sweeping the world

Chapter 286 The Swordsman
In any case, the navy of the Han Dynasty finally came.However, the fleet looks really huge!
"Is the navy coming in full force, or only a part of them?" Yu Bing is most concerned about this question now: "Looking from a distance, it can be recognized that most of the warships are equipped with bed crossbows."

"Their warships are very different from ours." Yu Yi has been watching since the appearance of the Han Navy: "I didn't see any large ships. Their warships basically only have one deck above the deck. Shows a kind of shuttle shape?"

They are all observing the warships of the Han Dynasty, and they can really see many problems at first glance. It is a pity that they can't see the bottom of the ship. If people who don't know ships can probably distinguish the meaning of the structure of flat-bottomed boats and sharp-bottomed boats at a glance .

They were all waiting for the Han Navy to dock. After waiting for a long time, they only saw the Han Navy approaching each other slowly on the sea surface. After getting together, they folded up their sails. It seemed that they were also fixing each other?

"Iron ropes are connected horizontally, and boats gather to form land?" Of course, Xie An knows the story of Chibi, which is about boats leaning against each other, and then fixed with iron cables or wooden stakes to form a relatively large plane.He was surprised: "Not ashore?"

There were still ships coming ashore, but it was a ship that didn't look like a battleship, and it was all alone.

Although Ji Chang really wanted to go ashore to have a look, but he was patient.

Fu Wei was assigned the task of going ashore to communicate with the officials of Xiao~chao~ting. He was on that Kirk sailboat.

In the large fleet of [-] ships, there are only five Kirk sailboats, carrying a batch of goods from the Han Dynasty.The transport ships produced by other systems also carry salt, leather, fur, Chinese medicinal materials, etc., for the purpose of trading in the south of the Yangtze River.

To put it bluntly, it is true that the Han tribe came to the Eastern Jin Xiao~chao~ting to demonstrate, and the escort mission was a matter of course, and the main goal was to open up trade routes.

There are many styles of Kirk sailboats. The one manufactured under Liu Yan's guidance is a four-mast type. It is 30 meters long, 8 meters wide, 3 meters draft, and has a load capacity of 280 tons. It was exposed to Han sailors. The second Kirk series sailing ship belongs to the product of the Hanseatic League period.

At this moment, the sails of the four masts of the huge hull were fully opened, and it broke through the waves along the southeast wind, and soon rushed into the mouth of the Yangtze River. The mighty figure made the onlookers on the shore unable to bear it Shout loudly.

"It turned out to be four sails?" Yu Yi understands warships, and the Eastern Jin navy has only three masts at most, because it is a building ship, and its layout is definitely different from that of Kirk's sailboat.He murmured: "The bow is a square sail, the second mast has two sails, and the two at the stern are triangular sails. What's the special purpose of this layout?"

To put it bluntly, the triangular canvas at the stern acts as a wind force for turning, which is the same as the rudder of a ship.

"The bow has a collision angle, and the front body is lifted up like a goose's belly, with a peck like a duck's bill protruding." Yu Yi guessed: "This layout is for collision and collision prevention, right?"

The warships of the Eastern Jin navy also had rams in front of the ships, but there were only two.In addition, the front of warships in the Eastern Jin Dynasty usually fixed a large copper or iron plate, and carved some patterns of ferocious beasts.The copper or iron pieces are naturally used to avoid collisions, but the problem is that the engraved patterns increase the focus of the collision, which is really weird.

"The bow of the ship is smooth and wide..." Xie An was taken aback: "It seems to be soaked in a layer of grease?"

Then there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. The place where it is most likely to encounter an impact needs to be smooth and reduce the point of stress.It is also inevitable to have a range. After all, the circle will definitely be cut when it is hit, and it is not like the position of the plane is hit to bear all the impact force.

As for the fire attack, there is no such thing as a ship made of wood that is not afraid of fire attack. The difference is that it is easier to burn if it has been soaked in grease.

The speed of the ships of the Han Dynasty entering the Yangtze River Lakes and Haikou has stabilized, and boats from the Eastern Jin Dynasty began to approach them as they moved slowly.

Fu Wei was standing in the flagship room looking out, and he heard shouts with a strong southern accent in his ears.

That is, the Jin army on the boat was letting the Han ships follow, saying that they were going to guide them to the ferry or something.

