Chapter 254 Mines, see also Mines

As Huang Xu's order continued, soldiers dressed as fishermen and boatmen on various civilian boats behind him opened the wooden barrels or clay pots on the boats, lit the disc-shaped fuses inside, and then carefully sealed them to ensure that they did not leak, and finally threw them all into the water. These barrels and clay pots began the last days of their lives.

The bread in the lead has a fire ~ medicine, and the raw material of the fire ~ medicine has a component that supplies oxygen atoms, which is the so-called oxidant, so it can be burned in a sealed environment without worrying about the lack of oxygen in the container and stop burning. In the same way, the same is true that fire ~ ammunition can explode underwater, because it carries its own oxidizer without using oxygen in the air.

The Soochow naval army was quietly waiting for the rear warships downstream, the generals had already given the order to take a break, the soldiers were all relaxed, and after sailing for so long, the soldiers were always in a state of nervous tension for fear of being attacked. Now that they have finally arrived at their destination, the soldiers can finally relax and rest. They didn't know that at the moment when their spirit was relaxed, a big ~ wave of death was coming.

As they lined up in the river, two speedboats pulled a fishing net in front of the fleet. This is the method that the Soochow fleet came up with to crack the mine attack after being frightened by the mines of the Shu army, even in the process of marching, they did not dare to relax.

When the fleet came out of the tributary and came to this open place where several tributaries converged, the fleet was no longer in the form of a long snake formation, but was piled up a little messily. The fleet went from having only one ship facing the upstream to dozens of ships facing the upstream at the same time, which provided convenience for the Shu army's mine attack.

At this time, the fishing nets pulled by the two speedboats were like a leaf on the fruit girl's body, and all that could be covered was a small area, and most of the place was exposed. In fact, this period of time was very short, Xu Sheng had already issued an order, as soon as all the ships arrived, they would start to build a naval army camp in the selected place, and at the same time, they also began to arrange a fishing net protection array upstream of the water army camp, so after a short period of chaos, the Soochow fleet could be protected.

It's a pity that it was just such a little chaotic timing, just such a short time of losing protection, and Huang Xu captured the opportunity. The mine attack of the Shu army arrived at this time.

Without warning, the first wave of mines exploded in the Soochow fleet, and most of the explosions occurred in the upper reaches of the fleet, and more than a dozen ships in the fleet were affected, some were damaged, and some were directly sunk. The fishing net also caught a mine, and the fishing net was directly blown up, completing its historical mission.

"Enemy attack", "It's a mine", "Dangdang"

Various shouts rang out in the Soochow fleet, and then the gongs and drums of "Dang Dang Dang" rang out, reminding the whole fleet that the fleet was under attack and all entered a state of emergency alert.

After arduous reconnaissance, the Dongwu Navy finally figured out that these things that attacked the Dongwu Navy and could not see what they did were called "mines", and that they were floating on the surface of the water or semi-sinking in the water.

As for other more detailed information, such as the structure and principle, it was strictly kept secret by the Shu army, and the Soochow craftsmen could not get their hands on these confidential technical materials. Liu Hou didn't expect that the people of Dongwu would be able to find a way to crack the mine attack with such simple information.

After the name of the mine was fired, Liu Hou was already disappointed with it and planned to give up using them. He didn't expect that Huang Xu would pick up this weapon that was about to be abandoned again, and achieve a lot of results in the first battle.

Upstream, the Shu army released mines at certain intervals, and the entire Soochow fleet had fallen into a sea of fire. Xu Sheng immediately gave the order to respond, and he ordered to immediately establish a defense on the spot. The so-called in-place defense is to pull the fishing net as a barrier in the upstream direction of each large boat, while the small boat hides behind the large boat, using the large boat as a barrier to avoid attacks from the upstream.

It has to be said that Xu Sheng's response is very correct, and now almost every medium and large ship in Soochow is equipped with fishing nets and speedboats, ready to shield them from demons from the upper reaches at any time. Now these arrangements finally come in handy.

However, although Xu Sheng's response was timely, it was always a little late, and a large number of mines had already entered the ship group and exploded in the ship group, and at this time, many fishing nets had not had time to be pulled up. Some of the warships had their nets pulled up, but they were blown up by a captured mine, and another mine passed over their wreckage and exploded into their protected objects.

Looking at the thunderous and flaming fleet, Xu Sheng almost gritted his silver teeth. Although he was cautious and cautious along the way to guard against the sneak attack of the Shu army, he didn't expect that in the end, he still fell in love with them. I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived in Nanchang, I was dismounted by the other party, and it seems that the future will not be easy.

The Su zhì of the Eastern Wu Navy was good, reacted quickly, responded appropriately, and the order was forbidden, and there were very few people who escaped from the battle. Only a few small boats took the opportunity to escape from the tributaries, and none of the medium-sized ships escaped for their lives. Soon, layers of fishing net arrays were established in the upper reaches of the Soochow Navy to protect the Soochow fleet in the rear.

Although fishing nets are constantly being blown up, new nets are constantly being pulled upstream, and the speed at which the nets are blown up is gradually unable to keep up with the speed of the new ones, and the fishing net array gradually becomes thicker.

This kind of war is actually very tragic, there are many boats that pull fishing nets are blown up and killed, because not every mine is just in the middle of the net, some mines are too close to these speedboats, or even directly hit these boats, if the people on the boat do not find it in time and push it away with a bamboo pole, then only cups are waiting for them.

However, those Dongwu soldiers who operated the speedboats and were responsible for pulling fishing nets had obviously undergone strict training, and they were all fearless of death, and they still forged forward bravely when they saw many of their comrades being blown into minced flesh and blood staining half of the river red, and they still forged forward bravely, weaving a great wall of fishing nets with their own flesh and blood to protect the safety of the fleet.

Huang Xu watched the fishing net array gradually thicken, and after the mines could no longer work, he depressedly gave the order to retreat. The first wave of attacks had been completed, and the results were good, but the Soochow fleet had suffered heavy losses, at least a third of the ships had been damaged by different voyages, and seventy or eighty ships had sunk on the spot. At least that number of ships were damaged and had to temporarily withdraw from the rest of the battle until repairs were completed.

Huang Xu was depressed because he was not satisfied with this, although the original plan was to severely damage a hundred Dongwu ships, but this did not prevent him from having more ideas in his heart. Of course, what he wants to see most is that the Eastern Wu army is completely wiped out with one blow, or at least collapsed because of excessive damage.

But the Eastern Wu army did not, neither was completely annihilated, nor collapsed. After the initial confusion, it quickly stabilized, which forced Huang Xu to re-examine the fleet and their commanders, and it seemed that their military literacy was good, and the next battle was even more difficult to fight.