Chapter 208: Massacre at sea

Whether it was Qin Emperor and Han Wu, the emperors who created a powerful era in China would be bloody. During the reign of Qin Shihuang, the slaves were afraid to look south, and during the reign of Han Wu, they even chased slaves outside the frontier. So what would happen if Zhao Fubo became the emperor of the Song Dynasty?

"They will be beaten to the pain once. Those who follow will prosper, those who rebel will perish, and those who do not surrender will be killed! There are also those who have learned in the city who will be sent to the island of Felekai in one piece!"

Abu Bakr was chilling when he received Zhao Fubo's order. He knew that Zhao Fubo was bloodthirsty, but he didn't know that Zhao Fubo could be so cruel, but he was just a half-grown child who had just grown up!

In fact, who has been instinctively harsh for ten years? A cruel life will make anyone instinctively become a cruel person.

Four Qinhuang-class warships set up their shell formations, which is not the fighting method that Abu Bakr is good at. According to his previous experience, if he had not practiced on the Island of Felekai, he would not have known any shell formations at all. The ancient tactics were to collide with warships, using stone throwers, giant crossbows and bows, which were almost the only long-range strikes for the opponent.

But these things only play a slight role in naval battles. They are just to try to kill the opponent's men before the battle on the side to facilitate the subsequent battle of ship grabbing.

Therefore, the real way to fight is to use a rope with a hook to pull the other person's ship over. When the two ships are connected, soldiers on the ship who use scimitars and bows and arrows will rush up.

So in this naval battle, Abu Bakker intuitively believed that the formation should be used. In his opinion, the flying swallow i-type crossbow cannon will bring epoch-making changes to the naval battle methods in this world.

Just after Abu Bakr issued the order, the gunners inside the Qinhuang-class warship, who looked a little weird, became excited. They had been living at sea for a long time, and had already had enough of endless training and disgusting nothing.

The cabin on the side of the Qinhuang warship was opened under the action of the gunner. One by one, one by two meters, the bodies of the flying swallow-i-type crossbow with shields were exposed. On their cantilevers, crossbow bullets had been placed, and they could shoot with just a command.

Abu Bakr, who was commanding the battle under the order of Zhao Fubo, was the captain of the Yingzheng warship and the commander of the entire fleet. His location was the position of commanding the battle, not the place of commanding the sailing.

There is a cylindrical shape in front of him, and he can pass his commands to everyone to deliver the sound tube. There are other equipment that can be viewed from afar and measured distance. The place where he stands is a barrel with a transparent top cover. Here, he can easily observe the battlefield and issue all the commands easily. At his feet is a ladder leading to the cockpit, and if he needs it, he can return to the inside of the cabin at any time.

From the telescope that integrates range and telescope, looking at the enemy warships in the province of Aden, waving sails and flags, he issued an order to the sound tube.

"Aim, listen to my orders... Stay... Stay..."

The gunners who received orders in the cabin here are also continuing to aim.

"The enemy ship is approaching the average speed of 300 meters, with an average shooting angle, wind direction...wind power..."

Martin's contribution to this is to provide the principle of ahead-of-scale measurements for the sights, so that the person responsible for aiming can understand and judge the target's aim based on the speed of the other party.

With the distance measurement and aiming of the gun captain on the crossbow, the enemy ship had fallen into the aiming heart. At this time, as the enemy ship approached, they were about two hundred meters away from the fleet led by Abu Bakr. However, in order to achieve the purpose of deterrence, Abu Bakr did not order his subordinates to open fire.

His eyes were still staring at the enemy ship rushing towards him, and his voice was elongated at the transmission cylinder in front of him.

"Stabilize...two hundred meters...stabilize..."

On the top deck, the archers were basically in the 10th team. They were all tall and large figures like Emin and Basel. The two brothers followed Muke in the city of Aden.

There are almost braziers in front of the archer, and the bows in his hand are naturally huge, with a Rambo folding bow with a far-sighted sight. When shooting, you only need to dip the tip of the arrow wrapped in gauze and dip the tinder in the tinder oil to shoot at the other side.

"Stay...one hundred and eighty meters...the archer is ready..."

As the opponent's warship approached, Abu Bakr issued an order to the archers who were on the deck with him.

"All archers are ready...ignite...target benchmark...right repair...position...preparation!"

