"The enemy ship has arrived?" The alarm bell on the ship woke Zhao Bing up. He turned over and sat up and rushed out of the cabin and asked.?                                                                                                             
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"Your Highness, the mail ship returns a large fleet of ships coming south thirty miles northeast of Qizhou Island." Zhang Hao hurried forward and reported.
"When is it now? Has the wardrobe been revealed?" Zhao Bing took the map and spread it on the ground, looking at it.
"Your Highness, it's time for Mao, and the ship returns immediately after a fleet appears about ten miles away. It should not have been revealed." Zhang Hao replied.
"Well, this battle is commanded by Chief Chen. You don't have to worry about me, just follow his orders!" Zhao Bing said, calculating in his heart how much time there is to reach their ambush point.
"The fleet approached us for about seven miles, and it was difficult to distinguish between the enemy and us. The command was ordered, and each ship was ready for combat." Guan Tongshou reported to the captain through the sound channel.
"Each division is in place!" Zhang Hao's orders were immediately passed to various battle positions.
"The sailing cable hand is in place!"
"The helmsman is in place!"
"The oarsman is in place!"
"The crossbow gunner is in place!"
"The soldiers are in their positions!" The reply from each position was sent back to the command platform.
"Rise the anchor, offshore!" With Zhang Hao's command, the two anchors in front and behind the winch were lifted. The oar hand used a long oar to carry the boat off the shore and drove into the waterway. The oar hand raised the oar hand and rowed the warship towards the west of the island, hiding behind Beizhi Island.
Because he was worried that he would affect Zhang Hao's mood, Zhao Bing returned to his cabin. Because his vision was blocked by the island, they could only understand the situation outside through the lookout post set at the commanding heights on the island. Two quarters of an hour after the Defender Army entered the battle position, the vanguard of the imperial fleet was sailing by the east side of the island, without any intention of staying. The brigade of ships that followed the imperial boats protected the imperial boats only passed through half an hour. He could not see it, but he could also imagine the panic look of the imperial fleet from the messy drums and the long horns.
"Prepare to attack!"
"Light up and prepare to release smoke!" Thinking about fighting against the enemy under the huge gap in force, Zhao Bing, the Chu brother who was in battle for the first time, couldn't help but feel nervous, and waiting seemed even more painful. His palms were covered with sweat and he drank cups of tea. But when the order to attack was issued, he felt a sense of relief. His nervousness and cowardice disappeared without a trace, and instead he felt a kind of excitement of eagerness to try...
After the warship of the Defeat Army rushed out of the cover of the island, it immediately turned to the northeast and stabbed towards it. Zhao Bing was able to see the whole picture of the battlefield at this time. They were about three miles away from the enemy fleet, and the sound of shouting and killing were clearly heard. Nearly a thousand warships were scattered on the sea surface of several miles. At this time, the imperial brigade was gradually distant, and the Song army fleet behind the palace was fighting with the enemy troops who were chasing him, but they were in a position against the wind, so the attack was weak. Under the collision of the enemy warships, they could only support themselves, trying to delay time to cover the brigade to go further.
"Download smoke!" With a command, sailors immediately opened a cabin door, revealing the stove hidden in the bow of the ship. They put a bag of medicine into the large pot on the fire, and then covered the cover of the pot. The smoke agent configured with camphor, sulfur and phosphorus powder will generate a large amount of smoke after being heated. It spits out from the faucet standing on the bow of the ship through the pipes on the kettle, covering the hull. Zhao Bing thought that this thing actually had no effect except scaring people. He did not dare to mix toxic substances in the tobacco agent, worried that it would not hurt the enemy, but instead smoked himself in the closed space.
‘Bangbang…’ The drum sounds were as tight as the dragon boats lined up, gradually increasing the Warrior as the middle, approaching the enemy’s formation. When they were thousands of steps away from the enemy ship, the ten rocket ships immediately followed began to shoot. They will carry out long-range attacks as planned to disrupt the enemy’s marching order, and the dragon boats will take the opportunity to quickly approach the attack. This heavy rocket is larger than the charge used when attacking Guangzhou and has a longer range. If it hits in a vertical state, it can blow through the deck, and hits from the side.
In order to enhance the combustion effect, Zhao Bing also installed a phosphorus medicine bag. Ten rocket ships, each with five shooting racks, and fifty shots were released at a time, which was spectacular. However, the old problem of poor accuracy of rockets still exists. No one knows whether he will hit the target when released, but the enemy doesn't know where to avoid it.
After the war started, Zhao Bing had already moved from the cabin to the bow of the ship. For the sake of observation, there were two not-wide portholes here. In order to prevent arrows from shooting through the observation window, an iron grille was installed, and the middle was woven into a net. Ordinary crossbows could not be drilled in. Of course, you could also put down a thick protective plate covered with iron sheet, which could not be penetrated even if it was hit directly by a five-pound stone bullet.
"Haha, I finally hit two small boats!" Zhao Bing looked at the battlefield with a whole army, which can be said to be the only binoculars in the world. When he saw two small enemy ships hit by rockets falling from the sky, the ship was immediately blown to the bottom with the explosion. The sailors on it fell into the water one after another. The enemy soldiers near the explosion point turned into a pile of fragments of residual limbs, which made him laugh.
"They are unlucky!" Zhang Hao also smiled, but he was somewhat helpless. In order to facilitate steering and prevent collisions from happening with each other, the ships must maintain a 100-step vertically and a distance of about fifty steps horizontally. Think about how large the area hundreds of warships should be distributed. Fifty unreliable rockets fell into it, and the hit rate can be imagined. According to the probability, the large ships have more chances to be hit. But this time, one of the big ships failed, and the two small boats suffered a disaster, which can only make people sigh that their ancestors did not accumulate virtue.
"Haha, they are afraid, it's better to be messed up!" Zhao Bing saw the enemy ships starting to dodge eastward, obviously trying to avoid them. He just didn't know whether they were afraid of rockets falling from the sky or dragon ships spewing clouds.
‘Boom, boom…’ Rockets running around the enemy ship kept falling, and the explosion sounded over the sound of war drums resounding across the sea. After the explosion that fell into the sea, several meters high of water columns were aroused. If you were hit, you would not only cause serious casualties, but also catch fire and spread through the wind.
Chapter completed!