In addition to facing the west side where you can vaguely see the outline of the land, the rest of the place is the blue water, and occasionally a few seabirds pass leisurely on it, the blue sea and blue sky, when the sea shows its calm side, the beauty can easily make people intoxicated! Here your vision will not be obstructed in any way, but at the end of the sea and sky, this scene is difficult to see on the mainland, even the Flying Tiger soldiers often see but still enjoy it.

This is the East China Sea of the Han Dynasty, nearly a day away from the mouth of the Yangtze River, in the two-year strategy, all departments of the Yan Army are vigorously reorganizing the army, and the Flying Tiger Army, which is regarded by Liu Yi as the most important strategic branch in the future, is naturally even more so. In addition to these exercises, Gan Ning attached great importance to the nautical charts, the Fangshan branch traveled between the islands and the Han people, and the Xuzhou detachment traveled along the coastline to Zhuyazhou, where they had to grasp the weather characteristics and changes in the currents along the way, and also took into account the matter of ranging.

Sun Ce and Liu Bei did not sit back and watch the changes of the Jiaozhou Shijia, his lone wolf tactics were set up for the two families, and now they have sent seven detachments of nearly 1,000 soldiers to the rear coast of the two families in batches and phases, which is not conspicuous compared to the vast area of the south of the more than 1,000 people, but King Yan has a subtle expression about this, "A spark can start a prairie fire." "At this time, the Flying Tiger Army's exploration of Yizhou is also being carried out, and if necessary, King Yan will consider setting up a strategic support point here. And all this is not without a price, for the opening of this waterway, the Flying Tiger Army also paid more than 600 soldiers and more than 10 ships losses, which is not insignificant.

The first of the Flying Tiger fleets marching on the sea surface is as long as 20 miles, and there are also two miles wide about it, and this time the troops were sent to the general, and Gan Ning commanded the Xuzhou branch with a total of more than 28,000 soldiers, 327 large and small warships, in addition to the main battleships such as Jiaolong and Hailong, as well as supply ships, the equipment was developed for several years, and the warships that were officially put into use in March also had seven with Xingba. Compared with the main battleship Sea Dragon, it has a more huge hull, the proportion of fine iron used is nearly twice that of the Sea Dragon, and on his wide deck, it can place thirteen Xiangyang cannons in battle, with a range of one hundred and fifty steps, both in terms of performance and power are the top in the world, it should be said that it is not only the Great Han, but also the top first-class in the world!

Liu Yi has absolute confidence in this, this new warship has condensed too much effort of the people in the equipment, and there are many essences embodied in the secret method of Momen and the public defeat strategy, in which the progress of each step is a repeated advance between success and failure. When these craftsmen came up with the idea of this battleship and described its possible power and performance, even King Yan felt a little incredulous, but out of trust in the people under his command, he still gave strong support, and finally the instrument used a near-perfect answer sheet to repay the king's trust!

Compared with the differences between the East and the West in ancient times, a very important military factor is naval warfare, and the West is even more advanced here, the Mediterranean Sea and other inland seas are the gallop of their ships, and the ships used in the Trojan War reached more than 1,000. Now it is unlikely that everyone in the Han Dynasty knows that there are many powerful countries in the far west of the Han Dynasty, but Liu Yi is clear that he has an important purpose in building such a naval army as the Flying Tiger Army, in addition to benefiting the great cause of dominating the world with himself! The European Age of Discovery opened a new era in human history, and it is also an important foundation for their strength in modern times.

It is obviously too early to talk about this, and without a strong and united internal foundation, how can we talk about outward expansion? But the strengthening of the Flying Tiger Army is the best of both worlds, and the warship is even more important in this! The reason why Liu Yi was so excited about the success of the experiment with the main battleship this time was because he hardly mentioned any opinions in the construction process of this battleship, and it was those skilled craftsmen who used their imagination, creativity and meticulous craftsmanship to build this perfect battleship at the end of the Han Dynasty! It also gave Liu Yi more room for imagination.

At the beginning of the establishment of the utensils, many innovations and improvements were based on the proposal of King Yan, and Liu Yi was using the insights of his later generations to give theoretical guidance to these skilled craftsmen or point out the direction of their efforts. But today, an extremely gratifying situation is slowly emerging, many fields that Liu Yi has not mentioned or have no contact with in the later generations have been put into practice one by one under the self-study of the people in the instrument, such as the seven giant ships on the sea today, and the bird in the air that is under development, of course, the addition of the people of white ink also has a huge role in promoting the improvement of the strength of the instrument itself, and collided with a brilliant spark.

