Chapter 463: Thorn Fins
Zhao Xuhai was the general of the Ming Imperial Court's naval division, and he thought that if he went up to command by himself, even if he could barely complete such a dispatch, it would take a lot of time, and it would definitely not be as fast as Peng San.
It seems that this hillbilly is really not to be underestimated, and he is not a person who can only brag and talk big, Zhao Xuhai can't help but start worrying about whether he will lose a hundred taels of silver tonight, and he will kowtow to others ten times. The silver is just returned, and the dignified sailor Qianzong goes to kowtow to others, but it is a big shame, and if it is spread, it will be laughed at by other people in the sailor camp.
When Mr. Zhao Qian was thinking nonsense in his heart, Peng San did not stop waving the lantern in his hand, and under his dispatch, the seven teams of ships had already drawn their sails and rushed to the "Thousand Scales Array" in front of them from seven directions.
Peng San raised his voice like a crow chirping again, and shouted to the disciples of the "Wanjin Hall" on the "Golden Jade": "This ship raises half a sail, follows the seven groups of ships in front, and slowly approaches the water village!"
At this time, the twenty-six ships of Okura Castle had once again rushed into the range of the "Thousand Scales Water Array", while the "Golden Jade" was sitting in the rear, slowly approaching.
Unlike the previous time, when all the ships plunged straight into it, this time the assault was divided into seven routes, each in a different direction, and all rushed in diagonally at full speed. With Peng San's command, the fleets are constantly changing their course, and the routes of the ships are very strange.
Seeing the ships of Okura Castle rushing into the large array, the countless bright silver scales in the "Thousand Scales Water Array" turned again, dazzling and dazzling, and a moment later, hundreds of cannons on dozens of pirate ships were fired together, only to see the smoke rising in the large array, and the roar shook the sky!
The cannonballs flew towards the fleet of Okura Castle like hailstones, but none of the hundreds of shells hit the target, and all of them fell into the sea a few feet away from each ship!
A lot of splashes of water fell on the side of each ship, but the splash was not lethal, and all the ships in Okura Castle were intact!
For Hua Bushi, Sima Rulan, and the others, such things were really unbelievable! It was as if Peng San had cast some kind of magic trick that caused all the gunners on the ships of the "Black Dragon Palace" to fall for a moment, so that all the artillery guns were shot several feet off.
Peng San waved the lantern for a moment, continued to point to the Seven Ways Fleet, and had rushed to the three or four hundred feet outside the big array, and at this time, the second round of artillery bombardment of the pirate ship had arrived!
This time the shelling was still like a spell, most of the shells missed the target and fell into the sea, and only one of the twenty-six ships of Okura Castle was grazed by two iron bullets on the side of the ship, although the hull was slightly damaged, but it was not serious, and it was still possible to move on.
The distance of three or four hundred zhang was originally the best range of artillery, and the hundreds of cannons fired by the pirate ship only hit two cannons, failing to seriously damage a ship, which can be called a miracle!
The Seven-Way Fleet, which continued to rush forward, had now rushed within a few miles of the "Thousand Scales Great Array", and at this distance, the rockets and giant crossbows on the ships of Okura Castle could already attack the pirate ships in the array.
Zhao Xuhai suddenly shouted: "Okay! I understand, this is the technique of thorn fins!"
Hua Bushi said: "What is the 'thorn fin technique', can Mr. Zhao Qian give me one or two?"
Zhao Xuhai's face was full of excitement, and he said: "The defense of the 'Thousand Scales Water Array' is impenetrable, and no ship can directly attack the formation, just like a fish with a thousand scales on its body, which can block all attacks. But this Mr. Peng San was able to find a gap in it, and pierced it through the blind corner where the guns of those pirate ships could not be targeted, he was really a god!
Generally speaking, dozens of naval guns are installed on both sides of the battleship, and the fire is the most fierce, while the fire at the bow and stern is relatively weak, while in the "Thousand Scales Array", large and small pirate ships are stacked and scattered, not far from each other, and most of them are sideways outward, in order to concentrate artillery fire to attack approaching ships.
However, in the staggered arrangement of such dense formations, there will be certain blind spots, because the ships are blocking each other, and it is difficult for the artillery to hit, or the guns on the side of the ship must be turned to an angle that is not easy to aim before they can barely shoot, so that the accuracy of the shelling will be greatly reduced.
Just as the body of a fish is covered with scales, but only the fins do not have scales, the so-called "spiny fin method" is to take advantage of this weakness to attack the large array, even if there are thousands of hard scales in other places, but it is useless.
Hua Bushi quickly understood the meaning of Zhao Xuhai's "method of thorn fins", but he was thinking more in his heart.
Finding the weakness of the formation and taking advantage of the weakness of the formation, although it does not sound complicated, in fact, it is extremely difficult, if you are not very familiar with the "Thousand Scales Water Array", you know the position and course of each warship in the formation, as well as the artillery equipment on the ship, it is absolutely impossible to do.
