Seven hundred and thirty fierce battles on the water
The Wei army ships were large and powerful, but then there was a lack of mobility, and in the face of the speed advantage of a large number of small ships of the Wu army, there was a bit of a posture of more than enough and insufficient strength.
Although the strength is strong, the enemy does not confront you head-on, plays guerrilla with you, and fights long-distance water battles with bows and arrows, and the size of the ship at this time is a risk.
The Wu army's combat experience in handling ships and sailors was also sufficient, full of skills, and excellent ship management skills, which made the Wei army suffer a lot in this regard.
The captains recruited by the Wei army also have no experience in water warfare, and their skills are sufficient, but some of the ways on the battlefield can only be understood by having battlefield experience.
The Wei army could not fight the Wu army in these skills, and the ship hit and turned in time, so it was very disadvantageous.
The Wu ships continued to shoot arrows around the big ships of the Wei army, and the Wei ships could not catch the ships of the Wu army, so they could only passively respond to the battle.
The battlefield was not mobile enough, and the formation of the Wei army's naval army was also a little messy.
Some Wu army boats relied on such advantages, three or five small boats worked together, hooked a Wei army boat with hook guns, pulled out of formation, and then a large number of Wu army soldiers swarmed up to fight, to fight more and less, and the Wei soldiers could only fall into a disadvantage.
As a result, the soldiers on the big ship of the Wei army were passively beaten, and the soldiers on the small boat were helpless because of the tactics of the Wu army's naval division, so they could only report to the commanding officer.
Guo Jia, as the head of the whole army, carefully studied the water war for a period of time before the war.
However, like Yu Ban, without experience, it was difficult to make any exquisite arrangements, so he could only make more use of small boats and more hook guns, imitating the way Wu Jun fought in battle.
So he ordered the small boat to attack, the big ship to retreat, quickly enter the gang jumping battle, and use the fighting that the Wei army is good at to fight and the Wu army to fight.
The Wu army will also be afraid of the Wei army in land fighting, and the water fighting is Wu Jun's housekeeping skill, if they all lose, then what else to fight?
However, Zhang Liao was of course aware of this matter, and after the Battle of Hefei, the soldiers were trained harshly, and they were allowed to practice water warfare in the Huai River every day.
Not to mention combat experience, at least in the matter of water fighting, Wei Jun will not fall behind because of seasickness or unsteady standing, but has practiced the model of a three-person combat team.
The two sides shouted and collided with each other, followed by a gang fight, waving their swords and fighting each other, and the water was turbulent, and the shouts were extremely violent.
The offensive of the Wei army is very fierce, and the resistance of the Wu army is also very fierce, and for a while, you can't help me, and I can't help you.
The Wei army had an advantage in numbers and the number of warships, while the Wu army had an advantage in technology and experience in water battles.
So there was a fierce battle, and the two sides were tied.
Zhou Yu soon learned that the war had begun, and immediately ordered the generals of all armies to fight back desperately, absolutely to hold the Yangtze River defense line, absolutely not to let the Wei army land, no matter what, to stop the Wei army in Jiangbei, and never let the Wei army land in Jiangdong.
On the water, the Wu army can still resist the Wei army by virtue of its water superiority, once it is on land, once the Wei army is formed, it will be bad.
The Wu army's military array and land combat effectiveness are really inferior to the Wei army, which Zhou Yu has to admit.
Guo Peng's army, which started in field warfare, did not intimidate any opponent in land field warfare, and no matter who dared to challenge, they also dared to fight and win.
The victory of the Wu army was in the water battle, in the defense line along the river, and on the life-and-death line of not allowing the Wei army to cross the Yangtze River.
As long as the Wei army cannot cross the Yangtze River, then the Sun Wu regime can be preserved, and if the Wei army is allowed to cross the Yangtze River, if they want to drive them back again, I am afraid it will not be as difficult as the general two.
From the beginning of July to the seventh day of July, the two sides fought 16 small battles, all of which were initiated by the Wei army, and the Wu army had not yet taken the initiative to attack.
