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Of course, Li Bao knew what kind of power the artillery with super long range and high precision had. He would not make an unwise move to abandon this shortcoming.

We must know that Xia Guo’s navy can be invincible above the ocean. In addition to excellent combat platforms and excellent officers and soldiers, its excellent weapons for combat are also very important.

In the past naval battles, Xia’s warships sunk the enemy ships from a long distance based on the enemy, and there was no opportunity for the enemy to fight hand-to-hand. This is the advantage of long-range artillery attacks.

Now the effective range of this new type of artillery has been greatly increased again. Even if it sacrifices some rate of fire, it is worthwhile in Li Bao’s view, not to mention the greatly increased shooting accuracy.

And listening to the person in charge’s introduction, there is still room for improvement of this type of artillery. Now Li Bao doesn’t want to say that he made an unwise move to abandon the new artillery. He can’t wait to assemble this artillery on a battleship right away.

After Li Bao got what he wanted to know, he nodded to Qi Jiguang and motioned to the other party to continue asking.

Qi Jiguang took a step forward, clasping his fist and said: “Dare to ask how the new battleship is developed? Can you encounter any problems? Can there be changes in the combat methods of the new battleship?”

“Return to General Qi.” Another researcher responsible for the design and development of the ship reported back and forth: “According to the will of the Lord Shen and his majesty, the new warship will be made of a wooden hull and additional steel armor.”

“Currently, the development of new-style warships has just begun.” The researcher replied: “However, because there are a lot of relevant materials for the development of steel warships before, it will not be difficult to develop this kind of wooden warships and iron armored warships.”

“I haven’t encountered the problems encountered yet.” The researcher continued to answer: “As for the changes in the combat methods of the new warships, this is not yet known.”

This is also true. Although weapons and equipment determine to a large extent the methods and methods of warfare, even the shadows of new-style warships have not yet been seen, let alone these problems that are still further behind.

So when Qi Jiguang saw this, he knew that he was a little bit eager for merit, and couldn’t help but bow his fist apologetically to the researcher.

After listening to the conversation between Qi Jiguang and the researchers, Li Bao seemed to have thought of something, and then asked: “I heard that the new artillery is very heavy. Can it be replaced with the navy’s existing artillery?”

The previous person in charge shook his head and replied: “I’m afraid it won’t work. The new artillery requires a special mount to fight. Compared with the existing front-mounted smoothbore gun, it occupies a larger space. The existing battleship You cannot use new artillery.”

That’s why Li Bao nodded secretly. He said that this kind of artillery that was about to be successfully developed hadn’t been mentioned by anyone. It turned out that this kind of artillery had to be matched with the new battleship.

At present, the warships owned by the Xia State Navy are all sail warships. They pay attention to the linear artillery shooting tactics. The accuracy of the artillery is not high. What is needed is a large number of artillery salvos.

The effective range of the new artillery is very long, the accuracy is also very high, the weight is also large, the space occupied is also large, and the rate of fire is slow. Based on this characteristic, Li Bao is now considering new combat methods.

Perhaps the person in charge was ashamed of his previous concealment, so he hurriedly remedied: “As long as the current warship has undergone some transformation, this new type of artillery can still be used.”

“It’s just that after the transformation, the number of assembled artillery will definitely not be as much as before.” After the person in charge finished speaking, he touched the back of his head with some embarrassment.

“Well, I see.” After Li Bao nodded, he asked Shen Kuo, who had not spoken to the side, “Dare to ask Chief Shen, can I watch some new artillery now?”

“It’s estimated to be a bit difficult.” Shen Kuo explained with a smile: “The new artillery was developed on an island in the East China Sea. Now the general wants to see the problem of distance.”

“That’s it.” Li Bao bowed his fist to Shen Kuo again, and said: “Then I’ll bother you all today.”

…

After Li Bao went back, he chatted with Qi Jiguang several times and discussed the current problems of the Xia State Navy. Among them, Qi Jiguang raised many realistic and constructive questions that made Li Bao very interested.

