This time the Yizhou Navy is in big trouble, because this time there are heavy bombs in the trebuchet. Although the chance of a heavy bomb hitting is small, dozens of heavy bombs will always hit the warship.
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Five or six of the fighting ships hit by heavy bombs were directly damaged, and two were directly hit by two or three heavy bombs at the same time. They were completely broken and slowly sank into the Yangtze River.
Compared with fighting ships, building ships are much stronger. Even if they are hit by heavy bullets, they will only be slightly injured and will not delay the subsequent battle at all.
"Sir, the enemy's firepower was too fierce. Several battleships were damaged and two were directly broken."
Soon the news of the navy's casualties was reported to Zhou Tong's ears.
"Don't panic. Since you can't defeat them from a distance, order all the ships to prepare. Once the enemy destroys the iron lock, go directly down the river and engage in close combat with the enemy."
Since I can't beat you at long range, I'll fight you in hand-to-hand combat to see who is stronger, the Yizhou navy or your Yuan Shu's navy.
"promise."
Zhou Tong's order was quickly transmitted to the various ships through semaphores. Everyone was stunned after receiving the order. Now it is obvious that they can't defeat them. You have to fight hand-to-hand at close range. They are really speechless. But
They have no choice. Military orders are like mountains. If they don't obey military orders, it doesn't matter now. After the war, they will definitely be liquidated.
Each ship quickly prepared for battle, while the injured fighting ship began to retreat towards the water village.
They are now brittle and do not need to be attacked by enemies. As long as there is a violent collision, they may directly fall into the water, so the only thing they can do is to return to the water village and repair them.
Just when Zhou Tong's navy adjusted its formation and prepared to attack, the torch ship finally completed its mission.
The thick iron locks broke into the water with a crisp sound under the effects of cold and heat. At this point, all the obstacles blocking Chen Gong's navy had been removed.
"Instruct all ministries to use walking boats as the vanguard and Mengchong as the main charge. All building ships and fighting ship trebuchets should be loaded with shotguns and prepare to wait for the enemy's small boats to come out."
Seeing that the iron chain was burned, Cai Mao directly issued the battle order.
Upon hearing Cai Mao's order, countless swimming fish rushed out from behind the building boats and rushed towards the Yizhou Navy. After they walked away, hundreds of warships blocked the sky and launched a charge.
"The whole army charges."
Seeing Chen Gong's navy attacking him, Zhou Tong did not hesitate and directly ordered the entire army to charge.
After the Yizhou Navy received Zhou Tong's order, the gangsters who had been hiding behind the ship rushed to the front and killed Chen Gong Navy.
After leaving the river were the Mengchong battleships, and behind them were the huge battleships and tower ships. Looking at the entire river, it could be seen that the entire river was already occupied by Zhou Tong's ships.
"Trebuchet, fire, shoot at the enemy's walking boats and Meng Chong, aim the crossbow at the enemy's Meng Chong and shoot for me."
Seeing the enemy's boats rushing over, Cai Mao's mouth showed a smile, "What I'm waiting for is your boat."
A series of trebuchet sounds sounded, and the sky-shielding shotguns once again covered the sky, directly blocking the water surface where the enemy was charging.
"careful."
"Oh shit,"
"Abandon ship."
Seeing the rain of bullets coming again, the Yizhou navy on the boat was stunned. They knew how powerful the rain of bullets was. The only way to save themselves now was to abandon the ship and jump into the river to avoid the bullets falling from the sky.
For a time, countless soldiers jumped directly from the ship into the water, and then the shotguns fell and hit the water full of spray. At the same time, one after another the boats were capsized and fell into the water.
"Rush, rush, rush."
A small boatman cannot withstand the attack of a hail of bullets, but a large boatman can withstand stone bullets.
The Zou Ge was beaten upside down, but the Meng Chong warship still ran along the current and rushed towards the Jingzhou Navy.
"Crossbow firing."
Following the command, countless giant crossbows were instantly activated and shot towards Meng Chong on the opposite side.
"careful."
The soldiers who rushed forward have never seen such a scene before. You have too many trebuchets and they can't bear it, but there are too many crossbows. It's simply crazy.
"Peng,"
"Peng."
"Peng."
A series of explosions sounded, and the crossbow arrows were more lethal than shotguns. The men in the front row were directly shot. The river was filled with red, and there were corpses floating on the water everywhere.
"Rush, don't stop, fight with the ship, be sure to fight with the ship."
Seeing that his ships suffered heavy losses without even rushing in front of the enemy, Zhou Tong's eyes were already red. He had never encountered such a battle before. So many ships were shot and exploded before he even got into the battle.
What kind of trick is this?
The semaphore reappeared, and after seeing it, the remaining ships gritted their teeth and continued to charge forward.
"what should we do?"
Gan Ning stood on a fighting ship. When the soldiers around him saw the situation in front of them, they couldn't help but feel a sense of fear. To be honest, they had been roaming the river for a long time, but they had never encountered such a battle situation.
"what to do?
Retreat immediately. If we can win this battle, I would rather stand on my head and eat shit."
Gan Ning looked at the battle situation in front of him and shook his head. The situation was already obvious. The Yizhou Navy could not match the Jingzhou Navy on the opposite side in terms of the number of warships or long-range firepower. Not to mention whether it could reach the opposite side.
In a ship-receiving battle, even if you can really get to the opposite ship, their troops and horses are two or three times yours. Do you really think that the people of Jingzhou are stupid?
"If we retreat now, will we be questioned by Zhou Tong later?"
Hearing Gan Ning's words, the soldiers around him were also stunned. If they run now and ask Zhou Tong to punish him for escaping from battle, he will be finished.
"This is not easy. Are you usually smart?
Immediately send someone to dig a hole in the ship and pretend to be injured, what can Zhou Tong say?"
Gan Ning is indeed a thief who travels across the rivers, and his cleverness is really nice.
"Brother, you are so smart."
Hearing Gan Ning's words, the eyes of the soldiers beside him lit up. Sure enough, he was still the boss, and he was smart.
"Go quickly."
After hearing what the soldier said, Gan Ning glared at him, "I'm a very smart person, why do you think so?"
If you are not smart, how can you lead people across the river without any rivals?
"promise."
These water thieves who traverse the river know the ship so well that it is extremely easy for them to damage the ship without affecting their movements.
Soon the fighting ship they were on began to tilt, and then issued a semaphore to Zhou Tong's building ship, indicating that they wanted to withdraw from the battle.
"Sir, a fighting ship was damaged and issued a flag to us requesting to withdraw from the battle."
After receiving Gan Ning's semaphore, they quickly conveyed their request to Zhou Tong.
