Otherworldly Castle Era

Chapter 45 New ship

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Huo Qubing and the other four entered the military pavilion. Although their military ranks were also upgraded by one level, and they belonged to “Beijing officials”, as if they were further away from the center of power, they had no military power anymore.

Regarding the transfer of these four people, even as suggested by Li Jing, according to Li Jing, there is no war in Xia Guo in a short period of time, and the military cabinet has long lacked experienced generals.

Now the four people are transferred back to Zhongjing City, one is to continue to improve the system of the military pavilion, the other is to give up their positions to the young people behind, and the third is for Xia Guo’s long-term stability.

Just as there were “iron-struck battalions and flowing soldiers” in the various armies of the State of Xia, the exchange of these generals now can be regarded as a kind of “iron-struck army, flowing generals”.

The Military Command and Staff Headquarters of the Military Pavilion has always been the only person in charge such as Li Jing. Now that Huo Qubing, Di Qing and others have arrived, the Military Command and Staff Headquarters has an opportunity to perform its original duties.

Originally, Li Jing wanted to bring back the four chiefs of staff, including Lu Su. However, for the stability of the army, Yang Song first made the four chiefs of staff serve as the chief officers of each division, and then selected outstanding talents to serve as chiefs of staff. Solve the problem of prestige within the army.

As for the navy, Li Bao also lost the power to directly control the fleet, and became a simple minister of the navy, just like Li Jing. Although there is no direct military commander, he still has a lot of power.

To put it bluntly, the generals who entered the military pavilion in Zhongjing City have the right to transfer troops but not the power to command troops, while the generals outside have the power to command troops but not the power to dispatch troops.

After Li Bao handed over the command of the fleet, Yang Song decided to divide the original offshore defense fleet into two, except for the unchanged exploration fleet. The first fleet was dedicated to naval battles, and the second fleet was an amphibious assault fleet.

In the past, Yang Song and Li Bao’s plan for the navy was divided into two parts: the offshore defense fleet and the ocean offensive fleet. Then I know that the offshore defense fleet alone was enough to be used later. In addition, the navy’s talents are severely lacking, so the ocean offensive fleet is Immediately died.

Because of this, Li Bao can be said to be in charge of all the power of Xia Guo’s navy. Although Li Bao has no two minds, it is not conducive to the long-term stability of Xia Guo.

So Yang Song took advantage of this opportunity and solved the navy’s problem. If this delay continues, even if Li Bao doesn’t think much about it, the rest of the people may not be sure.

The commander of the naval fleet is a newly created position by Yang Song. In the past, Li Bao led the navy alone. Now that it is divided into several fleets, there must be a corresponding position.

The rank of the commander is the third rank, and the corresponding rank is the title major general or lieutenant general.

The commander of the First Fleet was Zhao Tao. Originally, the commander of the Exploration Fleet had not improved his rank, but his power had increased a lot.

The current commander of the exploratory fleet is Wei Jing, the former adjutant of the exploratory fleet. Wei Jing, like Duan Jin and Ding Hong, is a freshman academy officer.

The commander of the Second Fleet was the brigade commander of the original Marine Brigade, and Xiang Chenlai was the commander of the amphibious offensive fleet, which was a fancy for his rich experience in landing operations.

The brigade commander of the Marine Brigade was served by the former deputy brigade commander-Duan Jin, a freshman general, and the chief of staff was also served by the former deputy chief of staff Ding Honglai.

As for the organization of the two fleets, because Yang Song learned that the new battleship was about to be successfully developed, he did not plan to finalize it immediately, but split the original offshore defense fleet for temporary use as a transitional purpose.

Anyway, in the near future, Xia Guo will not launch a war with foreign countries. As for foreign threats, the potential threat of the army is mainly in the West. Xia Guo is not afraid of this.

As for the threat from the sea, it can be said that there is basically no threat. Even if there are some **** requirements, the current warships have been used for a long time.

Even if a new type of warship is developed and designed, it will not be possible to completely replace all the navy’s warships overnight. There will be a process during this period.

Because the new-style battleship is a wooden ship with iron armor, it is foreseeable that Xia Guo will have a great demand for cold wood in the future. For this, Yang Song has asked the Ministry of Commerce to go to the Ice and Snow Kingdom for contact.

Speaking of cold wood produced in severe cold regions, the ship, which was made entirely of cold wood by chance, was tested during this period of time, and it was found that the hardness of the cold wood itself is comparable to steel, and it also has anti-corrosion properties. , Anti-insect characteristics, is simply a natural shipbuilding material.

Even if the new battleship has not been developed, without Li Baolai’s suggestion, Yang Song intends to build all of Xia Guo’s battleships with this kind of cold wood. This is enough to protect Xia’s supremacy over the ocean.

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On the seventh day of July in the seventh year of Qiyuan, in this romantic festival, the institute gave Yang Song and Xia Guo a big gift.

After more than a year of research and development, the new battleship was finally completed, along with the improved new artillery and the most important marine steam power system.

After Yang Song learned of the report from the research institute, he immediately went from the backyard of the imperial palace to the imperial study room as a small imperial conference.

“Cunzhong Has it succeeded?” Yang Song couldn’t wait to ask loudly before entering the door.

After Yang Song entered the imperial study room, he realized that there were quite a few people in the imperial study room.

“See Your Majesty.” Li Jing, Li Bao, Shen Kuo, Qi Jiguang, Zhuang Wei and others are impressively listed.

“No gift.” Yang Song Dama Jindao sat in his seat, and said: “Is it all here? Hurry up and talk about it, but I am looking forward to my new sea weapon.”

“Return to your Majesty.” Shen Kuo replied first: “The new-style wooden ship, iron armored steam-sail hybrid ship has been successfully developed!”

“Wooden boat iron armored steam-sail hybrid power?” Yang Song repeated in a low voice the very long series of names mentioned by Shen Kuo, and then nodded: “In detail, how is the wooden boat iron armored steam-sail hybrid method?”

The wooden boat and iron armor Yang Song knows it, it is a wooden hull, plus steel armor; as the name suggests, he can guess the steam-sail hybrid power, but he still needs to understand the details.

Shen Kuo replied: “His Majesty, according to your Majesty’s will last year, with the joint efforts of the ministers, General Qi and all the researchers, the use of cold wood as the hull material of the new ship, and the replacement of key parts such as the keel with steel, successfully developed This new type of warship came out.”

“The steam-sail hybrid power is because it is safe.” Shen Kuo continued to answer: “Although the marine steam engine has been developed, its power is relatively weak and not enough to fully drive the ship to sail, so steam power is only an auxiliary power. .”

Hearing this, Yang Song couldn’t help being a little disappointed. The all-steam-powered battleship he expected still did not appear, but he was relieved in a blink of an eye. Thinking about it, technological innovation also requires a process, and it certainly cannot be accomplished overnight.