Chapter 821: Artillery Fire

Several Cochin sea ships bravely blocked the straight line between Li Jiyuan's flagship and the schooner, using their fragile bodies to block the merciless artillery fire.

The two rounds of attacks on the Chengdu and Meishan eliminated most of the frigates around the Jiaozhi flagship, but unfortunately missed the best firing angle, so they had to abandon the large target of the Chinese army and continue to attack the front army.

The results came from the subsequent Hangzhou, whose artillery commander abandoned all remaining targets and lowered the rate of fire in an effort to give the gunners of each gun the best chance to fire.

Soon, Li Jiyuan's building ship was hit by a shot, and this cannon directly knocked off half of the bow of the front of the ship.

He Bin and Yang Congxian really saw that the front anchor of the building ship, which weighed no less than 500 catties, was blown up and flew up, and then fell into the river, stirring up huge waves.

Then another shot hit the waterline in front of the ship, blowing the ship out of a big hole, and the speed of the ship immediately decreased, and the hull began to tilt slowly.

The fatal third shot hit the rear of the ship, and with this explosion, the arrow window in the rear hull of the ship, inside the huge explosion hole, began to shoot fire outwards together.

In today's naval warfare, incendiary firearms are mainly used, including fire barrels, fireballs, fire bricks, and rockets.

The fire barrel is filled with five catties of hair medicine in a wooden barrel, evenly covered with one inch of sand, and then a pottery containing non-fireworks charcoal is placed on it to ignite the fire.

During the battle, throw the fire barrel from your own ship to the enemy ship and explode, causing the enemy to "burn the whole ship".

The shell of the fireball is made of paper and cloth paste, coated with asphalt, pine resin, yellow wax and other moisture-proof and flammable substances, and contains a mixture of hair medicine, poison, oil, and tribulus terrestris.

After igniting the shell, it can be fired with a catapult or a bow or crossbow.

Fire bricks, made of paper shells or thin wooden boards, with a charge like a fireball, after the medicine wire is ignited, it is thrown by hand.

Li Jiyuan's flagship should also have such an ammunition warehouse, and after being hit by the last shell, the raging fire was instantly accompanied by thick smoke, turning Jiaozhi, the largest sea ship, into a violently burning torch.

Although it was so far away, the strong northeast wind was still able to transmit the heart-rending screams on the flagship to the river where the Quang Nam Naval Division was located.

If the destruction of the flagship completely shook the fighting spirit of the Jiaozhi Sailors, the appearance of the Zhiyuan became the last straw that broke their struggling hearts.

Finally, after the first round of shelling of Zhiyuan, a cochin ship could no longer withstand this terrible torture and cut the sail rope.

The sails fell with a bang, leaving only an empty mast, which meant that the ship had surrendered.

With the first, soon there was a second, and a third......

There were also many cochin ships who tried to fight and selflessly launched a decisive attack on the Song army's schooner, but they didn't know that there were ballistas on the schooner deck!

The Song army's ballistas were still porcelain bullets, but the contents were turned into oil and firing fuses, which soon turned the attacking ships into large torches.

A lucky cochin ship went through a lot of hardships, and finally came to the range of 100 steps of the Limeishan, and saw the soldiers on the Meishan raising a kind of armless crossbow-like thing, and after a few bangs, several bamboo-like things flew out in front of the weapon, two of which fell on the deck of the ship, and after two booms, there was no one on the deck who could stand.

Only a handful of clever cochin boats directly resorted to beaching tactics, running their ships aground, and then the sailors jumped off the ships and fled to land in confusion.

This is a battle that refreshed the three views of He Bin and Yang Congxian, and the Song army completed the annihilation of the Yuanjiang naval division with only five Meishan type, one Kuizhou type, and six warships, which can be described as devastating.

A deep horn sounded on the Zhiyuan, and the two of them reacted at this time, which was a signal for them to go and clean up the battlefield.

Half of the ships of the Yuanjiang Navy Division had become dilapidated, and many of the wrecks were still carrying raging flames, slowly whirling and drifting downstream.

The remaining hundred or so sea ships, bare-masted, threw anchors, completely gave up resistance, and waited for He Bin and Yang Congxian to receive them.

The two boats came to the Zhiyuan, and the rope net was thrown on the Zhiyuan, and they boarded it.

This ship is different from the old sea ship everywhere, and the biggest doubt in He Bin's heart is finally revealed.

The masts are socketed with iron pipes of different thicknesses, so it's no wonder they can support such a huge syloner and achieve such high speeds.

