Under Wen Desi's promise to "teach the secrets of building Western ships," Zhang Ji started work enthusiastically. He selected some people to work with him. Wen Desi was very interested in ancient shipbuilding techniques, so he and Li The army's platoon stayed together to watch the shipbuilding. The navy showed a completely different interest. Not only did Fubo go back and forth every three to five days, but he also successively transported the cadets assigned to the navy to Baitu and gave them to Zhang Machines are used as part-time workers, and the intuitive experience of learning shipbuilding is intuitive. Although future shipbuilding engineers are trained in technical schools, the Navy believes that it is also necessary to train officers who have some knowledge of shipbuilding technology-if possible, the future shipyards should be trained by the Navy. control.
Wen Desi knew very well about Xiao Jiujiu in the Navy, but his own hobbies gave him a natural preference for the Navy, so he turned a blind eye by pretending to be confused and continued the cross-time and space technical exchanges with Zhang Jiji.
Wen Desi discovered that Zhang Jiji was actually a model master. He could use very simple woodworking tools to make various models of sea ships. Not only could he build them, but the proportions of each component were accurate and they could be easily disassembled. It turned out that this It was his technical secret. To put it bluntly, it was the equal-proportion enlargement method. Although this method was a bit primitive, it was very effective. Wen Desi knew that European shipbuilders had also used a similar method, and every time they built a ship, the rule was to make a model first. The legacy of this approach.
Zhang Jiji knew very little about mathematics and geometry, and his drawing skills were no more than graffiti. However, he kept all the data about the size, structure, and dimensions of these ships firmly in his mind. Wen Desi admired this very much - Many of the skilled craftsmen in ancient China were illiterate and did not understand algorithms, but they were able to rely on the experience passed down from generation to generation to make ingenious items. They were indeed unique.
Seeing Zhang Ji making a ship model, Wen Desi couldn't help but get excited. Since he had nothing to do to supervise shipbuilding, he might as well start making a model of a ketch. Once he had the model, it would be easier to communicate with Zhang Ji.
He has always been a survival maniac. He carries basic weapons, food and tools with him wherever he goes. The materials are convenient here, so he immediately found them and started making them.
Zhang Ji was even more impressed by the fact that a "learned man" like Wen Desi could make a delicate ship model. In his opinion, learned people are all good at writing and can do such craftsmanship by themselves. He had never seen it before. After work every day, he would go to Wen Desi's house to look at the model of this Western ship. The two of them would also exchange ideas on making ship models. Wen De Si would also take the opportunity to tell him some simple knowledge about ship types and sail shapes.
While Wen Desi was living a leisurely life making models in Baitu, the time-travelers were busy working day in and day out in Bopu and Bairen City. There were numerous projects to be launched, and there were calls for supplies and labor everywhere. In short supply, Ma Qianzhu, who is in charge of daily work as a member of the Planning Committee, has become the busiest person. He is busy with material distribution, labor deployment, and coordinating the relationship between various departments - who should use the limited materials and labor first? Often there will be great disputes. This kind of dispute will be mixed with the personal grievances that gradually formed in work and life after the D-Day. The personal grievances between the leaders of the professional groups will eventually become the personal grievances between the two professional groups. Conflicts. Any trivial matter would lead to debates and quarrels, and members of the executive committee had to often be busy mediating disputes. Xiao Zishan once sneakily approached Ma Qianzhu to ask if he should take back the guns of the team leaders.
"Why?" Ma Qianzhu thought that the current situation was so dangerous, and he wanted to distribute pistols to everyone.
"In case the quarrel gets heated up, and on impulse -" Xiao Zishan made a gesture of drawing a gun.
"No, no, Zishan, are you a psychopath?" Ma Qianzhu disagreed.
In addition to being busy with such daily tasks, Ma Qianzhu, as chief of staff, also has to deal with military issues.
The attack on Baitu Village successfully injected a shot of stimulant into the group. The new army and the weapons manufactured by Yuanzhong have withstood the test of actual combat, which made people in the industrial and military departments very excited - just talk on paper. Ten years later, I have seen a real battle and won it.
Ma Qianzhu was not as excited as the masses. Although he did not participate in this expedition, he generally knew from Xi Yazhou's mouth the various problems exposed during the whole process. The status of the army was not as optimistic as the masses imagined. .Intensifying troop training was the only way. He ignored the repeated objections of the mechanical department and raised the priority of ammunition production to the first place. This caused the lead reserves in the industrial department to drop sharply. Ji Situi also reminded him that the chemical industry department no longer had any How much saltpeter has been stored? A large amount of saltpeter has been used in gunpowder production, and nitric acid production has almost completely stopped.
"If we are defeated, what's the point of having so much nitric acid?"
Ji Sidui shrugged and did not continue the argument with him. Ma Qianzhu didn't know the important role of nitric acid in the modern industrial system, but at present, there were dangers and possible enemies everywhere, so he had to resort to force.
There has been no response since Shi Shishi sent the message of the peace talks with Mr. Zhu Cai, and he has no clue whether it is a peace or a war. Ma Qianju even doubts whether the little pirate leader has sent the message. The time traveler is currently facing various concerns on the sea. The situation of the group is unknown, and the news from Guangzhou is often vague, leaving Ma Qianzhu confused. The only thing available now is the first year of Chongzhen (1628) compiled by the intelligence data team from historical materials. The trends of various maritime groups.
