The night passed quickly. I woke up in the morning and came to the river. Looking at the wide river, I couldn't cross the river no matter how hard I tried.

When I turned around, I realized that the place where we camped last night was very suitable for building a harbor. The terrain was flat and it was a natural deep-water harbor. It only needed some modifications to berth sea-going ships.

Ding~

If an excellent seaport area is discovered, the system will reward a military port, a naval shipyard, and a population of 1,000.

Whether to withdraw rewards

At this time, the system prompt suddenly appeared.

He didn't expect that the system would surprise him at this time, and what he didn't expect was that there would be a population reward, which was really good.

He was thinking about building a seaport here and was worried about the shortage of manpower, so the system gave him a surprise.

The original plan was to move some of the people from Tianqi City, but that was no longer necessary.

The territory is not yet self-sufficient, and various materials, including food, are still being used and stored in stock. This will not work in the long run.

Therefore, he did not go to the refugee camp to recruit people, because there was not enough food to consume, not to mention that the recruited people also needed to eat. It was impossible to recruit and just ignore it.

But now the one thousand people rewarded by the system do not consume food and grass, they only need to provide daily necessities. He can barely supply it now, but no more will be enough. He can only wait for the harvest in the fields.

While he was thinking about it, the message about whether to withdraw the reward kept flashing.

After Yang Song confirmed, he saw a white light flash before his eyes, a thousand people appeared in front of him, and a port appeared on the coast not far away. The port was so big that it could not be seen to the end.

There are shipyards about one mile away from the river's entrance to the sea. Depending on the number of shipyards, 12 sea-going ships can be built or repaired, and there are also related supporting facilities.

There is also a small town connected to the seaport. The style of the houses is not much different from that of Apocalypse City. It seems that even the living system has been solved for him.

This system is really considerate.

After arranging these 1,000 people to live in a small town, we found that these 1,000 people also live in different houses on a household basis, with a total of about 300 households. The specific data has not been collected yet and is unknown.

After questioning these people, I found that many of them actually had shipbuilding experience, that is, shipbuilders. There were about 300 people, and the others were their family members.

It's a pity that there are no construction drawings and materials now, otherwise we can let them build a few ships first, Yang Song thought to himself.

Yang Song asked Zhou Wu to send people back to Tianqi City, asked Yang Zhong to send food, and then asked the young and strong among the thousand people to go to the nearby woods to cut wood. There are tools and ships in the shipyard.

The specific arrangements will be made after Yang Zhong arrives.

After making arrangements, he was ready to return to the city.

Ding~

As the monarch expanded his territory, he was rewarded: three optimized and improved sail frigates, with 150 officers and men (20 officers).

Yang Song, who was just about to turn around, received another prompt from the system, and the system gave him another big gift package.

After quickly confirming the receipt of the reward, he put the warships in the military port and the sailors in the military camp. The 150-person sailor crew was manning the three warships.

Quickly came to the military port camp, gathered the soldiers, and prepared to board the ship to have a look.

"Subordinate Li Bao, please see my lord for your instructions." The leader of the sailors stepped forward and saluted Yang Song.

Li Bao Yang Song quickly went through it in his mind and found that with his little knowledge, there was no such person, so he said: "No need to be polite, please introduce the current situation to me."

"Yes, there are twenty officers including subordinates, one hundred and thirty sailors, and three ships, which are frigates." Li Bao introduced after receiving the order.

"Each warship is equipped with ten guns, four on each side of the ship, two on the bow, 45 crew members, and 5 officers."

"Well, good, very good," Yang Song said, "I will appoint you as the commander of the navy."

He thought carefully for a while and continued: "As a anchorage, this military port is also under your jurisdiction. Currently, you are mainly responsible for exploring the nearby sea areas, drawing sea charts, and exploring the enemy's situation."

"Thank you, Lord. I will fulfill my mission." Li Bao said.

"Now go and see the battleship." Yang Song couldn't wait to see the sailing battleship. He had only seen it in movies and TV shows before.

"As you command, my lord." Li Bao said and ordered the sailors to go to the military port.

After listening to Li Bao's brief introduction, on the way to the military port, Yang Song opened the system's military module and checked the general options. Li Bao's name was clearly listed. He took a closer look.

Li Bao, a little-known man, was a former general under Yue Fei in the Southern Song Dynasty. When Wan Yanliang went south, the Navy of the Southern Song Dynasty, under the command of Li Bao, a former general under Yue Fei, had only 120 warships and 3,000 sailors in the waters of Chenjia Island (today's

In the sea area of ​​​​Jiaoxian County, Shandong Province), the Jin Army defeated 30,000 naval forces, annihilated most of the Jin Army with one enemy and ten, and burned almost all the warships. Wanyan Liang's plan to bypass the sea route went bankrupt and made great contributions to preserving the Southern Song Dynasty.

After reading the introduction of the system, I realized that this is a rare naval admiral.

Because ancient China has never paid much attention to the navy, such generals with experience in naval warfare are actually rare in history.

The military camp is not far from the military port. The military camp was originally part of the military port. When I came to the pier, I saw three warships moored at the military port pier, which was very majestic.

As you get closer, it feels even more oppressive. It has a beautiful appearance with lines, and there is armor on the outside. If it weren't for the sails, you would have thought it was an ironclad ship.

Yang Song walked onto a battleship through the gangway. The deck was very simple and clean. There were four forts on each side. There was a cannon on the fort. There was a wooden building at the stern of the ship. There was also armor on the outside. Looking closer, it was not thick, only

A thin layer.

