Zhang Zheng reported only the main warships with more than 500 materials, which were the three main warships in the inspection fleet: battleships, heavy destroyers, and frigates. Moreover, he did not see the other half of the warships that were in reserve behind.
Wutong thought there were forty ships in total, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said to Qingshan and Yin Xunlong, who had returned to the headquarters to command: "There are a few ships in the inspection fleet blocked in the passage. Shu Chi must be leading the way."
.The opponent’s huge ships are difficult to deal with, but there are not many ships. Chen Shandao has violated the taboo of dividing his troops in various directions. Let’s rush up and try to annihilate them. It would be better if we can capture a few battleships worth 2,000 pieces!”
Qingshan Taoist Fei Fu reminded: "Brother Feiren said that the Nanzhili is also there, I'm afraid Chen Shandao is inside."
Wutong changed his mind: "Then don't think about capturing the enemy ship, just rush over to it."
Taoist Qingshan asked: "Is there any way to contact the real person?"
Wutong was helpless: "We can only wait."
More than 800 large and small ships of the pirate alliance crowded the waterway, which stretched forward and backward for ten miles. It was difficult to turn. This was one of the reasons why Wutong decided to defeat the inspection fleet ahead in one fell swoop.
But when he really saw the inspection fleet blocking the waterway in front of him, he realized that he had missed the mark. There were indeed forty ships, but each ship was a main type of combat ship. Except for the forty ships,
There are also a large number of 200 cruise ships and more wind speed boats.
It is useless to scold Zhang Zheng and blame him for not making the enemy's situation clear. The fleet is piled here. If they want to retreat, it will immediately cause chaos and morale will collapse.
The only solution for now is to bite the bullet!
When the flag of "Commander-in-Chief of the Inspection Fleet Chen" was raised on the Fang Nan Zhili, Taoist Wutong, who had been dazed for a day, finally confirmed that the real main force of the inspection fleet was in front of him.
Wutong Taoist ordered the turtle-shell ship to be dispatched. The turtle-shell ship was a rare weapon in his hands. It approached the enemy ship by sneaking underwater. A long ramming rod protruded diagonally upward from the bow in front of it. The head of the ramming rod was a French weapon.
After the weapon's spear is inserted below the waterline of the enemy ship, the monk who controls the weapon in the turtle ship can use it to break open the hole and allow seawater to pour into the bottom of the enemy ship.
After purchasing the tortoise-shell ship, Wutong let it test battle several times. All the target ships used in the drill were scuttled, which was very effective.
Although the news of the turtle ship's appearance had been sold to the enemy by Shu Chi, Wu Tong did not think that the inspection fleet could come up with a suitable response.
In order to prevent Chen Shandao from having time to think about the solution, Wutong also spent a lot of money and released all ten remaining turtle ships at once, striving to achieve the maximum damage effect in the first battle.
At the same time, dozens of arson boats also sailed to the front, ready to attack. As soon as the turtle ship succeeded, they took advantage of the enemy's confusion and immediately released the arson boats.
Under the cover of the surrounding large ships, the turtle-shell boat descended to a depth of three feet under the water and began to paddle toward the opposite side.
The shortcomings of this kind of boat are also obvious. It can only be rowed by the oars protruding from the oar window. The speed is too slow. It takes half an hour to row the mile and a half distance between the two armies. Everyone can only wait patiently.
After waiting for a long time, when the turtle-shell boat was rowing halfway out of the water, they saw Qingyu Baoyi and Misty Lily taking off from the inspection fleet and flying towards them.
The pirates immediately began to prepare nervously to guard against air attacks by flying magic weapons.
We were prepared for air defense here, but the flying magic weapon from the opposite side could not come over, but hovered in the center.
Wutong's heart immediately tightened, and he suddenly realized that from the boat, he could not see the water underwater, but he could roughly see the shadow of the turtle ship in the air!
He silently said "no" in his heart, but the reality turned out to be exactly what he expected. Qingyu Baoyi and Yunxiao Lily each dropped several dark objects, which were exactly the detonating wooden boxes used by the other party in the morning air raid.
