newbobooks Chapter 288 The Canal Passes Through
Chapter 288 The Canal Passes Through
Chapter 288 The Canal Passes Through
At the request of these prisoners of war representatives, Xiao Qi finally decided to select an army of 10 people from these prisoners of war.
In terms of fighting, these people are definitely not as good as Changshengying, but they can help control the people here.
In fact, Xiao Qi had long thought about setting up a few puppets in Europe to help him control the people here.
Using barbarians to control barbarians is the best way for the occupying army. It not only solves the problem of language barrier, but these puppets who are supported will also share the anger of some local people for the occupying army.
Of course, Xiao Qi also offered very tempting conditions for these prisoners of war.
He told the representatives of these prisoners of war that as long as they were selected as prisoners of war in this army, they would immediately take off their caps, and not only would they have enough to eat and drink, but they would also receive part of their military pay.
After one year, those who have performed well will fully enjoy their previous treatment in the army, and military pay will be paid in accordance with the standards of European imperial armies.
But there is one thing, the level of these prisoners of war in the original army will not be used any longer, and everyone in the new army must rely on their own strength to be promoted through military exploits.
These prisoners of war representatives hastily agreed, and then bid farewell to Xiao Qi, and hurried back to their respective prisoner of war camps to convey the news.
Those prisoners of war also knew in their hearts that it would be best for them to be selected to join this army.
Although the king of the East said that as long as the prisoners of war honestly do hard work for a few years, they will be freed in the future.
But they all know that they can survive for a few years by doing such hard work every day, but who knows what it will be like to work as a coolie in the future.
You don't need to think about it, you know where the environment will not be good. Doing very heavy coolies in a harsh environment, even if the king of the East keeps his promise and will give them freedom in a few years, but whether he can live until then is two years old. explain.
So these more than 30 prisoners of war are scrambling to join this new army that has not yet been formed.
After learning that the selection would be carried out after the canal was dug, these prisoners of war worked even harder, hoping that the selection would be carried out as soon as possible after the canal was dug.
Xiao Qi also recruited the generals of the Changsheng Battalion who guarded the prisoners of war, and asked them to record and sort out all the prisoners who were usually obedient. These people were the first candidates for the new army.
Xiao Qi didn't care about the fighting prowess of these people. Who else in the world is stronger than Changshengying in fighting?
What he wants are people who are obedient and dare not use their brains, as long as they honestly help Chang Shengying to control this place, if ordinary people can't control them, then it's meaningless to want them.
As for the rebels that may appear in the future, the Changsheng Battalion can easily deal with them. The main task of this puppet army is to maintain the smooth operation of the occupied territory.
The prisoners of war here were all relieved after learning that even if they were not selected into the new army, they would only be sent to work in a new place instead of being killed.
For most of them, it was not much better in the army before them. The generals in the army were noble lords, and they didn't take soldiers like them seriously at all.
The most troublesome thing is that those nobles and generals still like to deduct their food and salaries. They can only eat a full meal before the war. It is not bad to eat half full in normal times.
Although it is very tiring to be a prisoner of war and do coolies here, it has to be said that this is one of the few days in their lives where they can have enough food.
It is normal for such an interesting situation to occur. Da Song is now full of granaries, and the Changsheng Camp has laid down a large area of food-rich land in Southeast Asia. In addition, Da Song's navy is strong, so there is no problem with logistical support.
Long Yongsheng's Changshengying navy cargo ship continuously sent food from the east, and the soldiers of Changshengying didn't like the rough food here at all.
Therefore, a large amount of food seized here was provided for these prisoners of war.
The entire Eastern European continental army was dispersed by the Changsheng Battalion, and the captured food was piled up like a mountain. There is no problem at all for these prisoners of war to eat for a year or so.
What's more, now that Qin Tu and Lin Zheng led a large army, they entered the central part of the European continent, and the grain captured there was also being transported in a steady stream.
This is not the Song Dynasty, and there is no such thing as capturing grain and opening a warehouse to release it.
As an intruder, you must be careful. You will not know if you have given food to the local people. After they have eaten and drank enough, they will chop you with a knife.
Moreover, Qin Tu and Lin Zheng have been fighting around for many years, and they have long been used to life and death. In their eyes, as long as they are not citizens of the Great Song Dynasty, they don't care about life or death at all.
