Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 395

[Chapter 395 The Horn of War]

sun is westward, and the sunlight passes through the branches of the trees, casting spots of light on the battleship.

Zhao Xu led Zhou Yi and the students down from the river bank to the edge of the deep pit in the dry dock.

Here, a crossbar rests on the deck of a battleship and along a concrete wall.

At this moment, the eyes of Zhou Yi and the students are straight.

Although they both trained in Pingcheng, they were also not allowed to approach the Naval Division.

Now, seeing such a huge battleship lying in front of him, the shock in his heart is no less than seeing a meteor falling in front of him.

Thinking that this was the battleship they were about to control, all of them flushed with excitement.

Many students can’t wait to jump on the battleship and kiss the deck immediately.

Zhang Yazi was also among the students, and he looked at the battleship with admiration as if he saw Erya in the village.

“My mother, even if this big baby hits, it can smash the warship of Goryeo into pieces.” Zhang Yazi said with emotion.

The students around him had learned a little about battleships in the school.

Pointing to the small window on the side of the battleship, he said: “This battleship is not used to ram the enemy, but to hit the enemy’s ship with cannon.”

“Cannon?” Zhang Yazi felt that his head was not enough.

During the Battle of Yanguan, rumors about the artillery spread.

He heard that a single cannon shot would destroy both men and horses.

I didn’t expect that this artillery could be installed on a warship.

Thinking of this, he became more and more excited.

“This thing is the mast. The soft sail has not been hung yet. It will be hung after launching. It is the most difficult thing to maneuver on a battleship.” Zhao Xu walked through the crossbar and came to the deck, pointing to the three He stood up and said roughly.

Zhou Yi nodded, with the expression of a student, listening humbly.

“The tallest disk-like thing is the watchtower. When the warship is moving, someone needs to be on it to watch the situation on the sea.”

“This is the alarm bell. Once you encounter an enemy, you can ring the alarm bell.”

The deck of the sailing warship Basically, it is a map of Pingchuan.

After a brief introduction, he led Zhou Yi and others down the steps into the warship.

At this time, a strong smell of wood came to the nostrils.

“This is the resting place for the crew.”

“This is the gun emplacement.” Zhao Xu introduced as he walked.

Under his introduction, Zhou Yi and others had a general understanding of the structure of the battleship.

Today, he doesn’t expect the students to be thoroughly familiar with the battleship, but just to open their eyes.

Soon, they will be training on the battleship every day.

In the evening, everyone left from the Ship Division.

Zhao Xu ordered the county guard to prepare a courtyard for lectures in the city.

In the following time, he gave lectures every morning, taught them the calculation of latitude and longitude, and triangle angles, and took them to simulate sailing on a battleship in the afternoon.

In addition to the students, Zhou Yi also transferred the naval soldiers to train together.

After all, generals need to master navigation skills, and soldiers are needed to control sails and fight wars.

Four days later, the Bingzhang Division sent over the first sextant, and he simply went directly to the battleship to teach on-site, and at the same time urged the Bingzhang Division to send the artillery used for the battleship to Pingcheng.

When the battleship was completed, the artillery was put on board.

During this period of time, Bing Zhan Sijiao no longer delivered artillery to Chang Wei.

Because the number of artillery has long been enough.

So what has been manufactured is actually the naval guns on the battleships.

This kind of artillery is the same as the siege artillery, which is a heavy artillery.

The contemporary red cannon is imitated by the Dutch naval gun.

While Zhao Xu was training the navy, Chang Wei was not idle.

At this time, in a wilderness in Wu’an County, Zhongli led cavalry pretending to be Beidi cavalry to attack the chariot formation again and again.

They used crossbows instead of Beidi’s bows and arrows, but the arrows fired had no arrowheads.

Facing the circle of vehicles one by one, Zhong Li was helpless.

In the end, he had to give up his horse and play the role of Beidi infantry in hand-to-hand combat.

But the fusiliers in the car formation kept shooting. When they entered the car formation with heavy casualties, they faced the soldiers who had been waiting for a long time, and they turned them over with wooden sticks wrapped in cloth.

What’s even more hateful is that the artillerymen also hid in the chariot formation. They pushed the artillery to be flush with the chariots, and bombarded them through the gaps between the chariots.

During the charge, they were constantly judged to be attrition.

There are also cavalry in the chariot formation. Once they are defeated, the soldiers of the palace will open the iron chains and let the cavalry rush out to pursue.

“All killed!”

shouted the general directing the exercise after another charge.

Zhongli heard the words, and said to Chang Wei at this time: “General, let someone else play Beidi, this battle can’t be fought.”

Chang Wei patted Zhongli on the shoulder, “Keep going, no one else is as good as you, Over the past few days, the general has accumulated a lot of experience, which will be very useful in the battlefield in the future.”

Seeing Zhongli, he still looked unloved.

He said: “Back to Yan City, I will give you three altars of royal palace wine.”

Zhongli stood up immediately after hearing this, full of energy, “That’s it.”

Seeing this, Chang Wei laughed and scolded: “You are Wanting to blackmail the general’s wine.”

Zhong Li just dodged Chang Wei’s leg sweep, and ran away laughing.

Not long after, the bullhorn sounded again, and Zhongli played the role of Beidi cavalry and rushed towards the chariot formation again.

The drills of the infantry and the training of the navy were in full swing, and the days passed.

September 24th in the 23rd year of Taihe.

Zhao Xu received news from the capital.

The army of the Northern Expedition will arrive on the fifth day of October.

Then the war will begin.

“The battleship can be launched.” Zhao Xu said to Chen Shou upon hearing the news.

At this moment, he was on the battleship. Although the weather had turned cold, he was covered in sweat.

There are several stoves burning charcoal on the ground of the dry dock at the moment, raising the temperature here very high.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Chen Shou was also waiting for this day. Although it was not perfect, the battleship was finally about to launch.

He immediately had the dry dock cleared and the furnace removed.

Then people opened the gate valve facing the river, and the river quickly poured in. As the water level rose, the battleship continued to float up, and finally reached the level of the river.

The same is true for other dry docks, where warships float up from the dry dock ground.

Seeing that Zhou Yi and the others were all excited, Zhao Xu said, “What are you waiting for? After practicing for so many days, it’s time for you to actually operate the battleships.

” The captain and the first officer are still on the crew, and all are in place.”

The captains of the twelve warships were selected based on the results of the drill during this period.

They all mastered the proficient use of the sextant and the identification of latitude and longitude maps.

At the moment, the only thing they lack is the experience of actually entering the sea.

However, he wasn’t too worried about this.

The Koryo Navy is not necessarily stronger than them, even if they are pecking at each other, they still have the advantage of crushing.

Looking at the naval soldiers who started to get busy, Zhao Xu turned his gaze to the north.

The horn of war finally sounded.

Beidi wanted to attack him from the sea this time, and he was bound to die an ugly death.

(end of this chapter)