Chapter 161: Milk Tiger Fights Wolves (5)
[Ask for Sanjiang tickets, recommended votes, evaluation votes, and roll all over the ground for various tickets]
"Smack!"
A clairvoyant mirror carved with flowers on the barrel slammed into the smooth teak floor, and a ruby inlaid on it was also thrown out.
Looking at the rubies dripping and spinning on the ground, Liu Xiang's little follower clearly felt the anger of his boss - not to mention that this clairvoyant mirror itself is not cheap, this ruby alone is worth 1,800 taels of silver, and it is usually a treasure that Liu Xiang can't put down.
Looking back at the flaming Cangshan Iron, the little follower couldn't help but shrink his neck. No wonder the boss of his own family has such a big temper, in just over half an hour, the strange ship with wings has burned two ships!
He tiptoed and was just about to slip out of the watchtower, but was stopped by Liu Xiang, who was pale, "You go, let them inform me, except for the red monkey boat, all the other boats are approaching me...... Let's go and get rid of that* day's sand boat first! ”
Liu Xiang now hated the sand boat four or five miles away - he originally thought that this sand boat would look strange and be faster, after all, there was only one boat, what big waves could it turn up?
But who would have thought that the other party actually had two bed crossbows that could rotate! And the worst thing is that the bed crossbow doesn't know how to get it, and the crossbow arrows fired will actually explode, and it can also explode into fire!
This is a fatal thing, and this ship is either dry wood, or brown rope, or sails made of cotton, all of which are just a little bit of things, and they are most afraid of fire.
But in this era, if you want to burn the opponent's ship, you have to rush up against the gunfire, and throw a few fierce oil cans before the broadside battle to ignite the sails on the deck; Either they use a special fire attack ship to pile firewood, grass and sulfur, rush to the other side, and insert it into the side of the opponent's ship.
It was the first time Liu Xiang had seen that he could launch the fierce fire oil on the deck of the enemy ship and set it on fire, not to mention, the other kind of crossbow arrow fired by the bed crossbow was empty after it exploded, so that people couldn't save the fire if they wanted to, so they could only watch the fire get bigger and bigger.
Liu Xiang regretted that he had despised this sand ship at the beginning—if he had organized a fleet to rush up when it first appeared, he was afraid that he would have killed the ship by now!
Alas! Two ships were lost in vain!
The little attendant moved quickly, and in a short time the two small sampans left the second fortune boat and rowed towards the ships on the right flank of the flotilla - in this day there was no means of communication, not even the flag had yet appeared, and the more complicated orders could only be conveyed by men.
After about a stick of incense, in addition to the Guangzhou ship that was attacking Yang Tiansheng, the remaining six ships gradually leaned around the No. 2 Fu boat, Liu Xiang waved his hand, and the seven ships took the No. 2 Fu boat as the arrow, slightly forming a flat triangle, heading towards the northeast "Dawn".
At this time, the "Dawn" had already thrown down the blazing Cangshan Iron and rushed straight to the Guangzhou ship that was entangled with Yang Tiansheng.
The distance between the Guang ship and Yang Tiansheng's Cangshan Iron was less than two hundred steps, and it was the best position for the 6-pound Franc machine gun to exert its firepower, and the two ships of the Franc machine table tennis were fighting fiercely.
The heavens seemed to be helping the "Dawn," which turned from a northerly wind to a northeast wind, and the wind was stronger, and by the help of the wind, the "Dawn" ran a distance of two miles in only half an hour, and the bow was approaching within 300 steps to the right side of the ship, and at this time the flotilla of seven ships was still doing turtle climbing in the southeast three miles away -- it was too difficult for the heavy No. 2 Fortune Boat to go against the wind, and it ran less than a mile in half an hour.
It was not surprising that the Canton ship, which was attacked on both sides, was fired by a salvo of the front and rear ballistae of the "Dawn" and then set fire to the mainsail, and after another volley, there were few people standing on the deck.
This time, however, the "Dawn" did not entangle too much around the Canton ship, and after brushing the stern of the Canton ship, it did not turn around, and followed the wind straight to the injured ships that were slowly following behind more than 10 miles away.
Chu Fan's tactical intent was very clear - he wanted to harass the pursuing fleet so that the pursuing fleet would not be able to deal with Yang Tiansheng with all its might.
Now that the goal has been basically completed, and the ships on the opponent's right flank that can threaten Yang Tiansheng have all gathered next to the No. 2 Fu Boat, and turned their heads to deal with the "Dawn", then Chu Fan will definitely lead the other party's nose and go-Comparing speed is what Chu Fan is most willing to do.
Of course, if the No. 2 Fu ship doesn't keep up, Chu Fan is not afraid - in order to gather together, those 7 ships have spent a lot of time, and now they have opened a distance of three or four miles from Yang Tiansheng's Cangshan Tie, and it is estimated that they will not be able to do it in one or two hours if they want to keep up again.
In the past two hours, the "Dawn" has been able to complete the action of going around in a big circle and once again seize the upper hand in the northeast.
However, Chu Fan soon found that he didn't have to worry about Yang Tiansheng anymore - the seven ships turned around one after another under the leadership of the No. 2 Fu boat, and chased after the "Dawn" with full sails.
Chu Fan was overjoyed in his heart, and the movements of the injured ships in front of him made him even happier: the Guangzhou ship closest to the "Dawn" with a hole in the bow was blown up, and when he saw the "Dawn" speeding towards him, he didn't say a word, hung up the full sail and turned around and left--It is estimated that the ship boss was frightened by the tragic fate of his three companions, and he didn't even have the courage to face it.
With this Guangzhou ship taking the lead, the ships behind it that were also painted did the same, and they also hung up their full sails and turned their bows to run away, hoping to get as far away as possible from this strange ship that was fast and could fire fierce fire oil.
Seeing that the enemy in front of him was deserted and fled, Chu Fan did not plan to pursue them, but ordered Ge Bi to adjust the course slightly and pounced towards the left flank of the pursuing fleet.
There were a total of 9 ships on the left flank of the pursuing fleet, which were chasing Yang Tiansheng's No. 2 Fu boat in the northwest direction, and the end and end of each other were drawn into a line, forming a "ship chain" seven or eight miles long, and the first was a large loach, which was shooting at each other with the No. 2 Fu boat.
The bow of the "Dawn" refers to the front of this "ship chain" -- Chu Fan is ready to pass through the gap about a mile wide between the big loach and the Haicang boat that is following closely behind, and easily clean up the big loach that is being beaten.
The captain of the Haicang ship didn't know whether he didn't see the majesty of the "Dawn" before, or whether the two ships that had burned and sunk aroused his fighting spirit.
At this time, the "Dawn" had already sailed less than a mile away from Yang Tiansheng's No. 2 Fu ship, and suddenly, the No. 2 Fu ship and Cangshan Iron broke out with an earth-shattering cheer.
Chu Fan, Ge Bi, and Yang Dijiao in the pavilion turned their heads to look at the north, and couldn't help but look at each other and smile.