Chastity Layman

Blue water and blue sky.

On the beach of Dadao, which was renamed Changxing Island by Qin Lang, Qin Lang was watching the naval battleship break the ice at sea. At this time, in February, the sea ice in the Bohai Sea was severe, and many ports were frozen. Dengzhou Port, the largest port in the north, was covered with a foot of ice.

Because there are too many rivers flowing into the sea in the entire Bohai Bay, a large amount of fresh water enters this relatively closed bay, which makes it have a long freezing period in winter.

Dengzhou Port on the Donglai Peninsula is also affected by this for at least three months every year and the port is closed to navigation. During this period, it can only be transferred to the ice-free port of Mizhou Port (Qingdao) in the south.

In the Bohai Bay, there are actually several ice-free ports, such as Qinhuangdao, Lushun Dalian, and this Changxing Island. Qinhuangdao and Changxing Island have become excellent ice-free ports because of their particularities such as islands. The real mainland ice-free ports are actually convenient. Only Lushun Dalian is left, which is called Duli Town and Qingnipu at this time.

However, the Liaodong Peninsula is in the hands of the Goguryeo people. Their key defense is the mountain city. The core of the south of the Liaodong Peninsula is Beisha City on the Dahei Mountain. Dalian is just a small fishing village called Qingnipu at this time. The opening of trade only borrowed the benefits of the waterway, and it was barely lively.

The southernmost town of Duli is actually more lively, but because of the Koguryo people's precautions, it is still only a fishing village. On the contrary, this Changxing Island in the sea, because the Goguryeo people intend to engage in smuggling and pirates, is actually a port. Built larger.

Changxing Island has a deep-water ice-free port on one side, but the area adjacent to the mainland on the north side is only a few tens of feet wide recently. At this time, there is ice nearly a foot deep on the sea. If the ice is not broken in time, the Goguryeo people can walk from the opposite bank Ice comes.

So after Qin Lang set out from Qinhuangdao and raided Long Island, the first thing he did was to send ships to break the ice, breaking all the thick ice that could pass people, and blocking it from the mainland.

The battleship rebuilt from the Qin Jiafu ship sailed majestically across the sea, smashing the ice floes and showing off its might.

This kind of fighting ship was improved from the Qin family's sea trading merchant ship, adding a battle deck, parapets on both sides, turrets, crossbows, and shooting poles. Shenjiying also installed a fire-breathing fierce oil tank on the ship. The magic machine gun (tiger crouching gun) was installed. In addition to the crew and sailors, there was also a fifty-man artillery crew, a fifty-man musketeer team, and a hundred marines on board.

In terms of firepower, this new type of fighting ship is ten times that of the pirate ships of the Goguryeo people.

But compared with the traditional naval building ships, it is shorter. Compared with the three-story and five-story building ships, this new type of ship is more streamlined and faster. There is no too tall ship building, and even the ship building It was placed on the stern, and the sails were also improved, but the pirate ships that traversed the Bohai Sea with speed and agility trembled under these warships.

When Niu Jianhu got off the boat, he felt that the ground under his feet was spinning in circles.

The vomited bile is almost gone, but the person is very excited.

"This boat is good, this boat is much stronger than the building boat."

"That's right. Building ships are suitable for inland rivers. Even running on the Yangtze River is in danger of being blown over by the wind. But my ship was originally an ocean-going ship that can go to the Persian Gulf. Now it is converted into a warship. Naturally, it is excellent. .”

Cheng Chumo jumped off the boat, but he didn't get seasick. Hetao has thousands of miles of Yellow River waterway to navigate.

"This ship is quite strong in all aspects, but after the modification, it can't carry too many things, and there are fewer soldiers."

The big boats of the past can carry 1,800 people.

"That kind is not a battleship, but a transport ship at most. Although it has a large load capacity, its combat effectiveness is not strong. My ship is mainly for combat."

Tall ships are tall and large, and can carry thousands or eight hundred people, but they are not suitable for naval warfare. They are afraid of wind and waves, capsize easily, and are slow in speed.

We must know that in the colonial era, navigation technology was developed. At that time, naval warfare focused on fast ships and strong firepower. Therefore, the development direction of ships at that time was to have more and more sails, three-masted, four-masted or even five-masted sailing ships, so that they could seize Get the upper hand, have the upper hand.

The second is to have more guns and stronger guns, so a double-layer gunboard or even a three-layer gun deck was developed later, with more and more artillery, and finally formed a battleship with powerful firepower.

For Qin Lang, he will definitely develop this type of battleship in the future, but for now, it is urgent to modify some new types of battleships and build a batch of Datang Navy cruisers.

The battleship is the main battleship with long-range strike capability. Under this, Qin Lang designed the 艨艟, which belonged to the vanguard ship in the Han Dynasty, and was famous for its small size and speed. Later, it was once developed into a warship with thick armor and high defense and close attack.

Qin Lang was also modified based on the Qin family's sea ship. The ship is one size smaller than the fighting ship, but it has stronger armor, and even the entire ship can be covered with armor. Generally, there are thirty or fifty soldiers on board, and they are mainly equipped with bows and crossbows, and there are no guns and carts.

The warship is positioned as a destroyer. It is characterized by fast speed and strong maneuverability, which is convenient for assaulting enemy ships and intercepting enemy ships. The entire cabin and ship boards are covered with cowhide, which can prevent fire and arrows. , fast, and not weak in attack power.

