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c_t; Regarding everyone's opinions, Fang Ruitao has a different opinion, he believes that such a fortification must be repaired. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info [Fast update, refreshing website pages, few ads,,I like this kind of website the most, I must praise it] The method of shipbuilding cannot be kept secret forever, as long as the Shouyang territory starts to use, there will always be other strengths to learn to build ships in the future.

If a major war breaks out at sea, it will be too late to think about the defense of the port. Anyway, the Shouyang territory is not bad for money, so it is better to build fortifications as soon as possible, as a rainy day. Because although the construction of port fortifications was very expensive, it was much cheaper than the losses suffered by attack.

Facts have proved that Fang Ruitao is very far-sighted, and now the fortifications he advocated building back then have really come in handy. Ryan used his telescope to observe the enemy fleet that was still absent in the distance, and the eye-catching Gucci Army flag suddenly came into view. Ryan was very clear about the war between the Shouyang Territory and the Guqi Territory, so he judged that the other party might be here to retaliate.

I don't know how many warships and land forces the other side has brought, Lane feels that a local division in his hands is insufficient, not to mention that many of these people still need to be stationed in the battery, manipulating those catapults and ballistas, and the firepower of those auxiliary positions nearby is not strong enough, in case the other side is around the back, this battle will be difficult to fight.

Thinking of these circumstances, Ryan immediately ordered all the troops to enter the position and step up preparations for battle, and at the same time asked people to report to Orc City, hoping that they could send reinforcements. In addition, Ryan communicated with the commander of the defending fleet guarding the harbor, and after discussing with them, the two decided that the defending fleet with twelve Caravel galleons would immediately leave the harbor and maneuver in the direction of the open sea, and they would wait for the right time, and then attack from the rear when the time was right, and break the will of the other party in one fell swoop.

After the two sides agreed to take the wolf smoke as the number, the defending fleet quickly anchored and set sail. The Caravel sailboats were small, and they were easy to prepare for sailing, so the small fleet had snuck out of the harbor before the other side could move, and they sailed along the coastline into the distance, ready to find a small harbor to dodge first, waiting to deal a fatal blow to the other side.

Chen Jicheng, who was still in the dark, did not know that his whereabouts had been leaked, because it was very difficult to communicate with each other during the war, so they formulated a very detailed battle plan. It wasn't until two hours later that the task of the Guqi navy was assigned, and seeing that the time was not too early, Chen Jicheng ordered the army to march towards Lianyungang.

The Gucci navy was divided into two parts, the first group was as many as sixty warships, who were responsible for the early attack on the harbor, and the dozens of merchant ships escorted by more than a dozen warships were responsible for the occupation of Lianyungang after the first team eliminated the resistance on the shore, and their main target was the large shipyard located on the right side of the port.

Chen Jicheng led the first team of warships, arrayed in two parallel lines, and lined up in a neat line towards Lianyungang. This formation of the Gucci Navy was to take advantage of the long range of the bow catapults, but they had not yet brought into play this advantage, and were first hit by coastal batteries.

On the towering Tiger Mountain and Cliff Mountain, the battery was high and down, and the group of warships lining up could be clearly seen, and when the opponent entered their range, they immediately launched an attack. The large catapults had a very long range, and although they were fired from a counterweight box, which theoretically could not be as much as a trebuchet drawn by a soldier, but increased the range almost indefinitely, the fact that these batteries were built on the top of a hill greatly increased the range.

The catapult groups on the far battery began to fire, because the accuracy of the catapult is very low, so they had to configure a large number of them, on the forts of Tiger Mountain and Yashan Mountain, each battery has more than fifty catapults, such a large density of catapult attacks, compared to the opponent's trebuchet with one trebuchet per skill, the attack density is much larger.

Faced with a sudden blow, the Gucci Navy was completely stunned, they did not expect that they would be hit before they even approached the harbor. All they had planned was to deal with the small number of fleets stationed in the harbor, but before the main channel of the harbor could be seen, they were hit from the top of the hill.

The sea surface near the port has long been calculated by these coastal artillerymen, and these coastal artillerymen have long known what kind of force they can throw at what distance, and they are very handy to use at this time. After two large clusters of catapults opened fire at the same time, it took only two attacks to hit the target.

The weight of the stone projectiles and the impact of the free fall were very powerful, and when the stone projectiles fell on the deck of the battleship, the wooden deck, which was only one inch thick, could not block the impact of the stone bullets, and the battleship that was hit was quickly shattered.

"Full sail at full speed, no one is allowed to retreat. Chen Jicheng immediately gave an order, he knew very well in his heart that the range of catapults was very limited, although their attack distance was very long, as long as the distance was close enough, they would not be able to attack.

After the flagship's banner was raised, all the Gucci ships followed the flagship and began to rush at full speed. Chen Jicheng's judgment was very correct, after speeding through this distance, they really would never be attacked by catapults again, although these battleships were already full of holes, but fortunately, none of the battleships sank because of this, after all, it is difficult for an attack on the deck to penetrate below the waterline.

Seeing that the opponent could not attack, the bow trebuchets of many warships began to reload and counterattack, but the attack height of the trebuchets was limited, and they could not throw stone projectiles to the top of a thousand-meter-high mountain at all.

The fleet was already close to the main channel of the harbor, and as long as it could enter the harbor, the catapults on the batteries were completely useless. At this time, Chen Jicheng was very excited, he seemed to see the plundering of countless wealth in the port after he occupied Lianyungang, a large number of shipwrights were captured, and the meritorious service awards after returning were in a high position, as well as the plundered wealth, which was enough for him to spend several lifetimes.

When Chen Jicheng was yearning for a better life in the future, the boat suddenly pointed to the mountainside and said, "My lord, what do you see there? Are they roasting a fire?"

"Are they stupid on such a hot day? Chen Jicheng scolded and looked at the halfway waist of the peaks on both sides, where there were intermittent fires, and not one, but more than a hundred fires flashed. Chen Jicheng frowned and thought for a while, and his face immediately changed greatly: "It's not good, we have been tricked." ”

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