Chapter 316: The Change of Goguryeo (4)

Looking at the Goguryeo warships rushing in densely, Ink looked serious, and with one finger of the military order, the six warships at the front suddenly launched rockets in unison, just hitting the six warships that were approaching.

A total of eighty rocket ballistae were built in the forge of Motie, twelve five-masted warships each carried five units, and the remaining twenty were here! The range of 700 paces, the amount of 32 rounds at a time, and the fast reloading speed make the rocket ballista a murder weapon in the world.

When the ballista was developed, it was also opposed by the Mo family giant Mo Shi, because this thing hurts the heavens and the core idea of the Mo family, and it is contrary to the core idea of the Mo family, but such a divine soldier, Mo Tie is greedy at a glance, let's just hit the iron, and I don't understand other things! How can you be willing if you don't build a few?

Therefore, Mo Tie secretly made such a small batch with ink stones on his back, and this Goguryeo invasion, the situation was extremely urgent, and Mo Tie dared to show it. And Moshi knew that he was in a hurry, so he acquiesced to this fact. But I don't know if I will find Motie to settle accounts when I go back.

Of course, although the rocket ballista is good, but there are also many shortcomings, first of all, the cost is extremely high, the machine used in the manufacture of the ballista must be made of high-quality fine iron, and the iron ore of the Great Black Mountain is not dripping, fortunately there is the support of the iron ore in the deep mountains of Xiangping, the fineness is barely up to standard, so it can be built. Otherwise, one round is designed to be ejected eight times, and the general iron machine bracket will break after a few times.

The second disadvantage is that the rocket equipped with it needs to be specially made, this kind of rocket laughter is larger than the ordinary crossbow arrow, but much smaller than the crossbow arrow on the ballista, and the arrow needs to be made of fire-resistant wood, and it also needs to be attached to flammable and combustible materials, which is not small in difficulty and cost.

The third disadvantage is that the body size is bulky, it is two and a half times the size of an ordinary ballista, it needs eight soldiers to operate, and eight soldiers must cooperate skillfully in order to exert maximum efficiency.

Burning money, poor mobility, and difficult operation doomed this kind of rocket ballista to be unable to be configured on a large scale, but the effect of defending the city and water warfare is still good, especially for water warfare, there is also a big use.

Burn the sails!

At the beginning of April, the northwest wind was still hanging, and the Goguryeo sailors chased all the way, and it was also smooth sailing, and now it was attacked by this rocket, and suddenly the sails on six warships were set on fire, and the four-masted warships were five horizontal and four vertical, and the number of sails was very large, and the target was very large, and it was easy to attack.

For a while, the Goguryeo sailor striker was in a panic, what was the situation? Before he could figure out what was going on, the second round of ballista shots arrived, and the Goguryeo sailors were traumatized again, and their morale was immediately frustrated.

Three signal arrows sounded in the distance in the sky, and Ink was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately ordered the sailors who blocked the mouth to retreat and let the Goguryeo army in! Originally, the Goguryeo striker was frustrated, as long as there was another round of rockets and salvos, he could rush up to board the ship and fight, and the sailors behind Goguryeo could only be in a hurry there but could not help, but when the ink military order was given, everyone was a little sorry.

The war between the two armies, how could the ink be so kind as to put Goguryeo on the horse? Please enter the urn!

Gao Nanxu hid behind and watched the battle situation of the forward, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat with fright, and just wanted to order a quick retreat, but a signal came from the front, Zhuang Shaoyou's army actually retreated? Gao Nanwu didn't have time to think about it, and the opportunity must not be lost and will not come again! Immediately ordered the whole army to assault and attack it!

Shi Zhan on the side hurriedly persuaded: "King, be careful of deception!" ”

Gao Nanxu also hated Shi Zhan a lot, and he didn't have any trust at all, so he was unhappy to see that he broke Zhuang Shaoyou, so he didn't pay attention to Shi Zhan's persuasion at all, and there were not many people present who had good brains, so no one objected.

