The remaining mortars were all transported to the deck and placed according to Zhao Rui's intentions, and the recoil of these mortars would be borne by the base.

When the shore was officially seen, all the mortars on board had been arranged, and it was just waiting to see the position of the guns on the shore.

At this time, under the unified command of Jiao Xian, the small and medium-sized warships bypassed the numerous reefs and approached the shore.

The other side should have already discovered that he didn't know when the wine would be fired, and Jiao Xian asked the ship to keep as far distance as possible, while he was on standby, closely watching the situation on the shore.

Here it comes!

A few small bright spots suddenly appeared on the shore, Jiao Xian understood that this was a cannon fire, and then when the sound came, Jiao Xian had already shouted: "Shelling!" Shelling! Be careful to dodge! ”

"Whoosh ......"

A batch of solid shells fell from the sky, but fortunately, Jiao Xian reminded him in time, and many of the shells fell directly into the water. Only one small warship flooded the smashed deck.

After the hectic chaos, Jiaoxian's fleet continued to move towards the shore.

And Zhao Rui's side has also discovered the main shelling site on the other side.

"All of them, aim ...... *** shoot!"

At this time, the angle of inclination of the mortar is very small, so you don't have to calculate what distance to adjust, as long as you aim and shoot directly.

At the same time, because it is not a high elevation angle, soldiers should also pay attention to exerting some force when putting in the shell, otherwise the impact force may be small, resulting in the primer cannot be fired.

In addition, there is another point that Zhao Rui repeatedly emphasized when the mortar was developed, that is, one of the gunners must hold on to the gun body.

Feel the vibration to see if the last shell has been fired, otherwise it will cause the shell trapped in the barrel to explode, causing great damage.

At this time, it is even more important to pay attention to the ship, if there is a mistake, it may not be as simple as killing a few people, it is likely to cause serious damage to the hull, and may indirectly harm the entire ship.

"Wow......"

Smoke filled the air, and the entire side of the ship towards the shore was covered in thick smoke.

The dense cannonballs turned into barrages and flew towards the shore together.

Zhao Rui set up a telescope and looked at the artillery position on the opposite bank.

They set up a dozen guns in one position, with three rows of height differences, so that their shells could be dense, and thus the accuracy would be improved.

However, this is exactly what Zhao Rui wants, whether it is the enemy or the artillery, the more they gather in one place, the more they will be damaged.

There was no problem with the mortar aiming on Zhao Rui's side, and the dense shells were whistling, getting closer and closer to them.

It seems that someone on the enemy side has noticed the anomaly, looking at the black dot that is getting closer and closer on the opposite side, shouting to inform everyone, and these people are looking strangely ahead.

"Whoosh ......"

"No, it's a cannonball! Be careful to dodge! ”

They also knew that ships at sea had artillery, but they certainly did not have an advantage in accuracy as they did on land.

But now the sudden shelling has forced them to dodge.

It can be said that facing artillery on land also has an advantage over ship.

The small deck on the ship is extremely difficult for dodging, or they are more flexible on the ground.

So these didn't care about firing back, and focused on dodging.

But at this time, they had not seen an explosive shell, they just thought it was some solid shells, and it would be fine to dodge them easily.

But reality gave them a heavy, irresistible attack.

Hundreds of shells exploded in the artillery array on the shore, emitting a violent firelight, blowing sand and rocks, looking in the direction of Zhao Rui, the target has been completely covered by sand and dust, and in this position, the shells are still exploding.

Jiao Xian, who was still worried at this time, couldn't help but shout!

"Haha! Hit! The prince hit! Advance! Speed up! ”

Jiao Xian was so excited that his voice burst out, he had experienced two rounds of artillery fire before, because the distance was closer, and even damaged three small warships.

There was no way, the military order was like a mountain, and he didn't know if the next shell would hit his head, but he could only move forward with fear.

But the violent explosion was simply the most beautiful sound he had ever heard.

Jiao Xian's excited shouts infected the soldiers who went ashore with him, and they shouted one after another, paddling faster in their hands, thinking of taking advantage of the situation to go ashore faster and deal a heavy blow to the enemy.

"Great, young master, I didn't expect that the mortar would be extremely powerful when used like this!"

Zhao Gong took the binoculars at this time, looked at the artillery camp on the opposite side in a mess, and couldn't help but praise loudly.

"Haha! I don't know where they got their artillery, but since they met us, they can only be considered unlucky! ”

The corners of Zhao Rui's mouth turned up, looking at their fleet from afar, getting closer and closer to the shore.

It's a little too easy!

As long as Jiaoxian's fleet approached the shore, with the advantage of musketeers, then the enemy on the shore had no ability to resist at all.

This means that this landing battle can be successfully concluded.

Hey?

Is there a situation near the cliff near the shore?

