Chapter 62: Personally Commanded

"Feed everybody, add meat." Seeing the successful launch of the galley battleship, Yuan Yao gave an order that made all the craftsmen cheer again, and Yuan Yao also ran to the dock excitedly, watching the ship floating in front of him take out the catalog, and wait for the system to react......

"The catalogue does not match the actual product and cannot be included."

"What's the situation?"

Yuan Yao's heart tightened, then he turned around and shouted, "Where is Sun Lu?" ”

"The subordinates are here!"

Sun Lu, who was waiting in the distance, heard the call and hurriedly ran to the dock, and when he saw Yuan Yao's expression, he was shocked, and subconsciously lowered his head.

"Why is this ship different from what is depicted in the catalogue?" Yuan Yao asked, pointing to the catalogue in his hand.

Sun Lu cautiously stepped forward and glanced at the catalog, and then said: "Lord Qiqi, the arsenal ordered Liu Ye Liu Lingjun to order his subordinates to add a room to the newly built warship, the purpose is to increase the protection of the ballistamen, because it was added later, so the subordinates have not had time to record it in the catalog, so ......"

Yuan Yao's heart was slightly relieved when he heard this, but he still said uneasily: "Are you sure that there are just more rooms, and there is no other difference?" ”

"It's really gone, and the subordinates can guarantee it." Sun Lu hurriedly agreed.

Yuan Yao handed the catalogue to Sun Lu and said, "Finish the catalogue immediately, and there should be no difference from the real thing." ”

"No." Sun Lu didn't dare to slack off, took the catalogue and turned around and retreated.

Although Yuan Yao was still worried, he had to temporarily suppress his thoughts, and then ordered all the soldiers to board the ship and prepare to launch for inspection.

This matter should have been done by Liu Ye, but his current task was to get the counterweight trebuchet as soon as possible, so Yuan Yao decided to take charge of this matter himself, and he privately thought that it would be more appropriate for him, a person with future memories, to test the battleship.

The total length of the oar-sail catapult battleship is more than eight zhang, that is, about 20 meters; It is two and a half feet wide, less than 6 meters. Tightly packed with 10 ballistas in two rows. It requires 50 gunners to operate.

If this area is replaced by artillery, it is estimated that about 20 guns can be placed.

As for the bed crossbow, it was wider than a ballista, had a larger footprint, and could hold even less.

There are a total of 30 oars on both sides of the boat, 15 on each side, and 60 oarsmen are required. In addition, about 130 sail pilots, helmsmen, flag bearers, heralds, commanders, etc., are needed, which is a few oars more than a warship of the same level, and twice as many people, so the speed will definitely be much faster.

The ship did not carry any melee soldiers, which was tantamount to completely abandoning broadside combat and specializing in long-range attack operations.

The reason why it is so extreme is because Yuan Yao found that it was dead to play melee combat with the Three Kingdoms Navy with other ship types, because there were too many soldiers on their ships, so he simply stopped playing, gave up, and directly used his speed to avoid broadside combat.

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Yuan Yao stood aside and asked the soldiers to carry supplies to the ship first, because there was nothing on the new ship.

Looking at the piles of polished stone bullets, Yuan Yao couldn't help frowning, because these stone bullets are as small as a few catties, as large as dozens of catties and nearly a hundred catties, and they look very irregular, but Yuan Yao also knows that this is a helpless thing, if the size is to be consistent, the output of the stone bullets will drop to an unacceptable level, and the cost will also rise significantly, for Yuan Yao, who has begun to use ballistas on a large scale, this is something he does not want to see.

At this time, two soldiers came over carrying a basket of clay pot-like things, which made Yuan Yao, who was watching from the sidelines, curious......

"What's this jar of, wine?" Yuan Yao stopped the two of them and asked, his face was obviously a little unhappy, if someone really wanted to carry the wine on the boat to enjoy, then Yuan Yao might be going crazy.

The two big-headed soldiers saw that Yuan Yao was a little nervous, and one of them stumbled and said, "Report...... Report to the general, this ...... This is a fire oil bomb, which Lord Liu asked us to move! ”

"Fire oil bombs? yes, how did I forget about this thing! ”

Yuan Yao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he hurriedly asked the two of them: "Which Lord Liu, the arsenal orders Liu Ye?" ”

"This ...... It seems to be. The soldier replied resignedly.

