However, due to the difficult and dangerous sea journey and unpredictable storms, navies from almost all countries try their best to avoid going to sea to fight. Even if the navy goes to sea to fight, it is only to fight on the side of the ship, or to land ashore to clear out island and land strongholds as the main mode of combat.
In short, in the minds of almost all military personnel at all levels in various countries in the world, warships are a means of crossing the sea, not a weapon of war, let alone something that can be relied on on the battlefield.
But Wang Junlin established a powerful maritime navy. In addition to trying his best to save the situation and save the Sui people from dying in response to the historical failure of Yang Guang's conquest of Goguryeo, he actually wanted to control the Sui sea area under his own control.
In this way, when the Sui Dynasty falls apart next time, he will be in an invincible position.
Because the history of the prevalence of Western colonialism in later generations has long proved a truth: only after you have control of the sea can you have the initiative to choose the land battlefield. The time and place of the war are also firmly in your hands. You can fight if you want to, or if you don't.
Just go back to the sea and fight whenever you want. The coastline is so long that you can completely feel like you are in uninhabited territory.
This is the same as there is no way to guard against a thief. The target of an attack can only be beaten. If coupled with a powerful army, Wang Junlin will have the power to dominate the world.
Moreover, the scope of the navy's radiation is far beyond the imagination of people in this era. The cavalry is already the fastest land marching arm in this era, but on the premise of maintaining combat effectiveness, traveling two hundred miles a day is already the limit.
, but for the navy, the two hundred miles of sea area will not last even an hour if there is a favorable wind.
Just imagine how long it took for Wang Junlin's navy to get from Snake Island to Jiangdu, and how long it took to get from Luoyang to Jingdu by land.
It was impossible for Yang Guang to conquer Goguryeo, gather his troops to Liaodong, and then attack Goguryeo without three months of preparation time. However, Wang Junlin would use the navy to conquer Goguryeo, or the navy to transport the army to kill it, which would not even take a day.
On top of that, there are also naval warships that can retreat at any time through this retreat.
Of course, this does not mean that the great kings and ministers of this era cannot imagine the importance of sea control. It is just that due to the influence of the performance of warships and navigation technology, there are too many uncontrollable factors when the navy leaves land and reaches the sea. Not to mention other things, just
Getting lost scares so many people away that they dare to run far away.
Also, the warships were not strong enough. If they encountered a storm, there would be no possibility of escape on the vast sea.
This is also the reason why in history, it was not until the Age of Discovery that people gradually paid attention to sea control.
Therefore, since ancient times, dynasties in the Central Plains have come and gone, and wars have been frequent for thousands of years. The struggle for hegemony has always been based on land. It is inevitable that traditional military thought has ignored or even ignored sea control.
There is no way, the ocean voyage ability is too weak, but now because of the inhuman existence of Nie Xiaoyu, Wang Junlin first solved the problem of the sturdiness of warships, and then trained many talents capable of ocean voyages one by one, and even the problem of long-range attack on warships
It has been solved, and so on. In short, Wang Junlin's navy has initially gained the ability to control the sea.
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With the same force, one defended the city and the other attacked the city. However, after an hour, the Goguryeo side that defended the city lost more than 400 people, while the attackers did not suffer any casualties.
The reason for such exaggerated results was that Wang Junlin's side was able to defeat the Goguryeo people in the city, but even the farthest archers on the other side could not hit anyone on their side.
Six long-range crossbows had destroyed the weak gate of the prison city, but Wang Junlin did not let anyone rush into the city gate immediately. Instead, he dismantled six more long-range crossbows, and a total of twelve long-range crossbows were placed separately.
Shoot the Goguryeo people on the wall on the high ground on the left and right sides of the prison city.
In addition to the six thousand-stone warships parked next to the coastal port, there were a total of twelve catapults to launch catapults at the prison city.
The prison city was so big, and the Goguryeo people had demolished the houses in preparation for defending the city. As a result, there was not much place to hide people, and more than 400 people were shot to death by crossbows and stoned alive.
"Sir, earth platforms have been set up on the high ground on both sides of the prison city. Do you want to use pallets to build them to form a cloud bridge that can directly attack the prison city? Then our people will kill through the city gate and both sides at the same time."
Seeing that the situation was good, Liu Yidong wanted to make a quick decision to show his ability.
Wang Junlin shook his head. At this time, he launched a strong attack. With the cover of long-range crossbows and catapults on warships, it was no problem to capture the prison city in the end. However, after the close combat, their long-range attack advantage no longer existed.
Wang Junlin had long discovered that these two thousand Goguryeo people were not weak in combat power. The most important thing was that they were brave and not afraid of death. Before they killed the opponent to a certain extent or destroyed the opponent's morale, there would definitely be many casualties in a close combat with the enemy.
"I think that although the wall of this prison city is strong, it is far from being compared with the three or four feet thick brick and rammed earth city wall, and the height is only more than ten feet. Let the catapults from the six warships focus on shooting at the wall of the prison city.
, it will collapse in a short time. At that time, the enemy will not be able to hide anyone on or under the prison wall. Without the protection of the city wall, our long-range crossbows can shoot them at will. Therefore, please pass on the order and let everyone be more patient.
Our goal is not to recapture the prison city, but to kill all the enemies without causing too many losses."
"I understand the humble position." Liu Yidong bowed respectfully and went to prepare.
There is really no suspense about annihilating the two thousand Goguryeo people who are defending the prison city. To be honest, just the one hundred guards around him, led by Zhang Tiangang, Chong Yao and Chunqiu Nu, can kill these two thousand people in a head-on fight.
Therefore, if he loses hundreds of people in order to kill these two thousand people, it is really not worth the loss. Moreover, Wang Junlin must consciously let the officers and soldiers become familiar with using their own advantages and learn the new combat modes brought by new weapons and equipment. After all, in the future, it will be similar to
There will be many more naval battles or island battles like this.
Wang Junlin worked hard and finally managed to have 6,000 naval troops. Because the matter of Snake Island was hidden from the court and Yang Guang, he had no place to replenish his troops, so every officer and soldier was extremely precious and was left behind.
There is still great use later, but we can't lose it at the beginning. The hundred people who stayed on Bailing Island were killed by these people, which has made Wang Junlin feel distressed for a while.
Twelve catapults from six ships continued to attack the south wall of the prison city. After half an hour, finally, a section of the wall in the middle of the south wall of the prison city could not hold up and collapsed suddenly, opening a gap four to five meters wide.