"The meal is coming!"

At noon, with a loud shout, the chef who was temporarily transferred to the boat carried the food. The big buckets of food were steaming hot steam and exuded an attractive aroma. However, in this cold winter, no craftsman felt cold.

Of course, it is impossible for people to work without food. Zhang Zhun has definitely invested a lot of money, including big fish and meat, enough to keep it full, and there is still some wine when he is tired. However, you cannot drink too much wine and cannot delay your work. Due to the tight time, the craftsmen will not get off the boat when they eat. They eat at their original posts. After they are full, they will continue to work.

Zhang Zhun had dinner with Xue Zhidie on the high platform. Xue Zhidie obviously had no appetite and couldn't eat it at all. Fortunately, Zhang Zhun had prepared it. Yun Pei had already made some medicinal soup for her and added some peppercorns. Zhang Zhun went south this time and bought a lot of rare medicinal materials from the Gu family in Jiangnan. Ginseng and other ginseng were packed in sacks, so he would naturally not be stingy at this time. At Zhang Zhun's request, Xue Zhidie finally drank two bowls of soup and then drank a little porridge.

Ji Yuqing was already in charge of Caidiexuan. The task Zhang Zhun gave her was to let Xue Zhidie not have any problems. Ji Yuqing naturally promised that there was no problem. In fact, with her guidance, Xue Zhidie did not have any major problems. Although she looked very tired, she never fell down. Of course, Ning Lingwei's help was indispensable. This little girl also rarely stayed up late, with her eyes red. The power of this logistics support team is still very powerful.

Caidiexuan, which was originally deserted, suddenly became lively. In addition to Ji Yuqing, Ning Lingwei and others, Liu Rushi and Xue Ningying also lived in. When she heard the news that Zheng Zhilong's fleet was coming, she naturally rushed over. As a field recruiter, she was indeed not very capable recently and was busy debating with the little girl.

The little girl is very knowledgeable and has great energy when she grows up. Once she debates, she is really talking and chatting endlessly. Liu Da Talented Girl had to wake up her mental response. In the end, she was completely defeated. There was no way, she really couldn't stand the little girl's vigorous energy. Liu Da Talented Girl's body was not very good. Unfortunately, Liu Rushi ran to Caidiexuan to avoid it, and the little girl also came with her. Why, Xue Zhidie is her aunt! Of course, she has to come to help her aunt.

Seeing the busy scene in front of you, Liu Rushi was completely stunned. Oh my God, what kind of labor scene is this! Liu Rushi thought he had seen many big scenes. However, the scenes he saw before were really small compared to the scene of labor in front of you! What method did Zhang Zhun use to show this scene? No way, Liu Rushi quietly unfolded his brush and described everything he saw in front of you.

"Sir, are fifty torches enough?"

Someone asked Zhang Zhun for instructions.

"You can do it yourself!"

Zhang Zhun said casually.

During the four days, of course, even the night is counted. Every minute and every second cannot be wasted. According to Xue Zhidie's overall arrangement, the craftsmen work in two shifts, one group of people works during the day and one group of people works at night. In short, they must not stop. Working at night requires a large number of torches, and Zhang Zhun has asked people to prepare in advance.

"One hundred cannons..."

"One hundred cannons..."

"One hundred cannons..."

On the platform, Xue Zhidie led the craftsmen to plan the arrangement of cannons. It was at this time that several shipwrecks who were usually responsible for installing cannons understood Zhang Zhun's request. For a moment, they were all shocked by this crazy request. Zhang Zhun could think of it when installing one hundred cannons on the two lucky ships! However, Xue Zhidie's expression clearly told them that no matter how crazy Zhang Zhun's request was, they had to find a way to complete it.

There was no choice but to break their inertial thinking and do things according to Zhang Zhun's requirements. Xue Zhidie finally determined that the upper deck of the No. 2 Fu Ship was loaded with thirty-five cannons, and the lower deck was loaded with twenty-five cannons, totaling sixty. The upper deck of the No. 3 Fu Ship was loaded with twenty-five cannons, and the lower deck was loaded with fifteen cannons, totaling forty. The two ships combined were exactly one hundred.

This is already the limit of cannon setting. Within a distance of one zhang, more than two cannons are installed, and the space of each cannon is less than four feet (about 1.333 meters), and only one tabletop is long. The gun stands are basically next to each other, and there is basically no angle of moving left and right. However, depending on what Zhang Zhu meant, there is probably no need to arrange the cannons to move left and right. What Zhang Zhu needed was the bombardment of the platoon.

