In the passionate and frenzied roars of the children of Yizhou, the ships moving at full speed were like sharp swords, breaking through the waves on the sea, and directly taking the opposite resting ships.

However, although the children of Yizhou at this moment are enthusiastic and fanatical, they are by no means resourceless in doing so. In fact, before the advent of a certain era, ramming tactics in naval warfare were also one of the main tactics. Even in modern times, there have been examples of ships carrying out ramming attacks, such as Deng Shichang, who did this, and even almost succeeded.

In the Han Dynasty, there were special ramming ships, and Lu Ren knew very well that the level of the ships under his command was about the level of the middle of the European Age of Discovery, but because of the loading of steam engines, they had the advantage of power. Compared with the general level of ships of other forces at that time, ramming tactics still had considerable use, so it was also one of the courses of the Yizhou Navy to start ships to carry out ramming tactics when necessary, and Yizhou's warships also generally had reinforced bows and ramming angles.

This is not much to talk about, anyway, at this time, the several main battleships stationed in the front row of the Rangoon fleet are already at full speed, and they have found their targets and crashed into them. The Yizhou disciples on the battleship clenched the weapons in their hands with one hand, and grasped the things around them that could be used to stabilize their bodies with the other, waiting for the arrival of the violent vibration, and many people's hearts were still full of anticipation...... Perhaps that loud bang was the fuse that detonated the excitement hidden in their bodies and minds.

Thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters...... At this time, many people on both sides of the enemy held their breath, and some even prayed silently according to their religious beliefs.

Finally, in the midst of several loud noises, several ships of the Rangoon fleet collided with the intended target one after another, but unfortunately, there was no spectacular scene of "cutting the opponent's ship in half" directly. Because the size of these warships resting in peace is not much different from the warships of the fleet stationed in Rangoon, and the quality of the ships is quite good. On the other hand, if it is really hit and "cut in half", either the opponent's ship is much smaller in size, or it has to put a question mark in terms of quality, otherwise it is very rare to "cut in half" after a collision.

But no matter what, the impact angles of the bow of the several warships involved in the collision have been deeply embedded in the hull of the opponent, and the most ferocious collision is directly stuffed into the bow of the opponent's ship about one-third of the belly. In this way, if the ships that were hit in peace can not sink after the battle, the least damaged ones will have to be towed back for major repairs, and the heaviest ones are actually equivalent to scrapping.

"Kill!!"

The ships have been so "intimately" connected together, and the Yizhou disciples who are looking forward to this moment will naturally not be idle, not to mention that the loud noise from the successful impact just now has ignited the fanatical excitement in their hearts, so in the chorus of shouting and killing, the Yizhou children rushed to jump from the bow into the deck of the other ship, and the sound of the exchange of weapons between the enemy and us was endless. The follow-up ships of the Rangoon fleet also accelerated their speed when they saw that the main force in front had succeeded in striking a blow, and rushed towards other targets.

In this way, for a while, this sea area became a battlefield where ships fought against each other. The clash of metal, the hum of crossbow strings, and the scattered sound of muskets were everywhere, and the roars and miserable sounds of hand-to-hand combat continued to ring everywhere one after another. And such a battlefield, it can be said that there will be blood splashed a few steps anytime and anywhere, and maybe it won't be long before the sea water in this area will be dyed red, right?

On the land side, both Rangoon and Kushan noticed the battle on the sea, and Kushan even forgot to attack Yangon City again...... It may not have been forgotten, but the nobles of Kushan counted on the navy sent by Anxi to win, and then they could take Yangon City lightly with the help of naval bombardment of Yangon City. After all, the previous support artillery fire of the fleet stationed in Rangoon had cast some psychological shadows on their gang.

In fact, Kushan also has a navy, but one is that there are not many of them, and the other is that almost all of their artillery is obtained from Anxi, and they lack the relevant technology to integrate artillery into their traditional warships, so the number of warships equipped with artillery on the Kushan side is zero. Don't think it's a joke, it's not as simple as carrying the guns on the ship. If some related things are not solved, believe it or not, a few cannons will come down, and the ship can only be troubled by the recoil of the guns?