Within two breaths after the wooden box entered the water, six water pillars exploded into the sky. Tumbling pieces of wood were clearly visible in the water pillars.
Taoist Wutong closed his eyes: "It's over!"
After a round of thunder talisman bombs were dropped, Qingyu Baoyi and Yunming Lily looked for the target again and continued to drop thunder talisman bombs.
One after another, the turtle-shell ships were sunk by Qingyu Baoyi and Yunlili one by one, causing a large amount of broken wood to float on the water.
The pirates in the turtle-shell boat couldn't get out at all and were pinned down by the sea water. Only a few people with cultivation levels above Huang Guan escaped, surfaced and swam towards the main formation.
Taoist Wutong once again realized that he had made a mistake. If there was a next time, he would set fire to the attack ship first, then release the turtle ship, and use the fire attack ship to cover the movement of the turtle ship.
It's a pity that there is no medicine for regret in the world. He couldn't bear to look at it anymore and immediately ordered: "Set fire!"
Dozens of fire attack ships set off in three batches, blown by the wind talisman, and rushed towards the inspection fleet.
Luo Zhiqing commanded Qingyu Baoyi and Yunmi Lily to stop them and sank several ships with thunder rune bombs, but this loss was nothing. A large number of fire attack ships continued to rush towards the inspection fleet.
After three years of fighting with the pirates and numerous battles, the inspection fleet had already mastered the method of dealing with fire attack tactics.
The patrol ships and wind speedboats placed in the front row to protect the main battleships were waiting for the fire attack ship to approach. More than a dozen long forks were stretched out from the ship, each of which was more than three feet long, and the fire attack ship was caught.
It burns on its own outside and gradually forms a wall of fire.
At the same time, the water cannon on the patrol boat was constantly spraying water on the side of the ship to prevent it from being ignited by the fire.
The fire attack ship did not burn the warships of the inspection fleet, but it gave the pirates a good opportunity to quickly approach. In the billowing smoke, Yin Shunlong led the first batch of more than 30 large and small ships to quickly approach the inspection fleet.
Because of the barrier of thick smoke, Yin Zhanlong successfully passed the most brutal distance from one hundred feet to fifty feet in previous battles, and successfully advanced within the range of the pirates' French crossbows. The two warring parties were separated by walls of fire and smoke.
Start shooting at each other.
Although they can't really see the opponent's situation, heavy French crossbows have always been based on probability. The patrol ships at the front of the inspection fleet and the frigates in the battle line are responsible for shooting at the low-range pirates, while the battleships and heavy destroyers shoot at them.
Diffused from a distance, the follow-up echelon that specializes in fighting pirates is also quite effective.
The pirates use fire attack ships to minimize the range advantage of the inspection fleet, covering their own ships for low-range attacks. However, they are also blocked by the burning fire attack ships and cannot get close to join in melee combat. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
It's hard to tell.
The pirates continued to attack with reinforcements, batch after batch, fearless of death; the inspection fleet held firm as a mountain. If any warship suffered serious damage, it would be withdrawn, and ships from the reserve force would be transferred to take up the position.
Green Feather Wings flew at a height of more than a hundred feet, hiding in the air out of the reach of Hai Kou's crossbow, and threw thunder talisman bombs downwards.
The pirates' energy was mainly focused on firing crossbows at each other with the inspection fleet. They were somewhat unable to take care of the thunder talisman bombs thrown from the sky. At least ten pirate warships were hit by thunder talisman bombs, two of which were hit by thunder talisman bombs.
Unable to hold on, he gradually sank.
It was not until dusk that all the thunder talisman bombs were used up, and then the air raid was stopped.
ps: Xianyun v. Yehe finished the cpa exam yesterday. Taoist Master Linghu and Taoist Babao sincerely wish fellow Taoists a smooth passing of the exam. Spread flowers~ This blessing will cost Linghu a new talisman.