Chapter 132: Storm Evil Four
Chapter 132: Storm Evil Four
The cannon rumbled, the free time was barely audible, and the sound of a cannon was followed by a cannon sound. It's like a dense drum beat. One on top of the other, there is no gap.
Under Ruan Jin's orders, both the ships of the Xia army and the Qing army made way for them.
Ruan Jin sent the order, ordered everyone to get ready, some of them hid behind the side of the ship, some of them hid in the cabin, and the gunners continued to fire, the two ships were getting closer and closer, because of the closeness, the guns of both sides would not miss even if their eyes were closed.
Countless cannonballs flew and the sound of explosions seemed to steal everyone's hearing, and many people could only hear the buzzing in their ears, but they couldn't hear other sounds clearly, and everything in front of them was like a silent movie. It seems that everything freezes before the eyes.
Blood, gunsmoke, many people are the last look.
Although the sides of the ship on both sides were thickened, two or three feet behind the thick planks. If a cannonball comes from afar, it can also bounce off. But as the two sides got closer and closer, so did the power of the cannons. The ship's side was also deadlocked.
Several places cracked, and countless sawdust flew wildly, making people bloody all over. However, the density and power of artillery in this era are still insufficient, but after a while, the distance between the two sides is already very close.
Countless soldiers held their breath, holding in their hands the firearms, long knives, and grenades, large and small.
Almost all of the people on Ruan Jin's boat are people who are related to Ruan Jin, either with the same surname or fellow villagers, who are treated the best, and who are also the most loyal and capable to Ruan Jin.
It is precisely because of his trust in the soldiers under his command that Ruan Jin has this strategy of capturing the thief Xianqin King.
"Throw." I don't know who shouted, one by one hand - grenades. Crossing the distance of a few zhang, the small half smashed in the seawater, and the majority smashed on the opposite deck, and for a time the sound of explosions was loud, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled, although it was within a distance of several zhang, but also felt that the situation on the other side seemed to be unable to see clearly.
"Kill." One rope after another was thrown out of the Xia army's ships, and an iron hook was hung on each rope, which was immediately hung on the side of the opposite ship, on the deck, on the mast, and on all corners.
When there were still two or three zhang distance between the two sides, several people climbed the rope and were about to board the Qing army's ship. At this time, the means that the Qing army had already laid an ambush showed up.
Several small cannons have long been ready to fire.
These small cannons are useless at all in bombarding the ship, but at this moment they are full of scattered bullets, and when they saw Xia Jun coming up, they immediately opened fire, and for a while, countless pieces of iron and sand and stones were like an invisible wall in the air. Sealed off all the space.
"Ah-----" A terrible scream came, and several of the Xia soldiers who rushed up were knocked away and fell into the sea, and in the seawater, a ball of blood suddenly appeared, and this red was immediately diluted by the color of the sea, and disappeared without a trace.
The rest of the Xia soldiers also fell on the deck of the Qing army, needless to say, they died, and those who were lucky enough not to die also covered their faces with their hands, screaming loudly, and blood gushed out from his fingers like a spurt.
Life is better than death.
Even so, it was impossible to stop the Xia army from jumping one after another, although the side of the two ships was slightly higher than that of the Qing army. But at this moment, it can't stop the pace of Xia Jun's advance, Ruan Jin may have some shortcomings in other aspects, but he is still handy in jumping gang fighting.
"When." In this smoke-filled environment, the first sound erupted, the sound of knives and guns colliding.
Hand-to-hand combat began.
Nguyen Jin didn't end up.
He is an old man who fought on the water, and naturally knows the danger of this kind of fighting, Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Zhihu, how majestic, he is simply the first fierce general in naval warfare, but he was caught in a fishing net and ended his life.
After all, he was burdened with a heavy responsibility, and he didn't dare to be so frivolous. It's just a matter of sitting on the sidelines.
