Zhao Gang was so impressed that someone shouted loudly behind him: "Master Zhao!"

Zhao Gang was not prepared and was shocked, but it was Yuan Baoling. However, he saw that his face was rosy, which was completely different from two months ago. Zhao Gang smiled and said to Yuan Baoling:

"Mr. Yuan, I didn't expect that after seeing each other for two months, Lushun changed so much. The fort seemed to be much bigger. Tell me what it had changed."

"Sir Hui, when Lushun was first built, in addition to the Golden Mountain Fort, there were many more forts on the east and west sides of Lushunkou. There were 10 forts completed in this five years. There were more than 276,300 taels of use. Among them, four were located east of the port, six were west of the port, and more than 60 cannons of all sizes were built. In fact, it was a strong fortress on the Beiyang coastal defense.

After the reconstruction in the past few months, there are twelve Lushunkou Coast Fortresses from east to west.

Jinshan Fort, Golden Shandong Small Fort, Golden Mountain Platy Cannon Fort, Sow Reef Fort, Lao Lizui Fort, Lao Lizui Fort, Herringbone Wall Fort, Tiger Tail Fort, Weiyuan Fort, Manziying Fort, Mantou Mountain Fort, Chengtou Mountain Fort

There are 14 land forts in Lushunkou from east to west.

Huangshushan Fort, Longshan Fort, Erlongshan Eastern Fort, Wangtai Fort, Jiguanshan Northwest Fort, Jiguanshan Western Fort, Jiguanshan Fort, Jiguanshan Fort, Xiaoposhan Fort, Daposhan Fort, Temporary Pantao Mountain Fort, Case Shandong Fort, Case Shanxi Fort, Case Shan Low Fort, Case Shan Small Fort, Case Shan Eastern Foot,

Later, after deduction by the General Staff of the Pingko Army, it was found that the defense on the west side of the land fort was very empty. Currently, a large fortress group was being built in two dangerous places in Tuchengzi and Shizuizi. This doubled the strategic space of Lushun and truly solved the defense problem on the road in Lushun. If the enemy landed in Huayuankou area, most of the offensive routes were exposed to my crossfire, which could be said to have gone but not returned."

After listening to Yuan Baoling's introduction, Zhao Gang was very satisfied. In his strategic concept, he mainly relied on the fortress group to defend. This is because the losses of the offensive side in modern wars will be several times that of the defensive side, and the saturated sea of ​​people that the Japanese are best at will pay a heavy price in front of the solid fortress group.

Motianling-Lianshanguan-Bengang giant fortress group happened to be stuck on the way the Japanese went south to Lushun. If the huge threat behind them were not solved, the Japanese would never dare to rashly attack the powerful Lushun Fortress group. At that time, the two huge fortress groups would be like hedgehogs, leaving the Japanese helpless.

Thinking of this, Zhao Gang finally felt relieved. The heavy feeling that had been pressing on his heart for two years disappeared, and he waved his arm gently:

"Is there enough staff? I think there are at least 50,000 or 60,000 people. It's really hard for you. I've found so many people in such a short time."

Yuan Baoling was stunned at first, and then explained:

"I didn't ask for this, it was sent by Mrs. Zun. It said that North Korean refugees came to take refuge in our country without paying wages, just keeping full."

After saying that, Yuan Baoling pointed to the direction of land, and all the North Koreans sent there were working there, with about 50,000 people.

Zhao Gang knew that it was probably a good thing done by the Dongxue Party, so when he returned to the manufacturing bureau, he naturally understood and was not in a hurry. Yuan Baoling accompanied him to take a look around.

The next day, Zhao Gang rode a horse and finally returned home while holding the lights. He signaled his family not to speak out. Zhao Gang tiptoed to his bedroom. Through the window paper, he vaguely saw a woman embroidering flowers under the lights, with a slim figure, which looked like Yunlan.

Zhao Gang was naughty and reached out to push the door. Suddenly someone patted Zhao Gang's shoulder lightly. When he looked back, he saw that it was a pretty girl, Pai Mei. She hadn't seen her for a month and seemed to be plump. When he saw Zhao Gang, he was already open and he was about to scream. Zhao Gang didn't think about it, and hugged Pai Mei and kissed her with her big mouth.

After a while, the door was gently pushed open, and after a scream, the lights in the room went out...

The next day, Zhao Gang appeared in the prefect's yamen with great enthusiasm and walked into the study with the surprised gaze of the yamen runners.

The fragrance of wife's orchid remains in the study room. Several stacks of desk papers were neatly arranged on the desk. Zhao Gang picked up the desk papers and looked at them carefully.

After reading it, Zhao Gang had some understanding of the current situation.

‘Yuan Shikai defeated the Dongxue Party, and the leader of the Dongxue Party and the deputy leader were killed, and Cui Haiyue became the new leader. In order to purchase weapons, Cui Haiyue exchanged a large number of old guns and ammunition for 150,000 young women. It was difficult to solve the problem with Yuan Shikai.’

‘75mm caliber rapid-fire gun (pneumatic type) was successfully developed, with 30 rounds per minute. The weight of the gun was only 1/3 of the hydraulic type. The ammunition was released per minute of 135 kg.’

‘The contact with the Russians was very smooth, and Lieutenant Colonel Chernoknizhnikov, who was in charge of military intelligence at the Russian East Siberian Military Regional Staff Office, had traded information about the Japanese army and could further trade.’

'According to intelligence, Japan has conducted a general military mobilization, 200,000 reserves have been officially built, and strategic materials have begun to be reserved. The urgently ordered large-caliber naval shells are loading ships in Armstrong, England. They will be delivered to Nagasaki in a month and a half.'

These news were both happy and sad, and Zhao Gang felt a little tired. After all, the pressure of fighting a country like Japan alone is unimaginable for ordinary people.

Rubbing his eyes, Zhao Gang started working nervously again, and the smoke of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 was getting closer and closer.

The workers at Lushun Shipyard looked at Zhao Gang in amazement.

The 75mm caliber rapid-fire gun (air pressure type) was successfully developed, and the speed of 30 rounds per minute made Zhao Gang think. Although it was not designed specifically for ships, the new gun was only 1/2 of that of the old gun, so it would be no problem to replace the space.

Zhao Gang proposed to replace all 24 small-caliber secondary guns with 75mm caliber rapid-fire guns, and replace the medium-caliber secondary guns with Gatling Storm-style six-cylinder 75mm rapid-fire guns. After all, each side has the ability to fire 960 rounds of ammunition per minute. That is to say, up to four and a half tons of ammunition can be poured on the enemy's heads per minute.

In short, the modified Olympic will become a small mini battleship. In addition to the 203mm main gun, the 75mm caliber rapid-fire gun is uniformly used, and the scale range is optimized for targets within 2,000 meters.

Every minute, 960 shells can be evenly distributed on a 800*150-meter-long sea surface at a distance of 25*5. Even the fastest Yoshino ship (42 km/h, 700 meters/min) in the Japanese Combined Fleet cannot escape such a range of force shooting. In theory, it can hit 12 Yoshino ships per minute, completely sweeping away all the unprotected things on Yoshino deck.
Chapter completed!