Chapter Seventy-Eight: Gunfire in the South China Sea

Under the clear blue sky, four warships crushed the green carpet-like sea, dragging long white waves, and greeted each other in pairs.

Liu Qianhu and Tumisu each commanded a warship, and the two warships of the Yuan army, 2,000 stone and 1,500 stone respectively, were equivalent to the Song ships. Although it had only gone through a bloody battle, it was basically a bargain, and with the advantage of troops and weapons, the losses were not large, and there were still one hundred and twenty or thirty soldiers per ship.

The ships of the enemy and ours are of equal tonnage, equal in strength, and ...... weapons Liu Qianhu and Tumisu naturally thought that the weapons were comparable.

Liu Qianhu is the Han army of the old Jin State, the Song and Jin countries are mortal enemies, and it is common for them to fight each other, and he is very clear about the weapons and tactics of the Song army - the bow and crossbow first, the sword card is the last, and the spearmen are mixed. Three arrows against the enemy, the sword card blocks the enemy, and the spearman stabs.

The Song army's operations were basically these three axes, and as for the cavalry, it could be completely ignored. Because of the lack of qualified war horses, a team of 10,000 people often only has a few hundred horses, compared with the same 10,000 Mongolian army of almost 20,000 horses (Mongolian soldiers often ride one person and two horses), it is simply a few waves in the sea, which is not enough to see at all.

Of course, there is no cavalry in naval warfare, and even the infantry tactics are different, at least not in the same formation as the army. However, the attack is similar, with arrows shot first, then hooked ladders, then the knife player charges, and the spearman follows to assassinate.

Liu Qianhu's northern army tactics were the same, the only difference was that his soldiers were superior to the Song soldiers in terms of courage and physique, and with this alone, he was sure that he would defeat the invading Song ships with a one-to-one force. And before that, he had ordered the bed crossbow to be fired, and the Song boat also used artillery to hit the water column into the sky, but they didn't even rub off the ship's paint.

Liu Qianhu and Tu Mi Su naturally didn't expect Baizhang to hit accurately from a distance, the pistol was purely lucky, the best collision, and the failure to hit could also scare the enemy, and the next bow and crossbow shooting was the real killing.

When the four ships gradually approached to 20 zhang, the Yuan ships from the south to the north took the upper hand, and it was appropriate to shoot downwind. From time to time, the flag-bearers can be seen running behind the female wall of the warship, conveying orders. The head of the sign who received the order urged the crossbowmen to prepare, but the response was a complaint.

"The climate in Qiongzhou is too humid, and the bowstring is too easy to damage, and the string broke just after shooting three arrows. There was also a spare string that was also badly degummed......"

"You've got a spare string, and I'm the last one...... Look, the glue is almost gone, and I don't know if the next arrow will break. ”

"Mine is the same, this string doesn't dare to be stretched too far at all, twenty zhang too far, wait closer."

"Look at my bow and this string, it's all fucking open, can this work?"

There was a lot of noise, and the head of the brand was about to blow up, but he knew better than anyone else that it was the truth. This sea and sky miasma is extremely humid, the maintenance of bows and strings is a headache, and far away from the mainland, logistics and transportation cannot keep up, many bows and strings can not be properly maintained, and often used a few times either the string is broken or the bow line collapses...... The same scene took place on the warship commanded by Tomisu.

So the crossbowmen of the two Yuan warships received the same order: shoot when fifteen feet away from the enemy ship, and draw the bow with all their strength as long as the bowstring can still be used.

At the same time as Liu Qianhu and Tu Misu issued the order, they also discovered a strange thing: there were no crossbowmen on the Song army's warships, and they didn't even see the sword players and spearmen, and all the soldiers were lying behind the female wall and the battle grid, and they seemed to be holding something in their hands. The crossbow window spear hole of the double platform also sticks out densely, and I don't know what kind of fame I have.

