Before the battle, the general also ate the meal, and before the battle, he had a great appetite for some reason, and after eating a bucket of rice, he ate several catties of meat, and only waited for the time to move into the small move, and he ordered the whole army to anchor and move forward. The boat team slowly sailed into Daze, and as soon as it entered Daze, it changed its formation, and the original column five columns wide and seven miles long changed into a horizontal formation while advancing.

Excluding the 12 large-wing gunboats in the front, the flagship boats, and the 50 Yue divisions in the rear, the 200 warships of the whole army were arrayed at a distance of six zhang, and their length was the same as that of the previous column, which was also seven miles. The width of the seven-mile formation is obviously longer than the width of the Qin army's formation of more than five miles, and a flag embroidered with geese on the flagship was played, and when the flag was waved, the seven-mile-long horizontal formation changed formation again and slowly sailed towards the Qin army.

The Wild Goose Formation is a land battle formation whose purpose is to outflank the left and right flanks of the enemy. The Qin army's battle boats were twice as large as those of the Chu army, but in order to achieve a dense effect and prevent the Chu army's interspersed shaving oars, the width of the military formation was only five and a half miles. Land warfare is afraid of outflanking, and water warfare is equally afraid of outflanking. In water warfare, which is dominated by ramming tactics, the result will be disastrous if the enemy detours back to the flank.

After all, it is very difficult to hit the front of a warship that is only 5.5 meters wide and will constantly turn, but it is very easy to hit the side of a warship that is more than 30 meters wide and inconvenient to turn laterally. Although there was a danger of being attacked by the Qin army, Su Kai still listed the wild goose marching array. At this time, he was twenty-five miles away from the stationary Qin army's war boat.

The column of the Chu Junzhou Division changed into a horizontal formation very quickly, and it was a complete pleasure to watch them change formations with a Lu Lijing thirty miles away, and Zhao Ying, who didn't want to look at it anymore, ordered: "Rise!" Raise the sails! ”

"The general has an order: Rise! Raising the sail ......" The dense boat formation was very convenient to transmit military orders, and the heavy stone pier that sank in the water was lifted up by the Qin soldiers on the deck with a wheel. The huge square sail slowly rose, and the square sail began to glide forward along with the warboat. When everyone thought that Zhao Ying immediately ordered the whole army to advance, Zhao Ying's order was actually to retreat.

"Together!" After issuing the military order to retreat, Zhao Ying's next military order was to combine the front and rear formations to increase the length of the battle formation and prevent the enemy from making a detour.

The Qin army was retreating northward, while the Chu army was advancing north, and the left flank saw Xiang Chao, who was in a united formation, fiercely waving the command flag and asking for an immediate attack. The Chu army did not raise the sails against the wind, and the flag order was delivered quickly and correctly. Hearing that the commander reported that Xiang Chao requested an attack, Jing Gu also said urgently: "The Qin people are afraid of me and retreat, and the two formations want to form a formation, why don't our army attack?" ”

"It's more than 20 miles away, how can you attack it?" The five divisions of the Zhu clan are the Chinese army, and the flagship of Sukai is also the command ship of Jinggui, although most of the warships are Wukai's personal entourage. The Chu people were in a hurry, and they thought about attacking for more than 20 miles, but it was not good for them to answer if they didn't answer, and it was not good to answer.

The Qin people's method of changing the formation is very unique, not the merger of the front team and the back team, but the front team and the back team all turn, one east and one west go in the opposite direction, so that only two and a half miles forward and then turn, the two teams will merge.

Seeing the enemy facing him, Jing Gu couldn't help but say: "If our army moves forward with all its might, it will not be more than 20 miles ......"

"If our army moves forward with all its might, it will be the Qin people's war boats that do not move, and it will take three quarters of an hour to attack, does General Jing think this is okay?" He replied again. "The Qin people can change their formation like this, it will take a quarter of an hour."

Instead of merging the front and back, it is a front and back connection, so it will not cause bumping problems and it is easy to operate. After answering the question, he immediately gave an order, and the commander quickly lowered the goose flag and raised the hook-shaped array flag. The two wings of the Chu army that came out of the two wings immediately retracted backwards, changing from a goose marching array to a hooking array to protect their flanks. The Qin army changed the formation first, and the Chu army then changed the formation, but a quarter of an hour after the Chu army's change of formation ended, the ten-mile long formation formed by the Qin army in a single boat was barely completed.

Changing the battle formation is the basic skill of the boat master's battle, just like the drill of the mausoleum master. The Qin army's war boat was inconvenient to turn, and the command of the boat officials was unfamiliar, and these problems were all exposed in this change of formation. Seeing the Qin people's performance like this, a slight smile appeared on the faces of the generals of the divisions, and they found the feeling of being proud of the Qin people on land.

With the smile of the Chu general, the Qin army, which had completed the change of formation, no longer retreated, and began to advance. Boat speed, water speed, and oar speed, the three speeds add up, and the speed of the Qin army is extremely fast. In only a quarter of an hour, the distance between the flagship and the twelve large-winged gunboats at the forefront was within five miles.

The closer the two armies were, the more they felt that the Qin army's boat formation was covering Daze, especially the war boats were all hung with square sails, the width of the square sails was larger than the body of the war boats, and the distance between the two boats was only a short ten meters, so that in the eyes of Bu Liangju on the deck of the big wing gunboat, it was not the boat formation that was coming ahead, but a long wall that would move, and he was surrounded by this long wall.

"How should our army, our army, how... There was a difficult choice against the ...... "big wing gunboats", that is, the bow against the enemy or the stern against the enemy. According to the combat regulations, the stern of the ship should be facing the enemy, but in front of tens of thousands of comrades, the stern of the boat should be facing the enemy, ready to flee at any time, which is another very dishonorable thing.

