"...I lived in Yong'an and built a large ship named Wuya. It has five floors and is more than a hundred feet high. There are six cypress poles on the left and right, and the poles are fifty feet high. It can accommodate 800 warriors. Flags are added to it.
"The next one was called Huanglong, and he sent five hundred troops. Since Yu Pingcheng, there are differences in horses and horses." - "Sui Shu·Yang Su Zhuan"
In the early days of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian wanted to destroy Chen. In October of the fifth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen appointed Yang Su, the Duke of Qinghe, as the general manager of Xinzhou. He planned the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and made military preparations to attack Chen. Yang Su was stationed in Yong'an, Xinzhou, to supervise the construction of Xinzhou.
Large battleship.
The Wuya ship has a five-story structure and is more than 30 meters high. The bottom four floors are for troops, and the top floor is the observation and command platform. There are forty long oars on both sides for paddling. There are two rockers at the stern.
The oar is used by multiple oarsmen to work together to control the direction of travel. There are parapets on the deck and war shed of the warship, which can hide half the body. There are crenels on the parapets for archery. There are transverse bulkheads on the ship.
Longitudinal beams are set up on the bulkhead, and planks are laid on top. The cabin and combat platform are set up on the planks, and earth and rocks are filled under the planks to maintain the stability of the ship. There are six shooting poles on the left and right of the warship.
What is "shooting pole"?
"Wu Jing Zong Yao, Part 1, Volume 11, Water Warfare" contains: "Those who shoot poles are placed on the big ships. Each ship has five floors, with a building height of 100 feet, and six poles are placed.
It is fifty feet high, with 800 warriors and flags on top. Every time we fight, if the enemy ships are approaching, we will use the poles to smash the boats and boats."
The so-called shooting pole, shaped like a large mast with a huge boulder on top, was controlled by a winch installed under the deck. It was a powerful weapon in water warfare at that time. During the battle, the boulder was raised to the top of the pole with a windlass, released, and the falling boulders were used to smash it.
Destroy enemy ships approaching the battleship. This boulder can be used repeatedly, and once it gets close to an enemy ship, it can be destroyed quickly.
It is no exaggeration to say that the five-tooth battleship is the limit of the cold weapon era. Its combat effectiveness and deterrence are equivalent to the battleships of later generations, or even worse! Not to mention the Sui and Tang dynasties, even if this behemoth was placed in the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties,
It is also a super killer weapon that traverses the waters!
The navy soldiers under Wang Fangfang, who had changed into water bandit attire, had just sailed into Niuzhuji, and when they saw the super battleship docked on the river, they all gasped!
On the river, this kind of five-tooth battleship with a draft of seven or eight feet deep is simply invincible! Who is the enemy this time? Since the fall of Xiao Xian and the stability of Jiangnan, the navy of the Tang Dynasty has gradually declined.
After being taken seriously, the Tang Dynasty, a super battleship built before the Sui Dynasty, was never built. As the river corroded and weathered, the old five-tooth battleships were abandoned one after another and have not been seen for many years.
pass!
What is the status of a person who can pilot a warship of this level now?
The navy soldiers looked at each other, feeling a little guilty. It seemed that their equipment looked more like the navy's than ours...
Wang Shangfang, who was standing at the bow of the boat, felt a little bitter in his heart.
Although he was born into a noble family, he had worked his way up to the official position in the Navy step by step. Back then, he followed Li Xiaogong down the river from Kuizhou to defeat the Xiao Mian Navy. He had extremely rich combat experience and naturally knew the power of the Five-Tooth Battleship.
Terrifying combat power.
If it were another situation, I would kill him and not want to face the Five-Tooth Battleship as an enemy!
But now the arrow is on the string. Apart from going forward and completely defeating Fang Jun here, what other way is there?
Gritting his teeth, Wang Fangfang shouted loudly: "Although the enemy ships are majestic and majestic, the soldiers are all servants of the powerful families in Guanzhong. How can they know the art of water warfare? The sons are experienced water masters of the imperial court and are familiar with water warfare.
The river is our back garden, how can we allow these chickens and dogs to show off their power in front of us? Following my order, all the warships rushed forward, destroyed the enemy's small boats one by one, and then surrounded the enemy's five-tooth warship. We and
Let the enemy engage in a boarding battle and let them see who is the navy and who is the invincible on the water!"
War drums rumbled, and dozens of warships rushed forward!
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Fang Jun took away some of the soldiers, leaving nearly four hundred soldiers.
However, all the generals were absent, so Fang Jun entrusted the responsibility of control to the family general Wei Ying. Although Wei Ying was young, he was very smart and was Fang Jun's close guard. No one among the family members dared to look down upon him.
It is more than enough to control these soldiers, and no one would dare to disobey Wei Ying's command without opening his eyes.
But Fang Jun was careless...
