I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 523 Battle at Sea
On the surface of the sea, a fleet flying the original national flag is breaking through the waves.

There are about 44 ships in this fleet, of which [-] are the largest, and the rest are small and medium-sized ships.

The length of the big ship is 48 meters and the width is 12 meters, that is, the ratio of length to width is one to four.This is the most reasonable ratio of length and width obtained by Yuan Guo after repeated experiments.

In fact, the one-to-four shipbuilding ratio was popular until the eighteenth century after Europa was studied.

There are many small and medium-sized ships, and their proportions are not strictly particular. One to five is the largest, and more is about one to three, so that they look a little round under the arc.They are also products of different periods in the original country's design of ships for navigation.

The large ship in the original country has a tonnage of about 800 based on modern tonnage. The cabin does not include the cabin on the bottom of the ship. There are two floors below the deck. It can carry up to [-] people, but it usually does not carry members to the limit. That's it.

The rest of the medium-sized ships range from carrying 300 to 400 people, and the smaller ships carry up to 90 people.

As for the boats used to travel between various ships or for landing, they are usually on the deck, or they can be hung on the left and right sides of the big ship, and they are not used for traveling at sea.

This fleet sailed from a position close to the lower tributary of the great river, and sailed for nearly a month before approaching the coast of "Langya".

During their voyage, they passed through a strait with a large number of islands and encountered Chen Guo's fishing fleet.

The only reason why they don't call the fleet is that they haven't experienced actual combat.

In fact, it is the same, and no matter what type of ship is, how well-equipped it is, even if you have not participated in a small battle, do you have the nerve to say that you are a fleet?

"Contact the shore at 'Chengshan' and tell us that our army is fighting fiercely with the enemy in 'Langya'?" Fan Li did not hold a specific official position in this fleet, but followed him as an advisor.

Zhiwu replied with a serious face: "Exactly."

The "Chengshan" is a corner of the Donglai Peninsula by the sea, and sailing through here is equivalent to entering the Yellow Sea from the Bohai Sea.

Fan Li narrowed his eyes, and said, "So, at any time, we will encounter the Yue Kingdom navy."

Regarding the fact that the navy of the Yue State used the sea to send reinforcements to "Langya", they don't know the situation yet because they can't keep in touch with the land at sea.

Zhiwu still had a serious face, nodded and said: "I am waiting here, I am prepared in my heart, and I am also looking forward to a battle."

To be honest, Zhiwu would still feel apprehensive if he was fighting with Wu Guoshui army at sea.

After all, the state of Wu was the first country to use sea routes. It had fought victorious battles with Qi's navy several times, and had relatively rich experience in sea combat.

The State of Yue annexed the State of Wu, obtained a large number of ships, and possibly obtained a lot of information about HNA, and received many sailors from the State of Wu, but none of the generals of the State of Wu were willing to serve King Goujian of Yue.

The country of Yue has often fought water battles in the inland rivers, and indeed has a group of very mature naval forces.The problem is that inland rivers and seas are completely different situations. Being able to fight water wars in inland rivers does not mean being able to play well at sea.

Fan Li couldn't help looking at the fixed bed crossbows on the deck.

There are six bed crossbows on the big ship, one at the bow and one at the stern that can rotate 180 degrees, and two of the four in the middle are for the sides.

It is precisely because of the six bed crossbows that the big ship is designed with only one mast.These bed crossbows all have bases. In order to design these bases, many craftsmen of the Gongshu Clan had their hair pulled out, and many of them went bald.

Now that the bed crossbow with the base has been put into use, it means that their hair is not white. The power of the bed crossbow in the test is very great. As long as it can hit the horizontal position of the enemy ship, a "breaker cone" can sink the enemy ship up.

Fan Li can probably guess the styles of the warships of the Yue State Navy.

The navy of the Yue State was learned from the State of Wu. The largest warship is called "Dayi". It is twelve feet long (about 27.6 meters) long and one foot six feet wide (about 3.68 meters). 91 people, including 50 oarsmen.

This kind of "big wing" is divided into two layers. The bottom layer is for paddling personnel, and the upper layer has no sails at all. No matter inland rivers or seas, they rely purely on paddling.

As a latecomer to Yuanguo, although Zhiyao is not a professional designer, she can at least give correct suggestions on some ship designs.

Therefore, the warships of the former National Navy basically have masts for hanging sails, and even "fixed forts (bed crossbows)" are arranged.

