Chapter 1001: Surprise to the Enemy

The Flying Tiger Army is often in the middle of the blue waves, although the wind and waves on the river today are quite large, it is not enough to compare with it, according to the arrangement of the opponent's water village, the formation of their own fleet is fine-tuned, and the commander of each team is extremely fast, but the momentum of the tea kung fu attack has been adjusted in place, and the immediate arrangement is to give full play to the power of the shipborne Xiangyang cannon on the "Aolong" ship, which can cover the wide front of the entire Yangzhou military water village. Once the formation is listed, the ships will give flags to the flagship, and they are ready to go, just waiting for the second general to give an order.

However, at this time, Gan Ning seemed unhurried, holding a clairvoyant mirror and observing the other party's water village carefully, Xu Huang and others on the side had an effect after drinking the hot tea configured by Wang Xinran, although they did not know the details of the water battle, but there were flying tiger soldiers on the side to explain, the tactics of the Yan army were constantly updated, and the infantry and artillery coordination in the siege had shown great power, in order to meet the needs of the future battle array, the coordination between the infantry army and the naval army had also become important. Yan Liang and the other Yan army infantry generals will train first! Of course, the voices of these soldiers were very low, and everyone did not say a word, for fear of disturbing the second general's observation of the enemy, but Xu Huang heard Gan Ning's muttering clearly.

"Xu Wen is rubbing against you kid, Zhang Zhongming is too, children don't understand the rules, you don't understand, so people come to you to at least come out to say hello so that you don't lose your courtesy......" While watching the enemy, Xingba had words in his mouth, and Long Xiangjun generally came to Dajiang to listen to the biggest opponent clearly, Xu Sheng fought side by side with him here back then, that kid is a rare talent in the navy, but it's a pity, as for Zhang Yun Xingba, he knows more about him.

More than ten years ago, Jinfan ran rampant across the river, breaking through a very loud name, and there was no struggle between the powerful Jingzhou naval army at that time, and many of them were quite familiar with the generals Xingba, Cai Mao's personality was gloomy and not pleased, but this did not prevent Gan Ning from having a high opinion of this person's ability to fight in water, in addition to Zhang Yun, the two can also be regarded as old rivals. He had come several times to clear the Jinfan thieves, and Gan Ning had many encounters on the water, which also had their own victories and defeats, in general, Xingba had a slight upper hand but was mostly attacking, at that time he did not have the current Flying Tiger Army in his hands, once the enemy was strong, it was invincible.

Over time, Zhang Yun always had no way to take Gan Ning, but Xingba did not take much advantage in his hands, and later because Jinfan was a water bandit but had a good reputation, and the people also had a reputation, the government had to be willing to spend energy in vain several times to conquer it. However, Gan Ning and Zhang Yun became a little sympathetic to each other because of the confrontation between them, just before Gan Ning went to the north, Jingzhou had sent officials to Jianghaizhuang to surrender, Zhang Yunyan and as long as Xingba was willing to enter the Jingzhou navy, he would definitely protect his status and would never be under him, if he was interested, he would come to Jianghaizhuang to invite him! His words are sincere and his meaning is quite sincere, and he attaches great importance to Jinfan.

At that time, Xingba was not unmoved, although he was free to be the king on the water, he always had the name of a bandit, who wanted to be bald with hair? Besides, Gan Ning has always had the ambition of a man and has the heart to make contributions, so he replied that he would think carefully and then give an answer! But a trip to the north to get acquainted with Liu Yi and Zhao Yun became brothers in life and death, and since then, the three of them have been side by side in the troubled times and have established countless prestige, and they are known as the ambitions of men's lives! Sometimes Xingba looks back and thinks about it, but he also has to sigh that the world makes people, if he didn't have a trip to the north but joined the Jingzhou Navy back then, what should he do today?

There will be no answer to this question, now Gan Ning is famous and powerful in the world, the first general in the Yan army, the two brothers know each other, and they have a good wife and love to accompany him, plus the birth of his beloved son Gan Ping may be out of the young sister is still worried about him, he has no lack of heart. Now he is going to do his best for the great cause of his eldest brother to lay a thousand miles for him, his brother can become a generation of Ming Jun, and he and his third brother will also become famous generals in history! It seems that the battle of Xu Yang in front of him is a very critical battle for the Flying Tiger Army, Zhang Yun and Xu Sheng are also strong opponents that cannot be underestimated, they have not seen each other for more than ten years, but they don't know how Zhang Zhongming, who can compete with him, is shaped, fortunately, there are sharp weapons such as clairvoyant mirrors in the Yan army, which can be used by Xingba to see the details of the old man from afar.

"Hehe, Brother Zhong Ming has not changed much, Xu Sheng, this kid is becoming more and more calm, since you have already come out to greet you, let Gan give you a gift of meeting! Passing on my military order, all the Xiangyang cannons on the two ships of "Aolong" and "Sea Dragon" began to fire, and the Yangzhou Navy Army? Let's wait for you to taste the power of my Flying Tiger Army's stone bullets. After a while, two familiar figures appeared in the clairvoyant mirror, and a smile appeared on the corner of Gan Ning's mouth, remembering that Zhang Yun was six or seven years older than himself, and now he is still over forty years old, but there is not much change in appearance, but Xu Sheng has grown a beard under Han for a few years, and his eyes are full of confidence.

The old people haven't seen each other for a long time, so they should naturally say hello, but if they want Zhang Yun and Xu Sheng to choose, they will definitely not like Xingba's greeting. As soon as the two of them got on the high platform, they were thinking about what the utensils on the deck of the Flying Tiger Army's "Proud Dragon" and "Sea Dragon" were covered by leather felt, and they didn't even bother to study the Flying Tiger Army's new main battleship "Proud Dragon", but they soon knew the purpose of the other party's discharging of the formation in front of them. Gan Ning gave an order, and the soldiers on the ships carried out their actions in a neat manner, and after the felt was removed one by one, the ship-borne Xiangyang cannons and small bombardment cannons appeared in front of Zhang Yun, Xu Sheng and all the Yangzhou naval soldiers.