Although Yuan Yao got an uncertain answer, he was actually sure that it was Liu Ye in his heart, because this was the scope of his main responsibility.

Yuan Yao couldn't help but feel a little lucky, thanks to Liu Ye thinking of this, otherwise such a good Dingxi would definitely be missed.

"How many oil bombs are there?" Yuan Yao continued to ask the two soldiers.

"This ...... We don't know wow! The soldier who answered became more and more nervous.

Yuan Yao realized the problem, so he said with a pleasant face: "Okay, you guys continue to be busy!" ”

"No." The two of them quickly answered and ran towards the boat, and when they were about to board the boat, they almost didn't fall into the water, but fortunately someone stopped them, otherwise they might be fine, but a few fire oil bombs would definitely be scrapped.

Yuan Yao suddenly realized that it was no wonder that these soldiers looked a little clumsy in his eyes, perhaps it had something to do with him standing in this obstructive way, so he led Chen Wu and his guards to hide aside and wait.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the efficiency of loading to speed up a lot! In this regard, Yuan Yao could only pout his lips to express his displeasure, but he still obediently waited aside and stopped making trouble.

Slowly, piles of supplies were loaded onto the ship, oars were placed one by one, sails were hung on the mast, and the whole ship looked more and more like that.

In the end, someone came to report that everything was ready, and asked Yuan Yao to take command of the ship, and Yuan Yao led Chen Wu and four personal guards to board the warship he had been waiting for.

The ship was already crowded, and there was no room for too many people to come up and do the escort work.

When he boarded the warship, Yuan Yao's psychology was still very nervous, in addition to the significance of the warship itself, but also because this was Yuan Yao's first immersive participation in the command work.

Yuan Yao has always been in line with the attitude of the capable, who will be whom, he never takes care of things that he can't do, including the training of the navy dares to hand over to Sun Ce, who has an inconsistent position, and even the army training He has no intention of interfering, it was managed by Zhang Xun before, and now it is handed over to Lu Su, the reason is because he can't do it, and he doesn't want to do the kind of thing that laymen command insiders.

However, this time the situation is a little different, Yuan Yao estimates that no one in this world may use this ship, what is the kite flying tactic; What is called zigzag positioning; What is a battle line; There's also a T-prefix or something, which no one must know.

In other words, even Yuan Yao didn't know how to command battleships, but it is estimated that he still knew more than people in the Three Kingdoms era.

If this ship is handed over to Sun Ce, it is estimated that he will have a result of "manipulating the ship and killing the general", then Yuan Yao will be tossed for several months. So Yuan Yao could only catch the ducks on the shelves and decided to take care of this matter himself.

Yuan Yao led the people to the flying cabin at the stern of the ship, which was a little higher than the room where the ballista on the deck was located, and the line of sight was slightly better, it was the place where the whole ship was commanded, and there was a higher room on it, which was a place to look out.

Yuan Yao stood still, and when he saw that everyone was waiting for him to give an order without saying a word, he swallowed dryly and said, "That...... Let's sail! ”

The "......" herald did not react for a moment.

Chen Wu scolded angrily beside him: "I haven't passed on the general's order yet: raise the sails; unlancing; Set sail. ”

"No." The herald was startled and hurriedly pulled his neck and shouted, "Raise the sails!" Unmooring! Set sail! ”

"Raising the Sail ......"

"Unmooring ......"

"Set sail ......"

In response, the entire ship began to move.

Yuan Yao wiped his sweat in embarrassment and asked Chen Wudao, "Zilie knows how to operate the ship?" ”

Chen Wuying said: "I have been sailing with my father for a few years. ”

"That's good!" Yuan Yao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"May I ask my lord, where are we heading?" Chen Wu asked.

"When I went to our dock, I set up a few fixed targets on the shore, and today I will practice shooting fixed targets. By the way, don't get too close to the shore, start with two hundred paces. Yuan Yao explained to Chen Wu in detail, and then motioned for Chen Wu to pass the order.

Chen Wu, who was still a little worried about being blamed for many things or showing off, said to the herald with confidence when he saw this: "Drive east, two hundred steps offshore." ”

"Go east, two hundred steps offshore!"

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