Walking up to the fort, Yang Song stroked the cannon. Looking carefully, he saw that it was very different from the bronze cannons in movies and TV shows. Yang Song didn't know about other places. At least he knew that the material was definitely not bronze. It seemed to be made of steel.

It is slender, the muzzle is thick, and the cannon wall is not as thick as expected.

At this time, Li Bao, who was following behind, introduced: "My lord, this artillery is a fifth-level naval gun. It weighs 1,600 kilograms and has a three-inch muzzle. It can attack targets three miles away. Its power can crack mountains and crack rocks. It can be said that it is

Earth-shattering.”

Listen to Li Bao's introduction, and then look at the system introduction:

Optimized and improved sail warship: optimized and improved by combining the advantages of Chinese and Western seagoing ships, using a combination of weight-reduced hard sails and jibs as the power source, the sharp bottom square tail design of the fu ship, and the pointed streamlined hull of the clipper ship

, the superstructure of the building ship (the superstructure and the hull are integrated), the storage of the treasure ship (the storage layer and the artillery layer are connected by shafts) and other advantages of various warships. It has good defense, seaworthiness, and operability.

The biggest feature is that it requires very few operators. It perfectly balances speed, load, firepower, and maneuverability. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to build, costly, and requires professional equipment and workers.

Frigate: 15 meters long, 32 meters wide, with a full load displacement of 260 tons, one-story superstructure, the hull is divided into 3 layers, the superstructure is used for command and residence, and the open-air deck is equipped with naval guns. The third layer is the living area, and the second layer is

Warehouse floor, the bottom floor is the ballast floor. There are 10 fifth-level naval guns on the open deck. There are 45 crew members and 5 officers.

Ship-borne artillery: front-loaded smoothbore cannon, flintlock ignition, fixed propellant, the types of shells include: solid bullets, blooming bullets, and shotguns.

The fifth-level naval gun: weighs 08 tons, has a caliber of 100 mm, and has a range of 1,800 meters. The fifth-level naval gun is equipped on small warships.

After reading the introduction, he understood why naval guns have the name of 'Level 5'. It turned out to be equipped with small battleships, which meant that there were bigger and more powerful battleships and naval guns, but he didn't know what they were.

Yes, Yang Song said he was looking forward to it.

The units used in the system introduction were all familiar to him. The units used in Li Bao's introduction were all dimensions, which was difficult to understand. Fortunately, there is a system!

It also introduced the reason why such a large warship only has ten cannons. It turns out that the cannons are very powerful, and the corresponding recoil and space requirements are also large. Loading ten cannons is the optimal result. If you install a few more cannons,

Type of artillery will affect the service life of the battleship.

Each gun has a gun position. The gun is mounted on the gun mount of the gun position. The gun mount is fixed on the deck. It has a very advanced buffering and braking mechanism and professional aiming and ranging equipment, which can effectively brake and

Reduce reload time.

Yang Song was confused about this just now. In his impression, the sail artillery warships were all equipped with secret muzzles. Why are there only these few artillery guns here? It turns out there is a reason. This is to sacrifice a small amount of firepower projection density, but

Improved accuracy, rate of fire, range and power!

After admiring the naval guns, I walked into the superstructure and found that the lighting inside was very good. It turned out that the windows were all equipped with glass. There was a combat command room inside with some incomprehensible instruments, and there was a ship room further inside.

Long lounge.

Walking to the lower floor, there are rooms one after another. This floor is the living floor for sailors. Below the living floor is the storage floor. The storage room is already full of weapons, ammunition, and daily supplies. The bottom floor is a segmented leak-proof pressure-bottomed warehouse.

It seems that the living environment on the battleship is still very good. The storage layer has a shaft that leads directly to the open deck. This is designed to facilitate the transportation of materials. It is also beneficial to store materials on the lower floor. The weight of the materials causes the center of gravity of the battleship to move downward, which increases the stability of the battleship.

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The more he looked at it, the more he discovered the extraordinary features of this battleship. The combat effectiveness revealed in every detail should not be underestimated.

Returning to the artillery level above, after reading the system introduction and walking around for a while, Yang Song felt itchy in his heart, so he ordered Li Bao to test-fire an artillery round to see its power.

Li Bao turned around and returned to the command room with several officers and ordered the sails to be raised and set sail.

The order was given, and the sailors got busy, hoisting the sails, weighing the anchor, and turning the rudder.

Following the officer's command, the sailors started operating step by step. It felt very powerful, and it was unclear how powerful it was. It was obvious at a glance that they were a group of well-trained people.

The cavalry, infantry, and now sailors of Apocalypse City have all been systematically trained. Otherwise, at this time, there would be no such people in China who could operate these weapons.

Moreover, neither the soldiers nor the civilians seem to have any fear or doubt about the magical things in front of them, and this is the credit of the system.

The warship sailed outside the port, and Li Bao ordered to turn towards the mouth of the river.

When they arrived outside the mouth of the river, they did not stop the ship and ordered again to fire and reload the cannon on the port side. After waiting less than half a minute, the officer reported that the reloading was complete. Finally, he ordered to aim at the boulders on the river bank and said "fire".

"Boom boom boom~"

There was a loud blast of cannons, and the boulders on the river bank had disappeared, leaving only rubble and craters.

Yang Song was shocked and dumbfounded. He didn't expect the front-loaded artillery to be so powerful, and it was still black powder. It was really unexpected.

Returning to the military port, Yang Song told Li Bao to report to him in time if he encountered any situation - he was going back to Tianqi City.

When he returned to Tianqi City, it was getting late, so Zhou Wu and his soldiers returned to the military camp to repair. He also wanted to go back to his mansion to rest - it was still very tiring to eat and sleep in the open air along the way.
Chapter completed!