For example, if you don't fix your gun position well, as a result, the gun will retreat sharply under the recoil, and as a result, you will knock a hole in the back wall of the ship, and the gun will fall out of the hole and into the sea? Another example is that under a salvo, the recoil of the gun causes the hull to tilt at a large angle, which leads to the capsizing incident? It may sound hilarious, but it seems like it's happened in history.

Not too far, anyway, these Kushan nobles have suffered enough under the support artillery fire of the Rangoon fleet, and they have also sent their navy to help in the battle, but their traditional warships were sunk by the artillery fire of the Rangoon fleet when they were far away. In that era, the cost of warships was no joke, and these trouble-stirring Guishan nobles added up to such a small number of warships, and after sinking a few, they didn't dare to send them over again. Can't afford it!

However, now these Kushan nobles are also a little confused, because their attack on Yangon is an action in a small circle made by a few noble lords, although it has alarmed the entire Kushan to a certain extent, but now it is the resting fleet that is fighting with the fleet stationed in Yangon on the sea, and they have not informed the resting side, so why did the resting fleet come?

Don't mention these questions for the time being, Chen Li in Yangon City looked at the battlefield on the sea from a high place, but his palms secretly clenched a cold sweat. is still the same sentence, some things may not be clear to others, but Chen Li knows it.

Let's put it this way, the current situation on the battlefield at sea is that although the fleet stationed in Rangoon has a successful blow, rushes into the opponent's ship formation and disrupts the opponent's position, it seems to have taken the initiative, but Chen Li knows that this is actually a helpless way of fighting while sacrificing strengths and weaknesses.

In the history of naval warfare in the world, before the emergence of artillery and the success of becoming a ship-borne armament, water warfare was actually a battle of personnel and troops, which is of course understandable. But at the beginning of Lu Ren's foothold in Yizhou, he had a congenital defect of insufficient population. In order to make up for this shortcoming, Lu Ren racked his brains back and forth, and he didn't know how many tricks he played to grab the population from all sides. Even now, as long as there are conditions and opportunities, Lu Ren will think about grabbing some people back.

With such a congenital defect, it is destined that Lu Ren must be careful in the use of the population, just like in terms of soldiers, Lu Ren strictly controlled the number of troops in the early days. Therefore, before and after the Battle of Chibi, the total strength of Lu Ren's naval and army armies did not exceed 30,000.

Insufficient troops and equipment to make up for it are Lu Ren's dominant idea, and it can also be considered that Lu Ren is implementing the line of elite soldiers. Therefore, in the construction of the navy, Lu Ren took the route of using his scientific and technological advantages here from the beginning, focusing on medium and long-range attack tactics of strong ships and sharp guns, and absolutely did not fight with the other side until he had to, and the general broadside combat and hand-to-hand combat at that time were absolutely not with the opponent, because Lu Ren really couldn't fight if he fought for troops. And in Lu Ren's view, after all, this is the mainstream of the future naval warfare model, and he should be one step ahead.

Therefore, Yizhou's naval battle model has always developed in this way, and with the further development of Lu Ren's strength, Lu Ren's navy does have the conditions to achieve this tactical model. It's just that this has caused a situation where the personnel carried by the ships under Lu Ren's command are generally small compared to the level at that time.

Regardless of the special types of ships, Lu Ren's regular ships had a standard crew of 150 people for large ships, 80 to 100 for medium ships, and 30 to 60 for small ships. And after years of improvement, the ships under Lu Ren's command can fully exert their complete combat effectiveness with such a staffing configuration.

Of course, what is said above is the standard manning capacity of the ships under Lu Ren's command, and if there is a real need, the manning capacity of large, medium and small ships can be increased several times. But the problem is that Yangon is an "enclave" in Lu Ren's hands, and the allocation of troops in all aspects is limited by various factors, so the staffing of the Yangon fleet is basically standard.

Don't think that this is a lot of people, in fact, if you move a warship like the "Victory" from the Age of Discovery, the scale is a little larger than the large warship in Lu Ren's hands, but the full capacity of a ship like the "Victory" is 850 people, and Lu Ren's crew is less than one-fifth of that kind of ship!

