Fenghou
Chapter 320
Chapter 320
Although both Zheng Ping and Li Shihong disagreed with the use of firearms and kerosene, they failed to convince Chen Qing. Chen Qing decided to go on board and practice his idea of water warfare.
Zhao Xiaoyi's information was from two days ago. When Chen Qing's fleet arrived in Hanyang, the information had changed. Forty warships sailed northward on the Hanshui River to transport wounded soldiers to Xiangyang, and at the same time transport food and grass supplies from Xiangyang go south.
It was easy to be spotted by the enemy's sentry ships on the big river, and they were discovered by several enemy sentry ships when they were still [-] miles away from Hanyang, and the sentry ships rushed back to report the news.
Thousands of infantry brought by Chen Qing from the northwest stayed in Yueyang to guard them. They were not familiar with water, and none of them boarded the ship. Of the [-] troops on board, [-] were descended from Yang Yao's army, and the other [-] were from the former army. The Yuezhou army left by Wang Yan basically grew up by the riverside and lake, and their water quality is good. They are more adapted to the water conditions of the Yangtze River.
On the contrary, their opponent is the Mingzhou navy, which is actually an offshore navy. Although they are regular troops, they may not be suitable for fighting in the Yangtze River.
At this time, it was the first ten days of November, and it was already the beginning of winter. The north wind was bitter, and the wind and waves on the river were very strong.
Chen Qing stood on the only warship of [-] shi. Because it had been remodeled, he kept it specially at the beginning, and the other nineteen ships were all [-] shi. They were won from Yang Yao. Of course, they The earliest was also the Huguang Water Army, which was captured after being defeated by Yang Yao.
"The warship in front is coming out, in the northeast direction!" The soldier on the mast shouted.
"How many ships are there?" Li Shihong asked loudly.
After a while, the watchmen saw clearly and shouted: "There are about ten ships!"
Li Shihong hurriedly stepped forward and said to Chen Qing: "Reporting to Dutong, this should be a guard ship. They think we are just passing by, so they didn't put on a large-scale battle posture. In fact, it means that they don't want to fight."
"What if we fight?"
"If you want to fight, the main force of the enemy army behind will kill you."
Chen Qing thought for a while and said with a smile: "Then let's use these ten ships to try the knife first!"
"Order to implement Plan No. [-]!"
There is no wireless signal in naval warfare, only simple semaphore, and it is impossible to deploy complex tactics temporarily. Generally, various combat plans have been arranged and numbered. The semaphore only needs to be represented by color flags, and all warships will play the same The semaphore, and then everyone takes their positions.
A semaphore is pulled up on the mast, and at the top is a huge red triangular battle flag, which means attack, while the black battle flag means retreat, the white battle flag means surrender, and then there is a numbered flag below, which is a blue pennant flag, which means a plan .
All the ships in the back raised the same battle flag, so that more than a hundred warships knew how to fight.
Plan No. [-] is that Chen Qing's main ship will lead [-] vehicles and ships to attack the opponent. The [-] vehicles and ships are actually escort ships. If the main ship's situation is critical, they will even use the hull of the ship to block the opponent's pursuit.
The puppet Qi army came out with ten guard ships, also called surveillance ships, to monitor the other party's transit. The leading general was a commander named Zhang Sheng, who was also the confidant of the main general Xu Yun.
He didn't expect the other party to welcome ten warships, which made him stunned for a moment. Do you want to compete with his own ten warships?
Zhang Sheng sneered, and sent an order: "Go up to the battle!"
He also hoisted the red pennant, and ten warships of three thousand shi bulged their sails and rushed towards the warships of the Song army.
The sound of war drums on the river'boom!Boom! Boom!' rang, and the atmosphere became tense and murderous.
Chen Qing shouted: "The bed crossbow is ready! The trebuchet is ready!"
Twenty bed crossbows and five ballistas were installed on each side of his warship, as well as sixty throwers, a whip seven or eight feet long, and fifty short spears and giant shields Soldiers, fighting hand-to-hand with enemy soldiers.
There were no archers, and the archers were replaced with bed crossbows. In addition to the soldiers manipulating the ships, there were a total of [-] people, almost all of whom could go into battle.
Li Shihong was in charge of commanding and manipulating the warship, while Chen Qing was in charge of the battle himself.
