The sun is westward, and the sunlight passes through the branches of trees and casts spots on the battleship.

Zhao Xu led Zhou Yi and the students down the river bank and to the edge of the deep pit of the dry dock.

Here, a cross-border carries atop the battleship deck and concrete walls.

At this moment, Zhou Yi and the students had straight eyes.

Although they were trained in Pingcheng, they were also not allowed to approach the Ship Division.

Now, seeing such a huge warship surmounted in front of me, my heart was as shocked as seeing a meteor falling in front of me.

Thinking that this was the warship he was about to control, everyone was even more excited and blushed.

Many students wanted to jump onto the battleship and kiss the deck immediately.

Zhang Yazi was also among the students. He looked at the battleship with admiration as if he saw Erya in the village.

"My mother, even if this big baby hits, it can knock Goryeo's warship into pieces." Zhang Yazi sighed.

The students around him learned something about warships in the school.

Pointing to the small window on one side of the warship, he said, "This warship is not used to hit the enemy, but to hit the enemy's ship with cannons."

"Bao?" Zhang Yazi felt that his head was not enough.

During the Battle of Yanguan, the matter about artillery spread.

He heard that the attack was shot and the troops were shattered.

I didn't expect that this cannon could still be installed on the warship.

As soon as he thought of this, he became more and more excited.

"This thing is the mast. Before the soft sail is hung, it will be hung after it is launched. It is the most difficult thing to control on the warship." Zhao Xu passed through the horizontal wood and came to the deck, pointing to the three thick woods standing up and said.

Zhou Yi nodded, his expression was like a student, listening humbly.

"The highest disc-like thing is the lookout. When the warship is sailing, someone needs to stare at the sea."

"This is a wake-up call. Once you encounter an enemy, you can shake the alarm bell."

The deck of the sailing warship is basically flat.

After a brief introduction, he led Zhou Yi and others down from the steps to the warship.

At this time, a strong smell of wood came to my nose.

“This is where crew members rest.”

"This is the cannon position." Zhao Xu introduced as he walked.

Under his introduction, Zhou Yi and others had a general understanding of the structure of the warship.

Today, he did not expect the students to be completely familiar with the warships, but just opened their eyes.

Soon, they will stay on the battleships to train every day.

In the evening, everyone left the Shipyard.

Zhao Xu also ordered the county magistrate to prepare a yard for lectures in the city.

In the following time, he gave lectures every morning, teaching them the longitude and latitude lines and triangle angle calculations, and in the afternoon, he took them to the warship to simulate operating sails.

In addition to the students, Zhou Yi also transferred the naval soldiers to train together.

After all, generals need to master navigation technology, while controlling sails and fighting wars requires soldiers.

Four days later, the Military Office sent the first sextant to the warship. He simply went directly to the warship to teach on-site, and at the same time urged the Military Office to send artillery used for warships to Pingcheng.

After the battleship is completed, the artillery will be put on the ship.

During this period, the military service department no longer delivered artillery to Chang Wei.

Because the number of artillery was enough.

So what we have been manufacturing is actually the naval guns on warships.

This kind of artillery is the same as the city guard cannon and is a heavy artillery.

The contemporary red cannon is a Dutch naval cannon.

While Zhao Xu was striking training of the navy, Chang Wei was not idle either.

At this time, in a wilderness in Wu'an County, Zhongli led the cavalry to pretend to be Beidi cavalry and launch attacks on the chariot formation again and again.

They used crossbows to replace the Beidi people's bows and arrows, but the arrows they fired were without arrows.

Facing the circular car arrays, Zhongli was helpless.

In the end, he had to give up his war horse and play the role of the Beidi infantry fighting hand-to-hand combat.

But the flintlock spearmen in the chariot formation kept firing. When they were killed and injured and attacked the chariot formation, they were facing soldiers who had been waiting for the battle, and they used wooden sticks wrapped in cloth to overturn them.

What's even more hateful is that the artillery soldiers also hid in the chariot. They pushed the artillery to the chariot and bombarded them outward through the gaps between the chariots.

During the charge, they were constantly judged to be deducted.

There are also cavalry in the chariot formation. Once they are defeated, the soldiers of the royal palace will open the iron chain and let the cavalry rush out to pursue.

"All killed!"

After another charge, the general who was directing the exercise shouted.

Upon hearing this, Zhongli said to Chang Wei: "General, let's just act like Beidi, you can't fight this battle."

Chang Wei patted Zhongli on the shoulder, "Continue to persevere, no one else can perform well as you. After fighting in the past few days, I have accumulated a lot of experience and will be very useful on the battlefield in the future."

Seeing Zhongli still looks like he is unlucky.

He said, "Returning to Yancheng, I will give you three oaths of wine in the royal palace."

Upon hearing this, Zhongli stood up immediately, full of energy, "It's settled."

Seeing this, Chang Wei laughed and scolded: "You kid just want to blackmail me from my general's wine."

Zhongli just flashed Chang Wei's legs and ran away with a laugh.

Soon, the Niuke sounded again, and Zhongli played the role of the Beidi cavalry and rushed towards the chariot formation again.

The exercises of infantry and horse soldiers and training for the navy are in full swing, and days are passing day by day.

September 24, 23rd year of Taihe.

Zhao Xu received news from the capital.

The Northern Expedition Army will arrive on the fifth day of October.

Then the war will begin.

"The warship can be launched." Zhao Xu said to Chen Shou after hearing the news.

At this moment, he was on the battleship. Although the weather was getting colder, he was covered in sweat.

At this moment, several stoves burning charcoal on the ground of the dry dock, which raises the temperature here very high.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Chen Shou was also waiting for this day. Although it was not perfect, the warship was finally going to be launched.

He immediately asked the dry dock to clean up and remove the stove.

Then the clans that were near the river were opened, and the river water was poured in quickly. As the water surface rose, the warships continued to float up and finally level with the river surface.

The same goes for other dry docks, with warships floating up from the ground of the dry docks.

Seeing that Zhou Yi and others were all excited on their faces, Zhao Xu said, "What are you waiting for? After practicing for so many days, it's time for you to really operate the warship."

Zhou Yi was just too excited and immediately reacted. He shouted: "The captains and the first mate are still in the crew, all of them are in their seats."

The captains of the twelve battleships were selected based on the results of the drill during this period.

They all mastered the skillful use of sextant and identified the latitude and latitude diagram.

At present, the only thing they lack is the actual experience of entering the sea.

But he was not worried about this.

The Goryeo Navy is not necessarily stronger than them. Even if the croaker is pecking at each other, they still have the advantage of crushing.

Looking at the naval soldiers who were busy, Zhao Xu turned his gaze to the north.

The horn of war finally sounded.
Chapter completed!