Chapter 1,643 Naval Tactics

Bi Guan calculated the result in a blink of an eye: "One mile of railway track requires fifteen tons of steel. It takes three days to build one mile of track with this electric furnace. The Zhentai Railway is 750 miles long. It will take more than six years to build the required track."

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"Hahaha..." Su You couldn't help but be happy: "Guan'er's mental arithmetic ability is really strong."

"But our steel plant is not limited to this one. It is just a place for testing electric furnaces. Now the steel production in Linzhang, Handan, and Damingfu can reach 100 tons a day. We can smelt it in one day.

The steel needed for the ten-mile railway."

"Another point is that one mile of rail requires fifteen tons of steel. That's the calculation for common rail. Shen Cunzhong designed it for narrow gauge. Ten tons for one mile is enough."

"So even if we don't count the Jinzhou Steel Base that will start construction next year, this railway will only consume two and a half months of our production capacity in Hebei."

"It is said that pregnant women need to rest and recuperate, but your mother said that it is best to combine work and rest. Take a break from those profound things in the Capital University. This year, you will just do some light work and wait until the baby is born. OK?"

Bi Dian nodded: "I know, then I'll read the book."

Su You also knew that this was Bi Guan's biggest concession, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, you are the person who reads the most books in our family. If future generations see your borrowing records at Ke Zhen Hall, they will be amazed.

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"The hospital at the Naval Academy is not very good. I mean that when the summer vacation comes, you can go back to Bianjing temporarily so that you can read a book and prepare for childbirth with peace of mind. Anyway, it is now convenient to take the train to Bianjing. You can go to Bianjing for a visit even if you take a break."

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"This is a military base. It's still a little inconvenient to give birth to a baby."

Bi Guan was not a pretentious person, he nodded and said: "I follow dad's instructions."

At this time, the flat jar came back and saw the bright carbide lamp on the table: "Hey, this is a rare thing."

Su You took the lunch box and said, "This is a gift from your brother to your sister-in-law."

Bian Gu immediately became interested: "Isn't this guy a brother?"

Su You smiled and said: "Yes, you can't even think of it. He gave you an electric motor and it's still on the Yingtian."

The lunch box was multi-layered, and Su You opened it one by one: "Your Majesty is so biased, your Naval Academy has sufficient funds, right?"

The lunch box includes fried meat slices with cucumber and fungus, fish-flavored eggplant, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, roasted fat sausage with potatoes, and stir-fried water spinach.

Bian Guan smiled and said, "Isn't my father here? The dishes I cooked at Xiao Zao are all freshly fried."

This is already a bit like the university cafeteria in later generations. Su You said: "You are living a good life now. Just more than 20 years ago, when I first arrived in Weizhou, the sergeants there only had 200 yuan of salted vegetables a month.

The sergeants are reluctant to spend the money. They usually eat old wheat rice, but they only have a meat and fat meal before the war begins."

"This is still the regular army, not to mention the Xiang army and the volunteers."

Bian Guan asked: "Dad, have you eaten it?"

Su You shuddered: "My first thing is to build a wind mill. At least the wheat must be ground into flour. Even thick flour is better than wheat rice, which is not easy to digest."

Bian Guan smiled and said: "There is a lot of rice in the base. Tomorrow I will buy a knife of pork belly. Dad, you will make us steamed pork. I have been away from home for a long time and I want to eat this."

Su You was happy: "That's no problem, your father is good at this!"

After speaking, he asked again: "Can we still buy fresh pork in the college?"

Everyone started to eat, and Bian Guan added food to Su You while saying: "Of course, according to the late emperor's decree, the Naval Academy has strict examinations, but it is regarded as a military status from the beginning of enrollment, and it is a quasi-guard at the beginning. After four years, it is a carrier-based internship.

Guard title."

"In addition to the salary given to them, His Majesty has also specially given a food subsidy to the college students, which is three times a month for each person. Together, it is comparable to the salary of a county magistrate."

"Both counties, Mouping and Wendeng, rely on the Naval Academy to become prosperous. The academy consumes a lot of grain, rice, vegetables, and pork in a month."

Su You nodded, there are five hundred academy students here, and another five hundred who were transferred from the three fleets to further their training as non-commissioned officers.

For this kind of "commissioned training" of non-commissioned officers, the academy requires the fleet to pay a training fee, and the cost is quite high.

