Power and Empire Chapter 2920: Civilization (2)
Song Lu dressed in a cyan robe, facing the warm April sea breeze, standing on the shore, staring at the Imperial Dragon Tooth battleship dragging a long white waterline into the port in the distance, his eyes flashed. With an inexplicable look, the small physique of the Dragon Tooth battleship disappointed this Song nationality's No. 3 figure
In the customary thinking of the people of China and Biyadh, the size of the battleship is proportional to the combat power. The more powerful the battleship, the more impressive the existence. The fleet that can sail through the sea should be like that. A warship like a huge fortress is the right thing. What is the imperial warship that can be regarded as a medium-sized warship in front of you? Fortunately, the empires blew their warships into the sky, saying that they were invincible in the inland areas. In fact, listening to the two words inland sea, the sea that can be decorated with the name "Nei" is estimated to be a little bigger than the lake. Able to compare with the turbulent sea in southern Central Biya
It’s a joke that the battleships of the Imperial Navy are placed in the southern seas of Central Bahia. The warships of the Aden people have seen them themselves. They are really tall. The biggest one is like a city moving on the sea. How could the Aden Navy be able to contend with the weak Imperial Navy? It’s no wonder that during this period of time, the Aden people looted all kinds of materials and food on the southern coast, while the Imperial Navy did not even react at all. Unfortunately, he promised to join forces with the empire to build a fleet, and even release some areas on the southern coast. I thought it was a ferocious lion, who knows at best it is a terrible dog!
However, the degree of construction of the imperial people is surprising. It was originally a rocky beach with curved sandy land. It was just a short period of more than one month’s rest. The imperial people’s magical hanging wheel Next, a huge natural and fine port has appeared in front of us. Although Song Lu’s concept of naval port is quite vague, it does not affect this experienced Song No. 3 figure on the current terrain. He is sending back to the Song. In the report, Song Lu did not hide his amazement at the construction of the empire, especially a tool called a pulley was mentioned.
I also bluntly said that the so-called forts that the empires are building on the high cliffs on both sides of the bay are like two huge tongs. They are condescending and staring at the entire bay area. They are a real defensive center, and three temporary docks. Although it does not yet have the ability to build ships independently, it is sufficient for temporary repairs. Although it is not known how the imperial people calculated, the number of imperial warships from the upper reaches of the waterway has exceeded 25, except The hull descends along the river, and a large number of materials are also transported by merchant ships.
The advantages of water transportation are showing. The mountains in the southern part of Central Biya make the 6 roads rugged and difficult to navigate, but the waterways are unobstructed. As the general coordinator responsible for coordinating the imperial ships from the inland rivers to the southern coast, Song Lu is almost the whole journey. Seeing how these imperial battles turned from the upstream, from the southwest river to the southern river, and finally reached the estuary. Although some rivers have been widened, the rapids are everywhere, and the hulls of the imperial warships are unique. Like a centipede’s feet, it has shocking mobility in the swelling southern river channel, even in the case of headwaters, it can pass quickly
This made Song Lu an eye-opener. Although the small physique of the Imperial Dragon Tooth battleship made him look down on him, the novel design of the Imperial battleship was an eye-opener. If the Song people’s sea ships were also equipped with similar Paddle, then you can go upstream and go straight to the southwest! It even drove further along the river, for example, the new Beijing Linhang of China and Biya!
Thinking of this, Song Lu’s eyes are bright and scary, even hot. The people of the southern mountains rely on the mountains to live their lives. They also imprison themselves because of the mountains. Although the mountains are vertical and horizontal, the currents are all Heading towards the southern coast, it can’t become a transportation line at all. If the Song boats are really equipped with paddles against the current like an imperial battleship, the situation that has been trapped by mountain obstacles for thousands of years may be caused by this. It’s not unreasonable that Song Lu can be excited by such thoughts.
The southern mountainous region is originally a zone with vertical and horizontal rivers, but it is located in the downstream zone of the entire Zhongbia water system. It is naturally at a threatened position upstream.
