Loud rumblings could be heard, and flames shot into the sky.
Although they have gunpowder arrows, Chu Qing's fleet also has a big disadvantage, that is, wind speed and direction.
The thick smoke blended into the dark night. Due to the wind direction and speed, the four warships headed by Brother Dajun on the south side were all wrapped in thick smoke.
Under normal circumstances, one should change course immediately and quickly get out of the smoke range, but in fact the distance between these four ships is not far.
There are also ship formations in naval battles. It is not a great tactic, but it is the most basic one. It is to prevent enemy thieves from approaching the coast. Any change of course and position of a ship will create a gap, allowing enemy ships to come in.
Chu Qing never said not to let enemy warships approach the beach, but everyone knows that if the enemy ships come ashore, the people are likely to suffer. He would rather endure the thick smoke, would rather have his sight blocked, would rather be choked with snot and tears.
, and no one adjusted the position of the hull.
Don't say that they don't know that the purpose of the enemy warship is to destroy the ship, and they have never thought about landing. Even if they know, they will not let any gap appear in the defense line, because the people who can command the warship, whether it is the little ones around Chu Qing,
Partners, or the generals of the navy. Their purpose in joining the army is to protect the people. They fight to win. Why do we have to win? Because we have to protect the people. If we win but cannot protect the people, this "victory" will be humiliating.
, which is contrary to the original intention of soldiers to join the army!
The soldiers who protect the people may not necessarily be the best in the world in combat ability.
But soldiers who are willing to protect the people will have the most noble qualities in the world. They will serve the people and the country regardless of life and death.
Wind speed and direction are not the only disadvantages to Chu Qing and others, the night is the second one.
After He Jizhen figured out the gunpowder ratio, Fu San fiddled with the abacus every day and wrote some numbers on yellow paper for He Jizhen to keep experimenting.
However, the raw materials of gunpowder are not available everywhere. After the power of gunpowder continued to increase, the initially built gunpowder crossbows were not discarded and were used in actual combat, with varying degrees of power.
If it were during the day, the explosion of the gunpowder crossbow and the actual killing results would frighten many enemies and thieves.
But this was at night, and apart from the noise, there was just a flash of fire. Although it was eye-catching, it did not have such a strong visual impact on people who were too far away. This was a night battle, and both the enemy and ourselves needed to focus on distinguishing each other, let alone the second one.
It was immediately known that the battle was damaged.
If it had been during the day, I believe there would have been more sailors of the Guanghuai Dao Zhou Division who would not have dared to step forward to fight.
Not to mention gunpowder crossbows, even artillery cannot sink a ship with one shot.
The boat is rocking, which is related to accuracy.
Headwind is related to range.
Gunpowder crossbows are fired by bed crossbows and divine arm crossbows. The amount of gunpowder carried on the crossbow is not too much, and it is also related to the power issue.
Therefore, having gunpowder does not mean you are invincible.
After the gunpowder crossbow explodes, it does not burn, but "explodes". The range of the "explosion" is extremely limited, so limited that it takes dozens of gunpowder crossbows to sink a ship.
Due to the war situation, it is inevitable to fall into anxiety.
The warship on the left, headed by the Mohist Dudu, quickly approached the enemy ship. If it were to move to land, it would almost be a close attack.
There is nothing that can be done about it. No one knows how many enemy ships there are. If you are lucky, the side of the ship is pointed at the stern of the place. You can fight but the other party cannot fight back. If you are not lucky, and vice versa, Chu Qing is first.
I suffered such a loss when I was Qin Qi.
Chu Qing's luck has always been bad. As soon as he put down the sail, two ships appeared on the right rear side.
Facts have proved that the Taoists of the Three Hidden Sects are really powerful, because their hexagrams gave Cuiyu a glimmer of hope, and Cuiyu, at the border, used the divine arm crossbow, which was not epoch-making but was almost epoch-making.
The weapon was presented to Chu Qing. The cuttlefish indeed played a vital role in Chu Qing's killing path.
Due to the angle, the Mohist Revenge was unable to shoot with the bed crossbow, but the distance was too close, so close that everyone could use the God Arm Crossbow to run to the stern of the ship to fight back.
Chu Qing could not pull the divine arm crossbow when he was at the border. After dozens of improvements by the Mohist disciples, he was finally able to pull it.
Just as he was about to light the gunpowder crossbow, Cuttlefish kicked him in the thigh, and then three Mohist disciples rushed up quickly, holding giant shields, and protected Chu Qing tightly.
"Before you die!" Squid took the divine arm crossbow from Chu Qing's hand and said coldly: "I die first!"
After finishing speaking, he cocked the crossbow, ignited it, and pulled the trigger. With a sound that broke through the air, the gunpowder crossbow fired from the divine arm crossbow in Cuttlefish's hand hit the bow of a seagoing ship behind.
Sharp arrows, like locusts crossing the border, were shot at the Mohist Revenge.
Two sea ships and more than 200 archers stretched their bows and pulled the strings. When they released the bow strings, the arrows disappeared into the darkness. The next second, they would appear on the hull of the Mohist Revenge.
The screams made Chu Qing's eyes split open.
Four old cousins from Hucheng and one Mohist disciple were lying in a pool of blood.
Chu Qing grabbed the giant shield of the Mohist disciple next to him, carried it on his back, lowered his body and ran over, dragging the wounded sailors full of blood one after another back to the cabin.
