Chapter 118 The Horse

After dealing with the Anmin in Xingzhou, Xiao Tianjian immediately went to the riverside to inspect the newly formed navy here. At this time on the river, all kinds of ships have been replaced with the military flag of the Xing Tianjun. At the same time, the water pawns also cleaned the blood stains on the ship, making the ships look new, and one of them has been eliminated. After some temporary patchwork of fishing boats, there are more than 400 boats left.

Among these ships, there are more than 40 large warships that can carry more than 100 people, and there are more than 200 warships that can carry dozens of people, and the rest are some fast ships that can carry more than a dozen people. The riverside is crowded and looks majestic.

At the same time, there are hundreds of large cargo ships on the Yangtze River by the river. These ships have hundreds of materials and can carry dozens of tons of goods, which is very suitable for transporting troops and materials. These ships alone are enough to ship Xiao Tianjian's main force at present.

When these soldiers saw Xiao Tianjian coming to inspect the river, they all shouted long live with joy. Among them, the new graduates knelt in the bow one after another and kowtowed to Xiao Tianjian, while the old men stood straight on the boat as straight as javelins and saluted Xiao Tianjian with their right hands.

After Xiao Tianjian looked at it, he repeatedly raised his hand to return the soldiers of the water camp, while Liu Jiang changed into a Xing Tianjun's military uniform and followed Xiao Tianjian proudly. He was a little high-willed. Now the water camp has just been established, temporarily taking the battalion as a unit, but the strength is more than 3,000 people. It belongs to the super-edited battalion, and this time Liu Jiang was promoted to the deputy general of the water camp by Xiao Tianjian because of his achievements against the Zuo Liangyu Water Army, and continued to be under the command of Yang Kunshan.

Yang Kunshan was promoted to the water camp of the Xingtian Army because of his meritorious service in this battle. He stepped into the ranks of senior generals of the Xingtian Army and temporarily commanded the Yangtze River Water Army, and all ships arranged officers and soldiers transferred from the Yellow River Water Camp of the Xingtian Army. As trainee officers, he led the new graduates on each ship, and some of them defected to Xingtian. The original officers of the army's water camp remained on the spot and temporarily belonged to the leaders of the old departments of the Xingtian Army, so it can be said that the whole new army is very happy. Therefore, the soldiers of the water battalion have been very morale these days, and they have a tendency to despise the world.

Xiao Tianjian boarded a large warship. After the inspection, he saw that although these ships were very new, their military equipment was relatively poor. On each warship, there were at most two or three old guns such as bowls and mouth guns. Some ships were equipped with one or two medium-caliber French machine guns, which was relatively good. Most of the ships were Instead of artillery, it was equipped with more hooks, long guns and crossbow rockets, so he frowned slightly.

Although there are many ships and personnel of such equipment quality, the combat effectiveness is not strong. Most of the time, it still depends on jumping to fight against enemy ships. Although the morale of Xingtian Army's water battalion is high, there are many new recruits and fewer soldiers. Although Yang Kunshan, a relatively mature general, is led by Yang Kunshan. But it is not easy to exert much combat effectiveness.

"What is the specific number of artillery equipment on each ship now? Have you checked it? In addition, is the ammunition complete? Do you need to supplement it? Xiao Tianjian held the port of his hand and asked Yang Kunshan and others.

Yang Kunshan replied calmly: "My lord, these ships are all newly captured ships. Although Zuo Liangyu was equipped with some artillery, most of the artillery was transferred to the city during the defense of Jingzhou. The number of artillery equipment of each ship is limited, and the last general has been checked. After that, the water camp now has only three big Fran machine guns, 12 medium-sized Fran machine guns, 43 small Fran machine guns, 30 cannons, and 20 copper and iron bowl mouths. They are mainly equipped with rockets. Some ships are equipped with fire cans, knives and guns for the time being!"

Liu Jiang replied carelessly, "My lord, although the ships are not so armed, the officers and warships on the river are nothing more than that. We have so many ships, how can we be afraid of them?"

Xiao Tianjian shook his head and said, "This is bad! Remember, our Xing Tianjun has always done things if they don't do it, and if they do it, they will do it well! Wuchang is definitely not good under such martial arts!

And we still have to pass through Yuezhou. There are still many warships of officers and soldiers on Dongting Lake. It's not enough for us to consume! Therefore, the military equipment of each ship must be strengthened as much as possible!

Especially the artillery. Now Jingzhou City has been shot down. There are not so many artillery here. There are not many officers and soldiers who can fight nearby, so the defensive pressure of Jingzhou City is not big. There are heavy artillery that are not easy to use on the ship to defend the city. You can hold my tokens for the rest of the cannons and go to the city to find all of Liu Yaoben. Pick it up and equip it on each ship.

If the number is not enough, it will be called directly from the direct artillery teams of each battalion. The direct artillery teams of the battalion can temporarily board the ship and obey your orders for the time being! Be sure to complete the armament within ten days!

In addition, I will give you ten days to complete the arming of the warship while speeding up the repair of the ship. I think some ships are a little crude. I'm afraid that the cannons on the rack will fall off as soon as they are fired. We need to recruit boatmen to strengthen as soon as possible, and also use the existing ships and generals to train together on the river within these ten days. I don't want to Please become a strong soldier now, but at least you must be able to use it, know how to obey the order, and be able to fight against the enemy!

After all, once we go down the river, a large number of soldiers and cavalry will be loaded on the ship. Their lives are in your hands on the river, and there is no loss! Do you understand?"

Yang Kunshan immediately straightened his chest and said loudly, "The last general understands that the last general will immediately start to do these things! After ten days, it is guaranteed that you can anchor and go down the river at any time!"

Liu Jiang first habitually knelt down to take the order, but after seeing Yang Kunshan's movements, he quickly straightened his chest and saluted according to the cat painting tiger, "Master, don't worry, the little ones will do it right away!"

Liu Yao was somewhat slanderous about Xiao Tianjian's battalion's return to the water army, but after thinking about it, Xiao Tianjian only said that it was only temporarily assigned to them, but he did not say that these artillery and three-pounds would be returned to the water camp in the future, so he immediately agreed. After all, once the preparation was completed, he We also have to set out by boat. When it comes to the land battle, these guns will still be unloaded and used by their troops.

Soon the artillery of each department began to install all types of artillery on the warship. If the gunners were not enough, the gunners of each gun were dispatched separately to meet the personnel operating the guns on each ship. In addition, Xiangyang also transported a batch of supplies from Henan, including a large number of gunpowder and thunderbolts. In addition, in these battles, Xing Tianjun also seized a lot of gunpowder stored by the left army. After distribution, it can basically meet Xing Tianjun's next actions.

(There was something wrong last night, which delayed the time. There are few words in this chapter. Please forgive me. It's good to curse a few words! In addition, thank you for the reward of Dream Watch and feng41501 brothers!)