The sound of artillery firing on the river surface rumbled, and the black smoke rose from the road, which was particularly dazzling between the water and the sky.

"Fire! It's time to fire! ”

"His grandmother's, it's finally fired!"

"A little later, Lao Tzu burned the water master's bird village first!"

The water village on the east bank of the river was crowded with soldiers from the fire battalion. After receiving the news of the large-scale attack of the Liao army's naval division, the Henghai Navy allowed these soldiers who were on the warship to disembark. For safety reasons, the guns that were forced to be handed over to the sailors before boarding the ship were also distributed to the battalions. There was a breath of fire from top to bottom of the Fire Gun Battalion. Staring at the red eyeballs, staring at the water battle on the river.

"What a contradiction." Ma Yuan muttered, "I want to see the Liao thieves defeated, and I don't want to show off my might." "Ma Yuan knows very well about the iron bucket cannon of the Henghai Navy Division. There may not be an artillery battalion, but the power is not necessarily small, and most of the horizontal naval ships are equipped with artillery, and the total number exceeds that of the artillery battalion.

In the thick of the fog and black smoke, I vaguely saw that one after another cannonballs flew upstream from the Song gunboats and landed near the Liao warships, and the Liao gunboats were not able to reach the Song naval division because of their position behind, although they were going downstream. In other words, after placing the iron bucket gunboat behind the array of sailors, the Liao army's sailors were almost in a situation where they were beaten unilaterally and could not fight back. The powerful round iron cannonballs kept skimming the river, forming a barrage of death between the sailors on both sides of the Liao and Song dynasties. The tighter the Liao warships pursued, the more likely it was to be hit by the Song army's iron barrel gunboats. From Hanyang and Ezhou downstream, the warships of the Liao army kept advancing, and the iron barrel gunboats of the Song State kept a horizontal line and retreated downstream.

"The Song people are using a trick!" Wanyan Zongbi's face was gloomy and he muttered.

The general's eyes showed hesitation inquiringly. At this time, everyone could see that the Song Army's naval division was not simply retreating.

"Beat the drums!" Wanyan Zongbi's voice was like a wounded beast, "Speed up and rush forward!" ”

The river wind was howling, and the war drums on the Wuya warship were beating.

From time to time, columns of water soared into the sky on the surface of the river, and the falcon boats tossed and uncovered in the waves stirred up by the cannonballs. The Liao army officer looked hideous, waved his scimitar, and urged hoarsely: "Hurry up, paddle!" ”

"Keep it up!"

"It's coming, it's coming!" The oarsmen on both sides almost did their best, and the falcons flew across the river and rushed towards the Song gunboats. However, the Song gunboats were also retreating downstream at full speed, and the distance between the chasing and fleeing sides was only slowly approaching.

"The Song people are smart and are using tricks. This is to transfer the arrow back to the water war. ”

On the top of Turtle Mountain, Yelu Dashi has been watching the progress of the water battle with a clairvoyant mirror. He snorted coldly, "Banmen get axes, beat drums, and cheer for my Great Liao Sailor!" The banner told Yan Zongbi not to retreat, continue to rush forward, and defeat them! He turned his clairvoyant vision to look at Hanyang City. This time, the Liao army attacked the city from all sides, and saw that the Liao army was covered around the city from the mountains to the wilderness, and thousands of soldiers pushed the siege equipment of all sizes to rush forward. The head of the city is almost completely shrouded in black smoke, the muzzle fire has been flashing, Hanyang City is built on the top of Phoenix Mountain, condescendingly, the iron barrel cannon is erected on the city wall, the firing range is much farther than the Liao army artillery outside the city, these days in the artillery battle is very advantageous, however, at this time, Hanyang City is like a small boat tossed in the waves, there is a possibility of capsizing at any time.

The Turtle Mountain swayed, and the Liao Army's infantry and cavalry battalions on the riverside shouted loudly for the attacking warships. In the decisive battle of the steppe cavalry, the return horse arrow is also a common tactic, to deal with the return horse arrow, either no longer pursue, or speed up the rush up, and kill the enemy without leaving a piece of armor. When the Liao army heard the noise on the shore, the attack drum horn also beat even louder, and the iron barrel gunboats that followed behind not only did not mobilize before the naval division's array, but the distance between them and the former army warship Falcon was even greater. In this short mile of pursuit, many Liao warships and falcons were destroyed in vain by Song gunboats, and the waves on the river were turbulent, floating with countless broken ship boards and clothing.

The Song Army's naval division retreated again and again, and finally arrived at the place where the Han gunboats were anchored in the center of the river, and the iron barrel gunboats of the Heng Navy and the Southeast Water Division did not retreat until now, and formed two horizontal columns on the left and right of the Han gunboats, and other warships circled around from both sides of the iron barrel gunboats, and lined up in an array in turn, with a posture of fighting to the death. Seeing this, the Liao Army's naval division did not hesitate and continued to rush up to engage in the battle. At this time, it was less than half an hour before the Han gunboat opened the gun window, and the people in front could vaguely see the Liao warships approaching by leaning on the gun window, and the people behind looked back from time to time, just waiting for the military order to open the gun.

Suddenly, a brass bell tied to the deck shook violently.

"Fire!" The artillery crew commander blurted out! Almost instantaneously, the commanders of each gun position gave the order, almost simultaneously: "Open the gun!" "Fire!"

