Chapter 554: Fireworks Shine

Li Jiangyao's judgment had an incalculable significance for the final trend of the Battle of Dajiang.

If he felt sorry for the heavy casualties of the Kunpeng army, or had a slight careless attitude towards the enemy, he would not be able to force out Bao Yuchun's trick.

Three hundred Tiger Shark penetration warships are indeed extraordinary. They were originally the elite forces of the rebel naval division, and they rested for two days and one night, and the morale and combat strength of the army were at their peak.

The Kunpeng fleet was originally the attacking side, but in the blink of an eye, it fell into passive defense.

However, fortunately, Nie Xianzeng received Li Jiangyao's order before and launched the main attack, so in terms of overall numbers, they had a large advantage. After withstanding three or four rounds of the Tiger Shark battalion's onslaught, Kunpeng gradually stabilized his position, and the flywheel fighting ships quickly interspersed and began to outflank and divide the enemy.

Seeing that the reserves had played a miraculous effect and had disrupted the formation of the Zhenjiang Naval Army, Bao Yuchun did not hesitate and immediately issued an order, and all the battleships formed a battle to cooperate with the Tiger Shark battleship to defeat the Kunpeng fleet in one fell swoop, completely ending this stalemate battle!

Hundreds of rebel warships beat their drums and sailed, and a large area of black pressure pressed towards the north shore, and they were about to launch a fierce attack on all fronts. Nie Xianzeng did not panic in the face of danger, commanded all the forces in his hands, formed a geese-shaped formation on the spot, and took advantage of the full deployment of the firing surfaces of each ship to fire intensively at the enemy, striving to destroy as many enemy ships as possible before the enemy ships rushed over.

The sky rockets are speeding through the sky, the long-pole giant crossbow is whistling and shuttling, and Bao Yuchun's fleet is hard against the dense firepower of the Kunpeng army, and the killing is getting closer and closer, and the vanguard has already converged with the Tiger Shark battleship and successfully stirred into the Zhenjiang array.

Tens of thousands of sailors on both sides of the enemy and us once again broke out into a fierce battle under the bright starry sky, and the entire river was boiling with drums, and the murderous aura soared into the sky for a while.

Under tremendous pressure, the Kunpeng soldiers desperately persevered, dragging the enemy's attack into their own rhythm, constantly consuming the rebels' sharpness.

For one hour, two hours, and three hours, the number of casualties among the officers and men on both sides continued to rise, and one after another the warships caught fire and slowly sank, and the entire surface of the river was littered with the corpses of soldiers and the wreckage of ships.

At this moment, there was a sudden explosion somewhere on the north shore. Immediately after, a firework dragged a long flame tail into the sky, instantly exploding a red firework.

With the fireworks blooming in the air with huge gorgeous flowers, on several hills south of the Jingkou Water Village, countless torches suddenly lit up, only a few snaps of the fingers, the killing sound in the mountains and forests shook the sky, a large army suddenly appeared from the hidden state, and the soldiers rushed to the Jingkou Naval Army Fortress in many ways!

This scene immediately stunned the rebels who were fighting fiercely. Bao Yuchun and Bao Xinyan both looked at the water village in disbelief, speechless for a while.

Without waiting for everyone to react, another firework shot into the air from the north shore, and with a loud bang, green fireworks burst out.

The next moment, the drums of Jiangxin Island in the upstream direction rumbled, and the eight thousand ghost-faced white-robed troops began to launch a landing attack on the island under the cover of the cooperation of the naval division.

"Report to the ——, commander, Jingkou Shuizhai was attacked by the enemy, and the brothers suffered heavy casualties, and they couldn't hold it anymore!"

"Report ——, enemy storming Jiangxin Island, and the defenders ask for reinforcements!"

In fact, there is no need for his subordinates to come to report, Bao Yuchun already understood what was going on at this time, he cursed viciously: "Damn Li Jiangyao, Lao Tzu is fucking it!" ”

"Uncle, what should I do now?!" Bao Xinyan couldn't help but hurriedly said: "The enemy is blocking on all sides, trying to surround us!" ”

Bao Yuchun looked at the fierce and anxious surface battlefield, and ordered in a deep voice: "You can't be led by their nose!" Immediately collect troops and reinforce the water village. As long as you keep the fortress, you can trap those Zhenjiang troops who sneaked over to death on the south bank! ”

Bao Xinyan nodded when he heard this, and hurriedly asked people to convey instructions to each ship: Get out of the battle and return to Jingkou!

After receiving the order of the flagship, the rebel sailors immediately retreated, except for some of the warships that had left behind the guard, and the rest rushed to the south, striving to go ashore as soon as possible to block the surprise attack of the Zhenjiang army.

But at this moment, the fireworks that frightened the rebels tonight appeared again. With a bang, a golden firework exploded in the sky over the north shore, which was particularly dazzling in the dark night sky.

This time, the Kunpeng fleet, which received the signal, quickly adjusted its formation and position, and the geese-shaped formations moved to both sides, giving way to an open waterway in the middle. It didn't take long for the three rows of strange shapes of the huge "boat bridge" in the front and back rows to appear in people's field of vision.

It is called a "boat bridge" because it is shaped like a "bridge", but it is actually made of large ships connected to each other. Underneath each row of bridges, there are fifty wide-mouthed flat-bottomed boats, reinforced with iron chains and covered with thick planks. At first glance, it looks like a flat bridge moving on water.

