Each member of the Eighth Squadron ran up to the deck carrying a box. Under Jiang Jiao's command, they assembled the catapults. There were ten catapults, exactly one for each squad. In less than ten minutes, they were on the bumpy river surface. The upper assembly is completed.
This is due to Ding Kui's training ideas. He believed that the threat to Giant Sheep City came from the water, and the First Battalion was not afraid of any threats from the ground, so the focus of the unit's training was on the water.
Feng Liang led fifty archers who had smashed the bow of the ship and lined up to wait. These fifty archers were carefully selected, and the bows and arrows they equipped were all specially treated. Their biggest feature was that they had a long enough range.
"Run? The ship I'm targeting will never escape my grasp. Chase!" Ding Kui raised the wind cone and walked to the bow of the ship. "Qianyou provided cover from the air, Ding Yu swept the formation, and Liang Chong commanded everyone. Boat." He was ready to do it himself.
As soon as the opponent's ship entered the range of the catapult, Ding Kui ordered an attack.
Several oil cans were tied together and used as stone projectiles to be fired out. In the first salvo, there were five or six concentrated targets.
"Go on, go on, I don't want the ship or the things on it, I just want the people on top!" Ding Kui said as he put on the helmet of the black magic armor to protect the weak spot on his head.
The distance between the "Armored" and the ship in front was increasing and shrinking, and more and more oil tank shells hit the ship in front, while the ship in front was able to launch sporadic bow and arrow counterattacks.
The rockets were shot out from the "Armor" like fireworks, and most of them landed accurately on the ship they were chasing, setting off balls of fire.
"Those who surrender will not be killed, but those who resist will die!" Ding Kui shouted, jumping up high and firing two spear beams in the air, killing two sneak attackers who fired armor-piercing arrows.
He used his fighting spirit armor to receive all the attacks and counterattacked as soon as he fired his gun. He only attacked and did not defend.
Qian You didn't care about Ding Kui. Wind Blade, Sleep Technique, Whirlwind Technique, Wind Binding and other magics were constantly thrown out, concentrating around Ding Kui's landing point, trying to clear a safe place to land at 6 points.
On the escaping medium-sized transport ship, there were more than a hundred people busy on the deck. Some were attacking Ding Kui, some were attacking the "Phi Armor", and some were putting out fires. Most of them were wearing leather armor. I know he is not a serious businessman.
Ding Kui's main purpose was to capture a few people alive and torture them for confession, so when he jumped on other people's ships, he paid attention to who was giving orders. From the time he jumped just now, he knew that no one on the ship was as powerful as him, so there was no need to worry about the ship. The counterattack force can hurt one's own subordinates.
The catapult had stopped attacking, Jiang Jiao ordered his men to disassemble and pack up, and prepare a boat to meet Ding Kui; Feng Liang ordered the archers to line up along the port side, and the "Phi Armor" was passing the enemy ship.
"If you don't surrender, today will be the anniversary of your death next year." Ding Kui was hiding in the corner and was commanding a leader. He shook his gun and killed him.
In fact, all the suspected pirates on this ship are quite capable. On average, they have level four combat power. In terms of squadron units, only the "Ding Kui Squadron" has a better average quality than them. The other squadrons of the First Battalion cannot compare with them. .
But the problem is that they don't have high-end combat power. No one can stop Ding Kui's impact, not to mention that there is Ao Yu watching covetously from behind. If there is any obstacle that cannot be leveled, Ao Yu will definitely kill it as soon as possible.
Seeing Ding Kui's unstoppable attack, the leader of the suspected bandits showed a look of despair in his cloudy eyes. He swiped the short knife in his hand and opened a large gash in his neck.
"Hey, I can spare your life." Ding Kui didn't expect the other party to be so decisive. He didn't have time to cast a spell to stop the other party, "Damn, you're one step faster than me." When he rushed there, there was only a corpse waiting for him.
No, let’s knock a few out first and then talk.
Ding Kui was afraid that all the people on the boat would commit suicide, so he targeted a few people who had been hypnotized by Gan You, and fired out his guns at lightning speed, flying them all to the "Armor", "Knock them all out and tie them up, don't let them commit suicide." .”
At this moment, Jiang Jiao also led people to jump over and separately chased the suspects on the boat.
Ding Kui swung the wind-splitting cone upwards in his hand, then dodged and rushed into the cabin door.
The cracking wind cone flew towards the soles of Qianyou's feet. Fortunately, this was not the first time that Qianyou helped Ding Kui put away his gun. He was already prepared, threw out a wind restraint and rolled up the spear, "Can you shout first next time?" "He lowered his head and shouted.
There is no trace of Ding Kui anywhere on the deck.
A fire was raging on the suspect's ship, and the fire began to get out of control. Liang Chong had to order the Eighth Squadron to gradually withdraw the "Pijia", "Captain Jiang, call Ding Kui back."
Qianyou couldn't stand the high temperature and withdrew to the sky above the "Pijia" early.
Just as Jiang Jiao was about to agree, the soles of his feet suddenly shook. He yelled, "Oops!" and jumped out of the river.
Bang, there was a loud noise, a tongue of flame mixed with wood chips shot into the sky, and a big hole was blown out where Jiang Jiao had been standing.
Ping, the stern of the ship also shook slightly, a hole was broken in the wooden board on the surface of the ship, and a red light shot out from the hole.