Before entering the estuary of the Yangtze River, Fu Wei was told one thing in particular, that is, the difference between sea ships and inland river ships, because of the depth of draft, there are some places where inland river ships can dock, but sea navigation ships cannot dock.

The Kirk sailing boat has a draft of three meters, which is a relatively shallow sea-going ship, which is why the Kirk sailing boat was chosen to enter the Yangtze River. If it is entered by other ships with a draft of more than six meters, it will be almost a matter of minutes to run aground.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty had a wide range of ferries on the south bank of the Yangtze River, especially near Jingkou. After all, Jingkou was the main naval base of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

As more and more people entered, more and more boats followed Kirk's sailboat, and the boats became bigger and bigger.

Fu Wei looked out, and there was a dense circle of boats, and he could see that there were soldiers of the Jin army on those boats, and each of them looked capable.

On both sides of the strait.There are dense crowds standing on the south bank. Judging from the costumes, some ordinary people around are coming to watch?There were also people watching from the north bank, but the people on the north bank seemed scattered. It looked like they were the coastal defense troops of Shijie Zhao Jun or something?

"The people of Jin request to board the ship."

"No promise!"

Fu Wei refused without even thinking about it, even ignoring his noble status.

The river course within the Yangtze River is different from the sea. Although the inland river has waves, the waves above the sea are of two levels.The Kirk sailing boat was very stable on the Yangtze River, because the wind was good and the speed was not slow. After opening all the sails, it actually threw away the Jin army ships that were originally surrounded on both sides.

"What are they trying to do?" Yu Bing's face had already turned unsightly: "Refused to board the ship, and then left at a faster speed. Do they want to challenge our [-] sailors with a single ship?"

The Kirk sailboat was really speeding up all the time, ignoring the shouts of the surrounding Jin army at all, until a large number of Jin army sailors set up a large number of ships in a straight line to block the way ahead, Fu Wei squinted his eyes and did not order to slow down.

There is no room for negotiation to let the Jin army board the ship. God knows if there are any sick guys in the Eastern Jin Dynasty who will seize the ship.Even if the ship is not seized, the Navy has a motto that "where the ship is, the territory is", how can one's own territory be easily touched by others?
"There are too many ships around!"

"Yeah, it's densely packed, comparable to locusts!"

The [-] sailors in the Eastern Jin Dynasty are definitely not fake. They accounted for the general number of the entire Eastern Jin army. There were thousands of warships, and the number of small boats and boats was probably even more.

In front of them, the Eastern Jin Dynasty navy ships lined up in a straight line to block the way. If the situation was normal, Fu Wei should have ordered the ships to stop, but this time they dispatched [-] large ships to the south to show their submission.

"Rush straight up."

"promise!"

Then, the whole ship shouted, warning all crew members to prepare for a collision.

The speed of the ship seems to be very fast, but in fact it is four to five knots, but don't underestimate the speed of five knots at this time.

To be clear, the ideal speed of a relatively fast clipper ship in the age of sails is twelve to fourteen knots.The speed of ships on inland rivers is not comparable to that on the sea. It is actually considered fast to be able to run to five knots. For example, the speed of the Eastern Jin building boats at about three knots is already considered "flying speed".

"so fast!"

"Yeah, so fast!"

"If you don't slow down, you're going to crash!"

The commander of the Eastern Jin water army was a general, whose official name was General Hengjiang. He looked at the big ship approaching fast with a livid expression on his face.

General Hengjiang was an official position of Soochow during the Three Kingdoms period, and the first General Hengjiang was Lu Su.General Hengjiang took the intention to sweep away the invading enemies. The Eastern Jin Dynasty also had this official position, but his rank was not high.

Fu Wei grabbed the place where he could borrow strength, and looked very calm. It doesn't matter what he thinks in his heart, anyway, if the enemy ship doesn't get out of the way, it will definitely hit it.

"Prepare for collision prevention!"

General Hengjiang of the Eastern Jin Dynasty really didn't intend to give up the waterway. The Yangtze River was their territory, and their numbers had an absolute advantage.In Zhang Heng's view, the Han Dynasty is just a local separatist force. No matter how big the fleet is or how powerful the ships are, it is also a local separatist force. How can they easily bow their heads?

"All keep the same route!"