"Naturally, it's the stern." Bu Liangju replied subconsciously. This is what has been repeatedly emphasized by the Mansion, the Aviation School, and the Operations Department of the Great Sima Mansion, and that the battle must be fought against the enemy. Even, Bu Liangju also heard from the engineer of the palace that the Great Sima Mansion was originally determined to cancel the bow cannon, but under the persuasion of the boat building yard - canceling the bow cannon and the whole warship would lose its balance, so he finally gave up this plan.

"Stern against enemy!" Facing the Qin army that was getting closer and closer, Bu Liangju's answer turned into an order, and the twelve large-winged gunboats completed the turn and raised the square sails under the noses of the Qin army. This time, the Qin people on the war boat could see very clearly how quickly the Chu army's war boat turned without Lu Lijing, and they were surprised by the ease with which the war boat turned.

The Qin people were surprised, and the generals on the Chu army warships in the rear were also surprised, they didn't understand why the twelve vanguard boats were turning, and when they saw that the twelve warships were all facing the enemy, and they also raised their sails and were ready to flee at any time, some people couldn't help but scold: "Yongfu! ”

The vanguard is about morale, and the vanguard of your own side can flee at any time, and even the generals of each division are a little annoyed. Fortunately, the boat officials temporarily transferred from the aviation school in Buliangju could not hear or see the reactions of their comrades in the rear, and they only had the Qin people who were getting closer and closer in their eyes.

The Qin army's war boats were smooth sailing, with a speed of about ten knots. Ten knots of travel of 300 meters per minute, and it does not take half an hour for the two sides to collide. The large-wing gunboats need to meet the enemy at a distance of 200 meters, which is a very dangerous distance, because if they are not careful, the enemy ship will collide with them, and then it will not be 300 meters per minute, and with the current wind speed and current speed, 200 meters will probably only be a matter of half a minute at that time.

"Why did the Jing people turn the stern of the boat to me?" The twelve warships were all facing the enemy, and Zhao Ying on the flagship was inevitably a little strange.

Or ......" Zhao Ying is strange, and the strategists around him are also strange. Or fire attack? ”

"The wind blows in the south, how to attack with fire?" Zhao Ying snorted, and then looked at the Baidi man Armenias.

"It will not be a fire attack." Wu Ji translated, with a smile on his face. He had a hunch that this should be a clever plan of the Chu people. "The general can send the war boat to come forward and give it a try."

"Herald the boat, attack!" The Qin army had the same single-boat array as the Chu army, but there were three boat battles in front and behind the flagship to protect the safety of the flagship and the eldest son. In order not to block the sight of the flagship, none of these warships raised their sails, and now with the order to attack, the square sails on the warships quickly rose, and the warships suddenly accelerated, rushing towards the Chu army warships a mile away.

The Big-Wing Gunboats were suitable for fighting on wide waters, but the twelve Big-Wing Gunboats were only suitable for narrow waters, because only in narrow rivers could they stand on their own. Su Kai hoped to open up the situation with twelve gunboats, but what he really hoped for, as he had privately explained to Bu Liangju, was that he could sink the flagship of the Qin army.

As soon as the flagship of the Qin army sinks, the whole army will lose its command, and with the inferior oars of the Qin people, once there is no command, there will be no array; Once there is no array, it will be like the last battle, and the inflexible warship will be slaughtered by its own side. Seeing that more than 20 warships of the Qin army were rushing towards Bu Liangju in a dense queue, Su Kai sighed heavily, the flagship could not be sinked!

"How? What should our army do? "The Qin army is not pressed by the whole army, but more than 20 warships are attacking first, and the big wing gunboats can't help but be a little flustered, and the gunboats on both sides immediately look at the flagship of their own team, waiting for Bu Liangju's order.

The Qin army's war boat, rowing with all its might, was extremely fast, like a chariot galloping on the surface of the river. Bu Liangju hesitated for a moment before ordering: "Turn, turn." …… The bow of the boat is against the enemy, and the sails are lowered. ”

"Turn! Bow against the enemy! Drop the sails! "Bibliang is a hundred times more so, and the commander quickly passed the general's order, and the armor soldiers on the deck quickly turned the roulette wheel, ready to turn.

Steering with a steering propeller will not fail at any time, but with rudder steering, there is a rudder failure problem. The large wing gunboat facing the enemy at the stern of the boat was very slow because of its reverse rotation, and the rudder effect was completely out of order at this time, and the rudder did not respond to any hit. These boatmen who were hurriedly transferred from the aviation school were all stunned when they saw this, completely forgetting what they had repeatedly tested in the boating class: the rudder must be effective at a certain speed, and it will fail if it falls below a certain speed.

"How? When?! There was no need for the commander to use the command flag to give orders, and the young temporary boat officials shouted loudly from a distance of a few tens of meters. The Qin army's battle boat was getting closer and closer, and the huge Fang Fan seemed to be about to overwhelm itself, how could this not make people panic.

"When to how, when to ......" Bu Liangju was as flustered as his classmates, he forgot the rudder speed, and also forgot that the gunboat was facing the enemy, and he could advance, but fortunately he did not forget that this was a gunboat, and the gunboat's weapon was artillery.

"Open the cannon door, open the cannon door ......!" He shouted instantly, and at this time, the Qin army's battle boat had broken into the best range, and it would only take thirty seconds for the two sides to collide at most.

"Open the cannon door!" The boat officials panicked, and the gunners did not panic, only anxious. Bu Liangju ordered, and the hidden cannon door in the stern of the boat immediately opened, revealing a dark and heavy cannon mouth, and without waiting for a follow-up order, the gun commander directly shouted: "Let it go——! ”

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