Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 456 Come Prepared
The end of another year.

Many things in the DPRK came to an end one after another. Wu Desi was established and started to operate, new laws were implemented, war preparations advanced steadily, and many things were carried out in an orderly manner.

By the Bian River, there were as many as [-] new and old gunboats in total. Then Emperor Shi ordered to stop the production of gunboats, because the production of artillery could not keep up, and the training of sailors could not keep up. The soldiers on the gunboats were not ordinary sailors. So simple, it requires long-term artillery training, and the shortest period is more than a year.

Another point is that maintaining such a gunboat costs a lot, and no amount of navy can bear it.

Finally, the production of artillery can't keep up. Not only the navy is rushing for artillery, but also the army. Last time, most of the artillery was used on the navy ships, which caused the navy to attack the Southern Han Dynasty all the way. It was very beautiful. .

This also made many army generals quite critical, thinking that they blamed them for giving all the army guns to the navy, so that the navy fought so beautifully and took the credit of the army.

Of course, Emperor Shi didn't care about the chatter between them, so let them go, it's fine to quarrel.

In the early winter of this year, the Confidential Secretary Shangshu brought a lot of blueprints and pottery models, because Feng Jisheng explained it himself.

It turned out that according to the different requirements of the land and water armies, coupled with the progress of steel smelting technology in recent years, they proposed a new artillery plan.

And this time there are two kinds of guns, which are developed separately for the navy and army.

To put it simply, in September, Emperor Shi convened a three-day seminar with the confidentiality department and generals, allowing them to put forward their requirements for artillery in the upcoming war based on reality.

The result is also obvious that the generals of the land and water armies have different requirements for artillery.

The army's artillery not only requires power, but also light weight, flexible and easy to take away. They even proposed that if it can reduce weight and make it more portable, then it would not hesitate to sacrifice some power. The heavy artillery that weighed hundreds of catties before is certainly powerful. , It also brought a lot of trouble to the army marching.

Several times on the battlefield, the former army had already encountered the enemy, and the artillery unit was still tens or hundreds of miles behind. The battlefield was changing rapidly, but they could only wait and wait.

It's okay to meet an opponent who doesn't take the initiative to attack. If you encounter an army with a large number of cavalry like the Liao army, maybe the front army has no chance to drag the artillery unit behind to fight it. It is no different from having no artillery.

In addition, the power of the artillery can be appropriately reduced in exchange for lighter weight because today's artillery is indeed too powerful in close-range land battles. Even if you sacrifice some power, there is no armor on the opposite side that can resist it.

On the contrary, there is no concern about the weight of the guns on the gunboat, because it follows the ship, no matter how heavy the gun is.

However, naval gunboats seldom engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. Guo Ting said that Si Chao used the example of the battle against the Southern Han Dynasty. When they dealt with the Southern Han navy, many ships on the opposite side were sunk before they approached.

When they clashed with the Jiangfang troops in Wuzhou, they fired artillery in the water and broke up the troops on the shore. There was no chance for hand-to-hand combat on the opposite side, and the heavy artillery was carried away by the water.

Therefore, the requirements of naval generals for naval guns are power, range, and accuracy.

Obviously, at the end of the study, the land and water armies not only showed their magical powers when the Eight Immortals crossed the sea last time when they fought the Southern Han Dynasty, but also competed with each other, and even their requirements for artillery were very different.

Confidentiality Department Feng Jisheng, Chen Chengzhao, Fan Ruobing and other officials who participated in the meeting were confused and didn't know what to do. They are not gods. the cannon.

In the end, Emperor Shi waved his hand to stop the dispute and increase investment.

According to the requirements of the generals of the land and water armies, the Confidentiality Department proposed two new artillery plans based on new technologies, and began to design and test them, and submitted them to Emperor Shi for review before the year.

A gun specially designed for the army, with reduced caliber and reduced power, equipped with a car body that is convenient for consignment, and can be pushed away at any time.

The other is specially designed for the navy, with increased caliber and length, increased power, and a heavier gun body, which will be equipped on new gunboats.

Emperor Shi agreed to their plan after viewing it.

At the same time, the two kinds of guns were named separately. From now on, the guns used by the army will be called field guns, and the guns used by the navy will be called naval guns.

Regarding the naming, Emperor Shi also rejected the messy naming of the ministers, but directly changed it to a numerical naming.

It is stipulated that the two new guns produced will be named the Type [-] field gun and the Type [-] naval gun. This will lay the foundation for future technological iterations.

