Chapter 200: Onward (1)

The first to attack were the "Exocet" type battleships, which were the most numerous in the Lingnan Naval Division, with the largest size except for the "Chang'an" and "Cruiser" - and the smallest of all combat ships except for patrol ships.

The Lingnan Naval Division has more than 2,000 warships of various types, including two Chang'an ships, 18 cruisers, and nearly 1,000 Exocet ships. As the absolute main force of the battle, the sight of more than 1,000 Exocet ships attacking in unison and cutting through the waves on the sea surface is absolutely thrilling.

The people in it are arrogant, thinking that they are an artifact, charging into battle and omnipotent, and when the people in mid-air see it, they only want to be with it, and do not want to be enemies with it.

It's just that although the movement of the Lingnan Naval Division's thousands of sails is large, it is still not as big as the Great Food Navy, which has more than 5,000 ships, which is twice the scale of the Lingnan Naval Division. When it emerges from the sea level, it is like a giant city under the sea surfacing the water, boundless, and like an army of sea beasts surging and overwhelming.

The feeling of oppression is so heavy that it makes people's hearts heavy and their breathing is not smooth.

Whether it is a Tang soldier or a Dashi soldier, the moment they see the opponent's warship group, they are extremely clear: no matter how strong their individual strength is, they cannot fight against the enemy in front of them.

That is the true light of fireflies to the light of the sun and the moon, and only by relying on the comrades beside him and the battleship under his feet can he have the strength to struggle in the next turbulence. Next, from the Yang God True Person, down to the low level of Qi cultivation, hundreds of thousands of people will be involuntarily.

Life and death are up to heaven.

At this moment, the soldiers on the warship did not have time to feel life and death, and in the short time before the battle, they had their own preparations to make.

The generals shouted orders one after another, some came and went to transport ordnance, busy with their feet not touching the ground, some squatted beside various crossbows, ready to fire the big crossbows at any time, and some stood behind the side of the ship, staring at the enemy ships in front of them through the arrow holes, silently calculating the distance between them.

The bright sunlight faded invisible, the sound of the surging waves faded away, the blue sky lost its color, and the vast expanse of the sea seemed to be flattened. In the hearts of the soldiers, there were only two things left between heaven and earth, the enemy and the weapons in their hands, and only two voices, military orders and heartbeats.

On the eve of the battle, the soldiers who were not generals were silent. Silence is the last leg of many people's life journey.

Yang Xingmi stood with his sword at the bow of the ship, staring at the group of large food ships that were even more frightened than the most ferocious waves.

His face was very calm, his heart was very excited, he knew that the opponent in front of him was very strong, far superior to all the enemies that the Tang Navy had encountered before, he also knew that at the beginning of the battle, many people would die and many ships would be sunk, and he also knew that when the battle was over, the Lingnan fleet would either advance or be swallowed by fish in the water.

He was a little jealous.

But more than that, it's firmness. He clearly knew the strength of the Lingnan fleet, and he had confidence in the officers and men behind him and the battleships under his feet. This confidence is so thick that it converges into an unshakable conviction. That kind of belief is called victory.

After many years of military training and warfare, he finally condensed such a belief. Good steel should be used on the blade, heavy crossbows should break through the city, and the elite should defeat strong enemies.

Suddenly, Yang Xingmi's eyes lit up, like a sharp arrow shooting, he pulled out his sword from the sheath, raised his arms and shouted: "Lingnan Sea Master, attack!"

The shouts and shouts were like thunder, falling heavily on the hearts of every soldier, arousing everyone's spirits, and the sound of war drums sounded immediately, and the rhythm of the rumbling sound was clear, and everyone immediately knew what to do.

Monchitaz stood on the deck, his big face fluttering in the wind, his bearded face like steel, and his deep eyes staring at the approaching Lingnan fleet, his eyes burning and his eyebrows arrogant.

"Although we have never seen the sailors of the Tang Dynasty, according to the caliph and the spies, there are at most more than 100,000 soldiers and less than 2,000 warships. Such a fleet, although not small, is still too far behind us.

Monchitaz looked at the eyes of the Lingnan Sea Master, full of contempt, he had led the Great Food Navy to fight for many years, and he had never been defeated, "I am curious, what did the emperor of the Tang Dynasty think, he would let such a fleet leave the Tang Dynasty and take the initiative to attack from thousands of miles away. Don't they know that when they meet us, there is only one fate for them?"

The adjutant general said with a teasing smile: "It is not the first time that the sailors of the Tang Dynasty have traveled thousands of miles, they have also walked to the east before, and I heard that every time they go back, they can gain a lot. ”

Monkhitaz snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "The caliph has already said that they went to the city of Teoti Kahuacan to transport goods, and they are only facing a group of wild people, how can they be compared to us?"

"Do they think they can come to us if they go to Teotihuacan?

At the end of the day, there was anger in Monchitaz's eyes, the anger that he saw when an ant crawled on his feet and tried to bite him.

The lieutenant shrugged, "Whoever cares what they think, we're just responsible for letting them feed the fish." ”

These words made Monchitaz's eyes light up, and his mood immediately became quite good, and he laughed out loud, "You're right, since we're here, it's not bad to feed the fish here." By the time we fish next year, we may be able to get a richer harvest than in previous years!"

