Before carrying out the strategy of building warships in the open and crossing the Yangtze River secretly, the most important thing is to find out the situation of the military and naval divisions, that is, it is more appropriate to find out where your infantry troops will land from.

This task of inquiry, Lu Chen naturally handed it over to Tang Man's military aircraft battalion to deal with.

At present, the camp of the Wind Army is building warships, and as soon as they enter the camp, they can be seen everywhere with several soldiers carrying or carrying thick logs.

The person in charge of building the warship was an official sent by the Ministry of Industry according to Lu Chen's instructions, his name was Fan An, this person was about forty years old, although the official position was not high, but he was a technical talent in warships, and there was no problem for him to supervise the construction.

On this day, Lu Chen inspected the camp, and after coming to the place where the warships were built, he looked at the tall warships in front of him that had skeletons, he nodded secretly, and then ordered a soldier: "Go and call Master Fan over." ”

"No!" The soldier clenched his fists and left.

After a while, the news reached Fan An, and when he heard that the king had summoned him, how dare Fan An slack off, he immediately put down the work at hand, and hurriedly ran towards Lu Chen with the drawings.

After seeing Lu Chen, Fan An knelt on the ground to salute, Lu Chen waved his hand to make him get up, and then smiled slightly: "This king didn't disturb Lord Fan, right?" ”

"The king has tormented the ministers." Fan An hurriedly said in fear.

Lu Chen didn't talk much about it, but looked at the drawings in Fan An's hand, stretched out his finger, and asked, "What is in the hands of Master Fan?" ”

"Huh? Hui Dawang is a large warship that our army is building. As Fan An spoke, he also raised the drawings with both hands, handed them to Lu Chen, and said, "The king, please take a look." ”

Lu Chen took it, raised his eyes and looked down, in the drawings, the drawings are very detailed, even people who don't know very well can see a rough idea, including the internal structure of the warship, which is marked.

After Lu Chen looked at it a little, he handed the drawings to Fan An again, and said, "These are all things that Master Fan is good at, and this king really can't understand it." ”

"Ah, it's the crime of the minister, and the minister will explain it to the king." Fan An hurriedly said: "The large warship built by our army this time is 17 zhang long, 2 zhang 8 feet wide, with 42 oars, in addition to sailors, it can carry more than 400 soldiers, and it can shoot vigorously on both sides. ”

"En......" Lu Chen nodded when he heard this, and asked casually: "How is the speed of the boat?" ”

"The warship seems to be huge, but in fact, if the sailors cooperate tacitly, the ship is very light." Fan An said.

Lu Chen nodded again, then looked at Fan An and said, "Yes, Lord Fan has worked hard, once our army's warship is successfully built, it must be much larger than the Chu army's naval division, right?" ”

"Yes, the king, the Chu Army Naval Division, its main warship is only about 10 zhang long, and the armor soldiers that can carry it are only more than 100 people." After receiving Lu Chen's praise, Fan An seemed extremely excited, and he gushed about it.

He introduced all the way, Lu Chen observed all the way, and it didn't take long for him to come to the riverside.

Here, Zhao Chuan is leading a large number of soldiers, familiar with water combat on the small fishing boat renovated by the river, many soldiers who have just come off the fishing boat are pale at this time, holding halberds in their hands, bending over and vomiting there.

Seeing this scene, Lu Chen's brows furrowed, looking at Zhao Chuan, who was still shouting something in front of him, he was shouting: "Zhao Chuan! ”

Hearing the shout, Zhao Chuan from the riverside immediately ran over to this side, and when Lu Chen approached, he clasped his fists and said, "King." ”

Lu Chen pointed at some soldiers with ugly faces and asked, "What's the matter with these soldiers?" ”

"This ......" Zhao Chuan said hesitantly: "The soldiers of our army are all northern foot soldiers, and killing the enemy on the battlefield is a top trick, but when it comes to the water, they are all landlubbers, and many people also have seasickness......

"What?" Hearing this, Lu Chen's brows furrowed even deeper, this is really a big problem!

He frowned, paused for a long time, and then asked faintly, "Tang Man, have you already sent a boat out?" ”

"It's already out." Zhao Chuan returned.

Sailors, naturally, can't conquer the world, but if you defend the Yangtze River, it will be a big trouble! Lu Chen's military strength is very strong, but when he arrives here, he seems to have nowhere to go.

On the other side, the Chu Army's naval division battalion.

A partial general said: "General, I heard that the Wind King has been building a large number of warships recently, and each of his warships is extremely tall and large, and can carry hundreds of armor soldiers. ”

When Wang Shuang heard this, he sneered and said: "The warship, no matter how huge it is, what's the use, it's just useless!" Besides, even if the Wind King is capable, I don't believe that he can train a sailor in such a short period of time! ”

"What the general said is reasonable, our soldiers have lived by the river for a long time and have dealt with water all year round, while the wind army is mostly northern soldiers, no matter how high and big their boats are, we are not like playing children when we fight with them on the water." There is a bias and the general echoes the road.

Wang Shuang was just about to say something more, but at this moment, a soldier hurriedly ran in, then knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and saluted: "Report!" General Yu, spotted a small enemy warship. ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Wang Shuang's spirit was shocked, and then he waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's take a look!" ”

Wang Shuang, the general of the naval division, did have a set of water battles on the river, and when he was making preparations before the war, in order to prevent the wind army from smuggling, he ordered the Chu army to build a lookout every few miles along the river, and set up a beacon smoke, once the enemy was discovered, the beacon fire could be lit, and the beacon fire would rise, and the whole army would move.

At this moment, Tang Man's military aircraft battalion was approaching the Chu Army's naval division camp on two small clippers, while Wang Shuang, who was leading a group of generals, had already come to a lookout.

Looking at the two small boats on the river, General Youbian immediately suggested: "General, these two fast boats should be used by the Wind Army to explore the camp, and judging from the current distance, our army can carry out round-ups on the water." ”

"Huh?" Wang Shuang waved his hand and chuckled: "Just pretend not to see it, and let them in some more." ”

"General, this ......" the general was puzzled.

Wang Shuang said: "Since we have come to visit the camp, let them explore, just so that we can also take this opportunity to go to the Fengjun camp to have a good look." ”

"The general means ......"

Wang Shuang pointed to a partial general and said: "You will personally lead a few elite brothers, sneak into the bottom of the other party's ship, follow them back to the wind camp, and by the way, help me bring a few words to Lu Chen, the king of the wind." ”

Hearing this, the general immediately clenched his fists and said, "The last general understands!" ”

Then, he stretched out his hand to a few of his subordinates and said, "You! You! And you! Come with me! ”

After speaking, he also began to take off his armor, and soon, shirtless, jumped into the river with a 'poof'.

(End of chapter)