Chapter 5 The Guan family saves the Cao family
According to the rules agreed by both parties: the appropriate amount of dragon boats on both sides is two to one, the Cao family has eight dragon boats, and the Guanzhang coalition army has four dragon boats, and the defender can wear a shield.
It is stipulated that life jackets cannot be worn, and any person on either side of the fight can be rescued if they fall into the water, and those who raise their hands can withdraw from the fight.
Therefore, in the competition, the personnel who can no longer fight only need to raise their hands to signal, and their own medical staff will take them away from the scene.
With the sound of three thunderstorms, all the contestants took their places, and suddenly the uniform trumpet sound of the stall players rose and fell one after another under the guidance of the drummer's drumbeat.
I saw that the flags were unfurled, and the twelve giant dragon boats rowed out of the berths and sailed to the predetermined location of the attacking and defending sides.
Guan Hao's first time participating in such a competition, even in his previous life, he was well-informed, and on such an occasion, he couldn't help but be excited, and he couldn't help but feel extremely excited and proud of himself as a member of the scene.
17 years old is not enough to participate, fortunately, Guan Hao people are tall and big, and it is very suitable to inherit the tall genes of the old Guan family, the patriarch grandfather wants to experience him as soon as possible, and it is natural to enter the dragon boat team, and the "red rabbit armor" where he is located is the first to arrive at the defensive area as the head boat.
The defenders have half an hour to assemble.
The dragon boats on both sides are secretive, and although they are not made of metal, they are also carefully crafted from the strongest and most durable wood.
The dragon boat of the Guan family is made of South American millennium ironwood. Its durability is no less than that of today's FRP dragon boats.
In addition to the high quality of materials, the dragon boats of the Guan family also have a secret in structure and performance, the dragon boat of the Guan family has a unique drainage system and balance system, after the cabin is flooded, there are multiple foot piston drainage systems, which can instantly discharge water, and there is also a balance system similar to a trimaran, which can open the balance fin folded by the boat body at a critical juncture. The Cao family also has a similar system.
Guan Zhangjia finished the formation, the formation of the defender is a cone formation, the two oblique horizontal dragon heads are connected to form a defensive cone, and the other two are in the formation, straight forward, and the two defenses are also connected to the dragon head, so as to form a formation of external defense and internal attack.
It can be described as both offensive and defensive.
The people on the main stage looked at the formation of the defenders and were full of praise.
After the formation is completed, the attack begins, the offensive and defensive distance is 100 meters, that is, the length of two dragon boats, and 90 well-trained elite stalls paddled over for only 2-3 minutes.
"Attackβ"
Hearing the drumbeat of the opponent's attack, the sixth uncle, as the stall leader of the Zhang family in this competition, immediately shouted: "βββ- breath!" β
In 2-3 minutes, the enemy descends instantly, the defender begins to adjust his breathing, and the experienced stall hands close their eyes and breathe in.
"-50 meters-40 meters!"
"Raise your shield!" The four boats of the defender neatly removed the wave plates that raised the side of the boat, and in an instant each held a shield half a meter high.
The bow of the attacking ark was less than 3 meters away from the side of the defending ship, and the speed of the attacking ark did not decrease, and it rushed towards the defending side like an arrow from the string, and at such a speed, once it hit, the defender's ark would surely capsize.
Seeing that he was about to collide, the sixth uncle shouted: "Get out of the oar!" β
The oars of the Guan and Zhang families are much wider and longer than the conventional dragon boat oars, just to play a suppressive role in the competition.
"Wow, wow!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! β
The defender's four dragon boats in the shape of arrows, under the command of the stall head and the drummer, quickly swing the tail and straighten the hull, and the defender's four dragon boats with shields flew into the attacker's straight dragon boat like bullets.
In an instant, the defender's long oars first concentrated the attacker's stalls, and the attacking eight dragon boats were unprotected, and the defender's dragon boats were drilled into the gap between the dragon boats, and they were caught off guard!
Some of the attacking dragon boats fell into the water one after another, but unfortunately three dragon boats capsized and withdrew from the competition.
The defender has gone straight into the fight, catching the attacker off guard!
All of a sudden, the offense and defense became a direct confrontation, the attacker lost three boats, and the defender's loss was not large, and the four to five were basically evenly matched, but the defender had the advantage of equipment!
The fierce scene of the competition is no less than the real battle, from time to time people on both sides fall into the water, some of them are rescued on the dragon boat to continue the fight, and some withdraw.
Guan Hao struggled to move forward in the head boat, striving to get rid of the entanglement of the attacker and row to the destination, but it backfired, the head boat is often the focus of attention, Guan Hao's arm was also hit by a few blows to the oars, the place where the arm was hit was hot and painful, and the pain of such a tense atmosphere at the scene could not be taken care of, there was only one belief: desperately please entangled to row to the end of victory and win glory for the family.
In fact, this injury is really nothing, it is really nothing to him who has practiced since he was a child.
