Chapter 247 Navy

After leaving the county government, Ouyang Shuo, led by Pei Donglai, went to visit Beihai Port.

Beihai Port is located in the southeast corner of Beihai County. It is a comprehensive port, half of which is a fishing port and half of which is a military port, which is the station of the Beihai Fleet. The advanced shipyard that was relocated before was built in Beihai Port.

Entering the station, Ouyang Shuo asked Pei Donglai to invite Mr. Sun, the consultant of the shipyard, and Zheng Dahai, the director of the shipyard, to discuss the development of the Beihai Fleet.

resident, chamber.

Ouyang Shuo sat at the head, looked around, and said: "A long time ago, the Marquis made a strategy of vigorously developing the navy and dominating the ocean. It has been more than half a year now. During this period, the territory has built a high-level shipyard. As well as the North Sea Port, the North Sea Fleet has been formed, and the main battleship - the Mengchong Battleship, looks pretty good. In fact? Even if you attack a small island and take down a group of pirates, you have a lot of worries, what is the reason?"

The question Ouyang Shuo raised was very sharp, and the atmosphere froze for a moment.

"General Pei, you are the commander of the navy, tell me about it." Ouyang Shuo began to roll the roll.

Pei Donglai knew that he had to say something. He got up slowly, bowed to Ouyang Shuo, and said, "My lord, if you want to analyze the reasons, the general can give a lot of excuses, such as lack of soldiers, lack of actual combat experience, and lack of understanding of the surrounding waters. Familiarity and so on. However, these are not the main reasons, and all the soldiers of the North Sea Fleet can overcome it. The most critical problem is that the territorial warships are too single to organize a large-scale naval battle."

Ouyang Shuo's eyes lit up with Pei Donglai's point of view, "Continue talking."

As Pei Donglai, who once served as a navy general in the official army, he has rich experience in maritime combat and is very clear about the problems existing in the Beihai Fleet.

Pei Donglai sorted out his thoughts, and then said: "In order to form a well-organized naval fleet, at least three types of warships are required. The first is the large warship as the command ship—the building ship. It is not only the main battleship, but also the supporting fleet. The main logistics support warship for long-distance navigation. The second is the medium-sized warship as an attack warship—the Mengchong battleship. As a warship whose protection performance is second only to the building ship, the disadvantage of the Mengchong battleship is that it cannot carry out long-distance operations alone. Combat at sea, because the logistics materials it can carry, including fresh water, grain, grass, arrows and other materials, are very limited. Finally, there is a small warship used for sentry patrols - the red horse boat, which is small, light and fast Fast as a horse, easy to hide."

"Only with a reasonable combination of the three types of warships can the war potential be maximized. The fleet is not organized according to the army, but is composed of the fleet. In addition to soldiers, the fleet also needs to be equipped with sailors. The North Sea Fleet currently has only Mongolian soldiers. Chongdou Ship is a kind of warship, if you want to cross the sea and attack Yue'er Island, you have to take a lot of risks."

Ouyang Shuo nodded, and understood the crux of the problem. It was because his thinking was too simple.

Among the three types of warships, small warships are easy to deal with, and the key is large warships - building ships.

To build a ship, you need to break through two obstacles, one is to obtain the "Technical Manual for Building a Ship", and the other is to build a super shipyard. The current high-level shipyards can only build medium-sized warships.

Zheng Dahai has broken through as a master shipbuilder and completely cleared the obstacles to building a super shipyard. Ouyang Shuo only needs to spend 5000 gold coins to buy a blueprint of a super shipyard.

The key is the "Building and Ship Construction Technical Manual", such special items can be encountered but not sought after. Ouyang Shuo can only place his hopes on the annual auction, but in the end it still can't quench his thirst.

Ouyang Shuo looked up at Zheng Dahai and asked, "Do you have anything to report to the shipyard?"

Zheng Dahai immediately got up and bowed to salute: "I would like to inform you, the shipyard has now stopped the construction of Mengchong battleships in addition to the construction of fishing boats."

"Why?"

"Because the Mengchong battleships are completely saturated, in addition to the Beihai Fleet and the Xila Lake Navy Battalion, there are still 20 Mengchong battleships idle in the shipyard, and there will be no room for them."

Ouyang Shuo was taken aback. When did the shipyard have such a high efficiency, it should not be underestimated. He asked: "How many shipbuilders at all levels are there in the shipyard?"

Zheng Dahai's face flashed with pride, and he said with a smile: "I would like to report to you, after half a year of training, the shipyard currently has 1 master shipbuilder, 12 senior shipbuilders, 54 intermediate shipbuilders, and 228 junior shipbuilders. , 575 apprentices, a total of 870 people." Such a huge team is indeed not easy.

"Not bad." Ouyang Shuo nodded appreciatively.

Finally, Ouyang Shuo turned his eyes to Sun Lao and asked, "Sun Lao, what progress has been made in the transformation of ancient warships?"

In addition to participating in the research and development work of the No. 7 Research Institute, Sun Lao basically stayed in the shipyard for the rest of the time. For this reason, Sun Xiaoyue also complained to Ouyang Shuo, saying that Ouyang Shuo was squeezing her grandfather's surplus value.

Ouyang Shuo could only respond with a wry smile.

