While they were talking, Dongbo's navy had already pushed two miles in front of the dragon army. It was obvious that Kato Takashi had been prepared for it. After seeing the dragon army, he did not panic at all. As soon as the formation changed, he completed the formation extremely quickly.
Changes. Most of the battleships were concentrated in the front and sides of the fleet, tightly surrounding the transport fleet behind them. Even without a telescope, He Huairen could see the other side's soldiers running on the deck.
Running back and forth, some are placing arrows, and some are tying up some easy-to-slide items. The Dragon Legion is equally busy. Cui Le and another deputy general, Jin Shan, have returned to their battleships.
Youga Bugui stood firmly beside his father, holding a trident tightly.
In river water battles, one must either seize the upper hand or seize the upper water direction. Generally speaking, it is to gain a speed advantage. Today there is only a slight breeze on the river, so the upper water direction is naturally particularly important. But at this point
Above, He Huairen had the upper hand. His fleet was now in the upper reaches, while Kato Taka's fleet suffered a slight loss.
Among the three famous naval warfare generals on the East China Sea, Fu Jianglou was mainly defensive. Goryeo's navy was basically concentrated at Insan Port. Facing the provocation of Dongbo, Fu Jianglou took a strategic defensive position and waited for opportunities to counterattack.
, you will be bitten by him if you are not careful. Kato Taka is cunning, wandering in the East China Sea and South China Sea all year round, relying on accurate information to carry out sneak attacks. As long as it is a place that he likes, no matter whose territory it is, he will
He is always good at grabbing photos. He is also extremely greedy and will never miss out on a bargain. And He Huairen is good at seizing opportunities. He is second to none in the use of the right time and place, as well as the timing of battleships. And he is extremely good at it.
Yu Retreat has extraordinary organizational skills. Although there are only 50,000 naval forces, they float in the rivers and lakes all year round, often disturbing the peace of the Eastern Japanese navy.
However, in more than ten years, the three of them have never had a chance to collide head-on. Although the three countries are hostile to each other, there has never been a large-scale water war. Today, it is the first head-on collision between Kato Taka and He Huairen.
Both sides have 50,000 naval troops. Although Kato Taka wants to protect the landing of the transport fleet behind him, He Huairen also wants to prevent the other party from sending more troops to Jiangzhou, so both sides are evenly matched. And both sides have long-standing reputations, so no one can
Don't dare to take it lightly.
Different from Kato Takashi's shuttle formation, He Huairen's more than two hundred warships are arranged in a half-moon shape upstream. However, although the river surface here is very wide, it is a river surface after all, not a sea surface, so the formations of both sides are special.
Thick. Looking from a distance, the river suddenly became a world of masts and sails.
"Drop anchor! Lower the mainsail! Prepare the trebuchet!" He Huairen said calmly, holding a monocular telescope in his hand. The river wind on the river was not strong at this time, and the battleship could sail just by relying on the two jib sails.
The main sail can also improve the stability of the battleship.
The deck of a battleship is not different from a city wall. First of all, the pressure it can withstand is limited, so small trebuchets are mostly installed on the deck. Although the power of this small trebuchet is small, as long as a watermelon-sized stone falls on the opponent's deck,
If it goes up, it must be a big hole. And the crossbow on the battleship has a range of up to 300 meters. A two-meter-long crossbow arrow is enough to penetrate three light-armored soldiers within a range of 100 meters, and can penetrate the deck.
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"Crossbowmen prepare!" He Huairen stood motionless on the flagship like a statue. He never put down the monocular telescope in his hand and kept giving orders.
"Shoot!" Following his order, nearly thirty warships opened fire first. Hundreds of crossbow arrows seemed like flying dragons. They crossed hundreds of meters of river in an instant and landed on Dongbo's ship.
In the formation, Dongbo's originally neat formation suddenly became a little chaotic. However, Kato Taka is a famous water general as famous as He Huairen and Fu Jianglou. Although he failed to seize the opportunity, he was not afraid. On the one hand, he was not afraid.
While adjusting the formation of the fleet, he commanded his subordinates to adjust the angle of the sails and make use of the breeze on the river to speed up the ship as much as possible.
Going upstream, without a strong river wind, the distance of 150 meters was undoubtedly a bit difficult for the Eastern Japanese Navy. And He Huairen never thought of letting Kato Ying take it easy. As soon as the crossbow arrow passed by, it was already
Entering the attack range of the trebuchet, there was another rain of stones in the sky. Although Kato Taka had tried to widen the distance between the warships as much as possible, some unlucky ships were still hit. Even two warships were actually hit.
The mast was broken. As a result, the fifty-meter-high mainmast crashed onto several warships nearby, immediately smashing the unlucky warship into pieces. He Huairen could even see countless numbers after putting down his monocular.