Both laughed, apparently pleased with their humor.

At this time, the Lingnan Sailor launched an attack.

In the front of the naval division, more than 1,000 Sofei fish ships lit up with a cloud of aura brilliance, and countless crossbow arrows flew into the air, dense like locusts, crossing the sky like clouds and rain, covering the sun and flooding the daylight, and suddenly falling towards the Great Eclipse Navy fleet!

Seeing the streamer flying like a star, Monchitaz couldn't help but be stunned, and the deputy general was even more surprised: "Now that we are still more than a thousand steps apart, the bow and crossbow of the Tang Dynasty sailors can actually launch an attack in this range?"

"This is not an ordinary bow and crossbow, it is a magic weapon!" Monchitaz's keen eyes immediately discovered this, and the rain of arrows that came to him all flashed with spiritual energy, which made his heart tremble, "All of them are magic weapon crossbow arrows!"

The rain of arrows smashed into the unprepared Great Food Fleet, and suddenly "sparks flew everywhere", the mast was shot off, the sails were torn, the cabin was torn with countless large holes, and the deck immediately became potholes, and sawdust flew everywhere.

Of course, the crossbow arrow's damage to the Great Eater is more obvious, but anyone who is shot and cultivates to the middle of the Qi training will directly explode the body, and the monk in the middle of the Qi training will also be pierced through the body and fly out of the original area, unless it is a quick reaction and the shield is used to open the shield in time to prevent the body.

A round of arrows rained down, and the soldiers of the Great Water Eater suffered a blow to the head.

And the arrow rain of the Lingnan Sailors, wave after wave, there is no gap between the front and back. I saw the sky full of streamers, falling like stars, hearing the sharp and short sound of arrows breaking through the air, the hull of the ship sounded everywhere, the soldiers screamed and the blood was like mist, and the broken hands and feet flew and fell with the broken wood.

And the crossbow arrows sandwiched in the concentrated magic weapon bed, each one of them was like thunder, and the ordinary warships of the Great Water Eater would be directly shot through, and the Qi cultivators who stood in front of them, regardless of whether they had a light shield or not, would spit blood and fall out.

This kind of lethality, in the eyes of the Great Water Eater soldiers, can be called shocking. This is a storm, it comes violently, it comes quickly, it comes unguarded, and once it comes, it is turbulent, reaching its peak, and it does not give people a chance to deal with it or breathe at all.

The front of the Great Water Eater, whether it was a warship or a soldier, immediately fell into chaos in the face of the continuous huge blows.

The monks shouted loudly for the monks to dodge the rain of arrows and raise their defensive shields, while the monks ran around like frightened rabbits.

It's not that they are careless, but the hull of the ship does not bring them protection, and the shield of the magic weapon round shield is also limited, at most it protects itself, and it cannot protect the facilities on the ship, and the crossbow arrows of the magic weapon bed crossbow and the magic weapon round shield can't stop it.

Only by cultivating the high level of qi and the great cultivators can they truly have safety in the storm.

Monchitaz's face was as black as ink.

He didn't expect that at the beginning of the battle, the front of his own naval division would suffer such a blow, and judging from the chaotic appearance of the ships, even if the Lingnan fleet reached the range of their bows and crossbows, they would not be able to organize an effective counterattack.

Although there are many monks in the Great Water Eater, they are only in their early 100,000s, and the ships are also very strong, but they are not all magic weapon warships, and they have begun to sink one after another.

"The bow and crossbow of the Tang army are too strong and too strong, and our ordinary warships simply can't cope with it!"

The vice admiral saw the rain of crossbow arrows fired from the Tang military ships, as if there was no end, and his scalp also felt a little numb. If this situation is not changed as soon as possible, I am afraid that the warships and monks in the front line will suffer heavy losses, and the entire fleet will be harmed at that time.

At this moment, the deputy general finally woke up to the fact that the Lingnan Sailor was definitely much stronger than they imagined.

Monchitaz, whose face was very ugly, did not hesitate much, and quickly gave an order: "The Chinese army's magic weapon warships will be dispatched from both flanks, flanking and encircling the Tang fleet!"

Before the battle, he looked down on the Lingnan Water Division, but in the face of the cruel reality, he immediately put away his contempt and began to treat this battle with unprecedented seriousness.

When the deputy general heard Monchitaz's order, his heart immediately perked, among the 300,000 navies, the Chinese army is the pro-army of Monchitaz, all the officers and soldiers are Qi cultivators, and the warships are also magic weapon warships, and they are equipped with many powerful magic weapons, so there is no need to say how the combat power is.

What the adjutant general didn't expect was that Monchitaz would be so decisive, and he had just experienced a setback in the front formation, and he sent his strongest combat force, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "Lord Emir, is it a big fuss to send the Chinese army so quickly?"

Monchitaz said with a cold face: "Put away your contempt for the Tang Army, this is a real opponent. And you have to remember that our mission is to land in the eastern part of the Tang Dynasty and open up a battlefield there, and we can't lose too many soldiers here!"

When the adjutant general heard this, his heart sank, and he hurriedly took the order to go, the Chinese army was dispatched, and he had to go into battle in person.