Chapter 96 Battery 2

In the lower center of the battery, the most tightly protected place is an ammunition depot. Usually, gunpowder is mainly stored here. Once used, it is taken out and sent to each gun position, which can basically ensure that it will not be hit by enemy shells, causing martyrdom. Next to the ammunition depot is a grain depot, which is specially used for storage. The things used to store food, as the core of life and battle, are basically placed in the strongest lower position.

is staggered from the middle floor separated from the ammunition depot. There is a special kitchen. A flue has been reserved in the kitchen, which can directly discharge the smoke here. There is also a special fuel storage room, which can store a large amount of firewood or charcoal and coal, which can ensure that the personnel stationed here cannot be replenished. In the case of charging, it is enough for them to use for two months.

Around the middle kitchen is a built military room. The garrison usually live here. There are small holes on the wall. In addition to being used as a shooting hole, it also provides lighting and ventilation for the room. There is a direct patio in the center of the fort. Once the external hole is set on fire or smoked, it can Blocking with wooden boards can ensure the supply of air inside the turret, and it can also play the role of convection at ordinary times, so that the interior of the turret will not be too hot.

This design is also very ingenious, indicating that Liu Jiangtou and others have thoroughly mastered Yu Xiaotian's idea and considered the structural layout of the interior of the whole battery. They even considered problems such as ventilation and drainage that Yu Xiaotian did not consider in advance, which made Yu Xiaotian very very very satisfied.

Go up to the third floor platform under construction, and this is where the artillery is placed.

This fort has reserved a total of ten gun positions, and six gun positions are designed for the part facing the west and north sea, all of which are places where heavy artillery can be placed. The place is relatively spacious, and there are two gun positions on the east side, and even two gun positions are reserved for the interior of the bay on the south side, which can be placed less than 12 pounds. Cannon.

Although Yu Xiaotian's self-made artillery is only 12 pounds, when Yu Xiaotian asked them to build the fort, he still left enough space, so that the position of the heavy artillery here can withstand at least 3,000 catties of heavy guns, leaving room in advance for the future heavy artillery.

Lying on the reserved gunhole, Yu Xiaotian looked out. The vision of all the cannon positions was quite wide. If the artillery was placed here, in addition to hitting the sea outside the bay directly, it also firmly blocked the waterway into and out of Chicken Cage Bay. If you want to drive into Chicken Cage Bay, you must first be bombarded by a heavy gun from the fort.

Seeing this, Yu Xiaotian has nothing to be picky about. Although the construction of this fort is still a little rough and the appearance is a little strange, no one can deny that this fort is a quite good fort, both functionally and strong, far to attack and close to defend. Who doesn't want to It is basically impossible to pay a little price and take down here.

Unless the opponent now has a large-caliber line-bore gun, it is difficult to destroy this turret even with the heavy guns of this era.

And this fort has not been completed yet. After this layer of fort is built, it will be capped. At the top, Liu Jiangtou said that there will be some gun positions to place some lighter artillery. At least it is no problem to withstand the 12-pound gun currently owned by the sea wolf. There is no need to fire too much of the artillery above, because the upper gun will not be affected by the shooting boundary, and the artillery can be moved, so the fire density in any direction is greatly enhanced.

So the construction of this fort has basically reached Yu Xiaotian's original plan, at least it did not disappoint him.

So after walking out of the fort construction site, Yu Xiaotian immediately praised the craftsmen of Liu Jiangtou and ordered each of them to reward 30 taels of silver, and Liu Jiangtou to reward them 30 taels, which immediately made Liu Jiangtou and others happy and almost knelt down for Yu Xiaotian. Thirty taels of silver is a considerable wealth in this era. Ordinary families may not be able to earn so much in a few years. In addition to giving them money to start work, Yu Xiaotian also rewarded them so much, which made them very satisfied and their motivation was immediately improved a lot.

"You don't have to thank you. This is what you deserve, and it's also earned for yourself! I strive to be fair to someone. If you do a good job, I will never be stingy with money, but if I don't do well, I won't be polite!

I think this battery will be almost completed in more than ten days. After it is completed, you will move to the other side and build another battery. The structure can be slightly smaller, echoing this battery and just stuck at the mouth of the bay!

In addition, this time I have sent you more than 400 workers. The speed of the project can be much faster. While building the fort, you can also start the construction of the Dazhai in the bay, and strive to basically complete the outer wall of the Dazhai by the end of the year and have a certain defense capability! What do you think?" Yu Xiaotian said to Liu Jiangtou and others.

"This is the best. What we lacked most before was manpower. We need someone to quarry, someone to cut wood, pave roads, and someone to transport it. The manpower is very tight!

This time, the big man has brought so much manpower, and it is much easier to do things. With the help of these people, the fort can be completed in half a month at most. If you don't need manpower, you can also go to quarry, prepare materials for the opposite for the opposite fort, or lay the foundation first!

As for the side of Dazhai, we have chosen the location, which is close to the mountain on the west side of the bay. We all feel that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is more suitable for building docks. It is also very convenient to go up and down the goods, and the use will be the least. We only need to build a wall facing the bay. If there are enough manpower, before the end of the year There is no big problem when the wall is erected!

The problem is that there are too many rainy days here. It rains heavily for two days, so I have to take a break from work. I hope that the next time the big boss sends people here, I will send more raincoats and hats. With this thing, at least when it rains a little, I don't have to stop working!" After Liu Jiangtou got the reward, his interest became higher and patted his chest to guarantee, but he also put forward some requirements.

Yu Xiaotian immediately asked Liu Wang to write down this request and promised to prepare a large number of bamboo hats and send them here immediately after going back.

After looking at the construction of the fort, Yu Xiaotian went ashore and turned around to see the situation here, especially the temporary residence.

(Update means that I'm still alive and the low fever is still going on! I don't know when it will end! Two more today and one more in the afternoon!)