Cao Cao's chef

Chapter 838

"General, an enemy fleet has been spotted ahead!" The walker who was about to arrive near the white horse came back to report.

"Tell all the ships to prepare for battle!" Lu Xiang immediately ordered, sometimes thinking that the navy is troublesome, and the communication between the ships still needs to use semaphore.If it is a battle formation, it only needs to be notified by an orderly, or an order can be issued with a war drum.

As the flagship raised its flag, other ships moved closer to form a battle formation.On the periphery are walking boats, that is, brisk boats.Ten people are allowed to board, which is a bit like a dragon boat, without sails, and the main means of combat is to jump gangs.In the middle is a small warship with a sail and a catapult at the bow, allowing 30 to [-] people. The means are catapults, bows and arrows, and the last resort is to fight with gangs.

In the center is a large warship with a sail, a catapult on the bow, and strong crossbows arranged on the left and right sides. It relies on catapults and rockets to attack, and the angle of impact is set to crash ordinary small boats through impact.There are hundreds of soldiers on board, and they can also fight gang battles.

In other words, before firearms began to be popularized on a large scale, even the main core of water warfare in the late Ming Dynasty was gang warfare.

Within the line of sight, he quickly saw the other party, who was also walking in front, and the medium-sized warship was behind, and he did not see a large ship or a small warship.I don't know if it's not there, or it hasn't been arranged.

"Is this really good?" Lu Xiang smiled lightly, "If we don't fight with us now, when we go to the water village, no matter how many boats there are, they will be nothing more than our spoils of war!"

Looking at the sparse crowd, there are more than a thousand people at most. With this scale, it is estimated that they are not enough for a round of collision.

"General, be careful. At present, we are downstream, and the opponent is upstream. If we want to pass, it is going upstream, but the opponent wants to come, but it is going downstream, and the speed is completely different." Mao Kai next to him reminded.

"If they want to come over to die, it's too late for me to welcome them!" Lu Xiang disagreed.The water surface of the Yellow River is quite wide, but their fleet has almost blocked the river surface, and the opponent can't do it if they want to go around, so they can only fight head-on.

Yuan Shao's navy consisted of twenty large ships, fifty small warships, and another two hundred ships.Considering the scale, the large ships are divided into three rows, with small warships on the periphery and walkers on the periphery. The entire ship formation is in the shape of a shuttle.

The battle line looked very long, but it almost covered the entire Yellow River channel. If the opponent wanted to go around to the back, he was afraid that he would be caught when he came to the side, and then he would attack in various ways.

The Ganning water army had twenty medium-sized ships, more than a hundred ships, and only two thousand soldiers.The middle ship is in the back, walking in front, forming a conical array.It looks a bit sparse, but it is very easy to turn, and turning left and right is not a big problem.

"Why, dare not come over?" Seeing that the other party didn't intend to come over, Lu Xiang sneered, then turned around and gave an order, "Push forward, I want to see how the other party plans to deal with it!"

Everyone uses similar bows and arrows, similar crossbow arrows, and even catapults are similar, with more hitting less, and big hitting small, no matter how you look at it, their side has the greater advantage.

The key is that the opponent can't rush forward. If they turn around, relying on oars is not comparable to their sail-powered boats. They can catch up quickly, and then they can directly beat the dog in the water.

"Although I became a monk halfway, I have also heard that water warfare is to seize the upstream position. Although you are upstream, you don't know how to make good use of it. It's a pity." Lu Xiang smiled, and then ordered, "Order to go Go up, tear a route, and hit it with a warship!"

"Yes!" The subordinate immediately took the order, and then went to raise the banner.

"The other party seems to really plan to use a big boat to bully us? In water battles on the river, big boats can't bully people! Sometimes there are too many, but it is a burden instead!" Gan Ning smiled contemptuously, then turned around and gave orders : "Attack!"

When the flag was issued, the boats in front immediately moved forward quickly, which already had the advantage of going down the river. In addition, the sailors had been training for a long time, and their nutrition could keep up. The speed of rowing was not comparable to that of Yuan Shao's navy.

As a result, the distance between the two sides is rapidly narrowing, but for Lu Xiang, these more than a hundred ships are not enough to watch.

However, after getting closer, I found that these walking boats are divided into at least three types: the first type is a normal walking boat, a fast boat without a canopy, with ten soldiers on it; the second type is a walking boat with a wooden canopy, but And that's all.The third type is a walking boat that is two sizes bigger, with a ram angle set up in front, which is not a walking boat at all, but a walking boat!

Because of the relationship between the addition of the canopy and the removal of the sails, it looks similar to a walking boat from a distance. This kind of fast boat is mainly for the purpose of collision. Needless to say, the target is naturally a ship above a small warship!

Just when he was about to give the order, a soldier stood up on the walkway ahead, and then took out a fishing net and threw it towards the walkway of his own army.The fishing nets covered the oars, and they couldn't move even when they were walking. The key point was that the position of these boats was still in the upstream position, and the oars on one side couldn't move.

Through the fishing nets, these walkers abruptly separated Yuan Shao's water army.Then the warship sailed forward at high speed. After adjusting the angle, it slammed into the side of the small warship in front. When it was knocked away, it not only smashed the wood on the hull, but also forcibly squeezed out a passage.

At this time, the last type of walker rushed over and flew towards the big ship at high speed.

"Catapult, archer, shoot, shoot!" When Lu Xiang gave the order, it was already a bit late.Fortunately, the generals on board had already started to counterattack actively, shooting arrows and crossbows continuously. However, except for the first type of walker, these ships had hardwood canopies and were soaked in water, so the arrows couldn't pierce them at all.

"General, look!" A soldier next to him panickedly pointed to the last kind of walker. This kind of walker looks pretty good from the outside of the first kind of walker without a canopy, and at most it has a canopy.But if you look closer, this is incredible. Under the water, the bows of these walking boats are hidden by wooden stakes.

"Shoot, shoot, don't let them hit you!" Lu Xiang immediately understood that this kind of boat was specially designed for big boats.In the case of a collision, the big ship has no advantage at all.

"Rocket, get on the rocket! Pour the kerosene down and burn those ships!" Lu Xiang panicked and ordered repeatedly.

However, the walking boats and small warships of our own army have been torn a crack by the opponent. These walking boats rushed over quickly and slammed into the large warship hard.On the five or six large warships in front, at least each of them was hit by two or three such walking boats.

"Anchor!" On the side of the Gan Ning army, a general gave an order, and the soldiers on the boats got off the first trap, and the two anchors hanging under the wooden stakes had already fallen into the water.Then step on the second mechanism, the bow part of the ship begins to separate from the hull, and these ships start to turn the bow and start the rear side.Their mission has been accomplished and there is no need to delay here.

"Want to run? Chase me!" Seeing that the kerosene had already poured down, and under the action of the rocket, some of the enemy's walking guns had already been ignited, but the opponent wanted to run away after hitting him. Lu Xiang was very angry and hurriedly directed The fleet pursued.

"General, our ship can't move!" Not long after, a soldier came to report, "The other party seems to have dropped anchor!"

"General! There is a fleet behind us, approaching us!" Another soldier rushed to report, and Lu Xiang's eyes turned black.

　It's a bit boring... I want to say that I can forget about two chapters today... or something... Let's see if I can work hard to add an extra chapter...

　　
　
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