Chapter 60 Knot Formation + The Enemy Is Coming (4,000 words) The ship formation is actually a product of compromise, because the sea is unpredictable, let alone typhoon season, and even in ordinary times, there is a high probability of strong winds.
Under such strong winds, if it is a battleship, it is just that, the structure of the battleship is tight, well-made, whether it is defense or resistance to wind and waves, it is first-class, as long as it is not a particularly perverted wind, the general storm can be carried down.
But ordinary ships are not good, especially those merchant ships, don't look at an individual grid is bigger than a battleship, but both displacement and weight are far inferior to battleships, and the structural strength is even less likely to be compared to battleships, if such a ship encounters a storm, then even if it is unsinkable, it will be carried by the storm to an unknown place.
So after this kind of thing happened several times in a row, some smart people finally found a solution to this matter from the ancient books - in the Battle of Chibi that year, Cao Cao led an army of 800,000 (in fact, only 200,000) to sweep the south of the Yangtze River, but his soldiers were all from the north, not good at water warfare, and couldn't stand the bumps on the river.
In desperation, Cao Cao followed the advice of his advisers, connected all the warships with iron chains, and then laid wooden planks to form a combat platform, on which not only feasible people, but also horses, it was simply a good way, and the elimination of Eastern Wu was just around the corner - provided that there was no east wind.
Although the final result of the Battle of Chibi is regrettable, Cao Cao did not dominate the world, but was burned by Zhou Yu's wolf rushing to the dolphin, and the 200,000 army was burned, and Cao Cao never fought Jiangnan again in his life - and the serial ship was the culprit of this incident, but I have to say that the serial ship he left behind did give a hint to future generations......
Although the serial ship has such and such shortcomings, such as inconvenient movement, if it is a defeat and is pursued, the serial ship is a dead end, for example, it is difficult to gather and disperse, once it gathers, it cannot be dispersed quickly, and at this time, as long as a little fire will burn the entire fleet...... and so on have all kinds of shortcomings, but as the saying goes, there is a way of heaven, there is a positive and there must be a negative, nothing in the world is absolute, and the reason why the wrong thing is wrong is mainly because it is used in the wrong place.
The serial ship is indeed not suitable for the battlefield filled with gunpowder, because the most likely thing on the battlefield is the flame, the serial ship is contaminated with a little flame, it is easy to cause a huge disaster, but if it is only said that in the point of preventing wind and waves, the serial ship is unique, the world knows that there is a lot of power, and in the same way, the more ships can also have more powerful power - from this point of view, Cao Cao's very successful, the only mistake is that he used this trick in the war, and did not do a good job of fire prevention measures.
In the Age of Discovery, later generations discovered the advantages of the serial ship, and improved it, changed the serial ship into a ship array, and added fire prevention measures, which were enough to ensure that even if there was a fire, only one ship could be burned at most......
After many improvements, it was finally used on the sea, and since then the fleet's ability to withstand wind and waves has increased significantly, even enough to withstand tropical storms.
And the reason why the ship formation is a product of compromise is because Li Zhen knows very well that this ship formation will not last long, when the steel battleship appears, the role of this ship formation will be minimized, and only the sea ships made of wood in western Zhejiang will hold together when they face a storm, and those steel monsters don't bother to do this at all, the sea can capsize them, but they don't want to tear them apart.
But that's all later, at least so far, in the face of the storm, this ship formation method is still somewhat useful.
Under the command of Cheng Chuliang, the fleet soon formed a circular array, the outermost part of which were ten third-class warships and accompanying merchant ships, in the middle were small warships and supply ships, and in the center was Li Zhen's Holy Emperor - all the ships were connected by iron chains, forming a tight whole, close to each other, although they were still individuals, but they were enough to withstand the stronger storms.
The storm came quickly, not long after the formation of the ship formation, Li Zhen heard the sound of wind and rain outside, and the sky was full of thunder, like countless silver snakes dancing wildly, wantonly indulgence, and like the whip of God, whipping the sea, the sea became no longer quiet, but began to swing from side to side, and there were more big waves, sweeping and raging, even if they formed a ship formation, these big ships had to sway with the fluctuations of the waves.
