Boyang, Wangjiangwan Navy Base.

Eight five-masted ships have been stopped in the empty water camp in the past, five of which have been renovated. The hull with tung oil is shining in the sun. The replaced sails are snow-white. Under the command of an officer, a group of sailors kept rising or lowering the sails and adjusting the angle. The weather was already extremely hot, and the scorching sun shone on the water surface, and water vapor was vaguely rising from the water surface. The entire water camp seemed like a steamer. The sailors were only wearing shorts, barefoots, shouting horns, and sweat beads rolled down from their bodies.

Above the other three ships, countless craftsmen were busy, and the sound of knocking was endless. New materials were carried on the boat, and the replaced waste materials were moved to the shore. These ships not only had to be replaced. Chapter 524: Part of the hull of the bird gun was replaced, but most of the ship-borne weapons were also replaced in the city. The small thunderbolt cannons, demon-subduing crossbows, and thunderbolt fires transported from the Yizhou Fengrui Bing Workshop were piled up like mountains in the Wangjiangwan Water Village Warehouse. After repeated tests by Cao Xinyu and other a group of old navy teachers, their installation location was re-determined.

These five-masted ships were all from the Jingzhou Navy. As Hong Anbang said at the beginning, the worst ships were 50% new, and the best ones were 70% new. With money, they could use a lot of money. These warships, which were originally strictly controlled, appeared in the Wangjiangwan Water Village. The navy of the North Army, which had nothing, had begun to take shape and had the prototype of a small navy fleet.

The five-masted ship has three layers, and above the top layer, two miniaturized thunderbolt cannons are installed. This is the result of Fengrui Arsenal's efforts for several years. The thunderbolt cannons are long-range and powerful, but huge in size, and the carrying remains unchanged. After Fengrui moved to Xingling, he has transformed from a traditional military workshop to a research and developer of a new weapon. With the strong support of the Zhengbei Governor's Office, experienced technicians in each weapon workshop were recruited. Their main job is to develop more powerful weapons. Once they are successful on a certain weapon, they will immediately enter the 524th chapter: Replace the bird guns and make samples, and distribute them to the army on a small scale to experiment. Once it is proven to be successful, these new weapons will be split into different parts and handed over to the large and small weapon workshops in Guangchang for production. Then these semi-finished products are transported back to Xingling Fengrui, assembled together, and after debugging, they will be ordered by the Zhengbei Army.

This business method has made most of the military workshops become workshops, but as long as you have money to make, these workshop owners don’t mind. Of course, the big head was earned by the Fengrui Bing Workshop. However, the Fengrui Bing Workshop has now become a wholly owned workshop controlled by the Zhengbei Army. After becoming the chief of the full-time military department of the Zhengbei Governor's Office, Zhou Weifeng, the former boss of Fengrui, has sold all his shares in the Fengrui Bing Workshop to the Zhengbei Governor's Office.

This small thunderbolt cannon is only one-third of the size of the thunderbolt gun used by the army, which allows him to be installed on a five-masted ship. Of course, he sacrificed his range. The original thunderbolt cannon could shoot one thousand meters away. Now the mini thunderbolt range is only about four hundred meters. Although the range is sacrificed, its speed of fire has greatly accelerated, from complete human fire to semi-artificial machine-branch launch. The sailors only need to load it continuously, and the original wooden drop arm has also been replaced by iron, and the shells have also changed from a single stone bullet to a variety of types. In addition, iron bullets and shotguns, the iron bullets are heated and burned red, and fired out and fall on the other hull, which will inevitably cause the other hull to hull to swell.

Fire, the damage caused to the enemy by this shell should be several times that of a stone shell. The so-called shotgun is actually a net bag made of some thin ropes with sharp iron sheets and stone sheets. During the throwing process, huge centrifugal force will cause the net bag to break, and the sharp iron sheets inside rotate and fly out. The range of such a shotgun is about one meter. On land, it may not be very effective for soldiers wearing armor, but on the ship, there are very few soldiers wearing helmets and armors, because wearing these is extremely inconvenient for sailors. If you accidentally fall into the water, these things can help you meet the King of Hell faster. If the sailors with barefoot barefoot encounter this weapon, you can imagine the great loss.

Now the bed crossbows equipped on the main battleship of Jingzhou Navy has been abandoned by the Navy of the Northern Army. The bed crossbows equipped with a large number of equipment are powerful but have a slow firing rate. The Navy of the Northern Army is generally equipped with the Demon-Subduing Crossbows developed by Feng Rui. This large crossbow that is less powerful than the bed crossbows has an amazing speed of firing. It can shoot out ten crossbows at one time. On the second floor of the warship, there are two on the side of the ship on both sides and one on the bow and stern. Its density is far beyond the conventional configuration of the Jingzhou Navy.

