This had once again sunk forty or fifty ships, but Su Chen roughly estimated that there were probably a hundred or so man-eating galleys in front of the main gunboat.
Counting those that have been sunk, there are almost two hundred large cannibal ships in front of the Royal Navy, and counting those behind the fleet,
Su Chen directly doubted whether the Great Eater had brought all the ships in his country over!
Immediately moving the telescope away from the No. 11 ship, Su Chen discovered that there were raging fires on the other three hit gunboats.
Thick black smoke spread in all directions, and the smell of smoke could be smelled thousands of meters away.
Su Chen sniffed. It was not an illusion. Due to the direction of the wind, the smell of smoke really drifted to the transport ship.
No, this smoke smells wrong!
And there was something wrong with the fires on the three gunboats!
What did the big cannibal throw onto the gunboat just now? How did it ignite such a huge fire?
At this time, the big cannibals that hit the main gunboat of the Tang Dynasty were dancing on the galley!
Su Chen frowned and just put a fire on the deck. Do you need to be so excited?
The fire prevention capabilities of the warships of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty are absolutely the best in the world. Can your little fire still burn down the gunboat?
The dancing giant man-eater was sent directly to the bottom of the sea by three volleys from the angry gunboat.
Su Chen turned to look at the gunboat again. The fire on it had been extinguished.
The signal corps is waving flags and reporting here.
Su Chen looked carefully at the signal corps' semaphore:
The damage to the ship is not serious! Don’t worry! Did the Big Eater throw kerosene?
At this time Liu Rengui reported: "None of the four warships suffered major losses. It seems that this is the attack method of the cannibal."
"Division Sun Ren from the rear reported that he had exchanged fire with the enemy ship. The enemy used the same tactics as before!"
"Gunpowder bombs and kerosene do not cause much damage to the hull, and the enemy's hit rate is also very low!"
"But suicide attacks are a headache!"
Sun Renshi led a frigate to block the cannibal from the rear. The frigate was equipped with a bowl-mouth blunderbuss, so it was very difficult to intercept the cannibal's suicide attack!
At this time, the battle ahead has heated up, and the main gunboat has become entangled with the man-eating galley!
Taking advantage of their numerical advantage, the Great Eater approached Datang's gunboats and continuously used trebuchets to throw gunpowder bombs and kerosene cans.
The giant crossbow also kept firing huge rockets.
However, at a distance of two to three hundred meters, the hits of the trebuchet and giant crossbow were pitifully low.
The Big Eater tried to get closer, but the price he paid was very heavy!
At this distance, the hit rate of naval guns is very high.
The number of cannibal ships decreased very quickly, and the results of the war were very pitiful.
There were so many gunpowder shells falling on the gunboat that they couldn't cause enough damage.
Not to mention the kerosene cans, the Tang Dynasty Navy was extremely fire-proof, and the kerosene would be extinguished as soon as it ignited.
The rockets fired by those giant crossbows shot several holes in the sails of the Tang army's gunboats, but the sails showed no intention of catching fire.
The method for making fireproof canvas provided by the system is very simple. Stir the lightly burned powder into a suspension, then soak the canvas in it, take it out and dry it.
Warships are equipped with a large number of hand pumps to pump up seawater and mix it with clay and bauxite in large wooden barrels to form a slurry. The sergeants will prepare several large barrels as soon as the war begins.
This thing is very effective for extinguishing fires. Use a water pump to spray it directly on the burning deck!
Or use a thick blanket filled with mud and put it over the fire point.
It's very easy to put out the fire oil jar thrown by the big eater!
Liu Rengui saw that the warships on fire were quickly extinguished and said with a smile:
"The cannibals made a miscalculation. They didn't bring many gunpowder bombs, most of them were kerosene."
"If there are too many gunpowder bombs, it may cause considerable damage to the warship."
"One or two gunpowder bombs can't do anything to our warship!"
After all, gunpowder ammunition has a limited charge, and the power of the gunpowder of the Great Cannibal is still much inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty.
It is difficult to cause much damage to thick decks.
But those suicide bombings are different. Who knows how much gunpowder they put on the suicide attack ship?
Being hit by an enemy ship is enough, and then being hit by an enemy ship and having a big explosion next to it.
As long as it is hit by a suicide attack, it will basically be severely damaged. If the frigate takes one hit, it will sink.
Seeing the number of cannibal ships decreasing sharply, Su Chen said calmly: "It seems that the cannibals have run out of skills!"
"The transport ship starts to move forward and keep up with the main gunboat!"
"The oar fleet and the remaining frigates are escorting the transport ship."
Liu Rengui said hurriedly: "Commander, the enemy army has not been defeated yet, and there are still many cannibal ships."
"If we step forward now, we will attract the enemy."
Su Chen smiled: "I just want them to come over so that they can disperse their forces."
"Secondly, take the opportunity to put all the warships into battle and quickly destroy the enemy."
After saying that, Su Chen turned around and looked back: "Master Sun Ren's escort fleet cannot suffer too much loss!"
"Let's attack with all our strength and end the battle as soon as possible!"
After Su Chen finished speaking, he took another look at the four main gunboats that were previously concentrated by suicide attacks.
"Those gunboats are going to sink soon!"
"End the battle quickly and carry out rescue!"
On 03, 08, 12, and 17, after these four unlucky gunboats were hit by suicide attacks, they have been working hard to rescue the ships while slowly approaching the shore.
The conditions of No. 08 and No. 17 are slightly better. It is estimated that they can reach the shore and sit directly on the beach to avoid the disaster of sinking.
The hulls of No. 03 and No. 12 have tilted severely and are unable to move. There is a danger of capsizing at any time!
Fortunately, no one from the Big Eater paid attention to them, otherwise they would have sunk to the bottom long ago.
The big eater probably thought that they would sink sooner or later, so he didn't bother to waste firepower.
Moreover, although several gunboats are about to capsize, their firepower is still preserved.
The big cannibal doesn’t want to get into trouble with this,
How frustrating it would be to be accidentally sent away by an enemy ship that was about to sink!
…
The transport ship and oar fleet, as well as the first and second fleets of frigates, began to slowly approach the main gunboats that were fighting fiercely ahead.
Sure enough, this attracted the attention of the remaining ships of the Great Eater. They abandoned their main gunboats and rushed towards the transport ship at full speed.
They had already discovered the huge transport ship, but they were entangled by the gunboats and couldn't get close.
Besides, there are many ships protecting the transport ships. Once they abandon the gunboats and charge back, they will immediately fall into the dilemma of being attacked from both front and rear.
But now that the transport ship has come over on its own initiative, how can you do it if you don't do it?
The gunboat is too hard to handle, so the big transport ship should be easier, right?
Seeing the cannibal ship, it rushed towards the transport ship.
Cheng Chubi hurriedly asked the main gunboat to intercept it. After firing a few shots, he had no choice but to give up!
