In fact, in the period of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, the main intention of the conventional ship collision angle was more similar to the nail, that is, after colliding with the opponent's ship forcibly connected together, on the one hand, it destroyed the normal operation of the opponent's ship, and on the other hand, it was to carry out hand-to-hand combat after the connection, and it was not realistic to really want to sink the opponent's ship. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Because of the common dhow sails of ships at that time, and the fact that the battlefields of water warfare were mainly in inland rivers, it was generally difficult for the ships that carried out the collision to achieve the speed and impact force required to break and sink the opposing ships, and at most they could knock over the opponent's ships.

Ships of similar size or smaller than your own are fine, but ships that are much larger than your own will have to wait until the opponent's ship slowly enters the water through the hole that was opened out of the hole before sinking. And there is another premise to achieve this goal, that is, the "nail" of the ship can be smoothly pulled out of the hull of the opponent's ship, and it is also necessary to complete the "reversing" of the ship, which is difficult to complete for the sail and oar power ships in ancient times. Therefore, at that time, the collision of ships was mainly for close combat, and the sinking of the opponent was still in a secondary position.

Later, in the 15th and 16th centuries, the emergence of various types of large ships and the rapid development of shipbuilding technology made the ramming tactics really useful. There are no relevant records of the history of naval warfare in China during this period, which are mainly reflected in the European Age of Discovery. For example, the Spanish Armada and later the British colonial fleet had a large number of large and medium-sized clippers equipped with special ramming angles, and the bow part of the ship was strengthened to match the ramming tactics, which could fully withstand the huge counterattack force when ramming tactics. At this time, if you look at the history of naval warfare in the Age of Discovery, it is not difficult to find that there are often records of a certain ship being hit by the other side and sinking or even crashing into two sections.

It's far away, stop. It is only said that Lu Ren and Shirley took into account at the beginning of the formation of the Yizhou Navy that due to the lack of soldiers in Yizhou, they could not fight the conventional hand-to-hand combat and hand-to-hand combat in the late Han Dynasty. Under this premise, Yizhou's military, whether it is the army, the navy must pay attention to the high quality and not the expensive. In terms of naval warfare, it is necessary to avoid the occurrence of broadside engagement as much as possible, so the tactics of ships should be based on medium and long-range attacks to directly sink the opponent's ships, and at close range, it is necessary to achieve a one-hit kill as much as possible.

In the early days, Lu Ren and Shirley built a lot of ships, but in general, they were still all kinds of large and medium-sized ships built for the development needs of Yizhou, which were close to merchant ships in practical sense, and in addition, they were also accumulating relevant experience for the craftsmen of Yizhou, after all, the real sense of the warship, its craftsmanship requirements are much higher than that of merchant ships. Therefore, the warships that were handed over to Gan Ning later were the warships in the true sense of Yizhou, and after years of exploration by craftsmen, their sophistication was even beyond the imagination of Lu Ren and Shirley.

When Gan Ning was rampant in the northern seas, the number of ships was only more than 60 at its peak, and when it was in confrontation with another pirate force at that time, Guan Cheng only dispatched more than 30 ships. If it weren't for the incomparably sophisticated ships under Gan Ning's command, how could he have completely defeated the pirate group composed of more than 300 miscellaneous warships with just more than 30 warships?

On the other hand, Jiangdong's shipbuilding technology was indeed the best in the world at that time, but it was still limited by historical factors. If Lu Ren and Shirley, the two strange figures, did not appear, Jiangdong's sailors could definitely be called unparalleled in the world, but unfortunately they met these two traversers, and they also brought a lot of craftsmanship from later ships, so Jiangdong's ships were really a little inadequate. You must know that naval warfare is very different from land warfare, millet plus rifles can win aircraft artillery in land warfare, but in naval warfare, you don't expect a few broken fishing boats to win steel warships. For example, in modern society, a country dares to point fingers at countries around the world, not by virtue of their army, but by their excellent maritime strength.

Pulled away again, pulled back again. It is only said that Dong Xi's fleet finally turned back, and the dozen or so ships that were ready to stop Ganning's fleet were almost without exception "torn" into two sections by Ganning's giant ships, which made Dong Xian and the Wu army dare not forcibly block the passage of Ganning's fleet forward. As I said just now, Dong Xi and others were limited by historical factors, and where did they see the terrifying scene of directly "tearing" the ship into two sections? This kind of tactics is far beyond the scope of Dong Xi and Wu Jun's knowledge.

At this time, the whole ship of the Ganning fleet, which had completed the interception of the retreat, had begun to turn, and once again aimed the side of each ship at Dong Xi's fleet, and the crackling stone bullets and crossbow arrows were shot again. This is good, because Gan Ning has grabbed the upper hand, and the stone bullets and crossbow arrows of each ship have gained a bonus in power and range by taking advantage of the tailwind, while the ships of Dong Raid's fleet want to go against the wind to approach the Ganning fleet, but it is a little difficult.

