War Junk

The War Junk is the Chinese equivalent of the Caravel in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties.

Overview
It has a moderate amount of Hit Points, and is sometimes used to collect treasures. It is good at exploring, and has the ability to attack and fish.

Adding European Cannons (available in the Colonial Age, from a lv.40 Home City) to these ships can help them outrange most of the European Caravels, except those who have the offshore support. The full potential of this ship can be discovered with the addition of Western Reforms and the Warship Combat team improvement.

Even unupgraded, War Junks can still be surprisngly cost effective, thanks to their good Rate of Fire. Unlike Funes, a similar ship, they can defeat Caravels in 1vs1 combat, and are very handy in harassing enemy Fishing Boats.

With European Cannons, their range and LOS increases by 5 (including their Broadside attack), making them an alarmingly dangerous and efficient early naval harasser and scout. In decent groups, they can threat even larger ships, such as Frigates.

Shipments
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History
"In 1281, when the Mongol Hordes of Kublai Khan invaded Japan, the Japanese had no navy with which to fight back. Most of the military action occurred on land, although groups of adventurous samurai utilized coastal fishing boats to assault, board, and then seize ships of the Mongol navy."