"Damn, that's too cruel!" The embarrassed figure in the red light was none other than Ding Kui, and he fell into the water before he finished speaking.
"Sun Lie, stay away from that ship quickly." Liang Chong was afraid that the "Pi Jia" would be affected by the fire, so he ordered the helmsman to change the sailing direction.
After a while, Ding Kui emerged from the bottom of the water, holding a person in his hand.
He spit out a mouthful of water, raised his head and shouted: "Ding Yu, come and take it."
Ao Yu jumped up, ran a few steps in the air, came to Ding Kui's head, steadily caught the person Ding Kui threw up, and then returned to the "Phijia".
"What's wrong?" Liang Chong rushed over and took a look. It turned out that Jiang Jiao had passed out under the water and was fished out by Ding Kui.
"She must have been stunned by the explosion just now." Ding Kui grabbed the rope Feng Liang threw to him and jumped back to the deck.
"You've only been down for a while, why did it explode?" Liang Chong was a little confused by this series of changes.
"There is a more ruthless guy down there. As soon as he sees me going down, he will light the kerosene tank in the warehouse. If I take a step slower, I won't be able to get out." Ding Kui was really responsive and broke several partitions in a row. He had to rush out of the ship, otherwise he would definitely be injured.
An explosion of this magnitude wouldn't kill him. He couldn't describe it in words, just to describe the critical situation. Even if an explosion ten times more powerful, he could still block it with all his strength, but he would have to recover for a period of time afterwards.
"Where are the boatmen down there?" Liang Chong looked back at the fireship that was starting to sink.
"It's all over. Otherwise, how can I say that that person is ruthless? There should be no one alive below the deck. Their behavior is a bit like professionals. Where are the prisoners just now?" Ding Kui hurriedly found the few people he picked up to board the ship. .
"They have been detained in the cabin, and my subordinates don't want them to know what's going on outside." Feng Liang has learned a lot and now handles things more cautiously and steadily, not allowing himself to make any mistakes again.
"Brother Liang, let's go and interrogate him. I'll walk around the area to see if there are any survivors."
Ding Kui left the matter of interrogating the prisoners to Liang Chong, and he commanded the "Pi Jia" to circle around the enemy ship that was engulfed in fire, looking for any suspects who had fallen into the water.
The reality is cruel. None of the suspects jumped into the water to escape, or it was too late. Ding Kui reluctantly left until it was completely dark.
"How's it going?" Ding Kui saw Liang Chong's expression and knew there was no good outcome.
"Those are hired pirates. They said that a group of unknown people paid them to go sailing." Liang Chong was full of disappointment.
"Where is that group? How many are there?"
"They didn't know that their ship was burned and sank. They said that you killed several of them and that some of them were in the cabin."
Ding Kui was extremely depressed. This result was not much different from failure. He had led the team himself.
"I can confirm that the people who attacked our merchant ships were organized and well-planned. This organization is highly disciplined, has sufficient financial resources and extensive connections. Apart from Cao Guo, I can't think of any other organization that would do this." Liang Chong didn't know. Whether to comfort Ding Kui or to comfort himself, it is helpless to use inferences to summarize.
"Huh, okay, I don't care which country they are from, no matter what little tricks they want to do, as long as I encounter them, I will never let them go. Anyone who destroys the stability and prosperity of Juyang City will die!" Ding Kui grabbed him casually. He passed a long knife that was captured today, poked it hard, and it broke into two halves with a "dang" sound.
"Are you still taking those prisoners back?"
"Throw them into the river to feed the fishes. They have killed countless innocent merchants and civilians, and every one of them deserves to die." Ding Kui replied casually.
Not far away, Qian You secretly whispered to Feng Liang: "Your junior brother is getting more and more murderous. Looking back at Funiu Mountain, he let all the people he could not kill."
"Maybe it's because he's seen too many killings in the past two years. He's a little better at home now and doesn't kill people easily. He's really too cruel to foreigners." Feng Liang's eyes flashed with worry.
"Is it because he lacks women around him? Did he have blood on his hands when Ruan Xingzhu and Li Fei were around?" Qian You wanted to dig deeper into the suspected root cause of Ding Kui's illness.
"You have more experience than us in this matter. What do you mean by finding a woman for your junior brother?" Feng Liang doesn't really understand, but he hopes Qianyou can find a way.
"You can try, but his vision is too high, and ordinary women will definitely look down on him." Qian You didn't know how to pretend to understand.
"Don't count on me. I don't know anyone after leaving the military camp, unlike you who can run around when you have free time." Feng Liang turned sideways to block Ding Kui's sight, knowing that Ding Kui could read lips.
"Okay, I'll look for it, hope I can help him." Qian You felt that he had the responsibility to change Ding Kui's bad state.
Since Ding Kui was sure that those who were burned to death were those who attacked Shaodian's merchant ship, the "Pijia" stopped the search operation and returned to Yongsheng Base.
The two squadrons from the Huaxia Carriage and Horse Corps stayed in the military camp for three days. They did nothing before they were informed that the exercise was over and returned to the Carriage and Horse Corps under the leadership of Xue Chong.
The Chilled Food Monopoly sought rarer aquatic products, spent heavily to hire shipbuilders, and posted recruitment notices in Nanjing.