"Lord, Sun Ce's army has crossed the combat readiness line again! This time, this time..." There was a messenger in Miangkou, who hurriedly reported to Huang Zu.
Because Sun Ce had harassed him several times in recent days, almost blocking exploration from upstream, and seemed to be actively preparing for war, Huang Zu also stayed in Miangkou.
"What's the rush? The Sun family's son is here, just ask Zixiang to fight him back!" Huang Zu remained unmoved.
Although Huang Zu was in command of Miangkou at this time, the commander of the navy in the water village was "Zixiang", whose nickname was unknown, but his name was very domineering - Su Fei.
Su Fei was a general under Huang Zu. Regardless of whether he was a general out of thin air, Huang Zu did often entrust his navy to Su Fei.
In the history without the white rabbit effect, Gan Ning felt that being a water thief was meaningless, and when he returned to Shu County to become an official, he felt that there was no development. After leaving Shu again, it was Su Fei who recommended Gan Ning to Huang Zu, who was not allowed to reuse him.
But when he couldn't escape, Su Fei let him go, and this gave rise to Gan Xingba, Jiang's cousin and tiger minister in Soochow in the future.
Later, when Sun Quan destroyed Huang Zu, he wanted to execute Su Fei, but Gan Ning begged to stop him...
But now that Gan Ning has directly joined the General's Mansion, his relationship with Su Fei is limited to "having a familiar officer in Jingzhou", and he still had dealings with him when he was a water thief.
Huang Zu did not take the report of enemies coming seriously. After all, this was not Sun Ce's first attack.
Therefore, Huang Zucai drew a battle preparation line along the river. When Sun Ce's warships passed by, Jiangxia's navy prepared for battle.
"Lord... the situation is different this time, it's so big... there's such a big cockroach coming... No, it's not a cockroach, it's a building ship!" the messenger said quickly.
Huang Zu frowned when he heard this. He noticed the panic of the person who sent the message, so he prepared to go out and see for himself.
Tower ships existed in the pre-Qin period. However, after the tall ship towers were built, the center of gravity of the ship was too high and it was easy to lose balance. With the craftsmanship at that time, floor ships often traveled even on the river and did not go to the sea.
It will capsize in the wind and water. It is not only weak in resistance to abnormal weather, but also weak in fierce battles.
Therefore, nowadays they are mostly used as luxury passenger ships - Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built a huge building ship that could accommodate ten thousand people.
Common warships include sterns, fighting ships, sea falcons and walking boats.
After the Battle of Chibi, when Soochow relied on the Yangtze River to maintain peace, it gradually developed many stronger warships, which were truly improved compared to the pre-Qin period.
Otherwise, when we were in Chibi, we would have used these basic warships that were not much developed compared to the pre-Qin period.
Among them, the warship and the fighting ship are the more "luxurious" battleships. They both have cabins on the ship with arrow holes and are covered with cowhide. A parapet is built around the ship as a shield, and the oars protrude from the oar openings on the parapet. Ordinary arrows
The arrow is difficult to kill, but it can shoot arrows from the arrow hole itself.
The difference is that the stern is larger and longer, has a heavy ramming angle on the bow, a large cabin, and a small deck, and is better at ramming in close combat; while a fighting ship is much smaller, has more oar positions, is more brisk, and has a smaller deck area.
It is larger, which means it is more suitable for boarding battles.
The stern and the fighting ship can be said to be the basic ship types of ancient warships. When the Southern Song Dynasty fought against the Jin Kingdom, the stern was still used, but there were many improvements, such as being equipped with different oars to make it more flexible...
Even a building boat can be regarded as a stern with multiple levels of cabins. However, there is a lot to be said in terms of balance.
In addition, the walking boat and the sea falcon are the supplements of the stern and the fighting ship. They are both small boats. The former is only light and generally needs to be forcibly approached and then engage in boarding combat to pose a threat to the enemy. The latter has a special shape, with a low head and a high tail.
There are floating boards on the side of the ship, which look like seabirds. Its main advantage is that it can maintain balance in bad weather and strong currents, and can be used for surprise attacks.
They are all small ships that can be controlled by only one general and his own soldiers.
