Lu Ying wanted to lead his army to retreat, but he was not so stupid that he ordered the retreat immediately.
According to the course of the battle, the two sides have just approached each other, and the front fleet is about to enter a collision posture. Once the order is given to retreat at this time, what will happen is that the own fleet will definitely become a mess and be annihilated.
The Vietnamese army's "middle wing" and "small wing" accelerated their paddle frequency amidst the sound of the trumpet, and their speed suddenly increased by a large knot.
On the Vietnamese navy ship in the front group, the soldiers on their upper deck were almost emptied by the original army's crossbowmen. The surviving Vietnamese soldiers either raised their shields to block arrows or hid behind the wooden parapet of the ship.
He fired a few arrows in return.
By this time, all the Vietnamese army could hope for was that the impact would be effective and sink as many warships as possible. They had long since given up hope of achieving any results from the exchange of fire.
Lu Ying made another layer of deployment, arranging some "small wings" and "middle wings". After the ramming tactics were effective, if they could ram the original ship again, they would not only hit it, but also immediately ignite the kerosene-sprinkled ship.
haystack.
Collision plus fire attack is just a very traditional method of water warfare. It was not invented by Zhou Yu in Chibi until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It had been used repeatedly in the battles between the Wu and Chu naval forces in the Spring and Autumn Period.
The first large-scale water battle in Zhuxia broke out in the Yangtze River waters of "Jiuzi". At that time, the Wu navy used fire attacks to attack the Chu navy. This water battle also became the first time that fire attacks were used on the river on a large scale.
examples of battles.
However, under normal circumstances, if it is ignited, it is basically equivalent to abandoning one's own warship. Normally, ramming tactics will not do this, and will only be used when it is considered worthy of perishing together.
On the sea surface, after each other began to collide with each other, the front parts of the naval forces of both sides were already mixed together, and collisions occurred all the time.
The warships of the Yue Navy are relatively small. Due to the design concept, small size does not mean that they are more flexible than the original warships. Moreover, the upper and lower floors of the Vietnam warships are directly exposed, and not only the upper floors are responsible for combat.
The Vietnamese soldiers were being shot, and the Vietnamese sailors at the lower level who were responsible for rowing were also being shot.
As long as there is a Yuan warship with a shooting angle, the crossbowmen's priority target is the Yue oarsmen on the lower deck.
The simple truth is that the Yue warships have no sails. As long as all the oarsmen are shot and killed, they can be forced to drift with the current. Even if only a part of them are killed, the Yue warships will be forced to maneuver and crash.
Don’t the people who designed this type of warship know the dangers of not having protection? They definitely know it. The problem is that if you rely solely on oars, the larger the tonnage, the more difficult it will be to move. It’s not that they don’t want to add more
Protection, simply adding weight will make the warship lose its flexibility.
The warships of the Yue State are no different from the warships of the Wu State, and the warships of the Chu State are actually not much different from those of the Wu State. After long-term water battles, both sides have long been accustomed to it.
Now, the Yue Navy is competing with the Yuan Navy. Because the Yue warships are bare, soldiers on the upper and lower floors will suffer heavy casualties as long as they are targeted. On the contrary, the Yuan warships have hulls to protect the rowing crews.
This made the surviving side of the Yue Kingdom feel resentful towards the people who designed the warships.
Lu Ying had too many questions in his mind. He didn't understand that neither the Jin nor the Yuan Dynasty had ever conducted large-scale water battles, and the number of water battles was only handful. He really couldn't understand how the Yuan Kingdom could design such an excellent weapon.
Warship.
The so-called superior warships of the original country are not only better in protection performance, but also in terms of maneuverability, and they also appear to be more stable when beaten by waves.
If Lu Ying could see the model of the original warship, he would find that the bottom of the ship is pointed, and he would immediately show an expression of enlightenment.
Wu State, Chu State, Yue State, etc., including Chen State, all have flat-bottomed boats. It can only be said that they dare to use such boats at sea. They are really adventurous.
So, since they have gone to sea many times, why didn't they think of changing the structure of the ship?
Many times it seems simple, but it is actually an illusion because you already know the answer.
It was not until the Song Dynasty that Zhu Xia began to make pointed-bottomed boats (blessing boats). The relevant concepts were only gleaned through exchanges with the cannibals.
On the other side of Europe? They didn’t have a serious country before the collapse of Western Rome, and it took until after the Renaissance for the explosion of science and technology. They had not discovered the superiority of pointed-bottomed ships for navigation before, and they also started from the Great
The knowledge gleaned from cannibalism here.