On the side of the first floor of the ship, the thunder fire is equipped. This densely-fired short arrow is like a scythe of a dead snake for sailors when fighting on the side. It can be imagined that when both sides fight on the side, this short-range shooting weapon, like a locust, will make the opponent's general worse than death.

Overall, the Navy of the Northern Army has greatly strengthened the long-range strike capabilities of the warships and minimized the opportunities for combat on the sidelines. This is also related to the rare soldiers of the Northern Army's navy and the difficulty of training. Yun Zhao did not expect that the few navy soldiers who had worked hard to train would die after a big battle, and he could not afford to consume his life. Now the Navy of the Jingzhou has more than 20,000 people, and he can also collect reserve troops from Jingzhou at any time. However, he did not have it. After several months of hard training, the Navy of the Northern Army has only more than 1,000 people in the Navy of the Northern Army.

After all the weapons of the first warship were installed, the navy general Cao Xinyu never got off the ship. He stroked the shiny hull, and his lips were trembling with excitement. He couldn't hold up a word for a long time. He walked past the warship layer by layer. Looking at the new weapons, Cao Xinyu was even more excited.

He rolled his bedding onto the first completed warship and never came down. In his words, he has since regarded the ship as his home.

"General Ma, General Cao!" patted the newly installed thunder fire. Zhou Weifeng, who is currently the head of the Ministry of Works, said to the two with a smile: "These are not equipped by the army now. Like small thunder fire, you are the first to use it. The governor's love for you is obvious to all. To be honest, many army generals are dissatisfied now, thinking that you are not useful for the time being, but occupying so many resources is a waste. The governor doesn't want you to really let those generals of the army say it."

Ma You thrust his chest, "Don't worry, Lord Zhou, our navy will let the dry crabs know our power one day." Ma You now has completed the transition from an army general to a navy commander, and he was flattened and said unconvinced.

"Please tell the governor Zhou that even if we only have eight warships now, I am confident that we can fight the Jingzhou Navy with it." Cao Xinyu's eyes lit up, "With such powerful weapons and equipment, we can stand up to ten of them."

Zhou Weifeng laughed loudly, and he also hoped that the navy warships could show their skills as soon as possible. After all, these warships also had half of his life's hard work in it.

"General Cao, there are more than eight ships. Soon, you will receive more warships. I am only worried that you did not have enough sailors to be assigned to each ship at that time. Now you have more than a thousand sailors to be assigned to eight warships, right? This does not include other auxiliary ships such as Chima, Mengchong, and whistle ships!"

Cao Xinyu looked ashamed, "Mr. Zhou said, now, if all kinds of auxiliary ships are equipped, I can only start five five-masted warships. However, Master Zhou told the governor that we are vigorously recruiting sailors, and soon, we will have more sailors."

"I'm afraid there will be no battle for you in a short period of time!" Zhou Weifeng smiled and said, "General Cao doesn't have to be too anxious. He has to eat one bite at a time, and the soldiers have to be trained day by day. This is like building weapons. If we are anxious, we can't do anything and often do bad things."

"Thank you, Lord Zhou, for your kind words!" Ma You and Cao Xinyu thanked him sincerely.

"Mr. Zhou, what else do you have? Why don't you give it to us the navy together? My Ma You must remember your favor?" Ma You smiled and pulled Zhou Weifeng, "Mr. Zhou is an expert in armed forces. Our military weapon director of the Northern Army. You must have a lot of fun things there!"

Zhou Weifeng laughed, "No more, nothing more, what are you doing is all the things the army needs. Why, General Ma, are you not satisfied with this?"

"Satisfied, very satisfied!" Cao Xinyu laughed, "But Lord Zhou, you have to ensure that our weapons give me at least 30% of the reserves. These things are exquisite and powerful, but there is also a disadvantage, that is, they will inevitably be faster than the old-fashioned ones when they are damaged. If there is not enough reserves, these warships will be stuck at that time!"

"Mr. Cao said it well, hit the nail on the head! He just hit the nail on the head of these weapons. Whether it is the Demon-Subduing Crossbow or the Thunderbolt Fire, it is indeed easy to damage and malfunction, so we have enough reserves for you to ensure combat effectiveness." Zhou Weiran stared at Cao Xinyu and smiled. "No more or less, just 30%!"

From the warship, Ma You naturally had to treat this adult from Yizhou and a person who had a crucial and powerful relationship with them. Even Cao Xinyu, who had never liked these occasions, happily accompanied him. This Lord Zhou had to respect him. The whole fish banquet carefully cooked by the chef made Zhou Weifeng's appetite and praise him. Although fish is not a rare item in Yizhou, it is not possible to make the fish authentic and make a variety of tastes.

While eating happily, a messenger rushed into the gate of the water village.

"Two generals and the governor have expedited secret documents. Please read them!" The messenger presented a secret letter with a sealed seal on fire.
Chapter completed!