514 Lin Miao's delusions
I stood on the bow of the Invincible, ignoring the arrows that kept flying over my head, pointed my hand forward, and shouted: "All ships concentrate their fire, aim at the bed crossbow position, and fire the arrows!" ”
My herald then relayed my order in the language of the flag. A moment later, hundreds of arrows and dozens of long crossbows were thrown from the Invincible, Intrepid, Victory, Triumph, and ten other warships, like a sudden rainstorm, all of which were vented on the bed crossbow position in the harbor area of Hekou Town.
The defenders of Hekou Town on the position were actually tough enough, and at the same time they operated four bed crossbows to fire back at us. But the bed crossbow is very time-consuming to operate, from pulling the string to loading the crossbow to aiming and firing, each step requires different manual cooperation, turning the winch, and when the crossbow arrows are finally fired, the first wave of arrows from the Stygian Naval Army has already fallen on their heads.
"Ahh Yes! Yes! ”
A scream suddenly erupted from the bed crossbow position, and almost all the defenders who were responsible for operating the bed crossbow were shot into hedgehogs!
Due to the suddenness of the Stygian Navy's fleet, the town of Estuary only had time to install four bed crossbows captured from the Stygian Arsenal in the harbor area, and the other two were temporarily unusable due to the last few processes still to be completed.
However, despite the advance order to attack, the four bed crossbows that had already been set up returned fire at the Stygian Marines, each firing a crossbow. Each crossbow is more than two meters long, the shaft is as thick as a bowl's mouth, and the arrows are made of stainless steel, which is so powerful that they are specially designed to shoot boats.
It was too late, it was too fast, and the four shocking death rainbows arrived in front of the Invincible in an instant. In the face of such a heavy weapon, no matter how high your cultivation and martial arts are, you can't resist it at all, I was shocked in my heart, and hurriedly fell to the ground, and at the same time shouted at the sailors under my command: "Get down!" ”
"Boom!"
"Click!"
The bow of the Invincible shook violently, followed by a terrifying loud cracking sound. I hurriedly got up and saw that the crossbow that had been shot at the Invincible had accurately hit the bow of the ship, splitting the carp spirit statue representing the god of the sea in the underworld in half, and the front half fell into the water.
The Invincible is a new flagship that was just completed last year, and has a slightly larger displacement than the Dreadnought. The existence of these two giant warships is also one of the biggest sources of confidence that Sandao and I have in the Stygian Harbor Naval Army. But unexpectedly, in the first battle, the Invincible suffered a heavy damage, and after returning home, it had to go to the shipyard for repair.
On the other side, the Dreadnought was also hit by a crossbow, a large hole was punched in the middle of the deck, and three sailors died. The situation of the Triumph was even less optimistic, a large hole was broken in the hull on one side, and although it was located above the waterline, it was so badly injured that it had to immediately withdraw from the battle.
Only the Victory was lucky, a crossbow fired at it missed the target, brushed the stern and passed, falling into the water behind.
"Shoot again! Shoot again! Suppress the fire from the opposite side! I was in a hurry, and I jumped up and cried out. The power of these bed crossbows is too great to give the defenders of Estuary a chance to shoot a second round!
Almost all the long-range firepower on the ships of the Stygian Harbor Navy beckoned towards the bed crossbow position, whether it was the giant crossbow mounted on the side of the ship or the longbow in the hands of the sailors, the arrows and crossbows rained down on the bed crossbow position like raindrops again. The rate of fire of the giant bed crossbow was so slow that the defenders who were replaced by the second wave who were in charge of operating the bed crossbow were shot into hedgehogs before they could aim and fire, and none of them survived.
Two groups of men died tragically in a row, and no defenders dared to go up to take over the position, and even stayed away to avoid danger. No one reloaded the bed crossbow, which was equivalent to paralysis, and I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After the military tent was discussed, the Stygian Harbor coalition army took the initiative to attack, and the troops were divided into two routes. One is that I lead the navy to attack Hekou Town, where the Yin army plans to camp, and on the other side, Shichiro leads the army to ambush the only path leading to the Stygian Harbor in Hekou Town, intending to take advantage of the terrain to attack the Yin army.
I took the Invincible and led the Stygian Harbor Navy to Hekou Town overnight, and after arriving, I did not take any rest and launched a fierce attack on the port area. After destroying the four giant bed-crossbows, the defenders had no effective means of defense to rely on, so I boldly commanded the Stygian Naval Forces to drive the fleet directly into the waters of the harbor area of Estuary.
The few medium-sized warships in Estuary were finally dispatched. But they were no match for the Stygian Harbor warships, and they were beaten by us in the harbor waters before they even left the harbor. The two sides exchanged crossbow arrows, but it was the ships of Estuary that were the first to be sunk. In addition, two sailors led by the Three Swords took over and jumped over to kill all the defenders on board, and the ships became the trophies of the Stygian Harbor sailors.
The warships that were the main force of the water war were all wiped out, and the remaining boats did not dare to come back to find death. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I jumped on the dock and took up the bed crossbow position with a group of sailors.
