I didn't show any seasickness or nausea, and it seems that catching water snakes and eels in the ditch on a raft as a child, and then riding a pirate ship all day still has quite a benefit, the main thing is that I can adapt to this level of bumps psychologically and physically.

Behind me, more than 20 gunners were standing straight, practicing a series of artillery firing procedures such as sea correction range, standard, and loading.

For example, at this time, the artillery standard-bearer on our side of the ship was using the flag language to contact his companions on the opposite ship more than 100 zhang away, and Zhang Liang was surprised: "What are they doing?" ”

"Contact, they're talking to each other in flags, asking them to measure the distance from each other's ships to our ships. You see, the flag is waving over there and answering, one hundred and ten zhang, Mr. Zhang? Boss?! Why are you looking at me like that? "I was a little weak-hearted, not only the gray-haired chief, but the litter of admirals crouching beside me all stared at me with dead eyes, as if they were going to eat me alive.

"How many times can you just make a few nonsense gestures and say so much?!" Liu Renliang grabbed me, as if he was afraid that as soon as he let go, General Ben would become a mermaid and slip away in the sea.

I'm angry, I simply look down on what General Ben designed, but we are also officers mixed up with the reserve in later generations, in addition to using this method and using signal lights for long-distance communication under such difficult conditions, can I still use radio to communicate?

"That's natural, if you don't believe me, ask my colleagues." I stretched out my hand and pointed to Duan Yunsong on the side, and said very angrily. After the hot air balloon was launched, I considered the military use of this good treasure, first, to reconnoiter the enemy situation and conduct guard. Second, be the eyes of the artillerymen and serve as the guide of Datang's long-range strike weapons.

----------------------------------------------------I'm not stupid, let alone dumbfounded, hot air balloons can be hundreds of meters above the ground, if there are no flags or other communication tools, do you want those reconnaissance and intelligence officers at all levels to turn their own money into monkeys, climb up and down the rope to deliver news?

But what if the military situation is urgent and the speed of coming down is slow? You can't let the balloon crew have the courage to commit suicide and set the balloon on fire directly to make the ground forces more vigilant, right?

Therefore, after the appearance of the hot air balloon and the development stage of the mortar, the Datang Military Academy has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the study of the flag, and compiled the common military terms and quantifiers.

Zhang Liang kept swallowing saliva like a cat seeing a fat mouse, and approached the artillery standard-bearer and asked, "Little brother, can you ask him who the captain on the other ship's ship is?" How many sailors are on board? ”

I nodded proudly: "Of course you can, but you can only know the rank of the commander on the opposite ship, after all, this only contains military terms, and it is too complicated and easy to make mistakes." ”

Zhang Liang nodded vigorously, looking very eager: "Cheng, let's start quickly, the old man can take a look." ”

I nodded to the standby gunner, the standard-bearer. The standard-bearer held a flag in each hand and began to wave, after receiving the information on the other side, he fell into silence for a while, and after a while, the flag on the opposite side came, and the artillery standard-bearer on this side directly converted the other party's flag into words: "Report to your lordship, the other party's ship [***] has one hundred and twenty-eight sailors, and the commander is Captain Guo Yidu." ”

Zhang Liang immediately looked back at Liu Renliang on the side, the marching commander Shi Daren, who was in charge of judging the Cao, Wufu, and Waifu Yulu, the number of soldiers and legions, and the number of equipment, carriages and horses, nodded.

This performance immediately caused an uproar among the naval officers, Zhang Liang didn't quite believe it, and waved his hand to lead his subordinates: "Go, put a car and boat over to ask for clarification." ”

"The last will obey." A short time later, a small boat made of four wheel-shaped pulp leaves stirring the water came into my sight, my jaw almost fell to the ground, I wiped my eyes in disbelief, and again, I really read that right? The prototype of the steamship of later generations was born?

Su Dingfang and the others, who had never been on a boat before, couldn't help but widen their eyes, and over there, my two loyal servants who were squatting together and vomiting sour water were also stunned when they looked at this strange boat.

