Chapter 481: The Waves 2
Due to the numerical inferiority, coupled with the great lethality of the earth-shaking thunder on the non-commissioned officers on the ship and the deterrent effect on the non-commissioned officers of the navy, the guard warships were gradually at a disadvantage, and sixteen sea ships were set on fire, and nearly a dozen were taken over by the Xiaoguo army. There are also three ships that are silent.
However, these are all sea ships for transportation, not full-time combat warships, especially those large warships, none of which are controlled by the Xiaoguo Army. And four or five of the Xiaoguo army also withdrew from the battle and wandered away.
However, even in an unfavorable situation, the guards and sailors were still stubbornly resisting, and some people kept falling from their masts, but there were also people who kept replenishing them, stubbornly controlling the sails and keeping the hull as stable as possible.
As the Xiaoguo army and the navy were surrounded on all sides, the sailor's targets on the mast were hit more and more. Originally, this guard fleet was mainly escort and transport, not all of them were warships, so now it has formed a situation of many strikes and outnumbered.
The crossbow arrows of the Xiaoguo Army were more violent, the killing efficiency was higher, and the earth-shaking thunder also began to exert its might, although many fell into the water and did not detonate, but there were also many that fell on the ship. However, there was never a warship of the Guards that completely lost control. For no other reason, they have no way to retreat, no way to avoid it. Behind them is the water village, and to enter is to die. This water village is not a regular water camp village, this is just a temporary mooring place, there are no defensive measures around the water village, so they have no room to retreat.
"Fight to the death!"
Zhou Ze gave the final order to all his officers and soldiers, and at the same time ordered his flagship to rush forward bravely. It's just that the army and the Xiaoguo army can't fight to the death, and now if the navy army is wiped out again, then the army will be miserable. Even if he loses, let the sailors of the Xiaoguo Army be buried with him.
The crossbow arrows of the Xiaoguo army kept shooting, and the sailors on the mast fell one after another in the roar of the crossbow arrows, and someone fell less than a zhang away in front of Zhou Ze, like a defeat on the ground, bleeding from the seven orifices, and slamming his legs hard, there was no sound.
The explosion of the earth-shattering thunder made the guards even more miserable, and the marbles were everywhere. The sailors on the ship have no armor, otherwise, if they fall into the water, they will all sink directly to the bottom. As a result, the lethality brought by this marble is no less than that of a crossbow arrow, but the crossbow arrow is only one, and if you see it, you can avoid it, but this marble is a large piece of it, and the speed is extremely fast, and it is impossible to avoid it at all.
Looking at the sailor soldiers with heavy casualties, Zhou Ze did not stop fighting, but still firmly ordered to continue to move forward, even if the other party collided together, he would fight. In the same way, only by continuing to move forward and engaging with the naval army of the Xiaoguo Army can there be hope for victory, and if you are blindly beaten passively, the final result can only be the annihilation of the whole army.
Zhou Ze made up his mind to fight to the death with the water army of the Xiaoguo Army. Either he repelled the Xiaoguo Army's naval army, or he was wiped out by the Xiaoguo Army's naval army, and there was absolutely no other choice in between. As for defeating the Xiaoguo Army, he knew that it would be difficult to achieve.
Perhaps affected by the heroic actions of Zhou Ze's flagship, the rest of the guard warships also rushed up one after another without fear of death. Although these sailors were dissatisfied with Zhou Ze's replacement of their main general, Zhou Ze's bid had already made them accept.
The crossbows and trebuchets on the naval battleships have gone crazy, and the roar of earth-shattering thunder and the splashing of water droplets are always happening around you, and if you don't pay attention to it, it will be bloody. The sailors of the guards desperately fired clusters of crossbow arrows and stone bullets one by one, regardless of the results, and as for what kind of results they achieved, they didn't even have time to look up, and could only judge the results from the sound.
In fact, under the leadership of Zhou Ze, under the frantic attack of the warships of the Weijun Navy, the Xiaoguo Navy's Navy, also sank several ships, and the wreckage rippled along the sea, and the water surface began to glow red, and there were fragments of wood chips and corpses everywhere.
Fang De's flagship has always been to the front, and the damage suffered is also relatively large, the sail on the mast was torn by the stone bullets thrown out of nowhere, and on the deck, it was also smashed through several holes, and two sailors couldn't dodge, and they were smashed through the head by the stone bullets on the spot, and the corpses were scattered on the spot. There are even crazy crossbow arrows, constantly hitting the side of the ship, even if the critical part is installed on the deck, you can still feel the sound of tuk tuk, which shows the power of the opponent's crossbow arrows.
"Aim at the other party's flagship and sink him!" You Zhengyang ordered.
The five-story ship where Zhou Ze is located is the flag of the Guardian Navy, and it is where their morale lies, as long as this ship is defeated, the rest of the naval battlefield will definitely suffer a heavy blow in morale. For this reason, You Zhengyang gave the order to the striker, asking Fang De to bring three warships and surround the attack.