This is like the duel of swordsmanship masters, no matter how tight the opponent's swordsmanship is, as long as you can find the flaws in the moves, you can break the move and win, but it is not easy to find the flaws of the superior swordsmanship, and it is not possible for ordinary people.
At this time, above the sea, the third round of bombardment of the pirate ships in the "Thousand Scales Array" had arrived, and the ships of Okura Castle still dodged most of the shells as if with divine help, only slightly injuring two of them.
After three rounds of artillery bombardment, the ships that rushed to the front of the seven ships of Okura Castle had already made close contact with the centipede ships and eagle ships on the periphery of the large array, and the giant rockets on each ship also began to exert their power!
All of a sudden, the ships of both sides were already in a scuffle, and only shouts and screams could be heard from the rumbling shelling.
The Centipede Ship and the Eagle Ship were both small ships, and on a single ship, the number of people and firepower on board were not comparable to those of the ships in Okura Castle. The tactics of these small boats were originally to besiege from all sides, and spray fire dragons to launch rockets to ignite the opponent's ships and make them ignore their tails, but now, this tactic is not used at all.
Just because Okura Castle's attack was not in one place, but in seven directions, just like seven sharp swords piercing into the formation of the "Black Dragon Palace" pirates, those small ships not only could not surround the incoming ships, but were cut off by the seven fleets of Okura Castle, forming a situation of attacking from many sides.
Almost in an instant, seven or eight centipede ships and eagle ships were hit and set on fire, and the raging fire stained large areas of the ocean red, and two or three small boats were overturned by the big ships of Okura Castle and sank to the bottom of the sea.
However, Peng San's command did not stop, and continued to dispatch the seven-way ships of Okura City to attack directly towards the "Thousand Scales Water Array", and rushed into the dense loach ships and sea falcon ships in the inner layer of the large array.
At this time, the artillery on the pirate ship has lost its effect, just because the warships of both sides have been entangled in a ball, if the artillery bombardment, it is even their own ships to fight, the "Thousand Scales Water Array" in the "Black Dragon Palace" ships more than Okura Castle, if you do not distinguish between the enemy and our indiscriminate bombardment, mistakenly injuring your own ship will have a greater chance of hitting the enemy ship.
Without artillery, the only means of attack were primitive bows and arrows and hand-to-hand combat on board. All of a sudden, the ships of both sides collided with each other in the "Thousand Scales Water Array", and the earth-shattering shouts of killing had replaced the previous cannon sound!
The pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace" are certainly fierce, but the elite disciples of the "Wanjintang" and the guards and bodyguards selected from the various businesses on all the ships of Okura Castle are not weak, and all of them have a desperate determination to fight, and they are more brave than the pirates who only want to attack the city to loot, and they have the upper hand in such short-handed combat!
It didn't take long for three or four medium-sized ships of the "Black Dragon Palace" to be captured by the men and horses of Okura Castle, and the other pirate ships around them raised their sails one after another and turned to escape, and there was chaos in the "Thousand Scales Water Array", and the rotation of the entire large array had to stop.
Peng San, who was standing on the high platform, waved the lantern for a long time, and at this time beads of sweat were oozing from his forehead, but he gritted his teeth, his eyes shot a terrifying light, and the two red lanterns in his hands did not pause for a moment, constantly sending out signals, directing the ships of Okura Castle to continue to approach and kill the enemy. Seeing his fierce and vicious appearance at this time, where is he still the short, obscene and dirty hillbilly of the past!
About half an hour has passed since the ships from Okura Castle rushed into the "Thousand Scales Water Array", and the "Black Dragon Palace" has lost more than 10 large and small ships, and the entire large array has also been washed into chaos, while only three of the 26 ships in Okura Castle have been slightly injured, and not a single one has been lost.
Zhao Xuhai was already dumbfounded, at this time, he was already a five-body thrower to Peng San, even if he kowtowed ten times, he was willing. This President Qian really didn't expect that there was such a clever method of naval warfare in this world, he only felt that he had lived in vain to lead the water division in Tuolin Water Village for so many years!
Sima Rulan was also surprised and delighted, her hands clenched her fists tightly, and she couldn't wait to rush forward to participate in the battle, but the "Golden Jade", as the command flagship of Okura Castle, was far behind the fleets, and no matter how good her light skills were, she couldn't fly over the sea several miles away.
Hua Bushi stared at the fierce battle on the sea in the distance, but his expression was thoughtful, and said: "Now that our ships have rushed into the enemy formation, does Peng Sanye want to attack those five giant shark ships directly?"
Zhao Xuhai said: "Of course not, no matter how brave the warships of Okura City are, but there are only more than twenty of them, which is too far from the number of hundreds of ships in the 'Black Dragon Palace', Mr. Peng San's impact is just to break the 'Thousand Scales Great Array'!"
He pointed to the sea and said: "Young Master Hua, look, now that the formation of the 'Black Dragon Palace' has been completely dispersed, and the flaws have been exposed, Gongzi Cao and Lord Shen will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity, and when the hundreds of ships of the Wuzhai Naval Division in my Guangdong Realm also attack the big array, it will be time for these pirates to be completely defeated!"