Zhang Heng didn't believe it anymore, a separatist force has gone against the sky, dare to charge against the "invincible water army of my Great Jin Kingdom" in the Yangtze River?
Fu Wei's face also started to turn blue. If possible, he really didn't want to be on this ship, especially if there was no collision.

"Get ready! Get ready!"

The roar was not only from the Han army's side, but also from the Jin army's side. The shouts of both sides were mixed together, but I don't know how many pairs of eyes are looking at this side.

[Really not allowed? 】Fu Wei is already subconsciously standing still;【The tonnage gap between the two sides is too large, so there should be nothing wrong with the ship under my feet, right? 】

The quality of the Jin army’s naval forces is not to be said. They have already started to make relevant collision preparations. Some ships are even preparing iron cables. It seems that even if the fleet in front is knocked away, the ships behind will use the iron cables. The huge ship from the Ministry was stopped.

"That's good!" Yu Bing took a deep breath: "The Han people asked for it themselves. In this way, we have enough reasons to get a sea ship!"

It is said that the ship will be damaged after a collision, and then it is impossible to make irresponsible remarks on the side of Hanbu with iron chains.They are really eager to obtain a ship that can sail on the sea, study it carefully, and develop their own sea-navigation ship system belonging to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The collision was about to happen, and Zhao Jun in Shijie, who was on the north bank, began to make noise. Why did they all seem to be waiting for a joke?
On the south bank, the non-military Jin people were a little confused. They heard the news that the Han tribe came to pay tribute, but why didn't they look like it?

The noise became louder and louder, and both Fu Wei and Zhang Heng's faces became more and more ugly. If they could have a choice, ghosts would be willing to play bumper boats!
There is only one single ship on the Han side. Looking at the huge hull and hideous shape, the Kirk sailing ship during the Hanseatic League is really a dual-purpose commercial and military ship, which is the so-called armed merchant ship.

There are many ships in the Eastern Jin Navy, and the tonnage should be dozens of tons.This is of course related to the location of the river, and then it is limited by the craftsmanship. The larger the ship in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the more difficult it is to control, and the larger it is, the more difficult it is to dispatch.

It was getting closer and closer, and shouts and screams began to be made among the fleet of the Eastern Jin Navy. You could hear the more obvious command "Steady! Steady!".

Fu Wei has already started to squat down, and in his ears is the voice of the crew on the ship shouting "prepare for collision", which disturbed him a little bit, shaking his calf and crying, thinking: "Why bother, it won't happen if you get out of the way!" ? 】

In fact, it is too late for Zhang Heng to order to get out of the way. That is because the navy is lined up in a straight line and is in a state of movement. To get out of the way requires complete coordination and cooperation. When they are so close, any mistake will definitely It is the fate of colliding with each other.

Everyone was staring wide-eyed. Under their gaze, the speed of the lonely big ship on the river seemed to have accelerated?

"Are they going to war?" Guo Xiang gloated. He is the supreme commander of the remaining Xuzhou army. Those Han Chinese will be very annoyed."

The Guo family is a big family in the Shijie Zhao country, and even the queue that was suppressed by Shihu recently, life is quite difficult.

There is a large fleet coming. This is something that the Xuzhou Army has known for a long time. It is just that they don't know what the Han fleet is going to do. But now they have discovered something interesting.

On the other side, there was a "bang" sound first, and then the sound of "creaking" wood. Under the watchful eyes of everyone on both sides of the strait, the ram of the Kirk sailboat did not hit anything at all. Navy ships are too short.It was the belly of the Kirk sailing ship that directly hit the ship blocking the way. In an instant, pieces of wood flew across, and the hit ship sank to the surface of the water after a sudden pause.

At the moment of the collision, Fu Wei felt as if he was pushed suddenly by something, he knelt down in an instant, and then rolled on the ground.

When the actual collision happened, everyone was a little dazed, they just didn't understand why it had to be like this.

Not an ally?It's good to talk well and make the scene more pleasant, isn't it?

The collision was more than just once. The boat that was hit was pushed sideways by the Kirk sailboat and moved a short distance. Due to the hydraulic force, it moved to the side. "The sound came out.

Almost at the moment when Fu Wei's ship collided with the ships of the Eastern Jin Navy, the large Han fleet that had been approaching each other was slowly moving away again, and the real sound of drums and horns was not abrupt. Appeared on the ground, and then about thirty warships began to approach the mouth of the Yangtze River.

(End of this chapter)