What's more, there was a loss of security personnel specially arranged by the fourth uncle around.
Gradually, because both sides had stalls falling into the water and withdrawing, the combat effectiveness of each boat decreased with the consumption of physical strength.
The battle lasted for nearly an hour, and the boats that both sides were able to continue rowing forward were two for the attacker and two for the defender.
The speed of the attacking side will be obviously slower, with one hundred and eight boatmen, the Cao family's head boat is less than eighty people, and Guan Hao's "Red Rabbit Armor" personnel are basically full.
So the speed was faster, the head boat of the Cao family was biting the "Red Rabbit Armor", and the gongs and drummers on both sides were desperately trying their best to boost the morale of their teams.
The stalls of each head boat also whistled and shouted.
Seeing that the attacker's head boat was about to catch up with the "Red Rabbit Armor", the fourth uncle was very anxious. Because the first 50 meters to the most dangerous waters of this competition: Zhu Po Zhou.
Zhu Po Chau is the most dangerous undercurrent whirlpool in the Lijiao waterway, because the water is turbulent, there are many reefs nearby, there have been many reef accidents, motor ships have to be cheered up for 12 points, not to mention the 50-meter-long dragon boat, it is difficult to rely on manpower to pass through such a dangerous waterway.
Regardless of the pursuit in front of him, Uncle Six decided to go through Zhu Po Continent first!
"Upper baffle!" The fourth uncle decisively ordered, and all the stalls on the "Red Rabbit Armor" placed the shield in battle on the side of the ship in unison, and soon the side of the "Red Rabbit Armor" was thirty centimeters higher, and the wave resistance and passability were instantly improved by several grades.
Taking advantage of the gap between the "Red Rabbit Armor" and the baffle, the Cao family's head boat soon surpassed the "Red Rabbit Armor".
Originally, the Cao family's head boat was partially reduced, and the overall coordination was not good, and just now in order to catch up with the defending head boat, it was also overexerted and a little out of force, which would cross the whirlpool, and the tail of the boat would be a little difficult.
"Danger!" Caojiatou boat head over the largest whirlpool, the boat body is halfway, the tail of the boat wants to pass quickly, and strive to row to the left, but it is too late, the whirlpool force is too great, and the tail of the boat is rolled over at once, and the head boat of Caojia capsized all of a sudden, and dozens of people all fell into the water at once, and the scene was extremely chaotic!
Guan Hao involuntarily shouted, "Danger! "Recklessly, he threw the oar in his hand. A fierce man jumped into the turbulent river, righteousness and courage are the good qualities written into the genes of the old Guan family, and the family struggle at the head of the crisis was completely replaced by righteousness and courage at this time.
Saving lives is the first priority!
This is the speedboat that the Cao family is responsible for safety also sailed over to participate in the rescue.
Haozi is really good at water, and he rescued 6 people in a row, dragged people to the Cao family speedboat, and went to save another person who fell into the water.
Seeing that near the center of the whirlpool, there was a young man of the Cao family who had fallen into the water struggling, Guan Hao swam over desperately, the closer he got to the whirlpool, the greater the force, it may be that he was a little anxious to save people just now, and his strength was a little insufficient.
Just when he was about to get close to the boy who fell into the water, a torrent came over, and the good boy was caught off guard and was poured a mouthful of water, and the boy of the Cao family was in front, as long as he stretched out his hand, he could grab the dying boy.
But after drinking the saliva just now, his strength was obviously insufficient, as long as he swam back hard, he would definitely be able to get to the boat safely, but the young man of the Cao family .......
Don't think about it, the good boy swam forward and grabbed the hand of the young man of the Cao family, the boy who fell into the water was already dying, and when he saw that someone saved him, he grabbed his hand, out of instinct, his hands slashed a few times, and he clasped the good boy's hand with all his might.
He didn't relax at all, he was a good boy, he hadn't experienced such a situation in his two lives, and he was a little panicked, and out of conditioned reflex, he tried hard to break free from the hands of the young man of the Cao family like iron hoops.
But at night, all those who fall into the water will desperately grasp everything they can when life and death are at stake.
The good boy couldn't break free, and his heart was anxious, "Gollum, Gollum!" Immediately drank two large mouthfuls of water, choked so much that the head of the good boy did not enter the water, the young man of the Cao family who fell into the water saw that there was something to grasp, but instead used the power of the flood to clasp the waist of the good boy with both hands, this time the good boy was completely out of luck, and the person was completely panicked, "Gollum, Gollum, Gollum......" I don't know how much water I drank.
Such a young man of the Cao family held a young man of the Guan family, and disappeared into the turbulent whirlpool under the noses of the three families.
Guan Yongzhong in the speedboat and the sixth uncle on the "Red Rabbit Armor" watched the good boy disappear into the whirlpool, and they were suddenly grief-stricken, and the patriarch and grandfather couldn't help but cry!
"The good boy who just came back is really leaving this time!"