Prologue (3) - 9 Fire Attack
"Can the ships on the side be faster now?" asked the fleet commander Telesarini as he ran directly to the staircase connecting the deck and the lower cabins, and asked the commander of the oarsmen.
"I'm afraid it's hard. The commander of the oarsmen shook his head helplessly, and then added, "Their boat is about the size of ours...... You see, our oarsmen have calmed down and are paddling with all their might!"
The commander of the oarsmen said as he looked at the sailors who were paddling desperately in the cabin.
The sturdy oarsmen were now panting and paddling the big oars so hard and fast that they were all sweating profusely!
"No way, speed up!" Fleet Commander Teresarini decided to keep the entire fleet accelerating!
"Okay, try to. "The conductor of the oarsmen looked a little embarrassed.
"Please!" said Fleet Commander Theresarini with a nod.
With that, Teresarini hurried to the deck again.
Several heralds stood there nervously, even in a bit of a panic.
"Don't panic!" Teresarini said to the men, "Herald, keep blowing the signal to accelerate!
"Okay...... Okay!" a few heralds hurried to the corner of the large model.
Soon, the horn of acceleration sounded again.
The whole fleet began to continue to accelerate - however, this time the acceleration was not particularly obvious - there was no way, perhaps the limit of the oarsman's body had been reached!
"Alright, almost!" Fleet Commander Teresarini observed the distance between us and foe, and then said to the lieutenant on the side, "Let the giant crossbow attack!"
"Sir, I think ......," the adjutant on the side paused for a moment, then continued, "I think the distance may not be there yet. ”
"No way, let's try it first!" continued the fleet commander Telesarini, "anyway, let's use this to threaten the other side first!...... better than nothing."
Soon, the big horn sounded again—this time the horn for the fleet to receive the flag message.
The herald in charge of signaling the flag also immediately raised the flag representing the beginning of the attack of the giant crossbow.
Fleet Commander Theresarini looked to the rear.
The large sloops and ghows there have already begun to attack.
......
"Hurry up, wind it up!" a commander in charge of the giant crossbow, and several sailors next to the commander, wound the large stone crossbow, "Harder work!"
The sailors gritted their teeth and turned a winch vigorously.
"Okay, hurry up and put the clay pot on it!" continued the conductor on the side.
A fire-burning clay pot is a clay pot filled with oil and tinder, and the special structure causes the fire to burn in a "cage", and when the clay pot breaks, the fire will ignite the oil in the clay pot.
Weapons such as fire-burning clay pots are perfect for setting fire to wooden targets, such as ships.
A soldier had just brought the fire-burning clay pot over, and suddenly, there was a whistling sound, from far and near!
Then, in a loud voice, accompanied by the chaotic sound of broken wooden planks, the opponent's projectile hit your own ship!
The soldier holding the fire-burning clay pot did not stand firm, and directly threw the clay pot to the ground!
Fortunately, protected by wooden shelves and mats, the fire-burning clay pot didn't break!
However, the other party has not stopped attacking!
It's a loud bang again!
The planks on the ship were beaten to the ground of sawdust.
However, that's not the worst of it.
"The catapult is broken!"
"It's going to fall!"
"Run!"
......
The soldier, who was originally holding the clay pot, did not bother to pick up the still unbroken clay pot from the ground, so he hid to the side.
With a "boom", the stone crossbow, which was damaged by the opponent's projectile, fell.
The fallen stone crossbow happened to press on the fire-burning clay pot, and directly ignited the fire-burning clay pot!
The oil in the crockpot began to flow around, and the fire was spreading.
On the wooden deck of the ship, it didn't take long for a fire to burst into flames!