Daming Military Empire

Chapter 281

Sun Chengzong is an expert in building bunkers. After Zhu Cijiong introduced a few words, he understood that this bunker is indeed extraordinary, and is very suitable for exerting the power of muskets and artillery. No matter where the enemy attacks the castle, it will be exposed on multiple corners. Within the attack range of the city, the soldiers defending the city can use crossfire to carry out multiple strikes. With the undulating terrain of Monan Mongolia, it is impossible to concentrate too many troops to attack in one direction. With this bastion, Jian Nu was about to cry!

He couldn't help admiring: "Your majesty is really wise and mighty. You can think of such a complicated castle. I admire you."

This Zhu Cijiong didn’t dare to bear it, because the prototype of the bastion, Zeelandia Castle, was built by the Dutch. The officers and soldiers of the navy knew it. He quickly said modestly: “This is actually a way that foreigners came up with. I’m just imitating cats and drawing tigers. , Tai Tu sees whether it is feasible to build a bastion?"

Sun Chengzong nodded quickly and said: "Of course it is possible. This bastion is much more defensive than ordinary cities. It can indeed save half of the defensive force. In this case, only 50 troops will be enough!"

But Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said: "It's better to be on the safe side, attack from all three directions at the same time, lest anything happen to Huang Taiji, I will leave the Second Army of the Imperial Guard to guard the capital, and the Beiyang Navy and Beihai Fleet will be in the East Day Camp. It is enough to be stationed; Lu Xiangsheng's road will remain unchanged. After all, he will build ten bastions along his road, and he needs to leave [-] troops to defend the city. Let the Dongjiang army guard Guanning City along the way, what do you think?"

The 100 million army has become 80, and it is still a relatively safe fortress encirclement tactic. Naturally, the generals are relieved and nodded in agreement.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Zhu Cijiong took the white wax pole from Sun Chengzong, and began to discuss with the generals the specific location for building the bastion. When all the construction locations were confirmed, he immediately straightened his face and said solemnly: "I order."

When the generals heard the words, they immediately raised their heads and stood up straight.

Zhu Cijiong continued to speak majestically: "Order the Second Army Corps of the Imperial Guard Army, Qin Army, and Dingliao Army to arrive in the capital to assemble within ten days, and the Dingliao Army will be responsible for escorting [-] prisoners;
Order the Tianxiong Army, the First Army Corps of the Frontier Defense Army, and the Wuwei Army to arrive in Haizhou City to gather within ten days, and the Wuwei Army is responsible for escorting 30 prisoners;
Order the Liaodong Army and Dongjiang Army to arrive at Guanning City to gather within ten days, and the Dongjiang Army is responsible for escorting [-] prisoners;

Order the Henan Reserve Corps to arrive at Beidaying within ten days and take over the defense of Beidaying;
Ten days later, on the [-]th day of the tenth month, the three armies set off at the same time, repairing the bastion all the way, and then came to catch the turtle in the urn! "

All the generals immediately said in unison: "The last general obeys the order!"

Zhu Cijiong waved again: "Okay, let's go back and get ready."

All the generals resigned in unison, and then walked out one by one. Zhu Cijiong said directly to Sun Yuanhua who turned around and was about to go back: "Chuyang, you and I go to the study to discuss the allocation of military supplies."

Sun Yuanhua heard the words, immediately followed Zhu Cijiong respectfully, and walked out of the hall.

When he came to the door, Zhu Cijiong said to Cao Huachun who was waiting outside: "Immediately inform Bi Maokang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, to come to my study."

The so-called three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first. Now that the three armies have begun to gather, the military supplies will naturally have to keep up.

The Imperial Palace is not far from the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, so Bi Maokang soon came to Zhu Cijiong's private study. After Zhu Cijiong asked him to sit down, he immediately asked, "Mr. Meng, what is the daily output of the cement plant now?"

Bi Maokang knew that the emperor liked to ask for specific data, and said that he remembered the output and inventory data of all factories in the Ministry of Industry very clearly, so as soon as Zhu Cijiong finished asking, he immediately replied without thinking: "Back to the emperor, now cement The daily output of the factory is about 100 million catties of cement, according to the emperor's request, a pack of fifty catties, almost [-] packs."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, it is not easy to calculate the quantity of this catty if it is too much. Let's add a unit of measurement to the catty in the future, called ton, koutun ton, two thousand catties is one ton , 100 million jin is [-] tons, do you understand?"

Zhu Cijiong didn't bother to explain to him that one liter of pure water is exactly one kilogram, and one ton is one thousand kilograms, because Daming Geng didn't upgrade this unit of measurement, so he couldn't explain it clearly at that time, and he should first complete the goal of competing for world hegemony. Come back and study these issues slowly when you have time.

Bi Maokang also didn't understand why two thousand catties was one ton, but the emperor said so well that it was what he said, so he could only nod in agreement.

Zhu Cijiong asked again: "How much is the cement factory's inventory now?"

Bi Maokang calculated in his heart before replying: "Back to the emperor, about a thousand tons."

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while, and directly ordered: "Keep this thousand tons first, and prepare another thousand tons. The army needs two thousand tons of cement for this expedition to Monan. You prepare it as soon as possible, and hand it over to Chuyang in three days."

It turned out that the army wanted to use it, Bi Maokang hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "My minister obeys the order."

Zhu Cijiong continued to ask: "How many howitzers are in stock for the army at Dongdaying Cannon Foundry?"

Bi Maokang replied without hesitation: "Returning to the emperor, Xiandong Daying Cannon Factory has a thousand [-]-type howitzers, [-] [-]-type howitzers, [-] [-]-type howitzers, and [-]-type howitzers in stock. Type howitzer five hundred."

Zhu Cijiong made a rough estimate. A bastion can have about [-] [-]-type howitzers on the bottom floor, fifty [-]-type howitzers on the middle floor, and twenty [-]-type or [-]-type howitzers on the top floor. Zero-type howitzers, in this way, we need [-] [-]-type howitzers, [-] [-]-type howitzers, [-]-type howitzers and [-]-type howitzers, a total of [-] pieces.

Calculated in this way, the inventory of [-] Type [-] howitzers and Type [-] howitzers is completely sufficient, the Type [-] howitzers are only [-] units short, and the Type [-] howitzers are still [-] units short. Ordered: "Order Dongdaying Cannon Factory to stop other cannons first, and work overtime in the past two days to build [-] [-]-type howitzers and [-] [-]-type howitzers. After three days, you must hand over Give Chuyang [-] [-]-type howitzers, [-] [-]-type howitzers, [-] [-]-type howitzers, and [-]-type howitzers each, which are also used by the army when going out.”

When Bi Maokang heard the words, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "My minister obeys the order."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, the war is coming soon, you let Wang Gong's factory work overtime, make more ammunition for storage, and don't be unable to keep up with the consumption of the war."

Naturally, Bi Maokang did not dare to be negligent, and hastily cupped his hands again and said: "My minister obeys the order."

Zhu Cijiong let out a sigh, and said wearily: "The food and grass that Chuyang just told you must be allocated within three days. You, Menghou, should also work hard and keep an eye on these two days. Okay, you all go down."

The two hurriedly said that they obeyed the order, and then they both left.

After these two meetings, Zhu Cijiong was really tired, but when he thought of Huang Taiji, he felt full of energy. In order to deal with this fateful enemy, no matter how tired he was, it was worth it!
(End of this chapter)