Liu Qianhu and Tumisu are both old soldiers, and after discovering the strangeness of this Song army warship, they faintly feel that something is wrong, but they can't see what is wrong. At this time, the warships of both sides were getting closer and closer, and they were close to the firing area of 20 zhang. Liu Qianhu and Tumisu had to put aside their doubts and give an order to the crossbowmen: draw the bow and be ready to fire.

As soon as the order was issued, Liu Qianhu saw a pair of men and women suddenly appear on the opposite platform, the man was holding a swarthy iron bump in both hands and aimed at himself, and the woman was holding a five-foot iron pipe and pointing at herself.

What is this for? Hidden weapons? Liu Qianhu almost laughed, there was a double weight in front of him, unless it was a bed crossbow that fired a spear, don't want to hurt half of his hair......

Syllable!

There was a crisp sound over the sea.

A big hand in front of Liu Qianhu snorted, shook his strong body and fell.

Bang bang!

The second, third, and fourth big hands fell down in turn, and the bullet holes on the surface of the tree were clearly visible.

The four big hands fell, and there was no one in front of Liu Qianhu.

Bang!

A sixth gunshot rang out. Liu Qianhu's shoulder exploded with a blood flower, and his body shook.

Bang!

A seventh gunshot rang out. Liu Qianhu was shocked, his hands covered his abdomen, and a large amount of blood spilled between his fingers.

"What is this...... Dark...... Hidden weapon ......" Liu Qianhu's eyes widened in disbelief and he threw himself forward.

It was only then that the left and right hands reacted and raised their cover in horror - however, it was too late.

Tumisu, who was also commanding on the platform of another warship, had better luck than Liu Qianhu, and the commander of the Song army's warship platform opposite him was not as good as Zhao Lie, who killed Liu Qianhu with seven shots, in terms of pistol quality and marksmanship. However, the luck of the Han Signing Army, including his Beiting pro-army, was not as good as that of their superiors. With the order of the young commander on the platform of the Song ship, the female wall battle grid, the crossbow window spear hole and the platform of the second building, the fire flashed in an instant, and the explosion was loud, and the columns of smoke gushed out, spitting out small and powerful lead pellets.

Bang Bang! Puff puff puff!

The warships of the Yuan army were full of sawdust, the blood mist was filled, and the crossbowmen, sword players, and spearmen fell one after another. The splattered blood pooled into a puddle and meandered down the hull as the ship swayed, painting the ship a shocking crimson color.

Originally, as long as the Yuan soldiers hid behind the female wall, with the lame marksmanship of the new musketeers opposite, the chance of hitting was reduced by at least half. However, because he didn't find that there were crossbowmen on the Song boat, even the Song soldiers were "afraid" to hide behind the female wall. A group of Han soldiers naturally held their heads high, hit the cards with knives and guns, and laughed loudly, baking their own momentum to the fullest, once they attacked, they naturally had a rainbow of momentum. This was originally correct, however, it can only be said that they were fated to run into an army of firearms that was ahead of its time. As a result, they became the targets of the new musketeers.

Bang Bang! Puff puff puff!

The sound of gunfire continued, becoming more and more intense, interspersed with the characteristic loud muffled sound of shotguns and the intensive bursts of pistol fire, only the target became more and more scarce......

In less than a stick of incense, the remaining Han troops of the Yuan army, who had been killed and bloodied, were devastated and had lost the command of Shangguan, raised the white flag and surrendered.

Tu Su's good fortune seemed to be running outβ€”he fled like a lost dog with a boatload of corpses and wounded numbers all over the ground.

Luodian Laoqi, who was watching Hong Siniang for the Yuan army in the distance, was dumbfounded, and his subordinates knelt on the ground, and kept bowing: "It's Lei Gongbing!" The heavenly soldiers sent by Lei Gong! ”

Hong Siniang wrapped her scattered hair with a blue cloth towel again, knocked each other with both blades, and made a crisp golden iron sound: "Luodian Laoqi, God can't look at you, a traitor to the Li family, who eats inside and out, and sends Lei Gongbing to clean you up!" Come on, now it's my turn to follow you! ”