In order to expand the shooting horizon, the giant bed crossbow can be rotated 360 degrees when installed. I ordered the sailors to turn their bed crossbows and turn them on the defenders of Estuary, knocking down several of the towers built on the pier.
As a result, the docks of Estuary were completely destroyed, and they were completely under the control of the Stygian Harbor Navy. The defeated defenders of the estuary and the troops who had rushed in to reinforce them had no choice but to retreat to the periphery of the dock to assemble and prepare for a second line of defense.
Although the warships of the harbor are brave, after the capture of the harbor area, the navy of the harbor must land and fight. I did not rush forward, but gathered the three swords and the iron head, and gathered the troops on the pier, assigned positions and defensive tasks, and prepared to hold the pier to guard against the counterattack of the defenders of Estuary Town.
In this attack on the town of Hekou, I brought only 2,000 sailors. However, as the Triumph had been battered and had already returned, only a thousand of the remaining ships, excluding the sailors who remained on board, were able to accompany me to the docks.
Although Hekou Town is only a small Yin City, and its military strength is not as good as that of Hasty Harbor, it can still muster up 2,000 defenders. Therefore, my thinking is very simple, with the long-range firepower on the battleship and the bed crossbow position, I will have no problem at all in leading this thousand sailors to continue to occupy the port area, but it will be a little difficult to attack Lin Miao's town mayor's mansion and occupy the entire estuary town.
The main facilities of the town of Estuary were concentrated in the port area, and once occupied, the town was largely paralyzed. In fact, the wishful thinking in my heart was to put pressure on Lin Miao while reducing casualties, forcing him to take the initiative to surrender to me.
A figure suddenly appeared on a small two-story building outside the port and shouted at me: "Harbor Lord Zhai, are you going to fight to the death in Hekou Town?" ”
I fixed my eyes and looked, hey, it's Lin Miao, say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive!
"Mayor Lin, didn't you say last time you were a guest in Stygian Harbor that you wanted to invite me to come to Estuary Town to have a look? I'm here for a return visit! I laughed, "However, Mayor Lin is not very hospitable!" ”
Lin Miao's face was very gloomy, but he still couldn't help but scold, pointed at me and asked, "Lord Zhai, you take the navy to sink my warship, kill my subordinates, and occupy my port, is this a return visit?" You're too self-deceiving! ”
When I heard this, I sneered and sneered: "Come and don't be rude!" Mayor Lin, don't forget that you were the first to attack my troops stationed in Hekou Town and rob my armory workshop, and now you blame me for not following the rules? ”
Lin Miao shouted: "Hekou Town and Stygian Harbor should be brothers' friends, when you were a small fishing village, I didn't give you a lot of convenience. It's good now, now that you have money and an alliance with the ghost army, you're going to turn your face and deny people! Forcibly borrowing my land to build a workshop, not to mention, and planning to use Hekou Town as a base to resist the Yin Army, do you think I don't know what the idea is in your heart with Ghost Shuai? Hum! ”
I laughed and said, "Mayor Lin, your ability to reverse black and white is really amazing!" If you want to talk about the beginning, but I helped you defeat the water thieves in Estuary Town first! Don't forget that you also wrote me a handwritten letter promising to help in times of trouble in Stygian. But the result? As soon as the Giant Waterfall City comes to attack, you will break your promise and become a wall-to-wall grass! ”
"This time too. When you came to Stygian before, you kept saying that you wanted to form an alliance with Styx, and promised that the ghost marshal would be willing to obey the command of Styx. Ghost Shuai also advised me not to listen to you at the time, saying that you were unreliable, but I still chose to believe you. As a result, you're a wall-to-wall grass for the second time! ”
"Those who know the times are Junjie! Don't you understand this? Lin Miao was red-faced by what I said, and she was afraid of losing face in front of her subordinates, so she quickly changed the topic, "What is the underworld?" Who is King Yama? With the strength of the Yin Army, whether it is my estuary town or your Hades Harbor, adding one piece is not enough for them to see! Lord Zhai, I also advise you one last sentence: Before the Yin Army arrives, hurry up and take the initiative to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, don't mess with that ghost commander again. What the Yin Army really has to deal with is the Ghost Army, not the Harbor! ”
"Hahaha! Then I want to thank Mayor Lin for his kindness? I laughed wildly, "But how can the king of Yama and the underworld be so easy to get along?" Why did the Giant Waterfall City come to attack the Underworld back then, I'm afraid you, Mayor Lin, also knew it in your heart! I was originally a wanted criminal in the underworld, and I refused the invitation of the king of Yama, and now even if I want to surrender, the Yin army will not give up! Mayor Lin, look at the situation in front of you, you are the one who should know the current affairs! ”
"Zhai Zisheng! I've said all the good and bad things, if you are still so obsessed, just stay here and wait for death! Lin Miao couldn't say anything about me, so he finally couldn't help but start scolding, and even shouted out the thoughts in his heart: "When the Yin Army breaks through your Stygian Harbor, I will be the Lord of the Stygian Harbor!" ”