Chapter 607 Tactical Seminar (Seeking votes and subscriptions)

The three-masted ship is very large, with a main mast of 43 meters and two secondary masts of 39 meters. It has three Chinese-style horizontal ribs and vertical sails. The whole ship is 14 meters high and has a draft of 6.5 meters. There are four cabins inside, and there is a poop on the top deck. There are two decks below the waterline and two decks above the waterline. There are portholes on both sides. It can accommodate 800 people at a time. The bottom warehouse can also store 800 people's food and fresh water for three months. The carrying capacity is terrifying in this era.

This ship type was designed by Luo Chong based on the famous galleon in the Age of Exploration in the previous life. The hull has a good streamlined shape, high seaworthiness, and more importantly, it can carry things. According to the ship classification at that time, only a third-level battleship with a hull of more than 60 meters and three gun decks above the waterline can carry 800 people and carry 800 people's supplies for half a year.

The ship built by Luo Chong was only 40 meters long, obviously smaller. It was impossible to accommodate 800 people. However, one thing to note was that the ships of the Han tribe did not need to be equipped with a large amount of gunpowder, hundreds of iron cannons, and those heavy shells, and they did not need many protective measures, because they did not need to worry about being attacked by enemy artillery fire. Not to mention cannons, the enemies of the Han tribe did not even have a ship, so what was there to defend against?

Therefore, the three-masted ship of the Han tribe could use all the space for the crew to live in, and there was no need to store gunpowder in the bottom warehouse, but to load all the food. In this way, there was no pressure to carry 800 people at a time. If it was a short-distance transport, it would be no problem to temporarily squeeze in thousands of people. It was just a little crowded.

Luo Chong visited up and down, and finally had lunch with several main leaders in the stern of the top floor. During the meal, Da Shu, who had drunk some wine, could not help but praise.

"The chief is truly the ancestor of mankind, and the ancestor of all shipbuilding craftsmen. When I first met the chief, he was still using animal skins and willow branches to make a small boat with only one person. Only a few years have passed, and my Han tribe has been able to build a behemoth comparable to a small city. With such a huge ship, my Han army can go anywhere."

Hahahaha -

several people at the table burst into laughter, but they also agreed with Dashu's words. The progress of the Han tribe is obvious to all, and they know that this is the leader who led everyone to do it. Now that they have achieved such an achievement, they are also very proud of the Han tribe and proud to be able to participate in it.

Luo Chong was very pleased to see the happy scene of everyone, and he sighed in his heart, this is probably the way to cultivate national self-confidence.

After everyone finished lunch at noon, Luo Chong proposed to continue the sea trial in the afternoon to test the sailors' ship-handling skills. The captains of these new ships were all former captains of schooners. The former first and second mates became captains of sunken sand-carrying ships. The former sailors were promoted to captains of schooners, and the rest of the sailors were recruited.

In this way, the positions of all the previous crew members were promoted. Seeing that the promotion speed was so fast, everyone trained harder, because they all knew Luo Chong's code of conduct, which valued ability the most. As long as you have ability, even if you are a novice, you can be reused immediately. This is the benefit of being in the Han tribe. The leader of the Han tribe is very young, and this tribe is as vigorous as its leader. On the training ship

, the captain shouted loudly to command many sailors, some of whom were turning the rudder, some were pulling the sails, and the lookout kept looking at the wind direction indicator flag to provide assistance for the captain's command.

The ship quickly left the dock and turned to the northeast lake, sailing along the unfrozen deep waters. It was the coldest midwinter, and the cold wind was howling on the lake. The strong wind swelled the sails and increased the speed of the sailboat to the extreme. The arc-shaped bow quickly passed through the lake, pushing away two white waves and startling many big fish hiding in the water.

Luo Chong stayed in the warm poop, sitting around the charcoal stove, with a pot of tea humming on it. He held the hot tea in his hand and observed the scenery outside through the window. He put the tea bowl on the table. The tea was very calm without any fluctuations, which surprised Luo Chong.

