The Five-Toothed Ship is a resounding name in history.
Yang Su was ordered to enter Bashu and build a large five-toothed ship. On the ship, there were rackets for close combat, trebuchets and giant crossbows for long-distance combat. They formed a huge fleet and sailed down the river to break through the defense line of Nanchen and Jingzhou and let the south
Chen's defense could only retreat all the way to Jiangnan, laying a solid foundation for Yang Guang to launch a general offensive.
Many people in later generations believed that what really caused Nanchen to lose his will to resist was the mighty five-toothed ship that covered the sky and the sun. This kind of warship was born to restrain Nanchen's Huanglong ship. It can be said that
He gathered all the wisdom of the officials and craftsmen of that time and space, and finally completely defeated the Nanchen Navy, destroying Nanchen's biggest reliance. Therefore, in the subsequent battle across the river, Yang Guang basically encountered no obstruction from the enemy navy.
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In fact, the scale of the Wuya Ship is not much larger than the Huanglong Ship in Nanchen. The key is that the advantage of the Huanglong Ship is that it is equipped with a large number of bows and crossbows, which can cause damage to the enemy in a short period of time. The reason why the ship is built like this
The reason is that Nan Chen actually has no opponent on the water. The main role of the navy is to cover the land division's operations, so strong support from the other side is obviously better than the water performance of the ship itself.
Therefore, the real invincibility of the Wuya ship lies in its specially thickened hull, which can effectively prevent enemy arrows from shooting. At the same time, the ship is equipped with rackets specially built for boarding battles. These rackets
It can hammer the enemy's ships hard when the warships are intertwined with each other, especially the fragile superstructure on the ship as well as crossbows, trebuchets and other facilities, causing the opponent's warships to lose their combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
With the speed generated by flowing down the river, the Wuya big ship can quickly rush into the enemy's fleet and then wreak havoc. Therefore, in Li Xingchen's opinion, the Wuya big ship is really designed specifically to defeat the Nanchen Navy. How to use it
The upstream flow and close combat destruction are all vividly demonstrated on this boat.
Looking at the warship that appeared in front of him, which was not very huge, but was definitely heroic, Li Xingchen secretly admired it. Although Ouyang Mo had already left for Hanzhong, he had to admit that several of his disciples were still outstanding.
This warship can almost be said to be built for war. The thick hull and huge racket make this warship look more like a mobile fortress.
Of course, Li Xingchen did not intend to copy all arrangements in history. The Wuya big ship did have great limitations in history, especially its naval combat capabilities. Later, when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty went on a cross-sea expedition to Goryeo, the performance of the Wuya big ship was unsatisfactory.
, its low ship's side cannot face the rough waves of the sea, and its powerful melee weapons obviously cannot support siege battles. They can only transport troops and horses, but the ship's side is already very low. If there are many people, the ship's side will be
It will only become lower and even risk subversion.
Although the five-toothed ship in front of me still followed the historical name in a bad way by Li Xingchen, there were too many differences inside.
First of all, the hull adopts focused protection instead of full protection, which is enough to face possible dangers in close combat, and can also prevent the ship from being too heavy, improving the forward speed and flexibility.
Secondly, all the crossbows and trebuchets on the ship are stored in the cabin, and can be raised up when needed using sophisticated mechanical controls, thus naturally avoiding damage during close combat.
The biggest change is obviously the two huge wooden wheels on both sides of the ship.
That's right, it's a wooden wheel similar to the paddle wheel of later generations.
This kind of wooden wheel that only gradually appeared on the warships of the Song Dynasty was certainly not something that craftsmen of this era could have come up with, and Li Xingchen didn't mind giving a hint.
(Author's note: This is a reference to the old version of "Water Margin" by CCTV. It is also said that the Dongting water thief Yang Xuan, whom Yue Fei conquered, used this kind of warship, so he could fly on the water and was unstoppable. In the end, the court could not
Bu Tiao Yue Fei came to conquer.)
After all, the wind on the river is no better than the sea wind. In many cases, it is impossible to drive a huge warship, so the movement of the warship mainly depends on the oars. But the two rows of oars will obviously take up a lot of space, and once the ship is maneuvered
The strength of the oar soldiers is different, so it will be difficult to control the ship. This is why the Southern Dynasty can easily control the water surface, because commanding the navy is indeed a technical job that the southerners are more familiar with.
After Li Xingchen installed such paddle wheels on both sides of the ship, the soldiers only needed to pedal continuously like pedaling a bicycle to drive the wooden leaves on the paddle wheel to slap the water, thus making the warship move forward. This action was obviously easier.
, and there is no need for everyone to deliberately maintain the direction of force, and it can also save a lot of paddlers.
According to the training results of the navy, ships equipped with paddle wheels can travel two-thirds faster than previous warships. This is definitely an advantage that can determine everything on the battlefield.
Of course, there is an obvious weakness of the paddle wheel, that is, it is easy to be attacked, so the craftsmen did not need Li Xingchen's instructions and simply covered the part of the paddle wheel above the water with a wooden shell, thus preventing the enemy from attacking from a distance.
destroy.
As for the destruction of water ghosts at close range... When the water ghosts are close to the paddle wheel, it would be nice if the Konoha stirring the water flow do not directly tear them apart.
Li Xingchen looked at this warship, which brought together the experience of later generations and this era, and was filled with emotions.
As a later person, he knew very well that China had lost to the ocean in another time and space. Therefore, in this era, Li Xingchen could not let China ignore the role of the ocean anymore. And the warship in front of him was everything.
starting point!
Luo Ya said in a deep voice: "As long as we are given another half a year, we can build more than fifty large five-tooth warships, as well as hundreds of supporting Mengchong and Lou ships. These warships can deal with the current
Jingzhou Navy is more than enough!"
Li Xunchen nodded slightly, at least this result was very satisfying to him, and then his eyes fell on Li Xun. The shipbuilding industry performed very well, so naturally he had to look at Li Xun's troops. There were only ships, no people.
Nope either.
The naval general Wang Chang was an old man who followed Li Xunchen into Shu, and most of the naval officers were elites, so Li Xunchen was not worried. What he was really worried about was Li Xun's land troops. After all, these troops were to be used against Xiao Mo.
A decisive battle.
"Our new army camp is just outside the southern county. Please ask the general to move here." Of course, Li Xun knew that Luo Ya had passed the border and he was the only one left, so he immediately stretched out his hand.
Li Xun's cheerfulness also made Li Xingchen laugh: "Let's go, let's go see a certain heroic army that we will rely on to control the south of the Yangtze River in the future!"
Li Xunchen's tone was full of trust, and Li Xun was even more excited, and immediately said solemnly: "I will not let the general down!" (To be continued)