Chapter 686: The Decisive Battle (Part 2)

For the Chu army, who was used to the policy of giant ships, the "small boats" of Qin were originally imitated, so they could not even use them. Only this "giant spirit ship" that was ten feet tall was the appropriate carrier for leveraging their water battle capabilities. Of course, it would be even better if it was a little bigger.

The huge warships lined up in two wings in front and the central army behind, and rushed towards the Qin fleet with a storm. More than 200 warships of various types were guarding the two wings of the formation, guarding the enemy's weakness of slow steering of the giant ships and interspersed to attack the flanks of the giant ships.

The Qin army warships relied on the long range of the "Fire Dragon Out of Water" to launch fire to attack the Chu army's giant ships first. However, those rockets with excellent sound and light effects hit the giant ship's iron armor, leaving only a black spot, but could not cause any trauma. The Qin army soldiers who did not believe in evil fired more dense rockets, which must be compared with their own teeth or the other party's thick skin.

King Wu Cheng, who had been watching the battle silently, finally couldn't help it. He patted the railing and held a big iron trumpet and cursed: "A bunch of prodigal things can't cum back!"

The Qin army officers and soldiers woke up as if they were dreaming. They thought to themselves that they were right, so they pressed the tail of the fire dragon and raised their heads, ignited and fired. Sure enough, the fire dragon rushed to the sky with a roaring sound, emitting white smoke, and then rushed to the sky. After flying for a long distance, they fell down in a graceful arc and then fell into the water...

For the Qin army officers and soldiers who had never been trained in this area, the shooting accuracy was a big problem after changing the backfire. Fortunately, there was sufficient ammunition and the whole group was in battle, and the blind cats could always encounter dead rats. For a moment, a whistle and a whistle was heard. Fire dragon bullets were flying all over the sky. Although most of them fell in the water, causing beautiful splashes, a considerable number of hits the top deck and the rudder building where the giant spirits shot. There were even luck, which ignited the turret tanks piled on the deck of the Chu army, and exploded everywhere. The sky-high fire covered the top layer of the entire warship.

But compared to the arrow that no man fired, all the results of the battle are less worthy than fireflies. Because the fire dragon actually passed through the front line of the Chu army by a trait and landed on the command platform of the flagship under layer by layer.

The officers and soldiers on the battleships around clearly saw that the command platform protruding from the rudder was directly lifted up, and the old people standing on it were thrown into the air, and then fell on the deck like broken sacks...

The officers and soldiers of the Chu army were dumbfounded, stunned, unbelievable, unacceptable, silent, and desperate to death...

The reason is very simple, because there is an old gentleman who is Zhu Lie in those sack pieces.

The Chu army should be glad that their giant ship was half higher than the opponent's warship. Otherwise, when the Qin army saw this scene, they would definitely shout in unison, "Zhu Lie is dead!Zhu Lie is dead!" I guess there is no need to fight this battle. No matter how powerful the fleet is, it will have to fall down and scatter, and all of them will be done!

But the Qin army was so short that they did not see this scene, which gave the Chu army a chance to save the situation.

The officers and soldiers on the ships around looked at the guards on the flagship gathered on the deck, as if they were rescuing the injured. They couldn't help but breathe and anxiously wait for the final result.

After a long and suffocating wait, the guards on the flagship suddenly dispersed, and the general of the Shangzhu Kingdom stood majestic on the deck with his hands on his sword!

"God blesses the Great Chu! The country of the Pillar is invincible!" The officers and soldiers were ecstatic and desperately vented their fears and worries just now, and their morale suddenly rose to its peak!

"After twenty breaths, enter the range of the stone-casting cannon!" The observation post shouted. After great sorrow and joy, the officers and soldiers of the Chu army took their positions as efficiently as ever before and completed the attack preparations.

