Xiao Chen was speechless when he saw the three people being driven back by Qin Gang.
It doesn't matter if you come back, it's going to rain, or your mother wants to get married, just let it be.
We still have to do business.
After Dugulou occupied Jinsha City, he immediately sent more than a dozen speedboats to check the naval battle situation outside Shunfeng Port. The situation was not good either.
Taking advantage of the right time and place, the Ross warship set up an ambush at sea and surrounded Li Shi's main fleet. The pirates responsible for covering the flanks bravely attacked, but five warships were sunk by others...
But the pirates' life-threatening tactics were really fierce. Bearded Nelson's warship was turned into a sea of flames by artillery fire, but he refused to leave. Before the ship sank, he personally steered the warship and rammed it directly into a Ross warship, followed by
They die together!
Just before the collision, a few loyal men pushed him into the sea and saved his life. However, the beard that he had always been proud of was completely burned by the fire.
Three large Zhou warships were sunk, and more than thirty small and medium-sized warships were lost. However, seven Russian armored warships were also sunk in this battle. They were evenly matched and both sides suffered losses.
Overall, the situation isn't too bad.
The fleet sent by the Russians to snipe was the Third Fleet, and their main warships were all assembled on the north side of Shunfeng Port, because they also knew that the real opponent in this naval battle was not the Great Zhou Navy, but the Japanese navy, which was as powerful as them.
fleet……
Xiao Chen decided to join the war.
"Currently we have captured forty Russian warships. Although these warships are river ships, they can still participate in operations in offshore waters." At the military meeting, Dugulou pointed at a chart and said, "Within ten days.
, this large area of sea outside Shunfeng Harbor does not have waves exceeding one foot, so these warships can be dispatched."
There is still a difference between a river ship and a sea ship.
Because the sea has high winds and waves and a long voyage, sea-going ships are relatively stronger than river ships and their tonnage is relatively larger.
There are almost no strong winds and waves in rivers, so river boats are generally flat-bottomed, and three-story or even five-six-story buildings can be built on them. However, this cannot be done for sea-going ships. Because of the strong wind and waves on the sea, the hull will easily tilt if it is too high.
The bottom of the boat is also generally in the shape of a garden bilge.
The operational flexibility of river ships is relatively high, but the speed is lower than that of sea-going ships. The sides of river ships are very low, while those of sea-going ships are very high. The locations of the anchor holes of the other two types of ships are also different. Sea-going ships often
The anchor holes are located at the bow and stern of the ship, but river boats are generally located at the bow...
The small warships built by Gongsun Ban and others all have high sides and bilge-shaped bottoms. They were originally intended for naval warfare. They are simple to operate, highly maneuverable, and have strong hulls. The only drawback is that they cannot sail on oceans.
Because this kind of warship is designed for fighting, the cabin is extremely small. In addition to the crew rest cabin, there is an ammunition cabin. Only a small part of the space is used to load some pemmican and fresh water.
In addition, the hull is too small and cannot withstand strong winds and waves, so these warships can only operate in coastal waters, and their maximum range is only about a hundred miles.
It belongs to the defensive battleship sequence.
The sea area where the Great Zhou Combined Fleet and the Ross Fleet fought was only a few dozen miles away from the coast, so these small warships could be put into use.
Because their battleships were small in size, they were unable to fight Ross's armored ships head-on. They could only adopt wolf pack tactics. Simply put, they pounced on them like a swarm of swarms, biting them one after another, turning around and running away after the bite.
Anyway, the opponent can't catch up, because the target is small, even if it catches up, it will be difficult to aim and hit. It doesn't matter even if it sinks, we have more than 600 ships anyway...
This tactic can achieve quite good results on a relatively narrow water surface like the Bailong River. If it is on a wide and endless ocean, it can even give full play to its advantages of maneuverability and flexibility!
Six hundred small warships, plus forty captured medium-sized warships, already have the size of a fleet.
In addition to the battleships, Liu Fuhai's hot-air balloon corps will also participate in the war. Now that there are large ships, the hot-air balloons can take off directly from the deck of the ship, which can greatly save fuel and increase their combat radius and time.
This magical unit became famous in the first battle at Golden Beach, and now no one dares to underestimate them.
Everyone calls them the Heavenly Army, and those ‘outlaws’ are respectfully called the ‘Heavenly Soldiers’.
But the current ‘Heavenly General’ is no longer Liu Fuhai, but Yue Zhonglin.
Liu Fuhai has no objection to this. As long as his inventions can be recognized, he will be happy. As for leading troops to fight?
He didn't have any interest either.
Besides, Xiao Chen has now assigned him an important research and development task, which is to create a completely sealed tin can.
Xiao Chen's cannery already has a prototype, but it has never been able to be officially put into production because this most difficult subject has never been overcome.
Xiao Chen didn't know much about canning, he just knew it but didn't know why, so he couldn't put forward any specific opinions on this. He could only let the technicians explore while making.
Before, Liu Fuhai concentrated on the development of hot air balloons and had no time to take care of such trivial matters. Now that he has basically completed the task, and this guy is a workaholic, Xiao Chen simply handed over this very challenging problem to him.
Got him.
The requirements are very simple. There must be no air in the can and it must be in a vacuum-compressed state so that the food can be stored longer.
Theoretically, as long as the shelf life can reach three years, it is enough, and two years is also acceptable, but of course, the longer the shelf life, the better.
Canned food is both military food and civilian food. Xiao Chen is also planning to make a lot of money from it, so he has invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.
This also led to Chen Jisheng's dissatisfaction. He scolded him more than once for not doing his job properly. This was an investment made by Xiao Chen with his own money, otherwise the old man would have tortured him to death!
Xiao Chen didn't make any excuses. Anyway, when the cannery makes money, you old man must not be jealous.
"I originally planned to fight the Russians on land, but I didn't expect it to be at sea." Miyamoto Gozo didn't like the sea very much.
Because like Linger before him, he suffers from severe seasickness.
"Mr. Miyamoto, you don't actually have to fight with us. You are Japan's special envoys. If something happens, I won't be able to explain it to General Shaoyan Mingguang." Xiao Chen said.
"You don't have to worry about Xiao Chen-kun." Kinoshita Yoshiro said, "We are not people who are afraid of life and death. We must participate in this battle."
"Okay, this is the sincere cooperation between our two countries. I hope that through fighting side by side this time, our relationship will be deeper." Xiao Chen said this to Kinoshita Yoshiro, but it was Kudo who was looking at him.
Nako.
Kudo Nako, who had changed into a military uniform, looked unique and charming, which made Xiao Chenchun's heart flutter slightly.