Chapter 715: The Battle of the Gatekeepers (I)
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Yang Tian didn't stay at the fishing level all the time, he still needed to return to Baiyun City every night to practice internal strength, which was related to his personal strength, and he couldn't delay. Anyway, there are Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others in this fishing checkpoint, and he is also very relieved.
At noon on the third day, Yang Tian and the others were staying in the Juying Palace, when suddenly a soldier came to report, saying that a large number of ships had rushed to the waters of the Waguo District, and the number was extremely large. And hundreds of ships in front of them were moving side by side, and a huge board was placed above the ship. It is said that Yang Tian initially estimated that the length of this board was about three or four kilometers.
This board is not a material, but in terms of the reflection on its surface, this thing is definitely wrapped with a layer of iron sheet, as for the thickness of the iron sheet, it is difficult to say. Of course, Yang Tian was sure that this thing was definitely not made entirely of stainless steel. After all, this thing is too large, and if it is all steel, these ships below will definitely not be able to bear such a weight.
Yang Tian turned his head to look at Guo Jia, and said with a faint smile: "Fengxiao, it seems that your inference is really good, this thief of the Japanese Kingdom is really prepared." ”
Guo Jia didn't show his credit, but said: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that the lord doesn't know some rules very well." A platform like this is large enough to hold a large number of catapults or ballistas, and it is extremely stable. It's just that such a platform also has a disadvantage, that is, it cannot move on its own on the water, and even if it is supported by the ships below, it is impossible to move very fast. ”
Yang Tian nodded and didn't continue to say anything.
As the platform in the distance got closer and closer, Yang Tian and the others were finally able to see more clearly. The huge platform was about thirty centimeters thick, and although there were transports densely lined up below, the draft of these transports was very deep, which shows that the weight of this platform must be very terrifying, and its sturdiness is also undoubted.
When the platform came slowly to more than 600 meters away from the pipe card. Guo Jiajian immediately attacked with a catapult to test the sturdiness of the platform.
Yang Tian listened to Guo Jiajian and immediately ordered the catapult to start attacking. As countless boulders fell towards the platform, it continued to move slowly.
After a loud "crackling" sound, the boulder landed on the platform, splashing with sparks, but the platform was undamaged. The boulders that fell on it were broken into several pieces and scattered everywhere.
Yang Tian's brows suddenly furrowed, this thing was so strong. That's a bit of a trick. Moreover, this thing is breaded with a layer of iron sheets, I am afraid that the fire attack trick that Yang Tian used to use in the past will not work.
"Bonghyo, such an attack is completely ineffective! How good is that? Yang Tian was very entangled.
Guo Jia said: "The lord doesn't need to worry, you see that the draft of these Japanese thieves is already very deep, although we can't directly attack the ships below." Not even the soldiers inside could attack. But if we keep the rocks on the other side's platform, the ships below will eventually sink to the bottom of the sea because they can't bear the weight. If they want to avoid this, they have to send someone to climb onto the platform, but that leaves their men exposed to our attacks. After all, now that the other party is the attacker, how can a turtle with a shrunken head like them attack? ”
"Feng Xiao's words are reasonable! Let's wait now! Yang Tian was a little relieved.
The catapult attack never stopped, and a large number of boulders landed on the platform. It's just that the platform is too big. At the same time, the number of catapults is a little insignificant compared to the platform, so it does not show effect for a while.
The Japanese ships under the platform obviously did not intend to be in a passive situation all the time, and they did not stop immediately when they approached the fishing checkpoint. Instead, the platform leaned directly against the city wall. It's really too difficult to move this kilometer-long platform, if not
Aren't these guys afraid to drop a lot of boulders and sink their ships? After all, although the catapults in this level are limited, the number of soldiers is definitely very terrifying. It is estimated that if each person throws a stone down, it will sink the ships under the platform by tens of centimeters. But Yang Tian also knew. The commander of the Japanese fleet was not so stupid, and they must have had another purpose in approaching the platform, and that purpose was probably to attack the city.
Sure enough, at the moment when this platform approached the level, Yang Tian clearly saw that hundreds of secret doors suddenly opened in the middle of the platform, and siege ladders came out from below, and then he saw players coming out of it one by one, carrying the ladders, braving the boulders that kept smashing overhead, and rushed towards the wall of the level.
"Shoot the arrows!" Yang Tian shouted, and his face suddenly darkened.
