1223 surface battles
In the face of tremendous domestic pressure, the Qi army had to adopt a positive signal to deal with the matter of peace talks. Plus the war is stalemate. The domestic situation has been seriously unfavorable to the Qi army, and as a last resort, such a method has been adopted. What they need is to speed up and get out of the war.
And on the Yangtze River waterway in the south. A new war is being fought.
"The weather was so foggy. I really don't know how to go. Said a sailor on a ship.
"I don't know. It can only be up to God. We should stay quietly until noon before leaving, so that the fog can dissipate somewhat. An experienced old sailor said.
"I've had this happen to a ship before. Unfortunately, we hit the water stones. The old sailor said.
"A boatload of people, all dead." The old sailor said at this time.
"Oh." At this time, the sailor was very shocked to hear such a result, because he didn't know how the old sailor in front of him came out.
"I want to ・・・・・・." At this time, the old sailor raised his hand and instructed the sailor not to speak.
"Bang." A loud noise suddenly came.
"Bang." Then there was a huge explosion, and then there was a violent shaking of the entire ship.
Just one shell. Broke the calm of the entire water surface.
On the other side of the fog, a warship was busy nervously.
"It's a ship, I just don't know whose family." One of the gunners shouted loudly.
"No matter whose family it is, can you determine his location after beating it?" A casually dressed man asked.
"Sure, on our starboard side." The gunner shouted loudly.
"Good. All gun emplacements, all ready. Fire. Fast. The casually dressed man shouted loudly.
"Aim in place." There were loud shouts from the cabin.
And on the other side of the fog. The people on the ship also realized that the situation was not good.
"Someone attacked us, and the other side had artillery." The sailors shouted anxiously.
"Don't mess around. We've got to hide from them. At this time, a first mate shouted loudly.
"Left full rudder. Fast. The first mate shouted loudly at this time.
"Bang. Boom. Several muffled cannon shots came from the fog at this time.
"Nope." The first mate heard something wrong at this time. Immediately shouted loudly.
"Bang. Bang la la blah. "Bang. Bang la blah. Then the whole ship shook violently. Sawdust flew everywhere where the shells hit. The worst thing is that these flying sawdust came from the explosion.
"Boom." There was another huge explosion.
"Hit. See? There was still a fire on the other side of the fog, and we hit it. One of the gunners in the cabin shouted loudly.
"Keep firing." At this time, the cannon commander shouted loudly.
"Reload the shells, quickly." A sturdy sailor shouted.
"Projectile. Hurry up. The gunner shouted.
After the first occurrence. It usually takes quite a while to complete the second reload. This created after the first round of shooting. There is usually a period of artillery rest.
This is a water thief dressed up by the water army of the Chu State. Their aim was to hijack more ships to make them armed ships, and at the same time hijack these cargoes, making them their most important source of military spending. And occupy an absolute advantage in this water war.
"Our cabin is leaking." And a sailor on the other side of the fog shouted loudly at this time.
"Plug the gap immediately. Our ships cannot be sunk. There's a lot of cargo on it. The captain stopped staring, and shouted loudly to the sailor.
"Our ships are full of cargo, these are nobles, and if there is a loss of these goods, our lives will be absolutely gone," the captain said at this time.
"In fact, our goods have already been lost. Those artillery hits the cargo. At this time, the first mate on the side said.
"Moreover, the ship is already smoking and on fire." The first mate said in one breath.
"The ship on the other side will definitely be able to find us." The first mate said.
"Shut up, we need to secure our goods." At this time, the captain still emphasized loudly.
And the first mate shook his head helplessly at this time.
"We started out on our own. It's just a mistake. The first mate said at this time.
And the sailors behind him. At this time they were nervously rescuing their ships, and they knew it well. In the next round of offensive artillery attacks. They will be completely sunk.
And on the other side of the fog. The captain and first mate are in urgent deliberations.
"Our target is the other side's ships, however, we are not yet sure how many ships the other side has." At this time, the first mate said.
"Our attack is the ships, we don't care about the rest. Isn't it bad to have more ships? At this time, the captain said.
"The second round of shelling stops the offensive." The captain gave the order.