...

Fushan City, artillery factory.

At this moment, Sun Qinkai, the manager of the artillery factory, also talked about one hundred cannons.

The task Zhang Zhun gave him was also super powerful: he cast thirty flying dragon cannons in three days. He also knew that this requirement was definitely a challenge for Sun Qinkai. However, he had to hand over this challenge to Sun Qinkai. Because Zhang Zhun currently has only seventy guns of various types, and he is still thirty short of it.

When capturing Lingshan Guard, Zhang Zhun seized ten Folang Machinery cannons. This trip to Jiangnan also captured ten Folang Machinery cannons. In addition, the ten flying dragon cannons of the artillery association were thirty in total. Although the range of the seized Folang Machinery cannons was not very good, they had to be taken out and used. Otherwise, there would be no more than 100 cannons.

As a descendant of later generations, Zhang Zhun knew very well that artillery, as the god of war, is an indispensable role, whether in land or naval battles. Its position in war will become more and more important. Especially in naval battles, the dependence on cannons is getting worse and worse. No matter when, the number of cannons is the better. Therefore, when Zhang Zhun went south, Sun Qinkai's artillery factory was still constantly casting cannons. The average efficiency of casting cannons was about two per day. When Zhang Zhun came back, the artillery factory had already had forty in stock. All the artillery was exactly seventy.

Thirty doors are missing!

Only three days!

"Thirty cannons...three days..."

"Thirty cannons...three days..."

"Thirty cannons...three days..."

Sun Qinkai was spinning around the locust tree, talking to himself while circling around the locust tree. For him, it was not technically difficult to cast the Bolang machine cannon. As long as there were silver, craftsmen, and steel, how many Bolang machine cannons Zhang Zhun wanted, he could provide the Bolang machine cannons. Hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of doors all depend on Zhang Zhun's meaning. However, it was a bit exaggerated to cast thirty flying dragon cannons within three days.

It usually takes about five days to cast a cannon. Sun Qinkai prepared ten cannon molds and started to cast ten cannons at the same time. On average, it was only possible to have two cannons per day. Three days and thirty cannons were required to increase the efficiency of casting by five times.

Of course, no matter how exaggerated it is, Sun Qinkai has to find a way to complete it. This is also a huge challenge for him. He has been in prison for almost three years and is indeed exhausted enough, and now he wants to go crazy with Zhang Zhun. Zhang Zhun, who is young, has such crazy thoughts, and Sun Qinkai really admires him!

If it is a red cannon, it is impossible to complete. It will take at least thirty days to cast a red cannon. However, the prototype of the flying dragon cannon is the Folang cannon, so there is still a chance. The biggest feature of the Folang cannon is that it has a mother-child cannon. The mother-child cannon cannon cannons be cast separately. As long as the specifications are determined and there is no big error. After the mother-child cannon is cast, it is the flying dragon cannon.

Obviously, to achieve this, it is absolutely impossible to start work in turn, and it must be started at the same time. Fortunately, the foundation required for casting cannons is relatively simple, and can be completed with a simple mold. Therefore, Sun Qinkai immediately arranged the work and added twenty molds. In order to shorten the time for the cannon to condense, a large amount of coal is also needed to prepare to provide sufficient temperature for the mold. As long as the temperature is sufficient, it can be completed in three days.

Zhou Shiwen, Luo Dashan and others brought three or four hundred craftsmen from the craftsman workshop to help. The order they received was to help Sun Qinkai complete the cannon casting task at all costs. Zhang Zhun issued such an order, and of course they did not dare to neglect. With their help, Sun Qinkai quickly started. Hundreds of people started working together and started construction to cast thirty dragon cannons at the same time. From any perspective, it was a miracle.

Of course, such a miracle is difficult to replicate. Because this is not calculated. According to Sun Qinkai's estimate, the cost of a general flying dragon cannon is about 220 taels of silver. Compared with the Hu Ben gun, such a cost is really not very high. The main reason is that the steel required by the flying dragon cannon is not as high as the quality requirements of the Hu Ben gun. After all, it is a smoothbore cannon and does not require rifling.