The gunners were already feverish, and they were busy lighting the lead, which had already been pinched so short that it burned into the medicine eye almost in a breath, and green smoke rose, and at this moment, except for the sound of the "zilazila" lead burning, the entire cabin was almost silent. Those close to the artillery stepped back a few and waited with bated breath. A few dozen feet away, the larger Liao warships rushed to the front, sandwiching the smaller falcons in the middle.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom, boom!"

At the same time, under the huge recoil, the gun body and the weight of thousands of pounds of the gun carriage "whew" and suddenly retreated, the cables that tied the gun body were instantly tightened, the iron wheel made a piercing sound on the deck, and the iron bones tied to the cable on the roof of the cabin also made a creaking sound, and the cable finally dragged the retreating gun body. Immediately after, the hull of the ship shook, and the upper two decks of the ship shook violently. As soon as the gun carriage stopped, the gunners surrounded it, and sweat dripped on the scorching gun, instantly turning into white steam, leaving a faint mark on the metal barrel. The water-soaked cannon brush then reached into the chamber of the cannon, pulling out the black gunpowder residue.

"Quick!" The artillery commander didn't care to look at the effect of the shot just now, turned his head and shouted, "Red hot bomb!" ”

As soon as the new medicine bag was filled, with a wet cotton pad in between, the gunner carefully placed the red-hot cannonball into the chamber with iron tongs. Then all the gunners worked together to push the muzzle of the gun to the gun window again, and after stopping, the gun crew commander followed closely and gave the order "Open the gun!" "The gun emplacements lit the fuses in turn. In this kind of artillery battle, as long as the muzzle of the gun is pointed in the direction of the enemy ship, it is almost impossible to aim left and right, and the speed of firing the cannon is the key to victory. Tong Yunjie gave the order of "firing the cannon at full speed", each artillery group only needs to load the ammunition at the fastest speed, and then fire the cannon in turn, the Han gunboats drill every day, and the gun crew that often finishes loading ammunition at the end will continue to stay below the deck for the next month.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom!"

The second round of artillery fire from the Han gunboats, and the cannonballs on the opposite side also flew through the air. Black shadows flew over the river, and water droplets rose into the sky. "Bang!" With a loud noise, the hull and deck of the ship hit by the shells flew in all directions. The Liao warships were severely damaged by red-hot shells fired from the side of Han gunboats, which penetrated thick planks as easily as they withered and decayed. In the cabin, the Liao soldiers dodged in panic, and were either killed or wounded by the scorching iron shells. The river poured in through the cracked hole, and many sailors left the rocking position with loud screams, and desperately fled to the upper deck, while the lid of the same deck had long been locked, and the people lying on the ladder could only hammer the deck desperately.

"Knock knock!"

"Knock knock!"

The sound of war drums and cannons mingled together, making the sound below deck faint.

"Lean up, lean up!" Shiftapu shouted. The swords and shieldmen in leather armor crowded on the side of the ship, ready to jump over and fight when the two ships were closer, at this time, the frightened faces of the sailors on the Song gunboats a few feet away could also be seen clearly, and the swords and shields hurried from all over the place to the side of the ship to confront the Liao warships, and their gunners were still busy loading the iron barrel guns. "Lean up, lean up!" Almost all the Jurchen officers were shouting loudly, and at this time, every minute and second, the victory or defeat was completely different. The rocker at the bottom was close to full strength, and the Liao warship did not care about the danger of the two ships colliding, and quickly approached the Song gunboat. On both sides of the gunboats of the Song Kingdom, more than a dozen wooden poles stretched out like hedgehogs, so as to avoid short-range contact with the Liao army.

Dozens of zhang away, a Liao Wuya warship rushed into the Song army's fleet, and the levers on both sides of the ship's side went up and down, and the planks of the Song army's iron barrel gunboats on the left and right sides were smashed to pieces. "Pull in!" "Pull in!" When the warships of the Song Dynasty were one foot apart. "Boom-" "Boom-" The iron barrel cannon on the opposite side rang out, and the round iron cannonball pierced the side of the Liao ship with a huge momentum, and then rushed into the crowd of sailors crowded on the side, a sword and shield hand who jumped up quickly was beaten by the cannonball, and countless flesh and blood flew sideways, at the same moment, the other Jurchen soldiers roared loudly and jumped to the opposite side of the ship, and the board with the iron barb also "snapped" and "snapped" between the two ships, and the sword and shield hands on both sides of the Liao and Song Dynasty rushed forward, crowded on the side of the ship, and fought together as if defending the city on land.

Most of the Song army's iron barrel gunboats only placed a few guns in the bow and stern, which was not enough to stop the Liao warships from approaching, while the dozens of guns of the Han gunboats took turns firing salvos, the lower deck gun emplacements fired red hot bombs, and the upper deck fired shotguns, and the Liao warships were beaten in a mess as soon as they approached.

The Liao warship ignored the casualties and approached the Han gunboat with all its might, and the Jurchen soldiers held several layers of shields thick of cowhide, ready to jump on. At this moment, a row of black holes protruded from the side of the ship. "Fire!" As soon as the command was shouted, a row of firecrackers swayed up and down with the undulation of the hull, and suddenly the sound of "bang", "bang, bang", "bang" was loud, close at hand, and the iron guns hit like a strong wind.

Author: I'm sorry guys, but I was on a business trip a few days ago and delayed the update. There will be a stable update next, please support more!