In early September of the ninth year of the Apocalypse, the army was being reorganized, and the general framework had been built, and the rest were only waiting for sufficient qualified soldiers to fill each army.

It is not possible to transform the army from 16,400 to 42,000 people.

Yang Xin reported to Yang Songhui in his study: "Your Majesty, the second batch of soldiers of the conscript brigade this year has been replenished to various armies, and the third batch, that is, the last batch of new recruits this year, is being recruited."

Li Jing brought Yang Xin, the Military Bureau responsible for recruiting and training new recruits, to report on his work.

"Okay, the second batch of soldiers has been trained, and the army has added 7,500 more people." Yang Song was very satisfied with the increased recruitment quota this year.

In the plan to change the army, Li Jing and Liu Ji, the plan was planned to be expanded within one year. In order to complete the gap of 12,200 people, plans were also made in the plan.

The plan is to temporarily increase the quantity, not seek quality, fill the vacancy first, and then replace it in future training, and implement the principle of replacement of those who are capable and those who are mediocre.

Therefore, after the recruits completed three months of basic training, the conscript brigade was immediately assigned to each army.

In addition to the original batch, the second batch of conscripts also filled each army. The two batches of soldiers with a total of 15,000 people have exceeded the gap, and the excess soldiers will be screened within this year.

The third batch was recruited for the conscripted brigade, and the number of places was no longer 7,500, but 4,700. Together with the 2,800 people screened, it just happened to be enough for an infantry brigade.

As for the conscript recruitment next year, the quota will continue, and the quota will be one battalion, because one battalion of soldiers in the original army has reached the retirement period.

From now on, basically one battalion soldiers will retire every year, and one battalion’s new recruits will be replaced, turning the military camp into a real “iron-defeating soldier”!

Li Jing continued Yang Song's words and said, "Yes, the third batch of soldiers has been recruited, and the expansion of the army has been considered initially completed."

"Well, the problem of the decline in the military's combat effectiveness must be solved in time. Maybe the army will be useful at any time." Yang Song also knew that such an expansion of the military would inevitably decline in the combat effectiveness of the military.

When Yang Xin heard Yang Song's words, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, I have made a training plan and will definitely speed up the training of the army."

"Just have a plan, and we must improve the combat effectiveness of the army as soon as possible." Yang Song nodded and replied.

Li Jing clasped his fists and reported: "Your Majesty! In fact, the army's combat effectiveness has improved very quickly."

"That's what you mean?" Yang Song asked in confusion.

"When I go back to the emperor, this time the army expansion, most of the vacancies are ordinary soldiers, and the backbone from afar, but the officers are still there." Li Jing clasped his fists again and replied: "As long as these people are there, the combat effectiveness of the army will not be reduced much."

"That's true." Yang Song thought about it, and felt that this was the reason. He thought that Li Jing was right and ordered: "Even if this is the case, ordinary soldiers cannot relax. It's not just one or two times to expand the army."

"I obey the order!" Li Jing and Yang Xin both accepted the order in unison.

With the increase of population, it is inevitable to expand the army. The development of Xia State is closely related to its own military strength.

If Yang Song had not developed his army before, how could he protect the safety of Xia State? He had been suppressed a few years ago to the south of Tianqian Pass and could only be a local "lord".

"Your Majesty, the newly built warship for the Navy by the Equipment Bureau is about to be launched, so I will report it here!" Li Jing finished talking about the expansion of the army and then talked about the recent situation of the Navy.

"I'm going to go into the water so soon?" Yang Song knew that the Equipment Bureau had developed a new warship with the Army's siege artillery, which should be given to the destroyer level according to its size.

Li Jing replied: "Yes, the specific time should be ten days later."

"Okay, I will definitely go and watch it when the time comes." In less than half a year, a new warship could be completed, and Yang Song was still very satisfied with the progress of the shipyard.

"Yes! I wonder what instructions do you have?" Li Jing finished reporting on his work and bowed to Yang Song.

"It's okay." Yang Song thought for a while, and saw that there was nothing to say, so he asked Li Jing and Yang Xin to retreat.

"I'm going to leave!"...

Ten days later, Yang Song came to Navy Town on time to watch the launch of the new naval warship. The last time he came here, the new ship was launched.

However, the last time I launched the water was a steam-powered inland river transport ship, and this time I launched the water was a warship. The same thing was that both were of great significance.

Before the launch ceremony, Yang Song saw the warship on the ship platform and found that even the outfitting of the warship had been completed.

"Let me introduce the situation of this new warship to Gu." Yang Song ordered Zhuang Wei beside him.

Li Bao stood behind Yang Song. When he heard Yang Song's words, he immediately raised his ears and listened in detail. Although Li Bao knew the design data of the warship, he still wanted to hear the situation of the warship that excited him.

"Yes, lord." Zhuang Wei bowed his fists and replied: "This new warship is a destroyer-level warship. After conquering the manufacturing technology of siege artillery from the artillery factory, I should order the shipyard of Navy Town to develop a new warship that can be equipped with such artillery."

Zhuang Wei introduced the source of the warship in detail. After seeing Yang Song nodding, he continued: "This warship has a longest length of 23 meters and a widest width of 5 meters. It has a full load displacement of 540 tons. It has a total of 26 artillery pieces. The 120 mm caliber naval gun developed with siege cannons are equipped with twelve."

Zhuang Wei said, pointing to the muzzle exposed in the middle of the battleship, and then pointing to the cannon on the open-air deck, saying: "The above are a 100-mm caliber naval gun that is the same as the frigate. There are a total of fourteen such naval guns on the open-air deck."

"In order to enable the guns on both sides of the warship to maximize their firepower, the shipyard canceled the guns on the bow and sterns of the ship." Zhuang Wei continued to introduce: "This warship is divided into five layers. In addition to the upper layer of the upper layer, the hull has four layers, the bottom is the warehousing layer, the second layer is the storage layer, the third layer is the residential layer, and the fourth layer is the artillery layer equipped with new naval guns."

"The layout is similar to that of a frigate, but there is only one more artillery layer." After listening to Zhuang Wei's introduction, Yang Song heard Zhuang Wei's summary statement when he was thinking about it: "This destroyer makes full use of various technical concepts on the frigate, and its speed is comparable to that of a frigate, but its defense and firepower are even stronger."

"Well, Li Bao, what do you think of this kind of warship?" Yang Song asked the navy commander. After all, the warship is equipment for the navy.

Li Bao happily clasped his fists at Yang Song and replied, "Your Majesty, this warship is very good, much stronger than the original frigate."

"That's good, let's do it." Yang Song got Li Bao's affirmation, thought for a while, and ordered Zhuang Wei: "There is no problem after the sea trial. Build two identical warships and three frigates, and form a powerful fleet."

Frigate-level warships could have been built in shipyards, but because the Xia Kingdom did not have a maritime threat, it did not order construction.

However, the size of the army has been expanded several times, and the economy of Xia State can support it, so the navy must also expand the war outside Shanhaiguan.

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【Battleship Level: Destroyer

Specifications: 23 meters long and 5 meters wide.

Full load displacement: 540 tons.

Military equipment: 12 fourth-level naval guns (fourth floor), 14 fifth-level naval guns (open-air deck).

Crew: 90.

Hull composition: a total of five floors. One layer of superstructure is divided into 4 floors. Superstructure is commanded for residential use. The fourth floor is the artillery layer, the third floor is the residential area, the second floor is the storage layer, and the bottom floor is the warehousing layer.]
Chapter completed!