In fact, after entering the game, the energy of these old men is no longer restricted by the physical body in reality. They are full of energy and drive, and Ouyang Shuo can't stop them even if he wants to.

Old Sun was full of red, full of energy, shook his head, and said: "As General Pei said, there are too few types of warships, and many modifications are not needed. We can only modify some details. For the Mengchong battleship, in addition to the equipment The compass and the sails have also been upgraded. At the same time, the old man plans to install iron plates on the inner wall of the cabin, and install iron rams on the bow to enhance the impact and damage capabilities of the Mengchong fighting ship."

"The most important research is the watertight bulkhead technology, so as to increase the draft of the warship. Otherwise, it would be useless to install so many iron parts, and the draft cannot keep up."

Ouyang Shuo was overjoyed, he didn't expect Elder Sun to have so many transformations in such a short period of time.

"Ms. Sun is modest, such a transformation is worth ten thousand gold." Ouyang Shuo said with a smile.

Elder Sun waved his hand, "Ouyang, don't flatter me, an old man."

Ouyang Shuo nodded, looked at everyone present, especially Pei Donglai, and said, "I will be in charge of the matter of building the ship. There are too many variables in this matter. It is estimated that the Yue'er Island battle is too late. We can only use the Mengchong battleship to solve it." Battle. In this battle, the Marquis will personally participate and try his best to solve the logistics supply problem for the fleet. General Pei must also plan carefully and strive to fight a beautiful battle of annihilation at sea."

"Here!" Pei Donglai responded, deeply feeling the heavy responsibility.

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That afternoon, Ouyang Shuo returned to Shanhai County.

As soon as he came back, he was notified by the servant: "Report to Lord Hou, an important guest has arrived in the mansion. Madame ordered, if Lord Hou returns to the mansion, please move to the back garden." The wife the servant said was naturally Song Jia.

Ouyang Shuo was taken aback. Since Song Jia came to entertain him, she must be a classmate who came here because of the fame.

Since the establishment of the Dongli Sword Sect, there have been students who have come here admiringly. Especially after Song Jia's identity was exposed on the forum, there was an endless stream of defectors.

Most of the people who rushed over, Ouyang Shuo did not show up, and Song Jia entertained them. This time Song Jia asked him to meet her by name. He must be a junior high school classmate, and the one with a good relationship.

Ouyang Shuo walked into the backyard, saw Zisu, and asked, "What kind of guests are here in the mansion?"

Zisu bowed gracefully and said, "I would like to report to Lord Hou, and I heard from my wife that they are classmates of Lord Hou, and they are two girls."

Ouyang Shuo nodded, he knew what he was doing, and waved his hand, "This Marquis knows, you should go now!"

"Here!" Zisu said goodbye and left.

Ouyang Shuo walked through the back hall and came to the back garden, he heard the woman's conversation from a distance, talking and laughing at Yan Yan.

"Wuyi, here!" Song Jia's sharp eyes were the first to spot Ouyang Shuo.

In the gazebo in the garden, there were three women sitting, besides Song Jia, there were two others, all dressed as knights. Hearing Song Jia's shout, the two women next to her turned their heads to look at Ouyang Shuo.

"Wow, it's really Ouyang Shuo, woo~~~" One of the chubby women behaved boldly. The other woman was petite and exquisite. Although she didn't make a sound, she couldn't hide the surprise in her eyes.

Ouyang Shuo was still a little uncertain at first, but now he fully recognized the identities of the two of them, and said with a smile as he walked, "I don't know who it is, so it's you two beauties, welcome!"

That's right, they are Tan Xiaoli and Meng Feifei who met Ouyang Shuo at the class reunion.

The two of them obviously haven't recovered yet, and they can't believe it.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head helplessly, and sat down beside Song Jia.

Song Jia obediently poured him a cup of tea and asked, "Wuyi, is the trip going well?" Song Jia knew that Ouyang Shuo was going to Beihai County for inspection in the morning.

Ouyang Shuo nodded. He didn't want to talk deeply. He looked up at Tan Xiaoli and Meng Feifei who were staring at him, and said mockingly, "What? Am I a monster? Are you looking at me like this?"

"Aren't you a monster?" Song Jia joked aside.

Tan Xiaoli and Meng Feifei nodded in unison, expressing deep agreement.

"Old classmate, I never expected that we could meet here again." Ouyang Shuo was also a little emotional.

In terms of emotion, Tan Xiaoli and Meng Feifei are the ones who are emotional. Before they came to Shanhai County, they didn't know Ouyang Shuo's identity, and they just came here to join Song Jia.

After arriving, Song Jia pointed out Ouyang Shuo's identity, which made them unable to believe it for a moment.

"Hmph, not bad, secretly abducted our class flower." After all, Tan Xiaoli was a little more cheerful, and she was the first to come back to her senses, and said jokingly: "We are still thinking, who is Wuyi? She was able to capture the heart of our class flower, but I didn't expect this person to be lurking inside us."

Ouyang Shuo shook his head. The friendship between classmates is not as simple as Tan Xiaoli said. How much sincerity did Tan Xiaoli say, and how much was she secretly flattering Song Jia? Nobody knows.

Ouyang Shuo was also an ordinary person, so he let go of his thoughts and started talking with everyone.