Of the sixty throwers, twenty were soldiers from the Firearms Battalion who could throw a new type of powder barrel. The so-called new type of powder barrel was just improved by Xie Changzhi. There are two types, the non-toxic nail type and the non-toxic nail type, and there is a throwing handle on it, which can be thrown by Lida soldiers more than [-] steps away. Of course, the non-toxic nail type is used for warship combat, otherwise the poisonous nails will hurt themselves if they are too close.
The middle of the double-layer wooden barrel is filled with wood dust toner for buffering, which overcomes the defect of ground fragmentation. It will not be fragmented when thrown from the city head to the soil, nor will it be thrown on the deck, unless it is thrown on a hard stone.
This new type of gunpowder barrel has a stronger explosive power and poses a great threat to wooden ships. It has just been improved and has not yet been sent to Jiangling.
There were only five hundred people in the firearms battalion, and it was impossible for each ship to be equipped with twenty people. In fact, except for Chen Qing's handsome ship, each other ship had four firearms throwers.
The other forty throwers are responsible for throwing fireballs. They wear special asbestos gloves.
The bed crossbow and ballista are responsible for long-range and medium-range combat.
Chen Qing never believed that the powerful gunpowder and kerosene would not be effective in water warfare. This is the Song Dynasty with the most advanced technology, and they still have to use pirate-style combat methods?
The ships approached gradually, and the nine vehicles and boats speeded up and passed Chen Qing's main ship. The soldiers on the vehicles and boats shot gunpowder arrows at the sails of the enemy ships together. Several warships unloaded their sails late, and the sails were shot lit.
The opposing soldiers also shot arrows at the chariots and boats, and suddenly arrows rained down on the river.
Li Shihong shouted: "Unload the sail!"
The huge sails came crashing down, and the big ship could only use the rudder to maintain weak power, so the speed was not as fast as before. This was also forced by the situation of water warfare. The sails were only used for long-distance sailing, and must be unloaded for close-range combat, otherwise It will definitely be burned by rockets or gunpowder arrows.
However, the advantages of the fast speed of the vehicles and the flexibility of turning and turning are fully displayed. They sail around the big ships at a very high speed.
At this time, the warship headed by the enemy rushed towards Chen Qing, and everyone saw that the status of this five-thousand-stone warship was unusual.
About a hundred paces away, the two boats passed each other. Fifty soldiers from the other side fired arrows at the same time. The dense arrows shot at the big boat, but they were greeted by twenty bed crossbows and a hundred jackdaw arrows roaring. Shooting at enemy soldiers.
Of course, the bed crossbow was only available on Chen Qing's coach ship, and the main cost was too high. Jackdaw's iron arrow fell into the river and could not be retrieved. Unlike on land, which can be retrieved and reused, it is impossible to promote it on a large scale.
The jackdaw's iron arrow has the power to crack rocks and penetrate gold. The soldiers' flesh and blood can't resist it. In an instant, more than [-] soldiers were pierced by the iron arrow and died tragically on the spot.
The two big ships turned around at the same time, and when they met again, they were only ten steps away from each other, and entered into close combat. Several enemy soldiers threw iron chain hooks and hooked the side of Chen Qing's big ship. Chen Qing shouted, "" Throw!"
Sixty throwers showed their power at the same time, they stood up suddenly, and threw forty burning kerosene balls and gunpowder barrels towards the opposing ship, and the soldiers squatted down one after another.
Forty kerosene balls fell to the ground, and the thin-skinned clay pots inside shattered, and a large amount of kerosene poured out. Song Jun's kerosene was not viscous oil, but was purified by craftsmen such as filtering impurities and sedimentation. The degree of instant combustion can be military kerosene, also called fierce kerosene, otherwise how can the famous fierce oil fire cabinet in history use viscous oil.
The big ship was instantly engulfed in flames, but it was the twenty gunpowder barrels that really showed their power. The twenty gunpowder barrels fell on the deck and in the cabin, and immediately exploded one after another, blood and flesh splattered, sawdust flew, and the mast was blown off. It was hit hard, and several big holes were blasted in the wall of the ship. The river water poured in, and the ship began to tilt.
"Pull the hook!" Li Shihong shouted,
More than a dozen soldiers worked hard together to break the iron chain hook from the side of the ship. The two ships separated quickly, and they were several miles away, watching the other ship sink slowly.