"Flame!" The commanders of each ship issued orders one after another, and stones as big as millstones flew out and fell onto the Qin warship like hail... Taking advantage of the advantage of altitude, the Chu army finally gained an advantage in range, allowing the Qin army to be beaten and not fight back.

At this time, the Qin army had two choices: one was to advance and the other was to retreat. If you advance, you used a stone-cat cannon to fight against the opponent. If you retreat, you temporarily escaped from the enemy's range and fight again on the flank.

From a purely tactical perspective, it is beneficial to avoid the edge when the enemy is in full swing and find its weaknesses. However, the Qin people have always regarded morale as high as the sky, and the officers and soldiers have always believed that retreating under the weak is no different from retreat, which they cannot accept no matter what!

The stronger the opponent, the more courageous you have to challenge. Even if you fall, you must become a mountain and a ridge! This is the decisive spirit of the Qin Hanzi!

Yang Wenyu knew this well and understood that when the war hits this point, all tactical equipment is bullshit, and the battle is just a sensation. The brave will win when they meet on a narrow road!

"Go forward fifty feet!" A hint of ruthlessness finally appeared on Yang Wenyu's plain face: "Thousands of cannons are firing!"

"Very good! That's how he fucked him!" Seeing the command from the command ship, Qin Lei jumped up from the chair and fucked hard. When he sat down again, he realized that his back was completely wet. "It's really hard that his grandma is so uncomfortable!"

Once the order was conveyed, the Qin army warships advanced towards the flying arrows and stones. Although the officers and soldiers on the deck were killed or injured, and although warships were destroyed from time to time, they lost control and even sank slowly, they still firmly approached the enemy ship.

In normal times, fifty feet are a short distance, but on the central battlefield of Dongting Lake, the Qin army would have to pay dozens or hundreds of lives for every 1 zhang forward, and would have to lose one or even a few warships.

However, amid the shouts of "Old Qin, unify the rivers and mountains! The blood will not flow, and the death will never stop fighting!", the Qin warship finally survived.

As soon as they entered this area, the pressure from the Qin army suddenly decreased. Yang Wenyu's judgment was not wrong. The long- and middle- and close offensive and defensive system composed of rolling stone wood, stick and throwing cannon was only seemingly perfect, but in fact there are still blind spots - the range of the throwing cannon is one mile, but the defense radius of the stick is at most fifty feet, which means that in the long-range weapon, there is a defense blind spot of one hundred and fifty feet.

Of course, the Chu army can use strong bows and camps to attack this area, but the Qin army's warships are also strong in defense. No matter how powerful the bows and crossbows are, they are just scratching the surface. The only threat is rockets, but the Qin army's passive arson measures can effectively control the fire, so its effect is limited.

On the other hand, the Qin army's stone-casting cannon can directly slap the cannon on the Chu army warship as long as the shooting angle is lowered. The power is much greater than that of falling on it. Who made the Giant Spirit Divine Ship tall and large?

The situation on the battlefield changed for a while, and I was just suppressing the Chu army, but I was suddenly overwhelmed. The leaders of the various ships all turned their attention to the flagship, hoping to get the order as soon as possible.

The first thing they found was that there was no figure of the General of the Shangzhu Kingdom on the deck. Fortunately, the flag slogan was immediately hung up, leaving these guys without time to think about it.

The orders of the Shangzhu Kingdom include two "giant ships advancing" and "the flanking fleets stepped forward to entangle the enemy"! Zhu Lie's orders were very clear, and he used fast warships to block the Qin army's way, and waited for the giant ship to rush forward and ravage them with a stick and a wooden stick.

It seems that the old man has lost his patience and decided to have a good fight with Qin Jun!

The Chu army warships hovering on both wings immediately rushed across the battlefield at full speed. The wheelers desperately activated the paddle wheels, trying to stop behind the Qin army and not give them room to move. This move is actually useless, because once the Qin army soldiers started attacking, they had no idea what they were going to retreat.

