"Then, young master, what aspects of training do you think we should start with if we want to defeat Sun Quan's navy?"

When Zhuge Liang asked the question, he also started thinking.

This was the first time he really thought about how to guard against Sun Quan.

Ever since he came out of the mountain, he has been treating Sun Quan as an ally to fight against Cao Cao.

Now the situation is slowly changing. Even Sun Quan's men have been eyeing Jingzhou for a long time, but he can no longer wishful thinking.

Liu Chan thought for a moment, but did not answer Zhuge Liang's question. Instead, he asked Huang Qiang: "When Colonel Huang comes back from Jiangdong this time, do you know what the strengths of Sun Quan's navy are?"

When Huang Qiang heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He wanted to say something, but he hesitated.

He thought for a long time and then asked Zhuge Liang for instructions: "Military advisor, I don't know what to say."

Zhuge Liang said sternly: "What do you know? Just tell me and try to be as detailed as possible."

"Eh? Why does he look like this all of a sudden? Is it possible that he can still be a bit embarrassed to hide it?"

When Liu Chan saw this, he felt puzzled.

Huang Qiang then said: "If you look at it carefully, Jiangdong's Sun Jun has three unique advantages."

He looked at Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang and suddenly paused, and then said: "First of all, people. Most of the people in Jiangdong are born to live close to water, and they have known water since they were young. In this way, fighting on water will have

It has an innate advantage. This is something we don’t have.”

"Indeed, if it weren't for the fact that most northerners don't know how to swim, Cao Cao wouldn't have come up with the stupid trick of connecting warships back then."

"As long as it involves military types, the people who serve as soldiers are very important. For example, cavalry, Liangzhou people, and Huns. They are born to ride on horses, so they naturally have great advantages. The same goes for the navy."

"But the situation is different now. Jingzhou is also a place with water. Can't we still find people who are as good at water as Jiangdong?"

Thinking of this, Liu Chan no longer cared much about Jiangdong's first advantage mentioned by Huang Qiang.

Huang Qiang added: "The second is training. After decades of forging, the Jiangdong Navy has developed a complete and effective training method, but it seems difficult for us to surpass it in a short period of time."

"This is true. Jiangdong has countless famous generals who are good at water warfare and have long-standing training methods."

"And in Jingzhou, it seems that only Guan Yu can make some achievements in water warfare."

"But even so, he only became a monk halfway. What he is really good at is land warfare."

"His water warfare ability may only be said to be better than that of Cao Jun on the other side, but there is still some gap between him and the veteran generals under Sun Quan."

"As for Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others, I'm afraid they know nothing about water warfare."

Thinking of this, Liu Chan couldn't help but frowned and began to think about countermeasures that needed to be dealt with in the future.

Huang Qiang added: "And this third point is also very important! This time I came back from Jiangdong and saw their newly built large ship, which can accommodate almost three thousand soldiers. And our warship is the largest

It can only accommodate less than two thousand soldiers."

At this point, Huang Qiang suddenly lowered his head. His answer was over. Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan needed to speak next.

But Liu Chan had no intention of speaking. He was thinking about Huang Qiang's words at this time and had not thought of a countermeasure for a while.

"Is Sun Quan so awesome? One ship can actually carry three thousand soldiers."

"This shipbuilding technology cannot be easily surpassed."

"If there are no ships of corresponding size, even if the two advantages mentioned above by Huang Qiang are equalized, in the end, there will still be a huge gap with Sun Quan's navy."

He suddenly remembered the history of humiliation in later generations, and the pain of being knocked open by strong ships and cannons, which lasted for hundreds of years.

The reason for that result is precisely because of the difference in weapons.

Now, he is also facing such a problem.

Zhuge Liang suddenly said: "Young master, what do you think about the three points mentioned by Captain Huang just now?"

When he spoke, he had actually thought of some countermeasures in his mind, but he was not in a hurry to speak out. He also wanted to hear the opinions of Liu Chan, who had received the divine power.

At this time, even if Liu Chan wanted to be bored, he couldn't.

He said sternly: "What Colonel Huang said just now, I don't think this first point is a big problem. There are people in Jiangdong who are born to live by the water, so why don't we in Jingzhou not have them?"

"That's true. As long as there are people, you don't have to worry about not being able to recruit them! What about the second point?" Zhuge Liang echoed.

Liu Chan frowned and said: "As for the second point, the so-called training method, although there are famous generals in Jiangdong who are good at water warfare, we are also concerned about the second uncle and the God-given Dongting Lake and the banks of the Yangtze River. As long as we can make good use of the superior terrain of Dongting Lake

, with more training, even if it is really not as experienced as Sun Quan’s navy, I think it won’t be any worse.”

This Dongting Lake is located at the junction of Nan County and Changsha County. The water area is wide and often rough, just like an inland ocean. It is an excellent place for training naval forces.

Now Nanjun and Changsha counties are under the control of the "Liu Bei Group". Although they dare not blatantly train on the Yangtze River, no one can control them on Dongting Lake.

"Young Master is right. But what about the third point?"

Zhuge Liang also agreed with Liu Chan's statement. After all, Sun Quan's men were proficient in water warfare and were not born with it.

Most of them, starting from Sun Jian, had fought countless battles on the water with Liu Biao's Jingzhou navy at that time.

After being tempered by the war, of course they know the dangers of water battles, and are naturally able to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. They are trained properly!

And Jiangdong's navy was not unique in the world.

At least the Jingzhou navy in Liu Biao's hands was not inferior to the Jiangdong navy.

It's just that today's Jingzhou does not have the conditions that Liu Biao had at the time. They have to create the conditions themselves.

Fortunately, the two alliances have not broken down yet, and they still have time to train the Jingzhou Navy.

Liu Chan didn't know how to answer this time. He knew that the gap in weapons could not be bridged in a short time.

So he sighed and said helplessly: "As for this third point, I really don't know how to deal with it for the time being. But I don't know what your husband is thinking?"

Zhuge Liang originally thought that Liu Chan would propose a solution to Sun Quan's third advantage, but unexpectedly Liu Chan had no solution.

He murmured: "I heard that General Guan is building ships recently, why don't we go see how General Guan's ships are being built."
Chapter completed!