No kidding, some of the technologies in Dashi have indeed maintained global leadership in certain periods of time. They were the first to become "Sea Coachmen". They once worked as porters in the East-West trade and earned a lot of money.
When it comes to technology, most of the time the materials and techniques are up to par, but the only thing missing is the inspiration.
Many products were created by accident. For example, a country that was good at raising white flags wanted to develop drugs to stimulate soldiers' warlike enthusiasm, and came up with an indescribable drug.
Wu State, Chu State, Qi State, Yue State... and other countries that have gone to sea for a long time, their designers just lacked that flash of inspiration, so that they have already used the ocean for fishing and hunting, and even fought a few games.
In naval battles, flat-bottomed warships were still used.
The naval battle continued, but the navy of the Yuan Dynasty, which had the superiority in the performance of the warships, fought relatively clumsily, so much so that it seemed that the battle was still going back and forth.
Zhiwu rarely gave orders after the war started.
The front of the Yuan navy was mixed with the Yue navy. Warships stuck together could be seen everywhere. There was no shortage of billowing black smoke rising into the sky. The sea was filled with corpses and people struggling to paddle.
Soldiers from both sides.
Fan Li knew what was going on as soon as he saw Zhiwu's expression. It was simply that Zhiwu was confused by the chaotic scene in front of him and did not know how to command. He rationally did not issue any more orders and allowed the captains of the warships in front to do whatever they wanted.
In fact, many people who can usually speak eloquently about something, after they actually encounter that kind of thing, because they have not experienced it personally, they probably know how to deal with it. Waiting for the real person in the game, but the person is a person.
He looked stupid.
This is not surprising. Training hundreds of times is to have "inertia" when encountering. Yes, the human brain cannot be controlled by wanting to control it. It can survive the first time when it is really experienced, and it will be better when it is the second time.
Don't lose control of your emotions completely.
"Commander, the enemy's "big wing" is shrinking, and I'm afraid it means to retreat." Fan Li is familiar with land warfare, and he is not completely unfamiliar with water warfare. When he saw the movements of the Vietnamese army, he gave a timely reminder.
If the front armies of the two armies start fighting, it will definitely cause a chaotic situation. The ships in the rear will either stop moving forward or stretch out to the wings. How can they rush forward in one go?
Zhiwu took a deep breath and asked, "Guest, what should I do at this time?"
This is because his mind is still a little confused and he wants to hear what Fan Li would suggest.
Fan Li did not think too much and said: "If the commander wants to annihilate the Yue navy, he should fight bravely; if it is for the sake of conservatism, he can spread his wings and encircle."
Zhiwu understood.
One is to rush forward recklessly, which may cause relatively large losses, but it can stick to the Yue Navy and prevent them from having more opportunities to escape.
The second option is to err on the side of caution, but it will only waste more time and is very likely to allow the Vietnamese navy that did not participate in the war to successfully escape from the battle.
In terms of scale, the Vietnamese navy must be larger in number than the original navy.
In terms of quality, based solely on the data and performance of the warships, it is definitely the advantage of the former navy.
However, in terms of the quality of its troops, the Yue Navy cannot say that they have experienced hundreds of battles. At least the Yue Navy was engaged in the first battle.
After a brief battle between heaven and man, Zhiwu began to issue a series of orders.
Fan Li didn't say much, but thought in his heart: "No wonder the king chose Zhi Wu to be the commander of the navy. Although he was confused, he made a decision immediately after being reminded and chose to eliminate more Yue navy at any cost."
Let's put it this way, as long as this original navy is not completely destroyed, being able to severely damage the Yue navy is equivalent to making the greatest contribution to the "Langya" battlefield.
Why do you say that? Because the original army has blocked the retreat route of the Vietnamese army on land. Even if the severely damaged Vietnamese navy can sneak to the shore to pick up people, how many people can be picked up with its scale being drastically reduced?
To put it bluntly, even if the Yue King Gou Jian is successfully taken back to the hinterland of the Yue Kingdom, the Yue Kingdom will lose more than 100,000 troops in the northern battlefield, and the navy will also suffer heavy losses. What will be used to resist the invasion of the original army?
What should we do if the navy on the Yuan Kingdom's side suffers heavy losses? Just do that.
Logically speaking, the Yuan Kingdom's navy would be completely destroyed. The worst that could happen would be to continue building ships and recruiting navy soldiers to continue training. The Yuan Kingdom's manpower and material resources were nothing at all. At most, the navy would be formed late.
If the Vietnamese naval forces suffered heavy losses, it would mean that they lost a large number of soldiers with experience in naval warfare and were almost back to the same level as the original country.