And because the warships of the original country have masts, the sailors can stand higher, and of course their vision will be farther.

No, the watchman on the mast of the leading warship found something and reported loudly.

The captain used the semaphore to inform the flagship of the information obtained, and soon Zhiwu also knew it.

"Encountering a large number of ships, it must be the navy of the Yue Kingdom!" Zhiwu said excitedly, but he was somewhat uneasy in his heart.

Regardless of whether the navy of the original country or the navy of the Yue country, they will only operate along the coast for the time being. As long as there are fleets in the two countries, it is only a matter of time before they meet on the coast of "Langya".

Fan Li glanced at his own fleet, and sighed silently in his heart: "Although the Yuan country's navy has no actual combat experience, the warships are really excellent. If you don't make fatal mistakes, the battle is only a matter of how much you lose, and it is impossible to lose to the Yue country. Navy."

Let’s put it this way, let’s not mention the difference in the size of the ships. The deck height of the 44 large warships of the Yuan State is about four meters above the sea surface, and the height of the upper deck of the “Big Wing” of the Yue State is less than three meters. Whoever has a higher deck has more advantage.

After the drums were sounded, a large number of crossbowmen from the original army came to the deck, and a platform crossbow began to prepare for battle. The number of crossbowmen alone far exceeded the number of "big wings".

Before the combat tools that fly in the sky appeared, regardless of whether it was the era of cold weapons or hot weapons, whoever had the farthest and more long-range damage would have the upper hand. to compete with large warships.

Zhiwu was already giving instructions one after another, using drum beats and semaphore to convey them.

Whether it is the sound of drums or the flags of different colors hoisted on the mast, it is actually a fixed order.And these orders are what every officer must learn.

In fact, it is not difficult to learn drum sounds and semaphore. What is really difficult is to design drum horns and semaphore.

Under the order, some windows on the first floor were opened, the sails on the mast were lowered, and then an oar was stretched out from the opened window.

That's right, the original country's warships also have oars designed in, mainly to increase maneuverability.

Is it lowering the sails in time of war?The main reason is that there are currently no fireproof sails. Once the enemy fires rockets, it is very easy to ignite the sails. It is really stupid not to lower the sails in wartime.

There was also the sound of drums in the distance. It was obvious that the navy of the Yue Kingdom had also discovered the navy of the Yuan Kingdom.

Fan Li said: "The Yueshui Army must have the 'Little Wing' in front, the 'Big Wing' following closely, and the 'Middle Wing' deployed on both sides."

In the formation adjustment just now, Zhiwu has ordered the medium-sized ships to surpass the large ships, that is, arranged some medium-sized ships to block in front of the large ships.

The remaining medium-sized ships and small ships were deployed on the left and right wings, and the entire fleet became an "M" formation and advanced through the waves.

Why not a triangle formation or a long snake formation?The main reason is that the Yue State Navy is basically a group. The triangular formation used to break the formation can easily allow the Yue State Navy ships to escape, and the long snake formation will make the formation too weak.

Zhiwu asked: "Who is the general of the Yue Kingdom's navy?"

Fan Li couldn't answer this point.

It has been five or six years since Fan Li left the Yue Kingdom. Recently, Yue King Goujian killed many ministers, especially after successfully destroying the Wu Kingdom. The grass on the graves of many of Fan Li's old acquaintances was already two meters high.

As for how many upstarts have emerged in Yue?Since Fan Li didn't know those people well, it was difficult to guess what position he would get.

"The language is in 'Ju', and the middle school is presided over by Feng Tong. Presumably there are not two people." Fan Li thought for a while, and it was not good to say nothing, so he could only give this answer.

Zhiwu felt that he had asked the wrong question, so he asked instead: "Maybe it is Wu Guo's general?"

This time, Fan Li quickly replied: "It is absolutely impossible."

In this version of history, Youyuan country rose strongly, and it only took less than five years to establish the status of the most powerful country at that time.

Goujian, king of Yue, was just like the original history, after destroying the state of Wu, he massacred heroes.Fan Li wouldn't have left the Yue Kingdom if he hadn't noticed that Yue King Goujian was showing signs of killing heroes.

As for the strong rise of Youyuan country, why did King Goujian of Yue wantonly kill heroes?In the original history, the state of Jin was not weak either, and I didn’t see Goujian, the king of Yue, having any scruples. The difference is that in the original history, King Goujian of Yue killed the heroes more ruthlessly.

