Chapter 300: Blitzkrieg
The trebuchets of the party fleet only have a strong kill range of 500 to 1,000 paces, but the two warships developed by Lu Qing have a strong kill range of 500 to 1,500. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info even places light stone projectiles, which can attack up to 2,000 paces away, but it is difficult to guarantee the accuracy and destructive power.
When Fujiwara Yeiko arrived at the attack point, she prepared all the trebuchets and attacked with all her strength as soon as Li Jun gave the order.
If it is said that a party warship can defeat a 5,000-foot army, Fujiwara Yeonko knows that the Fengwu at her feet can crush more than 20,000 people. She was in a hurry to try this well-crafted weapon of war and see how powerful a ship could be.
The battleships Long Fei and Feng Wu were 1,200 paces away from the enemy ships, which was an absolutely safe distance for the Song ships, but they also happened to lock all the party fleets in the attack circle.
Just when the battle was about to start, the sudden appearance of the Song warship made Li Hurong hesitate, because years of combat experience gave him a beastly intuition.
Dangerous, dangerous!
I was ambitious just now, but in a blink of an eye, I felt uncomfortable.
These two Song ships gave Li Hurong a very bad feeling, he felt like a sheep on the prairie, and the other party was two hungry wolves.
Although they did not move, Li Hurong, who had an increasingly strong sense of crisis, still made the decision to abandon the Song army camp and deal with the enemy ships first.
"The fleet turned around and faced the Song ship!"
Three huge warships turned slowly, the other three were on alert, and the trebuchets in the stern were always on the alert.
Li Jun smiled, "I actually know about alternate turns, it seems that I am still very jealous of us!" ā
Fujiwara Yeonko called the flag, do you want to strike first?
Li Jun knew that Lin Chong wanted to quickly resolve the battle and the next battle plan, so he immediately played a lantern slogan, "Start the war immediately and attack freely."
As soon as his flag was issued, Fujiwara Yeonko's battleship accelerated in an instant, the huge water wheels on the left and right sides of the Fengwu were running rapidly, and the three trebuchets on the front and rear decks and the top turrets were loaded autonomously.
Under the clear moonlight like water, I heard Fujiwara Yanzi's sharp voice sound, "Feng Wu, the target enemy fleet is on the right, full firepower!" ā
"Whew! Call! Whew!"
Three stone projectiles rose into the air, a distance of 1,200 paces.
"Oh my God! The Song army began to attack, were they stupid at such a distance? ā
"This is a complete waste of ammunition, Song Jian is really rich!"
But Li Hurong grabbed it violently, this is not a waste of ammunition, the other party's range is enough.
A warship can actually have three trebuchets and a range of more than 1,200 paces, so it is completely passive to be beaten. You have to find a way, the long-range weapons are powerful, then you can only fight in close quarters, and if you can't do it, you can jump into the gang battle, and each ship has nearly a hundred sailors,.
Ten breaths passed, and the huge stone projectile had already smashed down on the turning party warship.
Dodged two stone shells, but the third hit the rightmost compartment of the fleet at once. In an instant, a hole four or five larger than the porthole was revealed, and the entire interior of the cabin was filled with mourning and smoke.
Li Jun didn't expect Fujiwara Yanzi to start so quickly, where was he willing to lag behind, and the great work of sinking the first ship could not be given to others. Han Shizhong and they have all made a lot of meritorious achievements, and they haven't opened meat yet, shame on them!
The Long Fei was activated in an instant, and under the command of Li Jun, the horsepower was at full fire! Towards the enemy ships.
Li Hurong was a little confused, I'm grass, you can attack from a distance, but you still want to fight in close combat? Don't you look at the ships and people as much as I have? If you dare to come close, I promise to torture you to the end.
Are you stupid or stupid?
With the help of pulleys and a self-loading system, Long Fei and Feng Wu rained stone bullets on the party fleet like machine guns.
In a quarter of an hour, Fujiwara Yeiko preemptively sank the enemy ship on the right and got off to a good start, and then, the Dragon Fei also sank the enemy ship on the left that was turning.
The destruction of the two warships, Li Hurong couldn't help but have a cold war, what speed is this? If he were a modern man, he would know that this situation is simply - instant kill!
His instincts were wrong, the two warships that were turning were both sunk, and Wei Minglan would definitely hold him responsible. But now it's no longer a concern, the fleet is already trapped here, is it a war or a retreat?
He didn't have a choice, the overseer was on the boat, and as long as he said to escape, he dared to cut off his own head.
It's best to jump closely, so that the grasp is a little bigger, four ships with 400 people, and less than 100 people against you, that's not hand-to-hand!
The two sides were already a thousand steps away, and the party warships could also start firing stone projectiles to attack the Song ships.
"The whole team is attacked, the target is an enemy ship on the left, launch!"
Li Hurong wanted to kill Fujiwara Yanzi's Fengwu first, even if he lost one warship, he still had three left. Again around the Dragon Fei, it will definitely be able to sink all the two powerful enemy ships and achieve a complete victory. The main thing was that the Fengwu took the lead in sinking the enemy ship, which left a deep impression on Li Hurong, so he gave priority to it.
Four enemy ships and eight trebuchets fired together, which was also very powerful, but no matter how they hit, all the stone shells fell into the water without exception and failed to hit.
Li Hurong was surprised to see that three rounds were launched, none of which hit, and immediately paid attention.
It turned out that the Feng Wu was a water wheel speeding warship, and his speed exceeded the prediction of the catapult commander, and he always missed and fell behind the Feng Wu.
The counterattack of the Fengwu was also very fierce, although the third battle ship on the right turned its bow, but under the attack of the dense barrage, the casualties were heavy, and even the mast was broken. And the Long Fei even damaged the two party warships, which slowed down the party fleet.
However, both sides approached at high speed, so they were soon five hundred paces away, which was almost equivalent to face-to-face contact.
Li Hurong was overjoyed, this time the trebuchets on both sides were useless, and the other party's rapid-fire trebuchet just now was like a myth, and he had the intention of jumping into the river. "Prepare to jump!"
"I'm still going to jump into the gang, thinking that Lao Tzu can't clean you up without a trebuchet? Save it! Li Jun laughed, and then gave an order on the bridge, "Thunderbolt crossbow arrows are ready, and the target enemy fleet is one on the left!" ā
The decks at the bow and top of the building flipped upside down, revealing three large crossbows. The operator on the side took out nine Thunderbolt arrows from the accessory box, installed them in the arrow slots of the three crossbow machines, and raised the green flag.
"Five hundred steps, launch!" Li Jun did not delay in giving the order immediately. The operator ignited the fuse with a twister and smashed the bracket.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Nine crossbow arrows headed straight for the enemy ship on the left with a sparkling fuse.
When the nine crossbow arrows were embedded in the party warship, the fuse quickly burned out, and nine fireballs instantly rose from the warship.
Many sailors were blown up and down, and the whole ship was covered with rivers of blood, and the dead were everywhere. Flames and smoke then rose to the sky, and many of the surviving sailors jumped ship to escape.
The huge 1,500-material warship floated quietly on the surface of the lake, allowing the fire to burn bigger and bigger, and finally the flames swept the whole ship.
Thunderbolts and bolts destroyed the party's warships like lightning.