Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 593 actual combat exercises
"Follow me! Everyone is there, board the ship and prepare for battle!" Qi Yuanfu looked at his brother Qi Yuanbi and said.

There is a huge difference between preparing for combat and not preparing for training.

The reason why the Qi family army has achieved outstanding results in land and water is one thing, but the main reason is that they dare to fight in actual combat, instead of playing house with the soldiers of the Beijing camp or the guards.

All water battles must simulate the real environment. Although it is impossible to divide one's own warships into two parties to bombard, there are still ways to compromise.

There are special target ships in the navy. The only function of the so-called target ship is to be a target.

The overall size of the target ship was similar to that of the No. [-] winter ship, but the attack power was discarded, and the entire hull was covered with pure iron.

The outer layer of the iron sheet is coated with a special material, and once the shell hits, it will leave a clear mark on the hull, allowing the observers in charge of looking out from a distance to record the record.

Liu Hongjian followed Qi Yuanfu to board the flagship Shanhaiguan. Under the action of the steam engine, the huge chimney in the center of the hull was emitting smoke, propelling the hull towards the deep sea.

A quarter of an hour later, the entire Beiyang navy sailed southwest in a prepared formation.

The Shanhaiguan is entirely covered with steel armor, shining silver in the sun. Standing on the deck of the Shanhaiguan, Liu Hongjian, with the sea breeze blowing his clothes, looking at his iron armored sailor, he couldn't help but think excitedly. Roaring to the sea.

"My lord, after Tianjin Treasure Shipyard took turns to make it day and night, our Beiyang Navy currently has 77 main warships and warships of various types.

Five of the No. [-] main ships, namely the flagship Shanhaiguan, Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Weiyuan, and Jingyuan, have all completed steel armor assembly.

The No. [-] Fuchuan ship has twelve ships, eight of which are equipped with steel armor, and the remaining four are still being equipped at Tianjin Bao Shipyard.

There are 28 sentinel boats No. [-], [-] winter boats No. [-], and [-] wave-opening boats No. [-]. "Qi Yuanfu stood behind Liu Hongjian and said.

He himself was the captain of the No. [-] Fuchuan Dingyuan, but when Liu Hongjian came to inspect the Beiyang Navy for the first time, he had to hand over the command of the Dingyuan to Da Dada, and he himself boarded the Shanhaiguan and was in charge of giving Liu Hongjian the command. Hung-chien reported the situation of the ships.

Due to the time-consuming and labor-intensive assembly of steel armor, Tianjin Bao Shipyard, under the instruction of Mojia Mohuan, gave priority to the assembly of steel armor for the main attack battleship No. [-] and No. [-] Fuchuan.

"Well, how many sailors are there without warships?" Liu Hongjian was basically satisfied with the construction progress of Tianjin Bao Shipyard, and then asked.

"My lord, if the entire fleet is fully manned and there are [-] soldiers left, my younger brother and I will be divided into two ends. If I am in charge of sea training, my younger brother will be in charge of the landing exercises without any delay.

Moreover, Mr. Mo's Treasure Shipyard can produce one No. [-] Fuchuan and one and a half No. [-] Fuchuan in one month. The official estimates that in another month, our navy soldiers will have brand new ships. "Qi Yuanfu said loudly.

This is not the same as the efficiency of his ancestor Qi Jiguang. At that time, if Qi Jiguang wanted to apply for a new warship from the imperial court, he would go around begging his grandpa to tell his grandma for a year or so, and he would never get it.

But now the Beiyang navy doesn't even need to apply. In addition to working overtime day and night, the new warships of the treasure shipyard can be transported to Dagukou the next day as soon as they are launched, and the sailors directly participate in the trial voyage.

"Well, it's not enough! When I go back, I will report to the imperial court that the Beiyang Navy recruits [-] more recruits!" Liu Hongjian said vigorously, staring into the distance.

"Hey, how dare you! I just feel that [-] soldiers are not enough to show our military might!" Qi Yuanfu echoed.

It is true that there are people in the court who are good at work. His ancestor Qi Jiguang looked forward to Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the dynasty. It was through Zhang Shoufu's name that he was able to receive various preferential treatment from the court, so as to achieve the undefeated record of the Qi family.

But now that the Qi family has entered the court again as an official, the wharf they worship is simply much more powerful than Naizu's.

Although Liu Hongjian was not the first assistant, he was better than the first assistant. He was also the hereditary county king of Ming Dynasty, and he was highly valued and trusted by the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor.

Even recruiting soldiers is just a matter of one sentence. If you dare to ask this kind of prestige, who can compare with it in the world?
"Master Admiral, Lord Deputy Admiral, we are about to arrive at the scheduled sea area!" Chief Officer Bu Jiageng came out of the battleship to report.

"Well, go down first, proceed according to the established strategy!" Qi Yuanfu ordered calmly, and then turned his head to explain the method of training to Liu Hongjian.

That is to say, it is assumed that the Beiyang Navy encounters a well-matched fleet in the target sea area. Of course, this fleet is composed of dozens of target ships.

The main ships of the Beiyang Navy will bombard the target ship. If a target ship is hit by five shells in a row, it will be considered sunk. If two-thirds of the target ship is sunk or damaged, the Beiyang Navy will win.

Of course, the target ship has no attack power, and the operator of the target ship only needs to encircle the Beiyang Navy while constantly evading. If the encirclement is successful, and the target ship still has more than half of the warships that can launch attacks, it is considered Beiyang Navy. The division is defeated.

This kind of combat method is almost the same as actual combat, because there are no empty shells at this time, and the shells fired by various ships are all actual combat shells.

And it is precisely because exercises of this scale are really costly, and there may be casualties if there is a little carelessness, so in more than two months, the Beiyang Navy has only conducted actual combat exercises of this scale twice.

Today's arrangement was originally a routine training, but because of Liu Hongjian's arrival, the Qi family brothers directly raised the specifications, and even pulled out all the target ships. Look, my lord.

"My lord saw those target ships!" Liu Hongjian listened to Qi Yuanfu's explanation, while holding up his binoculars to look towards the southwest sea.

"My lord, the distance is still a bit far, and the hit rate of firing the cannon is too low at this time." Qi Yuanfu also took a telescope from the soldier and looked at it.

The outline of the target ship fleet gradually appeared in the field of vision, and its scale was even larger than that of the Beiyang Navy. Although the target ships were not large, they were only two or three feet long, but they were all clad in steel armor. Next, it looks very bright.

The commander of the target boat was Qi Yuanbi, the eldest son of the Qi family. The two of them came from the same school and knew each other well. But it was also because of this that the naval battle was not a contest.

In the two exercises of the same scale held before, the two brothers both won one and lost one, and they were still not convinced, and they made an appointment to see the real chapter next time.

"My lord, the admiral is on the opposite side this time, let's...do you want to release the water?" A soldier walked out of the target boat with his waist down.

The target ship's defense is amazing, and it is not big, and the deck is even more pitiful, only enough for four or five people to stand on it.

"Fart! Give me [-] points of energy, I don't care who the opponent is, I want to win!" Qi Yuanbi said to the soldier.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the two fleets finally met on a narrow road. Facing the fleet of silver armored target ships, Liu Hongjian felt his blood spurting.

"My lord, it's time." Qi Yuanfu calculated the distance between the two fleets and said calmly when he saw that the target ships had divided into two groups and attacked the Beiyang navy.

"Order the Beiyang navy to attack!" Liu Hongjian issued a battle order.

(End of this chapter)