person, was also ordered by Yang Meng to defect and kill, after all, it is difficult to leave the homeland! Going to Europe, who knows what Ge Shiyang's intentions are? If he dies, he can only blame him for having too many secrets! (To be continued......)