Chapter 703: Wrong and Wrong
"... He lived in Yong'an and built a large ship named Wuya. It has five floors and is more than a hundred feet high. There are six cypress poles on the left and right. The poles are fifty feet high and can accommodate 800 warriors. Flags are added to it. The next day was called Huanglong, and he had five hundred troops. There were differences between Yu Pingcheng and Jian Mang.
In the early Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian wanted to destroy Chen. In October of the fifth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty appointed Yang Su, Gong of Qinghe, as the general manager of Xinzhou. He conducted a survey of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and made military preparations to attack Chen. Yang Su was stationed in Yong'an, Xinzhou, and supervised the construction of large warships.
The five-tooth ship has a five-story structure and is more than thirty meters high. The lower four floors are equipped with troops, and the top floor is the observation and command platform. There are forty long oars on both sides for propelling. There are two rocking oars at the stern, which can be rocked by multiple oarsmen to control the direction of travel. There are parapets on the decks of warships and war sheds, which can hide half of the body. There are crenels on the female wall for archery. There are transverse bulkheads on the ship, and longitudinal beams are set on the transverse bulkheads, and wooden boards are laid on them. The cabin and combat platform are set up on the wooden planks, and earth and rocks are filled under the wooden planks to maintain the stability of the ship. Six shooting poles are installed on the left and right sides of the warship.
What is "shooting pole"?
"Wu Jing Zong Yao, Part 1, Volume 11, Water Warfare" contains: "Those who shoot poles are placed on the big ships. Each ship is built with five floors, with a building height of 100 feet, and six poles are placed. It is fifty feet high, with eight hundred warriors and flags on top. Whenever an enemy ship is approaching, the pole will be fired, and the boats will be smashed. "
The so-called shooting pole was shaped like a large mast with a huge boulder on top, and was controlled by a winch installed under the deck. It was a powerful weapon in water warfare at that time. During combat, the boulder was raised to the top of the pole with a windlass, the boulder was released, and the falling boulder was used to smash enemy ships approaching the battleship. This boulder can be used repeatedly, and once it gets close to an enemy ship, it can quickly destroy it.
It is no exaggeration to say that the five-tooth battleship is the limit of the cold weapon era. Its combat effectiveness and deterrence are equivalent to or even better than the battleships of later generations! Not to mention the Sui and Tang dynasties, even if such a behemoth was placed in the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, it would still be a super killer weapon that traversed the waters!
The navy soldiers under Wang Fangfang, who had changed into water bandit attire, had just sailed into Niuzhuji when they saw the super battleship docked on the river, and they all gasped!
On the river, this kind of five-tooth battleship with a draft of seven or eight feet deep is simply invincible! Who is the enemy this time? Since the fall of Xiao Xian and the stability of Jiangnan, the navy of the Tang Dynasty has gradually declined and was no longer taken seriously. The super battleship Datang built before the Sui Dynasty has never been built. The five-tooth warships have been abandoned one after another, and they have not been seen for many years!
What is the status of a person who can pilot a warship of this level now?
The navy soldiers looked at each other, feeling a little guilty. It seemed that their equipment looked more like the navy's than ours...
Wang Shangfang, who was standing on the bow of the boat, felt a little bitter.
Although he was born into a noble family, he had worked his way up to the official position in the Navy step by step. Back then, he had followed Li Xiaogong down the river from Kuizhou to defeat the Xiao Mian Navy. He had extremely rich combat experience and naturally knew the power of the Five-Tooth Battleship. Terrifying combat power.
If it were another situation, I would kill him and not want to face the Five-Tooth Battleship as an enemy!
But now the arrow is on the string. Apart from going forward and completely defeating Fang Jun here, what other way is there?
Gritting his teeth, Wang Fangfang shouted loudly: "Although the enemy ships are majestic and majestic, the soldiers are all servants of the powerful families in Guanzhong. How can they know the art of water warfare? The men are experienced water masters of the imperial court and are familiar with water warfare. The river is our back garden, how can we allow these bunch of chickens and dogs to be here? Show off your power in front of us? Listen to my order, all the warships rush in, destroy the enemy's boats one by one, and then surround the enemy's five-tooth warship. Let's have a boarding battle with the enemy and let them see who is the best. It’s the water master, who is invincible on the water!”
War drums rumbled, and dozens of warships rushed forward!
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Fang Jun took away some of the soldiers, and there were nearly four hundred remaining.
However, all the generals were absent, so Fang Jun entrusted the responsibility of control to the general Wei Ying. Although Wei Ying is young, he is very smart and is Fang Jun's close guard. No one among the family dares to underestimate him. He is more than enough to control these soldiers. No one would dare to disobey Wei Ying's command without opening his eyes. .
But Fang Jun was careless...