The coast here is a semi-circular beach with soft sand in the middle, which is naturally unobstructed, but on one side there are high cliffs.

At this time, Zhao Rui saw that on the top of the cliff, countless dense human heads appeared.

"Zhao Gong, give me the telescope."

Zhao Rui didn't turn his head, but just reached out and took the binoculars and looked at the current direction.

With the telescope, Zhao Rui saw more clearly, it turned out that there were a lot of enemy troops in ambush on it, each of them holding a longbow in their hands, carrying a quiver behind their backs, and inside were densely packed feather arrows.

This is......

Zhao Rui quickly thought that this was their enemy who wanted to take advantage of the high ground to focus on them for bow and arrow shooting.

Medium-sized ships are fine and can be sheltered by the cabins below, but small ships are completely exposed to bows and arrows.

Moreover, Zhao Rui felt that it must not be so simple, the warships at this time were all wooden, since they had this plan, they would definitely think of the idea of rocket attack.

When the time comes, if the ship is hit by a dense number of rockets, then the loss on Zhao Rui's side will be too great.

There was no time to delay, Zhao Rui immediately ordered, turned the bow of the ship, and tried the artillery against the cliff over there.

Zhao Gong also looked carefully with a telescope at this time, and said with some worry: "Young master, I'm afraid this won't work, the cliff is too high, it will be extremely time-consuming if we adjust the angle of the mortar again, and besides, if the angle changes, we are not sure how accurately we can hit, after all, we still have some restrictions on the ship!" ”

Zhao Rui listened to it and groaned, he was right.

Zhao Gong has now grown into a real military general, and he is also very familiar with the use of firearms, and he actually saw the difficult place to solve it first, which made Zhao Rui more appreciative.

So what to do......

At this time, Jiaoxian's fleet was still moving forward imperceptibly, and they were still shouting excitedly from time to time, not knowing that the crisis was coming.

At this time, there were at least a few thousand archers on the cliff, and they had already begun to bend their bows and arrows.

Zhao Rui was observing with a telescope while thinking about the solution, and he didn't understand in his heart, with these private soldiers, where did they get the artillery, and where did they get thousands of bows and arrows.

If it was before, Zhao Rui might not have known much about it, so he had started a weapons transaction with Zhancheng, only to know that in this era, making bows and arrows is extremely time-consuming and laborious, and it is expensive, except for the government, some small forces simply have no way to prepare so many quantities.

Can't hit the top of the cliff......

"By the way, if you can't hit the top, we'll hit the cliff!"

Zhao Rui immediately made a decision and gave the order to attack the cliff.

Zhao Gong also figured it out, the young master's decision can be said to be the best way at the moment, the cliff is blown up, then the enemy army above naturally has no place to stay, and it is not so easy for them to think about launching a bow and arrow attack.

After all, they still have muskets, and if the enemy is not on a high place, they will not be able to compete with muskets at all.

"Quick! Faster! Is the orientation correct? ”

Zhao Rui set up the telescope and shouted anxiously.

Because at this time, as expected, Zhao Rui had already seen them start to pass the torches, which meant that the rocket was about to be ignited, and it was about to burn to the warship!

Zhao Gong also understood the seriousness of the matter, and urged and coordinated the shipwright to adjust the position.

Not good! The enemy troops above had already spread the torches, and even Zhao Rui saw that the person they were leading should have waved his arm heavily.

Fortunately, at this time, Zhao Gong shouted: "Young master, the adjustment is complete!" ”

"Launch, ***! Fast! ”

At the sound of an order, countless **** rushed out of the barrel and headed straight towards the cliff.

However, Zhao Rui's side is only a little bit short of time......

In the process of the flight of the shells, the first round of rocket fire had already begun, and countless rockets left the bowstring and headed straight for the scorched fleet.

Not good!

Jiao Xian, who had been watching the situation on the shore, first discovered the crisis, and at the risk of being shot by an arrow, he shouted a warning and told everyone to prepare the sea for an impending fire.

"Tuk Tuk!"

Countless arrows were shot on the deck, probably because of the first shot, the local archers were still a little unaccurate, and only a small number of bows and arrows concentrated on the ship.

But even so, it had already injured many soldiers and set fire to a small half of the warship.

"Firefighting! Fire! ”

While Jiao Xian shouted, he also took the lead, using a wooden bucket to draw water from the sea to extinguish the flames that were about to spread.

Too much to handle!

Zhao Rui saw clearly on the ship, fortunately, only a small half of the rockets hit the warship, if they were lucky and all of them were on target, then Jiaoxian's fleet would definitely face a catastrophe, and I am afraid that the fire could not be saved.

At this time, everyone in the scorching fleet was busy putting out the fire, so that the ships were stopped, and the conditions were created for the precision of the next attack of the enemy.