In September, it is autumn.

Three months after Sun Quan's surrender, Huo Jun and Er Qiao led a large army back from Wu County. Huo Jun, who returned to Anhui County, in addition to farming and reassuring the people, then focused on building the army.

In order to enter the Jianghuai region, Governor Huo Dadu asked Liu Qi for the name of the army on the grounds that Poyang County was governed in Jiangbei, and the name was 'Beifu'. Liu Qi waved his pen to satisfy Huo's bad taste and gave him the name 'Beifu'. Huo Jun, the general of Jingbei, was also called the 'general of Beifu' by the people of the time.

After the military horn begged for gifts, due to the end of the Jiangzuo war, Huo Jun also lost the meaning of controlling the two sailors. In particular, Liu Bei moved to Jingkou and needed the protection of the water division. Gan Ning led 2,500 people under his tent to return to Liu Bei's tent, and formed a force with Lü Meng to guard Jingkou and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The Beifu soldiers lost Gan Ning's department, and Huo Junnian wanted to redeploy the army and simply reorganize the army.

As the general of Jingbei, Huo Jun supervised 10,000 soldiers and recruited more than 2,000 recruits to fill the vacancy of Gan Ning's troops who left the army. Since Huo Du and Gao Xiang entered the left side of the river, they have made many meritorious achievements, such as Huo Du's surprise attack on the beacon tower, the brave capture of Beigu Mountain, and the official leading tooth goalkeeper; Gao Xiang led the sailors to break the enemy, and the officers were the generals, and each led 5,000 soldiers. Chen Yue, Xu Sheng, Yu Shao, and Huo Yuan were all Zhonglang generals, each leading 2,500 troops .......

In the Beifu army of 10,000 people, Huo Dadu Governor elected a thousand brave elites, and commissioned Ding to be a brave captain, often leading thousands of sharp soldiers. And five hundred good riders were chosen, and they were to be commanded by Shiren for the time being.

After the initial solution to the problem of army establishment, Huo Jun focused on the construction of naval warships. From the pacification of the Poyang water thieves, to the defeat of Sun Yu in the Battle of Anhui to capture the big ship and warship, and then to the Taihu Lake Water Battle, due to the close war, Huo Jun had little time to think about the matching of the sailor warship and soldiers.

In order to meet Cao Cao, who might go south in the future, and thoroughly grasp the right to control the water and sea of the Yangtze River, Huo Jun gathered more than 600 shipwrights from Yuzhang and Poyang counties, and recruited more than 1,000 shipwrights to build a shipyard in Wuyang County (now Duchang), and carried out the warship innovation that he had been thinking about for many years.

The scarf was gradually spread out, and Huo Jun and five or six shipmasters gathered in front of the warship figure.

Huo Jun pointed to the drawings of the bucket boat and said: "Look, I want to set up a new clap rod in the bucket boat, which is shaped like a big mast, with a boulder on the top, a hemp rope through it, and a winch under it, which is placed on the bow of the bucket boat. How? ”

The clap stick, a sharp weapon of water warfare, was used from the beginning of the water war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties and continued to be used until the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty's naval division, the cusppet was once retained in the river boat and naval division, and it was not until the further development of artillery that it gradually replaced the cuddle pole.

The reason why China has such a strange weapon of water warfare is actually to make up for the lack of collision damage caused by river warships. After all, except for a rare number of cases, the water battles of the Yangtze River are almost always based on broadside battles + long-distance operations, and there is no collision angle combat in the Mediterranean.

In order to increase the combat form of water warfare, levers are combined with boulders and thrown down from a high place, causing capsizing or damage to enemy ships.

Huo Jun did not know the specific style and specifications of the clapper stick, but with the memory of his previous life and the simple lever principle, he designed a V-shaped clapper rod and followed the bucket boat.

The shipwright in charge of mast production looked at it carefully and suggested: "Gentleman, the boulder hanging on the pole is heavy, the tail is light, the ship is difficult to turn, and there is a danger of capsizing, you can put the pole at the stern again." The head and tail of the bucket boat have their own levers, although it is difficult to turn, but it can avoid the weight of the weight, causing the ship to capsize. ”

"Do as you say!"