That day Xiao Qi wrote a letter to Qin Tu and Lin Zheng. He suddenly remembered the historical data he had read before, saying that when the Mongols invaded Europe, the European heavy cavalry caused them a lot of trouble.
Although there are not many European heavy cavalry, they are all wearing plate armor, and even the horses are covered with a layer of soft armor. At the beginning, the Mongolian cavalry suffered a big loss from these European heavy cavalry.
Because the weapons of the Mongols can't cut through other people's thick plate armor at all, and the leather armor they wear is like paper in front of other people's weapons.
When they first met the European heavy cavalry, the Mongols suffered a great loss. Fortunately, the Mongolian cavalry fought around all the year round, and soon discovered that although these European heavy cavalry had good defense.
But the thick armor is very heavy, which makes them heavy cavalry unable to speed up.
Later, when the Mongolian cavalry encountered European heavy cavalry again, they no longer confronted them head-on, but circled around these European heavy cavalry, attacking their parts and horses with bows and arrows that were not covered by plate armor.
If those European heavy cavalry chased them down, they would rely on the speed of their horses and run fifty steps ahead while turning around and attacking those European heavy cavalry with bows and arrows.
This method made those European heavy cavalry have no choice but to catch up with others desperately, and couldn't run if they wanted to run. In the end, they could only die aggrieved with hatred.
However, this method of the Mongolian cavalry can only be used in open areas. Only in large areas can they have room to make detours.
When the Europeans defeated the Mongolian cavalry later, they came up with a way to gather a large number of heavy cavalry to hide in a small area, and send a light cavalry to lure the Mongolian cavalry to this small area.
When the Mongolian cavalry came after them, the back road was blocked by another European heavy cavalry. In such a small space, the Mongols lost their mobility, and the back road was blocked and could not escape.
You can only fight head-on with the European heavy cavalry, and the end will be extremely miserable. If you can't cut them down, they will cut you down and you will be over.
Xiao Qi thought of this, and hurriedly wrote to Qin Tulinzheng, telling them to be careful of European heavy cavalry.
He told the two that when encountering European heavy cavalry, the cavalry is not allowed to confront them, and they only need to use a trebuchet to shoot cast iron bombs at them.
Whether the cast-iron bomb hurts people or horses, even if it doesn't hit them, the roar of the cast-iron bomb explosion will frighten the horses and make them lose control.
It would be better if the frightened war horse knocked off the knight on horseback, and if he fell off the running horse wearing heavy armor, even if he could not fall to his death, the man would not be able to stand up.
Xiao Qi wrote this letter because he was worried that Qin Tu and the [-] cavalrymen had been looking down on him. He was really afraid that when he saw the opponent's heavy cavalry, he would try to see whose cavalry was more awesome.
The cavalry army of the Changsheng battalion may not necessarily be defeated, and the cavalry army of the Changsheng battalion in the Song Dynasty is not vegetarian, but in that case, the cavalry army of the Changsheng battalion will inevitably suffer a lot of casualties.
After writing the letter, he sent messengers to send it to Qin Tulin who was in front of him quickly, while Xiao Qi was thinking about whether he had missed anything.
"Ding! This specific check-in task: build the world's most important artificial canal, the Suez Canal task has been completed."
"The requirements for completing the task are: manually excavate the Suez Canal, and ensure that the canal can pass through [-]-ton giant ships."
"Ding! This task is a specific task reward: the complete structure diagram of the shell including the projectile excitation structure has been released."
"Ding! This task is a specific task, and there are only rewards after completion, and there is no sign-in and upgrade experience."
"Ding! This specific mission has been completed, and the next specific mission needs to be triggered by the host."
The voice of the system suddenly sounded in his mind, Xiao Qi was stunned for a moment, and then burst into ecstasy!
The cannonball structure diagram that I have been thinking about day and night is here!
Just as he was about to take out the drawings and study them, a fast horse galloped all the way to the outside of the courtyard where Xiao Qi was.
Immediately afterwards, someone came trotting all the way, shouting as he ran, "My lord! My lord! The canal has been dug! The canal has been dug!"
Xiao Qi got up and came out, and saw that Chen Hu, the general of the Changsheng Battalion who was guarding the prisoners of war, came happily to announce the good news.
Looking at the dust on Chen Hu's face, he must have been staring at the canal construction site. While ordering someone to fetch water for Chen Hu to wash his face, Xiao Qi asked whether it was connected at one end or both ends.
