Chapter 1187: The Navy Is Formed
"Nowadays, the shipbuilding workshop has produced fighting ships, but the speed is still too slow. It only takes half a year to build one. The main reason is that on the one hand, there is insufficient wood in the early stage, and on the other hand, the level of the craftsmen is too low, so the production speed is slow. It can't be brought up. Now, after more than a year, the first batch of wood we collected has been completely dried and can be supplied to the shipyard. There is no problem with the raw materials, but the craftsmen are still not enough, so..." Zhou Ran Explained to Huangfu Chaobo;
"There are insufficient craftsmen. Do you mean there are insufficient senior craftsmen?" Huangfu Chaobo heard what he meant and asked;
"Your Majesty!" Zhou Ran flattered him calmly.
After thinking for a while, Huangfu Chaobo said: "Well, Shuanghe City Shipyard has now moved to Changshan Island City, and Qingdao City Shipyard has gradually reduced the number of ships it manufactures. If Qingdao Shipyard ceased production, it was originally planned to use its craftsmen They are all arranged to go to the shipyard in Changshan Island City, but the conditions on Changshan Island are really limited. Well, Gu can send an order to Qingdao City to temporarily hand over the craftsmen there to Songyang Shipyard, but you must tell Gu, If there are sufficient personnel, how long will it take to train all 10,000 sailors from the two schools? "
After hearing Huangfu Chaobo's words, Zhou Ran was overjoyed and said without hesitation: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, as long as the ships can arrive on time, we will definitely be able to train 10,000 elite navy troops for the King this year, although it cannot be compared with the eldest brother and General Chiang's two armies are elite, but they will definitely not lose to General Pan's Fubo Camp."
After listening to his words, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but laugh. No matter what time it is, the strong are always respected in the army, and the same is true in the Tang Dynasty Navy. Now among the four naval camps, Zhou Tai's Hengjiang Battalion and Jiang Qin The two battalions of Nutao Battalion are equally comparable and are the two most elite units in the navy. Although Pan Feng's Fubo Battalion has been in the army for the longest time, its combat power is obviously weaker than that of Hengjiang and Nutao Battalions, and compared with Zhenhai Zhonglang matched Zhou Yi's Zhenhai camp.
Zhou Ran was cunning. He did not mention the Zhenhai Camp of Huangfu Chaobo's confidant Zhou Yi, but dared to compare it with Pan Feng's Fubo Camp. It has to be said that over time, Pan Feng's Fubo Camp ranked among the Tang Navy. Will be at the bottom.
"Don't worry, someone will supervise the ship matters as soon as possible, but you really need to be more careful and serious about the training of navy soldiers."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will definitely not be entrusted by Your Majesty with your humble ministers. As for shipbuilding, please ask Your Majesty to ask for a building to be built first, so that the soldiers can have a boat to use..."
"Hmm..." Huangfu Chaobo nodded noncommittally: "We'll talk about this later. Let's go. Let me take a look at the situation of the school's navy that you have trained!"
"Promise!" Zhou Ran promised with clasped fists, and then immediately invited Huangfu Chaobo and his party to the command podium of the water village, while he ordered the troops to gather.
Soon five thousand sailors ran out of the camp amidst the rumbling of war drums and quickly ran towards their ships. After boarding the ships, the sails of all the warships were soon raised.
Immediately afterwards, warships filed out of the water village one after another and stood in formation hundreds of steps outside the water village. According to the establishment of the Tang Army, the standard establishment of a naval force in a school is 5,000 soldiers and 1,000 sailors. Among them, the warships are one tower ship, 5 fighting ships, 10 red horses, 20 surging ships, 30 stern ships, and walking boats. 40 ships, a total of one hundred and six warships. However, because the Lujiang navy did not have tower ships, the tower ships with a thousand soldiers were replaced by two fighting ships that could carry 500 soldiers, so there are now a total of 106 warships on the lake.
As orders were issued from the main ship, more than a hundred warships were practicing various naval tactics on the lake. Standing on the command platform of the water village, Huangfu Chaobo could clearly see the naval forces. The warships were constantly dividing and reuniting on the lake, practicing various tactics. At least judging from the drills, the cooperation between these soldiers was still very good, but I didn't know what it would be like on the battlefield.
However, it will take time to verify these.
Today's Lujiang navy, because Huangfu Chaobo does not want to overly stimulate the Wu State, does not allow large ships such as fighting ships to appear on the river. Even the red horse ships cannot go out ten at a time, so Wu Although the state knew that the Tang state had warships in the Lujiang River, they did not know that in just one year, the warships with 500 men had been fully equipped.
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After staying in Songyang for a day, Huangfu Chaobo left here and, accompanied by Kong Xin and others, went to the next destination - Yuqian City, which was where Yuan Yao ended up after Ji Ling and others broke out. , however, Huangfu Chaobo felt that the name was too island-like, so he changed it to Yuexi County. After Yuan Yao surrendered this city, Zuo Zucheng sent officials to take over it, and it has now become a county seat of Lujiang County.
From Wanxian County, follow the diving route to the northwest for more than thirty miles, then turn north and walk for about fifty miles before arriving at Yuexi. When he first saw the scale of Yuexi County, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but gasp. If Yuan Yao and the others hadn't built the city here, no one would have thought that there was such a large valley in this mountain, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people. Life.
After Yuexi County was incorporated into Lujiang County, Zuo Chengzu began to arrange to build an official road that could accommodate a large number of baggage carts. The reason for this arrangement is that there are a large number of various mineral deposits around Yuexi. After these ores are mined, the craftsmen in Yuexi County alone cannot smelt them all as quickly as possible, so the best way is to transport them out of the mountains and transport them to the county town for smelting.
After leaving Yuexi, Huangfu Chaobo went west again, heading to Xunyang County, the westernmost county of Lujiang County. This was the only land passage between Jiangxia in Jingzhou and Lujiang in Yangzhou that could pass through the army. By guarding Xunyang, the passage of Jiangxia Army to Lujiang in the east was blocked. Therefore, Huangfu Chaobo had to attach great importance to it, and specially arranged Han Xian and a school of soldiers here. In addition to the 3,000 guards in the county, there were 8,000 garrisons here. With the ability of the Jingzhou Army and Huang Zu, Huangfu Chaobo believed that Xunyang could hold out for three to five months under the siege of 40,000 to 50,000 troops.
This was also a matter of course. Although the Jingzhou Army had no intention of advancing eastward for the time being, once the war broke out in the north, it was hard to guarantee that Liu Biao or Huang Zu would have some different thoughts. You know, Liu Biao had set his sights on Wuling County of Jianling last year. If Liu Biao knew that he had no energy to take care of Lujiang County, maybe he would really dare to send troops to Lujiang.