Text: The Great Power Struggle_Chapter 177 The Situation Suddenly Changes
The next morning, the sun slowly slid out of the sea and appeared in the ocean far to the east.
At this time, it was about six o'clock in the morning. At the beginning of the new year, the weather is not yet very warm. Especially in the morning, the cold air flow burrowed into the armor, which made the soldiers of the Beichen Army feel very unhappy.
The sea is still rough and the cold winter has not caused ice crystals to form on the sea. It's a good situation for Lee and Artsik.
Alzik, a famous British historical general and naval general, was good at commanding naval battles. This time, Artsik was ordered by his own king, the colonial capitalists, to gather the armies of his two allies, Veluka and the Sun of Never Set, and to cross the sea to the west.
During the entire expedition across the sea, the three families sent a total of 2.82 million troops. Among them, there were 960,000 in the navy and 1,860,000 in the landing infantry. It can be said that this expedition has almost exhausted the forces of the three families. Almost all the warships were pulled out, and the infantry army was only a dozen or two hundred thousand.
For this expedition to Alzik is a hundred unwilling, not now is the end of the cold winter, just with a vast sea, it is not suitable for a large number of troops to fight.
There are a few who have not seen a storm at sea, and such a huge number of troops, if they encounter a storm, they don't have to do anything, just pack up and go home.
Unfortunately, the storm that Alzik prayed for never appeared, and Arzik, who had planned to withdraw his troops in the event of a storm, was helpless. Ever since I went to sea, my eyelids have been jumping around, and I always feel like something is going to happen.
Alas~ It's better to fight the naval battle in front of you first!
Looking at a dark shadow on the sea in front of him, Alzik frowned. The army unit named Beichen Kingdom that the king told him was very powerful, but he didn't expect that the enemy's naval force was still not bad!
More than 1,000 warships, clearly divided into fifteen fleets, quietly watched the enemy fleet slowly approaching on the opposite side with their big bellies!
There are many enemies and their strength is very strong, but the sailors of the Beichen Army are not afraid! Behind them are their own homes, their own relatives and friends. Once you let these sea monsters scurry to shore, your loved ones will be harmed!
Li Ancheng stared intently at the enemy fleet that came out of the morning light. There are a lot of them, and I don't have time to count and play anyway. The large number of warships means that the enemy has more attack weapons than their own.
Maybe you can win by fighting to the death, but after winning, you will definitely not be happy. Now he is not just trying to resist the enemy's ships, the enemy's huge landing infantry force has made Li Ancheng's fleet have a new mission.
On the one hand, the enemy's main fleet on the other hand blocked the landing of the enemy's army, and bought time for the construction of fortifications in the rear.
Now my tasks have increased again, and the pressure is called a mountain. Originally, when I fought a naval battle with others, I didn't have an advantage, and now I have to block the landing of the enemy's army, how can I live!
A large number of armies from both sides soon approached, and more than 2,000 warships and more than 100,000 sailors faced each other on the sea frontier in the eastern part of Beichen Kingdom.
The distance between the two great fleets is now three thousand paces, and they can see each other's soldiers. However, neither of the two coaches attacked first, and 3,000 steps was still a bit far away.
Only at a distance of five hundred paces could the catapults and bed crossbows on the Beichen warships be able to attack. And Arzik is waiting, waiting for four hundred steps!
Now everyone's technology has not yet come up, and the attack range of catapults and bed crossbows is still very close. As the second marquis, it was not that Xiao Chen was unwilling to upgrade the troops' catapults and bed crossbows. It's that you can't upgrade, and the money is there, but the heavy catapult and bed crossbow can only be developed in the kingdom.
The distance of 3,000 steps is very close, and for a warship, it is only a matter of ten minutes.
"Brethren! Behind us is the capital of the country and our relatives, and under our feet are the sea beasts given to us by the king, and in our hands are the weapons of murder! ”
"Now, the enemy army is coming, what do you say should be done?"
Li Ancheng stood on the bow of the flagship, with a seven-foot long sword in his hand, pointing straight to the sky.
"Defend the family and defend the country, kill and kill!"
The soldiers above the flagship were the first to roar!
The rest of the soldiers on the battleship didn't know what was going on, but they were still aroused by this sentence!
"Defend the country! Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
For a moment, the roar of the soldiers of the Beichen Kingdom instantly tore through the oppressive atmosphere floating over the battlefield.
