In fact, the attack of the naval brigade of the Liuqiu Guard on the two ports of the Ilkhanate should have been regarded as proof that the Liuqiu Island was the first to attack the combined forces of the Tatar bandit group. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, since this attack was not in the plan for the operation on the island of Liuqiu, it was not until much later that the battle of their navy was included in the scope of official operations, and it was affirmed that the first battle of the Liuqiu Guard was initiated by the navy.

In advance, Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, never thought that the Ilkhanate, which was thousands of miles away, would make such a move, and even wanted to cut off his gold trade route and then take advantage of the situation to besiege Liuqiu Island...... The Tatar bandit groups also had a view of the overall situation, and even fought in a joint way by land and sea.

At that time, the Ilkhanate was not yet in the operational considerations of the Liuqiu Guard, which was purely a coincidence.

In 1265, the Great Khan of the Ilkhanate died Hulegu, and the kings and ministers took the throne of his son Abaha.

At first, because Abha did not have the permission of the big boss Kublai Khan, he was only the regent, and after they sent an envoy to report the funeral, the big boss Kublai Khan sent an envoy to establish him as Khan.

After the throne of Abha, the capital was set in Taoli Temple, and the capital was accompanied by Melaha.

When the big leader Kublai Khan attacked the Song Dynasty on a large scale, he was asked to send craftsmen back to the gunners Ah Lao Wading, Yi Si Ma Yin and others to answer the order, so the return artillery technology was introduced into the Tatar army, of course, the time point of the introduction of technology was later than the behavior of Liuqiu Island to the Great Song Dynasty technology, except for increasing the fierceness of the attack at that time, it basically had no effect.

At that time, the military system of the Ilkhanate still followed the Tatar system of 10,000 households, 1,000 households, 100 households, and even households.

The more pure-bred Tatar army was the backbone of the Iba Khan's rule over the Ilkhanate, but for a long time the supply of the troops stationed in the states did not receive the amount allocated by the Khanate.

In order to ensure the supply of military supplies, they could only implement the fiefdom system for the army.

The fiefdom system is based on the fiefdoms, ports, grasslands, cultivated land, and wasteland in the registers and tax books of each region, and a part of the part that is close to the army suitable for cultivation or a certain amount of taxes, etc., which are distributed according to the number of people per thousand, and the army has ownership of the part of the income.

The Ilkhanate stipulates that the soldiers who enjoy the fiefdoms participate in labor production in peacetime and go to war in wartime.

However, they were all nomadic and not at all suitable for naval warfare, and it was impossible to be sailors, so they had to recruit local Persians, especially some minorities close to the shores of the Mediterranean.

The Persians had a history of participating in major naval battles, and the local warships were greatly influenced by this.

It was the Battle of Salamis, which took place more than 400 years BC------ interestingly, the Greek navy had only about 400 ships at that time, while the Persian side had more than 1,200 ships, but the result was a complete victory for the Greek navy!

Here is a brief mention, because this naval battle had a great impact on the construction of warships and the methods of naval warfare in this time and space.

At that time, the Greek warships were only long, low, three-layer galleys, weighing no more than 50 tons...... On deck were about 40 marines on board.

But the main weapon of these ships was the bronze-clad ramming angles under the bow waterline.

In wartime, 150 oarsmen on each ship sat on three decks and rowed long oars to propel the ship forward, which could reach speeds of more than 7 knots.

This speed gives the ship's ramming angle a huge impact force, and it can easily break the opponent's long oars in unison!

At the same time, the Persians' long-oared galleys generally weighed about 200 tons, which seemed very huge and imposing in that time and space, but they were not flexible enough, and they were originally designed according to the tactics of gang jumping.

Their Marines wanted the ship to be entangled as quickly as possible, and the enemy and the enemy were engaged in a scuffle on the deck by broadside, so that the deck of the warship became a floating battlefield.

At that time, after the warships of both sides approached in battle, the ships at the head of the Greek fleet rushed to the front with great speed and slammed the enemy ships in front with their protruding bronze ramming horns.

Under the onslaught of the Greeks, the Persian ships were either sunk or smashed with long oars, and forced back into the follow-up fleet.

At this time, the dexterous Greek three-tiered galleys, in actual naval battles, slammed left and right, circling the enemy's galleys to avoid being caught by the Persian anchors.

At the same time, use the ramming angles to attack the huddled enemies again and again, until the outermost circle of enemy ships turns into piles of broken planks floating on the sea.

When the west wind blew, the Persian ships were busy hoisting their sails and fleeing.

At that time, although the Persians were still superior to the Greeks in strength, they were demoralized and had no intention of fighting.

The soldiers in the Greek army were not forcibly recruited to fight, they all had the spirit of fighting to the death in order to defend their homeland and relatives.

Not only that, but they also proved to have good tactics, ships with good combat performance, and very skilled ship handling skills, all of which guaranteed their victory in battle.

This naval battle had a far-reaching impact on naval battles in the Mediterranean, the Persian Gulf, and even the Red Sea.

The type of three-layer oared ships was obviously superior to that of large single-deck galleys, especially after they learned the rudder and oar technology of the Great Song Dynasty ships from the Hui Hui maritime merchants, the warships in the Mediterranean and Persia were basically finalized.

However, the Romanesque Kauberta merchant ships of this period also appeared on the stage of the sea.

It is generally 30 meters long and 10 meters wide, with an aspect ratio of 3 to 1.

This proportion has been the cause of later shipbuilders for a thousand years.

This type of hull is sturdy and looks round from the side rather than square or flat-bottomed...... This merchant ship structure is a traditional Western form that has been handed down to the present day in time and space.

It is constructed with a flat plank, a very high stern to dissipate trailing waves, and a swan's neck and head facing the stern are often carved on the stern post.

The merchant ship weighed about 120 tons and was protected from insect damage on the bottom of the ship with bronze plates...... Put a mast in the middle of the ship...... The upper and lower straight crosssails hang the square mainsail.

Anchored by a spinnaker on the mainsail, the region's shipbuilders also invented a simple system of curling sails that could be easily rolled up or shortened by means of vertical ropes through the joints on the seamed sails, which rolled a bit like movable shutters.

In addition, a slash sail is provided in the bow of the ship, so that its steering effect is greater than that of propulsion.

Mainsails and spinnakers often reach 150-180 square meters in size and are heavy, while hand slash sails are generally around 18 square meters.

A pair of steering oars are placed on each side of the stern, which is no different from ordinary merchant ships.

However, compared to previous sailboats, this type of sailing ship can better use crosswinds and improve the ability to control slight headwinds.

Therefore, when the navy of the Liuqiu Guard began to patrol the Persian Gulf, they found that the commercial cargo ships called the Kabeta type were used in a wide range, and they were really different from the types of sea ships of the Great Song and Liuqiu.

It's a foreign country...... Of course, they didn't come here to test the ship's type.

During this period, the Ilkhanate produced silkworms and wool, and was famous for producing precious textiles, such as jacquard brocade, silk fabrics, velvets, carpets, etc.

However, the Tempus Guard Navy ships came here for only two ports, one was the port of Beggars and the other was the port of Uman, which were originally two pearl sources and produced the world-famous Persian pearls...... However, Captain Guo Beyu did not do it for the pearls, but because these two places were the main shipbuilding bases in the Persian region...... (To be continued.) )