The ship was sailing so smoothly that it was a bit exaggerated. In his previous life, Luo Chong had been on a sea ship. Not to mention ordinary ships, even warships could not guarantee stability. It was normal for them to shake a little. But now this ship was very stable. Perhaps it was because it was sailing on the inner lake. Moreover, it was winter, and the water surface was calm without any fluctuations. It could not be compared with the sea with huge waves.

After nearly an hour of sailing, the ship circled the coking plant planned by Luo Chong himself, and then turned back. After the group landed, Luo Chong inspected the ship-handling training of the sunken cargo sailing ship again. Finally, he told the craftsmen of the shipyard to deliver all the ships by the end of the month, and then he returned to Hanyang County at full speed.

However, he did not go home this time, but went directly around the city and went to the military camp outside Fuma Pass in the north. However, this time he specially called You Fu, who was staying at home for the winter, to come with him, and wanted him to participate in this military operation, because Luo Chong had an important task to give to You Fu in this expedition plan.

After showing the token, Luo Chong came to the central army tent and immediately sent a messenger to beat the drum to summon all officers above the rank of officer to the tent for discussion.

Dongdongdongdongdong——After three drum beats, a large group of officers arrived one after another. They didn't know why the generals were summoned so suddenly until they entered the tent and saw the leader sitting at the top.

"I have seen the leader." The officers in the tent lined up according to their official positions, knelt on one knee and saluted.

"Generals, please sit down. Today we are calling everyone to hold a meeting to arrange the expedition. After the meeting, the whole army will break camp and go out immediately." Luo Chong waved his hand to support him, and then announced with a serious expression.

Everyone was stunned when they heard it. It was only halfway through winter, the road was blocked by heavy snow, and the weather was so cold. Was it not appropriate to go out at this time? However, the superiors did not speak, and they, the small officers, could not ask questions casually.

The generals agreed, and all of them sat around the sand table in armor. At this time, Luo Chong, who was sitting at the top, said, "You Fu, please introduce the target of our expedition to everyone."

"Yes."

You Fu bowed and agreed, and then made a circle to the generals present. Everyone nodded to him. Many senior officers knew You Fu, so they knew who he was. Then everyone saw You Fu holding a baton and reaching for the sand table.

"Before winter, I led the fleet from the Liuyang County dock, sailing during the day and sleeping at night. After sailing for three days, I encountered a tribe on the east coast. This place is the location of the Lu Tribe, which is rich in coal mines. It has now been named Dongxin County by the leader and has been incorporated into the territory of my Han Tribe."

Everyone nodded after hearing this. They knew about this because Luo Chong had issued a notice to the various tribes of the Han Tribe a few days ago. Now, not to mention the military and political leaders of various places, even the people below know that the Han Tribe has added another county.

Then You Fu continued to introduce, "We continued to head south from Dongxin County, still traveling during the day and sleeping at night. After about seven or eight days, we encountered a wide body of water here. The river was full of sandbars. We also found a raccoon tribe on the shore and found many minerals not far from the raccoon tribe. Oh, by the way, those crocodile skins were also caught in this place."

You Fu planted a small flag at that place as he spoke, and then continued to introduce, "After passing this section of sandbar, we traveled for about ten days and encountered a tribe of barbarians who lived on hunting.

At first, I wanted to trade with them in exchange for some local intelligence and local specialties, but this group of barbarians did not understand human language and was violent by nature. Before the envoys I sent could communicate, they led their tribesmen to attack us, robbed our gifts and the weapons of several crew members, and killed three of us. However, several of our envoys also killed more than 20 of them, and finally broke through the siege and returned to the ship.

The target of our expedition this time is this tribe. Let me give you a detailed introduction to the local situation.

This tribe has a population of more than 2,000, with roughly 400 to 500 young and strong people. All of them live on hunting, mostly using They had stone spears, stone axes, and a small number of crude bows and arrows. The rest were mostly women and children, with almost no elderly people.

They lived in an open plain area on the shore, building dome houses with earth and stones, living in groups without walls.

This place has abundant water resources and fertile soil, which is very suitable for farming, but they don't know how to use it. Because the land is rich in water and grass, and there are many bushes and berries, wild beasts often appear, so they gather here to hunt.