Fang Jun took Li Ke's warning seriously, so he brought almost all the main troops with him. Although the number was only a small number, they were all fierce people. Even if the Shanyue people really gathered in rebellion and attacked, they could abandon the iron factory and quickly retreat to the riverside. By then they would board the five-tooth warship, where they could advance, attack, retreat or defend, and they would be in an invincible position.
But he did not expect that the number of Shanyue people was so large and that they were so brave under the leadership of Zong Commander Wu Duohai. What's more, I didn't expect that there would be an imperial naval force to coordinate the Shanyue people, to wipe out all his fleet and cut off the retreat...
The top floor of the Five-Tooth Battleship is the observation deck. The river is mighty, and except for Niuzhuji standing in front of it, the sea and sky are vast. The soldiers on the lookout saw dozens of warships rushing towards the river like arrows from a distance. They were shocked and immediately sounded gongs and drums to warn.
Wei Ying hurried to the porthole to look out, and was startled.
The fleet was established not long ago, and most of the soldiers on board were not used to fighting on the water. Although they had been training all the way along the river, so many landlubbers could not stand firm even in battle, and the training effect was conceivable.
Seeing the menacing attack from the other side, Wei Ying was anxious and made a decision that turned out to be very wise - he ordered all the soldiers to abandon their own ships and gather on the Five-Tooth Battleship.
When the soldiers saw the enemy ships speeding towards the river, they were already in a panic. If this were left on land, this group of extraordinary, brave and fearless "mercenaries" would be unafraid even if they faced enemies several times their size, and would even dare to howl and carry out a countercharge with their horizontal swords.
But on the water...
All turned into soft-legged shrimps.
Hearing the sound of gongs and drums coming from the flagship, these landlubbers finally remembered what it meant. They quickly shouted and moved the small boats closer to the Five-Tooth Battleship. They abandoned the small boats and boarded the big ship. As soon as they stepped onto the Five-Tooth Battleship, these landlubbers suddenly felt confident and had a solid footing! The bigger the boat and the deeper the draft, the more stable it is. The soldiers who were dazed and dazed on the small boat finally had roots under their feet and their spirits were lifted.
The Five-Tooth Battleship was customized to be full of eight hundred people. When these soldiers got on the ship, it immediately made the whole ship look a little more impressive. The soldiers running on the deck seemed to be full of fighting power. Wei Ying hurriedly ordered the soldiers to take up positions according to the tactics during training.
Dozens of oars stretched out from the lower part of the hull, and they were uniformly inserted into the river water and rowed vigorously. The huge hull moved slowly, crossing the river, with its bow facing the incoming enemy ship, ready to meet the enemy.
Wang Shangfang originally wanted to ignore the most powerful five-tooth battleship and concentrate his forces to clear out the surrounding small boats. This would demoralize the enemy's troops and weaken their morale, and weaken the enemy's numbers.
Unexpectedly, before the battle started, the enemy ship's commander abandoned all the small boats and gathered all the troops on the five-tooth battleship, making a posture of "I am timid, let's lean together to be brave".
This is too cowardly!
Wang Shangfang gritted his teeth with hatred. Although he didn't know whether this was a clever tactic by the enemy general or a decision made by a coward who was afraid of death, he had to admit that the current situation was the last thing he wanted to see - the five-tooth battleship was too powerful. !
But now that the matter has come to this, Wang Shangfang can only bite the bullet and issue an order - attack the Five-Tooth Battleship with all his strength!
For a moment, all the warships under his command gave up their original targets. The bows of their ships sat and adjusted on the river, and they all pounced on the tall and wide five-tooth warship.
"Boom"
A small boat that was close to the Five-Tooth Battleship was hit on the side by the hard ramming angle of the enemy ship's bow. It was immediately broken into two pieces and quickly sank while spinning on the river.
The "novices" in water warfare on the Wuya warship all swallowed their saliva. If they still guarded these small boats to fight the enemy, they would probably have sunk to the bottom of the river to feed the fish... Compared to the enemy's control of the warships Technology, they are scum!
However, now guarding the Five-Tooth Battleship has offset the gap in water warfare experience and technology to the greatest extent. As long as everyone firmly defends the Five-Tooth Battleship and prevents the enemy from boarding, then relying on the power of the Five-Tooth Battleship, we can be invincible. The place of defeat!
These soldiers were unsteady on the small boat and felt uncertain, but standing on the stable five-tooth battleship, the information surged. Those responsible for manipulating the shooting poles all stayed at their positions, and those responsible for long-distance attacks stood on the side of the ship with their bows and arrows ready. The remaining ones hold a shield in one hand and a horizontal sword in the other to cover the archers. The enemy ship's signal is like lightning, coming menacingly, and the boarding battle is imminent!
Don’t go away, the excitement will continue later!
(End of chapter)