(End of this chapter)
Although both Zheng Ping and Li Shihong disagreed with the use of firearms and kerosene, they failed to convince Chen Qing. Chen Qing decided to go on board and practice his idea of water warfare.
Zhao Xiaoyi's information was from two days ago. When Chen Qing's fleet arrived in Hanyang, the information had changed. Forty warships sailed northward on the Hanshui River to transport wounded soldiers to Xiangyang, and at the same time transport food and grass supplies from Xiangyang go south.
It was easy to be spotted by the enemy's sentry ships on the big river, and they were discovered by several enemy sentry ships when they were still [-] miles away from Hanyang, and the sentry ships rushed back to report the news.
Thousands of infantry brought by Chen Qing from the northwest stayed in Yueyang to guard them. They were not familiar with water, and none of them boarded the ship. Of the [-] troops on board, [-] were descended from Yang Yao's army, and the other [-] were from the former army. The Yuezhou army left by Wang Yan basically grew up by the riverside and lake, and their water quality is good. They are more adapted to the water conditions of the Yangtze River.
On the contrary, their opponent is the Mingzhou navy, which is actually an offshore navy. Although they are regular troops, they may not be suitable for fighting in the Yangtze River.
At this time, it was the first ten days of November, and it was already the beginning of winter. The north wind was bitter, and the wind and waves on the river were very strong.
Chen Qing stood on the only warship of [-] shi. Because it had been remodeled, he kept it specially at the beginning, and the other nineteen ships were all [-] shi. They were won from Yang Yao. Of course, they The earliest was also the Huguang Water Army, which was captured after being defeated by Yang Yao.
"The warship in front is coming out, in the northeast direction!" The soldier on the mast shouted.
"How many ships are there?" Li Shihong asked loudly.
After a while, the watchmen saw clearly and shouted: "There are about ten ships!"
Li Shihong hurriedly stepped forward and said to Chen Qing: "Reporting to Dutong, this should be a guard ship. They think we are just passing by, so they didn't put on a large-scale battle posture. In fact, it means that they don't want to fight."
"What if we fight?"
"If you want to fight, the main force of the enemy army behind will kill you."
Chen Qing thought for a while and said with a smile: "Then let's use these ten ships to try the knife first!"
"Order to implement Plan No. [-]!"
There is no wireless signal in naval warfare, only simple semaphore, and it is impossible to deploy complex tactics temporarily. Generally, various combat plans have been arranged and numbered. The semaphore only needs to be represented by color flags, and all warships will play the same The semaphore, and then everyone takes their positions.
A semaphore is pulled up on the mast, and at the top is a huge red triangular battle flag, which means attack, while the black battle flag means retreat, the white battle flag means surrender, and then there is a numbered flag below, which is a blue pennant flag, which means a plan .
All the ships in the back raised the same battle flag, so that more than a hundred warships knew how to fight.
Plan No. [-] is that Chen Qing's main ship will lead [-] vehicles and ships to attack the opponent. The [-] vehicles and ships are actually escort ships. If the main ship's situation is critical, they will even use the hull of the ship to block the opponent's pursuit.
The puppet Qi army came out with ten guard ships, also called surveillance ships, to monitor the other party's transit. The leading general was a commander named Zhang Sheng, who was also the confidant of the main general Xu Yun.
He didn't expect the other party to welcome ten warships, which made him stunned for a moment. Do you want to compete with his own ten warships?
Zhang Sheng sneered, and sent an order: "Go up to the battle!"
He also hoisted the red pennant, and ten warships of three thousand shi bulged their sails and rushed towards the warships of the Song army.
The sound of war drums on the river'boom!Boom! Boom!' rang, and the atmosphere became tense and murderous.
Chen Qing shouted: "The bed crossbow is ready! The trebuchet is ready!"
Twenty bed crossbows and five ballistas were installed on each side of his warship, as well as sixty throwers, a whip seven or eight feet long, and fifty short spears and giant shields Soldiers, fighting hand-to-hand with enemy soldiers.
There were no archers, and the archers were replaced with bed crossbows. In addition to the soldiers manipulating the ships, there were a total of [-] people, almost all of whom could go into battle.
Li Shihong was in charge of commanding and manipulating the warship, while Chen Qing was in charge of the battle himself.
