Chapter 78 The evil wind rises, the king breaks his wings, Jiang Shuihong and the brave general wields the sword
The Xiangyang sailors also moved in an orderly manner, rushing towards the imperial court sailors in an inverted zigzag shape.
The arrows, coated with pine oil, have been put on the bowstring. The soldiers with flying forks and spears were also ready to throw.
All the big ships on both sides, including the small boats that followed behind them, beat their drums and rushed towards each other with a clamour.
It's close, it's close!
Seventy meters, fifty meters, thirty meters!
Both sides can already see each other's faces!
Suddenly, the wind rose!
Put!
As the Chinese army ship waved the order flag, tens of millions of rockets on both wings of the Xiangyang Navy Division shot downwind towards the enemy formation.
Similarly, the imperial navy also calmly released arrows. It's just that the wind came too evilly, and the arrow was blown off the rails before it was half shot, and only a few barely shot onto the boat of the Xiangyang Sailors, touching it weakly, and it had no lethality at all.
The arrow array of the Chinese army of the Xiangyang Navy Division was even sharper, but it turned out that it was the group of archers specially trained by King Ping, and they came first, and as soon as those arrows hit the opponent's boat, they quickly ignited.
For a while, most of the ships on the side of the imperial navy were panicked.
But this is not over, the flying forks and spears of the Xiangyang sailors broke through the wind again.
Tuk, tuk......
The sound was terrifying, and the power was also very great, and many soldiers were nailed to death through their chests in a panic.
The order flag was quickly waved, and General Song Zhe, the commander-in-chief of the imperial army, blushed and made countermeasures.
"General Song, now the wind is not in favor of our army, quickly order a retreat!"
It was his deputy general Lin Feihu who spoke, and the two were originally in the Jiangnan Naval Army, but later committed an accident and were brought over by King Jing.
If you want to talk about the skill of water warfare, the two of them can still do it. It's just that I really didn't expect this sudden change in the direction of the wind today, and I was caught off guard as soon as I went out to fight. And at this time, if you turn around and run away, you will lose the prestige of the court, and secondly, you will lose morale, and third, the two sides will be very close to each other, and the small boat may turn flexibly, but how can the big ship turn around?
Therefore, he urgently ordered the ships of the navy to put out the fire while closing their formations, clenching them like a fist, and concentrating their strength on one point.
It should be said that his usual training is still effective. At this command, the ships, although extremely frightened, still tried to get closer.
"Flying Tiger, quickly order the sword and shield soldiers to line up and guard against the enemy's arrow array!"
Song Zhe looked at Lin Feihu, this was the first battle between the two, looking at the current situation, the dilemma, and the time was unfavorable, no matter what, he had to withstand the first few waves of attacks of the enemy.
Sure enough, under his command, although the imperial navy paid a great price, it finally completed the approach and assembly. Only one of the ships had the most arrows and the most fire, and they could no longer fight, and the surviving soldiers on board had no choice but to fall into the water one after another, and swam to the other ships with the not very good water quality.
The martial hero laughed and blew the treasure sword.
"The Imperial Court Navy, but that's it! Soldiers, kill it! ”
Under this order, the morale of the Xiangyang sailors was even higher.
At this time, the closest ships of the two sides were no more than a few meters apart, the power of the bow and arrow was greatly reduced, and close combat was imminent.
The aggrieved imperial court sailors finally did not collapse into an army, extinguishing the fire, and meeting the enemy, but they were also in order.
Those nimble and maneuverable boats were even more at full speed and rushed towards the enemy position.
Kill!
The big ships of the two sides have not yet handed over, but the small ships have already taken over.
It can be said that the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and the soldiers on both sides are red-eyed in the loud scolding, jumping up from the boat, waving their swords and slashing at each other.
Blood, quickly stained the river red.