The next step is the walker, which is equivalent to a frigate, a smaller and lighter speedboat, used for communication, intercepting enemy ships, and undertaking assault missions on the battlefield.

Now Qin Lang has the first batch of ten or so ships that have been refitted, including two warships, four warships, ten warships, and twelve speedboats, in addition to thirty transport ships for transporting troops. Food and so on.

Although there are not many ships, such a new naval fleet is actually the strongest in the entire southeast sea at this time in terms of combat effectiveness. This is an epoch-making product.

Although there were many shipyards in the Tang Dynasty before, most of the ships that could be built were merchant ships. During the three expeditions to Goguryeo, the Sui Dynasty built many warships, and even crossed the sea to conquer the east. , and there is no real battleship.

As for Goguryeo, Silla, Dongying and other countries, this aspect is even weaker.

And Qin Lang's new type of warship designed and modified completely to adapt to naval battles, especially the different warships in its fleet, is a brand-new tactical revolution brought about by a brand-new weapon reform.

At this moment, the two battleships temporarily acted as icebreakers, and then there were tens of thousands of Koguryo troops on the opposite bank with a distance of 120 feet, but they could only look at it and sigh.

Yuan Gai Suwen Zheng sent people to collect ships from the vicinity of Anshi City at the mouth of the Liaohe River, and Duli Port under the Beisha City, but the coast at the mouth of the Liaohe River was frozen and the boats could not get out. The ports of Duli and Qingnipu are not frozen, but many boats came to Changxing Island to participate in smuggling and black market transactions, but they were all taken away, and the rest at home were also small fishing boats.

Now some ships have been transferred, but they only dare to watch secretly from a distance, and dare not approach them at all.

On the beach, Qin Lang's three-star flag stands there. This is the flag bestowed by the emperor. The sun, moon and stars represent the unparalleled power of the Tang Dynasty.

"This Gai Suwen dare not come?" Niu Jianhu almost vomited, squatting with his neck curled up and looking at the opposite bank under the ermine robe covering his body.

The Goguryeo people camped not far from the shore, they were busy like ants moving their houses, felling and erecting fences in the cold weather, and even digging dry trenches in the frozen soil, it was really hard work for them.

Shi Niu Jinda, the governor of Youzhou Metropolitan Government, came over with a few skewers of freshly grilled squid in his hand, and handed Qin Lang a bunch. Niu Jianhu hurriedly smiled at him, "Grandpa, give me a bunch, spit it out for a long time, My stomach hurts."

"Countless, you still get seasick after taking a boat, don't mention it later, I can't afford to lose this person."

When Niu saw that Hu got a string of squid, he hurried away, fearing that his father would nag him. Lao Niu is good at everything, but his mouth is annoying, he preaches at every turn, and he is a bit rigid. Over the years, which one of the relatives is not busy making money, intervening everywhere, and making money.

However, Niu Jinda has become the Duke of the State, and has become the long history of Youzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the governor of Youzhou, but he has no interest in making money, and he doesn't even let his family members participate. Others' families have tens of thousands of dollars in wealth, and Lao Niu's family mainly relies on the salary and the output of the farm.

If it wasn't for Qin Lang, he would have quietly invested in some property with him, secretly accumulating tens of thousands of family fortunes, and would die of poverty these days.

"Gai Suwen is going to fight?" Niu Jinda asked Qin Lang.

He, the governor of Youzhou and governor of Youzhou, did not come with you, but sat in the city of Youzhou, and suddenly heard that Qin Lang led troops out to sea to attack Changdao in Liaodong, and captured more than a thousand Goguryeos on the island. Soldiers, and many pirates, smugglers, etc., Lao Niu couldn't sit still.

He hurried to Shanhaiguan on horseback, and then took a boat from Qinhuangdao Port to Changdao.

"Is the action too big this time?" Lao Niu was a little worried. After all, Goguryeo is also the overlord of the Northeast, and the consequences of starting the war lightly would be serious.

The Sui Dynasty suffered a great loss from this Goguryeo.

"This Long Island is so good, I couldn't hold it back for a while." Qin Lang said with a smile while eating the still warm grilled squid.

What is this reply?

Lao Niu was a little speechless, but he also knew that Qin Lang was not a stunned young man like Niu Jianhu. He was a young man who could pay homage to the prime minister four times in the court, and he was a fine little fox.

"Sanlang is trying to gain some military merit or something?" Niu Jinda asked, logically speaking, Qin Lang doesn't need such a small amount of military merit at all, and he is easy to be impeached if he stirs up trouble.

"I heard that Goguryeo has fought well at the southern tip of the Korean peninsula recently. Silla has lost several cities in a row, and it is already a little bit unbearable. Baekje and Dongying are taking advantage of the fire again. Some of them are not stable, and life is a little sad."

Qin Lang said.

"What does that have to do with hitting Long Island?"

"In fact, it is related. Uncle Niu, do you know that it is said that on the Mobei grassland, a butterfly flaps its wings, and it may eventually become a new wind in the Central Plains, or a trade wind in the East China Sea. .Many things have a chain reaction, which is called the butterfly effect!"

Lao Niu felt that this was a bit absurd, but he could still understand what Qin Lang wanted to say. Datang had to intervene in the situation on the peninsula to maintain balance.