Qiming 1158

Chapter 691 Decisive Battle against Guazhou Navy
The explosion caused damage to the warship and casualties of soldiers.

When it explodes, the sailors of the Southern Song Dynasty will be killed and wounded, and the flesh and blood of the explosion will fly. The lucky ones will also be blown away by the air waves generated by the explosion. The lucky ones will fall on the deck and not die. fell directly into the water.

Some of the big rockets were lucky enough to hit the mast of the ship. With a bang, the mast broke in response, and it was hard to say whether the ship could continue to fight.

In the face of the frequent shooting and serial explosions of the Ming army, the Southern Song Dynasty navy was really in chaos for a while, and did not continue to move forward. Instead, some of the warships ahead tried to go back to avoid the terrible explosion.

In this case, even several ships whose commanders were not able to collide with each other.

Before being sunk by the enemy, he sunk himself first.

Good guy.

At this time, Wu Chao, the general who commanded the navy, realized that if the situation was allowed to continue, the Southern Song navy would be defeated in advance. Once the Ming navy caught up, the Southern Song navy would face the danger of collapse.

And what happened to the Ming army's firearms?

Why is it so powerful?

Can the explosion do so much damage besides the sound?
Wu Chao couldn't figure it out, so he could only forcibly ignore the problem. He immediately ordered the drums to beat, waved the command flag, and ordered the navy soldiers to use the bunkers on the ship to protect themselves.

As long as you are close to the Ming army navy, when you can use hand-to-hand combat and jump gang warfare, you can offset the Ming army navy's advantages in firearms and long-range weapons.

This is an all-or-nothing sprint. I hope that the power of the Ming army's firearms is insufficient and the launch speed is limited. I will try my best to approach the Ming army navy at the fastest speed, start hand-to-hand combat and jump gang battle with it, and pull the Ming army navy back. In the normal state of water warfare, the advantages of the Southern Song Dynasty navy were used.

The Southern Song Dynasty navy was still well-trained and skilled. Under Wu Chao's order, a fleet of ships was soon organized, facing the indiscriminate bombardment of the Ming army, and sprinting towards the Ming army navy at full speed. go.

The Ming army navy obviously noticed this, and the signal soldiers on the watchtower quickly relayed the news to the flagship, letting Commander Zhou Mancheng know that the Song army navy had begun to charge, and the speed was quite fast.

This situation did not exceed Zhou Mancheng's expectations.

In the face of long-range advantages, of course, we must find a way to get entangled with the enemy in melee combat, so as to offset the long-range advantage, and he will do the same for him.

But it's not yet time, and the firearms of the Ming army have not been used more fully.

The big rockets continued to launch, hitting the sprinting Southern Song warships one by one. A series of explosions rang out. The Southern Song sailors were killed and injured, and some fell into the water. The casualties were relatively high serious.

However, there are still ships charging, showing considerable courage.

However, these charging ships will also become targets, and they will be taken care of by the large rocket launch team of the Ming army. Continue to move forward, and I don't know if the hull is damaged and cannot move forward, or the sailors and sailors inside are dead and unable to move forward.

It hasn't sunk in a while.

The Southern Song navy was obviously very heroic. After a period of chaos, it was discovered that although the firearms of the Ming army were very powerful, they would not be able to directly end the duel. They believe that as long as they fight in close combat, there must be a chance to turn the tide of the battle.

Therefore, under the order of the commander Wu Chao, the Song army navy warship began to charge.

However, the Ming army navy has a large reserve of firearms, so where does it go?

Do I have you? Of course, I will try my best to use firearms for long-range strikes, so that I will not fight you close at the beginning, so Zhou Mancheng ordered the first-line fleet to increase the launch volume of large rockets. One warship can launch five at the same time. Big rocket.

Although the number of ships that could hit the Southern Song Dynasty was not large, many were recruited by the Southern Song Dynasty warships, and many people were killed and injured.

It's not that they didn't counterattack. They also had long-range attack weapons such as bed crossbows, but they didn't have the powerful gunpowder of the Ming army. Just simple bed crossbow shooting could not play any role, and the damage to the Ming army was very limited.

And they don't have mature big rocket launch tactics. The firearms they have need to be close to a certain range before they can be thrown and used. Now the Ming army has fierce firepower, it is difficult for them to get close, and they can't play their own advantages.

In an instant, half an hour passed, and the first wave of death squads sent by Wu Chao basically died. They either ran back in despair, burned and waited to sink, or stood alone on the river without moving.

What's more unfortunate is that the sailors who fell into the water but haven't died yet. Those holding the plank still have a chance to survive. They were swallowed by the river in an instant, and the sailors suffered heavy casualties.

Wu Chao was very anxious. Before the war, he never expected that the Ming army had such powerful firearms and such a range. His brain was spinning rapidly, but after thinking about it, there was no better way. The ship charges.

Don't charge in one group, but divide into several teams and charge from different directions, and the speed must be fast, as long as the speed is fast enough, their firearms will not be able to catch up.

Go forward at full speed, sprint with all your strength, and seize every opportunity to start a battle with the Ming army and jump to help!

The order was transmitted through the horns of the war drum and the semaphore. Soon, the well-trained Southern Song navy organized another charge, this time it was a charge of three teams. The teams were all going at full speed, with no drag at all.

The disadvantage of the Ming army's lack of accuracy of firearms was revealed in front of the Song army's full-speed fighting ships, and the hit rate was greatly reduced. Although there were some good hits and explosions, the effect was far worse than the successful wave of blocking the enemy just now. .

