0366 Burning the bay
Hisashi Hisaka was also in a dilemma at the moment. At the moment, he has no way to enter and no way out. He closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said slowly: "For today's plan, we can only attack with all our strength. The only way is to take down the camp in front of you! ”
Kono Kamiyoshi understood what Hisataka Kayama didn't say. It is to break the opposite camp and capture the leader of the other party, so that they can have a chance of survival. If the opponent is defeated, then the large army is stationed on the island, and there is no need to worry about the threat of the opponent's navy, and you can wait for the opponent's naval division to evacuate. If you can't break the opponent's camp, you won't be able to completely occupy the island, and you will be defeated in attrition.
He immediately stood up and said loudly, "My lord! Let me go this attack! ”
Biryama Hisaka slowly stood up, and after sorting out the armor on his body, he said, "This time, let's go together." ”
Kono Kamiyoshi understood what Kajiyama Kadaka meant. This attack will be a blow with all its might. If you don't win, you die. So he stood up with the other samurai and bowed down and shouted, "Hello! ”
What was written on that letter was true. After Wu Yizhou and his three warships blocked the bay, they waited for the other ships to converge. It didn't take long for all the ships to finish dealing with the wounded, briefly maintain the boats, and assemble at the entrance to the bay.
As each ship came to a stop, the sailors got busy, bringing out a large number of wooden parts from the cabin and starting to assemble them. The first to be assembled was the Jiaozhou. After a burst of cheers from the sailors, a trebuchet appeared on the deck.
Then the sailors began to carry a large number of heavy jars from the cabin and placed them on the deck. The jar is full of oil! Just now, the Jiaozhou also released a small boat, and several sailors rowed to the shore. They are lookouts, and they are responsible for giving directions. A few people climbed the hill near the harbor along the coast with difficulty, carefully hiding behind the stones, waiting for the next order.
Wu Yizhou saw that all the ships were ready, so he ordered a test shot. A sailor pulled the cork from the jar and wrapped several layers of thick cloth around the mouth of the jar. Then pick up the jar and shake it gently, so that the fire oil inside soaks the thick cloth at the mouth of the altar, so that it is convenient to light the fire. Finally, he took the jar with both hands and put it on the catapult.
However, this time it was a test launch, so there was no ignition. Wu Yizhou held the telescope and prepared to find the landing point, and then signaled for launch. The sailor behind the catapult picked up the mallet and smashed it the trigger with a "bang"! With the sound of "squeak", the counterweight sank quickly and threw out with its long arms. The long arm then slammed into the crossbar in front of him and was stopped abruptly, making a muffled "tom" sound. The jar of oil was thrown out. Tumbling in mid-air and flying farther and farther!
Wu Yizhou stared at the jar, but unfortunately, the jar did not fly over the hill, but smashed close to the top of the mountain. This scared a few of the people in charge of lookouts on the mountain! Because the pot of oil fell a dozen paces away from them, some of the oil ideas splashed on them. Fortunately, this is a test shot and did not ignite, if it does, maybe they will be roasted!
Wu Yizhou raised the telescope in front of him, roughly estimated the distance, and said, "It has to be at least two meters high." ”
Several sailors immediately surrounded the trebuchet, adjusted the angle of the rungs, increased the counterweight, and then raised their hands to indicate that they could test again. The test launch was a success! The jar rolled and flew past the top of the mountain. There was a cheer on the Jiaozhou immediately.
Observers on the hill cautiously poked the probe, then retracted and raised the flag: enter the bay.
Wu Yizhou immediately ordered the trebuchet counterweight and elevation angle data to be reported to the other ships, and asked them to launch themselves after adjustment. Not long after, the first lit oil jar on the Jiaozhou was thrown out! When the jar rolled in mid-air, the fire oil had already seeped out and infiltrated the entire outer wall, and the flames also spread to the outside, and the whole jar was like a raging fireball across the sky, leaving a faint trail of smoke.