Zhuang Shaoyou's sailors retreated ten miles in an orderly manner under the command of Ink, and the Goguryeo Sailors entered the strait in a stream, and Ink re-formed the formation, this time it was the Glaive Array.

As soon as the formation was filmed, the Goguryeo sailors hurriedly chased after him, but this time he was much more careful, and the formation was very scattered. However, Ink was unimpressed and ordered the fleet to shoot at the Goguryeo army that had entered the firing range.

For example, when the denser rockets were launched, four more warships of the Goguryeo naval division caught fire, but this time, the fire burned very badly, and most of the sails on the mainmast and auxiliary mast were burned, and they were out of control!

The four warships were caught in the sea of fire at the same time, and the space in the strait was not too spacious, but these four warships were lined up very openly, blocking nearly half of the passage at once. After that, the Goguryeo naval division began to attack the two flanks of the glaive formation, and the naval divisions of the two armies entered a situation of attack.

In the first round, the two sides were basically equal, and the damage was flickering.

However, Zhuang Shaoyou's warship weapons are advanced, and the loading speed is fast, especially the loading speed of the rocket ballista is very amazing, and the eight operators are in groups of twos and twos, and Malier's will load the thirty-two crossbow arrows, and then light the torches in turn, and then aim at the target and launch!

In the second round of shooting, two more warships in Goguryeo were ignited and instantly lost their combat effectiveness, while the space for the warships behind them to move was a little smaller. The second round of attacks of the ballista and bed crossbow smashed into the head and face, and the Goguryeo army wailed.

However, the numerical superiority made Gao Nan full of confidence, and ordered the burning warship to rush to the enemy ship at all costs and die with the enemy! However, in the melee, the already fragile command system has gradually failed, and the Goguryeo army has fallen into a situation of separate melee.

The burning ships tried to rush out to extinguish the fire, or at least escape with their lives, and the ships in the rear wanted to come forward and enter the battle, and as a result, chaos ensued in the strait. Gao Nan rolled his eyes, ordered all the boats to charge forward, and when he arrived at the place, he immediately decided to attack Zhuang Shao's swimmer with fire, and retaliated with a tooth for a tooth.

I have to say that this strategy is good, and if it can be implemented, it will definitely be quite effective. It's a pity that Gao Nanxu overestimated the spirit of sacrifice used by the soldiers. Rushing over, braving the dense rain of arrows, the damage must be not small, but it's okay, but let us light the boat, so where are we going? Jumping into the sea? Are you kidding? Jumping into the sea in such a cold day will freeze to death, don't say that you Gao Nanxu will send someone to catch us, this battle will definitely go on until dawn, and we will have frozen to death in the sea by then and fed Wang Ba!

So, don't go!

Gao Nanxu saw that his orders had been repeatedly frustrated, and he suddenly jumped like thunder.

At this moment, there was a sudden chaos in the rear of the Goguryeo naval division, and several warships were set on fire. When the news came, the Goguryeo army was in a panic, there were wolves in front and tigers in the back, and it was a big trouble!

The seven five-masted warships led by Ink burst the chrysanthemums from behind when the fierce battle between the two sides was in full swing, and most of the rocket ballistae made of ink iron were assembled on the five-masted warships, which were one foot taller than the four-masted warships, making the rocket's burning effect better! Moreover, the rear team of the Goguryeo Naval Division was densely formed and had no defense, so seven five-masted warships blocked the mouth of the strait and fired fiercely, and the rear team of the Goguryeo Naval Division was suddenly in flames.

Zhuang Shaoyou also saw the abnormal movement of the Goguryeo sailors, and the ink on the side was still directing the fierce battle of the fleet, but Zhuang Shaoyou suddenly interjected: "Ink!" Immediately give the order, all to the east, exit the strait! ”

Although the ink is strange, now that the situation is good, it is just fighting back and forth with Mo Yu, why do you want to retreat? But he didn't ask, Zhuang Shaoyou's order must be reasonable, and there is no need to ask again.