The Qin fleet retreated instead of advancing, as if a group of green-eyed wolves, five of them rushed up around a giant ship, and actually took the initiative to seek a battle to catch up!

But before close combat, one big problem must be solved first, that is, four huge poles standing around the Giant Spirit Divine Ship... Those giant wooden poles with tails fixed on the side of the ship and large iron cones on the head are specialized in dealing with killing weapons close to the big ship.

I saw another giant wooden pole fixed next to each pole, and there was a large iron ring at the top of the pole. A hemp rope as thick as a bowl passed through the iron ring, one end was tied to the head of the pole, and the other end was wrapped around the wooden stake in the center of the battleship, pulling the heavy pole high. Once the two armies reached about twenty feet, the soldiers of the Chu army untied the rope and lost the pulling pole, and the pole would hit it hard. As long as it was smashed, the ship was destroyed and the people were killed was the only end. Moreover, this thing could be pulled up again, put down and attacked repeatedly, which would be a big trouble.

But for the Qin army, this was not a big deal. They once again sacrificed the "Fire Dragon Out of Water", a mysterious weapon that was highly anticipated. In their previous two appearances, they performed mediocrely or even disappointingly.

The range of this thing is far higher than other weapons of the same era, so it was naturally used by the Qin army as a long-range strike weapon, but the actual effect is not good. Because there are two unsolvable problems, it limited its performance. One is that after half a mile of flight, the fire dragon deviated from the ballistic due to various problems such as side wind, rotation, and sinking, and almost could not hit the target...

The second is the power issue. Although the warhead weighs fifteen kilograms, the weight of the bamboo tube can be filled with at most ten kilograms of gunpowder. Of course, it is easy to blow up someone, but for the solid warship structure, it is a bit powerless.

This is why the two fire dragons came out of the water today were disappointing... Comparing the amazing appearance of yesterday, you will suddenly realize that the ruler has its own strengths. The fire dragons come out of the water should not be used to deal with large ships. It is a powerful weapon to kill people on the ship or some small ships, and it is best to control the shooting range within one mile... unless you have the character of King Wu Cheng.

At this moment, the two sides were less than 200 feet apart. The Qin army was going to attack the Chu soldiers who were operating the rod, and the effect was naturally very different... I saw fire dragons roaring towards the side of the giant ship, and exploded densely near the rod, blowing the soldiers who were playing rod into the water. Although the Chu soldiers held up their shields, they could not resist the rampage of the fire dragons at all. They were often blown into powder and affected the soldiers around them.

The dense fire dragon completely blocked the sides of the giant ship, making it impossible for the Chu soldiers to get close to operate. Seeing the Qin ship getting closer, the anxious Chu soldiers ran back to the center of the deck and cut off the cable that pulled the pole.

Some terrible sticks fell down...

Although the Qin army was prepared and tried to move outside the range of the attack of the rod, dozens or hundreds of rods still hit many bad warships. Looking at the large iron cone falling from the sky, the Qin army helmsman turned the rudder wildly and looked at the control warship to avoid this disaster.

But that was impossible - with a earth-shaking loud noise, the large iron cone and the giant wood smashed the helm with thunder. The unlucky helmman turned into a ball of meat sauce in a blink of an eye, and even the helm was broken like paper. The pole cast was still cast, and the warship was split in half...

The only attack from the Chu army's sticks was destroyed and sunk more than 20 Qin warships. If they were asked to slap them repeatedly, the Zhennan Navy really had no choice.

When the main fleets of the two armies finally collided, it was finally time for the bayonet to turn red. Thanks to the fire dragon for coming out of the water, at least 70% of the Chu army's rolling stones and oil-rolling rockets, allowing the Qin army soldiers to exchange for the opportunity to board the enemy ship at a less heavy price.

Speaking of this, we have to mention Yang Wenyu, who was believed by Marshal Boshang, who could definitely lead the Zhennan Army to defeat Zhu Lie. This outstanding general who was calm by nature knew that the Zhennan Army's warship was too small and was like a large toy in front of the Chu army's giant ship... Think about it, if the soldiers stood on their own warships, they could only look up at the enemy ship, how much would they suffer when fighting?