"Trebuchets, crossbow arrows ready, aim at them and shoot them at me!" Fang De, who was in the forward, gave orders to the three large ships around him. There was a vicious glint in his eyes.
"Whew!"
Under Fang De's command, the three warships aimed at Zhou Ze's flagship and launched a fierce attack. Four battleships of average size, but three against one, the result can be imagined.
Stone bullets kept falling around Zhou Ze's fifth-layer flagship, splashing high columns of water. It was as if they were going to completely envelop each other in a column of water. These columns of water were so powerful that some of the guards were hit by them, and they fell off the edge of the deck on the spot and disappeared into the vast water. When the water column was dispersed, a large amount of river water was sprinkled on the deck of Zhou Ze's flagship, making the deck full of water. The flagship shook constantly, and the water droplets on the deck kept rolling until they were thrown into the water.
"Puff puff!"
Crossbow bolts were also constantly fired at the side of this battleship, making a constant sound, all over the bow of the flagship and on the front sides. They were all dense arrowheads, and those arm-thick crossbow arrows pierced through the raw cowhide, and dug a few holes in the side of the ship, like a hedgehog that had grown tens of thousands of times. The river was surging, and it continued to pour in from these holes, and the sailors of Zhou Ze's flagship had to plug the holes with cotton wool and fishing nets.
"Lean in! Clear the surface of the ship with the earth-shattering thunder! This time I want to capture them, this is a five-story ship, and my Xiaoguo army only has fifteen ships, or the number of the two naval armies combined, and five of them were built in Youzhou in three years. ”
Fang De shouted viciously, clenching the spear in his hand hard. He wants to destroy the opponent with a broadside battle, and he is convinced that he is fully capable of destroying the opponent when he is on the broadside battlefield. He was fully confident that when the opponent approached the ground, he would clear the surface of the ship with the earth-shattering thunder and completely expel the opponent. Then seize the flagship on the fifth floor.
Other warships of the Guardian Navy wanted to come to support, but they were all blocked by the warships of the Xiaoguo Army. Three of them were the main opponent's other five-story ships, and the rest were besieging the opponent's warships on all sides.
On the deck of Zhou Ze's battleship, more than 300 hand-to-hand sailors of the Guards Navy were also on standby, staring at the front with blazing eyes. As soon as the two ships get closer, bloody hand-to-hand combat will begin immediately. These sailors are generally very strong, and they can't keep even a drop of water on their bronzed skin. Each of them. All topless. Barefoot, with only a pair of short ground trousers. Their weapons are basically axes, javelins, and straight knives.
"Reach in! Fight with them, my Yangzhou Navy is still afraid of them? Zhou Ze gritted his teeth and said hatefully. If it weren't for the other party's many ships, if it weren't for the other party's earth-shattering thunder, why would I be afraid of it. Now the guards and sailors have also discovered that as long as the earth-shaking thunder is thrown into the water in time, the threat can be ignored, of course, it is not a simple matter. Although it is one against three, only one of them can be engaged in the battle at the same time, one-on-one, Zhou Ze is not afraid of the other party.
On the decks of the three Xiaoguo warships, the Xiaoguo soldiers were equally on standby, looking at their enemies with the same sparkling eyes. They wore short coats, gray tight pants, and were tightly tied. Behind their backs, they all have special longbows and arrowheads, and there are disposable hand crossbows at their waists, and horizontal knives in their hands.
The water rolls and stirs up turbid waves. Several warships slowly approached, and finally the distance became closer and closer, and not only the hair and eyebrows of the sailors on both sides could be clearly seen, but even the ups and downs of the opponent's chest as they breathed were clearly visible.
As if in mind, the two ships did not start their slapping rods, the crossbow arrows stopped firing, and the trebuchets did not load. The main thing is that it's so close, and the trebuchet doesn't work.
"Bang!"
The two flagships were firmly pressed against each other, and the masts of both ships creaked. The sails above were all swaying and tangled with each other, and it took a while for them to part with difficulty. At the moment of the ship's impact, the sailors on both sides squatted down hard, firmly grasping the deck with their feet. If you don't stand firm, you'll probably be thrown into the sea.
The only exception was the sailors on both sides at the top of the mast, who held the mast firmly with their hands when the mast was firmly down. They each drew their scimitars and fought on the beams above the masts until the two masts were separated and their weapons could no longer reach each other.
"Up!"
Zhou Ze roared, holding the long knife and preparing to rush over. The guards behind him swarmed behind him, pounced viciously on their opponents. He believed that the sailors of the Yangzhou Navy, who had been trained for a long time and had fought many battles with the pirates of the South China Sea, were definitely not comparable to the newly built Xiaoguo Army.