However, even so, there were still two flowering shells that accurately solemnized the deck of the warship, and two huge fireballs rose from the deck.

Faced with this situation, no matter how anxious Zhao Yun was, there was no way to do it.

After all, he is going to attack the last territory of the imperial court, and if the imperial court is not desperate, then there is no chance to fight hard.

As a result, more than a dozen warships could only continue to advance between the dense and thick water columns in the face of the flowering bullets fired by the officers and soldiers.

And during the whole process, the heavy artillery troops who were scolded by Zhao Yun many times were also in a hurry.

Because, the picture of the warship being hit by the red-coated cannon of the official army is also very clear to them.

Under such circumstances, they could only use their fastest speed to fire flowering shells at the artillery positions of the officers and troops on the other side of the Yangtze River. Destroy as soon as possible the artillery positions that have been exposed by the officers and troops, and reduce the losses of warships and attacking troops.

In this way, the flowering bombs fired by both sides came and went over the Yangtze River with a screaming sound, constantly hitting the target and exploding......

When more than a dozen warships finally advanced to the middle of the Yangtze River, the flowering bombs that rained down on them finally became sparse.

However, more than a dozen warships also paid a very heavy price for this......

A warship was directly destroyed by a flowering bomb and was about to die at the bottom of the river. A warship had to stop on the river because of the heavy damage...... The hundreds of soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Army on the two warships jumped into the icy Yangtze River one after another like dumplings, and swam back to the north bank of the Yangtze River by their own strength.

The loss of two warships is nothing to the current Haw Par Army.

So. Zhao Yun's gaze did not linger on these two warships. He shifted his gaze to the remaining ships that had advanced to the middle of the river.

When he saw the sparse flowering bullets fired by the officers and soldiers. After finally no longer able to threaten the remaining warships.

He had been frowning, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Then, he said with a happy face: "The artillery of the official army is over, and next, I want to see if the official army has any other means......

At the critical juncture of their own life and death, the officers and soldiers are also desperate.

As soon as Zhao Yun's shout was finished, another piercing scream reached Zhao Yun's ears.

More importantly. The flowering bullet, mixed with a piercing screech, flew in the direction of itself.

Before Zhao Yun, who looked puzzled, could make any reaction, dozens of flowering shells fell on the heavy artillery positions of the Fourth Army located along the Yangtze River.

Not only that, but a new round of strikes by the officers and troops on the remaining warships in the middle of the river also began.

It's just that this round of blows is not artillery, nor muskets, but very backward catapults.

Under the action of the catapult, hundreds of ignited canisters of fire oil quickly smashed towards the location of the warship after drawing a very beautiful arc in the air.

What made Zhao Yun feel fortunate was that. These catapults don't have much accuracy.

Of the hundreds of canisters, only a dozen or so can be considered to have reached the target area.

As for these more than a dozen canisters of fire oil. Nor did a single one hit the deck of the battleship.

However, even so, Zhao Yun's forehead was dripping with beads of sweat because of nervousness.

Because, as long as these warships sent by themselves are hit by a canister of fire oil filled with dozens of catties of oil, the entire warship will immediately turn into a ball of fireball, and it will completely lose its combat effectiveness.

At present, although the canisters of fire oil shot by the officers and soldiers are not yet accurate, as the warships get closer to the south shore, this dense canister of fire oil will definitely hit the target.

As Zhao Yun's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character again, the chief of staff beside him suddenly spoke: "Commander, it has been investigated...... In order to destroy our heavy artillery positions, the officers and troops actually hid dozens of red-coated cannons along the Yangtze River......"

"Now it seems that in order to hold the defense line of the Yangtze River, the number of red-coated cannons deployed by the officers and troops on the opposite bank far exceeds our estimate......

"...... along the Yangtze River" Zhao Yun quickly raised his binoculars and looked at the other side of the Yangtze River.

Sure enough, the wasteland, which had not moved at all just now, was now shrouded in the intense recreation of the artillery.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun immediately understood the intention of the imperial court to arrange the red-clothed cannon in this way.

The red-coated artillery behind the defensive line, while blocking the warships from crossing the river, attracted all our limited heavy artillery firepower.

By the time all our attention was focused on the heavy artillery positions behind the imperial lines. The heavy artillery positions arranged at the forefront along the Yangtze River can quickly counterattack with fierce firepower, catch our heavy artillery units by surprise, and finally destroy our ......."

After all, heavy artillery is not a mortar...... Even if the cannon you are equipped with is much lighter than the redcoat cannon, it is impossible to immediately shift or readjust the target on the battlefield.

Under such circumstances, the heavy artillery positions exposed by themselves can only be seen to be destroyed by the officers and soldiers.

The idea of the officer and army was good, however, he ignored a big problem, and that was the large number of mortars that the Haw Par Army was equipped with.

With the range of heavy mortars, although there was no way to deal with the heavy artillery positions placed by the imperial court behind the defensive line. However, there is a way for the imperial court to arrange the heavy artillery positions at the forefront along the Yangtze River......

At this time, someone may write, in this case, why didn't the imperial court arrange all the heavy artillery positions behind the defensive line

As a result, no matter how many heavy mortars the Haw Par Army is equipped with, it can only stare dryly.

For this idea, the imperial court also wanted to, but it couldn't do it.

Because, if the red-coated cannons equipped by the imperial court were arranged behind the defensive line, they would not be able to catapult the flowers to the other side of the Yangtze River.

And this is also the reason why the heavy artillery placed by the officers and soldiers behind the defense line waited for the warship to leave the north shore for a hundred paces before firing the cannon.

Of course, the limited firing range of the red-coated artillery of the official army is also the reason why Zhao Yun dared to drag all the heavy artillery to the forefront of the battlefield and arrange artillery positions under the noses of the officers and soldiers.

It's just that Zhao Yun didn't expect that the officers and soldiers would use the so-called dark lights to arrange a heavy artillery unit of such a scale under their noses that he couldn't imagine.

However, now that the specific location of this heavy artillery unit is clear, Zhao Yun is not so worried.

After only a brief contemplation, he opened his mouth and ordered: "Heavy mortar...... Order all heavy mortar units, battalions as units, to fight separately and immediately launch a counterattack on the artillery positions of the officers and troops on the other side of the river......"

When the order was given, Zhao Yun, who was frowning, subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

However, this good mood only lasted for the blink of an eye, and an exclamation came out of the mouth of the chief of staff beside him. (To be continued......)