The blade-like bow of the ship approached the Chen warship, but before it could touch the wall of the ship, the protruding collision angle under the surface of the water had already broken through the side wall of the enemy ship one step ahead, and a huge breach appeared, and the river water rushed into the cabin. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Before the men in the cabin could dodge, the wall of the ship was cut open by the bow of the ironclad ship, and with the huge momentum, the ironclad ship slashed forward like a bone chopper, and the entire warship was immediately smashed in two.

After the Chen soldiers on the deck fell into the river, they were still able to struggle to float on the water, and all the fighters in the cabin, except for a few lucky ones, sank to the bottom of the river with the warship.

A handful of men held his breath and swam out of the cabin, desperately swimming towards the water, the water above sparkling in the sunlight, and with a little light, he saw something unusual at the bottom of the Zhou army's ironclad ship.

A large piece of long wooden plank, inserted vertically into the water from the bottom of the ship, is like a sail borrowed by the wind, and it is a 'sail' borrowed from the water, driven by the river, carrying the ironclad ship forward.

No wonder the ironclad ships of the Northern Captives are traveling so fast!

Thinking so in his heart, seeing that he was about to run out of breath, he struggled to swim up with his hands and feet, and at the moment when he was about to lose his breath, he exposed his head to the water.

Taking a big breath of fresh air, the joy of the rest of his life lasted only a few breaths, and there was a piercing popping sound in his ears, and when he looked up, he saw that the mast of his own warship next to him was broken, and then fell towards his head.

There was no time to dodge, and he was hit by a blow to the head from the falling mast, and a splash of water bloomed bright red flowers.

The appearance of the Zhou army's ironclad ship frustrated the Chen army's hope of turning the tide of the battle, and the unstoppable ironclad ship sank many Chen army's warships with its own speed, and the defense line that it hastily organized collapsed instantly.

The two sides of the ironclad ship will spray fire oil, but there is no movement after spraying it a few times, Chen Bing pondered that the other party's fire oil has been sprayed, so he dared to surround him, but they could not cause substantial damage to it, because the battleship was wrapped in iron armor, which could be said to be invulnerable.

The slashing and axe did not work, Chen Bing poured fire oil on the ironclad ship and set it on fire, although the hull of the ship was on fire, but it was obvious that it did not hurt the Zhou soldiers in the ship, but the warship that approached the ironclad ship to set fire was hit by the seedlings, and was killed and wounded by the fire arrows it fired.

The arson had little effect, and Chen Bing could only try to destroy the water wheels on both sides of the ship, so that the other side would lose the motivation to move forward and turn.

However, the outer layer of the water wheels on both sides of the ironclad ship is also wrapped in iron armor, and only the lower half of the exposed oars are relatively easy to destroy, but to get close to the oars, you have to brave the arrows shot from the arrow holes on both sides, and even the spears pierced from the arrow holes.

But the soldiers of the Chen army had a good way, in order to deal with the enemy's building boats, they prepared a lot of arm-thick long hemp ropes with iron claws, and after struggling to approach the ironclad ship water wheel, they threw the hemp rope into the oars.

As the oars turned, the hemp rope would wrap around it, and then it would wrap more and more, and the iron claws would pick up the walls of the boat, and finally the oars would not move.

However, the effective means in the past do not work today, because even the walls of the inner side of the Zhou army's ironclad ships are also wrapped in ironclad.

The iron claws could not grasp the wall of the ship, and the hemp rope was cut by the sharp knives on the oars, and Chen Bing was at a loss to deal with the ironclad ship like an iron turtle, even if he splashed molten iron juice or splashed burning oil, it had little effect.

The only way to do this is to stop in front of the ironclad ship, desperately slow it down, and then send soldiers on board to find a way to destroy the ironclad.

The head of the Zhou State Navy came to Hu'er, personally led the ironclad ships to break through the formation, and drove the warships to rush left and right in the enemy ship formation with the help of water wheels and 'water sails', and the handsome flag on the ship attracted many Chen army warships to frantically besiege.

Many Chen soldiers howled and jumped onto the deck of the ironclad ship, and when they saw Zhou Bing hiding in the cabin, they picked up the hammer and smashed the deck desperately under the cover of the shield hand.

After paying the price of blood, the soldiers of the Chen army found that the ironclad ship of the Zhou army was not made of pure iron, but the iron armor was nailed with nails on the outside of the wooden-hulled ship, so as long as the iron armor was deformed with an iron hammer, the opponent's King Kong indestructible body could be relieved.

In order to strengthen the defense of the ironclad, there were not many openings on the ironclad ship of the Zhou army except for the two sides, and a few arrow holes could not effectively kill the Chen soldiers who had shields on the deck when they were not out.

Listening to the sound of clanging outside the cabin, Lai'er in the cabin ordered countermeasures: the large pump barrel sticked out of the arrow hole and sprayed lard at the Chen soldiers on the deck.

Originally, the deck of the ironclad ship was as high in the middle as the roof of the house, and it was a little reluctant for Chen Bing to stand up, but now the slippery and greasy lard was everywhere, and with the ups and downs of the hull, many people couldn't stand up and slipped and fell into the river.

"The lard really works!" The observer shouted in surprise, and Lai Hu'er nodded when he heard this, this defense method is very effective, because it has already been verified,

It is also a loss that there are many pigs in Huangzhou, so there is no shortage of pig skin and lard, and the Huangzhou Navy warships have become pigskin warships, but this practice is also very luxurious: so many pigskin lard, enough for how many people to eat and use!

His own ironclad ships withstood the fire attack and disrupted the enemy's formation, but the speed of the ship had slowed down, and it would not be able to rush for a while, and the fire oil was also exhausted. ”

"The southeast wind has stopped!"

After the ironclad ships broke through the sea of fire, the follow-up Zhou warships also rushed through the burning wreckage and rushed towards the chaotic Chen fleet downstream.

The Chen army, which was in the lower reaches, was unable to counterattack the Zhou army, which had the advantage of the upstream, and the enemy's ironclad ships had already demoralized them, and the magical southeast wind had stopped.

Heaven had already given them a chance, and in autumn and winter, a sudden southeast wind blew, and a single fire could have brought them victory, but the enemy army survived.

The ironclad ship could not be broken, and the other party's reinforcements rushed up again, and then looked at the large number of warships behind it, fools knew that it was the rear army of the Zhou State Naval Division that rushed up.

What to do, what to do? This battle can't be won, it's lost!

The fire flickered, it was the Zhou army approaching upstream that released the fireboat, and now the Zhou army's ironclad ship that was fighting with the Chen army's warship was not afraid of being set on fire by its own people, but the Chen army's warship was not.

Looking back at their own fleet, and looking at the large number of fireships that were getting closer and closer, many of Chen soldiers had lost the will to persevere, and as the first person jumped into the water to escape, more and more people jumped off the warship.

"Don't escape, violators will be dealt with by military law!!"

The generals shouted hoarsely, trying to stop the soldiers from escaping, but in the face of the approaching fireboats, more soldiers chose to escape: the Zhou army has ironclad ships, which can turn defeat into victory in the sea of fire, but they don't!

The sky-high fire burned again, but this fire now appeared in the Chen army's ship formation, and the fire not only reflected the countless floating corpses on the river, but also reflected the pale faces of the Chen army soldiers at the head of the city.

Jiangzhou Thorn History, Yongjia King Chen Yan, looking at the fire on the river, his whole body strength seemed to be drained, if it wasn't for the timely support of the left and right, he would have to sit on the ground.

The previous joyful mood was gone, Chen Yan's eyes were dull as if he was being drunk, and he kept muttering: "Impossible... Impossible..."