Chapter 590: Fire Boat
Not long after the first contact, the combined fleet was forced back, which made the three of them feel very annoyed, although the enemy army far surpassed them in terms of soldier strength, but their number was at least four times higher than theirs!
"At all costs! Go on the offensive! The three of them gave another order, the enemy army has now fallen into a Jedi disadvantage, even if it is a little bit of grinding with crowd tactics, they will destroy this remnant of the Yuan army. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although such a move would increase the casualties of their own naval forces to a certain extent, these losses were insignificant compared to the damage that Yuan's army would have caused if it invaded their territory.
In the next three hours, the joint naval army launched more than ten fierce attacks one after another, but did not achieve the slightest result, and in the end, without exception, they were all repelled by Yuan's naval army, and the casualties of the combined naval army were very huge.
However, under such a fierce attack, the casualties of Yuan's navy army also continued to rise, and some of the peripheral warships were even destroyed by the sergeants of the combined fleet who rushed up.
"The sky in the distance has turned slightly white." Qing Lan looked up at the sky in the distance, and in the midst of the fierce battle, they now realized that time had passed imperceptibly.
In the distance, the sky was already white, and the thick night was much clearer, and the sky was about to dawn. And at this time, most of the Xiaobai Alliance sailors should almost receive the information of their actions.
"Can't delay any longer! Get that thing out! The light was furrowed for a while, and finally said: "If we delay any longer, if the Xiaobai Alliance Navy arrives in time, we will have lost all our efforts." ”
"What, what other secret weapon do you have?" Qing Lan looked at the lights and the big country with interesting ears, these two guys have reached this time, and they still have reservations about themselves before.
"Yes, yes, and it's not small." The Great Power Ship replied: "If this killing weapon is used, I believe that in less than two hours, the encircled Yuan army will be annihilated and wiped out." ”
"If you really have such a powerful weapon, didn't you use it in the first place? There must be some limitations to this secret weapon. Qinglan analyzed.
"Clever." The Great Power Ship praised it from the bottom of his heart, and said, "Our secret weapon is the hundreds of fireboats carried in the fleet's hazy warships!" These fire boats are all death squads loaded with fire oil and fire starters. Hundreds of fire boats attacked at the same time, which was enough to cause a monstrous flame in Yuan's army! It's just that I'm still a little worried, the wind direction on this river is changeable, if we cause a fire in the enemy's army, but at this time the wind direction suddenly changes and blows us, then the whole army will be wiped out, it is very likely that our combined fleet will be destroyed! Although the odds are not too great, the risk is too high! “
"Burn!" Qing Lan nodded, and said categorically: "Don't hesitate, send out the fire boat immediately!" ”
"But......" said the Great Power Ship hesitantly.
"Nothing." Qing Lan interrupted him and said, "Now that the sky is almost dawn, it is estimated that the sailors of the Little White Alliance have also begun to move towards our position, if they arrive in time, we will be helpless against them." It's better to take a little risk now and eliminate them in time! ”
"What Qinglan said makes sense." Lamp Shan also agreed: "Although it is indeed a bit risky to use the fire boat now, if it continues to delay, the danger is actually even greater. ”
The words of the two persuaded the big country to take advantage of the ship, and the big country ship finally let go of the doubts in his heart and agreed to send out the fire boat.
Hundreds of fireboats quietly descended from the huge Misty Battleship, each of which was manned by more than a dozen hardcover soldiers, secretly rowing towards the position of the enemy fleet.
These fireboats were specially designed for surprise fire attacks on enemy forces, so when they were designed, these fireboats were specially modified by the lights and the Great Power Ships. In terms of protection, although these small fireboats do not look very strong, most of the hulls of these fireboats are made of wrought iron, and the actual protection capacity is even more than that of some large warships.
The hull and bottom of the boat have been deliberately modified, and although the streamlined hull and bottom of the boat with modern design do not change in attributes, the actual effect is faster than that of ordinary boats.
These tiny fire boats were like swimming fish, and they quickly began to rush towards the remnants of Yuan's army.
There was no shortage of experienced soldiers on the Yuan army, and they soon discovered these galloping fire boats, and all of these people were taken aback, they naturally knew the danger of these fire boats.
In water battles on the river, fire attack is a very threatening tactic, and if you are not careful, you may be wiped out by the enemy.
Without the orders of the commander-in-chief of the naval forces, the soldiers on these ships also spontaneously dealt with these fire boats.
Yuan's navy used bows and arrows, rockets, ballistas, and catapults to deal with the approaching boats.
The crossbow guns and catapults had a huge attack power, but they had a certain effect, and the fire boats hit by the ballistas and catapults, even if they were made of wrought iron, were torn apart and destroyed at once, and a large amount of fire oil and fire starters floated on the water.
However, catapults and ballistas are only available on a very small number of large warships, and they take a long time to reload, and the interval between attacks is very long, and the actual effect is far less than the shock of their attacks.
As for those bows and arrows, the power was too small to cause damage to these boats, and when the bows and arrows hit the boats, they were bounced off at once, leaving only a shallow white mark on the hull at most.
The resistance measures of Yuan's navy did not have the expected effect, and these hundreds of fire boats still bravely rushed towards the opposite side.
"Stand back! Back off! The commander of the Yuan army and the navy gave an order in fright, but before the order was issued, patches of red fire flashed in the distance. Not far away, the enemy ships had already approached close enough to start igniting ignitions such as fire oil.
"Bang bang bang!" Accompanied by a loud crash, there were countless splashes of fire. As soon as they made contact, the soldiers on hundreds of fire boats immediately threw the fire oil in the ships in front of them.
An altar of fire oil broke and shattered on the enemy warship, splashing the oil everywhere, and then ignited by the flames, and pounced on the Yuan army's naval fleet from all directions.......!