Huo Jun looked at the other shipmaster and said, "The winch is placed below the deck, and the bow window is opened to distinguish the enemy, can it?" ”

The ship's master, who built the cabin, muttered a little and said, "It is not difficult, but there is a rudder at the stern, and the tail lever needs to be placed on the deck, but there is a female wall around it to shield the arrows." ”

As he spoke, the shipmaster was bold, pointed to the keel under the bucket boat, and asked suspiciously: "A certain shipbuilder has never seen this thing for many years, and he dares to ask the prince what this thing is?" ”

Huo Jun saw that the left and right shipmasters were confused, and explained: "This thing is called a keel, connecting the bow to the stern. When the Gulai River is stormy, ships often capsize. The heavier the boat is, and if there is strong wind and waves, the boat is easy to capsize. ”

"Before and after a deep thought, I thought that good wood could be used as the bottom, and the left and right sides were reinforced with the ribs of the ship, and the shape was pointed as the bottom of the wave-breaking boat. In case of crosswind steering or headwind sailing, the keel can be tilted, which is conducive to the stable navigation of the vessel. That is, when encountering strong winds and waves, the ship is not easy to capsize. ”

Huo Jun took the model he made with his own hands and said: "The sea is turbulent, the old sailboat enters the sea, and when it encounters wind and waves, it is in danger of capsizing, and it is often necessary to avoid the wind and waves. With this keel boat, it can not only enter the river, but also enter the sea. Is it possible for Shipmaster Zhou? ”

The Zhou shipmaster in Huo Jun's mouth is a well-known shipwright Zhou Yu in the Yuzhang area, whose word Bo'an, has been engaged in shipbuilding since his ancestors, and has a deep foundation in shipbuilding. After the establishment of the shipyard, Huo Jun appointed Zhou Yu as the head of the shipyard and the shipyard with technical personnel.

The shipyard is divided into five groups, each group is in charge of the shipwright, and there are shipwrights and shipwrights working under them. These people are included in the official status, receive official salaries, and are supported by Jiang Zuo.

Zhou Yu, whose sideburns were white, showed a shocked look on his face. He had built sea boats and knew the difference between river ships and sea ships. In seagoing vessels, there is a V-shaped bottom, but there is no such structure.

As a perennial shipbuilder, he can vaguely perceive that whether it is a river boat or a sea boat, the ship's ability to resist wind and waves will be greatly improved if it is replaced with this keel ship. If the keel ship is used against the old ship, the performance of the ship is not the same.

This Huo Fujun is not only a naval general, but also a shipbuilding master!

Zhou Yu said in a respectful tone: "This keel ship, Yu has never built it. But only from the mouth of the king, stealing thought it was feasible. However, the thickness of the keel is wide and narrow, which needs to be discussed deeply. If you easily ship a ship and launch it, you may be in danger of breaking your bones. ”

As an old shipmaster, Zhou Yu, with many years of shipbuilding technology, still saw the reputation of the keel ship, and he needed time to verify how many wide, narrow, and thick keels the bucket boat was suitable for.

After a pause, Zhou Yu said: "Fujun, although the keel boat can shelter from the wind and waves, the bottom of the boat is pointed, and the draft is quite deep, can you still build an old-style bucket boat?" ”

"The old bucket boat does not need to be built for the time being, and now we will build a new keel bucket boat, with a shoot rod at the head and tail. Twenty ships were built in three months, and the army urgently needed them. Huo Jun said.

Zhou Yu looked embarrassed and said: "Qiqi Mansion, if it is an old-style bucket boat, it can be completed in March of Henan." However, the new keel fighting boat, Yu has no experience in construction, and it may be difficult to complete it in March. And the ship of March can only be used for two or three years, and cannot be used for a long time. ”

Huo Jun considered it for a while and said, "You are allowed to carry half a load, but you will have to build forty more ships." And the keel should also be on the ship. After the bucket boat is built, it is necessary to build the keel. ”

"No!" Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and responded.

Huo Jun was ready to eliminate all the old-fashioned big ships and replace them with big ships with keels. The fighting boat equipped with a clapper will be the main ship of Huo Jun's sailors. Due to its large size and lack of mobility, it is used as a general's flagship in most cases, except for war needs.

In addition to being large and able to carry more soldiers, it is almost useless, and it is very easy to tilt in case of strong winds and waves, so it is not suitable for river combat.

Huo Jun had already considered the draft of the inland river channel, and he could reduce the size of the bucket boat.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty sailors also operated like Huo Jun, and in the Ming Dynasty sailors, almost all of the four or five hundred inland river ships were used as the flagships of the generals. The 200-material boat (bucket boat) is equipped with a clap pole and becomes the main ship of river and water operations.

In consideration of the draft problem, the 200-material ship was reduced to a 150-material warship, which cooperated with the 200-material warship in peacetime, and became the main warship when entering the shallow water area.

According to the planning and construction of Huo Jun's sailors, there were more than 20 people per ship of Chima (scouts), 30 foot soldiers per ship for assault (raids), 60 soldiers per ship for fighting boats (main force), 100 men for medium ships, and 160 people for large ships. According to his current 10,000-man sailors, there are at least about 300 large and small ships.

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It is extremely difficult to find information on ancient sailors, so I can only study and arrange sailors to compile warships according to the navy divisions of the Ming Dynasty and the warships of previous dynasties.

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