"Herald! Catapults, bed crossbows, attack! ”
Li Ancheng shouted, and the flag bearer on the watchtower quickly waved the two flags in his hand to convey the flag to each warship.
The various detachments that received the order immediately began to prepare for the attack. Dozens of strong men who were guarding the catapult at all times quickly lifted a hundred-pound boulder and put it on the basket. Then, the crowd let go of the rope in their hands, and the catapult trembled.
More than 100 catties of boulders flew up in an instant, slid across the sky, and smashed into the pile of black and crushed battleships opposite.
The bed crossbow is also not weak, and the crossbow arrows of * are pressed into the card slot and hung on the winding. Then, with a whoosh, I saw the crossbow bolt fly quickly into the distance, leaving only a black shadow.
Alzik, who was standing on top of the flagship, was taken aback by Beichenguo's actions. That's still 500 paces away, and the enemy is actually starting to attack, and the range of their weapons is so far?
He still needs to advance a hundred steps before he can attack, and this king of his own country has not told him this important news.
Boulders and bolts quickly fell on top of the Artsk fleet, and thousands of boulders and bolts soared into the sea.
Many boulders and crossbow bolts did not hit the enemy ships, but plunged headlong into the sea. The huge boulder fell into the water under the acceleration, and immediately stirred up a column of water. The crossbow arrows are not as magnificent as the boulders, but the crossbow arrows that plunge into the water and the sea water whirlpool are terrifying to the soldiers of the English County, the Ayr County, and the Glen County.
Not all the warships of the Three Kingdoms were so lucky, although most of the boulders fell into the water, there were still not a few who hit the battleships.
The boulder smashed into the ship, no different from a grenade exploding. The boulder smashed straight through the upper deck and still drilled down. Along the way, the sawdust swept around, no less lethal than shrapnel.
It wasn't a big deal for the crossbow bolt to hit the battleship, at most it was just two small holes. But if you smash into the crowd, it's a tragedy in the world.
Wearing a sugar gourd in front of a crossbow arrow, that's all trivial. Not only for you to wear, but also for you to nail to the wooden hull of the warship.
These guys who are dressed as sugar gourds are lucky, because as long as they are rescued, there is still hope that they will survive. The ones who were really unlucky were the ones who were shot straight to the head, and when the blood was mixed with white brains and scattered in the air, it was chilling.
Not only were there those who were shot in the head, but there were also many soldiers of the Three Kingdoms, who were directly torn off by crossbow arrows. The feeling of not being able to die immediately, seeing the two halves of one's body that belong to oneself and not being able to move oneself is terrifying.
After the first wave of attacks, countless boulders and crossbow arrows flew out of the ships of the Beichen Army's naval division again. In the face of the attack of this Beichen Kingdom, the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms were also powerless. Only while praying for God to bless, he scolded the group of soldiers who drove the boat.
All because of them, if only they could close the distance to four hundred paces after the first round of enemy attacks. You can also fight back on your side, and the exit is atmospheric.
After four rounds, the ships of both sides came within their respective ranges. The real naval battle has just begun ....
However, the previous rounds of attacks by the Beichen Army made the Three Kingdoms Alliance Army faint. Before entering the firing range, more than 50 warships were knocked out by the Beichen Army's naval division. To say that the loss is all small boats, and Alzik doesn't mind. But when I saw the news that on the report, there was a fourth-class battleship that was seriously flooded and could no longer participate in the battle, and a third-class battleship sank.
Artsik stormed away on the spot, a fourth-class capital battleship, a third-class capital battleship, plus dozens of small ships. This casualty is really too big, the Beichen Army is really not a thing!
Seeing that his own warships were now within the range of the attack, Arzik immediately ordered an attack, vowing to be ashamed of himself.
After the distance between the two armies was closer, the entire sea suddenly became lively. More than 2,500 warships on both sides gathered in such a small sea area and began to attack each other.
The ships are advancing, and the sails are already rising, covering the sky and the sun. On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the sky was just showing a little white, countless sea beasts were fighting, countless warriors were fighting, and more relatives were waiting for their sons to return home.
War is like that, there is no reason, everything is for survival, for the sake of loved ones.
In the sky above the battlefield, huge stones fall through the sky and fall on the bodies of the sea monsters, or smash into the unfathomable waters. One by one, the crossbow arrows pierced through the hull of the warship and pierced through the weak human body.
