At this moment, the rumbling sound of cannon was heard from another shooting range not far from here. Luo Shengdong's face changed slightly when he heard the sound of the cannon, and Tao Dong came to see it, so he invited him to visit the artillery range. This is exactly what Luo Shengdong meant, and he immediately accepted it. He really wanted to see if the Haihan people were as skilled at making artillery as they were at making arquebuses.

When he came to the artillery range, the first thing that attracted Luo Shengdong's attention was not the artillery that was being test-fired, but not far from this black artillery, there was a group of militia soldiers recruited by the Haihan people, who were operating a wooden cannon of the same size one by one.

Luo Shengdong only glanced at it twice, and he could already see that the wooden cannon was just a spectacle and could not actually be fired. But after looking at it more, he found that these soldiers followed the appearance of the Haihan people, clearing, loading, and firing, and every step was meticulous, even everyone's position and the range of movements seemed to be fixed. Luo Shengdong thought about it for a while, and then understood the deep meaning of the Haihan people doing this.

Although Luo Shengdong has never operated a gun, he can clearly see that this is clearly the Haihan people training indigenous gunners according to a strict operation method. Luo Shengdong really wants to scold the street now, but the Haihan people have a good mouth, but they just set up a militia to help prevent and control security, but what about the militia that is good? You must know that Yazhou City is now not equipped with cast iron artillery, only a few bronze hair and Franc machine guns, but the newcomers of the Haihan people have even trained artillery, artillery plus firecrackers, this kind of weapon is enough to crush the lineup of the regular army, can Nima still be regarded as a militia group?

With a loud bang, the muscles on Luo Shengdong's face also trembled. It was difficult for a person without special training to remain calm in the face of such a loud noise, and Luo Shengdong had tried his best to barely move his body. However, the group of indigenous gunners continued to follow the instructor's orders, imitating the movements of the Haihan gunners next to them, and operating the wooden cannon synchronously.

After Tao Donglai and his party arrived, the artillery crew that was testing also stopped. The person with the artillery crew here is Yan Chujie, since the opening of this shooting range, he has never left at all, and he eats and lives in this place. Later, when the recruit camp was also set nearby, Yan Chujie was even busier, helping the recruit camp with military training in the morning, testing weapons in the afternoon, and taking time to give ideological and political lessons to the recruits who were already fluent in Chinese in the evening. For this reason, Yan Chujie specially submitted an application to the Executive Committee, temporarily suspended the work of the members of the Executive Committee, and concentrated on finishing the new barracks and weapons tests first, so when Luo Shengdong visited Shengli Port today, no one went to inform him to come forward to receive him. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)

"Old Yan, hard work!" Tao Donglai saw Yan Chujie, whose face was smoked like a cat by artillery fire, and his heart was also emotional, and he hurriedly stepped forward to hold his hands.

"Serve the Executive Committee!" Yan Chujie joked with a grin.

"How's it going?" Tao Donglai asked.

Yan Chujie took the kettle handed by the militia next to him and poured a big sip first, wiped the corners of his mouth and responded: "At present, the land colonel shooting procedure for the 6-pounder gun has basically been completed, and the two days have been mainly training militia gunners. The ship's gun carriage at the carpentry room is not yet ready, and the next step is to wait for testing on the ship. ”

"This cannon...... Do you want to load it on the ship?" Luo Shengdong couldn't help but interject.

"It has to be loaded onto the ship. Tao Donglai replied to him seriously: "Mr. Luo, I don't know if you have ever thought about what it is like for a sailboat equipped with hundreds of cannons to sail on the sea?"

Luo Shengdong's mouth opened wide, and he couldn't even say a word. Hundreds of cannons, isn't that just a hedgehog?

However, his shock did not end there, Tao Donglai continued: "I don't know if you have ever thought about what kind of power many sailing ships like this will have at sea when they form a huge fleet?"

Luo Shengdong muttered: "Impossible, how can there be such a terrifying thing in the world?"

Tao Donglai shook his head and said: "It's a pity that there are already countries in the world that have such fleets, and there is more than one country. The Netherlands, the Franco, the United Kingdom, these countries all have the kind of fleets that I am talking about. In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian, raised troops to drive out the Dutch entrenched in Penghu, have you heard of this?"

Luo Shengdong nodded and said: "I have seen in the newspaper that the Fujian Navy Division won a complete victory, and the Dutch were defeated from Penghu and withdrew to Taiwan Island. ”

"What a big victory!" Tao Donglai sighed: "The Fujian Navy Division dispatched 200 warships and tens of thousands of troops to deal with the Dutch, which only had 13 warships and more than 900 people, and fought for eight months without defeating. In the end, it was only through negotiations that the Dutch, who had run out of ammunition and food, withdrew from Penghu. The ships used by the Dutch were very similar to the gunboats I described. Luo Jiang, can you be considered a big victory with such a result?"

