The red flag waved, 'Dang! While! While! While! All the warships sounded the alarm, and the resting soldiers rushed out of the cabins, holding bows and crossbows, and in the battle of the sea, bows and crossbows were still the main force in naval battles, especially full-fledged rockets, which were sharp weapons against sails.

So once a naval war breaks out, the first thing is to put the sails down to prevent dealing with rocket attacks, in today's increasingly mature rocket technology, rockets have become the most lethal weapon in naval warfare, so the warships of the Song Dynasty are almost all based on lucky boats and oars, just to avoid this weakness.

However, the shipbuilding technology of the Liao State has not yet reached the level of building Fu ships and oars, especially troop carriers, which need to carry a large number of soldiers, and cannot row boats with manpower, and three-masted sails are their standard configuration.

The other party also seemed to have spotted the Song army, and immediately adjusted the course to due east, so that the sails could make full use of the strong wind of the west wind, and the speed of the fleet increased.

This fleet is the sixty troop carriers of the Liao State, all of which are ships of 3,000 stones, which is the largest ship that the Liao State can build at present, it took them three years to build sixty ships, this time they poured out of the nest, loaded with 8,000 elite Khitan infantry to Kunzhou, but I didn't expect to encounter the fleet of the Song Dynasty on the sea.

The main general of the Liao fleet panicked, hurriedly ordered to speed up, and fled in the direction of land, but the wind direction was westerly, and they could only go east, two thousand miles away due east was Kunzhou, and they would have to walk at least fifteen days to arrive.

Seeing that the Song army's warships were getting closer and closer, the Liao army commander was desperate and ordered to prepare for battle.

He had sixty troop carriers, and the other side seemed to have only ten warships, six times as many as the enemy, which was the only hope for the Liao ships.

Han Wang quickly stepped forward and said to Fan Ning: "It's all a sailboat of 3,000 stones, or a troop carrier, not a warship, we can directly smash and sink their main ship, under the shock, they will inevitably raise their sails and escape, and then our opportunity will come." ”

This is the analysis of professionals, shoot people first and shoot horses, and capture thieves and kings.

Fanning smiled and asked, "Do you recognize the other party's main ship?" ”

"I heard that the flag of the commander of the Liao State is the wolf's head flag, and we found the wolf's head flag, so it should be the main ship."

Fanning nodded, "It makes sense, the main ship is handed over to me, and you are responsible for annihilating the other ships." ”

"Obey!"

Han Wang returned to the second ship through the gunwale, and a red flag was hung on his ship, meaning that the subsequent battle would be commanded by him.

The two fleets were getting closer and closer, and the Liao fleet unexpectedly did not lower its sails, but sailed towards itself, and Fanning immediately realized that the Liao army had no experience in water warfare at all, and did not realize that the sails would be burned.

Fanning then ordered: "Rocket ready!" ”

Rockets actually refer to gunpowder arrows, which are equipped with a two-inch-long gunpowder cartridge at the front end of ordinary arrows, ignited with a fire rope, and will burn rapidly after igniting the gunpowder.

Not only Fan Ning discovered the fighter, but Han Wang and other naval generals also discovered the fighter, and they ordered the soldiers to prepare rockets.

At this time, Fanning also spotted the main ship with the wolf's head flag, and immediately shouted: "Go at full speed and sink the enemy's main ship." ”

Fanning's ship was built by Zhu's shipyard according to the standards of warships, and it was extremely sturdy and sturdy, and when it was transformed into a steam engine ship, the craftsmen specially installed a ramming angle made of pig iron at the front end of the ship, making it truly a warship as sharp as a cadre.

It was precisely because of this confidence that Han Wang would propose that Fanning use the main ship to smash the enemy's main ship.

The general's ship picked up speed, and the two great paestals tumbled and collided with the enemy's main ship without hesitation.

The enemy's main ship also discovered the enemy's intentions, and immediately panicked and rushed to the left to dodge, but how could the speed of the sailing ship be compared with the speed of the steam ship, and the ramming angle of the dry ship hit the port side of the enemy warship.

This is a contest between a 30,000-stone warship and a 3,000-stone warship, a tenfold difference, which makes the main ship of the Liao army look very humble, 'Boom! There was a loud bang, accompanied by the desperate screams of countless Liao soldiers.

A tragic crash scene immediately appeared in front of everyone's eyes, the enemy's main ship was not smashed, but was smashed into two by the waist, the strong shock wave caused more than 100 soldiers in the cabin to be all killed on the spot, the corpses fell into the sea, many of the soldiers and crew on the deck were knocked away, fell into the sea, they were not shocked to death, but in the sea called for help, but the waves were turbulent, and they were soon swallowed up.