On the three battlefields, Yu Ban, Xu Huang and Zang Ba commanded the Wei army to launch a total of 16 attacks against the Wu army, but they were all unsuccessful.
The Wei attacks were repeatedly retreated because they could not break through the Wu warship defenses, and on several occasions they were defeated and retreated.
All three sides were frustrated because they could not break through the defense line of the Wu army, and some soldiers and horses were damaged, exposing the weakness of the Wei army, which was indeed not as strong as the Wu army in water warfare.
There is no way, the training time is still short, although the soldiers are familiar with the water, but there are some places that can not be trained by training, and it is always necessary to fight a few battles.
The disparity in the manoeuvres and the mode of water warfare was the main reason for the Wei army's losses, but this point could not be improved in a short period of time, and for the Wei army, it was not actually necessary.
At the same time, the Wu army also suffered a great loss of soldiers and horses because of the Wei army's strong bows and crossbows and the three-person group battle mode used in the battle on the ship, and also suffered a big loss in the ramming battle because the ship was not as large as the Wei army's warship, and the number of ships and sailors lost was actually not a lot.
The equipment on the Wei warships is of high quality, and the equipment of the Wei soldiers is also very high.
In addition, in terms of armor, the light armor and helmet on the Wei army are also of better quality than the Wu army, and the defense is stronger, so once it enters the gang jumping battle, the two sides will fight, and the Wei army's casualty rate will be smaller than that of the Wu army.
The combat skills of the Wei army are not good, but they can rely on superior equipment to make up for it, and the Wu army has superb combat skills, but it is inferior to the Wei army in terms of equipment, so it suffers.
The front-line officers of both sides reported the battle summary to the commanding generals, and the generals summed up, reflected, communicated with each other, and began to think about the next stage of combat methods.
Yu Ban received feedback from the front-line officers about the problem that the combat skills were not as good as the Wu army and the lack of maneuverability of the ships, and he was troubled by it, and felt that this was not a problem that could be solved in a while.
Zhou Yu also got feedback from the front-line officers about the Wei army's equipment and the advantages of the big ship, and he also felt that it was a headache, and felt that this was not a problem that could be solved in a while.
But Yu Ban hasn't come up with a killer weapon yet, but Zhou Yu has gone all out.
Zhou Yu had already heard about the equipment of the Wei army, because when Sun Ce was still working under the banner of Yuan Shu under Yuan Shu, Zhou Yu knew that Yuan Shu's army used a large number of military equipment forged by Guo Peng's group.
At that time, because Guo Peng's asking price was low and the quality was good, Yuan Shu directly used the ordnance provided by Guo Peng, but he rarely cast knives and other ordnance.
Guo Peng doesn't know how to operate it, the quality of weapons and armor is indeed very high, and the asking price is indeed very low, many times even lower than Yuan Shu's own casting, Yuan Shu has always regarded Guo Peng as his little brother, so he can use it with confidence, and he is very happy, and he loves me with a mouthful.
As a result, he ended up in a different place.
To be honest, Zhou Yu still can't figure out why Yuan Shu trusts Guo Peng so much.
After Guo Peng eliminated Yuan Shu, he naturally would not continue to supply ordnance, and Sun Ce's forces, who were Yuan Shu's old department, could not get the weapons provided by Guo Peng's group, but at the same time, Sun Ce's own forces were also successful, and he began to recruit blacksmiths to forge weapons.
But no matter how you compare, it can't surpass the weapons on Guo Peng's side, and the weapons forged by Guo Peng's group are good in quality.
It is said that Guo Peng summoned a large number of blacksmiths to carry out a very large-scale centralized production of ordnance materials, and the number of blacksmiths summoned was as many as tens of thousands, but Sun Ce was also doing this, and there were also thousands of blacksmiths forging weapons for Wu Jun.
Is it better to have more people?
Zhou Yu is not an expert and can't understand it.
Moreover, even if he understands it now, it is meaningless, can he still carry out technological innovation at the moment of the war?