Chapter 327: Naval Battle
As the warships of the enemy and us gradually approached, Wu Gang could even clearly see the figures walking back and forth on the opposite warship, but those figures were like black dots, shuttling back and forth on the deck of the warship.
The sailors controlled the speed of the warship and kept a distance from the enemy.
The enemy's ships are basically the same as those of the Xia Kingdom, and the tonnage is basically the same, but the number of enemy warships is three more than that of the Xia Kingdom, and it can be said that the navy of the Xia Kingdom is completely at a disadvantage.
"General, we are still 1,500 meters away from the enemy ships." A sailor reported quickly.
Wu Gang picked up the binoculars and looked at the sea in front of him, only to see the enemy ships lined up, and the dinosaur people on them were adjusting the crossbow arrows and stone throwers loaded on the deck.
"Send a signal to the general army to send dragoons to bombard, disrupt the enemy formation, and order the rest of the ships to line up and maintain speed." Wu Gang quickly commanded.
The order was carried out quickly, and Heijiao saw Wu Gang's flag through the telescope, and immediately ordered the nine dragoons stationed in the fortress to carry explosive bags to attack.
Nine dragoons flew into the sky and flew quickly in the direction of the enemy, and after a long time of airdrop training, they were confident that they could inflict heavy damage on the enemy.
When Wu Gang and the others were still a thousand meters away from the enemy, they saw several huge pterosaurs roaring over.
"Check the gunpowder and prepare to meet the enemy!" Wu Gang yelled.
The sailors sprang into action, tearing off the tarpaulin covering the explosives packs, revealing rows of neatly stacked explosives bags.
Three small trebuchets were also quickly pushed onto the deck and fixed.
Seeing that the enemy sent a pterodactyl army, the dinosaur people's fleet showed no signs of panic, this kind of pterosaur troops, in their impression, except as a scout, could not pose any threat at all, and no one even glanced at the sky.
But it was these Pterodactyl troops who kept them off the line that made a move that made them very incomprehensible.
Seeing many strange things falling from the sky, the dinosaur people couldn't help but be stunned, the enemy of this new world, do they want to stone themselves to death, this is simply ridiculous.
But soon after, something terrifying happened, these things fell from the sky with a thunderous roar, and the scorching flames spread quickly across the deck, and the sudden change suddenly caused the dinosaur people to be in chaos.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wu Gang immediately ordered the fleet to change formation, march side by side, and quickly rushed to a place less than 200 meters away from the enemy ship.
"Attack!" Wu Gang roared angrily.
The signalman was quickly raised, and the other three boats, seeing the flag raised, immediately attacked.
The trebuchet roared and dropped sparkling explosive packets into the enemy's fleet, and the rumbling explosions continued and the flames rose into the sky.
Strange screams resounded across the sea, and countless dinosaur people fell into the water, unknown to their deaths.
This round of blows immediately completely scrapped one of the enemy's ships, and in order not to give the enemy a chance to breathe, Wu Gang once again ordered the cannon to be fired.
But after all, the dinosaur people have been across the ocean for many years, and the ability to cross the ocean to come here shows that their seafaring ability is very strong.
After the accident just now, the dinosaur people calmed down and immediately ordered to change formation, and the ships quickly dispersed.
The trebuchet's accuracy was not high, and the second round of bombardment had little effect, with only one explosive pack hitting the dinosaur ship, but it didn't do much damage except for a few enemies.
Seeing this, Wu Gang immediately ordered: "Prepare for the string battle!" ”
Even if the training rehearsed many battles, but when the war really came, everyone's hearts were extremely nervous, in this sea with no way out, either you die or I live, and the soldiers kept praying to the gods in their hearts that they could survive this war.
The dinosaur man, who had recovered his composure from the panic, readjusted his formation and quickly approached the fleet.
"The catapults continued to bombard, and the ballista men fired their hooks and dragged the enemy ships over." Wu Gang pulled out his waist knife and roared angrily.
"Boom!"
The violent explosion made a large splash, and at such a close distance, it was difficult for the stone thrower to hit the target, and Wu Gang's palms were full of sweat when he saw the enemy approaching rapidly.
"Bang bang!"
The bolts fired from the ballista pierced one of the enemy ships, and the sailors quickly turned the winches to pull the enemy ship over.
