"General, we found a large number of Cao's warships coming from behind the enemy's formation!" The sailor climbing on the lookout flagpole suddenly pointed to the distance and yelled wildly.
After hearing this, Sun Quan hurriedly boarded the highest point of the warship and looked into the distance. He saw only two or three miles away from the water, various tributaries, waterways, and rivers, and suddenly clouds of warships poured out. A large number of Cao's warships came from Chibi.
The criss-crossing water channels opened up from behind and on the left and right, and they gathered towards the chasing, escaping, and burning battlefield.
"Haha, Cao Zhi, you finally couldn't help it anymore and are going to use your wealth! Brothers, we have met the enemy on a narrow road, but everyone has seen through just now that we are a hundred times braver than them, and Cao's army is a softie!
When we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win. Let’s fight with all our strength. Victory belongs to us. Let’s kill...”
"kill……"
Amidst the thundering shouts of killing, Sun Jun's fleet was in hot pursuit. Wu Jing's main fleet was in front, and Sun Quan was behind. Sun Kuang's warships in front were even more energetic.
, followed the fleeing Cao Jun warship as fast as possible.
Zhou Yu's fleet on the far left side of the entire huge battle formation also began to move to the left at this time. It would take half an hour at the fastest for the entire fleet to move and redeploy. So he ordered all the warships to move during the movement.
It is best to fire continuously and entangle the fleeing Cao Jun's warships, which can cause a certain amount of damage. If not, it can also cause some turmoil and psychological pressure to slow down Cao Jun's escape.
But at this time, the retreating warships of Cao's army circled the strange ships that had been parked in the middle of the river in the shape of Zengzi, and then retreated to a certain water area before escaping again. When countless warships in the distance behind them came out
Now that they were in sight, Cao Jun even ordered a number of severely damaged warships to cross-ship on the spot to form a water fortress. They used their catapults that were still usable to start a positional battle with the Sun Army warships that were coming up, while the rest
The warships also lined up in a row, advancing instead of retreating, forming a fan shape to intercept Sun Jun's warships.
"Are we going to attack again with fire?" This was Zhou Yu's first impression when he saw Cao Jun's rearrangement. Seeing the speed at which their warships were advancing instead of retreating, he knew that it was too late to detour to the upper right, so he immediately ordered: "
The catapults were fired continuously during the march, entangling the enemy's sight. The other ships turned to the left and followed our warships, allowing their fire ships to hit our flanks. I will let them suffer the consequences of using this fire ship again.
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The next exchange of fire between the two sides was extremely fierce. They were so close to each other that they were completely within the shooting range of various types of warships. As water columns rose up in the river, the sides and decks of the hit ships were shattered into pieces of wood.
Flying sideways, both sides are trying to gain time to adjust to the best offensive position regardless of cost.
"No, Cao Jun's ship has stopped moving!" This is when Zhou Yu's warships have completed the horizontal movement, and a large number of warships from Sun Kuang, Wu Jing, and Sun Quan have also poured into this section of the river. After they have almost formed a convergence,
, only to find that all the warships lying in front of Cao Jun were motionless.
"What does this mean? What tricks is Cao Zhi playing? The fire boat tactic is no longer used, but the wolf pack tactic is used again?"
Just as Zhou Yu was gliding parallel across the river, and the boats of Sun Kuang, Wu Jing, and Sun Quan, who were following directly behind, rushed past very quickly, Zhou Yu saw a group of small ships emerge from behind Cao Jun's warship. They rushed towards the river along the way.
There was something dumped in the tank, and Zhou Yu recognized it at a glance as a smaller warship that had appeared here before.
At this time, Cao Jun's stone throwing did not decrease. On the contrary, it became more enthusiastic. But what Zhou Yu, who was at the end of the formation, could not understand, was that the accuracy of Cao Jun's stone throwing at this time was greatly reduced. Most of their shots were directed at Sun.
Kuang, the uninhabited waters on the left and right of Wu Jing's warship formation, and those things did not seem to be Cao Jun's traditional stone bullets, or destructive weapons such as wood fire bullets, but some extremely fragile objects. Zhou Yu saw many
It burst and shattered before entering the water, and the liquid object inside instantly floated out. But Zhou Yu's current position was so far away that he couldn't clearly see what it was, what ammunition it was?
"Inform the lord that there are enemy river locks ahead, and ask them to be more vigilant. It is best to equip them with heavy weapons and destroy those river locks in one fell swoop... and ask them to be careful..."
Zhou Yu was also unsure of Cao Jun's current tactics and arrangements here, so when he hesitated in the order he conveyed, the forward warships in the distance were getting closer and closer to the waters that Zhou Yu expected to block the river. And he
At this time, the main fleet changed its formation and turned its bow to follow the formation of Sun Quan and others. It had not yet been completed. Hesitating and worried, Zhou Yu finally changed the order and ordered to abandon the roundabout battle plan and ordered the warships to directly penetrate into Cao Jun's group.
