Otherworldly Castle Era

Vol 4 Chapter 40: New battleship

   At the beginning of September of the 9th year of the Apocalypse, the army was reorganized. The general framework has been set up, and the rest is only waiting for enough qualified soldiers to fill the army.

   It is not possible to complete the army from 16,400 to 42,000 in one day.

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

   Li Jing brought Yang Xin, the military bureau responsible for recruiting and training new recruits, to report on the work.

   "Okay, the training of the second batch of soldiers is completed, and the army has an additional 7,500 people." Yang Song is very satisfied with the increase in the number of recruits this year.

   In the plan proposed by Li Jing and Liu Ji to change the army, it was planned to be expanded within one year. In order to complete the gap of 12,200 troops, a plan was also made in the plan.

  The plan is to temporarily increase the quantity, without seeking quality, first fill the vacancies, and then replace them in future training, and implement the principle of replacing those who are capable and those who are mediocre.

   Therefore, the volunteer brigade is immediately assigned to the various armies after the recruits have completed three months of basic training.

   In addition to the original batch, the second batch of conscripts have also been filled into the various armies. The two batches of 15,000 soldiers have exceeded the gap, and the surplus soldiers will be screened out within this year.

And the third batch was called for the conscript brigade, and the quota was no longer 7,500 people, but 4,700 people, plus the selected 2,800 people, just enough for one infantry brigade. .

   As for the conscripts next year, the conscription will continue. The quota is one battalion, because one battalion of soldiers in the original army has reached the deadline for retirement.

   In the future, basically one battalion of soldiers will retire every year, and a battalion of new recruits will come in as a substitute, making the barracks a real "iron-struck battalion soldiers"!

   Li Jing continued with Yang Song's words: "Yes, the third batch of soldiers has been recruited, and the army expansion is considered preliminary."

   "Well, the problem of the decline of the army's combat effectiveness should be resolved in time. Maybe the army will be available at some point." Yang Song also knows that with such an expansion of the army, the decline of the army's combat effectiveness is inevitable.

   Yang Xin heard Yang Song's words and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the minister has made a training plan and will definitely step up the training of the army."

   "It's good to have a plan. We must improve the combat effectiveness of the army as soon as possible." Yang Song nodded and turned back.

   Li Jing clasped his fist and reported: "Enlighten you! In fact, the army's combat effectiveness has improved very quickly."

   "What do you say?" Yang Song asked suspiciously.

"Back to the Lord, in this expansion, most of the vacancies are ordinary soldiers. The backbone and officers from far away are still there." Li Jing once again clasped his fists and replied: "As long as these people are there, the combat effectiveness of the army will not drop much. ."

   "That's true." Yang Song thought for a while, and felt that it was the same reason. He believed that Li Jing was right, and ordered: "Even so, ordinary soldiers can't relax. The expansion is not only one or two times."

   "The minister obeys!" Li Jing and Yang Xin led the orders at the same time.

  As the population increases, army expansion is also inevitable. The development of Xia State is closely related to its own military strength.

   If Yang Song had not developed an army before, how could he protect Xia’s safety, he would have been suppressed in the south of Tianchi Pass a few years ago, and could only be a local "lord."

   "Your Majesty, the newly-built warship of the Equipment Bureau for the Navy is about to be launched. I hereby report it!" After Li Jing finished the army's expansion, he went on to talk about the current situation of the Navy.

   "Is it going to be launched so soon?" Yang Song knew that the Equipment Bureau had newly developed a new type of warship with the army's siege artillery. According to its size, it should be of the destroyer class.

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

   "Well, I will definitely be there to watch when the time comes." In less than half a year, a new battleship can be built, and Yang Song is still very satisfied with the shipyard's progress.

   "Yes! I don't know what else the Lord has to order?" Li Jing finished his report and saluted Yang Song.

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

   "The ministers will retire!"...

   Ten days later, Yang Song came to the navy town on time to watch the launch of the navy’s new warship. The last time he came here was the launch of the new ship.

   It’s just that the steam-powered inland water transport ship was launched last time, but the battleship was launched this time. What I want to do is that both have very important significance.

   Before the launching ceremony, Yang Song saw the battleship on the slipway, and found that the battleship had completed its outfitting.

   "Please tell Gu about the situation of this new-style warship." Yang Song commanded Zhuang Wei beside him.

   Li Bao stood behind Yang Song, and when he heard Yang Song's words, he immediately set his ears and listened in detail. Although Li Bao knows the design data of this warship, he still wants to hear about the warship that excites him.

"Yes, Lord." Zhuang Wei clasped his fists and replied: "This new warship is a destroyer-class warship. After the artillery factory has captured the siege artillery manufacturing technology, the minister should be ordered by the navy town shipyard to develop it. A new type of warship that can carry this artillery."

Zhuang Wei introduced the origin of the warship in detail. After Yang Song nodded, he continued: "This warship is 23 meters long at the longest point, 5 meters wide at the widest, and has a full load displacement of 540 tons. Twenty-six artillery pieces, and twelve pieces of the 120-mm naval gun developed with siege artillery."

Zhuang Wei also pointed to the muzzle exposed in the middle of the battleship, and then pointed to the artillery on the open deck and said: "The one above is the same one hundred millimeter caliber gun as the frigate. There are a total of such naval guns on the open deck. There are fourteen doors."

"In order to maximize the firepower of the naval guns on both sides of the warship, the shipyard cancelled the guns on the bow and stern." Zhuang Wei continued: "This warship is divided into five floors, except for the uppermost superstructure. The hull has four layers, the bottom is the ballast 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, except that there is an extra layer of artillery." Yang Song listened to Zhuang Wei's introduction, and when he thought to himself, he heard Zhuang Wei's concluding statement: "This destroyer makes full use of the frigate. This kind of technical concept, the speed is comparable to that of the frigate, but the defense and firepower are more powerful."

"Well, Li Bao, what do you think of this kind of battleship?" Yang Song asked to the navy commander. After all, the battleship is equipment used by the navy~www.novelmtl.com~ Li Bao happily gave Yang Song a fist and replied. : "Your Majesty, this warship is very good, much stronger than the original frigate."

"That's good, let's do it." Yang Song received Li Bao's affirmation, thought for a while, and said to Zhuang Wei: "After the sea trial, there is no problem. Build two more battleships of the same type and three frigates. Form a powerful fleet out."

The    frigate-class warships could be built by the shipyard a long time ago, but because Xia Guo had no maritime threats, they did not order the construction.

   However, the size of the army has been expanded several times. In addition, Xia’s economy has been able to support the war outside Shanhaiguan, and the navy will have to expand.

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   [Battleship class: destroyer

   Specifications: 23 meters long and 5 meters wide.

   Full load displacement: 540 tons.

  Weapons: 12 fourth-class naval guns (fourth floor), 14 fifth-class naval guns (open deck).

  Crew: 90.

   Hull composition: a total of five layers. The first floor of the superstructure, the hull is divided into 4 floors, the superstructure is used for command and residence, the fourth floor is the artillery floor, the third floor is the residential area, the second floor is the storage floor, and the bottom floor is the ballast floor. 】

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