The moment Fan Ning collided with the other party, he was also unstable on his footing, and almost fell on the deck, but Zhu Long's eyes were quick and he helped him.

The other soldiers and crew members all fell on the deck, Fan Ning suddenly remembered something, his face changed, and he hurriedly said to Zhu Hu: "You go to the boiler room quickly to see, is there any problem?" ”

He forgot that he was a steam engine ship, and whether a strong impact would tip the boiler over, or damage the steam engine.

Zhu Hu hurriedly ran down, Zhu Long understood the master's worries, and comforted him: "Official, I don't think there will be a problem, we have encountered more winds and waves, and the boiler has not overturned, this impact is no different from a huge wave slapping the ship."

Fanning was right to think about it, the craftsmen took into account the effect of the big waves on the ship, so the boilers and steam engines were installed extremely stable.

At this time, the soldiers probed on the side of the ship and shouted: "The ship has sunk!" ”

Fanning stepped forward, and dozens of feet away, he only saw the last mast, and soon, the mast also disappeared.

The main ship and the main general sank into the vast sea together, thinking of the scene when the ship was broken, the other ships were frightened, and without the command of the main ship, the ships went their separate ways and turned around to escape.

Fan Ning secretly scolded himself for being confused, since the other party hung the sail and came up to send him to death, why did he still have to hit it, just shoot the sail with a rocket, but now he is startled, and the other ships are about to escape.

"Chase!"

All the Song warships pursued at full speed, only to see rockets flying on the sea, the sails of the big ships were ignited by rockets, the sails of the Liao warships were sewn with the cloth of the Song Dynasty coins, it was coarse linen, although it was very strong, but it was very afraid of fire, and it was lit in case of fire.

This is also the lack of experience in shipbuilding in Liao, they can use sheepskin to sew sails, but the craftsmen are used to using burlap, so no one proposed to use sheepskin, let alone think of fire prevention problems during naval warfare.

The Liao army's troop carriers were no faster than the Song army's steam engine ships, and after a while, the sea was full of thick smoke, not only the sails were burned, but the ships were also set on fire, and the Song army's fierce oil fueled the combustion, and sixty troop carriers were engulfed in flames.

The sea was full of Khitan soldiers shouting for help, the Liao and Song dynasties had been hated for a hundred years, and none of the Song soldiers would sympathize with the Khitan thieves who fell into the water, and they all stood on the deck and watched coldly as the soldiers were swallowed by the icy sea.

An hour later, sixty troop carriers disappeared from the sea, and along with the 8,000 Khitan soldiers they carried, all perished in the sea.

This was also the most tragic defeat of the Liao State against the Great Song Dynasty, and the 8,000 soldiers were wiped out, which made the Song soldiers extremely excited.

Out of the need for intelligence, the Song army rescued three Khitan generals and took them down for interrogation.

Soon, Han Wang found Fan Ning, who was inspecting the boiler room, and bowed down to report: "Qi Xianggong, the confession has been confirmed, as Xianggong guessed before, their shipyard and port are in the old port of the former Bohai Kingdom. ”

"Did they have a ship to Kunzhou before that?" Fanning asked again.

He was not nervous at this time, he guessed that there should be no such possibility, Liao did not have such a strong shipbuilding capacity.

"Nope! They were the first fleet to prepare for an invasion of Kunzhou. ”

After a pause, Han Wang said again: "I'm afraid it's also the last one, according to the explanation, they don't have any big ships anymore, only some small boats below a thousand stones." ”

"How's the shipyard alert?"

"It's heavily guarded, with about 10,000 troops stationed there."

Fan Ning thought for a while and smiled: "The biggest defense hole in the shipyard is that it is located on the seaside, as long as it is on the seaside, it is impossible to be well guarded, at most it can be heavily guarded on land. ”

Han Wang thought for a while and said, "But shipyards are generally very large, and it may not be realistic to burn them all down at once. ”

"You don't have to burn them all, as long as you burn the warehouse and burn the keel in the warehouse, then they won't be able to build a big ship in three years."

The most important thing in shipbuilding is the keel, it will take at least three years to build a keel that will not deform, as long as the keel is destroyed, the Liao State will start from scratch, and it will not be until three years later to build a big ship.

Fan Ning turned back to Zhu Long and smiled at the four of them: "This important task and great merit, I plan to hand it over to you!" ”

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