The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 218 The Ship
Following the command of Feng Xi, the commander in chief of this exercise, General Pian and the commander of the Jiangling Navy, the new warships began to slowly launch on the Yangtze River.

This time, the speed, flexibility and anti-wind and wave performance of the new warship were mainly tested, and then the range, accuracy and power of the small trebuchet were tested.

"Brother, the speed of this new warship is so fast, and it is also very flexible. It can not only drive forward, but also backwards. It is a great weapon for water warfare!" Gan Ning said excitedly. Gan Ning immediately saw the advantages of this new type of warship.

"Yes, my lord, the biggest advantage of this new type of warship is speed and agility. These are also the two most important points in water warfare. If you can equip a large number of this type of warship, you will not only be able to use the advantage of speed in future water battles to pull Long-range shooting at a distance, and you can quickly catch up with the enemy when they flee." Ding Feng also said excitedly, although water warfare also depends on sailors, but at least half of the importance of warships.

"If we can build a new type of warship as big as a building boat, and then replace all the navy with this kind of warship, I believe that even the Jiangdong navy will not be our opponent!" Gan Ning said again.

"This matter has to be done slowly, not in a hurry. For war, there is no room for negligence. Although this new type of warship has many advantages, it still needs more experiments and continuous improvement. And it is necessary to build a new type of warship as big as a large ship. There are still many problems to be solved for the ship, and it is not that simple. But since the first ship has been built, it will be soon, and it is estimated that a large-scale replacement of warships will begin in half a year."

Zhang Wu is also very satisfied with the debut of this new warship, which has achieved the expected goal.In fact, the biggest difference between this new-style warship and the old-fashioned warship is that a runner is installed at the bottom of the ship, which changes the power from oars to pedals, and the structure of the upper part of the entire warship has not changed much.

In water battles, the speed of a warship will take a lot of advantage, especially if the ship is built so large and fast, it will take a lot of initiative. I can fight when I want to, and leave when I don’t want to.

"Lord, I think this new type of warship can be used together with our iron chain ship. Using the iron chain ship as a stronghold on the water, with this new type of warship arranged around it, it can both attack and defend. It is enough to deal with Various situations." Wenpin suggested.

"That's right. The tactic Zhongye mentioned is the main tactic we will adopt in the future. We will face the enemy head-on with chained ships, and then take advantage of the fast speed of the new warships to intersperse and harass the enemy. That's it. Just like fighting on the ground, the chained ships are equivalent to the city, and the new warships are equivalent to the cavalry."

Zhang Wu's idea of ​​improving water warfare is just like this. The iron chain ship faces the enemy head-on and kills a large number of enemy troops. The new warship surrounds the iron chain ship to find opportunities to intersperse and cut off the enemy's retreat, or detour to attack the enemy's rear. Baggage ship.

If the enemy dares to use iron chains to fight against him, he is looking for death. Zhang Wu can use the skill of "calling the wind and calling the rain" to set fire to the opponent's warship.

At present, Jingzhou's biggest enemy on the water is Jiangdong, and Jingzhou occupies the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, so it is not afraid of Jiangdong's army setting fire.

"Brother, what is the name of this new type of warship?" Gan Ning asked again.

"Well, since the biggest difference of the new type of warship is that there are runners on the bottom of the ship, then this new type of warship is called 'ship'!"

"Steamship! Well, that's a good name. When we build hundreds of large ships, we will go to compete with the Jiangdong navy to see who is the strongest navy in the world!" Gan Ning said.

"As long as Jiangdong's navy is defeated, Jiangdong is nothing to worry about. Then we should go to Yangzhou for a visit!" Ding Feng laughed.

"Hahahaha, what Cheng Yuan said is good, I have been looking forward to this day for a long time!" Gan Ning has been passively defending in Jiangxia, and has long been looking forward to the day when he can defeat the Jiangdong Navy and drive the warships of the Jingzhou Navy into Yangzhou In the territory, take a good breath.

After the exercise, Zhang Wu ordered Feng Xi to drive the test ship back to the shipyard to make some improvements, such as the runners were not fixed firmly, the size of the wheels was not suitable, and so on.

When the new type of ship has been continuously tested and improved to its maximum performance, mass production will begin.

The small trebuchet equipped on the ship works well. Although the range is not as good as that of the large counterweight trebuchet, the aim is not bad and it is relatively light. It would be even better if it can be equipped with kerosene bombs. Take advantage of the speed of the ship to quickly approach The large enemy warships quickly withdrew after a frantic bombardment.

But kerosene bombs require a lot of fuel, and the amount of kerosene required for a war is huge, and they are not willing to use it when defending the city.The kerosene used in wars in this era is basically extracted from animal fats and vegetable fats. In this era of food scarcity, it is a pity to spill such edible oils like this.

Therefore, Zhang Wu, who returned to Xiangyang, summoned his subordinates to ask them where there is oil.Oil is easy to burn and has a large amount. If there is oil in Jingzhou, then the method of fire attack can be used to the extreme.

"Oil? How can there be oil in stones? I have never heard of it." Mi Heng said, he knew that animal fats and some plants can extract flammable oil, but how can stones be extracted?
"Uh, it's not a stone, it's a kind of oil coming up from the ground. This kind of oil is inedible, but it is extremely flammable." Zhang Wu explained that there is no concept of oil in this era.

"Come up from the ground?" Xiang Lang thought for a while and said, "Could it be that what the lord is talking about is the Weishui mentioned in the "Hanshu?"

"Wei water? What kind of water is that? Can it burn?" Zhang Wu hadn't read "Han Shu", so he didn't know what the Wei water Xiang Lang was talking about.

After Xiang Lang said this, Ni Heng seemed to think of something, so he said: "My lord, Ban Gu recorded in his "Hanshu Geography" that there is flammable water in Gaonu County. Gaonu County is in Yongzhou. There is a river named Weishui in the territory, and there is often a layer of oil floating on the water, which can be burned."

"Yes, it's this kind of thing!" The thing that can burn on water must be oil. It seems that there is buried oil in Gaonu County, but it's a pity that it's in Yongzhou, on Cao Cao's territory.

"Is there such a thing in Jingzhou?" Zhang Wu asked again.

Everyone here thought for a long time, but they didn't have any impression.The main reason is that people in this era don't pay much attention to this kind of flammable oil, because most of the oil is buried deep in the ground, and only a small amount emerges.In this era, there is no technology that can be exploited in large quantities, and crude oil burns too much smoke, and the smell is unhealthy, so it is rarely used.

"Why don't you send a letter to the states and counties, so that officials from all over the place will investigate carefully, and if there are clues, report them quickly?" Pang Tong suggested.

It can only be like this, Zhang Wu was an ordinary college student in his previous life, and he still majored in ideology and politics, and he doesn't know if there is any famous oil field in Jingzhou, which is called Hubei in later generations.

"Okay, if you find any flammable black water coming up from the ground in all counties and counties, you should report it quickly." Zhang Wu arranged.

"Yes, my lord, I will do it now."

After the meeting, Mi Heng went to write papers for the counties and counties, and Zhang Wu left three military divisions, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and Kuai Yue, to discuss military affairs.

(End of this chapter)