Chapter 569: Cannibalization

Daye 13th, June 15th.

Zhoushan Shipyard.

Bai Yulou, who just came back from Liuqiu Mansion, is visiting this ever-expanding shipyard with Long Sha.

"Currently we have a total of 23 dry docks, including 10 for 500-ton dry docks, eight for 300-ton dry docks, and five for 100-ton dry docks." Longsha introduced with a smile.

Looking at the large number of ships under construction, Bai Yulou said helplessly: "The East China Sea Fleet has too few science-class ships, only 12 ships, and it is impossible to completely replace the previous Mengchong ships and first-board ships."

"Just be content with it! It's already the fastest construction speed. After all, wood needs to be dried in the shade. Even if I build a drying plant, the supply of ship wood is still in short supply." Long Sha shrugged and replied.

Bai Yulou suddenly saw a 300-ton shipyard, and the planks were being dismantled: "Is this a cement ship?"

Long Sha explained: "Yes, in order to squeeze ships for your navy, I changed all the inland river transport ships into cement ships."

"How's the effect?"

Long Sha smiled and said: "Compared with wooden ships, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. This is a Yangtze River-class transport ship designed on the basis of a sand ship. Its displacement is 288 tons, and its weight is similar to that of a wooden ship."

"Almost? Didn't you say that cement boats are heavier than steel boats?" Bai Yulou subconsciously said.

Longsha rolled her eyes: "Did you read the book for nothing? The cement ship has a displacement of less than 300 tons, and its dead weight can be made to be similar to that of a wooden ship. If there is no better special cement and steel, the cement ship can be made even bigger. "

In fact, the self-weight of the cement ship is not a fixed problem, but changes with the displacement.

After the displacement of the cement ship exceeds 300 tons, as the hull increases, the problem of insufficient toughness and elasticity of the cement will become more prominent, which can only be solved by continuously thickening the hull.

The Yangtze River-class transport ship designed by Longsha has a hull thickness of only 4.7 centimeters, and its dimensions are 24 meters long, 6 meters wide and 2 meters high.

The ship type has an empty weight of 94 tons, a total displacement of 288 tons, a payload of 194 tons, and a speed of 5 to 9 knots. It is an inland waterway transport type.

Because it is a cement ship, and the sand ship itself is not suitable for oceangoing navigation, it can only sail in inland rivers or offshore.

But the ship is still an excellent transport ship,

Especially in terms of fire prevention, it has more advantages than wooden boats.

In addition, the construction period is very short. As long as the binding and locking of the steel frame is completed, the wooden formwork is laid, the cement can be poured directly, and the internal supporting facilities are installed, and the construction can be completed in an average of one month.

At present, Zhoushan Shipyard has a total of five 300-ton dry docks, which are used to build Yangtze River-class transport ships, and five ships have been launched.

During initial shipping, performed very well.

As long as the displacement of the construction does not exceed 300 tons, the inland river cement ship can surpass the current wooden ship in terms of cost performance.

Bai Yulou and Long Sha finished looking at the cement ship, and came to a science-class sailing warship that was under construction.

The East China Sea Fleet is now very large, consisting of 5 squadrons with more than 160 ships of different sizes.

Fortunately, after annexing the Dongming faction, they obtained the Danshui Shipyard, otherwise the Zhoushan Shipyard alone would have been too busy.

At this time, the population of the Human Revolutionary League has reached 127,000, and the strength of the navy and army has reached 8,500, including 5,500 in the navy and 3,000 in the army, with a total of 17 battalions.

Regardless of the insurgents in various places, there are tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops, but the proportion of real professional soldiers among them may be less than one-tenth.

As for the soldiers of the Human Revolutionary League, they are the real elite soldiers and powerful generals, and they are equipped with a large number of hot weapons.

To deal with the official army or rebel army of the Sui Dynasty, a battalion can suppress tens of thousands of opponents with sufficient logistics.

Times have changed.