"Your Highness, why did you come out?"
Cheng Chuliang was directing the personnel to fix the supplies, but he inadvertently saw Li Zhen walk out, wiped his face wet with rain, and couldn't help but persuade: "Your Highness, the wind and rain are raging outside, you should go back with your daughter's body, and your subordinates will be here for a while." ” "It doesn't matter."
Li Zhen waved her hand and said coldly: "The most important thing now is not to fix the materials, but to pay attention to the situation in the surrounding seas......"
"Yes."
Cheng Chuliang was in good spirits and understood what Li Zhen meant: "What does Your Highness mean that they will make a move at such a time?"
” "After all, it's a rare opportunity."
Li Zhen sneered a little, and also had some expectations in her heart, she had already achieved this step, and she had encountered such good conditions, if the other party didn't take the bait, then her scene would be played for the blind man in vain.
"Your Highness, Governor, there is news from the Shazhou that there is a fleet of ships heading towards us in the south direction, the number is about twenty, and it seems that the people who are not coming well."
Just as Cheng Chuliang was about to go down to make arrangements, the flag bearer suddenly came over and reported.
"It seems that the other party can't wait."
Cheng Chuliang had a smile on his face.
"Why is this time coming?"
Li Zhen showed a puzzled look on her face, at this time, the rainstorm has just started, and it is also the time when the fleet's vigilance is the strongest, as long as you know a little bit about the art of war, you know that this is not the best time, but it will take action at this time, what kind of conspiracy can't you make?
"Your Highness is afraid that he is thinking too much, I guess they want to test it."
Cheng Chuliang explained with a smile: "Your Highness, your arrangement is indeed ingenious, but it is a bit deliberate, and the other party may have seen something, so he simply stopped hiding and hiding, and simply rushed out to test it first."
Let alone......
His Royal Highness's enemies are not a family, although they are united, but it is impossible to say that there is any tacit understanding between them, or that they can unite and cooperate, and they are all one......
So in order to grab the first credit, it is natural to strike first. ” "Makes sense."
Li Zhen also woke up, it is true, 10,000 people have 10,000 ideas, not to mention that these forces have their own careful thoughts, although they are gathered together because of the same goal, that is, themselves, but it is absolutely impossible for them to really work together, and even give their backs to their allies.
What's more, some of these people have a deep hatred for themselves, and they hate themselves to the core, and they wish to kill themselves immediately, while some people kill themselves because they are in their way, so they want to kill themselves, but they have no hatred for themselves......
This has led to discord between them, some people are ready to do it immediately when they see themselves, while some people are waiting for work in the back, waiting for their fleet to be exhausted and then come out to pick up the bargain, these are two different ideas, the two sides will definitely have differences because of this, although it will not eventually fall apart, but it will definitely cause a huge rift - and the best manifestation of this huge rift is that the alliance is divided into two parts, one part immediately destroys itself, and the other part continues to hide behind, Wait for your time.
"Boom!"
Just as Li Zhen was thinking, a loud noise woke him up.
"Where did the cannon sound come from?
It doesn't seem like it's our cannon?
Li Zhen asked suspiciously, the cannon was developed by him, and listening to the sound of the cannon is his specialty, at this time, when he listens to the sound, he can hear that this is not any type of shell made by his own arsenal.
"Your Highness, be careful, the other party also has cannons."
Cheng Chuliang was not in the mood to answer Li Zhen's question at this time, and hurriedly pulled Li Zhen to the cabin: "Our plan is wrong, the other party also has cannons, and the power is a little smaller than ours......
It's not safe outside, so your Highness, you'd better hide quickly. ” After being dragged into the cabin, Li Zhen did not hide, but came to the bridge (where the captain commanded the battle), which was also surrounded by heavy steel plates, as long as it was not directly hit, there would be no danger, and more importantly, there was a huge telescope through which you could see the situation outside.
