Chapter 91 Keelung Artillery 2

"How many guns have been cast on Keelung at present? Is there any problem?" Yu Xiaotian immediately asked the steward here as soon as he arrived.

The stewer here is now the apprentice brought by Zhang Blacksmith. He has learned a good craft from Zhang Blacksmith. He can not only build *, but also has a deep knowledge of casting, and there must be a master and an apprentice. He also belongs to the kind of person who likes to study very much. Although he is young, he is right. Many mechanical understandings far exceed the vast majority of craftsmen.

So after finding him, Yu Xiaotian decided to use talents. First, when he was on Nanri Island, he was asked to work in the cannon. First, he first learned how to cast cannons. Soon he stood out among the craftsmen who made cannons, so when he built the chicken cage village, he was here. After being a stewmer, he is actually the factory director and chief worker here.

At such a young age, he was given such a heavy responsibility by Yu Xiaotian. Naturally, this young man named Zhang Tong was very grateful to Xiaotian and worked quite diligently. After arriving at Keelung Fort, he was almost eating and living in the middle of sex. Few people saw him have to take a look around and look at the freshness. This got blackhead and Sun. Baoqiang, and everyone on the side of Keelung Fort.

Among the sea wolf masses, whether it is the military system or the logistics system, including the military industry such as the military weapons institute, Yu Xiaotian has always deliberately implemented a strict superior and subordinate system. No matter how old you are, no matter how old you are, as long as you are at a low level, you must obey and respect the leaders of people at a higher level than him. Guidance and instructions can be retained, and reasonable complaints can be made, but they must be implemented and disobey the instructions of the superior leaders. It is a felony among sea wolves. In light, they will be attacked by military sticks, and in serious cases, they can go to the labor camp, causing serious consequences. It is not impossible to move their heads.

So now in various systems of the sea wolf, this atmosphere has been developed. Although Zhang Tong is very young and just 20 years old, all his craftsmen are older than him, and even some apprentices are older than him, but his craftsmanship is superb and his skills are much better than others, and his craftsmen and apprentices are not People dare not accept him.

Zhang Tong is black and thin, but it is very strong. When Yu Xiaotian arrived at the time of the cannon, he was busy working here, wearing a thick protective canvas coat, wearing a dirty and broken apron, his face was full of black gray, and his white eyes were full of blood, as if he had just emerged from the coal pile, which did not look like He is the head of a workshop, but he looks like a kid.

After listening to Yu Xiaotian's question, he quickly replied, "The great boss! The little ones did not dare to neglect here. In the past few months, new cannons have been cast every month. Now the No. 6 cannon (18 pound cannon) has been cast into six, the No. 5 long cannon has been cast into eight, and the No. 7 (24 pound cannon) heavy cannon has been cast into four! A total of 18 cannons were cast!

There are still a few cannons that have not been loaded, and the rest have been handed over to the fort, and several are still being fired. Waiting to be installed, they can be handed over to the fort!

At present, in the shed, the cannon model of a No. 6 gun has been put on the casting table, which can be cast as soon as two days, and can be ground within seven days.

In addition, there is a No. 7 cannon, which is currently being cast in the shed. The small one still needs to stare at it. It can't be separated from it. I hope the big man will forgive me. After this cannon is cast, the small one will come back to see the big man!"

As soon as he finished saying this, Zhang Tong burned his buttocks, which did not mean that Xiaotian had nothing else to say. He rushed back to the shed. Standing at the door, he could feel the heat coming from the shed, and Zhang Tong shouted at his voice, greeting the craftsmen and apprentices under him, and quickly continued to receive iron water and send it to the casting table. , continuous casting, do not delay.

Yu Xiaotian opened his mouth and didn't have time to stop Zhang Tong. This guy ran away. The angry guard wanted to go in and catch Zhang Tong. Even the black head was a black line on his head. He felt that Zhang Tong was too lazy to take Yu Xiaotian seriously. He couldn't help but want to lose his temper.

Yu Xiaotian raised his hand to stop them and said with a smile, "Okay! Good boy! The sky and the earth are big and the work is the biggest. I chose this person correctly! Ha ha! Well, let him go first. Let's not make trouble for them here.

Blackhead, remember that you must be polite to Zhang Tong. Don't trouble him because of this today. He is right to do this. At this time, it is being cast in it, and he dares not make any mistakes. Otherwise, this cannon will be scrapped if he is not careful. Naturally, I won't blame him!

You have to remember that he did this today for our good. The cannons he cast now are directly used by you. If you don't accept it, then you really don't know what's good or bad!"

With Yu Xiaotian's words, who dares to talk too much! So the crowd repeatedly said yes and followed Yu Xiaotian to leave the cannon.

Yu Xiaotian was not talky. He briefly learned about the recent situation in Keelung Fort, and then went to each fort to check the situation of the fort.

