The warships of the Tang Dynasty were divided into battleships, stern ships, tower ships, walking boats, yachts and sea falcons.
The first five types existed before the Tang Dynasty, but the Sea Falcon was specially invented by the Tang Dynasty to fight at sea.
The sea falcon has a low bow and a high stern, with a large front and a small back, like a falcon. There are floating boards on the left and right under the side, shaped like falcon wings, to help the boat avoid tipping even if the wind and waves rise. The back of the sea falcon is spread out left and right.
The rawhide is used as the city, the tooth flag is used, and the golden drum is used as usual.
The floating plate equipped on the Sea Falcon is a special balancing device that can keep the ship stable when encountering strong winds and waves. This device can greatly enhance the ship's resistance to wind and waves. Under harsh weather conditions,
River or sea warfare has huge advantages.
Because the sea falcon ship was a new invention and had not yet demonstrated its power, there were not many of them.
The warships sent by Li Shimin were mainly large ships such as tower ships and stern ships, and there was only one sea falcon.
Although these two months were just about recruiting troops and building ports, Liu Rengui was not idle. He had been studying the use of various ships and military tactics.
By the time the warships arrived, Liu Rengui had a clear understanding of the functions and uses of various ships.
Only the sea falcon ship is not recorded in the books.
Liu Rengui was a famous general after all, and he discovered the advantages of the Sea Falcon ship not long after training.
Although the Sea Falcon is not as strong as a flat ship in combat and cannot be as fast as a stern ship, the Sea Falcon has a very unique feature, that is, stability.
Liu Rengui found that other warships were unable to fight when the wind and waves were strong, and were even in danger of capsizing.
But the Sea Falcon boat is very stable when the wind blows.
After discovering this situation, while training soldiers, Liu Rengui also focused on the Sea Falcon ship.
More than two months later, the soldiers were already proficient in using various equipment on the warships. After such long observation and research, Liu Rengui collected many advantages and usages of the Sea Falcon ships, wrote a memorial, and presented these to Li Shimin.
At the same time, he requested that more Sea Falcon ships be allocated to him.
On the vast sea, a stern floats on the sea.
"Commander, where are the enemies on the sea? We can just take a walk and go back."
A soldier on the stern leaned lazily on the deck and said to Wu Liang, the corps commander who was looking around with a telescope not far away.
"We are scouts. It is our task to detect the enemy. How can we do it half-heartedly?" Wu Liang scolded.
The soldier was not frightened by Wu Liang's reprimand and said with a smile: "Brother Wu, our ancestors have lived here for so long, have you ever heard that they met other people at sea?"
"We are soldiers now and must obey orders. Also, you have to call me corps commander. Do you understand?"
After Wu Liang finished speaking, he ignored the soldier.
Although he was reprimanding the soldier, he actually agreed with what the soldier said. The reason why he often looked around with a telescope was not because he was conscientious in his duties, but because he was bored and used the telescope to watch seabirds.
But he is a corps leader after all, so he naturally speaks in a more grandiose manner.
Seeing Wu Liang looking around again with a telescope, the soldier shook his head, stood up and said, "Commander, I'm going to drink water first."
There were a total of ten people on their boat, but except for him and Wu Liang, the others were all staying in the cabin. If Wu Liang hadn't come from the same village as him, he wouldn't have accompanied him outside to bask in the sun on such a hot day.
Wu Liang held a telescope in one hand and stared at the seabirds flying in the distance, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the other hand.
It was almost noon and it was very hot. He planned to wait for the seabird to disappear before returning to the cabin.
"Um?"
Wu Liang saw the seabirds disappearing and put away his telescope. However, when he put away the telescope, the telescope shook a bit, and he seemed to see some black spots on the sea.
Out of curiosity, Wu Liang picked up the telescope again and looked at the sea surface just now.
"What is that?"
Wu Liang saw a black spot appearing on the vast sea and was a little confused, but because it was too far away, he couldn't see it clearly.
"Datou, Ergou, come out quickly." Wu Liang shouted towards the cabin.
"Captain, it's too hot outside, please come in quickly." The big head's voice came from the cabin.
Big Tou is the soldier who accompanied Wu Liang outside before. Because his head was very big when he was young, his parents gave him the name Big Tou.
"Hurry up, I see something on the sea, come and take a look." Wu Liang said anxiously.
After all, Wu Liang was the corps commander, and Wu Liang tacitly agreed that they could rest in the cabin. Now that they heard Wu Liang was so anxious, Datou and the others did not dare to delay, so they all ran out.
"Look quickly, are the black spots there a ship?" Wu Liang handed the binoculars to Datou and said.
Datou was stunned and muttered: "Isn't it normal to have fishing boats on the sea?"
Although he said this, Datou still took the telescope and started looking at it.
"It seems like it's really a boat, but with so many boats together, can we catch fish?" Datou asked doubtfully.
"That's not a fishing boat." Wu Liang said solemnly.
"What's it if it's not a fishing boat?" Datou put down the telescope and asked with some confusion.
"Think about it, who travels so far for fishing? And with so many boats?" Wu Liang said.
The fishing boats used by fishermen are far inferior to the boats used by the military in terms of speed and wind resistance.
At this time, the fish harvest in the offshore area is developed, and there is no need to travel so far to fish.
"Then who are they?" Datou has not yet reacted.
"It should be the enemy." Wu Liang said with some uncertainty.
The reason why he wasn't sure was because Quanzhou had never seen anyone fighting from the sea.
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go back quickly and report it." Ergou said quickly when he heard that it was the enemy.
"Wait a minute, I haven't seen it clearly yet. If the general asks, how will he answer?" Wu Liang said.
About half an hour later, the black spots in the distance could finally be seen clearly.
You can even see soldiers wearing armor and holding weapons standing on the ship.
Now no one doubted whether these people were enemies.
Wu Liang did not dare to delay, so he quickly ordered a U-turn, speeded up, and went back to report.
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When Wu Liang and the others saw clearly the ship on the other side, Wu Liang and the others were also spotted on the opposite side.
But because the distance was too far, they didn't have telescopes, so they couldn't see clearly who was on the boat.
However, the people on the boat still raised flags and reported it.
"General, there is news from the front that a fishing boat has been discovered. It should be not far from the Tang Dynasty." Matsubara Hidenori walked into the cabin and said to Oda Ichiro.
"Send an order to stop the fishing boat and not leak the news! Also, have someone call me Taniguchi Kenji." Ichiro Oda showed a hint of excitement when he heard that Datang was not far away.
"Yes!" Matsubara Hidenori bowed and walked out.
Not long after, Kenji Taniguchi entered the cabin.
"I've seen the general!" Kenshi Taniguchi bowed and said.
Oda Ichiro waved his hand and said: "I just reported that I found Datang's fishing boat, which means that we are not far from Datang now. You have made a great contribution this time."