Of the sixty throwers, twenty were soldiers from the Firearms Battalion who could throw a new type of powder barrel. The so-called new type of powder barrel was just improved by Xie Changzhi. There are two types, the non-toxic nail type and the non-toxic nail type, and there is a throwing handle on it, which can be thrown by Lida soldiers more than [-] steps away. Of course, the non-toxic nail type is used for warship combat, otherwise the poisonous nails will hurt themselves if they are too close.
The middle of the double-layer wooden barrel is filled with wood dust toner for buffering, which overcomes the defect of ground fragmentation. It will not be fragmented when thrown from the city head to the soil, nor will it be thrown on the deck, unless it is thrown on a hard stone.
This new type of gunpowder barrel has a stronger explosive power and poses a great threat to wooden ships. It has just been improved and has not yet been sent to Jiangling.
There were only five hundred people in the firearms battalion, and it was impossible for each ship to be equipped with twenty people. In fact, except for Chen Qing's handsome ship, each other ship had four firearms throwers.
The other forty throwers are responsible for throwing fireballs. They wear special asbestos gloves.
The bed crossbow and ballista are responsible for long-range and medium-range combat.
Chen Qing never believed that the powerful gunpowder and kerosene would not be effective in water warfare. This is the Song Dynasty with the most advanced technology, and they still have to use pirate-style combat methods?
The ships approached gradually, and the nine vehicles and boats speeded up and passed Chen Qing's main ship. The soldiers on the vehicles and boats shot gunpowder arrows at the sails of the enemy ships together. Several warships unloaded their sails late, and the sails were shot lit.
The opposing soldiers also shot arrows at the chariots and boats, and suddenly arrows rained down on the river.
Li Shihong shouted: "Unload the sail!"
The huge sails came crashing down, and the big ship could only use the rudder to maintain weak power, so the speed was not as fast as before. This was also forced by the situation of water warfare. The sails were only used for long-distance sailing, and must be unloaded for close-range combat, otherwise It will definitely be burned by rockets or gunpowder arrows.
However, the advantages of the fast speed of the vehicles and the flexibility of turning and turning are fully displayed. They sail around the big ships at a very high speed.
At this time, the warship headed by the enemy rushed towards Chen Qing, and everyone saw that the status of this five-thousand-stone warship was unusual.
About a hundred paces away, the two boats passed each other. Fifty soldiers from the other side fired arrows at the same time. The dense arrows shot at the big boat, but they were greeted by twenty bed crossbows and a hundred jackdaw arrows roaring. Shooting at enemy soldiers.
Of course, the bed crossbow was only available on Chen Qing's coach ship, and the main cost was too high. Jackdaw's iron arrow fell into the river and could not be retrieved. Unlike on land, which can be retrieved and reused, it is impossible to promote it on a large scale.
The jackdaw's iron arrow has the power to crack rocks and penetrate gold. The soldiers' flesh and blood can't resist it. In an instant, more than [-] soldiers were pierced by the iron arrow and died tragically on the spot.
The two big ships turned around at the same time, and when they met again, they were only ten steps away from each other, and entered into close combat. Several enemy soldiers threw iron chain hooks and hooked the side of Chen Qing's big ship. Chen Qing shouted, "" Throw!"
Sixty throwers showed their power at the same time, they stood up suddenly, and threw forty burning kerosene balls and gunpowder barrels towards the opposing ship, and the soldiers squatted down one after another.
Forty kerosene balls fell to the ground, and the thin-skinned clay pots inside shattered, and a large amount of kerosene poured out. Song Jun's kerosene was not viscous oil, but was purified by craftsmen such as filtering impurities and sedimentation. The degree of instant combustion can be military kerosene, also called fierce kerosene, otherwise how can the famous fierce oil fire cabinet in history use viscous oil.
The big ship was instantly engulfed in flames, but it was the twenty gunpowder barrels that really showed their power. The twenty gunpowder barrels fell on the deck and in the cabin, and immediately exploded one after another, blood and flesh splattered, sawdust flew, and the mast was blown off. It was hit hard, and several big holes were blasted in the wall of the ship. The river water poured in, and the ship began to tilt.
"Pull the hook!" Li Shihong shouted,
More than a dozen soldiers worked hard together to break the iron chain hook from the side of the ship. The two ships separated quickly, and they were several miles away, watching the other ship sink slowly.
(End of this chapter)
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