The Eastern Japanese warrior jumped into the water. However, He Huairen was not happy at all. Although he had the upper hand, the key to the outcome of the water battle was the subsequent battle, which was the bloodiest and most naked killing.
After a intensive attack by the Dragon Legion's medium and long-range weapons and the loss of several ships, the two fleets finally collided with each other. A battle of blood and fire was unavoidable.
This is the first face-to-face collision between the two water powers on Dongda Road. Although everyone had some deliberate friction before this, everyone has a little understanding of the strength of both sides. But for the real strength, there is no battle.
No one could tell clearly before. Therefore, whether it was Kato Ying of the Eastern Japanese Army or He Huairen of the Dragon Legion, they both had solemn expressions on their faces.
The boarding battle is undoubtedly the most gorgeous and bloody scene in water battles. As soon as the warships of both sides approached, the warriors who had already prepared for battle were already involved in the fierce battle. First, they used ropes to rope the other side's ship, and then
It and its own warship were closely together, and then the soldiers from both sides jumped directly over the side of the ship, using the deck as a battlefield. Some impatient soldiers did not even wait for the ships on both sides to tighten up, and they had already jumped over. Powerful
The stronger ones will immediately open up a territory. The weaker ones may have been cut into several pieces by the opponent while they are still in mid-air.
As soon as the boarding battle began, the warriors of the Jiaolong Legion suffered a small loss. The Japanese warriors of the East were equipped with Japanese swords that were at least one meter long. This kind of Japanese sword requires both hands to hold. When dancing, it is basically
It combined the strength of the whole body, and the power of the sword was quite scary. In addition, the Japanese sword was sharper than Qingfeng's single sword, so the soldiers of the Jiaolong Legion who had never had a head-to-head confrontation with the Eastern Japanese Navy were killed at the beginning. But after passing
After the initial discomfort, under the personal command of He Bugui, the battle situation was slowly restored.
The soldiers of the Qingfeng Navy were equipped with a standard shield on the left and a sword on the right. The left hand was mostly a round shield about one foot in size, and the right hand was a sword with a blade about two feet long. Some also carried five long swords on their backs.
The two-foot javelin did not have any armor on the body. It was easier to dodge and move in this way, but all the defensive weapons were only the round shield. At the beginning, the Qingfeng soldiers faced the Japanese swords.
It is customary to use the left hand to block, but the Japanese use the strength of both hands, and most of them are flying in the air, so the strength is naturally extraordinary. The situation is better, the left hand suddenly loses consciousness. The unlucky ones are even more unlucky.
It was split in half on the spot. But He Bugui soon discovered their weakness, that is, most of the Japanese's moves were straight forward, and they paid too much attention to flying into the air, so the bottom wall was particularly empty. Therefore, as long as they tried their best during the battle,
Use your dexterity to dodge and maneuver, and you won't be afraid of the opponent's fierce sword skills.
The most intense battle was naturally where the flagships of both sides were located. There were at least five Japanese warships gathered around He Huairen's flagship. However, there were at least ten Qingfeng navy ships surrounding the Japanese warships. Fortunately, the river here was large.
It is wide enough, otherwise it would really be impossible to deploy the formation like this. On He Huairen's flagship Breaking Waves, in addition to the helmsman and He Huairen who was directing the battle, more than 400 personnel on the ship were all involved in the battle. Qingfeng Navy's main battleship, because most of them were
Inland water divisions, the largest displacement is about 2,600 tons. The largest combat establishment is 600 people. The displacement of medium-sized warships ranges from 1,500 to 2,000, and the combat personnel are also 250 to 4
A hundred or so. Although He Huairen has 50,000 navy troops here, they also include logistics service and port maintenance personnel. There are only about 40,000 real officers and men on the battleship, all of which are distributed among these 150 soldiers.
On the battleship.
The Dongwa navy mainly sails at sea, so the displacement of the warships is much larger than that of the Qingfeng navy. Their large ships have a displacement of about 3,000 tons, and the maximum number of men is 800. Although the river is wide,
After all, this is a river, not a sea. Large ships will eventually be inconvenient here, so from this perspective, Qingfeng has a slight advantage.
On Kato Taka's flagship, although the surroundings were filled with loud killing sounds, Kato Taka and several staff officers were particularly leisurely, looking like they were sure of victory.
"General, we are at a disadvantage now." Guardsman Nan Yunlang stepped forward and said.
Kato Takashi smiled proudly, but he could not hide the cruelty on his face: "After all, Qingfeng is the oldest water power in our Dongda Road. He Huairen is also a famous water war general who has been famous in the East China Sea for more than 20 years. He is also famous.
They have no foundation at all. If they act too cowardly, I will be a little worried, general."
"Then can our ambush troops show up?" the Nanyun Wolf guard asked tentatively.
Kato Takashi nodded: "Forget it, I was originally planning to let them hold on tighter. However, we are bleeding and sweating here. As our allies, how can they just sit back and watch and reap the benefits?"