Liu Renliang on the side seemed to understand our surprise very much, and explained loudly beside me: "The name of this thing is called a car and boat, which was built by the ancestor of the Southern Qi Dynasty. There is no need for slurry, and there is no need to use sails to borrow wind power, only manpower is needed to step on the feet, driving the paddle wheels on both sides of the ship, whether it is rivers, lakes and seas, they can be as fast as flying, which is used to detect the enemy's situation, and it is the most practical to transmit information between warships. ”

I understand, it seems that the wisdom of the ancient Chinese people is really not to be taken lightly. I couldn't help but shake my head and said: "I can see this thing today, I know the wisdom of my Chinese ancestors, and I can't ...... it for a long time."

It didn't take long for the small car and boat to come back quickly, and after a while, the subordinates Zhang Liang had ordered to go to inquire returned, and the conclusion that they came back was no different from the news that Fang had just learned through the banner. Zhang Liang took a long breath, twisted his face, and gave me a smile first, and then, his body slowly turned around, and when I saw his wolf-like expression, I immediately became vigilant, this kind of eyes and expressions, I have already looked at the faces of Uncle Li, Uncle Li Ji, Uncle Cheng and other old hooligans eight hundred times, as long as they lift their butts, I know what they want to shit, and now, Zhang Liang's expression is no different from their obscene expression.

"Beloved nephew...... "The old guy began to make friends with me, starting from the time he followed Uncle Li to fight the world, in the story he described, my father and he had a friendship like a close friend, squatting in a trench together, squeezing a quilt together, eating with a broken bowl, almost wearing the same pair of pants, looking at this old general who was spitting stars, I suddenly found that the veteran ruffians of the Tang Dynasty have the same moral surname.

Finally, from the fall of the Sui Dynasty to the establishment of the Tang Empire, and from the Wude period to the Zhenguan year, the old guy didn't care about the white foam on the corner of his mouth, and squeezed his eyes in front of me: "Virtuous nephew, how about we discuss?" ”

---------------------------------------------------- "What to discuss?" I hope that the chief manager will make it clear......"

"Don't call the old man the boss, your father and I have such a friendship, just call me uncle. What else are you looking at? Could it be that the old man still calls you an uncle? The bridge used by Zhang Liang, an old rascal, made me feel familiar, and in desperation, I had to give it to me with a smile: "Jun has seen my uncle." ”

"Well, good, very good, the virtuous nephew is exempt, hehehe, the old man has heard of your talent for a long time, Wen Taowu is strategic, but it is all this in the younger generation!" Zhang Liang smugly touched his beard and gave me a thumbs up, and I continued to smile.

"In that case, uncle, I will say it directly, can you give them all to the old man?" Zhang Liang's fingers swirled, and he circled the dozens of artillery elites of the Datang Military Academy in front of him, along with the artillery standard-bearers.

I'm stunned, this old rascal has a big appetite, right? "Uncle is not allowed to be a little nephew, but they are all students of the academy and have not yet graduated......" As soon as I said this, Zhang Liang's old face, which seemed kind and kind just now, immediately collapsed, and it was even colder than that Changbai Mountain, and I had a cold sweat on my forehead, so I hurriedly smiled and said: "However, the little nephew also has a way, so let's do it, I will select dozens of elites of my Datang Military Academy to stay in my Datang Navy Division, teach flag language full-time, and the art of cannon ranging." In addition, the little nephew will sort out some relevant theories and hand them over to his uncle according to the characteristics of the ship's navigation and combat in the water, I don't know what the uncle thinks? ”

Zhang Liang's gaze finally softened, and his face was thawing like an iceberg, and he began to blow in the spring breeze, and patted me on the shoulder: "Hahaha, okay, it is worthy of being the son of Fang Xiang, the request of the virtuous nephew, the old man will promise you." ”

Hearing what he said, I almost wanted to pick up the mace and smash it on the old rascal's head, but then it turned out to be like I was crying and shouting and begging him to use my things, fuck, the old rascal is worthy of Uncle Cheng and their comrades-in-arms, all of them are all the way, a bunch of underworld bullies who are shameless to the extreme.

Zhang Liang left with a smile on his face, and Liu Renliang on the side was ashamed, ashamed of having such a scoundrel boss, and seemed embarrassed to say much to me, so he found an excuse to slip aside, and continued to carefully observe the artillery officers and soldiers of my Datang Military Academy practicing the technique of ranging and cannon on the ship.

(To be continued)