At a certain point of the fleet of ships lined up in a row, Sun Quan and Zeng Pingping launched an attack on the one-line formation set up by Cao Jun. If Cao Jun really gave up the fire ships, they would definitely be attacked by their three fleets of warships.
successive impacts.
Zhou Yu's fleet turned again. At this time, Cao Jun's strange ships suddenly appeared and quickly copied them. When they turned around, dragging a trail of black oil along the way, they quickly turned back and fled.
Sun Kuang and other warships, who were not aware of the deceit, immediately chased them, flying flowers, like wolves, relying on their flexibility and speed to chase these enemy ships. The gloomy murderous aura and wild shouts of killing filled the air.
The entire body of water.
"Boom!" There was a loud noise in the distance, and Sun Kuang's warship was stirred up and hit something in the river first. Suddenly, the wave of waves lifted his Sea Falcon into the air.
When it fell, the hull of the ship also tilted, and the "squeaking" sound of the ship's planks seemed to be audible. Immediately afterwards, a high water column suddenly appeared under another horizontal surface of the water, one ship after another.
The approaching Sun Army warship shook violently with the water droplets and shock waves raised from the bottom of the ship.
Sun Kuang's fleet at the front didn't know what happened. They and the warships behind them were still moving forward at high speed. Sun Kuang was familiar with things like river locks, and they dealt with them
The method is to use their hard and strong warships to quickly ram them. One ship will keep ramming, and two, three, dozens, or even hundreds of warships will hit each other at the same time. No matter how thick the river lock is, they can't stop it.
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This was Sun Kuang's bold and bizarre idea in today's deceitful water battle after receiving Zhou Yu's reminder. Although Sun Kuang is not old, he is familiar with the art of war and has ignorant practical experience.
He may not seem to have a very bright mind, but he has devised a seemingly correct strategy to break the enemy's blockade.
The violent attack was all prepared for this moment, but Sun Kuang did not notice that in the water farther away, on a warship that looked like a small city, a man was suspended motionless on a ship building dozens of feet high. In order to let the enemy
He walked into his minefield and his kerosene area, causing more Sun Army warships and soldiers to die here. He had been waiting for a long time.
This person is Cao Zhi, the coach of Cao Jun. Although he is not very old, his movements are already quite majestic. His movements at this time are slow and natural, which is a sign of extreme confidence. He is looking at the far battlefield.
His eyes were resolute and cold, indicating that he was quite conceited about his plan.
Zhou Yu, who was as ancient as Cao Zhi, was completely opposite to Cao Zhi's calmness at this time. Zhou Yu really didn't know what was happening underwater in front of him. How could there be such a powerful explosive force underwater, which almost tipped the ship's hull?
. Zhou Yu could see with his naked eyes that the explosions did come from under every ship that hit the river lock, and the explosion point came from underwater. He really couldn't guess what kind of weapon it was. But he knew it was not good, and suddenly
He screamed loudly: "All retreat! All warships...all retreat! They have buried explosives underwater!"
"It's too late." I don't know if it was telepathy. When Zhou Yu shouted "Retreat", Cao Zhi faced Sun Quan and Cao Zhi who also asked about the explosives being wet. Wu Jing still had the opportunity to see the problem and evacuate in time and jump out.
Zhuge Liang, who questioned Cao Zhi's so-called final attack plan, smiled and said.
A moment after Zhou Yu shouted, "Boom!" a huge explosion sounded at the feet of the Sun Army's ships approaching the river lock. Then came the farther end behind where the main force of the Sun Army had passed. There was no sign of it when they came.
Obstacles such as river locks have started to explode one after another, and they are becoming more and more dense.
No one would have thought that the river lock arranged by Cao Zhi here was not one, but two, front and rear, forming an encirclement. The span of these two iron ropes was not only very large, but they were not used to intercept Sun's warships at all.
The first one was hidden quite deep, making it easier for Sun's army to march straight through. Although the second one was on the surface, its most important function was not to intercept Sun's army, but to facilitate detonation.
Cao Zhi had already arranged for soldiers to hide a large number of his earthen mines in this area. Many people have probably forgotten that when Cao Zhi started researching explosives, the first batch of gunpowder was used in mines. If there are landmines, will the invention of mines still be possible?
Is it far? The only difference between landmines and sea mines is their waterproofness. In this era, no matter how talented Cao Zhi is, it is really difficult to completely seal the mines, and it is impossible to make such bombs function as sea mines in water.
However, the recent discovery of a mineral deposit in the East China Sea of Xuzhou completely solved the problem that troubled Cao Zhi in using explosives underwater.
In Donghai County, Xuzhou, a prospecting team sent by Cao Zhi to search for sulfuric acid unexpectedly found a mineral deposit called rock saltpeter. This rock mineral deposited underground by desertification over thousands of years is not only flammable, but can also be used directly.
It is an important raw material for making black gunpowder, and even if it is accumulated at a certain density and quantity, it can directly cause an explosion.
Cao Zhi's prospecting team was originally ordered to search for sulfur, an important component of gunpowder. Unexpectedly, when they took shelter from the rain in a cave, they accidentally discovered that the soil in the cave contained rock nitrate.