Jiang Yan first ordered the 30 galleys to choose the opportunity to intersperse, take advantage of the advantages of fast speed, fierce firepower, and high flexibility, to attack the building ships, and ordered all ships to strike at a long distance as much as possible, not to collide head-on with the enemy ships, and also try not to give the Jingxiang Navy a chance to jump into the gang.
The artillery fire stopped temporarily, and in the mutual fire of the gongnu hands on both sides, the fleet continued to approach, no matter which side it was, it was impossible to accurately estimate the casualties of the side that had been fought, in fact, strictly speaking, this was the first hard battle fought by the Ming navy.
In the past, the attack on Su Jun and the entry into the Yellow River were essentially the support tasks of the infantry cavalry, and they played the role of the marines.
Jiang Yan has participated in many battles and has already cultivated a cold heart, but at this time, in the face of a real battle, his hand hidden in his sleeve is trembling uncontrollably, and he can't tell whether his mood is nervous or excited.
Looking at the dense ships and the narrow river, even if I combed through the orders I had given over and over again to confirm that there were no omissions, I just couldn't stop the water.
"Shoot the Arrow" "Shoot the Arrow" The noisy drinking order made Jiang Yan shake his head and look forward.
The distance between the capital ships of the two sides was close to 100 paces, within the range of bows and arrows, and the arrows were all rockets, and the rockets with faint black smoke dragged in the sky flew and flew, and the sails were made of bamboo fiber coarse cloth, and they burned quickly after being hit by the arrows.
Relatively speaking, the Ming army used heavy oil, which burned better than grease, and almost as soon as it was shot, it ignited a large area, even if the sails of many ships were smeared with wet mud.
Hundreds of bows, for a while, the fire was so bright that the ship lowered its sails to extinguish the fire, but the fire borrowed the wind, the wind helped the fire, the sails did not have time to fall, and they smashed down with the fire debris, and the sailors and soldiers below were buried in the raging sea of fire in the continuous screams, although some people were lucky to crawl out of the fire, but the tongue of fire that swallowed up was unbearable.
Black smoke billowed from the river, but the rockets that hit the hull were extinguished by experienced sailors with prepared sand before the fire could spread.
The crossbowmen did not stop firing, the distance was closer, and the burning ship was also in local confusion, so the casualties were even heavier, the blood on the deck flowed into the river, and the corpses on both sides of the ship continued to fall into the river, and before they could get close, the casualties on both sides were uncountable.
"Spear Throwing" "Spear Throwing" There were generals on both sides shouting The spearman picked up the plowshare dart and threw it with all his might.
Since the plowshare dart must be thrown forward with a straight body, the spearmen on both sides can only throw one round, and then most of them will die under the crossbow or plowshare dart fired from the opposite side.
On the battlefield, human life is the least valuable, although the two sides have not yet officially engaged in battle, but the cold murderous aura that permeates the river has already invaded everyone's heart, and in such an environment, even the most timid person will be stimulated to be hemorrhagic.
With a sharp sound of breaking through the air, the plowshare dart roared towards the opposing warship, and some of them fell to the ground and died before they could even shoot the dart.
The plow dart is like a plow, the force sinks, and the distance of less than thirty steps is thrown with all its strength, and the one who hits it dies.
Usually there are few people wearing iron armor in the navy, and the iron armor is expensive and has not been fully popularized in the infantry cavalry, and the combat frequency of the naval army is much smaller than that of the infantry cavalry, and the maintenance is more difficult, and it will rust if you are not careful, so the iron armor cannot be given priority to the supply of the navy.
Second, human life is not valuable, and ships are more valuable than people, so there is really no need to spend a lot of money to provide protection.
The third and most important point is that the navy often has the risk of falling into the water, once the iron armor falls into the river, no matter how good the water is, it can only be hated to death, so the sailors also refuse to wear armor.
Compared with the fact that most of the Jingxiang Naval Army were shirtless, the Ming Army's leather armor and bamboo armor were already quite good treatment.
It's just that bamboo armor can block bows and arrows, and it can't block plowshare darts.
When these darts hit the sails, the sails were torn, and when they hit the mast, they either nailed them deep into it, or they knocked the mast out of a huge gap, and when they hit the deck, the deck shattered to the ground, and as for the darts in the hull, immediately sawdust flew, and black holes the size of bowls appeared, surrounded by radioactive cracks.
Although these small holes do not affect the performance of the ship for the time being, as the war rages and no one has time to repair the ship, the ship's cabin will become more and more waterlogged, and the speed will become slower and slower, and if it is not treated, it will eventually lose its power and slowly capsize and sink.
