readx;?readx; Chapter 686: Armageddon (II)

For the Chu army, which was accustomed to the giant ship policy, the 'small boats' that originally imitated the Qin State made it impossible for them to use it at all. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoOnly this ten-zhang tall 'giant spirit ship' is a suitable carrier to exert their water combat capabilities, of course, it would be better if it was bigger.

The huge warships lined up in an arc formation with two wings in front and the Chinese army in the rear, and swooped down on the Qin fleet with the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and seas. In addition, more than 200 warships of various types were guarded on both flanks of the formation, preventing the enemy from taking advantage of the weakness of the giant ship's slow turning and interspersing attacks on the flanks of the giant ship.

The Qin warship relied on the 'fire dragon out of the water' with a long range and preemptively fired to attack the Chu army's giant ship, but those rockets with good sound and light effects hit the iron armor of the giant ship, leaving only a piece of blackening, but it could not cause any trauma. The soldiers of the Qin army who did not believe in evil fired more dense rockets, and they had to compare whether their own teeth were hard or the other party's skin was thick.

King Wu Cheng, who had been watching the battle in silence, finally couldn't help it, patted the railing, held a big iron horn and scolded: "A group of losers, they won't shoot on their backs!" ”

The officers and soldiers of Qin woke up like a dream, and said yes, so they pressed the tail of the fire dragon and raised their heads, and then ignited and launched, and sure enough, they saw that the fire dragon with a whistling sound and white smoke rushed to the sky, and after flying a long and high distance, it fell in a beautiful arc, and then fell into the water......

For the officers and soldiers of Qin who have never undergone training in this area, after changing to shoot from the back, shooting accuracy is a big problem, but fortunately, there is enough ammunition, and when they all go into battle, the blind cat can always meet a dead mouse. For a while, I saw the sound of fluttering. Fire dragon bullets flew all over the sky, and although most of them landed in the water, causing a beautiful splash, a considerable number still hit the top deck and helm tower where the Djinn archery was shot. There was even a lucky one who ignited the fire oil tank that the Chu army stacked on the deck, and suddenly exploded, and the fire shrouded the top floor of the entire battleship.

But compared to the sky-breaking arrow fired by an unknown brother, all the results are not worth mentioning compared to fireflies. Because of that fire dragon, it actually passed through the front line of the Chu army and landed on the command platform of the flagship under layers of protection.

The officers and men on the battleships around them clearly saw that the command platform protruding from the helm tower was directly lifted, and the old people standing on it were also thrown into the air, and then fell to the deck like broken sacks......

The officers and soldiers of Chu were dumbfounded, dumbfounded, unacceptable, silent, and depressed......

The reason is very simple, because among those sacks, there is an old gentleman who is a martyr.

The Chu army should really be glad that their giant ship is half as tall as the opponent's battleship, otherwise when the Qin army sees this scene, they will definitely shout in unison, 'All the martyrs are dead!' Death to all the martyrs! 'It is estimated that there will be no need to fight this battle, and no matter how powerful the fleet is, it will be directly scattered, and it will all be finished!

But the Qin army was so short that he didn't see this scene, which gave the Chu army a chance to save the situation.

The officers and men on the surrounding ships watched the guards on the flagship gather on the deck, as if they were rescuing the wounded, and couldn't help but breathe, anxiously waiting for the final result.

After a long and suffocating wait, the guards on the flagship suddenly dispersed, only to see the general of Shangzhu Guoda standing majestically on the deck with his sword in both hands!

"God bless Da Chu! The Pillar Country is invincible! The officers and soldiers were ecstatic, desperately venting their fears and worries, and their morale suddenly rose to the peak!

"Twenty breaths later, into the range of the catapult!" The observation post shouted, and the officers and men of Chu after the great sorrow and joy were in place with unprecedented efficiency and completed the preparations for the attack.

"Launch!" The commanders of each ship gave orders one after another, and stones the size of grinding discs flew out with a roar, falling like hail on the Qin warship...... With the advantage of altitude, the Chu army finally gained an advantage in range, so that the Qin army could not fight back after being beaten.