After discussions with Bai Yulou, Zheng Sen and others, they believed that it was no longer appropriate to increase the proportion of the regular army, otherwise it would affect internal production.

After inspecting the Zhoushan Shipyard, Bai Yulou came to the recently established Zhoushan Arsenal.

Long Sha threw a very modern rifle to him.

Pulling the bolt, he took out the yellow brass bullets from the box, and loaded 10 bullets. He raised the gun and aimed at a 100-meter target in the distance.

Snapped!

The bullet penetrated the target and hit 7 rings.

Snapped!

Another bullet was fired and hit the position of the 9th ring.

After firing 10 rounds of bullets in a row, he continued to shoot another 10 rounds, and continued to shoot 200-meter targets, 300-meter targets and 500-meter targets.

Longsha on the side explained: "I used a 7mm caliber rifle bullet, which is a caliber with relatively moderate power and recoil."

"In addition to rifles, what about other weapons?"

Ronza rolls out a machine gun.

Bai Yulou recognized its prototype at a glance - Gatling machine gun, but this caliber...

"7 mm caliber too?"

Long Sha nodded: "And general-purpose rifle ammunition, after all, I don't have the energy to design another production line of ammunition of other calibers."

After inserting the belt, Bai Yulou pressed the trigger.

Da da da……

The six gun barrels took turns to emit flames, and a hot bullet hit the distant target ferociously.

The violent beauty of hot weapons will bring truth to this world.

"Phew... Enjoyable!" Bai Yulou yelled with a smile.

Long Sha said helplessly: "Don't have fun, we only produce 300,000 rounds of bullets a month."

"What about the production of rifles and machine guns?"

Lonza replied: "300 rifles per month, 10 machine guns per month."

"Not bad, enough to arm an elite."

Long Sha suddenly remembered something: "By the way, the arsenal also produced double-barreled shotguns and 50mm mortars. I think these two weapons are very effective against martial arts masters."

"Shotguns and mortars? Well, these two weapons can indeed suppress martial arts masters." Bai Yulou is not a novice, just use a quantum computer to simulate the battle scene and you will know.

Martial arts masters have quick reflexes. Once they figure out the shooting pattern of the rifle, they can still dodge in advance.

But shotguns, grenades, and mortars that can be thrown in a curve are not so easy to avoid.

As for the larger caliber artillery, it is not necessary for the time being, after all, the opponent does not even have the original artillery, and the 75mm artillery is enough for a period of time.

After personally trying out the new weapons in the arsenal, Bai Yulou took with him 350 equal rifles, 20 volcano shotguns, 6 storm machine guns, 5 hail mortars, 500,000 rounds of bullets and 200 rounds of 50mm mortars in stock. The artillery shells returned to the Zhoushan military port.

As soon as he returned to the Zhoushan military port, he immediately prepared to attack the inland. Although immigrants can gain population, the population obtained by siege is faster.

Li Yongxing, Chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of the Navy reported to him:

"Your Excellency, our army is currently in Zhoushan County and Nantong County. We can mobilize 6 battalions, including 3 battalions of the Marine Corps and 3 battalions of the Army. The Zhoushan Squadron and the Guerrilla Squadron can also be mobilized."

Bai Yulou looked through the information of the guard in black.

There are currently four targets that can be attacked, namely Kuaiji County, Yuhang County, Wu County, and Piling County.

According to the information of Heiyiwei, Kuaiji County (now Shaoxing) has 24,000 households and a population of 120,000; Yuhang County (now Hangzhou) has 13,000 households and a population of 72,000;

Wu County (now Suzhou) has 31,000 households and a population of 160,000; Piling County (now Changzhou) has 26,000 households and a population of 134,000.

Originally, the population of Yuhang County was about 150,000, but after the ravages of Liu Jinyuan's uprising army and the Sui Dynasty's official army, the population was quickly reduced by more than half.

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After reading the intelligence of these four counties, Bai Yulou set his sights on Yuhang County and Kuaiji County.