On the fighting ship of the Jingxiang Naval Army, the clap pole was ready, and dozens of sailors only relied on the protection of their shields, and they dragged and pulled the cable and released it at any time.
This is an extremely effective weapon of water warfare, modified from the water lifting tool orange tree, using the principle of levers, at the top of the upright wooden column, install a movable crossbeam, one end of the crossbar hangs a bucket, the other end is tied with a rope for people to pull, the use of manpower to control the rise and fall of both ends of the crossbar, can be more labor-saving water from the low to the high.
Once approaching an enemy ship, Popeye moves one end of the arm above the enemy ship, and then releases the arm, and the boulder quickly falls and smashes into the enemy ship Because the target of the attack is outside the ship, the trapped heavy arm must stick out of the hull, the length is greater than the force arm, there is a disadvantage that it is not easy to operate, plus a beat, it must be pulled back to the ship to reset, before it can be cast again, the enemy can take advantage of this loophole, take the opportunity to attack.
On the contrary, the Ming warship was not equipped with a slapping rod, but there was a huge iron cone in the bow, which was semi-latent in the turquoise river water, which made people's scalp numb, not that the power of the iron cone was greater than that of the slapping rod, but that the iron cone did not need to be manipulated by people, it was cold, and it did not contain any feelings.
In fact, the purpose of the iron cone can be seen at a glance, and the Jingxiang Navy has also tried to install the iron cone on the bow of the ship, but there is no keel structure to share the reaction force, and the result of the forced installation can only be a collision, a click, and the bow collapses.
Therefore, many generals of the Jingxiang army were very curious about what role the iron cone could play.
The Ming army tried their best to avoid colliding with the fighting ships of the Jingxiang navy, but the narrow waterways were crammed with ships, and some of them were still somewhat unavoidable to collide head-on "Boom" "Boom" There was a loud bang, the female wall and bow of the Jingxiang military fighting ship were smashed on the spot, and large wooden planks fell into the river, and under the huge impact force, a large number of waves were produced, wave after wave of waves, superimposed on each other into a surging wave, and even covered the bow of the ship.
The ships sailed in such huge waves, like leaves tossed in a storm, as if they would plunge into the river at any moment, and the warships of the two armies, under the impact of the violent waves, were also constantly rocking back and forth, and the wounded or corpses on the deck, or scattered debris.
With the shaking, it fell into the river in an endless stream.
On the surging waves, there are a large number of debris corpses floating in Li, these objects gradually float downstream with the continuous ups and downs of the waves, sometimes the waves are fierce, hitting each other, the corpses are thrown high, and then slammed into the water, which is unforgettable.
Almost at the same time as the impact, because the slap rod had already gained momentum, even if no one was manipulating, the boulder still fell violently.
Many of them slapped on the surface of the river, stirring up a huge column of water, which was blown away by the wind on the river surface, turning into patches of mist, shrouding the bow of some of the battleships in a hazy haze.
Some of them hit the target, but they did not hit the bow of the ship, but hit the iron cone, and the huge force brought the capital of the ship down sharply, and then drilled out of the waves, but the force of the smashing was too great, and the iron cone was installed in the bow of the ship, and the result could only be torn off alive, the bow was seriously damaged, the maneuverability was greatly lost, and gradually sank, and the stern gradually turned down, in a dangerous state of balance.
It was a real loss to have a watertight chamber, otherwise it would have been sunk by this blow, but the ship did suffer a heavy blow, in addition to the balance and maneuverability were affected, and some of the fighters were swept away by the huge waves that swelled up, except for a few who could climb up by grabbing the cable, and most of them disappeared.
In just one round of collision, the Ming army had more than 20 keel warships heavily damaged, and the Jingxiang naval army suffered more serious losses, and the force of the collision coupled with the stabbing attack of the big iron cone was enough for more than ten fighting ships to spin and sink to the bottom of the river, and the rest of the unsunken ones were more than the Ming army in terms of the degree of heavy damage.
After all, the Ming warships had watertight warehouses However, after so many years, the outside world still has no way of knowing, and the generals of the Jingxiang army on the opposite side have shown surprise.
This result is indeed not in line with common sense, you must know that since the Three Kingdoms, the Jingxiang Navy is one of the strongest in the world, and the warships are strictly built, carefully maintained, sturdy and sturdy, how can it be defeated by the Ming Navy in a hard collision 。
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