The reason why the Zhongbia Court was able to use the southwest to deter the southern mountains was because the Southwest River Channel occupies the upper reaches of the Southern Mountain Road. As long as there is a change in the southern mountains, the army downstream from the Southwest River Channel will change the south. For decades, the Luzhou Army and Fengwu Army who suppressed the southern mountain people did not dare to expand northward. It was also because the Lushui in the land of Luzhou merged into the southern mountains from north to south. As long as they descended along these rivers to the south, the southern mountains The mountains that the people rely on as a barrier are the furnishings. The wooden villages built by the mountain people are totally unable to withstand the heavily armed Central and Bian army
In order to avoid these dangers, the southern mountain people have gradually abandoned hundreds of miles of river land in the past few decades. I don’t know how many generations of cottages have been abandoned, and how many people died on their way to the south. The Song people value the shipbuilding technology, in addition to wanting to open up a way of making money, more importantly, they hope to find more land to settle the mountain people in the south. Now, Song Lu feels that he has seen through the empire. The secret of the battleship is not to put oars on the flanks, it is not so difficult! As for the style of the warship, it is more reliable to follow the warship pattern obtained from the people of Aden. The old man from Aden said that the side of the warship built for the family has been designed with a huge wheel, which is enough to make the warship It moves like flying on the sea, and it can also be equipped with giant catapults. With just one click, ships like Imperial battleships can be completely crushed.
"The same is true for the Imperial Navy, the Patriarch’s expectations are a bit too high!"
Song Lu couldn't hide his deep disappointment in his tone. What can the twenty-five warships do? This time the family spent a lot of money to get news from the Aden merchants. In order to make up for the disadvantages of the Aden Kingdom’s war in the Obaro region, the Aden Navy mobilized hundreds of ships and more than 5,000 Aden fighters. Looting on the southern coastline of Biya
The Song nationality’s 30,000 coalition forces of various ethnic groups have moved to the coastal area for defense, but facing thousands of miles of coastline, what is the use of a mere 30,000 people?
The southern coastline is full of smoke, and the people of Aden who come in the fleet are very cunning. They often come during the high tide in the evening. After the big boat stops, the small boat is put down, and only a thousand people are sent ashore at a time. Because of the small number of people, Therefore, the speed is extremely fast, and the well-equipped is horrible. Tens of thousands of Aden people will not attack the strong rock fortresses, but ransack the villages and towns, and then leave quickly when the tide is ebb, and wait until the Song army. When I arrived, I could only see burning villages and corpses all over the floor.
In just ten days, eleven fishermen have been slaughtered in their villages, and more than 3,000 mountain people have been slaughtered. The mountain people in the coastal areas are panicking. For this reason, Song Que, the head of the Song clan, has four I didn’t have a good rest for five days. I took the only two thousand mobile cavalry of the Song clan to sleep and eat in the wild. I ran back and forth like crazy, all I wanted was to catch the Aden people’s Deng6, but I couldn’t catch it every time. In the most recent time, Song Que was only a kilometer away from the Aden people who had just boarded the ship. The cavalry had even charged, but they could only watch the Aden people return to the boat without hurriedly, swaying. The fleet returned to the sea, and then quickly disappeared on the coast. The Song people can understand that the Aden people come quickly and go fast. It is because there are Aden people’s warships on the sea to meet them. If someone can drag the Aden people The Song people are confident that they will kill all the Aden people who boarded 6 raging warships!
At this time, Song Que, the patriarch of the Song clan, thought of the existence of a so-called naval fleet on the southern coast. Although this so-called naval fleet has only two to three thousand people and only a dozen or twenty warships. , And they are all unequipped battleship shells. Whether they can be hit on the sea is a problem, but at any rate it is not the fleet. Even if they can’t beat the Aden people, they can at least drag the Aden fleet for a while, so Song Lu is here. , And he was received by Gradient Kartis of the 12th Squadron of the Imperial Navy
Under the warm sunshine in the southern part of Central Piazza, the admiral of the Imperial Navy was clearly in good spirits.