At this time, the Qin army had two choices, one was to advance and the other was to retreat, to advance was to use catapults and gunwales to fight with the opponent, and to retreat was to temporarily get out of the enemy's range and fight again on the flank.

From a purely tactical point of view, it is advantageous to temporarily avoid the enemy's strength and find his weak point when his arrogance is at its peak. However, the people of the Qin State have always regarded morale as higher than the sky, and the officers and soldiers have always believed that retreat under the weak is no different from defeat, which they cannot accept under any circumstances!

In the face of stronger opponents, the more courageous you must be to challenge, even if you fall, you must become a mountain, a ridge! This is where the decisive spirit of the Great Qin Han lies!

Yang Wenyu knows this very well, and he also understands that when the battle is fought to this extent, what tactical equipment is all bullshit, what you fight is a force, and the brave wins when you meet on a narrow road!

"Fifty feet forward!" Yang Wenyu's plain face finally showed a trace of fierceness: "Ten thousand cannons roar!" ”

"Excellent! That's what the is going on! Seeing the order issued from the command ship, Qin Lei jumped up from his chair and punched hard, only to find that his back was completely soaked when he sat down again. I can't do it, it's really uncomfortable! ”

As soon as the order was delivered, the Qin warships advanced against the flying arrows and stones, and although the officers and men on the deck suffered heavy casualties, and although the battleships were destroyed from time to time, lost control and even slowly sank, they still firmly approached the enemy ships.

In normal times, the distance of fifty zhang must pass in a moment, but on the central battlefield of Dongting Lake, every time the Qin army advances, it will pay dozens or hundreds of lives, and it will lose one or even several warships.

However, in 'the old Qin, dominate the rivers and mountains! The blood does not dry up, and the fight to the death continues! In the shout, the battleships of the Qin State finally survived.

As soon as he entered this area, the pressure on the Qin army suddenly decreased, and Yang Wenyu's judgment was not wrong, the long-range combined attack and defense system composed of rolling stone sasswood, slap rods, and slingers of the Chu State giant ship only seemed to be perfect, but in fact there were still blind spots - the range of the slings was one mile recently, but the defensive radius of its slap rod was as far as fifty zhang, that is to say, among the long-range weapons, there was a defensive blind spot of one hundred and fifty zhang.

Of course, the Chu army can use strong bows and crossbows to attack this area, but the Qin army's warships are also well defended, and no matter how strong the bow and crossbow are, it is just an itch in the boots. The only threat was rockets, but the Qin army's active and passive arson measures could effectively control the fire, so its effect was also limited.

On the other hand, the Qin army's catapult cannon, as long as the firing angle is lowered, the cannon can be directly slapped on the Chu army's battleship, and the power is much higher than falling on it, who made the giant spirit god ship tall and big?

The situation on the battlefield changed for a while, and Fang Cai was still pressing the Chu army, and he was overwhelmed all of a sudden. The leading officers and staff of the ships all set their sights on the flagship, hoping to get orders as soon as possible.

The first thing they noticed was that the figure of the general of the Shangzhu Kingdom was no longer visible on the deck. Fortunately, the starting flag was hung up immediately, so that these guys didn't have time to think nonsense.

There are two orders from the Shangzhu Kingdom: 'Giant ships advance' and 'Flank fleet come forward to entangle the enemy'! Zhu Lie's order was clear, block the way of the Qin army with fast warships, and wait for the giant ships to rush up and ravage them with slapsticks.

It seems that the old man has also lost the patience to entangle, and decided to have a hard time with Qin Jun!

The Chu warships hovering on both flanks immediately plunged into the battlefield at full speed, and the wheelmen desperately urged the paddle wheels, trying to stop behind the Qin army and not give them room to move. This trick is actually useless, because once the Qin soldiers start to attack, they don't know what to retreat at all.

I saw that the Qin fleet did not advance but retreated, like a group of green-eyed wolves, five ships rushed up around a huge ship, and actually took the initiative to seek a broadside battle!