The design of the flying bird in the air was originally based on Feng Ruoxi's grandfather's public transmission secret record, but it was incomplete, but it has made great progress under the refined research of the instrument, and in the last experiment, the wooden bird of the same size as the flying feather soared for a long time at a height of nearly twenty zhang above the ground, which does not seem to be amazing compared to the giant ship of the Flying Tiger Army, but Liu Yi knows that no matter how amazing the innovation is, it is also step by step, and the most important thing is often the inconspicuous first step.

The giant ship of the Flying Tiger Army was named "Proud Dragon", this name was not from Liu Yi, the king of Yan, nor the commander of Gan Ning, but from the collective discussion of the craftsmen who built the ship, which was a great honor for them, and had a special meaning than the gold and silver artifacts rewarded by the king of Yan! On the day the "Aolong" ship was launched, watching this behemoth advance and retreat freely in the water, many craftsmen were excited and tearful, and their joy was never lost to the soldiers who won an important battle, and Liu Yi was the person who knew their mood best, so there was a decision to name it.

Between the march of the sea fleet, the seven "Aolong" ships were closely surrounded by the sea dragon Jiaolong and other warships, which reflected his extraordinary, and the requirements for the cooperation of various arms in water operations were not less than the army, after many discussions between King Yan and the second general and the generals of the Flying Tiger Army, with the "Aolong" ship as the center of the formation, the sea dragon, Jiaolong and more other ships can form a strong detachment, which is an improvement made by Xingba after taking into account the characteristics of the battle on the river and combining the ideas of the elder brother. The tactics of each detachment and the cooperation between them have become the center of the recent Flying Tiger Army's drills!

The "Aolong" is 36 zhang long, 16 zhang at the widest point, and the foredeck is the widest place on the entire ship, according to the Flying Tiger sergeant, it is enough to run horses, and the full number of the whole ship is 800 people, of which the combat soldiers can reach 500. This number is far less than the maximum load capacity of the "Aolong", and a large amount of space is reserved for the Xiangyang cannon, which will be placed on the bow deck in the event of fierce battle, and he and the giant crossbow are the main long-range forces of this ship.

The maximum firing range of the Xiangyang cannon in the Suzaku Battalion of the Yan Army has reached 300 steps, but it has been shortened by half on the "Aolong" ship, after all, no matter how huge the space of the hull is, it must not be compared with the land, to give full play to the maximum power of the Xiangyang cannon in this space, it is an inevitable choice to reduce the size and weight of the stone projectile, and there are not many ways to get the best of both worlds in this world. But as far as the battle on the river is concerned, the distance of one hundred and fifty steps is enough to suppress all the long-range forces of the opponent, and within this range, the ship-borne Xiangyang cannon still retains great power, according to Gan Ning's prediction, as long as it can hit accurately, it is not a problem to overturn the opponent's walk, and the salvo of thirteen Xiangyang cannons can pose a fatal threat to the fighting ship and the building ship.

On the march at sea, the Flying Tigers don't have to worry about any enemy attacking them except for the weather, and here they are the kings of course! However, despite this, the deployment of the non-commissioned officers still strictly abides by the wartime regulations, there will be fixed shifts to patrol back and forth with the hull of the ship, the lookout is a twelve-hour non-stop shift, and they also have in their hands the clairing mirror that only the first-class generals of the army have, it obviously has a more important position for the navy.

Today's weather conditions are excellent, it is noon, the mild sun basks every soldier has a warm feeling, at this time the front of the "Aolong" ship on the wide foredeck of many soldiers are enjoying the afternoon sun, they have just had lunch and are resting. Generally speaking, the food of the Flying Tigers will be mainly based on dried meat, which can ensure that they have sufficient physical strength to cope with the wind and waves above the sea.

This "Aolong" ship is Gan Ning's flagship, in addition to the flag of the Flying Tiger Army in front of the deck, it is natural to hang the second general's brocade sails, it is said that the people of the Yandi Propaganda Office are trying to merge them into one, Yan Wang said that as long as they are satisfied with the design of the pattern, it will be officially used as the flag of the Han Navy on the clothing of all warships and soldiers. As the commander of the Flying Tiger Army, Gan Ning's contribution to the construction of this naval army is indescribable, Liu Yi did not hesitate to combine the highest honor of the Han Navy with his Jinfan, and he will travel all over the Han Sea in the future!