Let me ask, if human lives are not taken into account, which country suffered more losses, the Yuan Kingdom or the Yue Kingdom, despite the same heavy losses?
The new warships of the original country breaking into the warring waters will definitely have an encouraging effect on the navy of the original country that has already participated in the war, and the addition of new warships can also rescue the fallen soldiers.
A little common sense is that the water temperature of inland rivers is actually two to three degrees lower than that of sea water. The water in the river freezes more easily than sea water, but people are definitely more comfortable soaking in river water than in sea water.
Lu Ying saw that his own warships had been unable to break through, and then he saw reinforcements from the Yuan Kingdom's navy, and the Yuan Kingdom's warships on the left and right wings were also advancing. He knew clearly that if he didn't leave, he might not have a chance to leave.
"Retreat, retreat!" Lu Ying took one last look at the fighting waters and turned his face away while giving the order.
Naturally, if you want to retreat, you need to make a U-turn. Under the premise that the ship has no sails and relies entirely on oars, turning around is really easier than relying on the sails. Just order the sailors to paddle on one side.
Will the ocean be divided into upstream and downstream like an inland river? It really does exist. It is just called a sea current, also called an ocean current. It also distinguishes between warm current and cold current. It will flow horizontally in a certain direction with a regular and relatively stable speed, but not every
There are currents in all sea areas.
There is an ocean running from north to south along the coast of "Langya". Coincidentally, the navy of the Yuan Kingdom is located in the north, and the navy of the Yue Kingdom is located in the southwest.
Of course, the retreat of the Yue navy was seen by the Yuan navy. Zhiwu immediately ordered the warships on the left and right wings to raise their sails again, and the wind and oars were used to increase their speed.
Lu Ying was stunned when he saw the navy of the Yuan Kingdom raising the sail.
It’s not that ships with sails didn’t exist during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it’s just that warships didn’t have masts due to design problems. Some ships and even small boats actually had sails.
As for why countries such as Wu, Chu, and Yue did not design a mast for hanging sails on their warships, is it probably due to the lack of fireproof sails in the current era?
After all, a ship with an all-wood structure is very afraid of fire. If hit by a rocket, the wood will not burn so quickly. The sails that are easy to catch fire will be ignited and then fall down to cover the deck. Not to mention that a large group of people will suffer in an instant, and the burning area is larger than that of a rocket.
If it is much larger, the risk will be doubled.
Lu Ying was stunned for two reasons. First, he felt that the people who designed the warships in the Yuan Kingdom were not professional enough and would miss the dangers caused by the sails on the warships; secondly, he was hesitant to give up the retreat and use rockets to attack the Yuan Kingdom.
The sails of the warship set the whole ship on fire.
However, the order to retreat has just been issued, and all the warships are already making U-turn maneuvers. Will giving the completely opposite order immediately cause our own fleet to fall into chaos?
Lu Ying, who had many scruples in his heart, could only give up issuing the order to overturn the previous order, and at the same time asked each ship to prepare rockets.
With the increase in sail speed, the sailing speed will be faster, right?
If Lu Ying doesn't know this basic knowledge, is he worthy of being a Yue?
Precisely because of this knowledge, Lu Ying's face became extremely ugly, and the faces of everyone around him also changed.
At this moment, they knew very clearly that they would never be able to escape.
Luying faced a huge problem. Should he retreat further southwest during the border battle, or should he choose to retreat toward the "Langya" coastal direction?
Seeing that the warships of the Yuan Dynasty were traveling much faster than expected, Lu Ying knew that he did not have much time to hesitate. He gritted his teeth and issued a new order: "Hu Que will lead his troops to block the enemy troops, and the rest will retreat to the shore!"
There is definitely no way to escape.
The greater burden on Lu Ying's mind was that once the losses were too heavy, the Vietnamese army on land would completely lose their way of retreat.
However, after the new order was issued, Lu Ying was stunned for a moment, thinking: "We were forced to retreat in the first battle. If we really retreated to the beach, doesn't that mean we are trapped?"
This must be the truth. The Yue Navy abandoned some of their warships and tried their best to hold back the Yuan Navy. When they retreated to the offshore continental shelf, they were surprised to find that the Yuan Navy no longer pursued.
The continental shelf slopes from the land to the sea. In many coastal areas, the depth of a few hundred meters away from the beach is less than three or four meters. A flat-bottomed boat with a small draft can still reach the shore, but a boat with a draft that is too deep will be stranded.
This is the reason why the warships of the Yuan Kingdom can no longer pursue it, but the Yue Navy obviously does not know this.