The flat boat among the first batch of warships in White Picture is the advanced version of the Sea Falcon. The fast paddle boat is more flexible than the walking boat, but it also requires more manpower.
Huang Zu came to the cliff by the river. As soon as he approached, he already felt something bad... It was really big.
In front of the three huge building ships, it is impossible to get close, let alone want to engage in a battle. The arrows fired from the building are comparable to the firepower of the defenders of the city wall!
Water warfare is different from land warfare. Military formation instructions are simpler - the ships at this time cannot cooperate with too detailed formation changes.
Compared with land warfare, water warfare relies more on strong ships and long-range bows and arrows.
This is why most of the Pian'an dynasty relied on the navy to maintain it - no matter how strong the enemy's army was, they still had to use boats and bows and arrows to speak on the water!
Coupled with the differences in the physical strength of the soldiers, the Pian'an Dynasty was able to protect itself for a while even if its overall strength was weak.
Although Huang Zu was in Jiangxia, he was incompetent in literature and military skills, but with the support of Liu Biao, a "big money master" who pursued a land-defending strategy, he himself also represented the local nobles, and his navy had excellent hardware. He was not afraid of Sun Ce at all.
Hundreds of people walking on the river can already make many famous generals sigh with admiration at the sight of the river.
When facing Jiangdong, although the opponent also dominated the battle with water, after all, Jingzhou was further upstream. Although it was possible to go backwards with an oar, it still had the advantage of water flow, especially in the Miokou and Xiakou areas, and there were cliffs on both sides of the river bank...
The demise of Soochow and the later Chen State were both defeated by warships built from Yizhou and sailed down the river from the upper reaches.
But now, Huang Zu could only watch helplessly as his side of the boat was completely unable to get close to the ship, and the soldiers on the ship were shot and killed mercilessly.
However, Su Fei is quite experienced. Judging from the situation on the river, it seems that he is going to command the fighting ship to intercept and fight hard!
In the entire Jiangxia, Huang Zu's family only had six ships and dozens of battleships.
After all, whether it was Huang Zu or Liu Biao, the resources in Jingzhou that could be dispatched were very limited. Even during the Battle of Chibi, the number of stern battleships Zhou Yu used to set fire to was only "dozens".
After Chibi, Sun Quan tried to expand his victory in Huainan but failed. At the same time, Soochow finally became more harmonious because of this great victory, and then began to vigorously develop the naval army and plan to separate the kingdom.
When Huang Zu saw the stern rushing towards the huge ship, he couldn't help but hold on to the railing in front of him - after this battle, even if he blocked the opponent's attack, he would probably be seriously injured!
Then ask Liu Biao for more resources?
No...if the losses are excessive, maybe Liu Biao will burn bridges.
However, Huang Zu also understood that he had no room for reservation now, so he pretended to be calm and said: "Hahaha, Zixiang is really smart in the face of battle. Does Bai Tu think that the bigger the ship, the stronger? For such a high-rise ship, it only needs a stern.
A collision will cause it to shake and become unstable at the slightest level, and..."
duang——
There was just a loud noise, and even Huang Zu, who was on the cliff on the shore, heard some of it and quickly looked over, but...he didn't see the capsized boat he was expecting.
Instead, it was a stern ship. At this time, the cabin was broken, and the officers and men on board were wailing.
But on the broken cabin, a huge boulder rose up again. The boulder was connected to the long and thin "mast". The previous attack that hit the stern was made by it!
Shooting poles were especially popular around large warships from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties. They were equipped with wooden poles with a stone hammer on the top and a rotatable windlass at the bottom. After being slapped, they could be pulled back up. As a melee weapon in water battles, they quickly became popular.
It replaced the bumping horn. It was not until the Song Dynasty that heavy crossbow firearms began to be equipped, and the racket pole gradually disappeared from the stage of history.
The cowhide of a cockroach can block arrows, but...how can it be used as a giant hammer falling dozens of feet?
And after hitting it, the racket pole quickly rose!
The racket pole of the General's version of the Five-Toothed Ship has also been optimized to a certain extent. Not only is the pole arm made of iron-clad wood, but the pulley is equipped with a fairy gourd to withstand heavier stone hammers.
The cockroach, which is good at collision, looks very fragile in front of the "shooting pole", the ruler of close combat on the water surface...