"I've seen Your Highness."
Seeing Li Zhen come in, Li Ergou, the captain of the Holy Emperor's Son (Super Dragon, he is back again) hurriedly led a group of people forward to salute.
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"Excuse me, I'll use a telescope."
Li Zhen waved his hand to get him up, and then unceremoniously came to the telescope to watch the battle outside - all the configurations of Li Zhen's Holy Emperor are the top, and this telescope is naturally the best, although it is not as good as the top astronomical telescope to see the crater on the moon, but it is also made of the best materials and lenses, and it is simply clearer to watch the battle with it than with the naked eye. was occupied by Li Zhen, of course Li Ergou didn't dare to drive him away, so he could only smile bitterly and watch with the binoculars around his neck, fortunately, at this time, the Holy Emperor was in the center of the ship array, belonging to the state of being protected, and there was no combat mission, so he could watch the battle leisurely inside.
"The power of the opponent's artillery doesn't seem to be worse than ours."
Li Ergou watched for a while, and quickly came to the conclusion that although the enemy's ship looked like a merchant ship, no one knew if it was their camouflage, and this was fine, the problem was that their cannon was not inferior to their own cannon - of course, it was only the smallest seventy-five mm rapid-fire gun, and it seemed that they didn't have a bigger gun, but even so, it was already very remarkable.
"It seems that there are also masters among the people."
Li Zhen also sighed, since the other party's cannon is not the navy's standard cannon, that is to say, this is a folk research, not to mention anything else, just being able to research a cannon alone, this is a very powerful ability, and this alone is enough to be worthy of the title of master.
With the development of science and technology, the composition of the cannon is no longer a technical problem, and the gunpowder formula is not a secret, as long as there is a sufficiently precise machine tool and the right materials, the cannon can basically be made.
"It seems that we need to investigate the origin of the other party."
Such a clever artillery designer, Li Zhen's talent collection habit has flare up again, not to mention that weapons are strictly forbidden by the imperial court to be cast privately, and privately casting artillery is a felony, the other party not only casts cannons, but also sells them, which has already committed Li Zhen's taboo - if such a character is not investigated, I don't know how much loss he will suffer in this regard in the future.
"Fortunately, there aren't many cannons on the other side."
After watching it for a while, Li Zhen's heart finally relaxed, the performance of the other party's artillery is not inferior to the navy's standard cannons, but the caliber is a little smaller, and the number is not much, I think it should be caused by two reasons: one is the problem of the ship's bearing capacity, if there can be a more suitable ship, it is not a problem to manufacture a larger caliber cannon.
The other is that the number of cannons is not large, and I think it should be that the other party's production capacity is insufficient, and it is not enough to fully arm a fleet.
The sound of artillery bombardment sounded for an hour, because the Quanzhou fleet was composed of a ship formation, the ships were too dense, and the speed was very slow, which caused many ships to be shot, but fortunately, the caliber of the opponent's cannon was insufficient, so no warship sank, not even a seriously injured one, and even the Holy Emperor was hit and was bounced off by the steel plate, but it was not injured - so Li Zhen also saw the third shortcoming of the opponent's cannon, that is, the accuracy is not high, the trajectory is very erratic, although the shell can be shot, But once you get out, you can only rely on luck.
However, although the Quanzhou fleet was injured, the other party was not happy - the Quanzhou fleet was a ship formation, although it was inconvenient to move, but all the ships were gathered together, the artillery density was unprecedentedly strong, and the other side dropped five or six ships, relatively speaking, the Quanzhou fleet was only a little injured, which was already a victory.
"Your Highness, the enemy has retreated, and we have not caught up, so you can punish me."
Cheng Chuliang came in with a gloomy face and reported, this is the most battle he has ever fought, in the past, his own fleet went to war, even if the reputation was completely annihilated, at least half of it could be left, but this time?
Not only did he suffer a lot of losses, but he also left only five or six ships of the enemy, and watched the opponent's ammunition run out and leave blatantly, which was simply a shame for Cheng Chuliang.