Battle formations will change the trend of the war due to tactics, and will also determine the tilt angle of the victory scale due to the advantages and disadvantages of weapons. Gunpowder arrows, this can be called an epoch-making weapon, with the same strength, the enemy has no chance of victory.
possibility.
But victory does not mean that there is no sacrifice or death in battle.
Every war is accompanied by death, without exception.
The battlefield at sea has begun to spread, and more and more enemy ships appear in the field of vision. Both the enemy and ourselves rely on morale, combat power, and luck.
Those who are lucky are like Xiao Yi.
It was just an ordinary warship equipped with crossbows, no torches were lit, and it was hidden in the darkness and riding the wind and waves. It happened to hit a privateer that had just furled its sails. The warship was on the side and the privateer was on the bow.
For most warships in this era, the most suitable positions for facing the enemy are the side, front, rear and both sides of the ship. No matter how tall the ship is or how many floors it has, more enemies can be gathered on both sides.
Archer or crossbow.
In two breaths, the three feather arrows shot by Xiao Yi all hit the front door, killing the three Ying bandit leaders on the bow of the privateer ship. What followed was a wild bombardment of gunpowder crossbows. In less than half a stick of incense,
The privateer ship sank, Xiao Yi ran back to the rudder, looking for the next target.
There are those who are lucky, and there are those who are unlucky.
For example, the Sheng Junhao, the vehicle of Brother Dajun, has a very majestic name and a large ship. It was originally Di Qinhu's ship, but because of its large hull and large target, it happened to be in a headwind position, let alone fighting.
Navigation was somewhat difficult. Three ships sank half a mile ahead. Chen Yan sank one ship and Qin Qi sank two ships. Thick smoke blew over and the sunken ship blocked the Shengjun's route.
In addition to those who have good luck and those who have bad luck, there are also those who not only have bad luck but also risk their lives.
The fastest ship is the Baoyu. Among the Chu Qing fleet, the Baoyu is not the most powerful, but it is the fastest. Among the third line of defense, Wang Baoyu is also the first to enter the battlefield.
Although he is young, Yuzai has extremely rich experience in naval warfare. The most important thing is that he understands the navy's warships.
What can be seen now is at least twenty warships. Sadly, the ones rushing to the front are the navy warships, while the privateers are at the rear.
Even in the battle formation, when the Chang people fought against the Chang people, this group of hateful Guanghuai Taoist boat masters had a vague intention of protecting the Ying thieves.
What Wang Tianyu wanted to sink was a privateer. A Japanese thief who could participate in such a night attack must be in a high position on Yingdao.
Xiao Yi was lucky and sank one. Wang Tianyu was lucky at first because he found the privateer.
But after finding it, Wang Tianyu's luck was not good, because there were three ships between the privateer and the Baoyu, one seagoing ship and two warships.
He did not rush over directly, because even if he did, the Baoyu Hao would not be able to escape unscathed.
"Go west!"
The Baoyu quickly changed its course, sticking to the right side, and passed by a sea ship.
Wang Tianyu, who was standing on the bow of the ship, bared his teeth and had white teeth, waved to the Chen family's private army on the ship, and then fired five gunpowder crossbows at them.
The Baoyu is not equipped with a bed crossbow. Because the space is too small, the only combat method is to use rams and arrow rockets. Now it is changed to a divine arm crossbow. Chu Qing also forcibly banned the use of rams.
Means of combating suicide.
Wang Tianyu's bad luck came one after another.
Seeing that they were approaching the privateers, two Guanghuai Dao Marine Corps warships revealed their huge figures.
"Guard the sail!"
Wang Tianyu still grinned with bared teeth.
A dense rain of arrows came, all of which were ignited oil rockets.
In just a moment, the right side of the Baoyu was set on fire, and the sails also burned.
Wang Tianyu stopped laughing and roared into the wind: "Get ready to abandon ship!"
The little pirates on the Baoyu were all stunned and turned to look at Wang Tianyu.
In fact, this level of damage is not enough to destroy the entire ship. Whether it continues to rush towards the privateer or returns, there is no big problem. However, if we continue to rush towards the privateer, it will be difficult for everyone to return alive.
"Abandon the ship!" Wang Tianyu stepped on the edge of the ship and shouted as if he was about to jump into the sea: "Brother said, life is the most precious. If the ship is gone, it can be rebuilt. Abandon the ship, quickly!"
Regarding Wang Tianyu's abnormal behavior, the little pirates didn't think much and jumped off the warship one after another.
After kicking the last three pirates onto the boat, Wang Tianyu turned over and carried the box filled with gunpowder crossbows to the bow of the boat with a grin.
He likes to rush into the boat, the feeling of life or death, the feeling that even if he dies, he will drag the enemy to die with him.
Chu Qing stopped letting everyone use the dinghy, but Wang Tianyu turned the Baoyu into a dinghy, a large dinghy.
As long as the privateers in the rear are ignited and sunk, the pirate ships in the front will mistakenly think that they are outflanked, and their military morale will be greatly lost, and they will no longer be able to maintain the formation of advancing straight in!
Quickly adjusting the course, Wang Tianyu's expression became more and more ferocious, and the fire behind him became larger and larger.
Seeing that he was approaching the privateer ship, Wang Tianyu's expression changed slightly: "Zhenhai?!"
Yuzai, who was gnashing his teeth, smiled again and turned on the rudder, his smile was so ferocious.