Chapter 190: A bite of oil, forming an artillery battalion
"Oh!"
"Crackling..."
Half an hour later, the protective light shield of the magic circle of the enemy's last inferior treasure ship was shattered by Xiao Douya, who jumped high in the air with the Lei Gu Weng Golden Hammer in his hand and smashed it with two hammers.
After she roared and led her 3,000 soldiers to charge onto the deck, the ambush and raid was considered to have come to an end.
Unlike the previous massacre of all the enemies on the medium-grade treasure ships and the high-grade treasure ship, on the remaining thirty low-grade treasure ships, anyone who did not take up arms to resist was only captured and not killed.
To be honest, the ordinary boatmen and sailors on these thirty inferior treasure ships were originally marginalized servants, and most of them were not die-hard fans of these wealthy merchant families.
Otherwise, they would not have been in charge of the inferior treasure ships and occupied the lowest position in this fleet.
They come out to work on ships just to solve their family's daily food and clothing problems.
However, these low-level servants all have good sailing skills and can be considered qualified sailors and boatmen.
The total number of boatmen and sailors on these thirty inferior treasure ships is as many as tens of thousands!
So many grassroots craftsmen with special skills are a rich harvest for the Renaissance Army, and their value is even not less than that of thousands of craftsmen.
Li Dingguo certainly would not let his soldiers kill all these low-level servants. Instead, he would gather them all together. After a joint review by the Military Intelligence Department and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he would take in those who could be used into the Fuxing Army and use them for his own purposes.
After a while, the fighting on this section of the river was completely over.
Under the command of officers at all levels, the soldiers began to clean up the battlefield, collect the enemy's corpses, pull them to the shore by boat, dig pits to bury the bodies, and then count the spoils, register them, and register their military merits.
As soon as the battle ended, Li Dingguo, Hongmei, Xiao Douya and others came to the high-quality treasure ship that had been brought to the riverside and anchored by the soldiers.
It can be said that the value of this high-quality treasure ship and the large amount of military supplies it carries is comparable to the total value of all other treasure ships combined, without any exaggeration.
"Commander-in-chief, our Ministry of Internal Affairs immediately sealed up this cabin loaded with a large amount of magic cores, soul beads and other military supplies."
Chang Liyun reported to Li Dingguo who had just heard the news, "There are even a few boxes of the rumored spiritual stones here!"
"Yes, those are the big wooden boxes."
Chang Liyun was very excited. She pointed to several large wooden boxes beside her and then walked forward to open the lids.
What comes into view are crystal clear, white, square-shaped stones about the size of an adult's fist.
"Is this the legendary spiritual stone?"
Li Dingguo took a step forward with great interest, bent down and picked up a piece of this very beautiful square stone, looked at it carefully, and said, "I have read some records in related books, this should be a low-grade spiritual stone."
"According to the records in the relevant books, even a low-grade spirit stone can contain as much spiritual energy as a level 4 early stage demon beast's inner core."
"Xiao Douya, Hongmei, come and have a look. This time we finally saw the legendary spirit stone."
“Although they are only low-grade spirit stones, there are at least hundreds of them here. This is a considerable fortune, enough to buy three mid-grade treasure ships.”
This was also the first time he had seen this kind of treasure, and he smiled and said to Xiao Douya and Hongmei beside him.
"Yes! This is also the first time I have seen this legendary treasure. These wealthy merchants in the south are really rich! They are so rich!"
"Brother Dingguo, I heard that using spirit stones to set up the ancient magic array is the most suitable and powerful one."
"With these boxes of spirit stones, we don't have to worry about the energy source for the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array in the next few years."
"I wonder how much more powerful the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array will be when it is set up using Spirit Stones?"...
Xiao Douya and Hongmei hurriedly picked up a low-grade spirit stone each, looked at it carefully, and shouted excitedly.
No wonder they are a little out of control now. It is because this legendary crystallization of spiritual energy is too famous, and most warriors will never see such a treasure in their lifetime.
In the Ming Dynasty, there are very few existing spirit stone mines, and they are all controlled by various top forces.
Among them, humans control the least spirit stone mines, and the vast majority of spirit stone mines are in the hands of the top forces of demons and monsters.
As for the much larger numbers of magic cores and soul beads nearby, the three of them paid little attention to them.
This is normal. Once this high-quality treasure ship enters combat mode, it will consume a large amount of spiritual energy crystals.
The original owner of this treasure ship was the Southern Merchant Alliance, which was famous for being the richest man in the world. How could they have so few treasures on board?
In this round of battle, the enemy did not fire a single shot or a single crossbow, and the entire high-quality treasure ship was seized intact by the Fuxing Army. It was normal to obtain a large number of such treasures.
The total value of this high-quality treasure ship and the various materials loaded on it is enough to rival the value of all the spoils seized since the establishment of the Renaissance Army, except for the spiritual beasts and war horses.