But before hand-to-hand combat, there is a big problem to be solved first, and that is the four huge levers that stand around the giant spirit god ship...... The giant wooden poles, with their tail fixed to the side of the ship and a large iron cone tied to their heads, were designed to deal with the weapons that approached the big ships.

I saw that there was another huge wooden pole fixed next to each pole, and there was a large iron ring at the top of the pole. A thick piece of hemp rope was threaded through the iron ring, one end tied to the head of the pole, and the other end was wrapped around a stake in the center of the battleship, pulling the heavy pole high. Once the two armies marched to about 20 zhang, the Chu sergeant untied the rope, and the lever that lost its pull would hit out heavily, as long as it was smashed, the ship's destruction and death were the only end. And this thing can be pulled up again, put down again, and attack repeatedly, which is definitely a big trouble.

But for Qin Jun, this is not a big deal. Once again, they sacrificed the 'Fire Dragon Out of the Water', a mysterious weapon that had been highly anticipated, and in the previous two appearances, it can be said that the performance was mediocre or even disappointing.

The range of this thing was much higher than that of other weapons of the same era, so it was naturally used as a long-range strike weapon by the Qin army, but the actual effect was not good. Because there are two unsolvable problems that limit its play, one is that after flying for half a mile, the fire dragon deviates from its trajectory due to various problems such as crosswind, rotation, and its own sinking, and can hardly hit the target......

The second is the problem of power, although the warhead has a weight of fifteen catties, but if the weight of the bamboo tube is removed, it can be filled with ten catties of gunpowder at most, and it is of course very easy to blow up a person, but for the solid structure of the battleship, it is somewhat powerless.

This is the reason why the two fire dragons came out of the water today are very disappointing...... Compare the stunning debut yesterday, and you will suddenly realize that the ruler is short and the inch is long, and the fire dragon should not be used to deal with large ships at all, it is a sharp weapon to kill and injure the personnel on the ship or some small ships, and it is best to control the firing range within one mile...... Unless there is a character like King Wucheng.

At this moment, the distance between the two sides is less than two hundred zhang, and the Qin army wants to attack the Chu soldiers who operate the clapstick, and the effect is naturally very different...... I saw a fire dragon roaring towards the side of the giant ship, and the dense explosion near the pole blasted into the water. Although the Chu soldiers held their shields high, they could not resist the wrath of the fire dragon at all, and they were often directly blown into powder, affecting the surrounding soldiers.

The dense fire dragon completely blocked both sides of the giant ship, making it impossible for the Chu soldiers to get close to operate. Seeing that the Qin warship was getting closer and closer, the anxious Chu sergeant ran back to the center of the deck and cut the cable that pulled the clap pole

Some terrible slaps fell......

Although the Qin army had been prepared for a long time and tried to move outside the range of the slap attack, dozens or hundreds of slap rods still hit many unlucky warships. Watching the big iron cone fall from the sky, the helmsman of the Qin army frantically turned the rudder and looked at manipulating the battleship to avoid this catastrophe.

But that was impossible—with an earth-shattering bang, the big iron cone and the giant tree smashed into the helm tower with a thunderous force, and the hapless helmsman turned into a mass of meat sauce in an instant, and even the helm tower was shattered like paper paste. The castration was inexhaustible, and the battleship was split in half......

The only wave of attacks sent by the Chu army was to destroy and sink more than 20 Qin warships. If they are allowed to slap repeatedly, the Zhennan Water Army will really have nothing to play.

When the main fleets of the two armies finally collided together, it was finally time for the bayonets to be red. Thanks to the fire dragon coming out of the water, at least seventy percent of the Chu army's rolling stone and wood and oil rockets were suppressed, so that the soldiers of the Qin army could exchange the opportunity to board the enemy ship at a not too heavy price.

Speaking of which, I have to mention Yang Wenyu, who was believed by Marshal Bo Xian to lead the Zhennan Army to defeat Zhu Lie. This outstanding general, who is calm by nature, knows very well that the warships of the Zhennan Army are too small, and they are like some big toys in front of the huge ships of the Chu army...... Think about it, if the soldiers stood on their own ships and could only look up at the enemy ships, how much would they lose in the battle?