"Let's lean in. Capture that ship. That's our goal. Even if there are many, we will capture them. The captain gave the order resolutely.
"Are we crazy?" At this time, the first mate thought that such a situation was too shocking. They're doing risky things.
"We're crazy." The captain said with a smile at this time.
"Lean in immediately. Catch up with that ship. We're going to capture him. The captain said loudly at this time.
Immediately, the warship quickly stepped forward. They quickly tracked down the ship.
"They rushed over. What are we going to do? At this time, the first mate on the ship shouted in panic.
"Ready for battle." Seeing the rapidly approaching warship, the captain reluctantly gave an order. Let it do the fighting.
"Everyone is ready to fight." One of the sailors shouted.
"Looks like this ship is quite big." At this time, the captain of the warship asked.
"We can install twenty-five guns". The first mate said. The approaching ship was able to see the situation of the opposite ship at this time. It's for them. They caught the prey they wanted to catch the most.
"Prepare for an attack." The captain said at this time.
"Order, our artillery, to aim at the personnel on the deck for fire, using shrapnel shells." At this time, the captain turned back to the first mate and said.
"Yes, sir." At this time, the first mate, the scholar Qin Ren said.
"Hey, hey." The captain smiled. It was the first battle they had encountered since their departure. In the captain's opinion, the first battle, and against a merchant ship with weak resistance, only one. The battle will end easily.
"Put." This time. The artillery began to attack.
"Boom. Boom. "The artillery began to fire.
"Whoosh." Shrapnel fired directly at a very close distance.
"Woo." The crew members who were standing on the ship ready to meet their opponents were hit by many people at this time.
"Whoosh." "Ahh More and more sailors were hit. Many of them are unable to stand up.
"Attack." The captain of the warship immediately attacked at this time.
"Kill." Hearing the order, the sailors immediately took up arms and launched an attack on the opposing merchant ships. They put ropes around each other's masts and immediately jumped to fight. And the battle was not of any intensity for them. The merchant ships on the opposite side had few personnel and attacked several times. Immediately a severe blow was struck, and the rest of the sailors simply could not resist. They wisely gave up their resistance. It's for them. It's a wise choice.
"We surrender." The sailors who had just jumped to the captain's ship, who had not yet started the battle, ushered in such a sentence,
The first mate also raised his command sword at this time and said loudly.
"Surrender, we surrender." At this time, the first mate took the lead in surrendering.
At this time, the captain of the merchant ship was full of anger, and for him, the battle was over.
"Even if it's going back. I can't face those nobles either, I have to die. But this ship is mine. It's mine. The captain said loudly at this time.
As he spoke, the captain of the merchant ship immediately ran to the cabin, and then a fire broke out in the cabin.
"Captain, we captured that ship." At this time, the first mate said happily.
"It's our first fight. That's what you can do. It seems that our results will expand a lot in the future. "This time. The captain said in a good mood.
"Not good. The ship was on fire. At this time, the first mate said.
"What?" The captain turned his head to look at the past at this time.
"With such a big fire, our shells didn't hit the point." The captain said loudly at this time.
"Go, see, what's going on." This time. The captain yelled.
"Yes." The first mate immediately left to check on the situation.
And on the merchant ships, the sailors immediately began to flee from the water, because the fire was too big.
"Run." More and more people gave up fighting fires and then started jumping into the water to escape.
"Knock knock." This time. More and more sounds of falling water sounded.
"What happened?" The first mate asked loudly.
And no one on the other side answered, and everyone was desperately trying to escape.
Soon, the fire engulfed the entire ship.
"That's our first win." The captain said gloomily.
Although this battle was very short, the Chu naval army did not have any results, but they took an important step. They will fight along the entire waterway of the Yangtze River. The next battles will gradually escalate.
The calm Yangtze River swallowed up the merchant ship. And the armed warship also quietly left at this time. The rising sun dispersed the fog at this time. Everything is calm again, but the torrent under the calm will not be able to calm down. This will herald the beginning of a real battle,
Not only the Yangtze River, but also the ocean. The end of the Golden Waterway and another starting point.