It is conceivable how great the gains after this ambush and sneak attack were.
"Brother Dingguo."
After checking out the priceless spoils here, Hongmei said with some emotion, "It's a pity that we don't have any master craftsmen in our Renaissance Army."
"Otherwise, with so many treasure ships here, it wouldn't be difficult to imitate them." "This is also the biggest shortcoming of our Fuxing Army right now: the embarrassment of not having any high-end talents."
Hongmei has a sharp mind and a strong sense of the overall situation.
How could she not know that at any time, self-sufficiency in various weapons of war is the foundation for the complete rise of a major force?
Just relying on seizure or purchase, you will never be able to truly surpass the enemy in terms of resources and will always lag behind.
"Ah."
Li Dingguo frowned slightly and looked heavy-faced. After thinking for a while, he said, "Hongmei, you have considered it for the long term. This problem is indeed the biggest shortcoming of our Fuxing Army at present."
"Although master craftsmen can be trained, we don't have the relevant learning materials at present. Even if we find a talented person with potential in this area in the army, we have no way to learn from him."
He turned his gaze to Chang Liyun and Wei Jinfan, "You two departments should pay more attention to this aspect in the future. As long as you can get the relevant skill manuals of the master craftsman and the information about various magic arrays, you must find a way to get them back at all costs!"
"To put it bluntly, our army now has so many treasure ships. If one of the formation systems fails, we won't even be able to find people to repair it!"
"Only by making full use of our military's strengths in this regard can we avoid falling behind others in the future."
"Independent and innovative development is a bright road with unlimited potential."
"It doesn't make sense that other top forces can build high-quality and ultimate treasure ships, psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts on their own, but we can't do it."
Li Dingguo didn't know whether other geniuses could become great craftsmen through intensive training.
But with the golden finger, he can definitely learn this kind of skill.
Then, if you can use the experience to lead the whole, why worry that you won't be able to devote all your energy to training a few master craftsmen for the Renaissance Army?
Li Dingguo was also very interested in the mysterious profession of master craftsman. It would be a good idea for him to master more skills in this area in the future.
"Yes! Commander-in-Chief!"...
Wei Jinfan and Chang Liyun responded in unison.
Li Dingguo was right. The biggest shortcoming of the Fuxing Army at present must be solved as soon as possible.
Otherwise, if a magic array failure occurred in the increasingly large fleet of treasure ships, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Even regarding the creation and maintenance of the various spiritual weapons for the soldiers, the current Renaissance Army is completely blank in this regard.
This abnormal development and growth model undoubtedly poses huge hidden dangers.
Only by achieving self-sufficiency, self-reliance and continuous innovation and development in these areas can we truly lay the foundation for the revitalization of the army.
It is like a castle in the air, but without the corresponding pillars to support it, it is destined to collapse in the future.
After Li Dingguo and several high-ranking generals of the Fuxing Army had a comprehensive inspection of this high-quality treasure ship, they returned to the deck with a sense of unsatisfied desire and stood against the side of the ship.
"Brother, why don't we go find a Tartar tribe and test the power of these psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts?"
Little Douya excitedly surrounded a psychic cannon and looked at it carefully, then studied the psychic crossbow cart for a while, then ran back to Li Dingguo, raised his little face and gave suggestions.
"Little Bean Sprout, this is not the way to test these two large spiritual weapons."
Hongmei said, "We must first select some soldiers with talent in this area to form a regular artillery battalion. After relevant training, we can let them practice actual combat operations. This is the most effective and reasonable way."
She was right.
Professional matters should be done by professionals, which is the best arrangement. It will definitely not work if you just do it blindly.
"Now that our army also has these two large spiritual weapons, we must make use of them."
"How about this, Xiao Douya, since you are so interested, you can add an artillery battalion to the Xuanwu First Battalion that you are in charge of."
After hearing this, Li Dingguo thought for a moment and made a decision. He ordered Xiao Douya in front of him, "From now on, your newly-formed artillery battalion will be responsible for operating the two large spiritual weapons of this top-grade treasure ship, so as to put them into actual combat as soon as possible."
"Given the importance of the artillery battalion, Xiao Douya, you can draw relevant talents from across the army to conduct emergency training and train the newly built artillery battalion as soon as possible to form combat effectiveness."
"Whether we try to build them ourselves or capture more psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts through war, the size of the artillery battalion is bound to continue to expand."
"Xiao Douya, you must pay more attention to this new artillery battalion. You must complete the formalization as soon as possible to lay a solid foundation for the future expansion of the artillery team."
Such an important artillery battalion can be said to be one of the most powerful trump cards of the Renaissance Army in the future, and its leader must be chosen carefully.
Li Dingguo considered it and decided to let Xiao Douya take charge of it personally.
Since she is so interested now, I might as well fulfill her hobby.
(End of this chapter)
