Besides, Zhou Hai has been worried since he left Li Qing's ship, as an experienced pirate leader, Zhou Hai has his own unique judgment on Li Qing's fleet, first of all, after Zhou Hai met Li Qing, his first impression of Li Qing was too immature, although Li Qing's attitude was very tough, but Zhou Hai could hear it through a few words, Li Qing was a hairy boy who had just gone to sea for a long time.
After encountering the ship that changed shifts with him, Zhou Hai returned to the pirate's lair with his own ship, the nest of the Storm Gang was not very far from the location of Li Qing's fleet in the east, it was originally an uninhabited island, and after the Storm Gang came here, they occupied this island and several other small islands next to it and named it Storm Island.
"Big brother, big brother, it's a good thing," Zhou Hai said as he walked into the Hall of Heroes.
"What good thing is it that the third child makes you happy like this, is there another fat sheep crossing the border," Zhou Tao, who was sitting in the first place, asked.
Zhou Hai sat down and said, "Big brother, this time there are indeed fat sheep crossing the border, and what is being robbed is not things, but boats. ” "Boat" Zhou Tao asked a little puzzled; "What do you mean, you make it clear to my brother."
Zhou Hai told Zhou Tao in detail what happened, and Zhou Tao blamed Zhou Hai and said, "Third brother, you can really make trouble for me."
"Big brother, how can this be called trouble, if we can grab these ships, our strength can at least double," Zhou Hai said puzzled.
Zhou Tao said: "Have you ever thought about how many brothers we need to die in this battle, these brothers are the foundation of our foothold, without these brothers, we will be swallowed up by others sooner or later." ” "Big brother, their combat power is not strong, and the leader is a hairy boy, and I got on their boat to see, there are not many people at all, and they have never fought when they look like they, we can try it first, if I can't beat it, then run away Big brother, they are not our opponents at all in this vast sea" Zhou Hai continued to persuade Zhou Tao.
"In that case, let's try and evacuate as soon as we find that the situation is not good."
"Yes, big brother" The next morning, as soon as it was dawn, Li Qing stood on the deck of the bow of the ship and said to Zheng Baolin: "Tell the brothers, be vigilant and be ready for pirates to attack." ” No one would have thought that the first naval battle of the Xia Junshui Division was fought with a group of pirates, today's weather is very good, the wind is beautiful, you can see the sea far away, Li Qing's fleet sailed forward not long before the pirate fleet was discovered, in terms of the number of ships, the pirates have more than 30 large and small ships, most of them are small ships, and the big ships are also merchant ships, not warships at all, although Li Qing and others are at a disadvantage in the number of ships, but they occupy an absolute advantage in quality.
Looking at the attacking pirate ship, Li Qing said: "Don't rush to attack, wait for them to get close before fighting." ” "Yes, the last will understand" "This naval battle is not as good as you, and this battle will be handed over to you."
"Thank you for your trust, the last general will take the order."
After receiving the military order, Zheng Baolin began to take over the entire fleet, and raised the signal flag of the battle, Zheng Baolin stood on the top deck and ordered: "Order the fleet to put up a battle formation, the Yellow River, Weishui, Huangshui, Luanhe, and Liaohe are arranged in front of the fleet, the Sea Dragon and the Jianglong are close behind, and the Flying Fish and the Asuka are behind. ” The "order" herald immediately conveyed Zheng Baolin's military order to all ships.
After Zheng Baolin's order was issued, the five medium-sized ships put on a V-shape to protect the two building ships in the middle, in fact, Zheng Baolin's attack formation could not give full play to the full combat power of the Xia Army's naval fleet, but it was better to do so, after all, Li Qing's safety was better than the entire fleet.
"Bed crossbow trebuchet ready, aim for the middle ship" The bed crossbow and catapult originally covered with canvas showed sharp fangs, and after the pirate ship approached, the stones and crossbow arrows immediately flew towards the pirate ship, where have the pirates seen this formation in battle, in the past, the robbery of merchant ships was a broadside battle, relying on the spirit and bravery that are not afraid of death, and the high-tech things such as catapults and bed crossbows are not something that pirates can play; And the most important thing as a pirate ship is to run fast, who is idle and has nothing to do to put stones on their ship So this time the Storm Gang was defeated, this was not a group of pirates at all, but a sailor of the official army Zhou Tao's boat was hit by two stones and three crossbow arrows on the spot, one of which directly smashed the mast, killing dozens of pirates; Zhou Tao saw that things were not good, so he immediately gave a decisive order: "Order all the ships to move forward at full speed and engage them in a broadside battle." ” After Zhou Tao gave the order, all the pirate ships rushed towards the Xia Army's naval division, once the two fleets approached for a broadside battle, the Xia Army's naval division's long-range attack would basically be ineffective, and at that time, the two armies would fight by cooperation and courage; Looking at the pirate ship that was rushing towards him with angry eyes, Zheng Baolin ordered: "Catapults and crossbows continue to attack, and the whole team will go at full speed to hit them for me." ” As the ships of the Xia Army's naval division, the bow of each ship has a ramming angle, and the so-called ramming angle is to wrap a layer of iron sheet at the bow of the ship, which can reinforce the bow; After the pirate ship entered the range of the bow and crossbow, Zheng Baolin ordered to shoot rockets, the sea ships of this era were all wooden structures, and now there are many flammable materials in the winter, and there are many flammable materials on the sea ships, basically as soon as they touch the sparks.
Entering the range of the bow and crossbow also means that the distance between the two fleets is not far, at this time the speed of both sides is very fast, and they collide head-on, for the ramming tactics Xia Jun has carried out targeted training, all of them use the bow to hit the middle of the enemy ship, and the ramming tactics are basically killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred in the eyes of everyone, so these pirates never thought that their opponents would be so crazy.
"Bang, bang, bang" The ships collided together one by one, some small pirate ships were directly hit in two by the building ship, in a very short period of time, the pirates suffered huge losses, but now the two sides have been scuffled together, at this time the pirates want to withdraw can not be withdrawn, the next broadside battle is initiated by the Xia army, the Xia army through the long hook, flying claws to catch the pirate ship, after the two ships approached and then paved the bridge, the whole process of the Xia army has crossbowmen cover, although the pirates also use bows and arrows to counterattack, but the damage caused to the Xia army is very small.
The whole naval battle lasted two hours before it ended, more than 30 pirate ships were sunk, 11 were sunk, 22 were captured, and three small boats took advantage of the chaos to escape, and the losses of the Xia army were minimal, except for a dozen casualties, that is, the Weishui was slightly damaged, and the rest of the ships were basically undamaged.
"Rescue all those who have fallen into the water, and then put them in custody, and if they resist, they will be killed;" Li Qing ordered: "Take these pirate ships together, and show their leaders to this king, who will personally interrogate them." ” Thank you for the four recommendations of the book friend 160507092636054, today's first update, buddies with tickets go a wave: