Standing on the boat and looking at the sea, Su Yonglin had a lot of thoughts.
At this moment, the old guys around him were also filled with emotion.
Su Yong, Su Haisheng and others boarded the ship together, looking at the vast sea and telling about the prosperous years of those years.
"The first time I killed someone was on this ship. I shot a bastard from the Wang fleet to death with an arrow. The bastard and I were shooting at each other, and a wave happened to hit me. I couldn't stand firm, and neither could he. stable.
Maybe it was God's favor. My arrow killed him, and his arrow flew past my scalp. I was so frightened that I almost peed. "
"Stop talking nonsense, you just peed. I was standing next to you at that time. You fell to the deck and trembled, and the urine came out. Hahahaha! I still remember that!"
"Fart! No way! I never peed!"
"You just peed! I remember! I really saw it!"
Su Yong and Su Haisheng started arguing on the boat, while others watched the jokes and fanned the flames, expecting to see the two fighting.
When they are not in the military camp or on the battlefield, they are always out of shape and speak rudely. Everyone is full of bad intentions and wants to make the other suffer and take pleasure in others' misfortune.
It was rare for Su Yonglin to relax. He looked at Xin Qiji standing next to him and asked jokingly: "You'an, how do you feel about being a son of a scholarly family and living with a group of rude salt dealers day and night?"
Xin Qiji knew that Su Yonglin was joking, so he laughed.
"Su Shuai was joking. Aren't we all comrades in arms now, whether they are private salt dealers or from scholarly family backgrounds? It doesn't matter where we come from. What matters is whether we share the same goals and can come together to fight side by side. This is the most important thing. .”
"well said."
Su Yonglin patted Xin Qiji on the shoulder and said with a smile: "We cannot change our background, but we can decide for ourselves what path we take.
So what path you take and what kind of things you do all depends on yourself. When looking for friends, you should look for them from this perspective. When you look for like-minded people, they are not only friends, but also comrades. "
"Comrade...comrade..."
Xin Qiji looked at the endless sea and was very emotional.
"A year ago, my subordinates would never have imagined that they would be where they are today. The knowledge that Su Shuai taught me is far more meaningful than what I learned from books. Now I can truly feel that I am making progress towards the future." It’s quite exciting to go in that direction.”
"This is a difficult road. No one has ever walked it, let alone mentioned it. I don't know if it can be successful. Compared with the four steps of self-cultivation, family governance, country governance, and world peace, it's more men than men."
Su Yonglin shook his head and sighed: "Even I don't know if I can succeed, I'm not sure at all, I just feel that at this time when I can't see any hope, if I don't do this, I won't be able to change anything.
So although I know that it is difficult to succeed in this way and there is no precedent, if I give up without trying hard, I will treat it as if it is not possible. I can't do it. "
"Su Shuai..."
Xin Qiji knew what Su Yonglin was talking about.
"The path I proposed, the path I imagined, the path I chose, no matter what others think, I will definitely go on it, and I will never stop until I die."
Su Yonglin looked at Xin Qiji and smiled: "If the sky stops me, I will fight it to the end. If the earth stops me, I will fight it to the end. If people stop me, I will fight them to the end. Life will not stop, fight Never stop."
Xin Qiji suddenly didn't know what words he should use to describe the man in front of him.
But there was no doubt that he really admired this man.
After the twenty-six large-scale ships were in place, the Corps' navy took shape. The first batch of 2,000 sailors was also in place, and formal exercises began.
Various individual equipment and large-scale equipment used in water warfare were also transported to the ship for testing.
In fact, water warfare at this time did not generally fall out of the category of gang warfare. There were some long-range attack weapons and some fire attack ordnance, but they were not mainstream.
After getting close to each other, collisions and gang-hopping operations are still the main means of killing each other. They are the mainstream of water warfare. The thinking of water warfare, the training model of sailors and the construction of warships are also in this direction.
There are very few large ordnances that can be placed on the ship for long-range strikes, and there are no such things as artillery.
But it was at this time that Su Yonglin began to realize the significance of artillery to water warfare.
Solid bullets that do not explode are indeed of little use against moving infantry, cavalry, and thick city walls. It depends more on luck, but it is different when used in water battles.
As long as the solid bullet hits, the wooden ship will have no resistance. Concentrated fire bombardment can even sink the ship and break it into pieces. The sailors on the ship will be drowned even if they are not killed.
The lethality of the navy equipped with artillery to the navy without artillery is simply incomprehensible.
There is a high probability that it will not be used against the Jin Kingdom, it will be too late, and it is even more unnecessary. Even with the amateur level of the Jin Kingdom's navy, the private salt dealers in the Southern Song Dynasty can take care of them.
But in the future, it may be more difficult for Su Yonglin's navy, which is not yet experienced enough, to deal with the powerful and professional navy of the Southern Song Dynasty. It will be very difficult to annihilate the navy of the Southern Song Dynasty in one fell swoop by relying solely on numbers and gang warfare.
But if artillery can be equipped, the situation will be completely different. It will not be impossible to destroy the main force of the Southern Song Navy in one battle.
Without the main force of the navy, the Southern Song Dynasty lost a reliable firewall.
Su Yonglin was completely confident that he could blow their heads off with the elite troops of the Southern Song Dynasty that he brought out.
It seems that it is time to start research on artillery fired by gunpowder.
It just so happened that the rough granulated gunpowder technology was almost proficient. Compared with the original powder or paste gunpowder, the granulated gunpowder undoubtedly had a stronger explosive power.
Based on this, it is appropriate to study tubular firearms.
Moreover, during this period, through the occupation of Hebei, Su Yonglin obtained a certain scale of saltpeter mines in Hejian, Renqiu and other places, which could ensure the stable output of gunpowder to a certain extent.
Before occupying Hebei, most of the gunpowder used by Su Yonglin was confiscated, and only a small part was produced by himself. The gunpowder he produced was still made from saltpeter scraped from toilets and pig pens, and the quantity was very limited. .
The consumption of gunpowder does not seem to be large, but it is really going to hit the head. The consumption of tens of thousands of kilograms after a war is normal. Without sufficient gunpowder reserves, it is impossible to fight a hot weapon war.
But now the situation has improved, and we have obtained a stable output of saltpeter ore. Although the output is not large, it is much better than simply scraping saltpeter from toilets, pig pens, etc. and then boiling it.
Despite this, he cannot lose the saltpeter collected from toilets, pig pens and other places. It is still very difficult to increase gunpowder production just by relying on those few mines with low output.
That is to say, gunpowder weapons are not used as the main weapon of war, and his army is still a cold weapon army. Otherwise, it would be really difficult.
So Su Yonglin called Shi Zheng, the chief clerk of the Ordnance Department, and instructed him to form a team dedicated to collecting saltpeter to scrape small amounts of saltpeter from toilets, pig pens and other places.
Although it is small, it is better than nothing if you add up to it.
At the same time, he asked the Department of Ordnance, which is responsible for the study of gunpowder and firearms, to change its thinking and make changes from the level of improved flying muskets to specialize in the study of tubular firearms.
Referring to the technology of copper-casting bells, they tried to use iron to build a cannon tube. A big iron ball was placed in the cannon tube. They had to find a way to use gunpowder to launch the big iron ball out of the cannon tube. The cannon tube could not cause any trouble. .
That being said, Su Yonglin is not a professional, so he can only give a general idea, and they can only let them figure out the rest.
But groping is groping, and Su Yonglin reminded them specifically.
"Gunpowder explosion is a very dangerous thing. The iron pipe you cast must be thick and not too thin. Once it is cast, you must stay far away during the test launch and find a good bunker. Don't be stupid. If you stand nearby stupidly, you will die without knowing how, do you understand?"
