Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 582 Shipbuilding
August, Hanzhong, Lecheng.

The sky was getting brighter, and with the sound of shouting, the big man boatmen appeared on the banks of the Hanshui River and started their busy day.With tools in their hands, they cut trees and made boats according to the blueprints.

At this time, Zhuge Liang was surrounded by everyone, inspecting the shipyard, and asking Huo Yi about the progress from time to time.

Huo Yi pointed around and said: "Prime Minister, Jiangzhou will transfer 300 shipwrights to the north in ten days, and Shu County will also send [-] shipwrights to arrive this time. Gather the people in Hanzhong, and we will be able to build [-] ships on time. The ships are for the Eastern Expedition."

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, and said: "Shaoxian, the Han River flows eastward, and the river is dangerous. In addition, my big man is to attack Nanyang, so the boat is not big, but strong."

Most of the Dahan owned small ships in the Han River Basin to transfer grain and grass, but there was a relative shortage of large combat and transport ships.Even if the big Han captured the three eastern counties, due to the small number of troops, there were few large-scale construction of ships.

This time the Eastern Expedition of the Han Dynasty took the Han River to the east to attack Nanyang and Xiangfan. A large number of ships were needed to transport grain and grass, and to fight in the Han River Basin.Therefore, Zhuge Liang appointed Huo Yi and Ju Fu to build ships, and asked Wei Yan to select those who were good at water in the army as sailors.

However, due to the shallow draft of the Han River, Dahan did not build a large-scale building ship this time, but built a small and medium-sized fleet suitable for the Han River Basin.

Huo Yi took out the scarf from his bosom, spread it out and said, "Don't worry, the Prime Minister, this time we will build more square ships for transporting troops and food, and only Mengchong (attack ship) and Xiandeng (assault ship) will be used as warships." ), scouts (reconnaissance ships), as for the building ships, they are only on the second floor, carrying only a hundred soldiers, and they are used for combat purposes."

The main combat ships of the Han Army Navy are mainly building ships, and other combat ships are auxiliary.The building ships in the navy are basically about two to five stories high, and the five-story ship can carry 3000 soldiers and 80 riders.

For example, in the Eastern Wu Navy, Sun Quan has more than ten imperial ships named Feiyun, Gaihai, Chang'an, Chilong, Qinglong and other ships.It is more than ten feet high, with floors on the deck, each floor is equipped with low walls, has window holes for launching bows and crossbows, and the hull is covered with leather. It can be called an aircraft carrier in the Three Kingdoms period.

So don't look at the Wu people's land combat capabilities, but the Wu people have the largest surface force on Blue Star, with more than 5000 warships under their command, which is extremely terrifying.Therefore, in the Battle of Anfeng, Cao Wei's capture of hundreds of ships may have been very rewarding for Cao Wei, but for the Wu people, it has not touched the root of Wu's navy.

With such a large-scale navy, the Soochow Navy has traveled all over North Korea, Liaodong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.When Sun Quan ascended the throne, Funan Kingdom, Linyi Kingdom, Tangming Kingdom Southeast Asia and other countries paid homage to Soochow.

Zhuge Liang looked at the shape of the boat on the scarf, pointed to the square boat and asked, "Is the square boat built today the vehicle and boat that His Majesty has drawn?"

"Exactly."

Huo Yi took the model of the chariot and boat from the shipbuilder, and said, "Your Majesty ordered me to wait on both sides of the hull and make water wheels as wheels, and the powerful warriors inside will dance on them, so that we can move forward quickly."

As he said that, Huo Yi turned the wheels with his hands, and the wheels on both sides of the car and boat flapped rapidly, making the eyes of the Jingzhou generals who came with Zhuge Liang shine.

Zhuge Liang asked with great interest: "Is there anyone who can build this boat to run on the water?"

"How could it not be!" Huo Yi raised the blue flag and waved it.On the banks of the Hanshui River, a fishing boat without a cabin and no canvas goes upstream.

