Chapter 21 4 The Battle of the Nanra River (I)
The picturesque scenery on both sides of the Nera River in the end of June, and the cool breeze on the tree-lined banks of the river, which is rare in the whole of Yaki, combined with the gentle waves of the Nara River, has aroused the reverie of countless Yaki poets.
However, there is a rare fleet of ships on the Nara River at the moment, because it is not a cargo ship or a fishing boat that usually haunts here, but a warship force. Since the king of Yaki conquered the Dils Mountains, there have never been warships here, and this time, in order to deal with the rebellious bandit army here, Yaki sent a fleet of more than 30 warships, which can be regarded as a sufficient investment.
The flagship of this warship force was a warship named the Blodold, which was a bit unsatisfactory for its tonnage. However, this was not helped, and the original flagship, the Kazan, was too heavy, and as a result, it was scrapped because it unfortunately damaged the keel while crossing the third waterfall on the Naura River from land.
On this point, the commander-in-chief of this warship force, Admiral Yaki Admiral Ramediel, could not help but sigh. Originally, the Kazan was such a strong and good ship, and in all the naval battles with Arubania, it was because of the strong hull of the Kazan that he survived. For the Yaqui Navy, which has historically been on the underdog side of the Navy, the Kazan is a veritable lucky battleship. The warship, which was like a close friend of Ramadiel, had turned the tide in several naval battles against Yaqui, and single-handedly regained the gap with the Arubanian Navy, and finally saved Yaqui's Navy from defeat. However, this battleship was actually lost in vain because of its sturdiness and heaviness, and it was a crusade against a small rebel thief army, which was the sigh that the hero could not die in the end. Although six warships were lost during the entire transport, hundreds of slaves were exhausted. But only the loss of the Kazan cast a shadow over the expedition in the minds of Ramediel.
At present, Radhir was ordered by Epger to lead a naval army against the current to deliver the necessary military supplies and supplies to Ulysses. Lamediel certainly knows the importance of this matter. But what he had in mind was something else. As soon as the July floods came, their own fleet could not enter the Dils Mountains again. Therefore, this was the only chance, and he had thirty ships on board, each of which numbered two hundred sailors, and if these six thousand men could land in Kadum and capture the nearby cities before the flood came, then his navy would have made a dazzling achievement. To this end, he constantly urged the paddlemen to hurry up, and instructed every sailor to prepare for the landing and siege.
"Enemy ships spotted ahead!"
Lamadiel looked at the sailors who had come to report and asked, "What kind of ship is the other party?" How many? ”
"Back to my lord, the other party is all civilian boats. The number is about forty. ”
"Hmph." Ramediel sneered. Forty small ships were nothing to worry about, and his ships could sink them all without the weight of an arrow. Immediately, he said: "Go full speed and sink these thief ships who don't know whether they are alive or dead!" ”
"Yes."
No sooner had the sailor retreated when another sailor came running and reported: "Report! About twenty more cargo ships appeared, following closely behind the civilian ships! ”
Ramediel said impatiently: "The order is the same, sink them!" Get your archers ready for battle! ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw a ship in front of me suddenly shake spasmodically, and then suddenly stopped! Immediately afterwards, the striker ships on the right flank listened to the same. Then there are the left wing forwards. Seeing the difference, Madir hurriedly ordered: "Turn the rudder quickly!" Otherwise, you'll bump into it! ”
In fact, there was no need for him to give an order, and the helmsman on the ship had already begun to evade. But as a result, the ships behind began to turn to the ships that avoided the forward, and the formation of the entire fleet suddenly became a mess.
"What's going on! Report the situation! Ramediel yelled at his men. Unfortunately, the situation is chaotic, and no one knows what happened. Just as the Blotod's warship, which had avoided its vanguard, was about to pass through the gap between the two ships, a sudden violent tremor knocked almost everyone on board. The whole ship stopped.
Ramediel's heart sank, this is what kind of obstacle! Reef? No way. He carefully checked the hydrological data of the Nanra River, and there were no reefs in this section of the water! Could it be that the other party has put up chains in the river? Hold back the ships from moving forward. This chain is not ordinary. There are people in the army of thieves who know how to use this tactic! It's a mountainous area! Thinking of this, Ramediel hurriedly ordered: "Paddle hand, retreat!" ”
"My lord! We're in the chain! We can't get through it if the draft is too deep! And there were iron spikes and barbs on the chains, and we were hooked and couldn't go back. ”
Ramediel's mind was buzzing: this showed that the other side had already figured out how to deal with his own fleet, and if he used barbs to stop the ships from retreating, then the next step should be??????
"Fire! My lord! All those civilian boats are on fire! ”
His prediction was such a precise hit, but it was a pity that Ramediel did not have a trace of joy at all. The other party is going to attack with fire!
"Get in the water and cut the chains! The boat behind hurried to cover! ”
At the command of the order, dozens of sailors jumped into the water with axes and chisels, but how could they exert their strength in the water? After working hard for a long time, there was nothing to be done, but at this time the fireship had already pressed up, and Ramediel clearly saw that the front end of the opponent's fireship was also equipped with iron spikes, once it was inserted into the hull of the warship, then there was no need to separate the two ships, and the two ships had to die together.
"Stop them! Can't let them get close! Ramediel shouted hoarsely. But those civilian ships are fierce, not to mention the large number of them, where can they stop them? After a few muffled sounds, a heat wave began to sweep over the nose of the Blodold.
Damn it. Lamediel cursed in his heart, but he knew in his heart that the ship was finished, and all the ships that were stuck in the locks were finished. After several unsuccessful struggles, Ramadiel ordered to abandon the ship and escape, and after a moment of confusion he fled to the rear of the ship, and as soon as he was on board he ordered to retreat.
The other party's trick did succeed, but as long as he still had more than half of the fleet, he was still the overwhelming side, and he would double it back when he returned. But at this time, he saw a scene that made him jaw-dropping, hundreds of thieves and soldiers appeared on both sides of the strait, driving the ploughing oxen and pulling a huge winch, and a huge iron chain wrapped around the winch was being retracted little by little.
Oh my God, there is a chain behind it that has sunk in the river! The other party just deliberately let his fleet into this water, and now it's time to close the net!
"Retreat at full speed! Be sure to rush out before the chains are raised! Throw away everything you can! "If there was a normal person here, he would definitely think that Ramediel's voice was the same as a ghost's scream, but unfortunately the mood of every subunit sailor present was similar to that of Ramediel, so that no one noticed this.
There was another heavy crash, and Ramediel's ship failed to escape the encirclement. (To be continued......)