The same is true for Huang Wu, compared to Ruan Jin, Huang Wu was born as a small official, and he can have today's status, let alone fight. Therefore, he will not go into battle himself. Even the ships of the two sides engaged in broadside battles, which was not his original intention. It's not that Huang Wu is afraid of a broadside battle.
All he wanted was victory. If the broadside battle gives him victory, he will naturally fight. It's just that he found himself superior over artillery, and naturally he wanted to play to his advantage.
With a "bang", the two ships collided together, to be precise, Ruan Jin's boat crashed into Huang Wu's boat. Huang Wu had already ordered to dodge, but it was too close and too fast. In addition, the space for dodging is quite limited.
It's just inevitable.
But even so, Huang Wu's ship was still struggling, but he saw that the sides of the two sides were rubbing hard, making a sound that was almost earbreaking, extremely sharp, soaring into the sky, even the rumbling cannon sound, could not be suppressed, the two ships were like two floating ice, colliding with each other, rubbing, and escaping.
The two decks were as if they were alive, sending their temper tantrums to the people on board.
However, the people on both ships are first-class good hands, and it is common for experienced sailors to control their bodies in such an environment. Although there were some stumbles, he was still able to stand very steady.
It's just that many times, it's not that if you stand firmly, you can stand still.
Whether it's a firebolt or an artillery, it's a grenade
- Bullets, knives and guns, and all cold weapons will not make them stand firm.
Huang Wu was already hiding in the cabin.
Another Xia Jun's ship collided with it, and this ship did not jump directly, but smashed the ceramic jars one by one. The canisters smashed across the deck, cracking open in an instant, and countless grease flowed everywhere. In a moment, a spark fell on the grease somewhere, and in an instant, a raging fire spread, and in an instant, a large area was burned.
The flames were monstrous.
Huang Wu was taken aback, he never thought of this. Seeing this raging flame, he lost his mind for a while.
"General, we quickly dodged, and a fire broke out on the deck, and this fire spread extremely fast," Huang Wu's personal attendant said.
Before he could finish speaking, he heard an explosion, and he didn't know where the gunpowder had ignited, and the gunpowder exploded, and countless sparks flew out, and even the sails of the ship were lit in one place, but he saw this tongue of fire, and licked it everywhere, but in a moment, the hole created by the flame spread.
If it was just a flame, Huang Wu would not be afraid. 、
In water warfare, fire attack is a common means, both offense and defense have routines, if it is just throwing some fuel, the sailors on the ship are also experienced, and naturally know how to deal with it, but now, everyone is attracted by the soft Ruan into the boat, and no one sets fire at all, which is an important reason for being successful.
Seeing the flames raging, it was almost impossible to extinguish. Huang Wu said sharply: "Before I came, I already said that if I win, if I win, this place is my place of death, where is there a reason to dodge." All of them are going to put out the fire. ”
"Wow." Huang Wu was unmoved, and the soldiers below did not dare to make the slightest move, so they had to resist and extinguish the fire at the same time.
And at this time, Nguyen Jin's order also came down, telling the people who boarded the ship to withdraw.
The people on Ruan's boat are all his henchmen, so naturally he doesn't want to lose himself here in vain. Seeing that the general trend is now on me, if Huang Wu does not change the ship, he will die on the ship, Ruan Jin's heart was slightly relieved, and he paid attention to the casualties.
It's just that on the battlefield, accidents are always unexpected by everyone.
But seeing that the Qing army had no time to lower the sails, in order to prevent this sail from igniting other sails, several big men used axes to prepare to cut off the mast stiffly. But I didn't want to cut it in half, and suddenly a gust of wind blew, and with the power of half of the sail, the mast was torn off.
And the mast smashed down on Ruan Jin's boat in a daze, as if it was a slap dry. The first thing to hit was the mast of Ruan Jinza's boat, only to see the two masts intimately colliding together, and the mast of the Huang Wuzao ship, with countless sails, smashed Ruan Jin's cabin.
By the way, there are also flames that smashed past.