Then Shen Bing asked the soldiers to build ships and build their own ships.
This is fair. Each group of twenty-five people does everything from felling to cutting to making boats by themselves. Anyone who builds a boat that is not of good quality will be lucky after it is launched into the water.
Even if it was for training, it would be uncomfortable to walk in the river on such a cold day.
Of course, these are all done under the guidance of Cang and other craftsmen.
Shen Bing believed that after building one or two ships like this, they would be no stranger to shipbuilding.
This is very necessary, because with this skill, you don't need to worry about running out of boats as long as there are forests.
In this era, forests can be said to be everywhere, so there are boats everywhere.
One problem is the hand saw used for sawing wood... Shen Bing has always wanted to replace this thing when he was still an engineer.
Qin Jun's hand saws were all short saws for one person, with the handle directly above the saw blade, making sawing wood very inconvenient and time-consuming.
As the saying goes, "If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools." If this tool is not used well, it will prolong the shipbuilding time of the army to a great extent, which is not a good thing.
So Shen Bing drew a sketch and gave it to Cang and explained:
"Go and make this thing."
Cang turned around and went to do it without saying anything.
This is not something difficult, it is just a modern saw, and Cang can make it according to the drawing in less than an hour.
He flashed the saw in front of Shen Bing and asked for credit:
"Senior brother, this thing is a bit troublesome."
"Because this saw blade requires two hand saws put together to achieve this length."
"For this reason, I even went to the swordsman to ask for a favor. He was the one who fused the hand saw together."
Shen Bing said "hmm" and took the saw and looked at it. The only difference from modern saws was that the saw blade was thicker.
this is normal.
Because the saw is not simple at all, if the speed is too fast when sawing wood, it will cause "friction and heat", and then the saw blade will easily break.
Modern saw blades use steel saw blades with better toughness. At this time, bronze saw blades were used, which were of course thicker.
Cang continued:
"Senior brother, the blade master said he is willing to follow you, you see..."
Shen Bing replied without thinking:
"You go back to him and learn to ride a horse!"
Blade masters are responsible for maintaining bows, swords and other weapons and equipment. Of course, the navy needs talents in this field, and there is nothing wrong with hiring them under special circumstances.
Cang responded happily, turned around and was about to reply, but she said "Huh".
It turned out that Shen Bing had already held the saw and tried it on a piece of wood, but he saw a rhythmic sound of sawing, and a thigh-thick piece of wood was sawed into two pieces in a short while.
This would have taken a quarter of an hour with a hand saw.
Cang is a carpenter, and he can ignore Shen Bing's other inventions, but to him, the saw in front of him is no different than the sword in the hands of a swordsman.
So he immediately stopped his feet and turned around, looked at the saw and swallowed hard:
"Senior brother, this...just this change will bring such benefits?"
"Can you cut wood so quickly?"
Shen Bing raised the saw and explained:
"Simple, change the saw blade to this length just enough to open and close with one hand."
"Adding grips on both sides allows you to hold it sideways, so that's the advantage."
Cang nodded blankly, and after a while he came to his senses and said:
"I'm going to ask the blade master to make another one..."
As he spoke, he disappeared in a flash.
Of course Shen Bing doesn't care if Cang Qu imitates it.
In fact, he had to ask the blade master to make hundreds more, so that they would be enough for the navy to use.
Shen Bing took the opportunity to find Yang Duanhe.
Shen Bing was there to complain about his misery:
"General, when it comes to forming a navy army, I'm afraid my subordinates are powerless!"
"General, it's better to hire another Gao Ming!"
Yang Duan and Qidao:
"Why?"
Shen Bing replied:
"Those soldiers are all surrendered by Wei State."
"There is not a single piece of armor, a crossbow, or an arrow in the whole army."
"General, the navy relies solely on bows and crossbows to defeat the enemy. If you only have a sword in your waist...how can you defeat the enemy?"
Yang Duan said "Oh" and then replied:
"The crossbows will be sent to the Navy soon."
"As for armor...that still needs to be done after you have achieved military merit!"
This is normal. The knightless warriors were originally used as crossbowmen on the battlefield, but the armor was only issued to those who reached the second level of knighthood, that is, the upper class.
Shen Bing was not content with this:
"General, but now we have no chance to make meritorious service and be promoted to a higher rank."
"If there is, I'm afraid it will be against the Chu navy in the future."
"When……"
Shen Bing doesn’t need to say anything more next.
The situation is indeed as Shen Bing said, there is basically no battle left at this time.
Yan State?
The Qin army had long been frightened into hiding in the city and did not dare to come forward. Moreover, the Qin army had looted food and made people angry. It would be great if the domestic problems could be solved.
Qi State?
Still being fooled by the envoy, he had no intention of going to war.
Then there is only Chu State.
Does that mean that it is a hell-level difficulty from the beginning, allowing Shen Bing and his team to face the Chu navy without armor?
Yang Duanhe seemed to have never thought of this issue until now, he couldn't help but frowned and nodded:
"That makes sense."
"As a result, the navy will probably suffer countless casualties before the second-level nobles can even equip themselves with armor."
Seeing Yang Duanhe being so reasonable, Shen Bing could not help but happily raised his hands and said:
"What the general said is true."
"That's why I thought I should be extraneous to the law and give the navy a batch of armor first."
"At least an officer must have armor..."
Yang Duanhe didn't want to but raised his hand to interrupt Shen Bing:
"This matter is easy to handle."
As he spoke, Yang Duanhe took out a map and spread it in front of Shen Bing:
"Captain, please look at this picture."
"If the Wei State is included in our Da Qin territory, the water network in Daliang and the north will be on the border with the Chu State."
"At this time, the Chu army is defeated and the flood has not receded. The Chu navy may not be able to cause trouble."
"But if spring comes next year..."
"The navy of Chu State will definitely use Caozhou as its base to use the water network to harass everywhere."
"Then you'll have the chance to make a contribution!"
Shen Bing couldn't help but be stunned.
What the hell, I'm here to get equipment, not to fight.
And spring next year will only last a few months, right?
Does this mean you only train for a few months before going to the battlefield?
However, Shen Bing could not refute.
Because the Chu navy in the Caozhou area is not the main force, their main force is in the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River area!
Most of these naval forces were "guerrillas" sent by the Chu State to harass people, such as crossing rivers to burn food, making sneak attacks, etc.
Wouldn't that be a good time to train Shen Bing and his party?
"But general!" Shen Bing said: "Even so, an officer still needs a few sets..."
Yang Duan nodded heavily and said:
"That makes sense, I'll send someone to deliver a set of armor to Colonel Zuo after you've been waiting for a moment!"