Chapter 627 Advantages of Equipment
Zhou Yu has a strong ability to command water combat. When he sees such powerful weapons and equipment in the world, his eyes are shining and his excitement is flying on his face, just like he discovers a top beauty. Of course, as a talented person at any time, he has the desire to realize his own value deep down, and he wants to have the opportunity and stage to show his talent. This is a common feature of people.
Lu Ning brought Zhou Yu out, of course, to awaken Zhou Yu's passion and desire, and to let Zhou Yu walk out of the shadow quickly and go to the front line of the battlefield to command the battle. Since Lu Ning took Zhou Yu down, the purpose was to have talents, not to use it.
What surprised Zhou Yu was that since Lu Ning asked a child like Ling Tong to command navigation and combat, this kind of thing would not happen at all under the command of other princes; and Ling Tong was young, he was still very sensible and without any timidity or panic; this also made Zhou Yu understand in his heart that the students who graduated from Lu Ning Military School were not hyped up, but had real talents and knowledge; it also showed that Lu Ning did not lack generals and officials under him, and Jinyang Military School was a general training base.
Lu Ning continued to use the lookout glasses in his hand to watch the oncoming warship. The battle flag on the ship was not Gan Ning, but Zhang Chuang's battle flag. From the lookout glasses, Zhang Chuang, who was standing on the deck of the warship, jumped up excitedly, shouting loudly.
Lu Ning and Zhang Chuang have not seen each other for several years, and I really miss them a little. Zhang Chuang, Sha'er, Heizi was the first hunter that Lu Ning met when he traveled to this era. He was the only three hunters Lu Ning brought out from Shanhou Village. In the blink of an eye, he followed Lu Ning for more than ten years, and the few people immediately made great contributions and was also one of the few people Lu Ning trusted the most.
After the warships on both sides approached, Zhang Chuang shouted excitedly in the temple: "Lord!"
Lu Ning did not make a sound, but just waved to Zhang Chuang and his soldiers, letting the flag officers whisper the flag, and let Zhang Chuang and his warships lead the way.
Lu Ning was going to come to the islands of the Ema Tai Kingdom. Lu Su, Gan Ning and others knew about it. They had already received a letter from Lu Ning, but they just didn't know the specific date!
Indeed, two years ago, after the army of Lusu and Ganning cooperated with Xu Huang to conquer the Three Hans, they only took a short rest and set sail again and launched a conquest of the islands of the Ema Tai Kingdom. There are hundreds of tribes on the islands of the Ema Tai Kingdom, with a small tribe of thousands of households with a population of tens of thousands. The largest is the Ema Tai Kingdom, with a population of 70,000 to 80,000 households and more than 500,000 people. It is the only tribe on the island to establish a country. Although it only takes a few decades, if it is not conquered, it will take many years for the Ema Tai Kingdom to control all the tribes on the islands and truly achieve national unity. If the conquest is re-expropriated, it will be very troublesome. After all, there is a population of nearly one million.
Lusu, Ganning, and Zhang Chuang led 30,000 troops to conquer the evil horses and the islands, including 5,000 naval personnel, 40 cruisers, battleships, frigates, 5 supply ships, 20 warships (sovereignty is to transport war horses), and 25,000 Marines.
After the Lusu army conquered the Three Hans, it returned to the south of Qingzhou and the North Chang Island for maintenance and supply, and immediately built deep-water docks in Benhan, Chenhan and other places, which must be prepared before the war.
Then, Gan Ning and Zhang Chuang led the navy to attack Zhuzi Island (Jiuzhou Island) and the surrounding islands. As long as the ships are seen, they will be destroyed. Only the islands have fortifications, and they will also use carts to attack, completely destroying all the buildings and fortifications on the island coastline. Especially for ships, whether for civil or military, they will not show mercy and will destroy them as soon as they see them.
The warships in Gan Ning and Zhang Chuang's hands are basically at a displacement of more than 2,000 tons. This displacement is already the largest ship on the earth. Even the Maro Empire cannot produce such a large displacement warship at this time.
Of course, the Ema Tai Kingdom is an island and is relatively advanced in the shipbuilding industry. At this time, it can already build ships of about 200 tons; while the Jingzhou and Dongjiang of the Han Dynasty were the area where ships were produced, but they could only produce ships with a displacement of about 50 unexpected tons, and no matter how large they were, they could not be made; in this sense, the Han Dynasty was indeed not as good as the Ema Tai Kingdom and the Maro Empire in shipbuilding.
It is precisely for this reason that Japanese pirates often invaded the North Sea from the late Three Kingdoms, along the coastal areas of Jiangdong, carrying out despicable and shameless robbery and plundering the Han people. These Japanese pirates were also unable to do so. After all, there was no excellent warship to fight against them. Especially, Japanese pirates were mobile robbery, and they would board the ship to flash people after they robbed them. It was really difficult to deal with.
Lu Ning was a later generation and a time traveler. Of course, he knew what it means to have a powerful navy. What is to have an excellent warship means to have the power to control the sea. If he controls the power to control the sea, he will control the earth. This is something that modern people on earth understand.
Gan Ning and Zhang Chuang led warships to strike the surface ships around Zhuzi Island (Kyushu Island). At the beginning, the Ema Tai Kingdom organized warships to counterattack, but facing huge warships, the Ema Tai Kingdom's warships seemed so small; the weapons in the hands of the soldiers on the Ema Tai Kingdom's warships were mostly bows and arrows, but the range of the bows and arrows was not the same level as the composite bows and crossbows in the hands of Gan Ning and Zhang Chuang's soldiers, and they were only discounted.
The number of warships in the Ema Tai Kingdom is absolute, including Gan Ning and Zhang Chuang's warships dozens of times, or even hundreds of times; but the number of warships in naval battles is not the number, but the performance of warships and the performance of weapons and equipment. At one time, the warships in the Ema Tai Kingdom also wanted to use ant tactics and approach Gan Ning and Zhang Chuang's warships based on their number advantage. This idea is very good and very lethal.
How could Gan Ning, Zhang Chuang and others get close to the warships of the Ema Tai Kingdom? In terms of speed, the warships of the Ema Tai Kingdom are much inferior, and they are incomparable at all. They are not superior in mobility, let alone weapons and equipment. This is actually like a few adults fighting with children, which is not the same level at all.
The warships under Ganning and Zhang Chuang all have catapult cars, crossbow beds, etc., which are highly aggressive, lethal and extremely powerful firepower. The soldiers not only have the most advanced composite bows, but also have crossbows, which are even more terrifying.
At about 500 steps, enter the attack range of the crossbow bed on the warship led by Zhang Chuang, and at this time it will attack the warships of the Eima Tai Kingdom; after being shot in front of a giant crossbow like a spear, it is as fast as lightning, and a slight scream is sprinting away.
The giant crossbow arrows fired on the crossbow bed roared and ran away from the target. Once the warship of the Ema Tai Kingdom was shot, the powerful impact force would make the ship shaking and the ship would be penetrated. If it hits a person, then the one without a master will definitely penetrate through. If there is someone behind, it will continue to penetrate through, and at most it can penetrate through several people's bodies. Such powerful lethality can make the soldiers of the Ema Tai Kingdom terrify.
Chapter completed!