However, if the total number of flying dragon cannons is too high, the cost will be very high. Especially in this case, regardless of the cost, as long as the progress of casting is set, the cost of each cannon will double. In other words, the price of each flying dragon cannon will soar to more than 400 taels of silver. Sun Qinkai estimated that the total cost of casting the cannon this time will not be less than 10,000 taels of silver. Perhaps after this, Zhang Zhun will vomit blood, and he will definitely not be able to do so next time.

"Everyone is willing to go out!"

"Done!"

Sun Qinkai shouted with a rare high spirit and high fighting spirit.

...

After a busy day and night, Fuhai and Ninghai were finally basically removed. Zhang Zhun walked back and forth several times, but finally found nothing to be removed. Because he had removed too many things, the waterlines of Fuhai and Ninghai rose by at least four feet. The consequence of shallow draft is of course the unstable ship. Any small wave coming over can cause the ship to shake violently. Fortunately, there is no wind in Mawan, otherwise, as long as the five or sixth level winds, it may blow over the top-heavy Fuhai and Ninghai.

The next day's work was to strengthen the ship and dig out the cannon windows.

In fact, there is no gap between this reinforcement work and the previous demolition work. Just after the demolition was removed, a large amount of reinforcement materials were pulled onto the boat. The sound of beeping, bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang, and the rattle sound was still ringing.

After the craftsmen removed the excess parts, they immediately used steel bars to reinforce them. According to Xue Zhidie's arrangement, all key parts, especially the joints, were reinforced with steel bars. At the same time, the large and large rivets were beaten hard. At this time, don't care whether they are beautiful or not, as long as they are strong, and there is no need to care about the cost. Anyway, Zhang Zhun said that he had some silver. You can beat me hard for many rivets.

A large number of purlins have also been used to strengthen both sides of the hull. At the same time, multiple support points are established in the middle of the hull. The stress of the ship is very complex. Adding purlins involves the stress problem of the ship. However, Xue Zhidie's approach is very simple, that is, to treat the ship as a solid wooden block, a solid wooden block floating on the water surface. Since it is not a ship, there is no problem of stress.

Anyway, there is no need to live in or load supplies, Xue Zhidie will do whatever she wants. These purlins are used to strengthen the side of the ship. Anyway, there is no need to consider sailing. Xue Zhidie directly ordered that three layers of purlins be reinforced on each side. At the same time, thick cotton cloth is pressed in the middle of each layer of purlins. In addition, in key areas, raw cowhide is also used to cover them. Three layers of purlins and thick cotton cloth, even if the solid bullet falls directly, it will not cause any damage.

Zhang Zhun agreed with this reinforcement method. As long as he is not traumatized, it is equivalent to being invincible. As long as the floating turret does not sink, the cannons on the ship can constantly bombard the enemy. If the enemy comes up to fight hand-to-hand, that would be even better. To be honest, what Zhang Zhun likes the most is Zheng Zhilong's fleet coming up to fight hand-to-hand. At that time, naval soldiers covered with hawkeye guns will definitely ask them to have a full meal and then sink into the sea to feed the fish.

It takes much time to install so many purlins and reinforce so many steel bars for a ship, which is much more than demolished. The craftsmen work day and night, and there are still a large number of places to reinforce. As a result, it took two days to reinforce it alone.

The work of the cannon window is the simplest, which is the problem of hollowing out. According to Xue Zhidie's design, a total of 60 holes were dug on the port side of Fuhai, and a total of 40 holes were dug on the starboard side of Ninghai. There was a baffle outside the cannon window to prevent sea water from splashing in. However, now the baffle is not needed. There is no need.

On the fourth day, all kinds of artillery were fully installed.

After three days of hard work, Sun Qinkai finally cast thirty flying dragon cannons before noon on the fourth day. Then, Zhang Zhun asked the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army to help pull all these flying dragon cannons to the Queqiao Bay Shipyard. At this time, the other seventy cannons had already gathered from different directions on the beach of the Queqiao Bay Shipyard. Xue Zhidie immediately arranged for the boatman to drag the flying dragon cannons onto the boat.

Installing cannons is also a time to grind. Compared with dismantling and reinforcement, installing cannons requires very carefulness and not to be done randomly. If the cannon is not installed properly, once the cannon is fired, the barrel may be disengaged at any time. In the past, just pulling up a cannon weighing thousands of pounds was very troublesome. Fortunately, it was much more convenient to have the help of pulley sets and gantry frames. Otherwise, it would be really not easy to pull up so many flying dragon cannons!

