The Jiangdong Army's traveling boats, fighting ships, and stern ships are all small boats, and the largest number of people on board can only carry a hundred or so people.
Facing these old and young men, Lu Yan could knock over all the small boats just by letting the navy soldiers drive the warships directly over them.
Moreover, facing a hundred such huge warships, even if Han Dang's small boats were close, it would be difficult for them to climb onto Cao's warship, not to mention that they would face sniper fire from Cao's archers when climbing aboard.
Han Dang also judged his own disadvantage in an instant. After taking off his armor as quickly as possible in the water, he finally swam to and climbed onto a walking boat again.
After Han Dang appeared, he began to command the navy to counterattack. With Han Dang's command, the Jiangdong soldiers, who had been in chaos before, immediately returned to normal combat status.
It is impossible to compete with the large ships of Cao Jun from the front, but Jiangdong Army can attack these warships from the water!
Looking at the hundreds of three-masted warships heading up the river, Han Dang immediately issued an order, ordering about a hundred soldiers with excellent water skills to conduct underwater operations.
These people who can sneak into the water and launch attacks on enemy warships or soldiers from underwater have a rather unique nickname, "Water Ghosts".
After receiving Han Dang's order, these water ghost soldiers took off their armor and clothes one after another. Wearing only a pair of obscene pants, they dived half-naked into the water.
They also have hammers and chisels in their hands, and their purpose is self-evident.
After entering the water, this group of water ghost soldiers dived and submerged in the water one by one, looming, and they really looked like evil ghosts in the water.
Some of these soldiers with excellent water skills can even hold a cup of tea under the water at one breath. They are the most powerful weapons against enemy ships!
On the Cao army's warship, after two rounds of shelling, they put away their artillery. After all, there was no need to waste too much precious ammunition to deal with these thousands of miscellaneous fish. Although the gunpowder and shells they brought were not
It’s a little, but it can’t be extravagant or wasteful.
After the bombardment stopped, Gan Ning and Su Fei saw Jiangdong Army sending water ghosts to fight.
But the strange thing is that neither Gan Ning nor Su Fei, who are familiar with water warfare, nor Lu Yan and Sima Yi, who only have theoretical knowledge, have any reaction to the appearance of this group of water ghost soldiers.
Han Dang saw that his water ghost had almost touched the side of Cao Jun's warship, but the group of Cao Jun still showed no reaction.
Han Dang, who was well aware of the destructive power of the water ghost soldiers, couldn't help but burst out laughing when he saw this: "The pirate navy only relies on the size of the ship and powerful weapons. In fact, he is just a layman who knows nothing about water warfare! When the water ghosts arrived at the bottom of the boat,
, let’s see how many of your ships can withstand the chisel! Hahaha!”
However, when the water ghost soldiers of Jiangdong Army sneaked into the bottom of the three-masted warship, they were a little stunned...
The bottom of the warship and a long section of the hull are covered with extremely solid iron sheets. Why is this so special?
Although I think it’s probably impossible to dig it out, I still have to give it a try since I’ve come a long way...
“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!”
However, after knocking with a hammer and chisel for a long time, except for a pleasant sound of gold and iron, there was nothing abnormal about the hull!
The iron sheet is not only strong, but also slippery. There is nowhere to apply force and it cannot be knocked at all...
The water ghost soldiers in Jiangdong were so angry that they wanted to curse,
"Next door to Mala, is Cao Jun so rich?!"
"So much iron is used to cover the bottom of the ship??? How many weapons and armors can be made from this!"
"I have seen rich people, but never such rich people!"
"What a prodigal! What a prodigal!"
The Jiangdong Navy experienced two rounds of artillery fire, and there were still more than 200 ships floating on the river.
At this moment, Cao Jun did not move, and the Jiangdong Navy did not take the initiative to approach Cao Jun's Navy, because they were still waiting for the underwater water ghost soldiers to perform meritorious service.
But after waiting for a long time, not a single ship sank! In other words, those water ghost soldiers had no effect at all!
However, Cao Jun's navy, under the command of Gan Ning, began to slowly start the warships, and they were preparing to attack the Jiangdong navy!
After waiting for a long time, Cao Jun's warship had sailed fifty steps, but there was still no sign of sinking!
Han Dang's face was extremely ugly. He really didn't expect that Cao Jun's warship defense capability was so powerful that it completely ignored the attack of the water ghost soldiers!
The bottom of the three-masted warship is not only covered with iron sheets, but the inverted triangle in front of the hull is even harder and sharper.
At this time, Gan Ning did not want to do any unnecessary operations. He only needed to command the fleet to directly crush the small boats in Jiangdong.
Small wooden ships, when facing Cao Jun's fleet, not to mention two hundred or so, even a thousand will be rammed and sunk by you.
Even if it didn't hit, there would still be a racket on the boat.
When the enemy warships pass by the warships, if they are struck down with a few heavy and sturdy paddles, they can also smash those small boats to pieces.
Han Dang asked the warships to retreat while constantly sending soldiers into the water.
If he wants to win, he can only place all his hopes on the group of water ghost soldiers underwater, hoping that they can penetrate Gan Ning's warship. Otherwise, they may all be knocked into the river by Cao Jun's warship.
Bottom.
On the water surface, the shouts, exclamations and curses continued.
But there were more screams and the harsh sound of the Jiangdong warship being smashed into pieces.
After the big ship approached the small ship, Cao's soldiers began to shoot at the Jiangdong soldiers on the ship. From a high position, with a wide field of vision and a good position, they could almost kill a child with one shot.
The underwater hammering continued, but the result did not change.
These water ghost soldiers have almost given up, and they can only watch Cao's warships rampaging across the battlefield.
The battle continues.
On Han Dang's side, although there were many warships and many people, the chances of winning were getting slimmer and slimmer.
Han Dang could only watch helplessly as warships were smashed into pieces by Cao Jun's ships, or were ignited by rockets and set on fire, slowly sinking into the water.
I thought that Cao Jun's navy was a joke and they could easily win; but after the battle, Han Dang discovered that the clown was actually themselves.
It turned out that Cao Jun's warships were already powerful enough to make up for their water battle experience... Their warships were no longer on the same level as Cao Jun's.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer of his own warships, Han Dang had no choice but to give the order to retreat.
The soldiers in Jiangdong fled around in warships, or simply jumped into the river to escape. Those who could not escape could only surrender to Cao's army with their hands raised.
South Bank of the Yangtze River.
Han Dang's figure appeared on the shore.
"This is the navy in Lu Yan's hands. Why were they able to create such a monster in just one year?"
At this moment, Han Dang felt a little weak in his heart. He even doubted whether his ship could still hold up in the face of such a monster.
On the river, countless Jiangdong navy soldiers fell into the water.
Although many people have good water skills, not everyone can escape as the warship sinks.
There were at least more than 400 warships that went out, but when they came back, there were less than 100...