It must be said that although Yang Wenli's soldiers are all experiencing artillery battles for the first time, after all, they are all soldiers who have seen blood, and their nerves are much bigger than ordinary people, and with strict military laws and regulations, the soldiers are very calm.

Now only the soldiers operating the ballistas stayed outside the cabin, and Yang Renri was under the command of Yang Renri, who knew that he had a great responsibility, so he was terribly cool-headed, and turned a blind eye to the shells that fell around the hull, and from time to time calculated the distance between the two sides with experience.

The ballista is a physical kinetic cannon, and the range is limited, and the farthest distance is only two miles, so Yang Renri plans to wait for the officers and soldiers to enter a distance of about one mile before launching a ballista attack.

One mile is 500 meters, which is the same as the effective range of the Hongyi cannon of the water division, and it is also something with a low hit rate, which may be worse than the Hongyi cannon.

The two sides walked in the opposite direction, and soon reached a range of one mile, and Yang Renri immediately drew his sword and waved the order: "Attack the large warship at the front of the officers and soldiers." ”

The soldiers had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and the ballista had been wound up and ready for action, so after he gave the order, he estimated that the ballista would swing slightly, and then decisively ignited and detained the crossbow.

The forward ship that Yang Renri was sitting on had five ballistas, and this time the blow was five bullets fired at once, and five fireballs flew towards the largest warship of the official army.

The difference between the warships of officers and soldiers and civilian ships is that the board is thick, the structure is solid, and there is a high female wall, which can avoid enemy strikes, but it cannot prevent ballistas, which are similar to the projectile principle of mortars, and the trajectory is very curved, approximately from top to bottom, so the female wall almost does not work.

The ballistas on the other ships also threw at the same boat, although the hit rate was also very low, but the base was large, even if there was only a tenth of the hit rate, there were twenty fireballs that hit the officer and soldier warship.

There was a gunpowder that happened to ignite the officers and men, which immediately caused a thick smoke and fire, and then caused an explosion, and the officers and men immediately screamed again and again, and the officers and men hugged their heads and ran around, and after a while, they caused explosions one after another, and the sound shook the sky, and the ship was like a kaleidoscope, and the fire splashed everywhere, throwing all kinds of miscellaneous things outward, including some human limbs. The officers and men had completely lost control of the ship, and the officers and men rushed to jump into the water.

Taking advantage of his illness and asking for his life, Yang Renri immediately launched an attack on another officer and soldier warship. The two sides were getting closer and closer, and this time the hit rate was higher, and in just one round of strikes, the officers and men were on fire everywhere on board, which in turn caused the powder keg to explode.

The warships of the Ming Dynasty sailors were all single-deck, and there were powder kegs and iron bullets piled up on the deck, and the most feared thing was the fire attack, and the ballista invented by Yang Wenli was its nemesis, so it succeeded one after another.

Of course, there are gains and losses, concentrating on attacking one warship, although the strike effect is so good that it is violent, but the other warships are not affected, and they have also entered the effective range, so the hit rate has increased sharply, Yang Renri's ship is in the front, and it has received the most attacks, and it has hit several iron bullets one after another.

The Hongyi cannon is a cannon, the trajectory is straight, the three iron bullets hit the bow of the ship, and the planks splashed everywhere, which did not cause much casualties to the soldiers holding the shield and armor, but the bow of the ship was flooded in large quantities, and it was impossible to salvage, so Yang Renri hurriedly shouted: "Quickly dismantle the ballista and retreat to the stern." ”

The ballista is easy to dismantle, the steel bolt on the bracket is removed, the bracket and the main body of the magazine are separated, one person takes the bracket, and three people carry the T-shaped ballista body, as long as half a minute, you can quickly transfer.

The bow of the ship was shot, a large amount of water entered, and the speed of the ship of course decreased, and the rear ships were ten meters apart, and they caught up in the blink of an eye, and the soldiers behind immediately moved to the second ship.

