Liu Xiang was very much looking forward to the enemy coming ashore to attack the city. Whether it was to attack Xunyang or Chaisang, he welcomed them very much.
He swore that he would never engage in any half-crossing attack, nor would he stop the enemy at the beach.
The more people who come ashore, the better.
Only in this way can we consume the enemy's vitality to the maximum extent, hold them back, and create opportunities for other groups.
It's a pity that Zhang Xian and Zhou Xin are not sticks. They came to the imperial navy and had no intention of attacking the city before destroying the opponent's navy.
They didn't even think of setting up camp near Xunyang.
I was afraid that someone would sneak attack the camp.
Therefore, fleets dozens of miles long poured into Pengli Ze.
Liu Xiang looked at the fleet heading east, rubbed his cold hands, and smiled like a little fox who had stolen a chicken. As expected, they went to the place of decisive battle they chose.
"Send sentries to follow us and find the enemy's naval base."
He did not think that the enemy dared to continue to advance eastward. The material consumption of tens of thousands of troops was not a small amount. If they moved forward, the supply line would be cut off too easily. Penglize was the limit of their eastward advance before their navy was completely wiped out.
The enemy is already here!
The terrain determines the choice, and the enemy commander's strategic thinking is not very clever.
Thousands of miles across the lake, there is enough room to maneuver for Yunfanying to eat them one by one.
His thinking on naval warfare was fundamentally different from that of the ancients of the Han Dynasty.
It is precisely at this point that he is most confident.
It's not that he is smarter than the ancients, but that he stands on the shoulders of giants.
The shipbuilding technology of the Han Dynasty was already very developed. The forty- to fifty-meter high-rise battleships not only dominated the world, but this technology was used until the Sui Dynasty, and it was not until the Tang Dynasty that the technological breakthrough was completed.
However, the water warfare tactics of the Han Dynasty did not match the advanced technology.
Navy officers and soldiers are accustomed to using ships as fortifications, fighting in formations, using large warships to advance together, engaging in hand-to-hand combat, and using small sterns to quickly penetrate.
If you think about it carefully, there is no essential difference between it and land warfare.
Is it like the shield formation of heavy infantry and the guerrilla of light cavalry?
It cannot be said that there is no difference at all, it can only be said that it is a complete copy. Because there is no strong enough enemy to promote the development of tactics, as long as the big ship sails past, victory is inevitable, and the surrounding small countries do not pose the slightest threat to the navy of the Han Dynasty.
The strongest enemy is in the north, and it has nothing to do with the navy. They can't muster the strength even if they want to fight. We can't let the soldiers fight the big ships onto the land, right?
When Liu Xiang started to develop his navy, he chose sharp-bottomed boats and a fast and flexible fighting method. Although the development of long-range strike weapons could not keep up with shipbuilding technology and navy tactics, the three-bow bed crossbow was still
He put it on the battleship.
Who says bed crossbows can only fire crossbow guns?
Isn't it possible to modify the arrow path of the crossbow body and fire a small long oil barrel? Or, it can also be understood as a short and fat version of the crossbow gun with oil and flammable materials loaded in the middle.
Are there any technical difficulties?
No.
The enemy's main warships can be killed by small crossbows, batons, and side-to-side combat, with a strike range of no more than a hundred steps.
Because the shaking of the ship's hull greatly affects the shooting accuracy of the bed crossbow, and it cannot cause enough damage to the ship, the navy of the Han Dynasty never used the bed crossbow as a main battle weapon, and many ships were not even equipped with "these obstructive weapons".
"Toy".
The Yunfan Camp can launch fatal attacks from three hundred steps away.
It’s not easy to shoot a person, but how can you not shoot accurately on such a big ship? It’s troublesome to burn a ship, but it’s not easy to burn a sail?
The double-layered forecastle and three-layered stern of the swordfish warship each have six large three-bow crossbows, which are wound by winches. An ordinary crossbow can shoot a thousand steps, and a fat man can shoot 350 steps.
The refueled version of the crossbow was originally going to be called Rocket, but calling it that would cause confusion with the crossbowman's rocket tactics, so it was changed to Fatty.
