sbdcsierra Chapter 664 Completely the opposite
Chapter 664 Completely the opposite
Chen Er's binocular Zeiss was naturally in Li Dan's hands, while he himself was observing with a monocular.
"Brother, are you done yet? If you're done, shouldn't it be my turn to take a look?"
Yan Siqi and Li Dan would argue about ownership of the Zeiss binoculars from time to time; they were just too advanced.
"Raise the muzzle by half a notch, keep the charge unchanged, prepare..."
At the suggestion of the craftsmen, the box-type gun carriage was ultimately adopted at sea, but it was equipped with a manual lifting mechanism, and the dosage of gunpowder for different distances was marked on the box.
At a distance of about 100 meters, it took three rounds for him to start hitting the target. This accuracy greatly dissatisfied Chen Er, but he didn't notice that Li Dan and Yan Siqi's mouths were already wide open.
The target ship was also sailing with its sails raised, but because no one was operating it and only the rudder was fixed, its trajectory was relatively stable. However, 100 was too close, and Chen Er was quite dissatisfied.
It seems we need to refine the scale for adjusting the muzzle angle when we get back, and we also need to have Shiyu start researching how to engrave the rangefinding lines on the monocular.
Chen Er was preoccupied with figuring out where he could improve things, and didn't notice the expressions on the two people's faces.
The sea is quite turbulent. What kind of device can be used to change this situation? Also, the recoil caused the gun box to move back about two meters. Is there any way to make the return to its original position faster?
Chen Er suddenly realized that he had just been thinking about how to stabilize artillery. What a joke! It seems that there were only a few countries that had mastered artillery stabilization technology until the early 21st century.
During this period, most gunboats did not have such a precise muzzle angle raising scale as Chen Er designed; they mostly used wooden wedges driven into the gun barrel to change the muzzle angle.
The lifting device he designed can currently control the angle deviation to within 1°, which is quite good for this era. The ship's up-down and left-right swaying is beyond his control.
The training in Hirado began, and less than 9000 were ultimately selected from 12,000 men. The older ones could be transferred to merchant ships, the younger ones could be used as replacement soldiers, and the rest were also assigned to logistics positions.
Although the sailors earned a good income, the allure of land remained irresistible to them.
Those who followed the arrangements could be allocated land in Taiwan according to their professions. With just this one provision, the reorganization work immediately proceeded smoothly.
The old method was used: first, the teams were divided into groups. Due to the expansion of the team, most of the veterans who had been trained in Quanzhou for half a year were promoted.
Fortunately, Hirado has a large population even in winter, so accommodations were finally arranged; otherwise, the freezing weather would have been deadly.
After the Fujian ship was converted into a professional warship, it could easily carry 600 people. Now Chen Er has finally increased it to the level of a battalion.
A company consists of three platoons, each with 36 men. The company is composed of three platoons and three companies. The company headquarters has three messengers, one company commander, and two deputy company commanders, for a total of 114 men.
One battalion consists of three companies, one battalion-level platoon, one battalion commander, and two deputy battalion commanders, totaling 381 people.
The ship has 12 cannons, 5 on each side of the ship and 1 at the bow and stern. Each cannon is operated by 4 people. Each ship has 1 gunner and 2 assistant gunners, for a total of 51 people.
Each ship has one marine battalion, one artillery unit, one captain, two deputy captains, two navigators, one direct support platoon, and one logistics company, for a total of 587 personnel.
A fleet consists of 5 large ships, 1905 land troops, and 60 cannons. The troop configuration will be adjusted after muskets are mass-produced.
Each fleet also has 10 medium-sized Fujian ships. These ships can not only accompany the fleet in combat, but also be used for daily patrols, as a platoon of such ships can operate them.
In addition, the fleet is equipped with several transport boats for communication or transporting small quantities of supplies.
Chen Er's fleet currently lacks medium-range weapons; besides cannons, it consists mainly of melee troops. They are adequate against pirates or other low-level cold weapon units, but they are no match for European musketeers.
Chen Er's original idea was to bring the teams that had been trained in Quanzhou, mix them together, and then have the veterans from Quanzhou train them.
But when they actually started training, they realized that the idea was a bit naive. The results of the Zhangquan training were very obvious, and the novel evaluation model instilled a sense of honor in the team.
However, almost all the officers in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou graduated from the Naval Academy first, and even Chen Er in Zhongzuo did not slack off on officer training.
However, there are too many units to train in Hirado Reorganization. Currently, most officers at the company and platoon levels have not received systematic training and are illiterate. In pursuit of honor, these newly promoted officers are resorting to increasing the amount of training they receive.
Training takes time. Over the past year, Chen Er has been constantly communicating with officers because no one in this era understands better than him that scientific training can achieve the best results.
Several minor disturbances occurred in Hirado because the newly appointed officers increased the workload too drastically, causing resentment among the soldiers.
These sailors are different from the poor folks; they're used to being lazy, and they all have decent incomes. Most of them have families, so they can't handle a sudden increase in workload.
However, the navy is a technical branch of the military. Unlike the modern navy, the responsibilities of this era are not so clearly defined. These people are both soldiers and sailors, and they are all capable of handling sails and controlling ships on a daily basis.
It seems that the practice of having experienced officers mentor new ones should not be implemented too early, because the problem of not providing training and education for new officers will continue to occur in the future.
Chen Er had originally planned to thoroughly explore the entire eastern coastline of the Ming Dynasty on his return journey, but now he had no choice but to stay.
It is hoped that major industries can establish stable continuing education bases in the future, and strive to ensure that promotions to key positions are based on training before employment.
What does Chen Er know about the navy? In his memory, he only had two impressions of the navy during the era of artillery duels: one was seizing the T-shaped formation, and the other was salvo firing.
But he only knew that salvo firing was to increase the firepower density per unit time; he didn't understand what it meant to seize the T-series.
In Chen Er's understanding, at this time, it was all about side-to-side bombardment, with their side facing the enemy's bow. Although they had an advantage in the number of cannons, the area of attack was also smaller.
But these are all things that have been proven in modern times. Whether you understand them or not, let's put that aside for now and discuss it.
The artillery shortage is significant, but these tasks cannot be ignored. Judging from the trend, artillery duels are the future direction of development. This time, the deputy artillery commanders were exceptionally admitted to the Marine Academy.
Chen Er doesn't have the capacity to run two classes right now, nor does he possess the necessary knowledge. So, he'll simply have everyone attend classes and discuss together. Once his galleon is built, these people will be the seeds.
As always, officers of rank 1 and above need to be literate and able to do arithmetic to be promoted.
Verbal communication is the most dangerous; a single wrong word can completely reverse the meaning of the entire sentence. Chen Er has already completed the first draft of the flag signal.