NIP Chapter 771 Sea Falcon
Chapter 771 Sea Falcon
Chapter 771 Sea Falcon
The warships of the Tang Dynasty were divided into warships, boats, building boats, walking boats, yachts and sea falcons.
The first five types existed before the Tang Dynasty, but the sea falcon was a sea-going ship specially invented by the Tang Dynasty.
The bow of the sea falcon is low and the tail is high, the front is large and the rear is small, just like a falcon.There are floating boards on the left and right under the sides, which are shaped like falcon wings, to help the boat avoid tilting even though the wind and waves are rising.The left and right pieces of raw cowhide on the back cover are the city, and the tooth flag and golden drum are as usual.
The floating board equipped by Sea Falcon is a special balance device, which can keep the ship stable when encountering strong wind and waves. With this device, the ship's anti-wind and wave performance can be greatly enhanced. There are enormous advantages in river or sea warfare.
Because the sea falcon ship is a new invention and has not yet demonstrated its power, so the number is not large.
The warships sent by Li Shimin were still mainly large ships such as Louchuan and Jilong, and there was only one sea falcon.
Although these two months were just recruiting troops and building ports, Liu Rengui was not idle, and had been studying the use of various ships and tactics.
After the warships arrived, Liu Rengui already understood the functions and applications of various ships.
Only sea falcon ships are not recorded in the books.
After all, Liu Rengui is a famous general, and he discovered the advantage of the sea falcon after not long in training.
Although the Shanghai falcon ship is not as strong as the tower ship and not as fast as the warship in combat, the sea falcon has its very unique feature, that is, its stability.
Liu Rengui found that other warships could not fight at all when the wind and waves were strong, and they were even in danger of capsizing.
But when the wind blows, the sea falcon is very stable.
After discovering this situation, Liu Rengui also focused on the Sea Falcon while training the soldiers.
After more than two months, the soldiers were able to skillfully use all kinds of equipment on the warships. After so long observation and research, Liu Rengui collected the advantages and usage of many seafalcon ships, wrote a memorial, and gave these memorials to Li Shimin. At the same time, he asked to allocate more sea falcon ships to him.
On the vast sea, a boat is floating in the sea.
"Captain, where are the enemies on the sea? We can just take a walk around and go back."
A soldier on the boat leaned lazily on the deck, and said to Wu Liang, the corporal leader who was looking around with a telescope not far away.
"We are scouts. It is our task to detect the enemy. How can we be perfunctory." Wu Liang reprimanded.
The soldier was not frightened by Wu Liang's reprimand and said with a smile: "Brother Wu, our ancestors have lived here for so long, have you ever heard that they met other people at sea?"
"We are soldiers now, so we have to obey orders. Also, you want to call me Corporal Chief, understand?"
After Wu Liang finished speaking, he ignored the soldier.
Although he was reprimanding the soldier, he actually agreed with the soldier's words. The reason why he often looked around with the binoculars was not because he was so conscientious, but because he was bored and used the binoculars to watch seabirds.
But he is a corporal leader after all, so he naturally wants to speak in a more dignified way.
Seeing Wu Liang looking around with the binoculars again, the soldier shook his head, got up and said, "Captain, I'm going to drink water first."
There were ten people on this boat, but except for him and Wu Liang, the rest stayed in the cabin. If Wu Liang and him were not from the same village, he would not have accompanied him to bask in the sun on such a hot day.
Wu Liang stared at the seabirds flying in the distance with a telescope in one hand, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the other hand.
It was almost noon and it was very hot. He was going to wait for the seabird to disappear before returning to the cabin.
"Ok?"
Wu Liang saw the seabird disappear and put away the binoculars, but when he put the binoculars away, the binoculars shook a bit, and he seemed to see some black spots on the sea.
Out of curiosity, Wu Liang picked up the binoculars again and looked at the sea just now.
"what is that?"
Wu Liang was a little puzzled when he saw a black spot appearing on the vast sea, but because the distance was too far, he didn't see it clearly.
"Big head, Ergou, come out quickly." Wu Liang shouted towards the cabin.
"Captain, it's too hot outside, come in quickly." The voice of the big head came from the cabin.
Datou is the soldier who accompanied Wu Liang outside, because his head was very big when he was young, so his parents named him Datou.
"Hurry up, I see something on the surface of the sea, come and take a look." Wu Liang said anxiously.
After all, Wu Liang was the corps leader, and Wu Liang acquiesced that they could rest in the cabin. Now that they heard Wu Liang was in such a hurry, Datou and the others didn't dare to delay, and they all ran out.
"Take a quick look, is the black spot there a ship?" Wu Liang said as he handed the binoculars to Datou.
Datou was taken aback, and muttered: "Isn't it normal for there to be fishing boats at sea?"
Even so, the big head took over the binoculars and looked at it.
"It seems to be really a boat, but with so many boats, can we catch fish?" Datou asked suspiciously.
"That's not a fishing boat." Wu Liang said solemnly.
"What is it if it's not a fishing boat?" Datou put down his binoculars and asked in confusion.
"Think about it, who went fishing so far? And with so many boats?" Wu Liang said.
The fishing boats used by fishermen are far inferior to the boats used by the army in terms of speed and wind resistance.
At this time, fish catches are well developed in offshore areas, and there is no need to travel so far to fish.
"Then they are?" The big head has not yet reacted.
"It should be the enemy." Wu Liang said with some uncertainty.
The reason why he was not sure was that Quanzhou had never seen anyone calling from the sea.
"Then what are you waiting for, let's go back and report up." Ergou said quickly when he heard that it was the enemy.
"Wait, I haven't seen it clearly yet, if the general asks, how will I answer?" Wu Liang said.
After about half an hour, the black spots in the distance could finally be seen clearly.
You can even see soldiers wearing armor and holding weapons standing on the ship.
Now no one doubted whether these people were enemies.
Wu Liang didn't dare to delay, so he quickly ordered a U-turn, speeded up, and went back to report.
……
When Wu Liang and the others saw the opposite ship clearly, they also found Wu Liang and the others on the opposite side.
But because the distance was too far, they didn't have binoculars, so they couldn't see clearly who was on board.
However, the people on board still played flags and reported it.
"General, there is news from the front that a fishing boat has been found, and it should not be far from Datang." Matsubara Hidenori walked into the cabin and said to Oda Ichiro.
"Decree, be sure to stop that fishing boat, and don't leak the news! Also, ask someone to call Kenji Taniguchi." Ichiro Oda was a little excited when he heard that Datang was not far away.
"Yes!" Matsubara Hidenori saluted and retreated.
Not long after, Kenji Taniguchi entered the cabin.
"I've seen the general!" Kenji Taniguchi said with a bow.
Oda Ichiro waved his hand and said, "It was reported just now that Datang's fishing boat was found, which means that it is not far from Datang now. You have made a great contribution this time."
(End of this chapter)