With the issuance of the military order of Ink, although the ships were a little reluctant, they still withdrew from the battle in turn according to the order and continued to retreat to the east.

This strait is located between several islands, and the waterway is long and narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the length is only a dozen miles, which is not suitable for large-scale water battles at all.

When Gao Nanxu heard that the rear team was attacked, he was immediately shocked, and couldn't help but look at Shi Zhan who closed his eyes and recuperated on the side, and cold sweat fell down his face. Gao Nanxu is also a perennial leader of the army, how can he not understand that he was made dumplings tonight!

Gao Nanxu scolded: "I want to make Lao Tzu's dumplings!" Don't be afraid to burst your skin! Pass on our military order, and the whole army will assault forward! The rear team lights the boat to block the opening, and don't let the enemy in! ”

With Gao Nanxi's order, more than 30 warships that were not seriously damaged forcibly crashed into the warships that were blocking the way, thinking that Zhuang Shaoyou's main force rushed forward, and Mo Yu, who was killing in the rear, saw dozens of small boats suddenly appearing in front of him, and soon lit a fire, sealing the mouth of the three-mile-long strait to death, and suddenly hated the root of his teeth, rolled his eyes, and mobilized the fleet to kill to the west.

On the Western Front, Mo 13 led the fleet to fight with Goguryeo, after the initial test of the stalemate stage, Mo 13's side of the weapon advantage gradually reflected, Mo 13 saw the opportunity, identified the enemy's command ship, commanded the five-masted warship a surprise, a salvo directly smashed the enemy flagship to pieces, after falling into the encirclement, Mo 13 did not panic, sacrificed a killer weapon - rocket ballista, a random shot, the surrounding attacking ships were burned, and then started the manpower oars, forcibly killed from the encirclement, He turned around and attacked the Goguryeo sailors who had fallen into chaos, and gradually gained the upper hand.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, twenty Goguryeo warships sank one, five were seriously injured, and the rest of the warships were all wounded, while on the side of Mo Thirteen, the four-masted warships kept a distance from the enemy ships, so the damage was not serious, and the five-masted warships bore more damage, so all four five-masted warships were wounded, and one of them was seriously damaged, but it was much better than the Goguryeo side.

Mo 13 stood at the bow of the ship and pondered, there were so many enemy ships, all of them were annihilated, there was no door! But we have to find a way to keep as many ships as possible! This is all a feat!

At this moment, five warships suddenly appeared in the east, and it seemed that they should be friendly forces, and the Goguryeo ship was not so big! Mo 13 was overjoyed when he saw this, and attacked from three sides, although it was difficult to completely annihilate the enemy army, but he was still very sure of heavy damage! It's good to sink more or even capture a few!

"Pass my orders! Aim the rocket at the sail of the enemy ship and shoot hard! Beat all the money out! Eat this ticket anyway! ”

On the eastern front, Zhuang Shaoyou's fleet retreated all the way, and the Goguryeo army in the rear was still chasing after him, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Two quarters of an hour later, the east entrance of the strait was in sight, Zhuang Shaoyou ordered the whole army to turn around, ready to fight, just now in the strait could not be opened, now block the exit, block the Goguryeo army back! It's very close to southern Liaoning, but it's far from Goguryeo, and they're not afraid of a war of attrition! If you really can't do it, you will also mobilize the merchant ships in southern Liaoning, and you must annihilate all the Goguryeo sailors here!

Wipe out the Goguryeo naval division, and then wave the army north to blockade Mazishui, and the Goguryeo army that is besieging Hongya Town will fall into a desperate situation with no way out!

It's a matter of success or failure! Even if it costs something, fight it! Kill!

Sixteen warships lined up in two columns, six in the front and ten in the back, echelon configuration, blocking the exit of the strait tightly.