Li Ke's warning made Fang Jun take it seriously, so he brought almost all the main troops. Although they were only a few, they were all fierce people. Even if the Shanyue people really gathered in rebellion and attacked, they could still abandon the iron factory.
Quickly retreat to the riverside, and then board the Five-Tooth Battleship. You can advance, attack, retreat, or defend. You will be in an invincible position.
But he did not expect that the number of Shanyue people would be so large, and that they would be so brave under the leadership of Zong Shuai Wu Duohai. He also did not expect that there would be an imperial navy to coordinate with the Shanyue people and send his fleet to
Wipe them all out and cut off any retreat...
The top floor of the Five-Tooth Battleship is the observation deck. The river is mighty. Except for Niuzhuji standing in front of it, the sea and sky are vast. The soldiers responsible for the lookout can see dozens of arrows rushing towards the river like arrows from a distance.
The warship was shocked and immediately sounded the gongs and drums to warn.
Wei Ying hurried to the porthole and looked out, and was startled.
The fleet was established not long ago, and most of the soldiers on board were not used to fighting on the water. Although they had been training all the way along the river, so many landlubbers could not stand firm even in battle, and the effect of the training can be imagined.
Seeing the menacing attack from the other side, Wei Ying sweated in fear, and then made a decision that proved to be very wise later - he ordered all the soldiers to abandon their own ships and gather on the Five-Tooth Battleship.
When the soldiers saw the enemy ships rushing towards the river, they were already panicking. If they were on land, this group of extraordinary and brave "mercenaries" would have to face many times the enemy ships.
He is certainly not afraid of his enemies, and even dares to howl and carry out a countercharge with a horizontal sword.
But out on the water…
They all turned into soft-legged shrimps.
Hearing the sound of gongs and drums coming from the flagship, these landlubbers finally remembered what it meant, and quickly shouted and moved the boat closer to the Wuya Battleship. They abandoned the boat one after another and boarded the big ship. As soon as they stepped onto the Wuya Battleship, these landlubbers suddenly felt
Now that we have a bottom, we have a solid footing! The bigger the boat, the deeper the draft, the more stable it is. The soldiers who were dazed and dazed on the small boat finally had a foothold on their feet and their spirits were lifted.
The Wuya warship was customized with a full complement of 800 people. When these soldiers got on board, the whole ship suddenly looked a little more impressive, and the soldiers running on the deck seemed to be full of combat effectiveness. Wei Ying hurriedly ordered the soldiers to follow the training tactics.
Everyone is in their place.
Dozens of oars stretched out from the lower part of the hull, and they were uniformly thrust into the river water, and rowed vigorously. The huge hull moved slowly, crossing the river, with the bow facing the invading enemy ship, ready to meet the enemy.
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Wang Shangfang originally wanted to ignore the most powerful five-tooth warship and concentrate his forces to clear out the surrounding small boats. This would demoralize the enemy's troops and weaken their morale, and weaken the enemy's numbers.
Unexpectedly, before the battle started, the enemy ship's commander abandoned all the small boats and gathered all the troops on the five-tooth battleship, making a posture of "I am timid, let's lean together to be brave".
This is too cowardly!
Wang Shangfang gritted his teeth with hatred. Although he didn't know whether this was a clever tactic by the enemy general or a decision made by a coward who was afraid of death, he had to admit that the current situation was the last thing he wanted to see - the five-tooth battleship was too powerful.
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But now that the matter has come to this, Wang Shangfang can only bite the bullet and issue an order - attack the Five-Tooth Battleship with all his strength!
For a moment, all the warships under his command gave up their original goals, and their bows sat slightly on the river to adjust, and all pounced on the tall and wide five-tooth warship.
"boom"
A small boat that was close to the Five-Tooth Battleship was hit by the hard angle of the enemy ship's bow. It was immediately broken into two pieces and quickly sank while spinning on the river.
The "novices" in water warfare on the Wuya warship all swallowed their saliva. If they still guarded these small boats to fight the enemy, they would probably have sunk to the bottom of the river to feed the fish... Compared to the enemy's control of the warships
Technology, they are scum!
However, guarding the Five-Tooth Battleship now has offset the gap in water warfare experience and technology to the greatest extent. As long as everyone firmly defends the Five-Tooth Battleship and prevents the enemy from boarding, then relying on the power of the Five-Tooth Battleship, we can be invincible.
The place of defeat!
These soldiers were unsteady on the small boat and felt uncertain, but standing on the stable five-tooth warship, the information surged. Those responsible for controlling the shooting poles all stayed at their positions, and those responsible for long-range attacks stood on the side of the ship, raising their bows and arrows.
The rest held a shield in one hand and a sword in the other to cover the archers.
The enemy ship's signal is like lightning, coming menacingly, and the boarding battle is imminent!