Chapter 165: Across the Seas

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One hundred and sixty-two crossbow guns shot out, whistling towards the target, and then Lin Chong ordered to turn the bow of the ship and sail in the direction of the target.

The ship relied on sails and pulp to provide power, and the speed was so fast that the ship turned around and sailed within two hundred paces of the target.

At this time, the two catapults in the bow of the ship also fired two gravel bullets, but as if it was a rain of stones, only a crackling sound could be heard.

The ship then continued to move on, and slowly came to a halt at about a hundred paces.

When Lin Chong and the others looked again, they found that the entire shooting range was already in a mess, and the large targets made of dozens of wooden planks had become broken wood at this time.

A group of people are already a little stupid at this time.

Especially Zhang Shilang, who was specially invited by Lin Chong to board the warship, was even more shocked at this time and was completely speechless.

This ship has too much firepower!

Such a large ship of 2,000 materials had thirty-two bed crossbows with a range of two hundred and fifty paces and four bed crossbows with a range of three hundred and fifty, plus four trebuchets in the bow and stern, and I fired three crossbows at the same time from each bed crossbow, and the firepower was simply terrifying.

Moreover, this bed crossbow only needs three people to operate (two people to wind and one person to aim), and the catapult only needs four people to operate, especially on a sea boat, isolated so far away, and so accurate.

What's going on with this Liangshan Army? Why do all kinds of sophisticated equipment and advanced weapons always appear in an endless stream?

If such a warship were to form a scale in the Liangshan Army, the effect would be unimaginable.

As a spy sent to the Song Dynasty by the Liao State, Zhang Shilang naturally had some understanding of many situations in the Song Dynasty before he came, such as the naval army of the Great Song Dynasty.

Speaking of which, although the ocean-going trade of the Great Song Dynasty was developed, in fact, there were not many sailors, and most of them were deployed in the south, and most of them were in the nature of maintaining law and order in various places.

Dengzhou (that is, Penglai City in later generations) is geographically located at the northernmost end of Jingdong East Road, facing each other across the sea from the original Liaoguo Tokyo Road, the distance is the closest, so the Great Song Dynasty often has heavy troops here, teaching and practicing water warfare, and passing the beacon at dusk to pass the police emergency.

In addition, the Dengzhou Navy Division also sent troops to defend Huoji Island (later known as Dangji Island) in April every year, and returned it until August, in order to prevent the Liao State from attacking by sea, and to patrol the sea lanes to prevent people from smuggling the Liao State.

According to the information obtained from the master, this Dengzhou Naval Division has two armies of the forbidden army, namely two commanders of the crossbowmen of the Chenghai Sea Army and two commanders of the Heping Sea Army, with a total number of more than 2,000 people, and advanced equipment, which is the largest naval division in the Song Kingdom.

When Lin Chong was preparing to trade from the sea to Liao, and even Jin, Goryeo, and Wa, Zhang Shilang couldn't help but muttered in his heart, feeling that it was too risky, and even gambled.

The Liangshan Water Army is good, but it is only a small fight in the puddle, how can it compare to the strongest sailors of the Song State who patrol the Bohai Sea all year round? It was a rough sea, a rough sea!

In case you meet the Dengzhou Sailor, you can't escape when the time comes, and you can't beat it, how can you deal with it?

But now Zhang Shilang's idea has collapsed.

Straight sissy thief! Feelings, this blood trace Lin Invincible Lin Chong didn't think about sneaking and smuggling at all, but blatantly engaged in armed trafficking.

That's too domineering, isn't it?

Although Zhang Shilang has not seen the specific equipment and combat effectiveness of the Dengzhou Naval Division, after seeing the new warship of the Liangshan Army, Zhang Shilang subconsciously feels that the Dengzhou Naval Division will definitely not be pleased.

The firepower is too strong, there is a bed crossbow that shoots 350 paces at the farthest distance, then a bed crossbow that shoots 250 steps on both sides, and then a catapult that can shoot 200 paces at the bow or stern, and a divine arm bow with an effective range of more than 150 paces.

This improved bed crossbow not only has a lot fewer operators, but also has an amazing speed of winding, but I am afraid that before the two sides can engage, the enemy ship will be shot into a sieve.

"This bed crossbow and trebuchet are so powerful......"

"I Ruan Xiaoqi has opened his eyes, it turns out that the navy can still play like this, this bed crossbow shoots too far, and it is so accurate......"

Ling Zhen, who was listening to the side, smiled and said, "Little Seventh Brother, in fact, these bed crossbows and trebuchets are relatively weak, according to the drawings designed by my brother, our Shenji Battalion and Ordnance Supervisor have made a bed crossbow that can shoot eight hundred steps away and a catapult with a range of six hundred steps.

It's just that these two bed crossbows and trebuchets are too big to fit on a two-thousand-material sea boat, and the course of the Beiqing River is too narrow and shallow to walk too big a boat.

When we have overseas bases in the future, we will have to build 10,000 or even 20,000 sea-going ships, and then we will install bed crossbows with a range of 800 paces and catapults with a range of 600 paces, and then we can really walk sideways on the sea! ”

A sea ship of 10,000 materials? A bed crossbow with a range of 800 paces?

Everyone opened their mouths wide, and they couldn't imagine it.

10,000 expected, that's one can withstand five warships like this, isn't that enough to carry almost a thousand soldiers, what a big ship is this?

There are still 800 steps, which is more than two miles, and ordinary people's eyes can't see so far, and the crossbow arrows are shot over!

Ruan Xiaoqi, who was born as a fisherman, and his brother Ruan Xiaowu never thought that they would have the opportunity to drive a 10,000-material ship across the sea, and they were also excited when they heard this, and the unhappiness left in their hearts because most of the elites in the camp were siphoned off was also swept away at this time.

Listening to Ruan Xiaowu, who has never been very talkative, he also said excitedly at this time: "In my opinion, I'm afraid that now my Liangshan Water Army can go sideways on the sea!" ”

Ruan Xiaoqi also said confidently: "Brother of the military master, with these twelve new warships, why should my Liangshan Water Army be afraid of him Dengzhou Naval Division, if he encounters it, he will beat his Chenghai Army and Pinghai Army to the ground." ”

Lin Chong shook his head and said with a smile: "Little Seventh Brother, you are proud, this is not good!"

What I mean, you still try to avoid the Dengzhou Navy Division well, if you really can't avoid it, and you just run into it, then you can not fight it, you really want to fight, and you have to kill as little as possible, these two Chenghai Sea Army and Pinghai Sea Army I still want to surrender?

Especially Hu Yanqing of the Pinghai Army, this person is a great talent, you must not hurt him! ”

Ruan Xiaoqi, Li Jun and the others didn't know what they meant, they just nodded subconsciously, but Lu Jiang asked, "Brother, is there anything special about this Hu Yanqing?" ”

Lin Chong said with a smile: "This person is first of all capable, and he is a rare talent in my Liangshan Army, and he also has a few foreign languages all night......"