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Chapter 1080 Ship Girl

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    In the flagship restaurant.

    Ma Yinglong went on to report: "Eighteen more were injured, most of them were caused when launching rockets Those things will fly around if they are not handled well, and some can even fly to their own ships. Alas, nothing happened last time when the rockets were launched  Where is your son?"

    "It was a tailwind when we fought against Jiangchuan City. Yesterday we fought against the wind. That's the difference." Mr. Zhao picked up the handkerchief and wiped his mouth and said, "Anyway, use it with caution when the wind is strong in the future. Otherwise, you may hurt yourself.  "

    Zhao Shizhen suddenly thought of something and stopped eating. He picked up his pile of manuscript paper, put it on his knees and started drawing attentively.

    The three of them knew that he had another inspiration, so they did not disturb him and continued talking on their own.

    "In terms of ammunition, each ship consumed too much last night, using three times more shells than last time. Five supply ships were emptied, and the average ammunition reserve of each ship has only returned to 70%. There are only less than one rocket left.  Thousands of them." Ma Yinglong said with some shame: "In addition, there are 32 cannons with deformed barrels. They probably need to be rebuilt. You can imagine how hard the cannons were last night."

    "But if this were not the case, we would not be able to keep those two Western ships." Wang Rulong explained calmly: "We will save some time in the future."

    "Don't worry." Zhao Hao smiled and shook his head: "The next batch of supplies should have arrived at the base by now."

    ¡°Ah, really?!¡± The two cheered in surprise, ¡°That¡¯s great! We¡¯ll send the supply ship back today!¡±

    Mr. Zhao smiled and nodded.  He has deeply realized how wonderful it is to be backed by the world's largest economy.  Especially during wartime, that kind of strong support is unimaginable by other countries.

    ¡°It has been less than a year since he formulated the First Five-Year Plan last year, but Jiangnan Group¡¯s military manufacturing capabilities have already increased to a considerable level.

    In a top-secret report submitted to him by the strategic decision-making committee, he was told that the group could cast one hundred bronze cannons and produce five thousand kilograms of granular gunpowder every month and Mr. Zhao originally gave them the goal of the First Five-Year Plan.  By the end of the year, the annual output was one ton of gunpowder and two hundred bronze cannons.

    He has far exceeded his goal.

    Because Mr. Zhao did not expect that the war against Japan would come so soon, he naturally did not expect to face the Portuguese so early.  In his plan, during the First Five-Year Plan period, we should work hard to improve our production standards and manufacturing processes, instead of blindly pursuing output.

    Gunpowder has a shelf life, especially in Jiangnan, where it may get damp after a summer.  So Zhao Hao only set a very low quantity.  If you can't go to sea, will you rebel if you use so much gunpowder to make so many cannons?

    But plans can¡¯t keep up with changes, so you have to seize the opportunity when it comes.  The Jiangnan Group, which temporarily entered a wartime state, concentrated its production capacity on the military industry, and the energy it unleashed was naturally astonishing and could not be considered normal.

    The strategy committee also reported to him that production could be doubled if necessary.  Only the treasure land of Jiangnan can possess such great energy.

    However, Zhao Hao deduced the scale of the war and told them that they only needed to maintain the current production.

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    After talking about his own situation, Ma Yinglong continued:

    "As for the enemy, all three ships surrendered. Among them, the Duke of Goa was the most severely damaged. The decks were burned black and the bows were damaged. They had no choice but to get their sailors back so they could rescue them.  Only then did we get it under control. As for the Oriental Beauty, because we didn¡¯t use rockets to greet her and the hull was low, the situation was much better and her appearance was almost undisfigured.¡±

    "That's good, that's good." Mr. Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "As long as my beauty is fine."

    "Young master cares about it so much, how can you guys dare to hurt it?" Ma Yinglong laughed and said, "I have already washed and tied it up now, just waiting for you to be lucky!"

    "Really?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but said with great joy: "Can I go up now?"

    "You can do it any time!"

    ¡°Let¡¯s go together, this kind of thing is only fun if we do it together!¡± Zhao Hao wished he could spread his wings and fly over.

    "Yes. Let's study carefully to see how charming this oriental beauty is to charm the young master like this!" Wang Rulong said in a loud voice.

    "Well, study it from the inside out, inch by inch." Ma Yinglong also smiled.

    Then there was a click outside the door, and the guard immediately went out to check, and came back to report that it was Miss Qiaoqiao who accidentally hit the soup bowl.

    "Is anyone hurt?" Zhao Hao raised his voice and asked with concern.

    "No, no" Qiaoqiao's crying voice came from outside the door, fading away.

    "Is it so sad to throw a bowl?" Zhao Hao glanced at the guard.  "It doesn't hurt."The poop is lowered and almost retracted into the hull, greatly lowering the ship's center of gravity.

    Compared with the warships of the Ming Dynasty, its biggest feature is that the cabin is wider at the bottom and narrower at the top, which further lowers the center of gravity to withstand the salvos of multi-layered artillery.

    Standing on the upper deck, looking at the various auxiliary rigging and listening to the prisoners explaining their uses, Wang Rulong couldn't help but secretly said it was a fluke.  Fortunately, the young master knew what was going on and ordered the fleet to attack Fukudaura. With an absolutely superior force, he blocked the two Western ships in the harbor.

    Fukudaura is less than two miles wide, and the deep-water channel suitable for Western ships is only less than 500 meters wide.  This severely limited the maneuvering range of Western ships, leaving them passively vulnerable.

    If the two sides meet on the open ocean, the other side will only be able to obtain faster and more flexible maneuverability by relying on the ship's several times more sails and superb sail handling skills.

    I simply can¡¯t imagine what kind of results that would have, waiting for my fleet.

    The young master¡¯s words, ¡®Learn from the barbarians and develop skills to conquer the barbarians¡¯, finally became enlightening.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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