After Zhou Mancheng learned of the situation, he realized that the long-range strike was the end of it. Firearms were not yet the mainstream of naval warfare. To truly eliminate the Southern Song navy, we still had to fight hard.

There are a large number of navy masters in Daming, and the training is not bad. Could it be that they are afraid of the failure of the navy masters of the Southern Song Dynasty?

Zhou Mancheng immediately sent an order, ordering the Ming army navy to take advantage of the number, and organized three counter-attack fleets to face the offensive fleet of the Southern Song Dynasty. After trying to maximize the advantages of firearms, the fleets of both sides finally launched The traditional pick-up battle and jump gang battle.

The two sides used crossbows, stones, and firearms to throw each other's ships. The Song army used their firearms to shake the sky, while the Ming army used the more powerful Thor cannons. Both sides were attacked by the other's firearms.

It was only at this time that Song Jun discovered that the most powerful firearms of the Ming army were not those large rockets with a long range, but this Thor cannon that "distributed from the same door" as Zhentianlei.

With a loud bang, the Thor cannon exploded, bringing about several times the lethality and impact of a large rocket. Whenever a Thor cannon is thrown on a ship, a bang can make almost half of the Song Army sailors lose their combat effectiveness. , and also indirectly lost momentum.

And their thunderstorms can't have the corresponding effect.

A Song army warship was even worse. It was hit by a Thor cannon in the powder room where the gunpowder was stored, causing a more tragic explosion. It blew the warship into two parts in one breath and sank directly. All the sailors on board were fed. fish and microorganisms in the Yangtze River.

The Ming army is not without similar risks. There are also Ming army warships that were hit by Song army firearms, which affected the place where gunpowder was stored, causing a tragic explosion, and Ming army soldiers also suffered devastating blows.

But on the whole, the power of the Thunder God Cannon of the Ming army is far greater than that of the Song army, whether it is the sound of the explosion or the power of the explosion.

But when the two ships are too close to collide with each other, the two sides will also start a traditional pick-up battle, such as hitting each other and slapping each other.

In addition to long-range firearms, the more common water warfare weapon in this era is the clap stick.

This kind of weapon is actually tying boulders to the top of the big mast, and tying it at a high place with ropes in advance. When approaching the enemy ship, the big mast is suddenly lowered, and the power of the stone is used to smash the enemy ship - "It is made like a big mast. A huge boulder is placed on the top, a reel drill is placed on the bottom, and the rope runs through the top of the ship, and is applied to the large ship.

Larger warships have rackets capable of smashing smaller enemy ships in one go.

When the Sui army went south to carry out the unification war against the Chen Dynasty, they used a warship called Wuya. It was equipped with six rackets, and one Wuya attacked, which could destroy more than a dozen Chen Jun warships in a row. , Chen Jun's warship has nothing to do about it.

There are even more outrageous examples.

When the Sui army was besieging a waterside city, it happened to rain heavily and the river swelled sharply. The Sui army's warships could drive directly to the edge of the city wall. It happened that the siege of the city was difficult at that time, so the commander of the Sui army ordered the warships to drive to the edge of the city. Use the clap stick on the warship to beat the defenders on the city head.

Where has Chen Jun's defenders ever seen such a posture?The crap slapped by the huge slap stick fled, so the main force of the Sui army quickly conquered the city.

The navy broke through the city, and the spectacle of the battlefield belonged to it.

Both the Song Army and the Ming Army battleships have large melee ships equipped with large rackets. They are very tall, and the hulls are very strong. The rackets are also powerful.

It is definitely not a good experience for a big ship to eat a bat, unless the warship is really strong - this kind of battle is actually a competition of the quality of the warships of both sides.

Ming army warships are made of solid wood and solid engineering. All shipbuilders are full of materials and carefully built.

As for whether this is the case with the Song army's warships, of course, the Ming army does not know.

When the warships of the two armies faced each other, more than a dozen warships of the Song and Ming armies collided.

Either the Song army warship was inserted into the hull of the Ming army warship relying on its sturdy and sharp bow equipment, or the Ming army warship pierced the hull of the Song army warship in a tit-for-tat style, and then the two sides immediately launched a hand-to-hand battle.

The battle of the Song army and the army was indeed a waste, but the navy's jumping gang battle was very brave, and they were not timid at all. Facing the Ming army, who had always been known for being brave and good at fighting, the Song army's sailors were not afraid.

The sailors of the Song army swooped in with their weapons, and fought fiercely with the sailors of the Ming army on the warship. Knife to knife, gun to gun, the Ming army sailors were also well-trained and powerful. fierce.

Bows and crossbows shot at each other, boulders flew, firearms exploded one after another, and the sound was like thunder.

On the other side, the bat fleets of both sides also engaged in melee combat. The huge bat slammed down and shot directly onto the other side's warship. The violent slap caused the hull to be severely damaged and knocked down the sailors on board.

This is very particular about who moves first and who moves later. The first mover is an absolute advantage. If the latter mover is not good, there is no chance to make a shot. Neither side is willing to lag behind. , lifted and dropped, and the shards of wood flew everywhere.

The sound of firearms exploding, the sound of soldiers fighting, the sound of ships colliding, the battle situation on the water of the Yangtze River was fierce and unusual.

Such a fierce battle not only tested the training and attack power of the navy on both sides, but also the command and psychological quality of the main generals on the battlefield.

At this moment, any slight change may cause a change in the battlefield situation.

(End of this chapter)