Chen Hu replied that both ends hurt. When the east side was about to be dug in the morning, he obeyed the prince's wishes and did not send anyone to dig down. .
After the east side was blasted, a large amount of seawater poured into the canal and rushed all the way to the west. Unexpectedly, the west side was almost the same, but it was washed by the seawater coming from the east a few times, and it collapsed.
The sea water on both sides has been continuously pierced, but at present, only small boats can pass through. If you want to pass through large ships, you have to carefully clean up the gaps on both sides.
Xiao Qi was very happy, and ordered a day off for the prisoners of war. The food supply was opened, and everyone was given a day to discuss how to clean up the mud under the water on both sides, so as to ensure that the canal can pass the largest ship in the world.
Chen Hu took the order and turned around to arrange the things Xiao Qi explained.
At this time, Xiao Qi returned to his study and took out the shell structure diagram that the system had just rewarded from the warehouse to study.
After taking out the drawings, an unexpected surprise made Xiao Qi jump up happily.
There were actually two structural diagrams of artillery shells on this drawing. In addition to the structural diagram of artillery shells that he thought about day and night, there was also a structural diagram of mortars!
This thing is a good thing!
Once a mortar is built, a few people can disassemble the gun mount and move it away, and easily climb up a steep hill. As long as it is built, it is an artifact of this era!
Xiao Qi immediately put all his attention on the mortar shells, which is what he wants most now.
As for the powerful cannons and howitzers that will be derived from ordinary artillery in the future, let's wait for the car to appear, and then we will talk about it. Such a big guy can't be transported at all now.
It's better to disassemble a mortar that can be carried and run by a few people. This thing must be built quickly.
In the days that followed, Xiao Qi studied how to build mortars in his study, and the shells already had ready-made structure diagrams, which were still fully mature.
However, Xiao Qi had to find a way to design and build the barrel and base himself.
Fortunately, I watched a lot of war movies in my previous life, and Xiao Qi still has an impression of the appearance of the mortar.
Combining the structural diagram of the mortar shell and the knowledge of his previous life, it is still very easy to deduce the excitation device in the barrel.
Xiao Qi didn't go out for several days and ordered no one to see him. Apart from eating and sleeping, he was researching and designing mortar barrels and gun mounts.
After a few days, I finally figured out the internal excitation device by myself based on the shape of the mortar I saw in the movie in my previous life, and designed a blueprint of the mortar.
After confirming that there was nothing else missing, Xiao Qi immediately drew a picture of the blueprint of the mortar and the blueprint of the shell, and put the original shell structure diagram and his original design drawing back into the warehouse.
After thinking about it carefully, Xiao Qi decided that it would be better for him to take it to the Foundry Bureau to watch the manufacture, otherwise it would be no joke if such an important killer was leaked out.
After finishing this important matter, Xiao Qi had the thought to take his guards to the side of the canal to see the situation.
At this time, the intersection between the east and west sides of the canal and the sea was busy, and the water surface was full of boats cleaning up the underwater silt.
Chen Hu learned that the king of Zhenbei came to check the situation, so he hurried over to introduce the dredging situation to Xiao Qi.
He told Xiao Qi that the process of cleaning up the silt underwater was very fast at the beginning, but as the depth of the cleaning became deeper and deeper, it became more and more difficult to clean up.
Now everyone is working hard to catch up with the work, but it will take a long time to completely clean up the silt at both ends of the canal. In half a month, all warships of the Great Song Navy will pass through the canal without any problems.
But to do what the prince said, the entire canal channel needs to be cleaned up to pass the giant ship that is twice the size of the newly built steam ship.
Xiao Qi was very satisfied with Chen Hu's meticulousness: "As long as all the big ships of our Song Dynasty can pass through in half a month, the river can be cleaned up slowly, so there is no rush."
Looking at the prisoners of war who were busy dredging the silt on the large and small boats in the canal, Xiao Qi turned to Chen Hu and said:
"Ask the dredging experts among the prisoners of war, if anyone is willing to stay and be responsible for dredging the canal full-time in the future.
Then they can get rid of their status as prisoners of war and become employees of our Song Dynasty, and they will be paid according to the local employment level.
Do a good job and get better treatment than the locals. "
(End of this chapter)