The fleets of the enemy and us were slowly approaching, and when the distance was about 200 meters, the two sides were still in a state of not firing an arrow.

The limit attack range of the original navy was more than 300 meters, but the Yue navy did not enter the attack range. The fundamental reason was that the accuracy was too poor, and I didn't want to expose the existence of the bed crossbow prematurely.

When the distance between the two sides reached 150 meters, the crossbowmen of the Yuan Kingdom Navy took the lead in shooting arrows, and in an instant, the vibrations of the bowstrings resounded from the warships.

Yue State has the same weakness as Chu State and Wu State. The bows and arrows they use are shorter than the Central Plains countries in terms of range, and their lethality is also weaker than the Central Plains countries.

When all the warships in the original country were already shooting arrows, some archers in the navy of the Yue state, which had not yet entered the reachable range, shot arrows, but the arrows shot fell far away from the warships of the original country's navy. to the sea.

Seeing this scene, Fan Li shook his head secretly.

Shooting arrows without entering the range, it can only be said that the archers of Yue State panicked.

This kind of thing will not happen in the Wu State Navy. It can only be said that the quality of the Yue State Navy is mixed.

Facing the rain of arrows, the warship of the Yue Kingdom continued to break through the waves. The warship of the Yue Kingdom that was targeted by too many arrows not only suffered heavy casualties, but the ship was also full of arrows, so that it looked like a hedgehog.

Why didn't the crossbowmen of Yuanguo use rockets?This involves the difficulty of making rockets, coupled with the fact that the sea is too turbulent, and the danger of placing a brazier on wooden ships.

Therefore, when the time is not usually reached, whether it is an inland water battle or a sea battle, it is really not to use rockets to shoot at each other as soon as the fight starts.

The Yue State Navy marched forward despite the huge casualties, hoping to fight back within 70 meters of the original State Navy, but as the distance got closer, more and more Yue State soldiers became more and more frightened.

They can't see the size of the warships of the Yuan Kingdom from far away, but they will definitely be able to see them more clearly when they are closer. The most careful thing they can see is the medium-sized warships of the Yuan Kingdom in front. About the size of a "Big Wing", some are even bigger than a "Big Wing", and have a higher deck height.

Some sharp-eyed soldiers from the Yue Kingdom also recognized the larger warships owned by the original state, fully twice the size of the "Big Wing"!
While continuing to move forward, some "wing boats" were suddenly injured, a thick and long crossbow arrow, they either hit the hull and brought up sawdust after penetrating, or strung soldiers into a string and fell into the sea .

The Yue soldiers who happened to see that scene were stunned.

Lu Ying is the crown prince of the Yue Kingdom, and also the commander of this fleet.

Just now, a crossbow fired by a bed crossbow shot past Lu Ying's side dangerously, and hit several Vietnamese soldiers. After taking off, it fell into the sea and disappeared in a wave.

This Vietnamese navy, they transported more than 5000 Vietnamese troops to land on the coast of "Langya", and then they will go to a bay in Donglai (Jiaozhou Bay) to receive a batch of goods, return to the mainland coast of Vietnam, and continue to transport Local reinforcements support the "Langya" battlefield.

"Didn't you hear that the original state had a navy? Not only did they have a navy, but the ships were so huge, and the scale was so big!?" Lu Ying was not only afraid, but also knew how bad the situation was.

To tell the truth, before Lu Ying thought it was Chen Guo's fleet, and it was only when they got closer that they could tell it was Yuan Guo's navy from the flying flag.

There are more than a thousand warships under Lu Ying's command, and the number is more than that of the original country's navy. Control, the Vietnamese army equal to "Langya" will be trapped to death, so they choose to go to war immediately.

What they didn't expect was that the warships of the Yuan National Navy were far superior to their own, and they also had a bed crossbow.

"Order all the ships to speed up and crash into them!" Lu Ying ordered loudly.

On the other side, Zhiwu is also giving orders to small and medium warships: "Large ships and medium ships avoid, small ships hit!"

That's right, whether it is the East or the West, the early water battles did not rely on long-range weapons or jumping gang tactics to determine the outcome, but precisely the use of collision tactics.

Therefore, as long as it is a warship, it must have a ramming angle, and it is still at the sea level!
(End of this chapter)