There are now 32 guns with more than 12 pounds of long guns on several turrets, including four 24-pound guns that have been installed, and one is still in the middle of artillery work and has not been transported to the turret for installation. Three forts on Peace Island have been installed, and the other is installed on a fort opposite. The cannon, together with more than ten 18-pound cannons and 12 pounds of cannons, formed the defense line on the periphery of Chicken Cage Bay and firmly guarded Chicken Cage Bay.

In addition, each fort is also equipped with some small guns, including six-pound guns and tiger squat guns, which are mainly used to prevent enemy landing personnel from attacking the fort, because once the enemy approaches the fort, those guns of more than 12 pounds will lose their function, because the shooting angle is too low to shell them, so It should be strengthened with some cannons.

There are many examples of war in history, that is, because there are only cannons in the artillery, but there is a lack of close firepower, so that the enemy can take advantage of the gap, get close to the artillery from the side or behind, and finally defeat the seemingly solid artillery without any effort, so the cannon is not necessarily the bigger the bigger the cannon. The better, when necessary, there must be cannons to protect them as an auxiliary, so that the defense of the artillery can be more perfect.

However, the number of artillery still makes Yu Xiaotian a little uneasy, because he knows very well the current firepower strength of Western sail warships. Generally, armed cargo ships are equipped with at least a dozen cannons, and there are 24 pounds or even 32 pounds of heavy guns.

And the structure of the Galen ship itself has good advantages. The dedicated warship is slightly larger in tonnage and can be divided into two or even three layers of artillery decks, loaded with dozens of cannons. Decades later, the British first-class warship is even equipped with more than 100 guns and the smallest artillery. It is also a 12-pound cannon. There are 30 cannons of 32 pounds of heavy guns alone, and the firepower has reached a quite horrible level.

Of course, it is impossible for the Spanish and Dutch warships in Asia to reach that level. Their main warships are now in Europe, staring at each other, and no one dares to move.

But the Spanish and Dutch gunboats on the Asian side, even if they are smaller, are now equipped with at least dozens of cannons.

If the Spaniards come this time, in case they bring a large fleet, the firepower is also quite terrible. Now there are only more than 30 cannons on the fort, and they are mainly 12 pound guns and 18-pound guns. There are only four guns as big killers, but the firepower is indeed a little bit. A little weak.

If you want to deal with your peers, there must be no problem with such firepower strength, but if there is a big duel with the Spanish fleet, I don't know if it can hold up.

Once the bay defense is broken through, the number of artillery in Keelung Fort can't suppress the enemy's ship firepower. At that time, the blackheads will definitely suffer a big loss.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian was a little worried and ordered Zhang Tong to continue to increase the number of 24 pounds of cannons as soon as possible and cast a few more such heavy guns before they need it. At that time, even if the Spanish fleet came and wanted to capture the Chicken Cage Bay, it was estimated that they would collapse their big teeth!

Yu Xiaotian had just returned to Nanri Island and received a lot of news before he enjoyed the fun of the two little guys who had been separated for more than two months.

The main news is still the information of Zheng Yiguan, which Yu Xiaotian has been very concerned about recently. After Zheng Yiguan's attempt to secretly intercept the silver money delivered to the sea wolf, Zheng Yiguan did not dare to neglect the soles of his feet and immediately escaped from the stupid port, slipped to an island in the Penghu archipelago, and temporarily pretended it as his. Old camp.

For this matter, Zheng Yiguan hated Yu Xiaotian, who had bad things for him, and officially ordered his subordinates to regard the sea wolf as their enemies, and must find an opportunity to return this face.

As a result, the friction between Sea Wolf and Zheng Yiguan has gradually increased recently, especially in Quanzhou, where there is a more frequent exchange of fire.

However, as a result of friction between the two sides, the sea wolf often takes advantage of it. Unless they meet Zheng Yiguan's large fleet, otherwise, Zheng Yiguan's men can't even get any advantage just by the two sides, but they are killed by the sea wolf's patrol ship one after another, and dozens of their men are captured and sent back to Nanri Island.

After being tortured in the prison to extract a confession, the sea wolf learned that the current Zheng Yiguan's nest. In line with Yu Xiaotian's instructions, Liu Laoliu ordered the sea wolf's fleet not to find Zheng Yiguan's trouble for the time being. This was handed over to Yan Siqi in advance.

So he passed on the news that Zheng Yiguan was now engrossed in the Penghu Islands to Yan Siqi.

After knowing the whereabouts of Zheng Yiguan after the Spring Festival, Yan Siqi immediately mobilized dozens of ships and more than 1,000 subordinates, and personally led the team to the Penghu Islands to settle accounts with Zheng Yiguan.

After a cleaning by his opponent, Yan Siqi cleaned his men who made friends with Zheng Yiguan and either explicitly or secretly defected to Zheng Yiguan to stabilize his situation.

In addition, after the sea wolf delivered them a batch of six-pound guns, tiger squat guns, extermination guns and other artillery, they were quickly armed into Yan Siqi's fleet.

(Not to mention, thank you for the reward of Ke Daowu and wdj1972 brothers again! My son's condition has not improved much. I will import antibiotics today. I hope I can control my condition as soon as possible!)