After all, Dong Xi can be regarded as the number one person in water warfare, and as soon as he saw that Gan Ning's purpose was to cut off his retreat, he knew that something was not good. Lu Ren had more than one hundred and fifty warships on hand, but Gan Ning led only sixty, and where were the other more than ninety? Doesn't this make it clear that after Gan Ning cut off the retreat route, Lu Ren's other warships will show up, and then eat his own vanguard fleet with a flank attack?

Therefore, after a little judgment, Dong Xi immediately ordered the heralds to escape back to the coast in the small boat used for escape, and turned back by land to report to Sun Quan...... Don't think about the waterway, just look at it like that and you will know that you can't cross the ship formation set up by Gan Ning.

Sun Quan's main force of the Chinese army is said to be a day's journey from Dong's attack on the ship, but the actual distance is not that far, if you really want to calculate it, it is only a hundred kilometers, and everything in that era is like this. In short, the herald's movements are faster, and Dong Xi himself insists on holding on a little more, and I believe that it will not be much of a problem to hold on until Sun Quan's reinforcements arrive.

There may not be a need for Sun Quan's main force to arrive, as long as Sun Quan sends a fast force to support Dong Raid, and he does not require the reinforced fleet to make a gap in the wall of Gan Ning's ship, as long as it can temporarily contain the Gan Ning fleet, so that Dong Raid can use this to complete some actions.

The herald had already set out, and Dong Xi ordered the whole ship to turn in unison, taking advantage of the tailwind to temporarily avoid the range of the weapons of the Ganning fleet, and then bypass the starboard main fire side of the Ganning fleet by way of rounding, hoping to regain the upwind position.

As for attacking, encircling, or making some other tactical moves against the Ganning fleet, Dong Xi no longer considers that now. Because after the confrontation just now, Dong Xi already knew that although the ships of the Ganning fleet were few, they were extremely sophisticated, and the capabilities in all aspects were beyond the scope of his knowledge, if he still fought hard with the Ganning fleet according to the water combat tactics he knew, there would be absolutely no good fruit to eat.

For example, if the whole ship turns around and fights, and after Sun Quan's reinforcements arrive, they will carry out two flanking attacks to carry out a strong attack, which must first consider the strong mobility and weapon advantages shown by the Ganning fleet before. If Dong Raid really did that, he would have to pay a huge sacrifice here, and finally got closer to Gan Ning's fleet, but the Gan Ning fleet had already re-anchored and opened the ship, and Dong Raid failed to attack or encircle.

To put it mildly, if it was just in time for Sun Quan's reinforcements to arrive, Gan Ning suddenly slipped away with his high mobility ability at a critical time...... Sun Quan's reinforcements were in a state of tailwind when they came, if they failed to brake the car, they might collide with the ships attacked by Dong Raid against the wind and then mix together, and then the ships at both ends were mixed together with the bow facing each other, and it was very inconvenient to turn on either side, and it was easy to disrupt their own battle formation and cause chaos, and then wouldn't that give Gan Ning's fleet another chance to carry out a large-scale long-range attack? Don't think it's a joke, in those days, sailboats, oar-powered boats, emergency braking was not an easy task.

Another example is to make a big circle and attack behind Ganning's fleet...... Again, Dong Xi knew that his ships would not be able to catch up with Gan Ning's fleet at all. Even if it goes around to the rear of Gan Ning's fleet, Dong Xi's fleet is in a position of side downwind, and the ships of the entire fleet are easy to lose their momentum when attacking, and then they will be taken out by Gan Ning for a long distance, and then it will still be easy to mix with Xu Sheng's successor fleet.

And in this case, the formation of hundreds of warships at both ends will also become very chaotic, and it is not so easy to organize the formation, and most importantly, it is very time-consuming, so it still gives Gan Ning a great opportunity to carry out large-scale long-range attacks.

In addition, there is another possibility, that is, Gan Ning's fleet did not anchor and sail under the attack of Dong Raid and reinforcements, but died in the middle of the two fleets in Jiangdong, doing its best to separate the connection between Dong Raid and reinforcements. However, this is a very risky style of play, and it seems to be a battle situation in the favor of the Wu army. But Dong Xi knew very well that an opponent like Gan Ning would not take such a risk that might wipe out the entire army without relying on it. If Gan Ning really did that, Lu Ren would definitely have follow-up reinforcements, and he was waiting for this kind of battle to happen.

Once caught in this desperate battle situation, Yizhou's successor fleet will appear in time, and then the next battle situation will be Dong Xi's fleet being counterattacked by Gan Ning and Lu Ren's successor fleet. With the combat power of the Ganning fleet, I believe that it is fully capable of withstanding the complete destruction of the Dong Raid fleet, and then merging with the successor fleet of Yizhou.

And at this time, if Sun Quan's reinforcements are less, they will be eaten by Lu Ren's combined fleet in one go; If Sun Quan is main force arrives in full, then the situation will either turn into a decisive battle between the two sides, or Lu Ren will alternately cover the retreat after eating Dong Zheng's troops...... (To be continued.) )