Moreover, the Chu army also had a large number of auxiliary fleets, and it was impossible for tigers in front and wolves in the back to retreat. This situation was enough for ordinary generals to raise white flags and surrender.

However, Yang Wenyu is not an ordinary person. He found the key to solving the problem in a seemingly unsolvable situation. He believed that although the Chu army ships were large, they had poor mobility. He used the flexibility of his ships to stick them up, climb them up, destroy and even occupy them one by one!

This is not a common man's courage. He carefully analyzed the weaknesses of the enemy ships and ordered the five warships to be a small team, bringing fire dragons out of the water, high-speed crossbows and all weapons that can be attacked on the ship. After approaching the enemy ship, he used the most violent firepower to suppress the enemy, then climbed onto the enemy ship, and made close contact with the enemy!

The Chu army was indeed panicked. Unexpectedly, the Qin army dared to launch an attack on its own initiative. After many years of water war career, they regarded the "giant ships not to climb" as a golden rule, because that would be beaten up by condescending enemies.

But at this moment, the central fleet of Zhennan Navy had been divided into more than fifty squads, besieging his giant spirit ship from different angles! The Qin people told the Chu army with practical actions that any rule could only be established under certain conditions. Now that the Qin army has a series of powerful individual long-range weapons such as "Fire Dragon Out of Water", the disadvantages in height can be minimized!

Surrounded by Qin's warships, the bulky giant spirit ship could not go anywhere. In addition, the hull was too big and there were too many places to climb. Facing the Qin soldiers who were attached to ants from all directions, the Chu army on the ship pressed the gourd to repel the attack in front, climbed up from the side, repelled the attack in the side, and climbed up from the back... It was so scrupley of his head and no matter how he was.

The Qin army quickly climbed onto several of the giant ships and fought fiercely with the soldiers on the ship.

After finding the gap, Yang Wenyu personally led eight warships to surround the Chu army's flagship. Under the cover of dense firepower, a thousand elite Qin troops were carrying weapons and crawling onto the ship with their hands and feet. However, the Chu army's flagship was extremely powerful, and the soldiers on it were all brave and fearless. They braved arrows and stones to fall down a bucket of butter and sheep oil against the side of the ship. The place they could have grasped suddenly slipped and the Qin soldiers fell under the water.

The Qi army threw cattle and sheep oil onto the Qin army ship, causing its deck to slip, the soldiers' soles of their feet to be unstable, the shooting accuracy was greatly reduced, and the threat to the ship was much smaller.

Yang Wenyu organized several attacks, but was repelled by the Chu army shooter who had recovered. Seeing that the attack was seriously blocked, he immediately gave up the plan to capture the enemy's flagship and ordered the soldiers to throw a can of tung oil onto the Chu army's flagship with a throwing rope, preparing to burn it.

The sound of killing on the lake was shook the sky, and the smoke was thick. The battle between the hands and hands became more and more intense, and there were short wood, broken oars, a large number of dead bodies and wounded soldiers falling into the water. The hot air was filled with the smell of anti-inflammatory and bloody smell, and the green water of Dongting Lake had turned into a terrifying black and red.

We can't help but ask, why did the Chu army fleet, which has always responded quickly, react so slowly this time? Because their general of the upper pillar country was seriously injured and unconscious. In fact, as soon as the war started, Zhu Lie fell from a high place, injured his internal organs, broke his arms and thighs. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he asked someone to help himself up, and then use his sword as a crutch, barely stopping.

But as time went by, the pain from inside to outside made him almost unconscious, but his strong willpower told him that now is the time for national destiny and he must stay awake. The General of the Shangzhu Kingdom was half-conscious, half-awake, and he was in a coma for a while and was reluctant to command the battle.
Chapter completed!