He stood in a clearing, and his gaze scanned the naval port that was under construction in full swing. For this empire’s first naval port in Central Piazza, the Imperial Admiralty did not hesitate to transport the craftsmen troupe in transport ships. This is a total of three hundred people. This basically recognizes that the squadron level of the 12th Fleet belongs to the Empire’s main fleet, because only the main fleet is eligible to be equipped with a craftsman squad
The craftsmen brought a large number of imperial equipment and recruited more than 3,000 mountain people from the local area. If all goes well, it is expected to be completed within two months.
For this, Kartis is very satisfied. Although the naval port in front of us cannot be compared with the real big naval port, the sparrow is small but well-equipped, repairing the dock, guarding the fort along the fjord, and a large area. There is even a blank space planned for the naval squadron’s naval squadron.
On this coast thousands of miles away from the empire, Kartis can be considered full of hope, especially the arrival of all the 25 Dragon Tooth warships, and finally the Twelfth Fleet is fully equipped. What is lacking now is Waiting for the arrival of the transport fleet transporting warship weapons,
"Your Excellency Song Lu, what are you?"
Seeing the third-ranked figure of the Song nationality who was in the dust, Katis looked up in amazement from the sea chart. With his influence, this high-level figure of the Song nationality in China has always been radiant, what? There was such a decadent look at that time,
"You are welcome, this Song Lu is actually here to ask the commander for help."Song
Lu looked serious and waved his hand. He was not optimistic about the Falcon Imperial Navy. If such a fleet encounters the Aden Navy fleet, it will sink in one round, but Song Lu still reluctantly thinks of the Patriarch’s haggard eyes. "I believe that Commander Kartis has heard about the Aden people raging on the coast, and the mountain people are being poisoned. My Song people mobilized 30,000 troops to enter the coast this time, but the enemy fleet drifted on the sea. Uncertain, it is impossible to catch the specific whereabouts of the other party. This time we spent a lot of money to buy an eyeliner to determine the next position of the other party's 6th. The army has set up an ambush circle, but the other party only needs to retreat to the sea. Just stare at me, so this time I asked your navy for assistance."
"You mean let us entangle the navy of the Adenites?" Katis's eyes sparkled, and he hesitated. , It’s just that the Imperial Navy did not issue combat orders, and the armament of the twenty-five Dragon Tooth warships was less than half completed. The biggest difficulty is that this is an unfamiliar sea. As the navy, I don’t understand the characteristics of the sea. Looking for death, in the vast sea, there are too many factors that can destroy a fleet, storms, ocean currents and reefs. Because the previous record of this sea area is blank, we can only find out the sea area step by step. Since arriving on the southern coast, the imperial navy has stretched out its tentacles to the surrounding area. It is only barely able to figure out the nearby sea area for more than a hundred miles. Without knowing the specific location of the opponent, it eagerly left the port area to find the enemy for a decisive battle. , Is a very dangerous behavior! But if the Song clan can provide the specific location of the opponent, our navy can assist in the first battle!"
"That's great!" Song Lu looked excited, went out of his arms and handed a report to Katis." This is the place where the Aden Navy will board 6 next time, and it is not very far from here, I also know It’s embarrassing for your fleet to go to war without preparation, so this time the 33 ships of the Song clan will also cooperate with the commander."
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The alliance between the Song clan and the empire is already a fact. The emperor even personally presented the empire’s highest dragon-class battleship to show his sincerity. So Katis didn’t mind letting Song Lu understand his situation. In fact, Whatever you can see,
I heard that there are major differences among the Song people as to whether the ship built is based on the imperial dragon battle or the sailing warship of the Aden people. The Song people are too naive about building a battleship. The construction of a battleship is more than just It is only the investment of resources and financial resources, as well as excellent craftsmen and construction techniques, and these Song people are completely blank. The so-called warship of the Song people is at most the level of the transport ship in the eyes of Kartis. The round hull can be used for one time. The **** load is three hundred soldiers, and there is a three-story building on the hull. It is reasonable to fight in the inland river. If it is at sea, Kartis does not think that such a warship can resist a round of volleys from the Dragon Tooth battleship! (To be continued.) 8
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