Chapter 335: All the heroes (Twelve)

The vast Yangtze River Navy and warships of all sizes are as many as a thousand. It has drawn a long black line on the surface of the river, and from a distance it looks like a swimming dragon.

Yang Lehe, the commander of the Navy of the Southern Expedition Army, was struggling and rolling on the water every day. He had long been familiar with this scenic spot as his body, so naturally he was not excited. It was the first time that Chen Huaijing was watching thousands of warships operating. He had been standing on the side of the ship, looking at the fleet with excitement.

Yang Lehe walked over, pointed to the long dragon, and said, "If you want to talk about the mighty navy, the Yangtze River Navy must be the first in any case. What do Chen Zongjun think? Is it another exciting to be a poet?"

Chen Huaijing looked at Yang Lehe's black face full of provocative joy, and smiled and said, "The Yangtze River Navy's Xuanlong Ship is large in number, and it is really powerful."

After Chen Huaijing came to the Yangtze River Navy, Yang Lehe liked to compete with him. The content of the competition was always "Who is more powerful than the Bian River Navy or the Yangtze River Navy." Yang Lehe's views and emotions actually represent the emotions of most Yangtze River Navy officers.

Historically, the Great Zhou Changjiang Naval Division has always been the largest and strongest water military force of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Its strength is enough to be proud of the world. However, the situation has changed a little in recent years. In order to use the Wuzhang River and other canals to transport soldiers and supplies to the Khitan, Hou Dayong greatly strengthened the strength of the Bian River Naval Division. It is suitable for narrow waterways and extremely combat-capable Xuanjiao ships. The number of Xuanjiao ships has increased rapidly, reaching nearly 500, which has greatly exceeded the number of Xuanjiao ships in the Yangtze River Naval Division.

Of course, when it comes to the number of Xuanlong ships, the Yangtze River Navy still has an absolute advantage. There are two reasons. First, if the Yangtze River Navy wants to curb the Southern Tang Navy, it must maintain a strong naval force. Only when the Great Zhou army fights against the powerful enemy in the north, it has enough power to prevent any risky behavior of the Southern Tang Army. Second, the Yangtze River surface is wide, which is difficult to match in the Yellow River water system, especially the Wuzhang River canals. Large ships such as Xuanlong ship are more powerful when fighting on the Yangtze River water surface.

The number of Xuanlong ships in the Yangtze River Navy has some advantages, but the number of Xuanjiao ships in the Bian River Navy is extremely large. The two are offset, and the strength of the Yangtze River Navy is basically close to that of the Bian River Navy. This makes the senior officers of the Yangtze River Navy, who have always been proud, feel extremely aggrieved.

In addition, the Bianhe Navy is located in Daliang, and 20,000 naval officers and soldiers can enter and exit Daliang through the water gate at any time, which is an important force to stabilize Daliang. Shi Ying, commander of the Bianhe Navy, is also a confidant of Hou Dayong. Therefore, the promotion speed of officers at all levels of the Bianhe Navy is significantly faster than that of the Yangtze River Navy. Six low-level officers of the Bianhe Navy have been promoted to the Yangtze River Navy to serve as intermediate officers. However, the officers of the Yangtze River Navy are rarely promoted.

These two reasons have made many middle and senior officers of the Yangtze River Navy unspeakable.

Chen Huaijing was very clear about this matter, so when Yang Lehe asked this question again, he spoke with his own words and did not answer positively.

Yang Lehe has been with the Yangtze River Navy for many years and has almost no collusion with the Daliang court. He is a pure naval general and a general who does not have many twists and turns in his heart. It is precisely because of this that he always likes to discuss with Shen Huaijing who is the first navy of the Yangtze River Navy or the Bian River Navy. If a general who is slightly sensitive to major affairs of the court, he will definitely avoid harming this matter, and will not discuss it in front of Shen Huaijing.

Chen Huaijing really likes Yang Lehe's straightforward personality. Seeing Yang Lehe preparing to compete with him again, he said, "General Yang, I have been in the northwest for a long time. You know, the northwest is very dry. Have you ever seen so many warships? I will take General Yang as my master and tell me about these warships."

Yang Lehe was promoted from an ordinary sergeant to the deputy general of the Yangtze River Navy. He was entirely dependent on his proficiency in the water war and had no advice in the court. He knew the warships well. He was a famous ship nerd among the Yangtze River Navy. Chen Huaijing's request happened to scratch his itch, and he cleared his throat. He said it in one breath like a rolling beans fall on the plate:

"The warships were originally only used to transport troops and supplies, and specialize in combat land ships appeared in southern countries at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. At this time, warships had different differences in large, medium and small ships. The types and names of ships vary in different places. But generally speaking, the large ones were used for direct attack and command, the middle ones were used for guerrillas, and the small ones were used for reconnaissance." Yang Lehe pointed to the long dragon on the river and said proudly: "The Yangtze River Navy uses the Xuanlong ship as the main force, and the Xuanjiao ship assists its operations. When the river channel is relatively narrow, the Xuanjiao ship can also be used as the main warship. In addition, there are snake ships used for reconnaissance, fire ships used for fire attack, and flat ships for food. These ships are also configured in the same way as in the Spring and Autumn Period. This is called "everything changes will not be separated from their roots."

