Chapter 74 Intense fighting
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"Tuk Tuk Tuk~~!" A row of short arrows shot into the wall panel next to Xie Shang very suddenly! It was only about a foot away from him, and only an inch of the three-inch arrow body was exposed!
Suddenly, all the generals were dripping with cold sweat. One of them quickly advised: "General, please get into the cabin quickly and take shelter. It's not safe here!"
"Hmph!" Xie Shang turned to look at the slightly trembling tail rod and snorted coldly: "The soldiers are risking their lives to fight the enemy, how can I be greedy for life and afraid of death? Don't mention this again, I am standing here.
Supervise the battle!" He said
, and then glanced at a Jie Zhao battleship that was rushing towards its starboard side thirty feet away. The twenty-five large oars on each side stirred up bursts of water. Its indomitable momentum seemed to not let go of this handsome ship.
Never give up even if the ship sinks!,
The nearby warships on our side wanted to intercept them, but they were all thrown away by it. At the critical moment, Xie Shang's heart was calm. At this time, he could only see the oncoming ship full of Zhao Hai pirates and the approaching
The essential principles of boating learned by the Jingzhou navy.
Xie Shang suddenly shouted: "The right rudder is full, stick to it, slap the pole and get ready!"
Xie Shanghan issued orders without fear of death, but his generals were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. Crossbow arrows were flying in the sky, and no one dared to guarantee that there would be no accidents!
Another person tried to persuade: "General, all the generals understand you, but as the commander-in-chief of an army, you should not take risks lightly. Otherwise, the general will be afraid that if anything happens, the whole army will be killed immediately."
It will collapse, please go back to the cabin quickly!" The rest of the generals looked at each other quickly, raised their shields and surrounded Xie Shang on several levels, and some even raised their shields to protect the top of his head.
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Xie Shang frowned, but he also understood that the persuasion of his generals was indeed true. The Haimen Navy was already at a disadvantage compared to the Jiehu Navy, and his own safety was related to the entire army, and the generals were all focused on themselves.
On the body, it will affect the execution of orders to the entire fleet.
In the end, the words of scolding could not be uttered. He sighed secretly. Xie Shang said helplessly: "I will just go in, and I will leave this Jie ship to you."
"General, please don't worry! He will definitely come and go!" The generals were all overjoyed and secretly relieved.
Just as Xie Shang stepped into the cabin, the Jie Zhao battleship had already rushed three feet in front of him, and the ship on his side had also slightly adjusted its course, just enough to pass the enemy ship horizontally.
Although the crossbows on both sides flew like flying arrows, their accuracy was unsatisfactory. The enemy ship's twenty heavily armored sergeants and dozens of heavy-shielded Popeye sailors were already holding flying hooks, waiting for the moment the two ships intersected to forcibly hook them.
Ships, jump over and engage in hand-to-hand combat.
However, the handsome ship is equipped with the best of the best, and everyone is a veteran with extremely rich combat experience. It is impossible to give the enemy a chance to board the ship from the side. I heard "Plop, plop~~
"The sound of the crossbow being triggered continuously was heard. The crossbowman on the port side had urgently boarded the watchtower and fired at the enemy ship. Although the violent turbulence caused a serious lack of accuracy, the dense arrows still suppressed the Jie army's Popeye.
Stay, so that they dare not move casually.
There was a big man who didn't seem to believe in evil. He leaned out half of his body and threw the flying hook. In an instant, there was a continuous chirping sound. The man was so shot that he opened his arms and trembled violently. He danced an extremely weird dance on the spot.
.Then the shot moved towards him
At this point, the man suddenly paused and fell straight into the river. As a result, the others quickly tried to hide their bodies inside the giant shield. Only twenty heavy armored soldiers threw the flying hook out of the shield unscrupulously.
Get on the side of the ship and pull hard.
At this moment, a loud shout broke out from Shuai's boat: "Get up!"
Dozens of sailors braved the cold arrows flying in the air to pull up the shooting pole, and the tightly tied boulder was slowly pulled into the air.
The roar rang out again: “Let it go!
All the sailors immediately let go of the ropes, and the heavy rock suddenly fell straight down, slamming into the Jiehu battleship that was almost close to them.
"Boom~~!" A loud noise!
The heavy rock hit the left side of the fighting ship hard, making a deafening sound. In an instant, sawdust flew everywhere, and the flesh and blood were bloody! Nearly one-third of the port side of the fighting ship was directly smashed.
, looking directly at it, it looks like a piece has been torn off by a giant hand!
The place where the boulder hit happened to be where those Popeye sailors gathered. When the boulder fell into the river, all the dozens of Popeye sailors had disappeared, leaving only the bloody and broken deck and the clearly visible remains on the deck.
Limbs and arms were broken, and blood leaked into the water layer by layer. The river water swirled upwards. After the battleship sank suddenly, it quickly tilted to the left. The twenty heavily armored sergeants suddenly let out a horrified cry.
cry.
Xie Shang saw with his own eyes that these heavily armored sergeants slipped and fell to the ground one after another. The armor they were wearing was sliding very fast on the slippery deck. They were clawing and kicking their limbs in an attempt to grab any obstacles that might prevent them from sliding down.