In just a moment, the two sides were close at hand, and Yang Renri, who had just transferred to the second ship, didn't bother assembling the ballista, and immediately ordered the archers loudly: "Shoot arrows"

Whoever preempts the first on the battlefield wins, although the artillery of the officers and soldiers is powerful, but it is difficult to adjust the direction, and the Hongyi cannon in the bow of the ship is reloaded, which is even more time-consuming, but the bow and arrow are simple to fire, and the soldiers are almost shot in response to the order, and the bow and arrow are thrown first, so close apart, of course, the hit rate is extremely high, and the sailor has no armor configuration, and he fights with flesh and blood, and he will be killed and wounded immediately. The most dead were artillerymen, and no one lit the loaded Franc cannons.

Taking advantage of the temporary loss of control of the officers and soldiers' ships, Yang Renri immediately ordered his subordinates loudly: "Give me to get close to that ship immediately and seize the officers and soldiers warship." ”

The soldiers boarded the officers and soldiers without encountering any resistance, because the remaining officers and soldiers had already jumped into the water to escape when they saw that the situation was not good, but no one of the soldiers could manipulate the ships and shoot artillery, but only used it as a temporary strike position.

Yang Wenli's troops were not sailors, Yang Renyue's command was improper, his own fleet continued to go down the river, and the officers and soldiers and ships were crowded together, and the long snake formation turned into a chaotic formation, and the two sides entered a close-range battle, during which some ships also suffered a lot of scattered shells fired by the Fran cannon, because the distance was very close, even if there was armor and shield, it also caused some casualties.

However, the side occupied an absolute advantage, whether it was the number of people or equipment, it was also crooked, and it didn't take a few minutes to easily occupy the warships of the officers and soldiers, and the officers and men of the naval division had no armor and were at an absolute disadvantage, except to be slaughtered was to jump into the water to escape.

But before Yang Wenli and the others could get happy, they saw that when the Tu Shui Division was dispatched, hundreds of ships under black pressure were hurrying over, and they were in a mess, with officers and soldiers warships with their bows facing upstream, and their own fleets with bows facing downstream, all in a mess, crowded together, and not forming a battle formation.

The situation was very critical, and Yang Wenli quickly took over the command and issued a series of orders: "Someone come, pass on my order, and order all the shipwrights and sailors who can steer the ship, and assign a part of the manpower to control the officers and soldiers warship, turn the bow of the ship and sail downstream."

Second, the soldiers were ordered to carry gunpowder and shells from the officers and men into the bottom compartment of the warship.

Third, all archers were ordered to hide behind the female wall of the warship, and then shoot arrows to counterattack after the officers and soldiers approached the warship.

Fourth, except for the soldiers who operated the ballistas, the rest of the soldiers all hid in the bottom warehouse. ”

Yang Wenli's twenty heralds immediately conveyed his orders to each ship, and the fleet immediately dispersed, and the danger factor was immediately greatly reduced.

Now the own warships are archers, and the original cargo ships are ballistas, and the personnel are effectively dispersed, which will definitely reduce the casualty rate.

The officers and men were not all large ships, but there were also many small boats, not equipped with many guns, and some were even pure fire attack ships, such as sub-mother ships, and some small boats were responsible for boarding ships for close combat, or scuttling enemy ships. Most of the big ships had already been captured by Yang Wenli's troops just now.

Therefore, although there are a large number of officers and soldiers, their combat power is not superior, because Yang Wenli's army is most afraid of artillery, not close combat, so most of the small ships are actually not a big threat.

It was a long time, but in fact, it only took more than ten minutes for the two sides to exchange fire again, and it was an exchange of fire, because the soldiers also set fire to the guns that had been loaded with gunpowder on the warship, and carried out a limited counterattack.

In this way, there is no gunpowder or shells on the deck of the warship, and there is no fear of being attacked by officers and soldiers to cause fires or explosions.

Artillery warfare is not your own strong point, so it can be said that you can't shoot artillery, let alone know how to load, so simply knock out the loaded shells, and it's a hundred.

…… To be continued