Chen Huaijing looked at Yang Le and a wrinkled black face and said to himself: "The ancients said that if you have specialties in your skills, you are really sincere and don't deceive me." He said: "This is the same as the principle of land-level cavalry. A unit has a scout, a main force, a flanking force, and a transportation force."

Yang Lehe shook his head and said, "Infantry is infantry, navy is navy. The combat methods are different, each has its own tricks. Don't confuse it, don't interrupt it, listen to me."

"Okay, okay, listen to General Yang."

"The Han Dynasty was the key to the development of warships. The slals and nails of the Western Han Dynasty, and the rudders and hard sails of the Eastern Han Dynasty greatly improved the quality and speed of the warships. The slals changed the slals to move water from the left and right, which was much faster than the oars. The rudder made up for the clumsy and inconvenient control of the rudders and oars. The nails could make the ship stronger and make the warships larger, while the hard sails made the warships flexible in operation and sail smoothly."

When Yang Lehe talked about his joy, he saliva flew everywhere and said, "The ships of the Western Jin Dynasty were so great. When the Jin Dynasty destroyed Wu, it used the "Lianfang" warship. The length and width of this ship were 180 meters each, and could carry more than 2,000 people. There were wooden cities on it, and all four gates could ride horses."

Yang Lehe suddenly said a swear word, "Grandma, this is not a warship, it is clearly a floating boat. I admire the most of the Sui general Yang Su. The "Five Tooth" tower ship commanded by Yang Su when he destroyed Chen was as high as 30 meters. It has five floors of the ship building, which can take 800 people. There are also six 15-meter-long slap poles on the four decks (Note 1), and they are the ancestors of the Xuanlong Ship."

"The Tang Dynasty shipbuilding technology is also good. The hull is generally made of iron nails and nails, lime and tung oil are used to plug the seams, and the warships are very strong. In addition, there were also oars, watertight compartments and water compass in the Tang Dynasty. I took Shen Jun to see these things one by one." Yang Lehe praised: "These are all good things. Without these things, how can we build a Xuanlong ship that runs across the rivers and seas."

Chen Huaijing was truly impressed, with a humble and studious look on his face, and asked, "What is the cleverness of the Great Zhou warship?"

Yang Lehe sighed: "After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, everything was in chaos. If you kill me, I will kill you, who can care about building ships? Good craftsmen have almost died. Today's Xuanlong ship has not surpassed the Tang Dynasty warship, but has improved in the details."

Yang Lehe glanced at Chen Huaijing, "I think Hou Xiang is a person who truly understands water war. This year, he equipped the Yangtze River Navy with sharp weapons such as catapults and Western Shu crossbows. The last time he arrived at Daliang, he specifically left the Yangtze River Navy's generals under the Sect of the Central Secretariat, specifically talking about how to use long-range weapons on warships, and also took us to the Bian River Navy to watch on the spot."

"The Bianhe Navy's scale and level are all due to the Hou Prime Minister. If it were not for the strong support of Hou Prime Minister, the Bianhe Navy would not be worth mentioning at all. However, the Bianhe Navy demonstrated several Xuanlong ships to use a catapult to break the enemy on that day. The methods were really amazing. Although there were catapults on the warships of the Yangtze River Navy, there were still many problems in how to use them."

Yang Lehe suddenly showed respect on his face, "Hou is really amazing. In two years, he made the Bian River Naval Master rise to the point where he could challenge the Yangtze River Naval Master. It's amazing."

In recent years, Hou Dayong has often visited the docks outside Daliang City. He basically doesn't understand shipbuilding, but he is very clear about the development model of warships. Just like building the Black Eagle Army, he tried his best to increase the long-range attack ability of the Xuan-font warship. Now the attack ability of the Xuanlong ship has reached the limit of the technological level of the Great Zhou.

The Xuanlong ship was loaded with a large trencher on the bow, which could drop stone bombs and turbulent oil bombs. The turbulent oil bombs have also been improved. The original turbulent oil bombs were separated from the oil, and the oil bombs were first dropped, and then rockets were set. The new turbulent oil bombs were added to the outside of the clay pot that was flammable and secreted with strong turbulent oil. When the catapult car started, the turbulent burlap was ignited. The clay can land and shattered, and the turbulent oil inside would naturally burn violently. In this way, the attack ability of the turbulent oil bombs was greatly improved.

Four poles were installed on both sides of the warship to attack enemy ships close to the warships. At the same time, cross Western Shu crossbows were arranged on both sides.

At the stern, a medium-sized catapult cart and two Western Shu crossbows were installed.

The maximum force of the modified Xuanlong ship was repeatedly verified. In order to install multiple weapons, the total number was finally verified to 500 people, including crew members and crew members.

This has become the standard equipment for the Bian River Naval Division and the Yangtze River Naval Division's Xuanlong Ship.

Chen Huaijing served in the infantry for a long time and was not aware of the changes that had taken place in the navy in the past two years. He boarded the Xuanlong warship for the first time and saw the powerful long-range attack power on the warship, which had reached the configuration of more than 10,000 ordinary infantrymen. This surprised Chen Huaijing and couldn't help but look at the Yangtze River Navy with admiration.

Before they knew it, the two had been talking for an hour, and the warship forward was not far from the Wuping controlled area.

Suddenly, several sky-rushing cannons exploded in the sky, forming a thick red fog in the air. Then, sky-rushing cannons were set off on command ships along the way.
Chapter completed!