Liu Ze personally named these five new-style warships, namely "Yangwei", "Baisheng", "Pinghu", "Zhenjiang", and "Dinghai", and engraved the names of the ships on the port side of the bow of each ship, and the Yangwei was the flagship of the Seventh Army. In addition, Baisheng, Pinghu, Zhenjiang, and Dinghai were the command ships of Deputy Governor Wang Wei, General Soldier Su Fei, Shen Mi, and Lou Fa respectively. After receiving Liu Ze's order, Gan Ning immediately ordered the navy, led by five ships, gathered more than 1,000 warships, left Baqiu in a mighty way, passed through Wuchang, and drove towards Peng Lize.

A fire in Chibi, thousands of warships of the Jingzhou Navy were wiped out, except for Su Fei's sailors, the Jingzhou Navy did not even have a small sampan, Gan Ning was ordered to reorganize the Navy and set up the Seventh Army, which was almost established on the basis of poverty and whiteness.

Baqiu's shipbuilding workshop gathered skilled craftsmen and shipbuilders in Jingzhou and other places, and Liu Ze allocated special funds, manpower and material resources for the Seventh Army Corps, and continuously delivered them to Baqiu, as long as they were needed for shipbuilding, they were given priority supply. With Liu Ze's strong support, the warships of the Seventh Army were launched one after another, and in less than two years, the Seventh Army regained its combat effectiveness.

In the construction of warships, Liu Ze abandoned the large and complete pattern, took the high-quality route, launched a fleet structure with the main battleship as the main body, and did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to build the capital ship, and the cost of only five battleships such as the Yangwei has exceeded half of the overall naval investment.

Although Liu Ze's strategy has been questioned by many people, Liu Ze is still very determined to take the boutique route. With high-quality warships to PK Jiangdong's warships that win by quantity, an aircraft carrier battle group of the United States in the future can control an ocean, and in the face of absolute quality, quantity will become meaningless. The advantage of the Jiangdong Navy is that there are many ships, large and small ships are scattered everywhere, relying on ship-sea tactics, the Jiangdong Navy has always controlled the water control of the Yangtze River. The situation that Liu Ze wants to reverse, and the number of warships fighting with the Jiangdong Navy cannot be surpassed in a short period of time, and he wants to gain control of the Yangtze River waterway. You have to be a surprise winner. Look for another shortcut.

Five large battleships such as the Yangwei came into being, with a long and narrow hull, six-masted sails, and double decks. Although compared to the building ship of Soochow. Slightly inferior in size. However, its stability and speed were completely instantaneous, and the Dongwu Lou ship was large and sunk, equipped with heavy weapons such as a slap pole bed crossbow and a trebuchet. Its attack ability is much greater than that of a light Mengchong, but its slow speed and poor stability are its fatal flaws. The building ship of Soochow had an accident that was blown over by a strong wind on the river, so it was impossible to sail out of the port under bad weather such as strong winds and waves, let alone fight on the water. The design of the battleship completely overcomes the shortcomings of the building ship, the center of gravity is lowered to reduce the danger of the battleship capsizing in the wind and waves, the narrow hull, the design of the six-masted sail on both sides of the hundred oars ensures the maneuverability of the battleship, fast sailing, and the battleship's armament, in addition to the conventional bow and crossbow, is also equipped with a mysterious weapon system, which can be a key factor in determining the victory or defeat of the water.

Gan Ning's face was calm, but his eyes flashed with a kind of longing brilliance, since following Liu Ze, Gan Ning has not had the opportunity to make contributions, the Red Cliff War was fought vigorously, but the naval army under his command abandoned the ship and died, although Gan Ning carried out Liu Ze's orders to the letter, but the depression in his heart at that time could not be expressed, a naval army without a warship, a naval army without a warship, how sad it was. Therefore, Gan Ning has always been eager to sail on the river again, command thousands of ships, and have a vigorous water battle with the Soochow naval army.

After four years of silence in Baqiu, Gan Ning finally waited for Liu Ze's order, not only Gan Ning, but the entire Seventh Legion was gearing up and eager to try, they had been suppressed for too long, and they were eager to break out, Peng Lize would be a big stage for them to show their skills.

From Wuchang to the east, after walking through the 600-mile Yangtze River waterway, the front suddenly opened up, the smoke and waves were vast, the water and the sky were the same color, and he couldn't see the edge at a glance, Gan Ning understood that the front was Peng Lize, and Gan Ning clearly saw that the warships of the Dongwu Navy were coming in the direction of the river mouth in a dense manner, trying to block the Yangtze River waterway in order to stop the advance of the Jing Army's naval division.

Zhou Yu's purpose is obvious, that is, to block the Jingjun Naval Division on the Jiangkou Waterway, because he can't figure out the intention of the Jingjun Army's attack for the time being, whether to take the initiative to provoke a war with the Jiangdong Naval Army or wait for an opportunity to bypass Peng Lize and advance to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Zhou Yu is not very clear, Peng Lize's Wanqing Lake is extremely vast, and the Jiangdong Naval Army cannot completely block the entire lake even if there are many warships, so Zhou Yu's strategy is to keep the enemy out of the country, block the Jingjun Naval Division from Peng Lize, and prevent them from entering Peng Lize lightly. No matter what their purpose is, Zhou Yu is always the same to respond to all changes.

Gan Ning's intention is also very clear, that is, to have a decisive battle with Zhou Yu's navy, although his ultimate goal is to march into Jianye, but Zhou Yu's navy is not destroyed, and it will always be a heavy threat to the Seventh Army, even if it is lucky to break through the encirclement and enter the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Seventh Army is still suffering from the front and rear encirclement of the Dongwu Navy, only when Peng Lize crushes Zhou Yu's army, the Seventh Army has the opportunity to go down the river and take Jianye directly.

Seeing that the warships of Dongwu were lined up in a zigzag on the river, Gan Ning calmly issued a battle order, and the five main battleships were in front, forming five spindle-shaped attack formations, and rushed up against the Jiangdong naval army. Just one and a half miles away from the Soochow warships, the flag on the flagship waved, and the five battleships reduced their speed in unison, struck the left full rudder, and the hull was horizontal, facing the right side of the Soochow fleet.

The strongest part of the warship is the bow, and the most important thing in a water battle against the enemy is to keep the bow forward, exposing the weak side to the enemy, which is almost a fatal mistake.

Although Zhou Yu couldn't figure out what Gan Ning's intentions were, but the battlefield was changing rapidly, and many things didn't have time for Zhou Yu to think more, since Gan Ning was so arrayed, no matter what his plans were, for Zhou Yu, this was an opportunity, as long as he could seize this opportunity, it would be enough to lay the foundation for victory. So Zhou Yu immediately ordered all the ships of Eastern Wu to rush straight up, taking advantage of the situation to destroy the five main warships of the Jing army. (To be continued......)