The lookout boldly peered into the bay, his eyes following the fireball. I saw that the fireball flew in for a short time and crashed headfirst into a vermilion ship!
Although Wu Yizhou couldn't see the situation in the bay, he could completely imagine it. The truth was much the same as he had guessed. The small bay itself is not very big, and dozens of boats have poured in, and most of them are big guys like the Zhuyin boat. The whole bay was crowded except for a few necessary waterways.
The first flame jar smashed on the deck of a vermilion ship! However, the ship was the farthest from the dock, and there was no crew on duty on it. When the fire burns, it is out of control! The oil carries the flames, and wherever it flows, it brings up large patches of flames.
As the first jar of oil was thrown into it, the other ship's trebuchets also threw the lit jar of oil into the bay one after another. The fire first spread over the gathered Vermilion flotilla. At least a dozen Vermilion ships caught fire.
The Japanese sailors were screaming and jumping on the docks, but there was nothing they could do. A samurai kicked and beat the sailors to board the boats and sail towards the ships, trying to salvage several of them. But as rounds of oil jars were thrown in, his idea was completely frustrated!
However, the samurai was very clever, and he ordered the sailors to sail the unlit ships in the direction of the docks. After all, the direction of the pier is the farthest from the mouth of the bay, and the trebuchet may not be able to throw it here.
In fact, he guessed right. Because there is a hill barrier, which limits the angle of the trebuchet. At most, the trebuchet can only throw the oil jar on the side of the road closer to the mouth of the bay. However, Wu Yizhou didn't care which one he could, and directly ordered the fleet to throw all the oil jars out.
Some of the oil jars smashed into the ship, which would ignite a large sea of fire! Some will fall into the water. But it doesn't matter, the oil is lighter than water, and when the jar falls into the water, the oil will float to the surface of the water and form a layer of oil. As long as it encounters an open flame, it will burn on the surface of the water. The fire in the middle of the bay grew bigger and bigger, and even the grass and trees on the hill were a little scorched.
The commander of the samurai was in a hurry and ordered all the ships to dock. He also knows that oil is lighter than water, and if oil really spreads, there will be nothing left in the fleet! Some of the ships that did not burn were maneuvered by the Japanese sailors towards the docks. But it was good that they didn't come, and the current in the bay was relatively stable, but as soon as they started the boat, the current stirred up, which accelerated the spread of the flames!
When the samurai saw this scene, he knelt directly on the ground and had the heart to cut his abdomen! But he is a person who does not give up, and he has come up with a way, which is to take the risk and rush out! The samurai brought in a ship and prepared to use the heavy hull of the ship to crash through the three sunken ships.
Wu Yizhou saw from a distance that a vermilion ship was approaching the channel, and he immediately understood the intentions of the Japanese people. He knew that the three sunken ships would definitely not be able to stop the impact of the Zhuyin ship, because the closed ship in the middle of the channel had already disintegrated, and it would completely shatter if it collided, and it would no longer be able to block it. If they really let them crash into the channel, their ships really can't stop those desperate widows!
At this time, Wu Yizhou was also ruthless, and directly ordered the three ships at the end of his team to set sail, and directly drove into the channel side by side to sink themselves! Those three boats were snatched by Liu Pei from Da Luoya, so Wu Yizhou was not distressed when he threw them out.
The three ships were ordered to set sail quickly, and while they were on the way, the sailors were already desperately digging the ship's planks! By the time they reached the middle of the bay channel, their ships were already flooded, and the speed of the ship was slowing down a little, but it was necessary to slow down the sails.
At this time, the vermilion ship had already slammed straight into the wreckage of the three sunken ships, and a loud bang was followed by a series of crackling sounds of wooden planks breaking! The wreckage was knocked loose in one fell swoop! The most important thing is that the wreck in the middle is disintegrated, the hull is incomplete, and it cannot withstand the impact at all. I guess I'm going to be knocked away if I come again!