The "Aolong" ship is wide, especially the deck is designed to be wider, in order to be able to carry more ship-borne Xiangyang guns, these equipment is very different from that used by the main army equipment battalion, and his material has added a lot of refined iron components, which can be said to be a simplified version of Li Tieniu's "big guy", and it is also designed for the special needs of water warfare, which is more refined than the army! A "Aolong" ship can carry 17 Xiangyang cannons, but in general, in wartime, the naval soldiers will only use 14 of them in order to make them more powerful. Even below deck, two crossbows can be extended through mechanisms, and their functions have also been improved.

Considering that the manufacture of the "Aolong" ship is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive, generally speaking, it plays the role of a water fortress as the core of the formation, and a single "Aolong" cannot form too fierce long-range power, so supplementing the "Sea Dragon" has become a way of thinking for the navy to strengthen the army. Before the appearance of the "Aolong" ship, the "Sea Dragon" had always been the main combat ship of the Flying Tiger Army, and it had also verified its solidity in countless round-trips to and from Dahan Island! In terms of size, he has a big gap with the former, and he can be called a behemoth in terms of the level of the naval army at that time, a "proud dragon" in the formation of the Flying Tiger Army warship assists four sea dragons, regardless of long-range and short-range, it can ensure sufficient power, join the enemy ships and ships out with the intention of destruction, ten "dragon ships" and more than ten ships, including the Ke, will exercise the effect of water cavalry, to give the enemy a head-on attack, to ensure the safety of the main ship.

Thirty-seven ships in a formation, not to mention how many skilled craftsmen and craftsmen are involved in these warships and equipment, brainstorming, even in terms of money, it is an extremely huge amount, the Flying Tiger Army is only 50,000 at this time, which is only twenty-one for the Yan Army's nearly one million army, but its military expenditure accounts for more than one-fifth of the total, which shows Liu Yi's huge investment in the water army, and it is not an exaggeration to call it "Water Swallowing Beast"! Even if the Southern Three Heroes had the same advanced technology and materials, to build such a Flying Tiger Army, most of them would have to drag their finances to the point of collapse, and the strong economic strength of the Yan Army was also reflected in this.

"Enemy attack!" In the case of the four warship formations of the Flying Tiger Army firing with all their might, many of the warships of the Yangzhou Army in the water village have been hit by flying stones, this initial launch Gan Ning used the method of scattering, the size of the stone projectiles projectiles projectiles fired by the Xiangyang cannon is not huge, and the enemy's building ships may not be a fatal threat, but it is a heavy blow to those who are going to the boat, even if it is a ten-pound stone flying in the air, its mass will immediately increase by five or six times, enough to smash through the bottom of the boat! The short horn in the Yangzhou military water village kept sounding, and many soldiers were greeted by giant shields, but the bottom of the ship was still difficult to resist the flying stones, how much effect could the shield play?

Yan Army Equipment Battalion, Xiangyang Cannon, Bombardment Cannon, Mofang Divine Crossbow, now these have become a well-known name in the Han military circles, even if Zhang Yun and Xu Sheng have never seen the Yan Army use such equipment, but in the past few years, it has been thunderous, to be hostile to the Yan Army, the Equipment Battalion is a fierce enemy that cannot be avoided! Especially the two battles of Hanzhong and Yanzhou, the prestige of this battalion has been raised to a new level, as the general of the Yangzhou army, Xu Sheng Zhang Yun will never be unfamiliar with this name, but they can no longer imagine that the Yan army can already use this powerful weapon on the warship, and they know that the Flying Tiger Army's warship, which is already unique in the world, will be equipped with such an effective long-range weapon What it will mean, it is very willing to be a subversion of everyone's perception of water warfare. And Gan Ning's purpose here is by no means as simple as a demonstration!

The four warship formations of the Flying Tiger Army are all three to fifty zhang away from the Yangzhou Army Water Village, even if there is no flying stone in the sky, I am afraid that the bows and arrows of the defenders will not be able to pose too much threat to the Flying Tiger Army on the warship, not to mention that in order to see what Gan Ning is doing, the best time to release arrows is also missed in the Xuanxu Water Village! This is by no means a dereliction of duty on the part of Xu Sheng and Zhang Yun, if there is no Sky Bombardment Cannon, even if the Flying Tiger soldiers on these warships are landed, they will not be able to pose a threat to them, and the rather daunting "Proud Dragon" giant ship will not be able to approach the shore, and the long-range weapon can exert such power on the warship is beyond the cognition of the two, if there is no Liu Yi coming, without the excellence of Bai Mo and others in the equipment, it is probably the same for Gan Ning.

Of course, compared with the land, the scale of the bombardment cannon and the Xiangyang cannon have been reduced a lot to match the limited space on the deck, they can't shoot a hundred catties of boulders like a giant bombardment cannon, and the maximum load is not more than thirty catties, in fact, thirty-five catties is the limit of the ship-borne Xiangyang cannon bombardment cannon, but the overweight will have a great impression on their service life, which is much more expensive than the similar equipment of the army equipment battalion. But then again, the army equipment battalion is dealing with a fortified city or a walled city, and the navy has to deal with most of the enemy warships, the two are not comparable in terms of solidity, and the fact that several ships of the Yangzhou Navy were smashed and sunk is proof of this, and finally regained his composure under Xu Sheng and Zhang Yun's drink, and the second blow ordered by Gan Ning came again!