Seeing this, the dinosaur man brandished his oddly shaped scimitar and frantically slashed at the rope on his claw.
But as the two ships continued to get closer, the sailors of the Xia Kingdom quickly put the prepared springboard on the enemy's deck, roaring and killing the enemy.
But the soldiers on both sides found out that the enemy who had been fighting each other was actually like this.
Human soldiers show more fear and confusion, while dinosaurs are surprised and shocked.
After a short period of stunned, the two sides immediately fought together, facing the dinosaur man who was a head taller than him, coupled with the fear in his heart, the human soldier was not his opponent at all, and he was killed in a blink of an eye.
Wu Gang was shocked when he saw this, if this continues, the navy is very likely to be wiped out here, knowing that he is not the opponent of these dinosaur people at all, Wu Gang immediately shouted: "Cut the rope, retreat, retreat!" ”
But the dinosaur people, who had the upper hand, could make the enemy retreat calmly, and the two ships quickly charged straight towards Wu Gang's warship.
Seeing that there was no escape, Wu Ganghu glared angrily and roared angrily: "Robes, today is the time for us to be loyal to Great Xia, follow me to kill the enemy!" ”
The soldiers knew that they had no way out, brandished their steel knives in their hands, gritted their teeth and looked at the enemy who was coming back to them.
But at this moment, a warship suddenly rushed over, rushing towards one of the enemy's warships at a very fast speed.
"General, that's Dingyuan!" The sailor exclaimed.
"What do they want to do?" Wu Gang was shocked in his heart, and vaguely guessed the plan of Dingyuan.
"General, let's go!" The sailors on the Dingyuan let out a roar.
As soon as the sound fell, I saw the Dingyuan slamming into the flank of the enemy ship, and the angle of the bow of the ship was deeply stuck in the enemy's hull.
The general of the Dingyuan bowed deeply in the direction of Great Xia and roared: "Ignite the fire!" ”
The soldier with the torch finally ignited the fuse of the explosive pack on the deck.
Looking at the fusing fuse, the crew of the Dingyuan could not go back as long as they could not go back, and bowed down in the direction of Xia Guo.
When the dinosaur people of the enemy ship saw these humans, they did not kill them, and asked about the faint smell of gunpowder in the air, and there was a faint feeling of bad feeling in their hearts.
"Boom!"
The fuse burned, the eardrums buzzed with the sound of a violent explosion, and the ship swayed in the undulating waves.
After the skyrocketing fire, on the sea in front of him, Zou Jing lost the figure of the Dingyuan and the enemy ship, and there were only countless corpses and wreckage of the warship floating on the sea.
Wu Ganghu had tears in his eyes and roared: "Go!" ”
In order not to let the robe on the Dingyuan be sacrificed in vain, Wu Gang immediately broke through this gap.
But another enemy ship was in hot pursuit, heading straight for Wu Gang's ship.
In order to buy time for Wu Gang to break through, another warship, the Tongshan, also chose to die with the enemy, and the roaring explosion disrupted the rhythm of the enemy's attack, and the Baoding also broke away from the battle group and quickly retreated.
The dinosaur people were shocked by the humans who swore to death, they had never seen such an enemy, as if they were so determined and so fierce.
While admiring in their hearts, they also understood that if such an alien civilization was allowed to develop, it would definitely be a threat to their own race.
The command ship hoisted the signal flag and adjusted its formation to kill in the direction of Harbour City.
They have already seen the power of human beings, if they don't have that kind of terrifying weapon, Bijie's weak body is not their opponent at all, as long as they go ashore, they can kill them all and directly conquer this unknown new continent.
Black Horn, who was waiting on the shore, saw the tragedy of this short naval battle from the telescope, and his heart was filled with grief, and he bowed deeply to the surface of the sea.
"You have seen the bravery of the brethren of the navy, we are the last line of defense in Great Xia, and we must not let them set foot on half a step in Great Xia, robes, behind us are our wives and children, and today we will die here with me." Blackhorn roared.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The neatly lined soldiers let out a roar of rage.
Wu Gang's capital ship and the Baoding fled back to the port, but the sailors did not disembark, but adjusted their direction, quickly set up a stone thrower, and aimed at the enemy ship in pursuit.
In the fortress on the shore, heavy trebuchets are also prepared, and if the enemy passes, they will definitely deal a heavy blow.