On top of those bridges, forty large trebuchets and a large number of fire bombs were fixed. The three-row boat bridge is a full 120 long-range killing weapons!

In Li Jiangyao's words, this is called a surface mobile battery.

At this time, the rebel fleet had begun to retreat in full force, and was in a panic of being attacked by the enemy, so although the three-row boat bridge did not move fast and was flawed everywhere, it would not be too much of a threat to the enemy under the protection of the Kunpeng warship.

The only thing they need to do right now is slam their targets in front of them!

The trebuchet didn't need to travel to the center of the river at all, and began to fire from a long distance from the enemy fleet, and the huge fireball crossed a distance of nearly a thousand paces and smashed directly into the dense group of battleships.

One, two...... Fifty, one hundred!

In an instant, a large number of fireballs fell from the Milky Way like countless meteors, instantly illuminating the wide river, and then slammed into the rebel ship, and the sound of deflagration was suddenly endless.

In this way, the rebels were chased and beaten by trebuchets behind their buttocks, and they couldn't help but be anxious and angry.

They wanted to turn around and go back to fight back, but the Jingkou Water Village was being stormed, and it was about to fall, so there was no room for any further delay; But if left unchecked, the trebuchets of the Zhenjiang army are accurate and ruthless, and the number is still unusually large, so that if they are beaten in vain, the fleet will suffer heavy losses in a few moments.

Bao Yuchun was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

In desperation, he had no choice but to order the dozens of building boats and fighting ships that fell behind to turn around and charge, approaching and destroying the three rows of strange and terrifying weapons of destruction.

When the fighting ship received the order, it was about to turn around, but it was targeted by a trebuchet, and a dense fire came, and four of them sank on the spot. The other ships were entangled in the fierce battle by the pursuing flywheels.

Nie Xianzeng commanded the Kunpeng fleet, maintained a complete formation, protected the three-row boat bridge, and moved forward steadily. When the enemy is far away, let the trebuchet on the bridge of the boat play with their lives; When the enemy rushes closer, let the flywheel fighter attack to fight more and fight less. The big stupid elephant boat built by the Golden River was like a city wall, blocking in front of the boat bridge to block the arrows of the trebuchet.

Such a combination would have had a good effect two days ago, a day ago, or even a few hours ago. Because the rebel fleet at that time still maintained a strong combat power. Bao Yuchun only needs to send two or three hundred warships to launch a split charge, and it is possible to easily tear open the gap in the formation and completely destroy the trebuchet bridge on the river.

But now, the enemy has become the last of the crossbows.

In the front, there was a surprise attack on the Jingkou Water Village, and then there was a trebuchet monster crazy output, and it was exhausted, and the strategic reserve team had also been put into use. At the moment, apart from a hasty and ineffective skirmish, there is only one way left to be beaten on the spot.

Before Bao Yuchun's flagship Nulong approached the dock, his subordinates ran to report in a panic: The water village can't be entered!

The reason is very simple, the soldiers and horses of Zhenjiang, who shine the banner of the Fifth Army of the Great Stone, have already entered the fortress at this time and are desperately grabbing the pier trestle.

Returning to Hong Kong now is equivalent to delivering food to the other party!

The Fifth Army of Jushi, which had sent three battalions of troops, followed the Dadu Hu Li Jiangyao to secretly cross the river to fight, and traveled hundreds of miles for a long distance, and finally killed the Jingkou Wharf and was picked up by the Kunpeng Tenth Army to return to Jiangbei.

Therefore, they are very familiar with the Jingkou Fortress and the surrounding terrain, and if they revisit the old place this time, they will naturally be handy in the battle.

After listening to the report of his subordinates, Bao Yuchun finally realized the seriousness of the problem. At this time, if he disembarks and lands on the shore, not to mention whether he is sure to drive the Zhenjiang army out of the fortress, the Kunpeng fleet that is chasing after him alone will be able to wipe out the wide-sea warships that are docked in one go.

He must not take this risk!

"Yan'er, immediately adjust the direction and rush downstream!" Bao Yuchun made a decision and gave an order: "Jingkou can't be saved, the fleet must be saved!" Let's go to Jiangyin, there is still a chance to regroup! ”

Bao Xinyan also knew that the current situation was critical, and he could not tolerate the slightest hesitation. He hurriedly sent signals to the surrounding warships, and then commanded the Angry Dragon to turn around and head east.

Under the intensive attack of the trebuchet, more and more rebel warships began to catch fire and burn, and the river outside the Jingkou Water Village was in chaos, and many people did not receive orders from the commander-in-chief, and they did not know what to do next.

Some of the ships recklessly broke into the docks of the military port, collided head-on with the Fifth Army, and made the other side rush onto the deck and kill indiscriminately;

Some of the ships spun in circles in a daze, not knowing where to go, and were soon sunk or captured by the flywheels;

There were also some ships that reacted quickly, knowing that they would not run away at this time, but unfortunately because they could not find the flagship Angry Dragon, many of them chose the wrong direction and turned around and fled upstream.

The rebel fleet, which once dominated the river and was invincible, finally fell apart under the joint encirclement and suppression of the Zhenjiang army by land and water.