While the senior officials of the Haiya Fleet were chatting, each ship's ballistae was also being prepared one after another.
Seeing the flag bearer at the mainmast lookout asking for his next order, Han Fulai immediately shouted:
"Ballista fire!"
Following Han Fulai's order, the flag bearer immediately followed the instructions and raised the flag.
The flagship of the Haiya Fleet, the Ruicheng, has a deck height of more than ten meters, and the height of the mainmast observation platform from the water is close to eighty meters. After the chess player signals, all ships within a few miles can
The commands issued by the flagship Ruicheng were clearly observed.
Haiya City is engaged in ocean trade, and semaphore is almost a second foreign language and basic survival skill for the residents of Haiya City. The command system established by Haiya Fleet based on semaphore has shown amazing efficiency, and Yang Lu can really feel Han Fulai's feelings.
confidence.
Although the Haiya Fleet is corrupt, it is indeed powerful enough!
After receiving the firing command from the flagship, hundreds of arm-thick iron-clad crossbow bolts were fired straight at their chosen targets like tactical missiles.
But perhaps due to the heavy rain, the effect of this round of ballista salvo was not ideal.
With the help of the Eagle Eye Technique, Yang Lu only saw an unlucky guy on Guhong Island whose body was penetrated by a crossbow bolt and died on the spot. In addition, a watchtower was hit by a crossbow bolt and its supporting beams were shaken twice and collapsed.
went down, causing minor casualties.
The other ballistae either stuck their heads into the soil, or flew out from above the opponent's position.
Due to the loud noise of the collapse of the watchtower, even Han Fulai, a mortal commander, noticed it.
Seeing that only two of the hundreds of rounds of valuable ballista ammunition on his side hit the target, causing slight damage, Yang Lu originally thought that Han Fulai would be furious, but unexpectedly, he was filled with excitement and looked at the lookout beside the flag bearer.
The soldier asked loudly: "I didn't expect that our crossbowmen could shoot so accurately. Whose general is this?"
The lookout on the main mast immediately replied: "It seems to be Qin Tai, the No. 2 ballista crew leader of the Yuxiang!"
"There are many rewards!" After Han Fu finished speaking, he immediately continued to order the flag bearer: "Show the flag, each ballista group adjusts the scale, and prepares for the second round of shooting based on the impact point of the first round of shooting!"
The Haiya Chamber of Commerce organizes fleets to sail in the four oceans of Kyushu all year round. The fleet command system is very efficient. In less than three minutes, the second round of ballista attacks was reloaded and aimed at the direction of the Guhong Island formation.
passed.
Probably because of the specially adjusted scale, the accuracy of this round of ballista volleys is much better.
More than ten crossbow bolts collided head-on with the defensive civil engineering works. The huge impact directly shattered the wooden fence they hit, and the broken wood splinters flew out in all directions like grenade shrapnel.
After receiving splash damage, twenty or thirty of the Guhongdao soldiers hiding behind the fence fell to the ground on the spot. The killing effect was quite astonishing.
This terrifying lethality also caused obvious commotion in the Guhong Island camp. These slave soldiers had no idea that the ballistae of the Haiya Fleet could shoot so far, be so powerful, and be so accurate!
It wasn't that Tian Beixi didn't want to arrange the defensive positions further back, but the depth of the entire beachhead was only so long. If he organized the defense further back, he would not be able to ensure that the Zhongzhou soldiers would be led to the intended battlefield, and the power of gunpowder would not be unleashed.
When facing the outlying coalition forces with mediocre equipment, the formation flaw of the Guhong Island army was not a big deal, but when facing the Haiya Fleet with strong ships and powerful artillery, this formation flaw was infinitely magnified.
Just like the Haiya Fleet didn't expect Tian Beixi to use gunpowder, Tian Beixi didn't expect the Haiya Chamber of Commerce's crossbow technology to be so sharp!
Not to mention that Tian Beixi and the outlying island lords underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Haiya Fleet. Without Han Fulai's proactive explanation, even Yang Lu would not have known that the Haiya Chamber of Commerce had such a trump card!
Seeing the powerful shocking effect of the second salvo, Han Fulai nodded with satisfaction.
When the flag bearer once again asked for instructions on the next battle plan, Han Fulai was like General Van Fleet before going to Ganling. He ordered with a heroic tone: "First fire a few rounds of volleys with the crossbow to completely break up the enemy's morale."
, and then the landing troops will attack in full force!"
"Boo-boo-boo-"
Along with the sound of batches of crossbow arrows piercing the air, the entire Guhong Island position exploded.
The high-speed flying iron-clad crossbow carries no less kinetic energy than a solid artillery shell. Even in a windy and rainy environment, its flight stability is not greatly affected, and it still maintains acceptable hit accuracy.
All buildings and enemies hit by the ballista were almost instantly blown to pieces by the huge force. After several rounds of volleys, the guard towers and wooden fences outside the Guhong Island camp had been blown to pieces.
Although the absolute number of casualties among the soldiers on Guhong Island is not heavy, with only two to three hundred people losing combat effectiveness in total, the shock effect is astonishing. The indigenous soldiers on Guhong Island have never seen such a violent unilateral attack.
Bombs, cries and screams were heard on the spot.
This situation of being beaten but unable to fight back is a very fatal blow to the morale of the army.
During the Gulf War, the U.S. Air Force continued to bomb the ace armored division in Iraq, which caused a complete psychological collapse of the Iraqi armored division soldiers, and eventually there was a phenomenon of large areas abandoning equipment and fleeing. It was not until after the war that the U.S. military discovered that the Iraqi armored division soldiers were directly bombed by the U.S. military.
The number of tanks destroyed was not even one-tenth of the number of abandoned tanks.
The fighting will of the soldiers on Guhong Island is only slightly weaker than that of Comrade Lao Sa's Republican Guard.
After several rounds of long-range ballistae bombings, the frontline army of Guhong Island has shown a tendency to collapse. Even though the lord of Guhong Island, Shi Yi, came to the front line in person and killed several soldiers trying to escape, he still could not completely curb the declining morale of the frontline troops.
the trend of.
Han Fulai's tactics are simple and crude, but they are really effective!
Just when the morale of the soldiers on the front line of Guhong Island was wavering, a faint blue light blade suddenly flew out of Tian Beixi's camp.
The aura of this light blade was very weak, but its speed was astonishingly fast. Lin Muhu and Yang Lu tried to intercept it, but found that although the light blade was shot in the direction of the Ruicheng, it was not aimed at the two of them, so they reacted
Just half a beat too slow.
"Click——"
With a loud sound of wood breaking, the main mast of the flagship Ruicheng was instantly cut into two pieces by the light blade.
Then Yang Lu saw that the flag bearer and lookout who had been issuing flag messages for Han Fulai fell from the top of the mast on the spot and fell heavily into the deep sea.
In such a windy and rough environment, falling into the water in such an embarrassing posture, Yang Lu knew without guessing that these two unlucky guys would most likely not survive.
The mainmast of the flagship was cut off, just like the flag of the commander of the army was cut down.
The Guhong Island position, which was originally demoralized, suddenly burst into cheers, while Lin Muhu said with an ugly face: "I was careless this time. I have been guarding against Tian Beixi's sneak attack on the three of us. I didn't expect that she would choose to attack us."
Si Qi, take action! This witch never plays her cards according to common sense. If she hadn’t acted decisively, the soldiers of Guhong Island might have collapsed soon!"