On the top of the ship, there was an open platform, and a young lieutenant stood with his back to them, holding on to the railing with both hands, watching the battlefield, and a person beside him faced them, a martial artist with a flattering face.

Li Xian, Wang Dejia.

There is no purple robe, Yang Congxian took a look, Su Shaobao is not there?

Then he reacted, there were still two ships that did not participate in the battle, the Fuliang River was shallow, and a giant ship like the Taishan would not dare to come in, and the Ningyuan must be in charge of the guards.

He Bin hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down: "Guangnan West Road Shui Shi Cha is under the jurisdiction of Hebin, Guangnan East Road Shui Shi Cha is under the jurisdiction of Yang Congxian, I have seen Li Taiwei." Taiwei Shenwei, Jiyuan restrained his hands, and with only six warships, he destroyed the Jiaozhi Yuanjiang Naval Division! Such a great achievement can be called unprecedented, and there is no one to come! ”

He Bin also said: "This battle is devastating, and the tiger is entering the flock!" Our firearms are so sharp, they can really be called national weapons......"

Li Xian turned his head, and there was still a trace of trance in his eyes: "Straight lady thief...... Unexpectedly...... It's so powerful......"

Yang Congxian and He Bin bowed again: "Taiwei Wuyun is prosperous, although he is a champion, Fubo, he is not slightly weak!" ”

"Ah, really?" Li Xian finally came back to his senses: "Hehe...... Hehe...... Hehehahaha......"

After laughing, he gritted his teeth with a hideous face: "Look who dares to underestimate me!" ”

Regardless of the stunned faces of the two, they immediately issued a series of orders: "The two are responsible for sweeping the tail and receiving the surrendered enemy ship!" ”

"Wang Dejia, immediately order someone to count the ammunition! Su Shaobao wants us to block Wei Shouan, he looks down on people too much! ”

"Let's make persistent efforts, Lao Tzu is going to sweep the Fuliang River today!"

……

The situation has gradually become severe.

The power of the pottery bullet was so bad that the ballista had caused some sudden blows to the Cochin people at first, and then the power was reduced by the Cochin people in a flexible and dispersed way.

If it weren't for Guo Huai's previous inspiration, he transformed the ambush cannon into a high-speed attack using the projectile's own gravity impact, increased the rate of fire of the ambush cannon from one shot a minute to ten rounds a minute, and then assigned it to three firepower points to suppress the valley, Bai Hedang would have been in danger a long time ago.

Fortunately, the 100-man team played a role at the critical moment, they were equipped with magic guns, and used ballistas as cover for cross-fire, which played a stronger role than ballistas.

Xiao Gao Xiangye's complexion remained unchanged, and he pretended to be forced as always: "Guo Sima didn't need to attack to suppress the enemy army dozens of steps away, and he must be able to hold out until the army arrives ......."

Guo Huai kept his eyes closed, aiming at a charging Vietnamese soldier in front of him, and as soon as he pulled the trigger, the head fell to the ground.

Ignoring Xiao Gao Xiangye, Guo Huai greeted left and right: "Get closer!" Thunder shook the sky, and the number of shells reported by the ambush! ”

"I have two more!"

"Three!"

"A set of reports, and ten shells!"

"Two sets of reports, and five shells!"

Xiao Gao Xiangye patted Guo Huai's shoulder: "Sima, you have done a good job, next, look at us!" ”

After speaking, he picked up the bright sword and stood up, still full of force: "Sons-"

Before the words fell, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded on the road behind, and in a blink of an eye, a big black horse with an unusually tall horse, carrying a mighty man in red, rushed to the front.

A team of personal soldiers with swords in their hands gathered around him, and there was a small colonel in the middle, holding high a big banner - Annan Xingying recruited deputy envoy, Yan!

The big man ran behind the low wall, and with a light rein, the big black horse raised his forefoot high, and flew over from above the low wall!

The equestrian skills of the Zhenrong army, which had been trained hard for many years, were perfectly displayed at this moment, and countless horses, like big black horses, carried the sergeants over the low wall and rushed towards the regrouped Jiaozhi army in front!

"Captain Yan is here!"

"Reinforcements have arrived!"

"Charge with the cavalry—"

"Rush—"

Countless Dali sergeants were inexplicably excited by the fierce and wild appearance of the Zhenrong army, and their morale instantly rose to the extreme.

In the blink of an eye, there were only the gray-faced Xiao Gao Xiangye and Guo Huai's 100-strong artillery unit left on the battlefield, and Xiao Gao Xiangye took a sip and spit out the ashes in his mouth: "Ge Laozi's ...... Steal the limelight from me......"