Amid the series of shouts of the sergeants directing the archers, rows of ignited rockets formed on one side of the battleship like a wall of fire.

"One hundred and fifty meters... volley..."

After obtaining this data from the rangefinder, Abu Bakker finally issued a volley order.

On one side of each of the four warships, there are eighteen crossbows that can be fired at the same time. The crossbows that can be fired at one time will reach 72. However, they are silent and light when shooting, but the archers on the deck have a very different power when shooting.

Groups of burning arrow branches crossed the sky quickly, like a group of meteors passing through the sea. The big-sleeved and round-waisted archers used strong bows that ordinary people could not pull, and sent the heavy arrows to a place 150 meters away.

Their target is not a warship. If they want to use the little fire on the bow and arrow, they will ignite the other's warship. It is purely a dream. However, the oiled canvas for durability is not the case. As long as the other party's sail is ignited, the warship that has lost its main power is not a threat at sea.

Before these "meteors" that attracted people's attention touched the opponent's warship, the first thing that landed on their ship was the kind of crossbow bullet with impact fuses. The round-shaped crossbow bullet hit the deck, and the impact fuse immediately activated the gunpowder.

The burning gunpowder ignites the sticky charge in the crossbow, and then it immediately bursts out small balls of flames, giving people a feeling of "explosion". These sticky flames will immediately burn violently no matter where they are.

Shooting at sea was originally not easy. At a distance of 150 meters, 72 crossbow bullets hit only a dozen, less than one-third of the total. The shooting of the flying swallow i-type crossbow cannon also benefited the good resistance provided by the double hull of the Qinhuang-class warship, which was already considered good.

Although the crossbows were not explosions, their power had already caused the people on the warships of Aden Province to suffer enough. When fighting at sea, sailors and soldiers would not wear any heavy armor. At most, they were just chain mail, which was the heaviest equipment. After all, no one wanted to swim in armor in the sea.

The hot flames easily penetrated the mail on their bodies, and the screaming soldiers had to climb over the side of the ship and pounce on the sea water at all costs. As a result, the fire was extinguished, but the huge pain caused by the burning wounds contacting the salty sea water should almost make people unconscious. At the same time, the heavy power brought by the mail was dragging the injured into the depths of the sea.

Then the "meteors" flying in the sky finally landed on the sails. If the warships that had hit the crossbow bullets were a bit unnecessary. However, the warships that had not hit the crossbow bullets, because of the burning of the sails, they were originally flying under the power provided by the voyage and sails, and immediately slowed down.

Some warships probably wanted to return, but when they turned around in the fleet, they caused more chaos. Amid the sharp screams, warships from the Aden province collided together. Some warships released small boats to salvage soldiers who fell into the sea, which made the whole situation even more chaotic.

"Are you good matches with my Qinhuang-class warship? I wonder if the designer of such a warship has ever accepted the metaphor of God? God bless him, he is on our side!"

At this moment, the formation of warships in the Aden province on the sea was completely chaotic, and some brave sailors and soldiers drove their ships around the beaten ships and continued to rush forward.

"Advance in two ways, keeping a distance of 100 meters from the enemy ship. Strike and fight stubbornly, but be careful not to fight on the sidelines. People on the deck should pay attention to protection!"

One hundred meters will be attacked by the opponent's giant crossbow and stone thrower, but this will also increase the hit rate of the flying swallow i-type crossbow cannon. According to what Abu Bakr thought, as long as he deals with those who are stubborn, the naval battle will probably come to an end.

"They don't have sails, as long as we ask them..."

The fleet in the Aden province suffered heavy casualties, but it was far from a time to collapse. At least those strange ships did not have sails, which was their biggest advantage in their eyes.

The lack of sails was not hung for stability during shooting, which was also the reason why the warships in the Aden province continued to hit. Because sails were not hung well in a short while. And based on experience, it is almost impossible for a ship that had just hung a sail to adapt to the wind direction immediately.

But the facts in front of him were clearly obvious. The enemy's strange-looking ships not only raised their sails, but also seemed to have immediately improved the wind and sail cooperation. What surprised Diadein and Fahard was that they drove fast almost immediately.

The sail of the Qinhuang sail warship spread out under the control of the sail machine. Although there were almost no sailors on its mast, the operation of re-hanging the sail was not slow at all.
Chapter completed!