The Yizhou navy did not hesitate, and all their warships came out to the top of the iron lock, preparing to defend against Chen Gong's attack.
The navies of both sides had thousands of mighty warships lying across the Yangtze River. Zhou Tong stood on a building ship and climbed up to look into the distance at the Chen Gong Navy downstream.
"Sir, they are coming to kill you."
Seeing that Navy Commander Chen Gong came over without stopping, a captain immediately reported the news to Zhou Tong.
"Don't worry, the enemy has thought about the Iron Cone Formation. I'll see how many ships he will lose."
After hearing the report from the people below, Zhou Tong smiled slightly. His iron cone array was not a decoration. As long as any ship dared to enter, he guaranteed that he would never come back.
As Chen Gong's navy continued to advance westward, but after entering the Iron Cone Formation, there was no capsizing of the ship as Zhou Tong expected. This was very wrong.
"Why?
Can anyone tell me why they are okay?"
Seeing Chen Gong's navy moving forward through the Iron Cone Formation, Zhou Tong immediately exploded.
"I don't know either."
Hearing Zhou Tong's words, the captain beside him was also a little confused. What is going on?
Are all Chen Gong's ships made of iron?
So the iron cone cannot pierce at all?
While Zhou Tong and the others were wondering, Gan Ning was standing on a ship, frowning slightly as he looked at the navy in front of him.
"Boss, what's going on?
Why is the Iron Cone Array ineffective?"
A soldier under Gan Ning looked at the situation in front of him and asked Gan Ning directly.
"This is not simple. Either Yuan Shu's warships have iron bottoms and are not afraid of the iron cones, or the iron cones have been pushed away by the enemy, so they are ineffective."
Hearing the questions from his soldiers, Gan Ning directly expressed his thoughts.
"Put it out?
The iron cone was fine yesterday, how could it be removed today? Besides, ships usually break when encountering iron cones, so how can they be removed?"
The soldiers were even more confused after hearing Gan Ning's words. There were so many iron cones and they were placed irregularly. How could they disappear so easily?
"Isn't this simple?
There was no moon at all last night, and stupid Zhou Tong definitely didn’t send anyone to patrol the river. If the enemy had built many bamboo rafts in advance, they could easily take away all the iron cones by going up the river."
When talking about how to discharge the bamboo raft, Gan Ning couldn't help but feel contempt. In his opinion, Zhou Tong was an incompetent man. Yuan Shujun must have taken advantage of him and used the bamboo raft to remove all the iron cones from the bottom of the river at night.
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"It's okay. Even without the iron cone and the iron lock across the river, it won't be easy for them to pass here."
Although Gan Ning said how to eliminate the iron cones, they still had iron chains across the river. It must be difficult for Chen Gong to break through.
"The iron chains across the river are a joke. These iron chains look strong but are useless. As long as they can create a fire while wearing them, burn the iron chains with torches, and then sprinkle them with water, these iron chains will not be able to withstand the enemy under fire and water.
attack."
Mentioning the iron chain across the river, Gan Ning even sneered. Although the iron chain seemed strong and hard to be damaged by swords, in the face of the attack of water and fire, it could not stop the enemy due to thermal expansion and contraction.
"Although I say so, our warships have already left the water stronghold. As long as the enemy's ships dare to approach the iron chain, they will shoot with giant crossbows. It must be difficult for them to break through."
Although Gan Ning said it was very simple, it was not easy to implement it. After all, with so many ships, it was impossible for Chen Gongjun to easily destroy the iron chain.
"Who knows, everyone will move to the fighting ship with me. If the situation goes bad, we can evacuate directly."
To be honest, Gan Ning is not optimistic about the Yizhou Navy at all. If Zhou Tong could really follow his advice and attack their water stronghold at night while Chen Gong was unstable, he might have won now, but he just thinks that he
It's a fantasy.
Now that the enemy can think of a way to eliminate the iron cone, he must also have a way to capture the iron chain across the river. When the iron cone formation is broken and the iron chain is destroyed, facing the enemy's superior strength, even if they occupy the river's edge
Advantage, it must be difficult to resist the enemy's navy,
Rather than losing one's life here, it is better to take action and prepare to retreat.
"promise."
After hearing Gan Ning's analysis, his soldiers immediately rushed from the building ship to the fighting ship on one side. At the same time, the soldiers from the fighting ship rushed to the building ship.
"Sir, now the enemy has passed through the Iron Cone Formation and is about to reach the Iron Lock Formation. What should we do?"
Seeing Navy Commander Chen Gong getting closer and closer to him, a captain spoke to Zhou Tong anxiously.
"Order each ship to prepare giant crossbows. Once an enemy ship approaches the iron chain, shoot at me."
Zhou Tong was not unprepared. For this battle, he even moved the giant crossbow on Fuling City to the ship, in order to deliver a thunderous blow to the enemy when the enemy tried to destroy the iron chain.
"promise."
After receiving Zhou Tong's order, a semaphore was soon sent out on the building ship. After receiving the semaphore, the other building ships and fighting ships all pointed their targets in the direction of the iron chain. As long as Chen Gong's ships dared to approach, they would inevitably face them.
Violent attack.
"Cai Hao, you take charge."
The battle was about to begin, and Chen Gong simply handed over the command to Cai Hao. After all, he was a professional. He would not do such a stupid thing by using a layman to command an expert.
"promise."
After hearing Chen Gong's words, Cai Hao stood directly at the command position and looked at the Yizhou Navy outside the iron locks, with a sinister smile on his lips.
"Order all the tower ships and fighting ships to line up, prepare the trebuchets, load the shotguns, and wait until the torch ships get close to the iron chain to launch directly."
Soon Cai Mao's order was conveyed to each ship in the form of semaphores. After receiving the order, all the building ships and fighting ships lined up, and the trebuchets placed at the bow began to load, loading shotguns one by one.
The bag is filled with shotgun and ready to be fired.
"The torch ship is dispatched."
Following Cai Maoxin's order, dozens of mengchong boats carrying large torches broke away from the military formation and began to march towards the iron lock.
"Order all ships to prepare and launch at any time."
Seeing the enemy rushing forward, Zhou Tong's semaphore was directly conveyed to all the ships, and the giant crossbows were cocked one by one, ready to launch an attack at any time.
Even when Meng Chong was swimming against the current, he was going very fast, and he was soon getting closer and closer to the iron lock.
"Trebuchet, release."
Silently calculating Meng Chong's movement speed in his mind, Cai Mao also knew that the enemy's crossbows would be launched when Meng Chong arrived at Iron Lock, so he decided to take a preemptive strike and disrupt the enemy's attack rhythm.
"Trebuchet, launch."
"Trebuchet, launch."
"Trebuchet, launch."
The order was passed to each ship, and then the trebuchets placed on the bows began to roar.