Especially this time, for the Battle of Xiangyang, the joint research and development center of Wei and Wu, of course, they themselves did not call it that, but called it Jiujiang Academy, and also secretly developed a new weapon, which was dedicated to the navy.

There is no way for the two countries to jointly develop weapons, who makes Lu Bu's military technology change with each passing day, and the replacement is too fast, and there is no way to catch up with the strength of any of them.

Therefore, after the alliance between the two countries, under the strong recommendation of Guo Jia and Zhou Yu, the most powerful scholars from both sides were gathered together to create this Jiujiang Academy.

Black powder, grenades, muskets, and other weapons copied from the Central Army were all born here, and scholars from the two countries have gradually developed their own set of theoretical foundations and systematic knowledge in the process of imitation.

Therefore, it is also possible to develop some weapons and equipment that have the characteristics of the two countries and are in line with their national conditions and production capacities.

This time, the new weapons dedicated to the navy are a useful attempt, but I don't know how effective they will be in actual combat.

Cao Cao was ill, and he also had to personally lead the army to the expedition, and he left his son Cao Pi to supervise the country, assisted by Xun Yu.

Cao Cao mobilized the entire Tiger Ben Legion this time, and it has now expanded to 120,000 people.

The entire Tiger Legion had been reloaded with muskets, and of course 20,000 hoplites and 20,000 hoplites and hoplites had been retained.

After Cao Cao joined forces with Eastern Wu's armies in Xincai, he invited Zhou Yu to join him on the road in a carriage.

In the car, the two exchanged views on the battle situation, Zhou Yu also hadn't seen Cao Cao for a long time, seeing Cao Cao's sick and haggard appearance, and wearing a leather band, he knew that Cao Cao's life was short, both happy and sad, and complex feelings welled up in his heart.

This time, both countries are pouring out their nests, which can be called a battle of gambling on national fortunes.

Cao Cao also knew that Zhou Yu's 80,000 people were already the limit of the reinforcements that Wu Guo could provide, and he could certainly understand Wu Guo's distress, not to mention that these 80,000 people were all musket troops, as elite as his Tiger Army.

Lu Bu quickly obtained the actual military strength of Wei and Wu from the Ministry of Intelligence, and the 200,000 reinforcements plus the 100,000 defenders of Xiangyang City were only a lot more than himself.

It seems that he also has to increase the army, and the original plan of multi-way attack seems to be impossible to implement, since Wei and Wu want to complete their work in one battle, I will accompany them to play.

I will fulfill them this time, and I will use the simplest attrition tactics to compete in strength and wear off their sharpness and vitality.

If you want to fight for consumption, I am afraid that Cao Cao and Zhou Yu have miscalculated, whether it is population, food, finance, military production, training and mobilization system, the Han army is ahead of Wei and Wu in an all-round way.

This time, the front line of the Wehrmacht was star-studded, and Xu Rong, Zhang He, and Cheng Lian, the senior generals of the Wehrmacht, all came to the Nanyang front.

Lu Bu planned to let them directly command their old troops, so that they could better understand their tactical intentions and better carry out their military orders.

He also transferred more than 60,000 troops from the 5th, 7th, 9th, and 2nd Cavalry Divisions in the four divisions, bringing the strength of the Han army to 300,000 in the entire Jingzhou area.

The reason why he was reluctant to attack Wei and Wu with all his strength was that he wanted to rely on the generation difference in weapons to minimize the casualties of the soldiers.

Now that he felt that the opportunity was ripe, and that he had the Marhalos rifles and field artillery that his opponents did not yet have, he should seize the opportunity to strike a fatal blow before his opponents could keep up with him.

The Battle of Xiangyang may become a watershed moment in the battle of the Three Kingdoms.

The Han army first attacked from Wancheng and began to attack the county towns of Xinye and Yuyang occupied by the Wei State.

Everywhere the Han army went, they first attacked the city with field artillery, and the mortars responded in the center to suppress the long-range fire at the head of the city.

The next step was to send infantry to dig trenches under the city to facilitate the covert approach of the besieging troops and shorten the distance of the attack.

After the trench was dug, the defenders of the city were suppressed with rifle fire, and then the death squads set up ladders to attack the city.

This set of operations is Ma Chao's successful experience in Goguryicheng.

The Han army already knew that Wei and Wu were equipped with muskets, but their muskets were inferior to the flintlock muskets of the Han army, and they were also smoothbore guns, but the range was only 80 to 100 zhang, which was not much farther than even crossbows.

Therefore, it was enough for the siege troops to dig a trench two hundred zhang away from the city wall, and they were still very safe, and they could also suppress the Wei army at the head of the city.

After attacking the city, they also relied on grenades and bayonets to seize the walls and gates.

Therefore, in the end, the Han army gained the upper hand in several siege battles, and several county towns attacked were won one after another.

The Wei army and the Wu army could only engage in some sneak attacks and night attacks to harass the Han army, and the armies of the three countries continued to encounter in all corners of Nanyang County, and the battle lines of the two sides were staggered and chaotic.

It was often the Han army that occupied this position during the day, and the hill, and at night the Wei and Wu armies recaptured it with superior forces in close battle and night battle.

The military advisors of both sides are proficient in all kinds of strategies and tactics, infiltrating each other, cutting off each other's food routes, and this kind of trick is endless.

The two sides have been opponents for so many years, and they are very familiar with each other's usual tactical play.

Because they were in a backward situation in terms of equipment, the Wei and Wu armies often carried out night attacks, taking advantage of the poor visibility at night to reduce the distance between the two sides in order to overcome the shortcomings of their muskets with short firing ranges.

In particular, the Wei army liked to initiate white-knuckle warfare, fighting with the Han army, fighting bayonets, and grenades also became important weapons for both sides.

In particular, the Wei and Wu armies also learned to use cluster grenades to increase the power and range of explosions.

Zhou Yu quickly summed up some experience through several engagements, and basically couldn't stick to it during the day, but took the initiative to fight with you at night.

Moreover, the Wei and Wu armies are also musket troops, and if the lead bullet hits the vital point of your Han army, it will also be fatal, especially the armor of the Wehrmacht is getting thinner and thinner.

Fortunately, most of the Wehrmacht now have rear-loading rifles, which can be fired in a lying position, which reduces the area of impact, and lies on the ground with bulletproof helmets on their heads, so there are no large casualties.

The two sides fought for more than ten days, but they were still inextricably fought, and the Han army only had a slight upper hand, occupying several more county towns in Nanyang County.

Xiangyang City has almost become an isolated island, and Cao Cao and Zhou Yu are only trying to maintain the last trace of contact with Xiangyang City.

With such a fierce battle on land, the two sides are evenly matched for the time being.

On the battlefield of the naval army, it made the Dongwu naval army a big limelight.

Lu Meng waited very patiently in the Yangtze River waterway on the side of the Lujiang River, and Li Meng was not in a hurry, but firmly guarded the Dazhai of the water army in Exian County, blocking the way of the advance of the Dongwu water army.

After waiting for many days, Lu Meng finally waited for the fog of the Manjiang River that Zhou Yu told him that he would eventually come.

(End of chapter)