"The walker is a three-class ship, with a female wall on the side of the ship, and a drum on the boat for commanding the priests and armorers. The production cycle is one month. At present, the shipyard has three intermediate shipwrights and ten junior shipwrights. It is possible to produce three walkers at the same time. In the case of a sentinel ship, even a low-level shipwright can preside over production. ”

The shipyard in Liangshan Town, the supervisor in charge of managing the shipyard explained to Chutian the situation of the shipyard.

The sailor battalion in Summer Town is dominated by walkers and sentry boats, the difference is in the size of the ships and whether they have a female wall.

The boat is already a warship in the true sense of the word, with a deck below which are the oarsmen and the sailors and soldiers above the battle.

The upper deck is equipped with a female wall, similar to a wooden wall, to block the opponent's bows and arrows, stones, and protect the sailors.

The drummer on deck is the heart of the walk, and only when he hears the drums can he know where to use his strength.

This third class of ships is suitable for fighting on calm rivers and near the sea, and as for sailing in the sea, other types of ships are required.

"Add seven more walkers to transport soldiers, and we should be able to produce the iron nails for the walkers, is there a problem with the wood?"

"Back to my lord, it's not a problem. There is a forest nearby that provides timber, and if you want to make a fortune boat for going to sea, it may not be easy, but the quality of the wood is sufficient for the river walkers. ”

An intermediate boatsmith is an advanced carpenter who is polishing a fishing boat.

Because Chu Tian did not have the extra money to build sailors before, the fourth-level shipyard was mostly used to produce civilian merchant ships and fishing boats.

The Boatsmith's proficiency can also be increased by private orders.

Hearing that the nearby wood could be used to produce walkers, Chu Tian was a little relieved. Timber produced from lumber yards is more cost-effective than buying timber from elsewhere indirectly.

The bandits had already built two boats before, and Chu Tian took people to board the deck of the boats.

Because of the water bandits, many townspeople in Liangshan Town were forcibly turned into husbands by the water bandits, so it was not difficult to recruit a group of husbands in Liangshan Town.

After Chu Tian arranged the recruitment and training of the sailor battalion in Liangshan Town, he directly took a boat back to Xia Town, which was located in the upper reaches of Liangshan Town.

"It's good to just take a boat without having to bear the bumps on horseback."

The length of the boat is about 20 meters, the draft is not deep, and it is a fast and agile warship like a sentinel ship. As soon as the drummer beats the attack, the walker will run across the water to take the enemy. The battle situation is unfavorable, the drumbeat of retreat sounds, and the walkers will be evacuated immediately.

The groom is located below deck and can be protected from loss of maneuver.

In peacetime engagement, long-range by bow and arrow, melee by sword and halberd.

There is also a small water village between Xia Town and Liangshan Town. In the future, it will become a training place for the sailor camp.

The three caves of the cunning rabbit, the sailor battalion cannot only be anchored in one place, otherwise it will be attacked or attacked by the enemy, and the whole army will be annihilated.

"The lords in the north of the Eastern Han Dynasty don't care much about the sailors, but the lords in the Yangtze River, Lingnan, and Yizhou areas should develop the sailors as much as possible. Other civilizations, especially some island nations, will place a high value on sailors for self-preservation. ”

The summer is cool for Chutian to analyze the situation in other civilization areas.

There is no doubt that in civilized areas such as Dongying and Malacca, sailors are the most important thing for them.

"These civilized areas will definitely rely on the sailors to stop the lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty from attacking...... But I haven't thought about the long term yet. This naval division was mainly used to conquer Langya City and Yangdu in the upper reaches, as well as Tancheng and Xiapi in the lower reaches. Ten walks are actually not enough, let's lay down Langya City first. ”

Chutian has a clear plan, that is, to take Langya City first, and then occupy the entire territory of Langya Kingdom.

"So, do you want to befriend Tao Qian? If Tao Qian sends troops to support Zang Ba at that time, I am afraid that the difficulty of attacking Kaiyang County will increase. ”

"Tao Qian's side can't deal with it directly, and through the relationship of the Mi family, ask them to stop Tao Qian from sending troops. As long as Tao Qian hesitates, then Kaiyang County will soon fall for us. I hope that there will be other lords in Xuzhou who will rise up at the same time as me and share my pressure......"

Chu Tian suddenly caught a little spiritual light, and said to Xia Liang: "You set aside a sum of money from the silver treasury, like this...... Then give them great promise...... Whether Fang Xuanling or anyone else is doing this, it is not as good as what you do. ”

Xia Liang listened to Chu Tian's plan, and there was a hint of excitement in his eyes: "I understand." ”

"The next step is to wait for the training of the sailor battalion to be completed, and send Zhou Yafu to attack the villages and towns in Hedong, and at the same time control the villages and towns in Hedong and Hexi in the south of Kaiyang County."

As for the candidate to send troops to attack villages and towns, the first candidate Chu Tian considered was not Mulan, but Zhou Yafu. Because Zhou Yafu was calm enough, even if he didn't win a big victory, Chu Tian was not worried about a fiasco.

Mulan is still a little impulsive at times.

Chu Tian returned to Xia Zhen and recruited a small group of infantry from the Fine Willow Battalion to supplement the losses of the Fine Willow Battalion during the last battle.

Using the captured horses, more than 200 light cavalry were being trained, a small number of them were elite cavalry, and most of them were ordinary light cavalry.

At present, the permanent strength of Xia Zhen includes 400 light cavalry, 500 fine willow battalions, 500 Xuzhou archers, and 500 light infantry, about 2,000 people. In order to expand the army, Chutian recruited another team of Xuzhou archers and a team of third-order Xuzhou light infantry, each of 500 people, who were also in training.

It's unrealistic to be all high-level troops. The first is the question of whether to raise or not, the second is that it is not necessary to have a qualified source of troops, and thirdly, elite means that there are not many of them, so it is difficult to achieve certain tactical goals.

To conquer the other side's important villages and towns, troops must be stationed and soldiers must be stationed to ensure the safety of the grain transportation team. In battle, all kinds of troops cooperate, support, reserves, and siege teams, all of which require troops and manpower.

Therefore, it is still necessary to have a group of cheap low-level troops as cannon fodder troops or auxiliaries.

In the eyes of the lords, the soldiers are really like data, they really fight, they only care about the numbers on paper. Decision-makers will only see how many people have been lost, how much supplies need to be reinforced, and how much military pay will be paid each month, and will not care about the feelings of each soldier. Because there are too many soldiers.

"The borders of the civilized zone are about to open!"

When Chu Tian was busy building Xia Town, someone in the guild mentioned the issue of the opening of the civilization area.

Chu Tian calculated the time slightly. It is now April of the second year of the lord's calendar.

The initial time of the Overlord world is May of the first year, and the boundaries of the civilization zone are opened one year after the initial time.

In other words, there is still a month before the borders of the civilization zone will be opened.