Under the guidance of Huo Yi, Zhuge Liang climbed up to watch the boat.I saw the soldiers on the fishing boat drumming the two wheels vigorously, and the paddles on the wheels beat the water, splashing countless water splashes.Just in the water, the fishing boat sails like a dragon in the Han River without the help of oars and canvas, which is amazing.

Huo Yi pointed to the experimental boat and said: "Prime Minister, I will test it. Cars and boats have no sails against the current, and they can go back for more than a hundred miles day and night. When the army marches eastward, the square boats will transfer food and grass back and forth, so the army will be full."

Liu Chan doesn't know the craftsmanship of surface warships at all. He only knows the names of keels and sails, but not their deep-seated functions.Traveling back to the present, I can only remember that when I was watching the TV series "Water Margin", someone advised Gao Qiu to build a vehicle and boat to attack Song Jiang.

Today, the great Han Dynasty is going to rebuild the navy and use it to go out from the east. Liu Chan recalled this and summoned the shipwright to draw pictures to explain its internal principles and build vehicles and ships.After some experiments, it was found that it was feasible, and it was used on the square boat for transporting grain and grass

The speed of the ship varies according to the wind speed, current, and altitude, and the daily speed also changes accordingly.With the wind and the water flowing smoothly, and the river water soaring in summer, it is said that a day can travel thousands of miles.If it is unfavorable, it is possible for the boat to travel tens of miles a day.Now it is rare to be able to improve the square ship and ensure the minimum sailing speed.

As for the application on battleships, forget it.After all, the thing about war is not new, but reliable.It is not too late to build vehicles, ships and warships after the big man has experience in using vehicles and ships.After all, the conquest of Nanyang still depends on land operations.

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and ordered, "Not to be used on warships for the time being. After building a few warships, let the sailors practice for a while in their spare time to see if they are easy to fight."

"promise!"

Huo Yi smiled, put away the green flag, and said: "Prime Minister, General Zuo selected those who are good at water and brave in the army, thinking that there is no time for sailors and soldiers. Now Yi is building a boat on the bank of the Han River, so let me choose soldiers And the boatmen used new vehicles and boats to be used in the reconstruction of the Han Navy in the future."

After the Wudanshan military meeting, Huang Quan rushed to Guanzhong to practice soldiers and horses.Zhuge Liang commanded all the troops to settle in Hanzhong, appointed Huo Yi and Jufu to build large ships, and asked Wei Yan to select those who were good at water and martial arts from the army, and he thought them sailors, and trained troops in Hanshui and Dajiang.

Zhuge Liang pondered for a while, seeing Huo Yi's interest, he said: "Shaoxian wants to ask for orders to build a new boat, how can Liang not refuse. He has [-] soldiers as charioteers, and they practice chariots and boats to be very good."

"Thank you, Prime Minister Yi." Huo Yi responded with cupped hands.

Zhuge Liang was about to go down the high place, but he saw a boatman throwing discarded wood into the Han River, and said in a deep voice, "Shao Xian, pass down the order. No one is allowed to abandon shipbuilding wood into the Han River, and those who violate it will be severely punished."

"No!" Huo Yi, who still had a smile on his face, immediately responded when he heard the words.

The big Han went to Ankang County to conquer Nanyang, and the tactics were to imitate Bai Qi's strategy of attacking Chu along the Han River.In the past, Bai Qi bypassed the Chu people's heavily guarded Xiyi, took the weak Deng county (Xiangyang), and went south to flood Yingdu (Jiangling), defeating the Chu people.

However, the big man wanted to go north to attack the weak Wancheng. The core essence of these two tactics was to bypass the enemy's heavily defended areas and enter the enemy's weak areas.And it is similar to Zhuge Liang's attack on Longyou at the beginning.

Throwing discarded wood into the river now is very easy for the Wei army in Nanxiang County downstream to notice the big Han's move to build ships, and thus judge the big Han's possible strategy to attack Nanyang.Therefore, the big man must strictly prevent the leakage of Dongchu's plan, so as not to alarm the Wei people.

(End of this chapter)