It should be said that Lu Ren's seafaring ability here is very strong, and the confrontation between the large warship of 150 people and the "Victory" with a full crew of 850 people can not be won, but at least it can be a draw in the artillery battle. But because of the lack of personnel, once it fell into the situation of broadside battle, Lu Ren's ship was bound to suffer a big loss. But then again, Lu Ren has always taken not having such a thing as a broadside battle as the primary premise, and the navy under Lu Ren has always been implementing Lu Ren's thinking.

But now, in order to provide artillery support to Rangoon, the fleet stationed in Rangoon has run out of ammunition on board, and in the face of the sudden appearance of the Sabbath fleet, they can only rush up to fight the broadside battle, so they will definitely suffer a big loss in terms of troops.

Chen Li has collected information on warships that are resting in peace, and knows that among the new warships that are laid to rest and launched, the standard crew of large ships is 300 people and the full crew is 600; The medium-sized one comes standard with one hundred and eighty, and the full one is three hundred and two; The smaller ones are between 100 and 200. In other words, if the Rangoon fleet engaged in a broadside battle with a warship of the same type resting in peace, it would basically have to face an enemy more than twice as large as itself, and it would be at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops.

In addition, there is a very important one, that is, Lu Ren's navy, under the guidance of Lu Ren's naval battle ideas, is good at clippers and artillery tactics, but is not very good at broadside engagement. But look at the rest of the navy...... It's the opposite!

Rest, or Parthian Persia, has been playing naval warfare in the Mediterranean since the time of ancient Greek civilization in the Mediterranean, and they did not have strong ships and guns, but fought in the traditional mode of naval warfare at that time. In addition, the rest of the Arabian Sea west of the Indian Ocean has considerable sea dominance, that is to say, if you really want to play a naval battle, the rest of the navy is not 255, but very strong in combat. In fact, until the Age of Discovery, the Persian line, or the Arab lineage, was still very strong in its ability to engage in broadside warfare.

It's not too far, anyway, as far as Chen Li knows, although the warship launched some time ago has artillery or something, it still pays attention to broadside combat tactics, so it is much higher than Lu Ren's ship in terms of crew. A group of people who are already good at broadside battles also have an advantage in troops, so the children of Yizhou stationed in the Yangon fleet will definitely fight very hard in the next battle.

In fact, just as Chen Li expected, although the Yizhou disciples stationed in the Yangon fleet took the lead and started the game with a thunderous blow, and stunned the attacking Sabbath fleet, but when the battle was in full swing, the Sabbath fleet gradually turned the situation back, and the casualties of the Yizhou soldiers gradually increased.

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On the battlefield here, a certain Yizhou disciple was cut down to the ground by the rest sailor, because the injury was very serious, he was no longer able to get up and fight again, maybe he would die on the spot the next moment.

Seeing his companions also fall one by one, he was angry and unwilling in his heart, but his body was already weak. Under the resentment, he suddenly noticed that there was a smell of gunpowder that he was very familiar with not far away. After a second glance, he understood that it was a powder keg containing gunpowder...... For some things, the ships that rest are similar to the ships in Yizhou, but they are not as fine as the ships in Yizhou.

Perhaps because he had fallen in a pool of blood, none of the rest sailors on board noticed him, and he took advantage of this convenience to climb a few times before crawling to the edge of the powder keg, and then pushed down the powder keg with little strength. Seeing his companions also fall one by one, he was angry and unwilling in his heart, but his body was already weak. Under the resentment, he suddenly noticed that there was a smell of gunpowder that he was very familiar with not far away. After a second glance, he understood that it was a powder keg containing gunpowder...... For some things, the ships that rest are similar to the ships in Yizhou, but they are not as fine as the ships in Yizhou.

Perhaps because he had fallen in a pool of blood, none of the rest sailors on board noticed him, and he took advantage of this convenience to climb a few times before crawling to the edge of the powder keg, and then pushed down the powder keg with little strength.