So two new guns were also put into production.

The new law has also been implemented steadily until the end of the year, and it is becoming more and more accepted by people.

On Wu Desi's side, Wang Zhong has already set up the overall framework.

Generally speaking, the entire Qin State has been stable and improving this year. Many things have been implemented smoothly through Shi Congyun's operations. The imperial power has been continuously strengthened, and the authority of the emperor has also become stronger.

More and more privy meetings organized by Emperor Shi began to discuss the use of troops in the south of the Yangtze River.

Shi Congyun has never been a big person. Although he once counted as a hundred, he was young and frivolous, and looked very brave, but in his heart he still attached great importance to fighting.

Today's war against the Southern Tang Dynasty is definitely a battle that completely crushes national power, but Emperor Shi still spent a lot of time studying the route of march.

"I have thought about it carefully. Our army is mainly divided into three groups." Shi Congyun pointed to the map in front of him, beside which were many of his confidants, including Meng Xuanzhe, Fan Zhi, Wei Renpu, Luqiu Zhongqing, Li Fang and other civil servants, as well as him. The newly promoted Zhang Qixian listened in the name of the secretary.

Among the generals, Shao Ji, Wang Zhong, Wang Shenqi, Wang Quanbin, Li Chuyun, Si Chao, Murong Yanzhao, Cao Bin, Liu Renshan, Dong Zunhui, Luo Yanhuan, Han Baozheng, Dang Jin, and Guo Tingwei who had just returned to Beijing, etc. Everyone is there.

Emperor Shi was used to such big scenes, and continued to explain by sliding a piece of charcoal on the map.

"The main army goes to Tangzhou, crosses Xiangyang, goes south to Jingnan, Jiangling, and then attacks from west to east along the Yangtze River.

The flanking army went south from Yingzhou, Chuzhou and Hezhou, and arrived near Caishiji. They used the method of the secret department to prepare to build a pontoon bridge and forcibly cross the river. "

As he spoke, he slid his finger and turned to the right side of the map: "The main navy fleet starts from Daliang, goes south along the Bianshui River, enters the Huaihe River, goes to Sizhou, Chuzhou, turns to Caoqu to go south, goes to Yangzhou to enter Dajiang, and then goes east Encircle Jinling to the west."

Afterwards, Emperor Shi turned his attention to the last Wuyue Kingdom: "Wuyue will give them an order to send troops to assist them, send troops to contain them from the east, and attack Jiangyin.

Come and see, how is this plan, is there anything wrong with it? "

Everyone stared at the map, and immediately started discussing, but Emperor Shi didn't bother them, and let them discuss.

After a while, the young Zhang Qixian said: "Officials, the so-called cold lips and cold teeth, will Wu Yue really send troops?"

Shi Congyun glanced at him. The young man thought very well. Indeed, if the Southern Tang Dynasty disappeared, then only King Wuyue's family would be left in the whole south.

But Zhang Qixian didn't know that the king of Wuyue had written several times expressing that he was willing to come to Daliang to be a prince of leisure Fu. However, the South was not yet decided, and Shi Congyun felt that the time was not enough. As long as the Southern Tang Dynasty perished, Wuyue would definitely Will surrender, so Wu Yue has always been his staunch ally.

To this, Shi Congyun replied: "We will send troops, don't worry about that."

Zhang Qixian bowed his hands and retreated.

Everyone discussed some details, but generally they had no opinion on the overall strategic arrangement proposed by Shi Congyun, and they all felt that it was feasible.

In this way, they will have four armies, one from the front, two from the east, and one from the west. From the front, east, west, and three sides, they will launch an encirclement attack on Ningjiang Mansion together.

Moreover, the various routes can cooperate. If the progress of the west route is not smooth, the navy of the east route can outflank the enemy's rear route from the Yangtze River. Attack the military stronghold of the Southern Tang navy, while the Wuyue army in the west is very close to Jiangyin and Runzhou, the strategic points in the south of the Yangtze River. As long as they launch an attack, they can contain a large number of Southern Tang troops regardless of victory or defeat.

Everyone deeply agrees and is full of praise, thinking that the son of heaven is very talented.

Emperor Shi also thought it was true, he was too ambitious, this was a plan he had thought about for a long time, it was not a random fight, he came prepared
(Brothers and sisters, it’s the end of the month again. If you have any monthly tickets you don’t want, please give them a shout. Please o(╥﹏╥)o)

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