Xiao Chen was also speechless when he saw the three of them being driven back by Qin Gang.

It's okay to come back, it's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, let him go.

We've got to get down to business.

After Dugulou occupied Sands City, he immediately sent more than a dozen clippers to check the naval battle outside Shunfeng Harbor, and the situation was not good.

The Rus' battleship took advantage of the time and place to set up an ambush circle at sea, surround Li Shi's main fleet, and the pirates responsible for covering the flanks bravely attacked, but five warships were sunk......

But the pirates were also fierce in their playful style, and the bearded Nelson's ship was burned into a sea of fire, but he refused to leave, and before the ship was sunk, he personally took the helm of the warship and crashed directly into a Russ warship, and died with them!

Just before the collision, several loyal men pushed him out of the sea, and only then did he save his life, but the beard that had always been so proud of him was also burned to the ground.

Three large warships of the Great Zhou were sunk, and more than thirty small and medium-sized warships were lost, but seven ironclad battleships of Rus' were also sunk in this battle, which was considered evenly matched, and both sides were defeated.

The situation is not bad in general.

The fleet sent by the Rus to snipe was the Third Fleet, and their main warships were all assembled on the north side of Shunfeng Harbor, because they also knew that the real opponent of this naval battle was not the Great Zhou Naval Division, but the Dongying Fleet, which was as powerful as them......

Xiao Chen decided to join the war.

"At present, we have captured forty warships of the Rus, and although these warships are river ships, they can also participate in operations in the coastal waters." At the military meeting, Dugulou pointed at a nautical chart, "Within ten days, there will be no waves of more than one zhang in this large area of sea outside Shunfeng Harbor, so these warships can be dispatched." ”

There is still a difference between a river boat and a sea boat.

Because of the high wind and waves at sea and the long range, relatively speaking, sea ships are stronger than river ships, and the tonnage is relatively larger.

There are almost no strong winds and waves in the river, so the river boats are generally flat-bottomed, and three-story or even five- or six-story high-rise buildings can be built on them, but the sea ships are not good, because the wind and waves at sea are strong, and the hull is too high to tilt, and the bottom of the boat is generally of the garden type.

The operational flexibility of the river ship is relatively high, but the speed is lower than that of the sea boat, the side of the river ship is very low, the side of the sea ship is very high, and the other two types of anchor holes are not the same, the anchor holes are often set in the bow and stern of the ship, but the river boats are generally located in the bow......

The small warships built by Gongsun Ban were all high sides and garden bottoms, which were originally intended to be used for naval warfare, with simple operation, strong maneuverability, and strong hulls, and the only drawback was that they could not do ocean voyages.

Because this type of warship is designed to be used for combat, the cabin is extremely small, except for the crew rest compartment is the ammunition compartment, and only a small part of the space is used to carry some dried meat and fresh water.

In addition, the hull is too small to withstand strong winds and waves, so these warships can only fight in the near sea, and the maximum range is only about 100 miles.

It belongs to the defensive type of battleship sequence.

The sea area where the Great Zhou Combined Fleet fought against the Rus Fleet was only a few dozen miles from the coast, so these small warships could be put into use.

Because of the small size of their battleships, they could not fight against Ross's ironclad ships head-on, so they could only adopt wolf pack tactics, which simply means swarming over like a swarm, regardless of the bite of 3721, and then turn around and run away.

Anyway, the other party can't catch up, because the target is small, even if it catches up, it will be difficult to aim and hit, even if it sinks, it doesn't matter, anyway, we have more than 600 ships......

This tactic can achieve quite good results on the relatively narrow water surface of the Bailong River, and if it is on the vast and endless ocean, it can give full play to its advantages of mobility and flexibility!

Six hundred small warships, plus forty captured medium warships, was already the size of a fleet.

In addition to the battleship, Liu Fuhai's hot air balloon regiment will also participate in the battle, and now there are big ships, and the hot air balloon can take off directly on the deck of the ship, so that it can greatly save fuel, thereby increasing their combat radius and time.

This amazing army became famous in the battle of Golden Beach, and now no one dares to underestimate them.

The big guys are called the Heavenly Army, and the 'outlaws' are revered as the 'Heavenly Soldiers'.

But the current 'heavenly general' is not Liu Fuhai, but Yue Zhonglin.

Liu Fuhai has no opinion on this, as long as his invention can be recognized, he is already very happy, as for leading troops to fight?

He wasn't interested.

Besides, Xiao Chen has now given him an important research and development task, which is to make a completely sealed iron can.

Xiao Chen's canning factory has already taken shape, but it has never been officially put into production, because this most difficult subject has not been able to be overcome.

Xiao Chen doesn't know much about canned food making, he doesn't know what it is, so he can't put forward any specific opinions on this, so he can only let those technicians explore while making it.

Before, Liu Fuhai was concentrating on the development of hot air balloons, and he didn't have time to take care of such a trivial matter, but now that he has basically completed the task, this guy is a workaholic, so Xiao Chen simply handed over this very challenging problem to him.

The requirements are simple, there must be no air in the can, it must be vacuum compressed, so that the food can be stored for a longer time.

Theoretically, a three-year shelf life is sufficient, and two years is fine, but of course, the longer the shelf life, the better.

Canned food is both military food and civilian food, and Xiao Chen is ready to make a lot of money from it, so he has invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.

This also led to Chen Jisheng's dissatisfaction, and he scolded him more than once for not doing his job, this is still Xiao Chen's own private investment, otherwise the old man can grind him to death!

Xiao Chen didn't make any excuses, anyway, when the canning factory made money, your old man must not be red-eyed.

"I was going to fight the Ross on land, but I didn't expect it to be at sea." Miyamoto Gozo doesn't like the sea very much.

Because he, like Ling'er before, has severe seasickness.

"Mr. Miyamoto, you don't actually have to fight with us at all, you are the special envoy of Dongying, if something happens, I won't be able to explain it to General Shaoyan Mingguang." Xiao Chen said.

"This Xiao Chenjun doesn't have to worry." Kinoshita Yoshiro said, "We are not people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and we must participate in this battle." ”

"It's okay, this is the sincere cooperation between our two countries, and I hope that through this time we can fight side by side, our relationship can be deeper." Xiao Chen said this to Kinoshita Yoshiro, but it was Nako Kudo who was looking at him.

Nako Kudo, who changed into a military uniform, looked unique, which made Xiao Chenchun's heart ripple slightly.

The timing isn't quite right.