Moreover, they often have conflicts with the surrounding tribes, especially kidnapping brides. Every day at dinner, they would barbecue on the bonfire, and they would definitely capture a few captives to fight with them for everyone to watch and enjoy. The loser would be killed on the spot. The neighboring tribes have suffered from this for a long time. "

Everyone listened carefully to You Fu's introduction of the target. After he finished his introduction, Luo Chong, who was at the top, clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, and then said.

"Okay, that's roughly what the target is like, but this is all news from a few months ago, so we'll have to scout again when the time comes. Now let me talk about the strategic goal this time.

Next year's development tasks are also very heavy, especially coal mining and the construction of various workshops. The Han tribe needs more labor, and the newly absorbed tribesmen from all over the country are far from meeting our needs, so we have to find a way to capture more slaves, and this time is the same.

This combat operation is not aimed at killing people. We must do our best to capture all the people of this tribe alive. Death cannot atone for the mistakes they made to the Han tribe. I want them to do hard labor for the Han tribe for the rest of their lives." Luo Chong said very seriously.

When the generals heard what the leader said, their expressions also became serious, but Xue Tu, who was standing aside, was a little dissatisfied and frowned without saying anything. Xue Tu's relatives were killed by the Fire Tribe, and he kept taking revenge afterwards. So for this kind of enemy who killed his own people, he would rather kill the other party than capture them alive, and capturing them alive is more difficult than killing them, which will increase the pressure on the soldiers and the difficulty of combat.

Luo Chong saw him frowning and looking like he wanted to say something but stopped, so he said to him. "Xue Tu, do you have any questions? Say them out now so that we can discuss them together."

"Yes, I don't have any questions either. I just think that capturing them alive as the leader said is not easy. Our four thousand people are against their four to five hundred young and strong men. This is a numerical advantage of ten to one. We can definitely win the fight, but it is too difficult to capture them alive.

Although the Youfu were violent and arrogant just now, as long as they are not stupid, seeing so many of us attacking them, they would probably be scared away as soon as our army landed. In that case, we can only pursue and fight.

But we are not familiar with the local terrain. If we pursue too far, we will definitely suffer. Maybe the other side will use the advantage of terrain to counterattack us, which will not be worth the loss." Xue Tu said seriously, and the other officers present also nodded.

Luo Chong also nodded in affirmation. It was really beyond his expectation that Xue Tu could have such an opinion. However, after thinking carefully, this guy had been fighting guerrilla warfare with the Fire Tribe before, and he would do assassinations when he had nothing to do. Obviously, he had his own way. Otherwise, he would not have succeeded so many times without being caught.

"What do you think of what Xue Tu said? How can our army act to successfully capture the enemy alive?" Luo Chong asked again.

On the other side, Ying Rui of Qianniu Guard thought about it and said, "Leader, I think our army should make full use of the advantage of numbers to surround the enemy and fight. If we can successfully encircle the enemy, we can even force the enemy to surrender directly.

But how to surround them, I don't have any good ideas for the time being."

Luo Chong nodded again with satisfaction to express his affirmation, "Both generals said it well, so now I will add something, all generals should listen carefully, today I will tell you what tactics are!"

When everyone heard that the leader was going to teach skills, they immediately sat down obediently and pretended to listen carefully.

"Just now, Eagle Sima said that the most important thing in this battle is to encircle the enemy. As long as we can encircle the enemy, we can say that we have won more than half of the battle. So how can we encircle the enemy without anyone noticing and prevent them from escaping? Today I will teach you a trick, to make a feint to the east and attack in the west.

First of all, the day our army chooses to go out must be before the beginning of spring. In winter, all tribes will reduce their outings. This is the best time for us to encircle and annihilate the enemy. Once the ice and snow melt in spring, they will start to get hungry and will immediately go out to hunt wild animals, which will increase the difficulty of our army to encircle and annihilate all the enemies."

When Luo Chong said this, everyone also murmured, as if they had suddenly realized something. So this is why the leader wanted to go out in winter. The leader was indeed thoughtful and even thought of this.

(End of this chapter)