Chapter 742: Dragon, Lion, Tiger and Leopard

The Goryeo Peninsula was not far from Wajima, and the Wei warships sailed with all their might, but it took only half a day to reach the offshore area of Wajima.

At this moment, Gan Ning, who was holding a telescope, suddenly said "huh".

"What did you find?"

Yang Ling asked.

"There's a small boat ahead, and it looks a little weird!"

Gan Ning said, handing over the telescope.

Yang Ling raised the binoculars and took a look, and sure enough, as Gan Ning said, there was a small boat floating on the sea in front of him.

Unlike ordinary boats that go out to sea to fish, there is another flat boat tied to the back.

When the Wei army discovered them, the people on the boat also discovered the mighty Wei army's sailors.

They quickly untied the rope that bound the boat behind them, and then quickly rowed in the direction of the land behind!

"Do you want to inform the large troops in the rear, I'm afraid it's too late."

Gan Ning snorted coldly.

Although the sailing speed of the small boat is faster than that of the large ship of the Wei army's sailors.

But when the people on the boat returned to land, the Wei army's sailors were almost killed in the near sea, and Sun Quan's people were afraid that they would not have time to react at all.

"Something is wrong, look!"

Yang Ling pointed to the sea and reminded everyone.

Everyone looked at it, and saw that the abandoned boat suddenly burst into flames, emitting a puff of black smoke.

On the endless sea, this wolf smoke can be described as quite eye-catching!

"I see!"

Yang Ling suddenly realized at this time and said approvingly,

"I didn't expect that there is no shortage of talents in the Jiangdong Army!"

"What the hell is going on?"

Gan Ning was still a little confused, and he didn't understand what had happened.

"That boat just now is actually equivalent to a sentry."

Yang Ling explained with a smile,

"As soon as they spotted an invading enemy, they set fire to the boat with firewood in the back, and quickly retreated to the rear."

"In this way, people on land can also receive news in time!"

"I see, this Sun Quan is really cunning!"

Gan Ning also understood, nodded and said,

"If that's the case, I'm afraid that the war will start later!"

"Yes, let the soldiers get ready quickly."

Yang Ling commanded.

"Whoa!"

Gan Ning clenched his fists and nodded to the herald on the side.

After receiving the order, the herald waved the flag in his hand and notified the surrounding warships to form a battle formation.

At the same time, the Wu army on land also received the news that the enemy was coming!

"Hop aboard and get ready for battle!"

As the general of Wu Guoda, Ling Tong quickly put on his armor and led a group of soldiers to board the warship.

Although he had expected it for a long time, Ling Tong was still nervous in his heart.

After all, on the other side is the Cao Wei army led by Yang Ling!

When the Wu warship sailed out of the port and came to the sea, when they saw the Wei army's sailors, they couldn't help but gasp!

When Sun Quan left the Central Plains, there were more than 30 warships.

He has been operating in Wajima for so many years, and he has built many ships one after another.

But most of them are just small boats like ships.

And due to the shortage of mechanics, materials, and tools, these newly replenished warships, both in terms of quality and performance, are far from the original warships in Jiangdong!

On the other hand, the Wei army is on the side.

After taking Jiangdong, the Wei Dynasty took control of Jiangdong's original shipbuilding technology.

Coupled with Yang Ling's vigorous encouragement of shipping, the shipbuilding technology of the Wei Dynasty has advanced by leaps and bounds!

Not only is it better than Wu Jun in terms of quantity, but it is also far beyond in terms of quality!

Today, the warships of the Wei Dynasty Navy are divided into four classes: dragon, lion, tiger and leopard.

Among them, it is the size of the dragon-class warship, which is the largest, and even Sun Quan's most famous ship, the Feiyun, is one size smaller than it.

However, dragon-class warships are generally used as the flagship of the main general.

The real main battle ship is the Lion and Tiger two-stage warship.

The Lion-class ships are armed with a large number of guns, as well as the Plus version of the Lunar Repeater, which is responsible for long-range strikes.

The Tiger-class ships sailed extremely fast, with iron ramming angles in the bow and iron hull covered in iron sheets.

It's in charge of storming enemy formations and engaging in broadside battles!

The last type of Leopard-class warship was smaller, not much larger than the ship.

It belongs to the troop carrier, which plays the role of transporting soldiers to the shore and thus rushing to land.

Ling Tong never thought that in just a few years, Cao Wei not only caught up with Wu Jun in shipbuilding, but also threw out a big cut!

He couldn't help but feel a little numb in his scalp, and subconsciously wanted to retreat!

But the Wei army has already reached the near sea, even if they retreat, where can they retreat?

Ling Tong took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and commanded,

"Prepare for a broadside battle!"

In his opinion, the performance of Wu's warships may not be as good as Cao Wei's.

But the quality of the soldiers is definitely above Cao Wei.

After all, Jiangdong was famous for being a sailor back then, and Yang Ling rarely took advantage of water warfare!

Looking at Ling Tong's fleet on the opposite side, opening his sails and killing towards his side with all his might, Yang Ling couldn't help but smile,

"Ling Tong, times have changed!"

As the commander-in-chief of the navy, Gan Ning methodically commanded the heralds, allowing them to pass the flag and pass the orders to the other warships.

Under his command, all the Lion-class ships were at the front, and then lined up.

On the sides of the hull of each warship, dozens of artillery pieces were arranged.

The muzzles of the black holes are all aimed at the warships of the Wu army!

"Bang ......"

Countless artillery pieces roared, and for a time I saw smoke on the river.

The cannonballs that shot out vigorously, swaying white tail smoke, flew towards the Wu army warship!

Although many shells fell in the sea, picking up waves several feet high.

But as long as the Wu army's warship was hit, sawdust flew sideways, killing and injuring countless soldiers.

At worst, there is a big hole in the hull of the ship, and the sea water rushes into it crazily!

Just one salvo went down, and three Wu warships began to sink, and more than a dozen were traumatized!

Seeing this situation, Ling Tong almost screamed out in distress!

But he could only grit his teeth and order the fleet to speed up, and only by approaching the Wei army's sailors earlier could he avoid it!

Finally.

After three salvos of Wei artillery, paying a heavy price of more than a dozen warships, the Wu warships finally approached.

However, at this moment, the Tiger-class warship of the Wei army rushed out!

Compared to Wu Jun's fighting ships, the Tiger-class warship is twice as large and faster!

When the warships of the two sides collided together, Sergeant Wu was horrified to find that their warships could not hurt the iron-armored Tiger-class warships at all!

On the other hand, when the Tiger-class warship collided with the Wu army's warship, the Wu army's warship was always easily knocked apart!

What's even worse is that when the two warships were deadlocked, because the Tiger-class warship was too tall, the Wu soldiers couldn't jump on it at all.

And the Marines of the Wei Army followed the rope and came to the Wu Army warship!