Chapter 157: Wind and Rain at Sea
The cruelty of naval warfare is not inferior to that of land warfare, and before the brutal ship engagement, the chances of being rescued by a sunken warship and a smashed sergeant are far less than that of a land offensive and defensive battle.
Li Qi relied on the armor of the battleship and the advantage of the ballista to fiercely suppress the Liaodong naval army, and the battleships and fighting ships that were slightly closer were ravaged by arrows, and the ballistae that were a little farther away threatened.
When Gao Xun found that the battle situation was not right, he immediately ordered the battleship to fight, although Li Qi fought for a while, the battleship "Haikui" he was riding was finally approached by two fighting ships of 800 materials.
The huge bow of the ship viciously knocked the floating corpse wounded on the sea away, and came straight towards the Haikui, and the Liaodong sergeant on the fighting ship was already ready to engage in the battle.
The flying cymbal in his hand, thrown hard, successfully hooked the side of the "Haikui", and quickly rushed out dozens of sergeants, and at the same time pulled the flying cymbal, and the fighting ship quickly approached the "Haikui". The Liaodong sergeant on the fighting ship, on the standby deck, just waited for the two ships to collide, and then began to fight in close combat.
However, how could the old and spicy Li Qi abandon the long and use the short, and not give these Liaodong naval forces a chance to wait for the ship.
"Whoosh ......"
The naval battle capital, which has been preparing for a long time on the deck, bent the bow and arrows, and it was a rain of arrows against the dense Liaodong soldiers. After a few quick rounds of arrow rain, the Liaodong sergeants who boarded the ship were shot and killed.
However, the entanglement of the two fighting ships made the other Liaodong warships slowly catch up, and there was a great tendency to annihilate them in one fell swoop.
Li Qi, who was standing in the helm warehouse, sneered when he saw this, and ordered sharply: "Reward them with a few fire thunders to eat!" ”
More than a dozen sergeants jumped out of the cabin, lit the black ball in their hands, and threw them at the two neighboring fighting ships.
"Boom ......"
There was a deafening sound from the two ships, sawdust was flying, flesh and blood were blurred, and the sergeants on the ships were almost all gone, while the decks were in tatters.
When the smoke cleared, there was no longer any living mouth on the fighting ship, only the bloody broken deck, and the blood flowed into the sea along the broken deck, and the lucky surviving Liaodong sergeants all roared in horror.
"Left full rudder!" Li Qi ordered again.
The "Haikui" slowly turned to the left, avoided the fighting ship on the left, and slammed into the fighting ship on the right.
Before the fighting ship could evade, it was stopped by the "Haikui" and hit it.
"Boom!"
After a loud bang, the fighting ship tilted more and more, and the sergeants on the deck fell into the water like dumplings, splashing blood-colored waves.
The sea was unusually contained, and for a moment the blood was obscured, leaving only floating corpses and sawdust.
"Whoa......
The entire fighting ship capsized, the bottom of the ship turned up, and huge waves splashed, and Li Qi's "Seawolf" was also freed.
At the same time, the other Haizi battleships of the Sea Wolf Battalion were also self-seeking opponents, fighting to one place, crossbow arrows and stone bullets were flying, and bloody battles were carried out.
However, it was Gao Xun's ship that was chasing the "Haikui", which could be said to be very popular when the enemy saw each other, Li Qiben did not want to miss such an opportunity, but he also knew that the significance of this naval battle was not to completely annihilate the Liaodong naval army.
"Straighten the bow of the ship and hang the sails!" Li Qi's order,
At this point in the battle, the stone shells of the Seawolf Battalion battleships became more and more rare, and the next was a brutal overboard battle, which was also a tactic that Liu Feng wanted to avoid all the time.
"Catch up!" Gao Xun was already furious, and viciously ordered the sailors of the battleship to chase after the "Haikui", but how could he watch the wolf camp warships break away from the battle and sail to the depths of the sea.
Although the battleships of the Sea Wolf Battalion are the same as the Liaodong warships, although they are both large ships, but at the beginning of their construction, they were only built for battle, and they were not bloated and huge.
Several 800 and 500 fighting ships, the speed is faster, and Ren is entangled in the Seawolf Battalion, how can the protection of the Seawolf Battalion Haizi battleship be strong enough, and the firepower on the ship is still fierce.
In order to prevent the Liaodong Qianliu warships from engaging in broadside battles, all the battleships of the Seawolf Battalion sailed towards the depths of the sea at full speed, and those fighting ships that blocked were either knocked over or deterred by the stone bullets fired and got out of the way.
Gao Xun has never suffered such a big loss, how could he easily let go of the enemy, commanding the battleship to chase the Poseidon tightly, but his battleship is also well equipped, if it is a one-on-one battle with Li Qi's "Haikui", it is not known who will die.
And Li Qi intentionally or unintentionally mobilized Gao Xun's pursuit, relying on the advantage of speed, he took advantage of it, but despite this, the Liaodong Navy was still able to bite the sea wolf camp to the death.
Knock knock knock......
The trebuchets on the Liaodong battleship, the frantic projection, the red faces of those gunners, the crazy work, every huge stone projectile thrown, will set off earth-shattering waves, smashing deafening sound.
Most of the stone bullets fell into the seawater, splashing high columns of water, turning into torrential rain and washing down, and the surging waves also brought a lot of bumps to the battleship.
If it is directly hit, it is a jackpot, and the sergeant on the ship is mourning, and it is very easy to bring great damage to the ship.
"Woo Woo ......"
The arrows are not willing to be lonely, constantly whistling, on the battleship, in addition to the longbow, there are also powerful crossbow arrows, whistling crossbow arrows, full of lethality, piercing a few bodies is not a problem.
After several entanglements, the Seawolf Battalion finally opened the battle distance and headed south, although each battleship was scarred, it was still able to withstand the wind and sail away.
At this time, Gao Xun wanted to cry without tears, and when he learned that there were thirty warships coming to Pingzhou, he ordered his warships to attack, but as soon as he sailed to the waters of Pingzhou, he inexplicably encountered a battle.
In three hours, the opponent withdrew from the battlefield cleanly and completely, although there were also wounded, but in comparison, he was defeated and returned, and the four thousand warships were heavily damaged, and he would not be able to fight again for a while.
Of the eight 500-material warships, only one was left, crumbling and almost sinking into the sea, and the eight 800-material fighting ships also suffered heavy losses, and only three still had the strength to fight.
Gao Xun didn't believe that the old Bohai army had such combat power, but he couldn't determine where this came from.
No matter how Gao Xun wondered, he could only clean up the battlefield and go back to Yingzhou to repair the battleship, and then make plans, at this time he didn't dare to stay here carelessly, for fear that the old Bohai army would kill a horse gun.
After briefly cleaning the battlefield, he quickly withdrew from the battlefield, led the remnants of his troops, and went all the way back to the lair!