At this time, on the battlefield, there is no longer a fight. Because of the closer distance, the losses of both sides began to increase rapidly. The commanders of both sides no longer have the means to carry out a strategic offensive on such a battlefield.
On the huge battlefield, all the warships have already pinched each other with the opposing warships. The orders given by the commander can no longer be carried out, and even if they do, it will be difficult to pass through such a huge battlefield.
Maybe in the middle of the movement, it will be destroyed by a boulder that flies from nowhere. Therefore, Li Ancheng and Alzik simply gave up some tactics. He just quietly watched the command of the captains of the warships on both sides, and only when one of the warships was seriously damaged, did he command the warships to withdraw from the first line and retreat to the second line for long-range strikes.
The warships and soldiers on both sides are fighting for their lives. Boulders and crossbow arrows became the killers of the sea beasts, and the icy waters became the greatest reapers of the soldiers on both sides.
After three hours of continuous naval battle, both sides had already suffered heavy casualties. In particular, the Beichen Naval Division, which was already inferior in numbers, had greatly damaged its combat strength after sinking one hundred and seven ships and seriously damaging more than two hundred.
In contrast, the combined fleet of the three countries, which sank two hundred and twelve ships and seriously damaged more than a hundred. Although the casualties are much larger than those of the Beichen Army, the number of people is large, and this casualty is really not a big deal.
As a result, in the current situation, the Beichen Army has shown signs of invincibility. And Artzik naturally discovered this, and after an order, the attack of the combined fleet of the three countries was strengthened again.
Li Ancheng was unlucky, he really couldn't resist the attack of others. Now every Beichen Navy Division battleship is almost fighting one against two, and it can't be fought at all.
But now even retreat is not so easy to withdraw, and under the fierce pursuit of the combined fleet of the three countries, the warships under his command cannot be withdrawn. As long as it is withdrawn, it is almost a rout.
But if you continue to fight, you will lose sooner or later. Unless you use that secret weapon yourself, you may have a slight chance of winning.
But now that it's dawn, with that secret weapon, the enemy might just turn a corner and dodge!
Besides, even if he wins this naval battle now, what effect can he have on the overall situation? On the contrary, if you use it in advance, then by the time of the final battle, there will be no bottom-pressing weapon.
Hmph, at the last moment, as long as you use that secret weapon, any million-strong army will be wiped out on the sea.
As soon as I thought of the fire in the sky, countless ships and soldiers of the combined fleet of the three countries were suffering in pain on the sea. Li Ancheng was happy in his heart, and he really wanted to fucking laugh a few times.
Suddenly, Li Ancheng's head lit up. Then, raise your palm and gently pat your forehead twice. Why are you so stupid, you are still the commander of the sailors of the Beichen Kingdom!
Fire, that's right! Now Li Ancheng's biggest thought is to evacuate the battlefield and preserve his strength. But I have been suffering from no good way to retreat, until I remembered the word fire just now, this is the retreat method that Li Ancheng thought of.
As a Han man who plays with fire to the end, and Li Ancheng is taught by a group of fire masters. The use of fire attack is naturally not much worse.
At the sound of an order, the warships located behind slowly retreated. The front-line warships took out small boats piled with flammable materials such as dry firewood.
Subsequently, the whole army was withdrawn, and the sailors also took the opportunity to ignite the small boats that were put into the water. Fortunately, the northwest wind is still blowing, and for a while, countless young boats took advantage of the wind to rush towards the three countries.
Alzik was dumbfounded on the spot!
Nima, this is too shameless! A typical sneak attack!
A moment ago, the two armies were still very close, you beat me and I beat yours, how good it was. As a result, the next moment, you put countless small fire boats to burn you, and you were in the dark.
The small fire boat is small, and the speed is naturally fast, and the distance of a few hundred meters can be reached in less than three or five minutes. Three or five minutes is at most enough for a capital battleship to turn around, and there is no time to dodge the huge number of fireships.
As a result, Li Ancheng planned to release hundreds of fireships to cover the retreat, but who wanted to achieve a lot of results. In one fell swoop, it crashed into six of the main ships of the combined fleet of the three countries, as well as more than two dozen of the remaining ships.
Alzik looked at the warship that was already on fire in front of him without tears, while Li Ancheng ran away with the remaining more than 800 warships.
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