It happened that he was on duty at the communication center today. Listening to the noisy conversations on the public channel, he decided to read this information quickly so that he could replace the non-existent staff and formulate a combat plan.
As the number one enemy of the time travellers, Zheng Zhilong officially accepted recruitment in July this year, achieving his goal of controlling foreign trade through his legal status. His friend Li Kuiqi defected "due to uneven distribution of spoils". This may involve foreign trade interests.
In September of the first year of Chongzhen, Li Kuiqi "seized the ship's back, recruited rebels, and made things difficult for Zhilong... On the ninth day of December, Kuiqi contacted Chen Shengyu and Zhong Liu (i.e. Zhong Bin). On Wednesday, the gangs gathered more than 400 people. The ship entered Jiuwu Island for a battle."
Li Kuiqi was so powerful when he rebelled that he actually took away Zheng's ships, guns and weapons. It is said that the Zheng family only had dozens of ships and 600 soldiers left. Judging from Li Kuiqi's appeal, his strength was no less than Zheng Zhilong. But Ma Qianzhu didn't believe this figure. If Zheng Zhilong's department really only had "a few dozen ships and 600 soldiers" left, he would not be able to fight Li Kuiqi for more than a year. It is also impossible to sign a trade contract with the Dutch as the largest maritime group along the coast of China on October 1, 1628 (the fourth day of the ninth lunar month).
For the Crossing Group, the battle between Zheng Zhilong and Li Kuiqi is extremely beneficial to them. At least these two maritime forces will not come to attack them for the time being. Whether they are promoting peace through fighting or paying tribute, they only need to face
Liu Xiang Group and Zhucai Lao Group are gone.
This "only need" was a bit stressful, and Ma Qianzhu put down the report thoughtfully. After reading from beginning to end, this information rarely mentioned how much military power these pirates had. The numbers in the historical records were all
Approximations are worthless. How do people deal with this? But it’s no wonder that military intelligence is not the forte of those who work on historical materials. It seems that they still need to rely on the military’s own intelligence system and form a local military intelligence network.
It's an urgent matter.
Now the training camp has initially formed an army, and the arms industry has also grown. Four fishing boats have been modified, and the heavy ejector has been replaced with a 70mm breech-loaded cannon. With these fishing boats around, the situation of the time traveler at sea has greatly improved -
―No ships in this time and space have the ability to challenge them. After Lin Shenhe's efforts a few days ago, the original impact grenade fuse was built. According to the test data, the detonation rate is 80%, which is quite impressive.
Use copper.
The source of copper is a bit tense. Even though Guo Yi has Gaoji as a channel, it is still quite difficult to buy copper. Moreover, Gaoji is now more and more skeptical about their purchases: so much pig iron, saltpeter and copper have gone missing.
; Various foreign goods (all the spoils of Goujiazhuang) are constantly being shipped, which makes Mr. Gao think of something not very good. Recently, he has been asking questions in many ways, and the transshipment warehouse on Youyu Island has also been secretly inspected several times.
Guo Yi suggested that it would be best to occupy Hong Kong Island, and at least establish a base on the island to facilitate the transfer of materials. In addition, he also proposed that contact with Macau should be established as soon as possible to conduct overseas re-export trade through the Portuguese.
Occupying Hong Kong Island. Ma Qianxu thought this was not a bad idea, but Hong Kong Island was much more sensitive than Lingao. It was right under the nose of the provincial capital and the strategic location of the Pearl River Estuary. If you wanted to occupy it, you had to be prepared to fight with the Ming army.
It's a big battle. Right now, there are only five or six hundred of them, but it's really too much for them.
It is really a dilemma to fight and to build. Now Ma Qianzhu understands why in another time and space, "winning time for peace and construction" is often mentioned. It is really so important. The army and navy are like two gold-devouring giants competing for the first place.
The beast not only ate up a lot of their resources, but also took up a lot of useful manpower.
While he was meditating, he suddenly heard someone shouting in the public channel: "The enemy! The enemy appears!" The channel suddenly became chaotic.
Ma Qianzhu yelled: "This is the duty officer and chief of staff! Everyone shut up! The person who called the police just now reported your identity and location immediately! Shaozong, we need a separate communication channel! Hurry!"
Switched to a separate communication channel. The voice calmed down: "I am Liu Zheng from the long-range exploration team. I went with the team to find peat this morning. At 9 a.m., I encountered the enemy 25 kilometers east of Bairen City. We retreated immediately.
, just retreated to the wireless network coverage. The enemy is about an hour away from us."
"How many enemies are there? What equipment?"
"There are probably several hundred people. I can't see any equipment in the distance. There seem to be muskets, a small number of cavalry, and no cannons!"
"Ming army or pirates?"
"Without uniform clothing or armor, he looks like a pirate!"
Damn it, it looks like Mr. Zhu Cai is calling. This guy doesn’t seem to pay any attention to our olive branch!
"Go back to the city immediately and report back if anything happens!"