It seems that this platform is not only to provide support for siege equipment, but also to protect the soldiers. Originally, attacking the city on land, taking the eighth-order archers of Baiyun City as an example, counting the bonus of the city wall, the attack distance would be between two hundred meters and two hundred and fifty meters, but now after such a fool of this platform, these soldiers directly came out from under the platform more than thirty meters away from the wall of the checkpoint, and then directly set up the siege ladder and began to attack the city, which greatly reduced the number of attacks of the archers within the range.
Not only that, but because this platform was erected on a ship, it was four or five meters higher than the sea level, which invisibly lowered the height of the city wall, so that the range bonus enjoyed by the archers on the city wall was reduced a lot, and the range suppression of the archers under the city was also reduced.
Yang Tian felt that no matter how he looked at this matter, he couldn't take advantage of it, although it didn't mean that the Japanese fleet could capture the fishing level with such a platform, but after all, this greatly reduced the difficulty of attacking the city, making Yang Tian feel as if he had swallowed a fly.
"Fengxiao, Wenhe, is there a way to break this platform?" Yang Tian asked with a dark face.
After Guo Jia heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Lord, this platform is a good thing!" Why would we want to destroy it? ”
"What do you mean by that?" Yang Tian was confused by Guo Jia for a while.
Guo Jia smiled: "Lord, you want it!" If we sink this platform, will these Japanese thieves still be so enthusiastic to attack our fishing level? I'm afraid they'll back down and wait until they come up with some vicious moves again, and then attack the level. Instead of this, we might as well keep this platform, let them continue to send people to board the platform, we take advantage of the city wall, they are definitely much larger than our casualty ratio, which is of great benefit to improve the strength of my Baiyun City and suppress the alien forces in the Wa Kingdom District. ”
Yang Tian understands a little now, but he is still stuck in his throat about this platform, according to Guo Jia's reasoning, it is better to destroy the platform than to keep it, but he feels that the meaning of not being able to destroy it is completely different, if he can destroy this platform now, but because of strategic considerations, he will not destroy him, then Yang Tian feels nothing. But the point is that there is no way to destroy this thing now, which means that I only won strategically, but lost tactically. This made Yang Tian a little unwilling.
"We don't think about whether we should destroy this platform now, we just say that we want to destroy it now, do you two have a way?" Yang Tian continued to ask.
Guo Jia looked at Jia Xu, which obviously meant that he was talking, although Guo Jia deduced from Jia Xu's calm expression that he had thought of this method, but it was not without consideration. After all, Guo Jia's loyalty to Yang Tian is a diehard loyalist, so he naturally has to consider Yang Tian in all aspects. Now that Jia Xu has joined the lord's camp, he also has to test the other party's ability.
Jia Xu had an expression of not being arrogant or impatient, and said with an indifferent smile: "Actually, it is not difficult to destroy this platform, the lord only needs to send some ninth-order Jinfan sailors, let them quietly sneak under the opponent's ships from the waterway below the level, and scuttle the other party's ships a little." ”
When Yang Tian heard this, he secretly scolded himself for being confused! I didn't understand such a simple reason, this platform looks indestructible from above, but below it is some ordinary ships, even transport ships. Although it may be that the Japanese fleet also has a naval army guarding it below, Yang Tian believes that these people are definitely not the opponents of the ninth-order Jinfan naval army.
After pulling out the thorn in his heart, Yang Tian suddenly felt a lot more comfortable, and watched the Japanese ** team rush out of the platform frantically, and then went straight to the city wall of the level. The purpose of these thieves is simple and straightforward, that is, to climb the city wall and occupy the national checkpoint.
From the hundreds of huge windows on the platform, there are sword and shield soldiers, pikemen, and archers, almost all kinds of troops can be found here except cavalry. However, when they got out of the window, they didn't mess around, but each looked for his own position and attacked the defenders on the walls. Even some archers, protected by medium-heavy shield soldiers, retreated some distance before continuing their attacks above the walls. It's not a good thing for an archer to be too close, after all, it's too awkward to shoot with your head up.
Although the range of the archers above the level is useless because of the use of this platform by the Japanese fleet, their archery skills are still very powerful, and even if they shoot straight down, their hit rate is much better than that of the Japanese archers below. Moreover, these garrison armies are all full-time guards at the checkpoint, which is a special type of troops, and there is a certain improvement in strength.
As the battle progressed, a large number of Japanese soldiers fell under the walls of the level, even if they used the platform to shorten the height of the level by a large margin, but after all, the wall of this level was too high, compared with the high-level city walls on land, it was not the same. It can be said that in such a siege battle, the attacker is completely at a disadvantage. (To be continued)