Chapter 2028 On the bridge and under the bridge, the fierce battle has not ended
Another cannon spewed flames symbolizing death, and the explosions continued, like a heavy hammer hitting the hearts of the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
The bed crossbows in the camp also began to fight back. An iron arrow tied with a cupping jar hit the shield on the side of the first Mengchong. Although these shields were fully fireproofed, there were still flying sparks that ignited the ship.
Rope and canvas, and soon the fire began to spread on the deck.
The soldiers of the Han army hurriedly started to put out the fire, while the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty finally took this opportunity to stabilize their formation. Seeing that the devil-like warship was being burned by the fire, they also cheered.
At this time, the flagship of the Han Navy passed by the side of the Mengchong warship rushing to the beach. The warship's paddle wheel slapped the water, driving the water pressure on the ship to press the water up along the pipe, and then sprayed out from the water pipe, giving
The deck of the burning warship brought a burst of sweet rain.
Fighting fires between warships is naturally a major feature of the newly built Mengchong warships.
If there were not many innovations in this warship that needed to be practiced and mastered by the soldiers, why would the Fenshui Navy have delayed so long in arriving to participate in this battle?
After the fire was extinguished, the Han soldiers naturally breathed a sigh of relief. The musketeers and crossbowmen seized the opportunity to shoot desperately at the Northern Zhou soldiers under the boat who tried to rush up.
At the same time, the steps behind the warship were lowered, and the Han soldiers who had been waiting for a long time rushed onto the shoal along the steps.
When designing this kind of warship suitable for beaching, the shipbuilding craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry considered the problem of getting on and off the ship. At the beginning, the position of getting on and off the ship was chosen to be the bow, so that soldiers could be sent on board as soon as possible.
River beach or beach.
However, later exercises proved that this is definitely not the best choice, especially when facing an enemy with a large number of crossbowmen or even musketeers. The enemy can concentrate its firepower on the soldiers rushing directly from the ship.
During a joint exercise between the Navy and the Army, the Imperial Guards who were on the defensive side at that time inflicted a lot of damage on the Navy, and finally forced the Navy to retreat on its own initiative, causing the Navy's commander Qi Xin to almost
Remove all the guys who were commanding the battle at that time.
The Navy has never lost this person before.
Therefore, the way the warship went up and down was later adjusted to the back of the ship. Mengchong also had a ship building. The ship building was moved slightly forward, leaving a platform where the pedals could be put down to allow soldiers to go up and down. Other than that, there was nothing better.
s Choice.
After all, these inland river warfare ships are all the same as the originally designed five-tooth warship, using paddle wheels on both sides, so it is naturally unrealistic to get up and down from both sides of the warship.
However, this also requires that the warship must seize the beach as much as possible or simply sit directly on the beach. Otherwise, the place where the soldiers enter the water is in deep water, and there is no way to reach the beach.
These warships, represented by Meng Chong, were designed to be light and fast. What's more, when traveling on inland rivers, there is no need to consider whether strong winds and waves will affect warships that are too spacious as when traveling on the sea, so naturally they can
The draft is reduced by widening the hull. With a shallow draft, it is naturally more likely to reach the beach.
Of course, the ship is also equipped with a small raft. Once the water at the landing place is too deep, you can also use the raft for transfer. But now that we have reached this point, it actually makes no difference whether we disembark from the bow or the stern.
I'm afraid the water won't get much shallower.
"The Nanbarbarians have come ashore!" A Northern Zhou soldier spotted the Han soldiers coming up from behind the boat. As soon as he shouted, his life was taken away with a musket.
The flagship of the Han army also came ashore, and the artillery directly bombarded the Northern Zhou camp not far away, causing a trebuchet that had been arrogant in the camp to mute. Subsequent warships gradually arrived, and the artillery fired one after another, covering the entire Luban Bridge and the Northern Zhou camp.
There was black smoke billowing in the air, and I don't know whether it was because of the insufficient explosion of gunpowder or because of the raging fire.
When the soldiers of the Han Dynasty came ashore, the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty at the head of Luban Bridge suddenly panicked.
The crossbowmen turned around one after another, and even the two remaining trebuchets also changed their direction.
"Boom!" A cannonball from the Lu Division landed at the south end of Luban Bridge, and several Northern Zhou soldiers were directly knocked away by the cannonball.
"Kill!" The soldiers of the Lu Division began to climb the steep slope one after another.
The soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty at the south end of Luban Bridge hurried back to support the battle at the north end. Of course, they were supporting in name. In fact, it is unclear whether they wanted to support or to escape. Chang Shan, who led the troops to guard the north side,
At this time, I kept looking behind me and noticed the movement behind me. I immediately yelled something bad in my heart, waved my knife and shouted:
"Go back and give them all to me, general!"
The soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty did not listen to him at this time. I don't know who shouted "defeat" first. When they arrived at the north and south of Luban Bridge, the originally relatively orderly military formations were in chaos.
"Boom!" Another cannonball accurately fell into the crowd, causing blood and flesh to fly everywhere.
At this time, even some Northern Zhou soldiers who were fanatical about killing the enemy and performing meritorious deeds calmed down, and the flesh and blood on their faces reminded them that even if they wanted to kill the enemy and perform meritorious deeds, it was definitely not now.
There was another explosion, followed by intensive gunfire. The Han army forwards had already rushed onto the Luban Bridge, and the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty began to run towards the shoal one after another.
"Who dares to retreat!" Chang Shan waved the knife in his hand and knocked down a few of the fast ones to the ground.
His personal guards also waved their swords.
Only then did the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty stop.
"Brothers, guns and cannons have no eyesight. There is only one way to die if you rush down at this time, but if you can hold the Luban Bridge, you can buy time for the brothers under the bridge and drive this damn Nanbarbarian back!" Chang Shan shouted, "
Kill with someone!"
Regardless of whether they were willing or not, the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty could only rush forward bravely at this time. The bullets almost grazed their scalps, and the cannonballs smashed into the crowd, causing a bloody storm.
But at least the narrow Luban Bridge in front of you can still give people a sense of security.
The shields were raised at the same time, and the Han soldiers rushed forward quickly.
"Fire the arrow!" Chang Shan's voice was hoarse and his face became distorted.
The arrows whizzed and pierced the shields of the Han soldiers.
"Go up!" shouted the Han military captain who led the team.
At the head of Luban Bridge, soldiers from both sides collided, slashing with swords and clashing shields.
On this high-hanging bridge, anyone who is not careful will fall directly off the cliff, which tests the fighting spirit and combat ability of a person or even an army.
"Kill!" The leading Han soldiers discovered that it was difficult to determine the outcome of the shield collision, so they simply threw their shields towards the opposite side, then held the horizontal sword with both hands and chopped with all their might. For a while, the Northern Zhou soldiers also
He could only parry and had to retreat.
Chang Shan saw the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who had originally rushed to the middle section of Luban Bridge retreating hastily, and couldn't help but stamped his feet: "Fire the arrow!"