“General Qi, or I will tell your majesty how the general came to our navy? You belong to the position of deputy navy minister.” When it came to the end, Li Bao had the thought of “digging into the wall”.

In this regard, Qi Jiguang snakingly declined: “General Li joked, the general is just doing his best, and the general has no experience in naval command operations.”

“Well, General Qi is not here, I am a little bit abrupt.” Li Baoben mentioned that, without any hope at all, so he quickly gave up his thoughts.

After these days of contact between Li Bao and Qi Jiguang, they knew that each other was a very talented person, and they still admire them.

As for Qi Jiguang, while waiting for the generals such as Di Qing and Zhang Wei to return to Beijing, he was very busy, discussing with Li Bao about the battleship, and reporting with Li Jing about the border defense. Finally, he had to go to the research institute. Go and help research new warships.

Although he is busy, Qi Jiguang is very happy, as if he has found the value of life, which is different from the important task of garrisoning the border. Now what he is doing is more of his personal interest.

In particular, Qi Jiguang has the status of an army general, and has been affirmed by Li Bao, the Minister of the Navy. In addition to Qi Jiguang’s original ability, the personnel responsible for the development of new warships attach great importance to his suggestions.

…

Before long, the generals of the Third Mountain Division stationed in the western mountainous area and the 2nd Infantry Division stationed in the northwestern frontier also returned to Zhongjing, and the rotation of the generals stationed in the frontier area began.

Because it was a military matter, Yang Song didn’t hold a court meeting. Instead, all the generals and officers of the General Pavilion gathered.

Regarding the rotation of generals, before the meeting, Li Jing suddenly found Yang Song and reported to him a very important matter. Although Yang Song was taken aback at the time, he finally agreed to Li Jing’s suggestion.

Therefore, at this military meeting, Yang Song did not plan to discuss with everyone at all, but directly announced his decision as soon as he came up.

“Fate, Lu Su assumed the post of commander of the 1st Infantry Division and was promoted to General Hubei.”

“Fate, Wu Yi assumed the post of commander of the 2nd Infantry Division the rank was promoted to post-general.”

“Finally, Sun Chengzong served as the commander of the Third Mountain Division, and his rank was promoted to General Pingbei.”

“Fate, Liu Qi served as the commander of the Fourth Heavy Equipment Division, and his rank was promoted to General Hunan.”…

Regarding the adjustment of the army generals, the two generals of Yang Song’s pro-army, Habayashi Army and Jin Yiwei, have not changed at all. Even the city guards are still in charge of the military headquarters, Yan Ren, General Annan.

It is the Rear Security Department of the Military Pavilion that is in charge of logistical support and support for the construction of the army.

“Fate, Wei Jing served as the commander of the naval exploratory fleet, and his rank was promoted to general.”

“Fate, Zhao Tao serves as the commander of the Navy’s First Fleet.”

“Ming, Xiang Chen served as the commander of the Second Fleet of the Navy, and his rank was promoted to General Xuanwei.”

…

“Fate, Duan Jin served as the brigade commander of the Marine Brigade, and his rank was promoted to General An Yuan.”

“Fate, Ding Hong assumed the post of Chief of Staff of the Marine Brigade, and his rank was promoted to Lieutenant Yangwei.”…

After a series of appointments, everyone present was shocked. Unexpectedly, the changes in this appointment were so big. Basically, the original chief generals were all “removed”, and even the first and second fleets suddenly appeared in the navy. Are ignored.

Many of the generals and officers in the former deputy and staff positions are now promoted to the principal positions. Such a change has made many people unable to see what is going on.

“Everyone, I know you have questions.” Yang Song said at this time: “I will announce another order.”

“Ming, Di Qing, Huo Qubing, Qi Jiguang, and Zhang Wei entered the Garrison Pavilion, and their ranks were promoted to generals.”

After Yang Song’s order, the generals present knew where the four decisive people were arranged.