Moreover, the Chu army still has a large number of auxiliary fleets, tigers in front and wolves in the back, but it is impossible to retreat, this situation is enough for ordinary generals to raise the white flag and be captured.

However, Yang Wenyu is not an ordinary person, he found the key to solving the problem in the seemingly unsolvable situation - he believes that although the Chu army's ships are large, they are not very maneuverable, and they use the flexibility of their ships to have the conditions to stick up and climb up, and destroy or even occupy them one by one!

He carefully analyzed the weaknesses of the enemy ships, and ordered five warships to form a small team, bring fire dragons, anti-aircraft bed crossbows, and all the weapons that could hit the ships, and after approaching the enemy ships, suppress the enemy troops with the most fierce firepower, and then climb onto the enemy ships and engage the enemy in close combat!

The Chu army was really flustered, and they never expected that the Qin army would dare to take the initiative to attack, and how many years of water warfare career made them regard 'don't climb giant ships' as a golden rule, because they would be beaten badly by the condescending enemy.

But at this moment, the central fleet of the Zhennan Navy has been divided into more than fifty squads, besieging his giant spirit god ship from different angles! The people of Qin told the Chu army with practical actions that any law can only be established under certain conditions. Now that the Qin army has a series of powerful individual ranged weapons such as 'Fire Dragon Out of the Water', it can minimize the disadvantage in height!

Surrounded by the Qin warship, the cumbersome giant spirit god ship couldn't go anywhere, plus the hull was too big, there were too many places to climb, facing the Qin soldiers who were attached to the ants from all directions, the Chu army on the ship pressed the gourd to scoop up, repelled the attack in front, climbed up again on the side, repelled the attack on the side, and climbed up again...... It can be said that he cares about his head.

The Qin army soon climbed several of these giant ships and engaged in fierce battles with the soldiers on board.

After finding the gap, Yang Wenyu personally led eight warships to surround the flagship of the Chu army, and under the cover of dense firepower, a thousand elite Qin troops carried their swords on their backs, and crawled towards the ship with their hands and feet. However, the flagship of the Chu army was extremely powerful, and the soldiers on it were all experienced in a hundred battles and were not afraid of death, braving arrows and stones to put barrels of butter and mutton fat on the side of the ship, and the place that could have been grasped suddenly slipped without leaving a hand, and the soldiers of the Qin army fell under the water with a crackle.

The Qi army also threw the cattle and sheep fat onto the Qin warship, causing its deck to slip, the soles of the soldiers' feet unstable, the accuracy of shooting was greatly reduced, and the threat to the ship was much smaller.

Yang Wenyu organized several more attacks, but was repelled by the Chu army shooters who had slowed down. Seeing that the attack was seriously blocked, he immediately gave up his plan to capture the enemy's flagship, and ordered the soldiers to throw a can of cans of tung oil onto the Chu flagship, preparing to burn it.

The sound of killing on the lake shook the sky, and the smoke was thick. The hand-to-hand combat intensified, and everywhere was filled with short wooden pieces, broken oars, a large number of dead bodies and wounded soldiers who had fallen into the water, the hot air was filled with the smell of anti-inflammatory and bloody, and the turquoise water of Dongting Lake had turned a terrible black and red.

We can't help but ask, why did the Chu fleet, which has always been quick to respond, be so slow to react this time? Because their Shangzhu General was already seriously injured and unconscious. In fact, as soon as the war began, Zhu Lie fell from a high place, injured his internal organs, broke his arms and thighs, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he asked people to help himself up, and then used the sword as a crutch, barely standing.

But as time passed, the pain from the inside out made him almost unconscious, but the strong willpower told him that now was the time for the fortune of the country, and he must stay awake. In this way, the general of Shangzhu Guoda was half unconscious and half conscious, and he was in a coma for a while and barely commanded the battle.

When the Qin army came up, he was just in time for Shangzhu Guo to fall into a coma, and when he woke up again, the Qin army had already climbed seven or eight giant ships.