While installing cannons, sandbags must be continuously stacked on the other side of the ship to maintain the balance of the ship. Therefore, on one hand, there are busy people installing cannons, and on the other hand, there are busy people carrying sandbags. As the cannons and sandbags continue to board the ship, the water drip of the ship is getting deeper and deeper. When all the flying dragon cannons and sandbags are on board, the shortest side of the ship in Fuhai and Ninghai is less than two feet away from the sea.

If you are in the outer sea, any distance of any wave is enough to sink it. But in Mawan, it is relatively safer. As long as you don’t encounter a storm, the wind and waves in Mawan are very light, otherwise how can it be a natural military port? Can strong winds and waves be used as a military port?

On the evening of the fourth day, all the flying dragon cannons were finally installed. All the sandbags were pressed down. At this time, Xue Zhidie fainted. She was exhausted physically and mentally, and had no strength at all. In four days, Xue Zhidie had basically never closed her eyes. She was already sick, and it was already the limit to hold on until now. Fortunately, Ning Lingwei and others were right next to her and hurriedly helped her down.

In fact, Zhang Zhun was also very tired. However, he was a supervisor after all, unlike Xue Zhidie, who needed to use his brain at all times. Occasionally, he could still hold on. No matter how tired he was, he had to hold on. It was difficult for the boss to do, especially the boss in the spirit. Now everyone knows that the powerful and cruel enemy will come from the sea. If Zhang Zhun himself fell first, the morale of the army can be imagined.

Fortunately, these two freaks finally came out as they wished.

To be honest, these two freaks are definitely the ugliest things that everyone has ever seen. No matter from that perspective, they do not look like a ship. They are simply two hedgehogs, two hedgehogs floating on the water. In order to install the thorns on the hedgehog, everything else has been given up. Even the sails have been reduced by more than two-thirds. I am afraid that when Zheng Zhilong's fleet sees them, they will be very puzzled... What are these two things?

Well, Zhang Zhun must admit that these two freaks are not things at all.

They are the most perverted beings.

"Yang Guohua!"

"Zhou Zhengyu!"

"Now it's your turn!"

Zhang Zhun shouted excitedly.

Yang Guohua, Zhou Zhengyu and others who had already prepared were hurriedly on the ship to be familiar with various operations. The soldiers of the two sailors also came on the ship to be familiar with the transformed space. If Zheng Zhilong's fleet arrived, they would fight with the enemy here.

They were also full of curiosity about this monster full of cannons. Fortunately, the operation of this monster is very simple. Because it does not require any control. Its movement speed is very, very slow, and its rotation speed is also very, very slow. Just park them at the entrance of Mawan and the muzzle faces the ocean outside. As for the crew's up and down, they are all carried out through a sampan.

From the Queqiao Bay Shipyard to the entrance of Mawan, it was only about three nautical miles. As a result, it took two monsters two hours to slowly move to the predetermined position. This happened to be the place where Lingshan Guards and Aoshan Guards were connected. The Xiaohuang Island in the middle of Mawan was also occupied by artillery troops led by Xu Ziwen and Liu Chenzi. Fuhai, Ninghai, and Xiaohuang Island were connected into defense lines that enemy ships could not bypass.

After everything is ready, of course, we need to conduct an experiment.

Everyone is looking forward to what kind of power the volley of a hundred cannons is.

"fire!"

Zhang Zhun shouted sternly.

The pennant in the hand is pressed down at the same time.

"Boom!"

The sound of the sky falling and the earth breaking.

One hundred cannons roared one after another.

Countless fire lights burst out instantly, stabbing everyone's eyes unable to open.

Due to too many cannons, the sound was vast and continuous, as if it was a tsunami. Hundreds of solid bullets roared onto the sea in front and then fell down densely.

"Puff puff puff!"

"Puff puff puff!"

"Puff puff puff!"

The shells fell on the sea, as if a layer of hail had fallen.

Countless columns of water were splashed and connected into a large area.

Yang Guohua was shocked.

Zhou Zhengyu was also shocked.

All the naval soldiers were shocked.

Such a monster is really terrible. If there is an enemy warship near the landing point of the shell, this round of bullet rain alone will be enough to seriously injure it. If a slightly thinner ship can directly sink it. Even the most powerful three-masted gunship cannot withstand such repeated bombardment! If one or two rounds of shells are smashed, you may be fine, but what about three rounds and four rounds? Five rounds and six rounds?
To be continued...