However, the three fleets are all very wealthy. Although the training fee is expensive, the fleets pay it readily.

Coupled with teachers like Bian Guan, the factories, hospitals, experimental bases, and tertiary industries attached to the college, this place is a place where one or two thousand wealthy men gather together, and it is a cornucopia for nearby states and counties.

Moreover, the college has strong technical strength. The five small industrial systems in the two counties cannot be separated from the support of the college. The mineral concentrator Zhao Zongyou helped Dengzhou Gold Mine make Zhizhou smile with joy.

Everyone had a great time chatting while eating. When they were cleaning up, Bian Guan said: "I will take a rest the day after tomorrow. If dad is free, I will take him around the bay. There are several good fishing spots in the bay.

Great place for mullet and mackerel.”

Su You became excited when he heard this: "Let's take a look at your fishing gear first."

After dinner, when he came to the workshop behind the house, Su You sighed: "The guys here are pretty good at everything. The sewing machine in the living room is just for show, but you are actually using it, right?"

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Flat Can Hehe Zhile: "How could Guan'er know this? It's what I use to sew canvas."

This is a small hardware processing workshop and woodworking workshop. Su You saw a small wooden horse, a small shaker, and a flat can, and was already making furniture for the children.

Su You smiled and said: "The small round table and armchairs there on the 21st, look like your craftsmanship. You know how to please your boss and you have a future."

Bian Guan was surprised and said, "How could Daddy see that?"

Su You said: "The wooden handle of the armchair is made of solid wood, the waxing technique is Meishan craftsmanship, and the wax used is our own wax."

"How can a nerdy guy from the 21st century pay attention to this? I'm afraid you are the only one in this academy who understands this."

Bian Guan smiled and said: "I just do it for fun when I have free time. Now I also lead an interest group in the college, but our main business is..."

After speaking, he pointed to an unfinished small sailboat model in the workshop: "That's it!"

The sailboat model is similar to the Flying Fish, and it follows the path of competitive sailboats. Bian Guan said: "Now there is a yacht club in the college. Everyone builds their own boats and regularly organizes activities, including fishing, diving, and racing."

This cannot be underestimated. The price of competitive sailboats is high because its technological content is actually the highest among sailboats.

The application of many new technologies began with competitive sailing. Just as the F1 racing in later generations would drive the upgrading of the automobile industry, the popular horse racing activities in the Song Dynasty also led to the scientific and professional breeding of horses.

Competitive sailing will also drive the upgrading of the sailing industry.

After checking the fishing gear, Bian Guan dug out the drawings of his yacht, and the father and son began to process the hardware according to the dimensions.

The motor that the colander gave to my brother is an external one with a propeller, but it needs to be used on a yacht with a flat tank, so some parts need to be adjusted in size.

In addition, a battery must be configured.

The father and son worked all night, and the next day, Zhao Zongyou sent someone to greet Su You and went to the conference hall to listen to the Naval Academy's development report.

The Song Dynasty's navy has developed to the point where it can dominate the world, and its tactics and firepower configuration have also undergone tremendous changes.

After returning from Dongshengzhou, Bian Guo keenly pointed out that the artillery configuration of the Zuoluo Luo was too sharp and felt a bit like a cannon hitting mosquitoes.

The largest ships on the sea today, except for the Mulan Boat of the Seljuq Empire, whose length is the same as the Kuizhou type and twice as wide as the Kuizhou type, the rest of the ships are not as many as the Shangmeishan type.

Therefore, the Thunderbolt Cannon, as an early firepower configuration, is too sharp and will cause a breakdown effect. On the contrary, it cannot exert its maximum firepower, resulting in waste.

Therefore, the latest firepower configuration of the fleet is to eliminate the excessive thunder cannons.

For a giant ship like the Hangzhou type, four doors on one side, the Kuizhou type with three doors on one side, and the Meishan type with two doors on one side are enough.

The remaining gun positions can be replaced with 70mm short-barreled smoothbore cannons or even 40mm smoothbore cannons, equipped with ammunition with delayed fuses. After penetrating the enemy ship, it will explode in the cabin to achieve the destruction effect.

After such changes, the purpose of the Thunderbolt Cannon is mainly to deal with the defensive facilities of seaports and coastal cities. The free load can improve the comfort of the crew cabin and equip more marines.
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