He chose these two places because they were far away from Yangzhou. Yang Guang was in Yangzhou now, and even a skinny camel was bigger than a horse.

Moreover, the gentry in Wu County is powerful, and the four major families of Lu, Gu, Zhu, and Zhang have intertwined influence in the local area. If they want to win Wu County, it must be the result of bloodshed.

Piling County is too close to Yangzhou City to be the target of the first stage.

However, Yuhang County, Kuaiji County, and Zhoushan County are within easy reach, and they can land in the two places in a few hours. They have been devastated by the uprising army and the official army of the Sui Dynasty before, and there are fewer powerful forces.

After making up his mind, Bai Yulou decided to take over Yuhang and Kuaiji, eating the local population of nearly 200,000 people.

Yuhang City in Yuhang County is located by the sea and is one of the hub cities of the Grand Canal.

The Fugui Commercial Firm in the city is a stronghold of the Black Guards, and they keep in touch with the headquarters through the telegraph.

At this time, they received instructions from the headquarters and acted quickly.

On the morning of the third day, the prepared guerrilla squadron, with 20 transport ships, went straight to Yuhang City, Yuhang County.

On the other side, the Zhoushan Squadron also took 20 transport ships and went straight to Kuaiji City in Kuaiji County.

The battle in Yuhang County broke out first.

The officers and soldiers without long-distance attack methods thought that the guerrilla squadron was a merchant ship that came to trade, and they were used to eating government servants and hooligans that Naka wanted on weekdays, when they were about to make a lot of money.

boom! The passing planks of the transport ship slammed heavily on the stone embankment of the port, and the armored company, wearing full-body plate armor, rushed directly to the various parts of the pier.

A petty official with a tax book and several government servants turned pale with fright.

"Squat down!"

What? A yamen servant was stunned for a moment, and was immediately slapped on the face by a steel knife, and he fainted directly.

grunt! The others squatted down quickly.

Three armored companies with mainly cold weapons quickly controlled the entire port.

However, seeing that the situation was not going well, the Sui army defending the city quickly closed the city gate, and Baiyulou, who came to supervise the battle in person, smiled and shook his head when he saw this scene:

"Who is willing to lead troops to take down Yuhang City?"

"The humble job is willing!"

"Don't fight with me, I want to avenge Wang Shichong's murder!"

Bai Yulou glanced at Liu Pingdong and nodded: "Then you will be the main attacker, but you must pay attention to discipline, otherwise don't blame the military law for being ruthless."

"Yes! Subordinates must strictly observe discipline." Liu Pingdong saluted and replied. He was a member of the uprising with Liu Jinyuan and had a bloody feud with the Sui army.

However, the troops of the Human Revolutionary League do not allow indiscriminate killing of innocent people, and the middle and lower ranks of the Sui army are only the lower ranks who have been coerced by the times.

At best, Bai Yulou would clean up the most heinous of them, and the rest would be incorporated into the sin camp. Once such things as killing prisoners were leaked out, the enemy would desperately resist. This is just asking for trouble.

After receiving the order, Liu Pingdong quickly advanced to the east gate of Yuhang City with two armored companies and a gun company.

At this time, on the city wall.

Governor Li Xian of Yuhang County and General Bao Changji were already on the top of the city tower, they didn't know where they were, they were too conspicuous.

"Siyuan, how many bandit soldiers are there?"

Bao Changji quickly replied: "My lord, there are only a few hundred bandit soldiers. I was worried that the other party might have an ambush, so I didn't go out of the city to fight."

"Huh..." Li Xian saw more than 300 soldiers appearing 300 meters away. He frowned and said, "Where are these rebels? There are such elite soldiers."

Bao Changji's eyes were also slightly dignified. The armored soldiers covered with plate armor all over their bodies were indeed very intimidating.

While the two were discussing the Army of the Human Revolutionary Union, Liu Pingdong had already pulled three 75mm howitzers to a position 350 meters away from the city wall.