The rested dragoons took off again and continued to bombard the enemy, but the enemy's ships learned the lesson they had just learned, and the formation was very scattered, and the bombardment had little effect.
When the enemy entered more than 500 meters from the port, the heavy stone throwers in the fortress began to attack, and the huge explosive bar roared and threw at the enemy, and the roaring explosion set off a column of water more than several meters high, and the enemy warship was staggered.
The dinosaur slaves controlled the ship and continued to kill on the shore.
Under the simultaneous attack of the fortress and two warships, one of the ships of the dinosaur people was blown off its mast, and the station lost its power and spun around on the surface of the sea.
The other three warships managed to rush into the harbor, and the dinosaur people lowered their boats, and a group of soldiers quickly paddled towards the shore.
The black commander of my steel knife shouted: "Crossbowmen come forward! ”
"Put!"
"Whoosh!"
The rain of arrows of the cheats obscured the sky and fell with a whistling sound.
The dinosaur man raised his shield and covered the boat tightly, risking the view to continue the attack.
Seeing this, Heijiao's heart sank, and he said coldly: "The grenadiers come forward!" ”
More than fifty grenadiers stepped forward in unison, and when the enemy was about to land, Black Horn immediately ordered, "Attack!" ”
One grenade after another, thrown towards the sea, "Boom! The sound of the explosion destroyed a large number of small boats.
But at this moment, it has reached the shallow sea area, and the dinosaur people who have fallen into the water, dripping with the sea, waving the weapons on their claws, are killing quickly.
Black Horn's face was extremely solemn, these dinosaur people were too tall, each of them was a head taller than humans, and humans had no advantage in terms of size.
But under the attack of the grenadiers, this distance from the beach became an insurmountable chasm for the dinosaur people.
The rain of bows and arrows and the explosions that occurred one after another caused great damage to the dinosaur people.
Such a difficult landing made the dinosaur people realize that with this bit of manpower, they were no match for the humans in front of them.
"Woo!"
A low horn sounded, and the dinosaur people began to slowly retreat towards the sea.
Seeing that the enemy was about to flee, Black Horn immediately ordered the infantry to rush forward.
The soldiers wielded steel swords and rushed towards the fleeing dinosaurs.
Although the dinosaur people had an advantage in size, these alien races did not have strong armor, and with the shields in their hands, it was difficult to resist the attack of large-scale human armies, and they were soon killed and crushed, and a large number of casualties were killed.
The dinosaur people who successfully escaped on the boat were intercepted by Wu Gang and blocked them in the harbor. On the dinosaur man's capital ship, a gorgeously dressed dinosaur man let out a series of extremely fast tones, and it didn't take long for him to lead the remaining three warships to quickly dismiss into the sea of Dongfang En.
Seeing that their warships had left, these remnants of the dinosaur people knew that they had been abandoned, but they had no concept of surrender in their heads, and even if there were no reinforcements, their morale did not decrease at all, and they continued to fight to the death with humans.
But surrounded by dense soldiers, these remnants of dinosaur people were quickly exterminated, and the surviving dinosaur people became captives of humans.
The encounter began at noon and lasted until dusk, killing everyone with an hour of consternation and exhaustion.
Having successfully held the harbor, Blackhorn let out a long sigh of relief and sat down on the beach as the soldiers pressed the dinosaur people to the ground and tied them up.
Wu Gang stepped off the warship and came to the black horn, and said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Chief soldier!" ”
Heijiao raised his head to look at Wu Gang, patted his side, and motioned for him to sit next to him.
Wu Gang nodded and sat cross-legged on the beach.
"I already know about the Dingyuan and the Tongshan, they are all my real warriors in Great Xia." Black Horn muttered.
Wu Gang lowered his head and was silent, his former brother was buried in the sea like this, his heart was full of grief, and he hated those monsters who invaded the Xia Kingdom.
Heijiao glanced at Wu Gang's hand gripping the hilt of the knife, and said slowly: "These prisoners can't be killed yet, how to deal with them will have to wait for His Majesty's decision, you should know this." ”
Wu Gang nodded and said, "Don't worry, Chief Soldier, I won't do irrational things because of impulse!" ”
"It's good that you understand, those dead soldiers will not die in vain, Your Majesty will definitely let their courage spread in Great Xia, and their names will be remembered by people, and their names will be in the tombs of warriors." Black Horn said slowly.