Chapter 312: The Yellow River Fu (Part 11)

"Go to the enemy water village, go to the enemy water village." The lookouts used flags and tin horns to relay orders backwards, while the helmsmen and sailmen worked together to adjust the course and sail the ship up the river full of corpses.

The carpenters of the ship tied their bodies with ropes and hoisted them out of the ship to repair the damage on the ship, the oarsmen stopped and gasped for air, and the gunners wiped back and forth inside and outside the guns with water-soaked rags in order to bring the guns back to normal temperatures before the next battle began, and the guards, who had just found no room to wield in the battle, ran up and down the decks, and when they saw a place to help, they rushed forward without hesitation, lest they fall behind their companions.

The morale of everyone was high, although the artillery of the entire fleet together was only twenty, and the opponent had five to ten times more artillery on his side.

Tie the cannon to the bow of the ship, it cannot be called a battleship, 6 The elite soldiers on the ground, walking on the deck, may not be a group of soft-footed shrimp, two hearty victories in a row, so that everyone in this miniature fleet believes that at this moment, on the surface of the water they are invincible, and any opponent will be crushed into powder.

But fighting doesn't have to be born only on the water.

When the interception fleet he sent was defeated, Wang Baobao was furious, and immediately sent out all the ships tied to the cannons, a total of 34 ships, the large load was more than 2,000 stones, and the small load was no more than 100.

Within minutes of the two sides fighting, the battle was at a fever pitch.

After several large cao ships finished firing a shot, they immediately rushed up as fast as possible, thinking of themselves as a siege chisel, preparing to collide with the warships of the Huai'an army.

Numerous small cargo ships are fighting on their own, "boom." "Boom." , Shells are everywhere, they neither know how to maintain formation, nor do they know how to concentrate firepower, and they are completely intent on relying on numerical superiority and exchanging lives for lives with the Huai'an army.

There are also several river boats less than a hundred stones, which whimsically ignited fierce fire oil on their own bows, preparing to rush to the side of the Huai'an army's warships and launch a fire attack.

The "warriors" with the last thought all fell on the way to the charge at the first time, and the guns on the Huai'an battleship had no time to greet them, but the guards on the deck had already been ready to poke out rifled guns from the guardrail, and fired a salvo condescendingly, and in the blink of an eye, there was no one left on the arsonist ship who could stand, and the ship that had lost control of the ship was billowing with smoke and went down the river, not knowing whose ass was burned in the end.

"Boom." A cargo ship fired a shot at a very close distance, then turned its bow and rushed to the flagship of the Huai'an army.

"Everybody stand firm." Deputy Captain Sun De grabbed the cable on the mast with one hand, raised the iron horn with the other, and shouted loudly.

"Stand firm, stand firm." The soldiers on the deck reminded each other to keep their center of gravity as low as possible and hold firmly on the handles of the cables and guardrails with their hands.

"Boom." "Boom." "Knock knock, knock knock." The sound of the cannons was like thunder, and the drums continued to beat, and under the accompaniment of the cannons and drums, the dhows of 1,500 stone were violently added, and the iron-clad bow split the water, and the red waves swayed, and the striking horns made of stainless steel flashed with dazzling cold light in the slanting sun.

"Click." In the next moment, the 700-stone cargo ship was hit by the battleship, and the hull that was not originally designed for combat was stabbed by the corner, and the keel made of pine wood was instantly broken, and the bow and stern were completely separated, and they did not care about each other.

The river quickly swept into the broken cabin, and the soldiers of Meng Yuan fell from the deck into the river like rotten gourds, and the soldiers in heavy armor sank the fastest and disappeared in a blink of an eye, while the sailors who had been caught temporarily held the broken planks struggled and swam in the bloody water, wailing loudly.

"Boom." Another Huai'an warship fired cannonballs from the side side, and at a very close range, a cargo ship weighing 200 stone hit a huge hole, and the wounded cargo ship immediately began to tilt, and countless people fell into the river, sinking and floating.

"Phew." A fifty-stone boat, under the cover of the carcass of the cargo ship, suddenly rushed from the side and fired a shot at the Huai'an battleship in the center of the line, and the projectiles made of pig iron roared and smashed into the side side, knocking the battleship to pieces, but before the people on the cargo ship could cheer, the tooth-aching cracking sound rang out from under their own feet, "Cluck, cluck, cluck." "The recoil of the artillery, unconsciously, had destroyed the internal structure of the boat, and in the blink of an eye, the boat was torn apart, sending the cannon and the person who fired the cannon to the bottom.

Several soldiers rushed up with wooden planks to seal the gap, while the carpenters took out half-foot-long iron nails and quickly nailed the planks to death, and other musketeers and sailmen took the opportunity to erect piston water hoses and continuously discharged the river water that poured into the cabin out of the boat.

"Phew." "Phew." "Phew." Several other cargo ships carrying about 200 stones, while firing their guns, tried to get close to the wounded Huai'an warship, trying to use the overboard tactics to take down the opponent, along the way, there were constantly falling into the water The Red Army soldiers stretched out their hands to the river for help, but they did not hesitate to crash into the bottom of the water, the opportunity is rare, for a few fools who fell into the water, it is not worth wasting time.