Although one person was lucky enough to hold on to the female wall tightly and stop his body temporarily, the good times did not last long, and he was immediately smashed into the river by his companion who was sliding over from behind!
"Chichichi~~!" Water splashed on the river, and large iron dumplings were lowered into the pot one after another.
"Fuck you!" Xie Shang couldn't help shouting!
At the same time, "Full left rudder!" Shuai Chuan issued the command again.
The helmsman quickly turned the rudder to the left, and the huge hull slowly turned left, avoiding the heavily damaged fighting ship.
"Wow~~"
The fighting ship tilted at an increasing angle, and any objects and human corpses on the deck were like dumplings of different sizes dumped straight into the river, causing strings of blood-red water splashes.
At this time, the river was filled with bright red clumps blooming everywhere, like whack-a-mole. Among the large numbers of dead bodies and sawdust floating on the river, a clump appeared here and there, and there was no pattern to be found.
.In the end, with a deafening sound of water, the entire battleship capsized with a crash, and even the bottom of the ship flipped up. While a large number of water droplets were splashing, a huge whirlpool was greedily devouring the surface of the water.
any object!
"Plop!"
"Plop!"
There were two loud noises in succession, but the two masts on the fighting ship were broken respectively, and they were plunged into the river water. The splashing waves happened to knock the boat beside it overturned on the spot. Unfortunately, it became
The battleship's grave goods were taken away, and the navy officers on board were dragged deep into the water by the whirlpool just as they called for help.
Seeing this scene, Xie Shang's excitement faded quickly, and another emotion of sadness and anger came into his heart. However, facing the inexplicable tragic death of his sergeant, he could only watch helplessly.
, and there is no way to do any rescue. This is war, tragic and cruel. Indifference to life and death, with a cold heart are the prerequisites for becoming a qualified commander.
Xie Shang inexplicably recalled Yunfeng's various cruel methods, as well as the expression on his expression that showed no emotion when he boasted that he had massacred hundreds of thousands of people, but his eyes were always staring at the man who had just swallowed a walking boat.
vortex.
The whirlpool on the river surface was like a bottomless pit, as if it could not fill its stomach. It was slowly pulling the fighting ship inward little by little. The surviving Jie troops on the fighting ship rushed into the river and jumped into the river in the blink of an eye.
It disappeared in a short time, and not long after, the entire battleship disappeared.
Another smaller Jie warship that was rushing towards the enemy could not avoid the whirlpool. The entire ship swirled around the whirlpool. The sailors, soldiers, and all movable objects on the ship were swept away by the huge whirlpool.
The centrifugal force keeps throwing it around, and as soon as it falls into the river, it is immediately swallowed up by the whirlpool.
The crossbowman on the handsome ship immediately seized the opportunity, and the crossbow arrows poured out like raindrops. Unfortunately, the whirlpool seemed to be full, the range became smaller and smaller, and the rotation speed became slower and slower, making the second fighting ship lucky.
Escaped.
The Jie Zhao Navy had more than 300 fighting ships, and the sinking of one was not conspicuous in the battle. As time passed, the two armies were completely handed over. Due to the abnormal chaos, no one knew how many ships they would face.
Simultaneous attack by enemy ships.
Many warriors on both sides were shooting arrows on the deck, and were suddenly shot to death by crossbow arrows that came from unknown sources. Blood continued to flow along the deck, leaving only dark red traces wherever they passed.
The sailors who pulled the rod only noticed the fighting ship in front of them, but they were often attacked by a burst of crossbow arrows from behind. The rod suddenly broke when it was pulled halfway, and huge rocks hit their own people heavily, like a mill.
, squeezing out endless blood oars. And this huge boulder often causes great damage to one's own ships. When the deck tilts sharply, the blood accumulated on it is like a small waterfall, all tilted into the river.
The smaller scorpion takes advantage of its fast speed to shuttle between the gaps between the fighting ships. Often, the boulder on the shooting pole has not yet fallen, and it has been nimbly dodged, and then a burst of arrows are fired wildly.
, causing a lot of threats to the Jie Zhao battleship.
However, if the boat is hit by a boulder, it will sink into the river, and no one on board can escape. Xie Shang saw with his own eyes that a boat was directly hit by a boulder and fell into the water. Time has passed.
For a while, only more and more blood streaks floated on the water, eventually dyeing the surrounding river water dark red.
As for sampans and sampans, although there are not many of them put into the river, they are responsible for rescuing companions who have fallen into the water, fighting enemies in stagnant water, transporting supplies, and many other things. No matter how fierce the battle is, they are indispensable.
Of course, the fragile ones are also the most vulnerable to harm. Often, if they can't dodge, they will be smashed into pieces by the oncoming battleships. They can't even make a small whirlpool, leaving only a few corpses on the river.
Or a few sawdust.
At this time, both sides were furious, and the Jiehu Navy tried their best to join forces to fight. Now their heavy-armored sergeants will be paired with a considerable number of Popeye sailors to board the ship together, so as to avoid being dragged down by the Haimen Navy officers and soldiers who will die together.
Entering the river, except for the dozens of ships that were hit at the beginning, the Haimen Navy tried their best to avoid joining the side and used fighting to delay the court. They had to wait until the Jingkou Navy arrived for reinforcements. (To be continued.
Chapter completed!