Kai Fu Han

Chapter 569 Four Great Advisors
The recoil of the artillery was too great.

The reason why the boat was not overturned once was because the hull was well designed. If it were a flat-bottomed boat, it would probably have overturned.

Next, Liu Xinqi watched Gao Yuan lead the naval officers, with the assistance of shipyard craftsmen, to test the impact of artillery fire on the hull again and again.

Although the simple shooting seems monotonous and boring, the feeling of the roar of the cannon still makes people excited and never tire of watching it.

You can imagine how spectacular it will be in the future when several, a dozen, or even hundreds of armored ships rain down artillery shells on the enemy's warships and ports.

Liu Xinqi silently prayed for the future enemies of the Xinghan League: "You must be wise, otherwise you will be waiting with cannons, hehe..."

"The hull can only support half of the artillery fire at most." After the experiment came to an end, Gao Yuan reported to Liu Xinqihui.

"Then how to do it? In future battles, ten artillery pieces will be fired in two batches?" Liu Xinqi asked.

This ironclad ship is already the pinnacle of Xinghan Alliance's technology. It is impossible to build a larger ship for the time being. We must wait for breakthroughs in various technologies before we can go further.

"No, when the artillery fires in salvo, the impact on the ship's hull is too great. The people on board can't do other things at all, they can only hold on to the fixed objects to prevent the shock." Gao Yuan said a result that Liu Xinqi did not expect: "So We can only reduce the number of artillery on the ironclad ship, five on one side, plus one on the front and rear decks, for a total of twelve ship-borne heavy artillery."

"Is that the only way?"

"Yes, otherwise the large number of artillery pieces cannot be used at all, and will only waste valuable space on the ship. Remove the ten artillery pieces, and these free spaces can be used to install some secondary guns of other calibers, close-in defense guns, or other types of weapons and auxiliary weapons. Equipment." Gao Yuan explained.

"It seems that if you want more artillery, you can only build bigger and stronger ships." Liu Xinqi felt a little regretful.

The giant ship and cannon doctrine is the dream of many military enthusiasts, even if it was eventually eliminated.

"Actually, I saw the new double-cell cannon last time, and I already felt that the number of artillery is no longer important. In the future, the increase in the rate of fire of artillery can completely make up for the lack of number of artillery." Gao Yuan guessed.

Liu Xinqi turned to look at Gao Yuan. He didn't expect him to think of this. It was really unexpected.

Judging from the development trend of warships in later generations, the number of artillery guns did increase at first, and then gradually decreased. In the end, a warship only had one main gun.However, later generations had high explosives, powerful artillery and high hit rate, so only one main gun was needed.

In current artillery, solid ammunition is still the main type of ammunition, and the hit rate is also very low. Coupled with the low rate of fire, these shortcomings can only be made up for by the number of artillery.

"It is estimated that it will be some time before mature sub-guns are put on the ship. Even if they are put on the ship, they will not be able to replace the role of the main gun for the time being. It is better to make good use of the current weapons first." Liu Xinqi said.

Due to sealing problems, the breech-loaded sub-cannon cannot yet be used to produce large-caliber heavy artillery.

"clear."

……

In the summer of Kaiyuan 3828, the land of Kyushu seemed very peaceful.

The Kingdom of Jin in the north was licking its wounds, and the Kingdom of Zhao in the south was singing and dancing, and even some small peasant uprisings did not occur.

The puppet Qi in the west seems to have resigned to their fate, and no one dares to come out to be the "leader". The officials of the state capitals form self-government, while preventing the routs and bandits from invading the people, while waiting for the big forces in the southeast, northwest and north to come and take over.

The intelligence agencies of the Xinghan League invaded the territory of Western Liao and Mongolia in the northwest. Western Liao has not yet recovered from the rout of the Central Plains. Mongolia is still in the period of tribal system and cannot see the domineering power of the later Mongolian Yuan Empire.

Liu Xinqi's small life was very nourishing. He went to work at the League Department when he had something to do, wandered around when nothing happened, or went to the research institute to help expand his thinking, or went to the institute to give lectures. Most of the time he stayed at home with Zhou Yue and his mother.

In late June, God opened his eyes and it rained continuously for five or six days, finally relieving the thirsty land.This rain also heralded the end of the 3828-year drought.

While the rain soaked the ground, it also drowned many locust eggs in the ground. I believe that even if the weather is drier this autumn, there will not be as severe a locust plague as in late spring and early summer.

With the improvement of water conservancy facilities and the digging of deep wells in each village, I believe that Xinghan League's autumn harvest this year will be guaranteed.

The food crisis has been fundamentally alleviated.

On June 29, Liu Xinqi came to the staff headquarters.

Even after the establishment of the Military Aircraft Academy for such a long time, Liu Xinqi still holds the post of head of the General Staff Department concurrently.

There are really no suitable talents.

At present, the staff members of the general staff may be familiar with military literature and can formulate feasible combat plans, but there is still a lack of talents with strategic thinking and vision.

In order to prevent himself from being entangled in the trivial matters of the staff department, Liu Xinqi set up four chiefs of staff.

The staff of the staff department are assigned to these four chiefs of staff, who are then led by the four chiefs of staff to formulate prevention and attack plans in response to the enemies in different directions of the Han League.

The First Staff Department is responsible for the war against Jin, and this staff department is also responsible for Xiliao and Mongolia.

The Second Staff Department is responsible for the Puppet Qi and Xixia, plus Tubo and other departments farther west.

The Third Staff Division is responsible for Southern Zhao, plus Dali in the southwest.

The Fourth General Staff Department is responsible for Goryeo and Japan, and this General Staff Department is responsible for the previously arranged Liuqiu strategy.

Each staff department has its own large office, and will organize confrontation drills with each other from time to time to maintain common progress through competition.

Liu Xinqi came to the Fourth Staff Department today.

In the middle of the large office is a huge East China Sea sand table.

The sand table includes several roads near the sea, Goryeo, Wa, and Liuqiu.The farthest north has reached Sakhalin Island, and the farthest south can see the northern part of Mayi (Philippines) Island.

The Ryukyu Islands to the east have been clearly marked on the sand table.

"These islands in the south have been occupied by the Satsuma Kingdom and Osumi Kingdom. They have been ruled for more than ten years. There is no doubt that they legally belong to the Japanese Kingdom." A staff officer pointed to several small islands south of the main island of Saikai Island.

Liu Xinqi didn't know the names of these small islands in later generations, but judging from the map, they were indeed quite close to the main island of Xihai Island.

"Previously, the ships exploring the route have measured it. If we don't use these islands as a transit, and go directly to the big island below, the route distance is more than 1000 and two hundred miles. In the vast sea, this distance is too far. It is typhoon season now, just in case. In the event of a typhoon, there is no place to hide," another staff officer reminded.

Liu Xinqi looked in the direction of the staff officer's finger. He was very unfamiliar with this island and couldn't name it. However, from the map, it seemed that it was not far from Okinawa Island in later generations.

Anyone who watches the news should know the location of Okinawa.

(End of this chapter)