Another nearby Huai'an battleship was in danger, and quickly rushed over to help his companions, the huge hull blocked the channel of the enemy ship, and the guards on the deck opened fire one after another, "Ping" "Ping" "Ping", "Ping", the sound of arquebuses, in a blink of an eye, became the main theme in this water, and the gunners and archers on the cargo ship fell one after another, and died miserably.

"Boom, boom." A series of shells smashed into the water, throwing the dead monk who was still struggling into the water into the air.

Blood splattered, the mutilated corpses were lifted up in the air by the water column, and then fell everywhere, and a cargo ship that was trying to get closer to the battleship was shot, and with a "boom", it turned into a huge torch, and the scarlet flames swayed up in smoke, illuminating everyone's eyes.

"Who's firing." Zhu Chongjiu, who was in the command cabin, suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, rushed to the window, raised his binoculars and quickly scanned the entire battlefield.

The surrounding situation was extremely chaotic, although the Huai'an Naval Division had the absolute upper hand, but the enemy's warships successfully broke into the channel of the Huai'an Naval Division with the help of numerical superiority, and the two sides were less than a hundred paces away, firing at each other with artillery, muskets and bows and arrows, and every second, many people screamed and died.

However, these are not the source of danger, the five warships of the Huai'an Army are specially customized, reinforced keels, ribs, have special watertight cabins, and the outer side is also made of iron wood specially purchased from Huguang, even if it is hit by two or three cannons at a very close distance, it will not capsize immediately, on the contrary, the opponent's warships temporarily transformed by boats, cargo ships and fishing boats have no ability to resist strikes at all, basically as long as they are hit by one shot, it is the end of sinking to the bottom.

The real danger comes from the shore.

I don't know when, Wang Baobao had already turned all the more than 30 artillery pieces around and launched an indiscriminate bombardment at the entangled fleet of the enemy and us.

All artillery pieces are produced by Huai'an General Workshop.

The gunners who were firing and loading the projectiles were all from Xuzhou red scarves, and they didn't even change their clothes, and there was a huge "Xu" character painted on their chests.

"Be careful on the shore and don't let the enemy get entangled." Zhu Chongjiu didn't have much time to think, and immediately reminded loudly.

"Stay in formation, stay in the distance, stay away from the south bank, and don't let the enemy get too close." Flagship Commander Chang Haoran rushed to the deck and shouted orders to the lookout.

"Formation, degrees, distance." Lookout Wang Sanxun hung up three corner flags of different colors, then raised the iron horn and repeated the order loudly, "The chief has an order, keep the formation, keep the degree, stay away from the south bank, and don't let the enemy get too close." ”

"Formation, degrees, distance." The other four warships quickly raised their horn flags from near to far.

Countless wooden paddles stretched out from the bilge and paddled vigorously.

Including the battleships that had already been wounded, they also decisively gave up entanglement with the enemy, followed the tail of the entire team, and started again.

The entire fleet ran over the corpses of the enemy like angry dragons, leaving a huge wave on the surface of the river.

"Boom, boom." "Boom, boom." The second round of shells from the shore fell, and behind the fleet, smashed two small cargo ships that could not evade in all directions.

"Boom." The battleship that was in the last position was shot again in the stern, wounding and wounding, and smoke billowed from the cabin.

"Let it go to the North Shore." Zhu Chongjiu glanced at Chang Haoran, whose face was dark, and ordered loudly.

"Signal, let the No. 5 ship go to the north shore for repairs." Chang Haoran raised the tin horn and shouted orders at the lookout.

The signal was quickly struck, and the wounded battleship broke away from the team with hatred and withdrew from the battlefield.

"Plus, plus." Chang Haoran, who had taken over the command of the entire fleet from Zhu Chongjiu again, waved his fist and shouted at the lookout, his nails piercing his palms, and blood dripping down his wrists.

After more than eight months of training, he adapted to the new style of water warfare, but he was far from being able to adapt to the ferocity of his opponent, and even bombarded his own people, which was a decision that only a madman could make, however, for the devil who could open the Yellow River and let millions of Li Shu die in the belly of the fish, it was easy to make such a decision.

"Boom." "Boom." "Boom." The enraged Huai'an battleship shot a row of projectiles at the shore, returning the color to the devil.

The lead-coated projectile swept over a distance of more than 300 paces, smashed headlong into the beach, splashing up clumps of mud and sand, and the Xuzhou gunners on the shore were so frightened that they stood up from behind the gun emplacements and fled.

Without hesitation, the se-eyed sword and axe men in the battle rushed forward and cut off a row of dead heads, "No retreat, whoever retreats, will die." ”

The unarmed gunners wanted to cry without tears, so they had to tremble and return to their gun positions.

"Boom me, boom hard." Wang Baobao put down a telescope kidnapped from Xuzhou Jun and gritted his teeth.

The gunners who were abducted by Li Siqi and brought to Mengyuan's side were forced to be helpless, so they had to summon up all their courage, readjust the cannon body, load ammunition, and pour out the fear in their hearts towards the previous robe.

"Boom." "Boom." "Boom." "Boom." "Boom." "Boom." The terrain above the water surface has greatly extended the range of the smoothbore gun, and the water columns are splashing one after another around the front and back of the Xuzhou fleet, and the white flowers cover people's sight.

"Let all the ships withdraw, dismantle all the artillery, set it up on the shore, and bombard them." Wang Baobao smiled proudly and continued to give orders, "Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, just with these four broken ships, he can still attack the shore." ”

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