Wanli 1592

Chapter 153 Armed North Korean Navy (Part [-])
Li Sunchen was excited, and Admiral Xiao's determination to fight was so firm, then the restoration of Korea was imminent, and the Japanese pirates in Busan would not be a worry.

He has also suffered a great loss from Pusan ​​Wacheng, and he knows how powerful Wacheng is, so he dare not attack Busan Port lightly.

When passing the Ming army camp, Li Shunchen suddenly saw the terrifying artillery of the Ming army artillery camp, and was stunned: "Admiral, then, are those firecrackers?"

Xiao Ruxun looked at the cannons in the artillery camp, and nodded: "Yes, that is the cannon I ordered someone to transform it with a Frang machine gun. It moves fast, has strong firepower, and can climb mountains. These vehicles and artillery made a great contribution to defeating the Japanese pirates quickly, what's wrong?"

"Fran's machine gun? Is... is it a new type of fire gun developed by the Celestial Dynasty? Dare I ask what the range is? How powerful is it?"

Facing Li Sunchen's question, Xiao Ruxun was stunned for a moment, and then he understood Li Sunchen's question.

At this moment, North Korea, which is basically in the Middle Ages, is extremely backward in terms of firearms. Their light and heavy firearms are still in the Hongwu Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. As far as artillery is concerned, it may be better to call it an injector, which has a short spray distance and low power.

It can only be said that Japanese pirates can only use iron cannons in naval battles, and it can be said that they are not the same as Yi Sunshin's weapons and equipment.

Compared with the navy of the Ming army, both the Japanese pirate navy and the Korean navy are at the child level. The mainstream firearms equipped by the Ming army navy are all artillery. The Ming army ships have a large draft and tonnage, which can bear recoil Strong artillery.

Similarly, the Korean navy, which is in the same line of regulation as the Ming navy, has the ability to carry artillery, while the Japanese navy is far from capable. Their ships have shallow drafts, small tonnage, and the recoil of the artillery is too large. Can't bear it, so they obviously have artillery, but they can't equip the navy.

Yi sun-shin was able to use that old firepower fleet to destroy one-third of Japan's main battle navy, which is enough to imagine that the Japanese navy is backward in tactics and equipment. If their equipment is only iron guns and some It is not difficult to eat them, as long as the navy of the Ming army gathers together and has a regular face-to-face decisive battle with the navy of the Japanese army, I dare not say that they will be completely wiped out. command of the sea.

There are no planes these days, and losing control of the sea is equivalent to losing the right to use the entire sea area at the same time. What do the Japanese pirates in Busan eat and wear?
As long as they were forced to surrender after they ran out of ammunition and food, that would be Xiao Ruxun's victory, and also Li Sunshin's victory.

"That's right, these are new-style firecrackers with a range of several miles and great power. They can be used to open flower bullets or to shoot solid bullets. They were obtained by Da Ming from those Francois, and then It has been improved a bit, and equipped in the army, it is indeed very easy to use, and even the iron cannon of the Japanese pirates has learned the technology from the Fran robot, and then improved it by itself, so it is indeed more powerful."

Li Sunchen looked at those new equipment, his eyes sparkled.

"Admiral, as far as the general knows, the Japanese pirates did not equip their battleships with these Franc guns. They can only use iron cannons to attack our army from a distance, and then try to approach our ships for close combat. The firearms used by our navy are still very old. Firearms have an extremely short range and limited power, so they can still defeat the Japanese pirate fleet, the general thought, if the warship can be equipped with such sharp weapons, why not defeat the Japanese pirates?"

Li Sunchen's meaning was very clear. He wanted to equip his fleet with these Francophone guns, which would definitely inflict heavy damage on the Japanese pirates. Xiao Ruxun did not question this point, and had already had this intention.

In the surrounding vassal states, there are not many obedient ones like North Korea, so it is not wrong for North Korea to rank first in the foreign vassal sequence of Ming Dynasty. They strengthen their strength, and it is possible to pull them out to expedition to Japan together at that time, not to mention that Xiao Ruxun will solve the problem of flintlock guns when he goes back this time, and can update the weapons of the Ming army. Spray.

He had already asked Song Yingchang for a batch of artillery to be placed in the army, and he planned to equip the only remaining navy in North Korea, and then waited to cooperate with the Daming navy to land on Tsushima Island together. Daming is currently short of troops. It is necessary to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Korean army and use it as cannon fodder when necessary. The Ming army should not lose too much, otherwise the pressure on North Korea and China will increase accordingly.

The reason why the imperial court still has the upper hand is that the main combat faction has the upper hand because of its continuous victories and small losses. The court's face is embraced, and the mood is naturally good, so it supports itself to continue fighting. The Zhan faction raises its head, and when the time comes when an order to withdraw troops and discuss peace is issued, will Xiao Ruxun cry or cry bitterly?
Li Shunchen waited for Xiao Ruxun's reply, Xiao Ruxun smiled, pointed to those Frang machine guns and said: "Actually, the governor had this intention a long time ago, and this time I called General Li to come with some ideas. The Japanese pirates' weapons are sharp and expensive. If the country does not strengthen its own firearms, it may be difficult to resist the invasion of Japanese pirates, so the governor plans to set up an ordnance workshop in Jeolla Province, specializing in the production of gunpowder artillery and shells for use by the army."

Li Sunchen was overjoyed upon hearing this.

As early as in Kaesong, Xiao Ruxun communicated with Liu Chenglong about the construction of firearms workshops in North Korea. When Xiao Ruxun led the army to set off, Liu Chenglong also returned to Seoul to report this matter to Li Yan. He has long been envious of the sharpness, but Xiao Ruxun didn't mention it, and he was too embarrassed to ask Xiao Ruxun for it. This time Xiao Ruxun offered it, and he was very happy.

So Xiao Ruxun was given the right to do things cheaply, and he could find a place in Jeolla-do to produce artillery and shells, and he could use any manpower as long as he had it.

But the money is gone.

This Li Yan is also pitiful. The three capitals have been destroyed. The hard work of more than a dozen generations of North Koreans has been destroyed. The population has also lost hundreds of thousands. This disaster directly caused North Korea’s national power to retreat for more than 20 years. Now even the officials are about to die. No salary, let alone money to set up a firearms workshop for Xiao Ruxun.

Because of this, Li Yan rejected Xiao Ruxun's proposal to set up a bird gun workshop, saying that we only need cannons from the Heavenly Soldiers, and that things like bird guns are not practical, so let's forget it!

Xiao Ruxun naturally didn't object, he didn't want it himself, it wasn't that I didn't give it.

There are people in Li Sunshin's hands. There are many people. They are refugees from all over the country who come to him for protection. Maybe they can get some food subsidies from Xiao Ruxun. After this period of time, they will be able to resume farming and harvest food in the spring of next year.

Coming to Xiao Ruxun's tent, Xiao Ruxun asked Li Shunchen about the current naval equipment and types of naval ships of the Japanese army.

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