Because ordinary crossbow guns vary according to their shapes, heavy
One and a half to five kilograms, the fat man holds five kilograms of oil, and the total weight is eight kilograms. There is a gun head nailed into the wooden board in the front, and there are tail feathers in the back for balanced flight. It looks thicker and shorter, similar to the slender and slender ordinary crossbow gun.
In comparison, he really looks like a fat man.
"I don't have artillery, but it's enough that I can shoot farther than you." Liu Xiang didn't like boarding battles, mainly because when he thought of water battles, giant ships and cannons popped out of his mind, and he couldn't forget it even if he wanted to.
Unfortunately, many technologies are still not up to standard. For example, the steering technology of the bed crossbow base is not flexible enough, the rotation is too slow, and it is very labor-intensive, so changing targets during battle is relatively rigid.
The eccentric wheel technology of the crossbow and the pulley technology used with the winch have not been developed, so it is more laborious to string the crossbow, and the attack frequency is not high, and it can only be fired once every one or two minutes.
The three bed crossbows on each floor can only share one large winch, so they can only be cocked in turn, which causes another drop in attack frequency.
The large three-bow bed crossbow is also called the eight-oxen crossbow, which means that it requires the power of eight oxen to complete the stringing. This is of course a fictitious reference. No one would use eight oxen to pull the bowstring. It is just a description of the strength required.
It is large, and the winding and stringing are all auxiliary equipment that uses a winch to pull the bow.
Everyone knows the principle of leverage. The larger the winch, the less effort it takes, the faster it is wound, and the less manpower it requires. However, the space on the ship is limited and cannot be equipped with a winch for each bed crossbow. Therefore, in
Until there is a technological breakthrough, we can only make do with it.
This also means that small swordfish battleships cannot be equipped with large crossbows, and are unable to kill warships and warships, and can only be used to deal with warships.
Liu Xiang was not willing to let them take the risk of being smashed to pieces by the stick, and engaged in boarding battles with those big ships like attacking a city. The casualties would be too high and it was not worth it.
Every generation of war weapons is not perfect. There are always shortcomings of one kind or another, but as long as they can exert their advantages, it will be fine. The vast water surface, the large maneuvering space, the flexible and fast ships, and the attack methods that exceed the enemy's expectations will definitely be able to bring
Come to victory.
And the water battle in Peng Lize was indeed as he expected.
Taishi Ci did not live up to Liu Xiang's trust. He first took advantage of the speed of the swordfish battleships and divided them into four teams. They constantly took turns to tease the enemy. The ten pairs of rowing speedboats were difficult to pursue for the high-rise ships and fighting ships.
The warships that went into battle were lagging behind in all aspects except quantity.
It couldn't be beaten, couldn't be surrounded, turned over when hit, and even got smashed into pieces.
Every swordfish warship is like Zhao Zilong from Changbanpo. It drives straight in, entering and exiting seven times. The more it fights, the more confident it becomes. It really shows off its majesty.
If it weren't for tactical requirements, they could sink all the enemy's ships.
There are only eight hundred ships, nothing special.
They were quite nervous before the war started, but now, they are only arrogant.
The enemy would wander in front of us several times every day. Each time he appeared, there were fifty ships. Every time, he captured and sunk more than ten or twenty stern ships. After the big ship approached, he quickly broke away from the battle and ran as fast as a rabbit. Why?
I can't even catch up.
In the vast water area, you can see the horizon at a glance, and no one can think of a way to ambush the enemy.
This Ling Chi attack, which was like cutting flesh with a small knife, made Zhou Xin and Zhang Xian the three zombie gods furious, their blood pressure remained high, and they could have cerebral hemorrhage at any time.
In three days, more than two hundred ships were lost, and two to three thousand people were buried underwater. The whole army was furious at this shameless attack. Seeing this long and narrow ship like a centipede, they were itching with hatred, but
I couldn't stop them every time, and I felt so depressed that I wanted to vomit blood.
Then, they "accidentally" discovered the imperial court's main fleet.
We unanimously decided to catch up and kill these shameless gangsters!
The boatmen in Jiangnan have never worked together like at this moment.