The artillery aimed directly at the tower. Liu Pingdong knew that many city guards liked to appear near the tower. Through the binoculars, he saw Li Xian in official robes and Bao Changji in obvious armor.

"Fire me! 3 bursts!"

Boom boom boom...

Li Xian and Bao Changji, who were in the tower, had no time to react, and were blown out by the shells, especially Li Xian, whose head was directly blown off by the shells.

Boom boom boom...

Boom boom boom...

3 consecutive shots completed.

The defenders on the city wall were stunned by the sudden terrorist attack.

After a while.

"Ahhh..."

"The general is dead!"

"Run! God is angry."

"Whoa, I want to go home..."

Since the two civil and military chiefs were killed, the entire Yuhang City defenders were suddenly leaderless, and the battalion screamed directly.

"Quick! Use armor-piercing bullets to blow up the city gate!" Liu Pingdong shouted excitedly.

boom!

The wooden board of the city gate was directly blasted into a big hole by the armor-piercing bomb. Originally, according to the general plan of defending the city, the defenders would fill a large number of stones behind the city gate.

It's just that this plan takes a certain amount of time, and the defenders of Yuhang City have no time at all.

boom! Another armor-piercing projectile hit the city gate. The distance of 350 meters was too close, and there was no problem of inaccurate aiming.

After the second armor-piercing bomb exploded, the defenders in charge of guarding the city gate also collapsed, and fled the city gate crying for their father and mother.

The third armor-piercing projectile finally blew up half of the city gate.

The steel frame plank bridge brought from the battleship was quickly pushed towards the moat.

As for the defenders on the city wall, they were in chaos at this time, and there was no way to organize an effective counterattack.

The snipers of the gun company had already rushed to the edge of the moat with the armored company, and the defenders who dared to fight back would wait to eat bullets as long as they dared to stand up.

With the steel frame and wooden plank bridge erected, the armored company rushed into Yuhang City.

"Kneel down and don't kill!"

"Drop your weapon immediately!"

A general of the Sui army led dozens of soldiers, trying to stop the armored company.

boom! His head exploded, and then he fell on the way of charging with astonishment and unwillingness.

The 3,200 Sui troops in Yuhang City faced a battalion and could not resist at all. With the Marine Corps joining the finishing work, the battle ended quickly.

At around 1:30 noon, Bai Yulou was already at the Sheriff's Mansion of Yuhang County, listening to the battle reports of various ministries.

The Battle of Yuhang lasted 3 hours. The Human Revolutionary League invested 1,000 troops, sacrificed 3 people, injured 27 people, wiped out 257 enemies, captured 2637 people, and 233 Ming and Sui soldiers were missing.

Just as the Battle of Yuhang ended.

The battle under Kuaiji City also broke out, and it was also a devastating battle.

At around 4:30 in the evening, Huang Dabiao, who was in charge of the Battle of Kuaiji, sent a telegram to Baiyulou, reporting the situation of the battle.

Of the 4,000 defenders in Kuaiji County, 425 were annihilated, 3,164 were captured, and 413 were missing.

As for the 103rd Battalion of the Human Revolutionary Army, 2 soldiers were sacrificed and 42 were injured.

Winning the county towns of the two counties does not mean that the matter is over, because it is necessary to further occupy and control the county towns of the two counties.

However, Baiyulou did not immediately divide the troops. The current situation is very clear. If the Sui Dynasty wants to regain these two counties, the most convenient route is to attack Yuhang County from the direction of Wu County along the Grand Canal.

In other directions, either they are threatened by other insurgents, or they only have one or two thousand troops, which is difficult to defend, let alone attack Yuhang County and Kuaiji County.

Therefore, Bai Yulou only needs to mobilize the guerrilla squadron, go northward along the Grand Canal, and approach Wujun, so that the Sui army can be blocked on the Wujun-Songjiang line.

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