Luo Shengdong's old face turned red and said: "There are many inexhaustible points in the Di newspaper, and I don't know the details of the Battle of Penghu below. But presumably, this Dutch thief is already a vicious and vicious person in the West, relying on the strong guns of the ship to succeed for a while. ”

Tao Donglai shook his head and said: "The Dutch first went to Manila in Luzon in the south and wanted to occupy the port there, but they were directly beaten out by the Franco, and then they went to Penghu. Luo Jiang, the ship is strong, the gun is sharp, not only the Netherlands, and now what the Ming Dynasty holds is just a large number of ships, and the exchange of human lives for victory. This time there are thirteen boats, and you can barely get a draw, but if you come with one hundred and thirty boats next time, what will you do?"

Without waiting for Luo Shengdong to speak, Tao Donglai pointed to the artillery in the distance and said: "We made these artillery pieces not to attack the city, but to defend the territory for the Han people. What the Ming Dynasty lost, we will take back, and we will do our best to defend the territory that the Ming Dynasty will not be able to protect in the future. Our guns and soldiers are all born for the Han people to expand their territory, and they will all fight for the Han people to stand tall in the world!"

Luo Shengdong only felt that his ears were buzzing, because the shock given to him by Tao Donglai's words was too great. Before that, he had always been a little confused about the purpose of these Haihan people, who were like businessmen who fell into the eyes of money, caring about gains and losses in everything, and like thieves who coveted the world, secretly manufacturing weapons and recruiting militias. But Tao Donglai's words just now were unintentionally to solve the confusion in his heart for a long time, it turned out that these Haihan people had such lofty ambitions, and it was I, Luo Shengdong, who underestimated them before. At this moment, no matter whether others believe it or not, Luo Shengdong believes it anyway.

Taking advantage of the fact that Luo Shengdong was shocked, the other onlookers quietly gave Tao Donglai a thumbs up, expressing their sincere admiration for his excellent mouth cannon skills. Tao Donglai was also complacent, very satisfied with his improvisation just now.

After Luo Shengdong opened this knot, it seemed to be a lot more pleasing to the eye when he looked at these Haihan people. Thinking that he no longer had to maintain a hostile relationship with these dangerous people, Luo Shengdong's mood also became relaxed, and he saluted Tao Donglai with his fists and said: "Chief Tao has lofty ambitions and has the world in mind, Luo really admires!"

Tao Donglai also smiled and saluted: "When our Haihan fleet crisscrosses the ocean one day, I will definitely invite General Luo to visit the ship." Of course, at that time, it should no longer be a general, at least a garrison or a general, if you can make military achievements, it is not impossible to be promoted to the general soldier. ”

After the two hyped each other, the happy meeting ended. Under the careful arrangement of Schneider and Ren Liang, all the goods that needed to be sent to Yazhou were loaded onto the ship brought by Luo Shengdong that afternoon. However, Luo Shengdong did not leave Shengli Port that day, and at Tao Donglai's request, he had to wait until the next day to set off with the working group of the Executive Committee stationed in Yazhou City.

The next morning, Luo Shengdong met the team on the dock that would return to Yazhou with him. The working group, which will be stationed in Yazhou City, will have a total of seven people, including one from the Executive Committee Office, one from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one from the Ministry of Information Industry's communications team, one from the Logistics Department's medical team, and three from the Military and Police Department.

The leader of the working group is Ma Ke of the Executive Committee Office, 28 years old, a single man, who was the deputy director of a county investment promotion office before the crossing, which is also a promising job. However, this person has always been unwilling to be satisfied with the status quo, and the unit has assigned a lot of newcomers with backgrounds to come in, and more and more feel the huge pressure of survival, Marik relied on some business resources, so he simply resigned and went to the sea to Guangzhou, and by chance he got acquainted with Bai Kesi, and then was pulled into the crossing group.

After the crossing, Marico was assigned to the Executive Committee Office to do administrative work because of his previous work experience. The daily work of the Executive Committee Office is to assign specific tasks to each department according to the decisions of the Executive Committee, and at the same time collect and sort out various information feedback from various departments for the reference of the Executive Committee in decision-making. This department mainly plays the function of an information channel connecting the upper and lower levels, and also has a certain command and coordination role.

In the past, Mariko was also a deputy section-level civil servant, but now he hasn't even mixed up with a member of the executive committee, and he is not even as good as an otaku like Menghe, who has a combat strength of only five, and there is still a little bit of a gap psychologically. This time, the Executive Committee decided to send a working group to Yazhou to be stationed in Yazhou, and Marik was the first person to take the initiative to sign up after receiving the news. His idea is very practical, and he will continue to stay in Sanya at present, and in terms of the nature of his work, it is difficult to make any remarkable achievements in the short term. Although the environment in Yazhou is dangerous, there are also many opportunities, as long as you do a good job in Yazhou, it is reasonable to attract the attention of the Executive Committee and even other people.

The inclusion of Yazhou City in the jurisdiction of the Executive Committee is a stated goal in the development plan formulated by the Executive Committee, and it is only a matter of time before it is achieved. Marik believes that if he can play an accelerated role in accomplishing this goal, it will be a great success for the entire crossing group, because it means that the crossing group will no longer have any opponents in the entire southern part of Hainan Island. If he can really make such a great achievement, then the re-election of the Executive Committee in a year will have a great chance to occupy a position in this highest authority organ.