The Fourth Lingshi Financial Crisis

Chapter 206

While the senior executives of the Haiya Fleet were chatting, the ballistas of each ship were also being prepared one after another.

Seeing the flag bearer on the observation tower of the mainmast asking himself for instructions on the next step, Han Fulai immediately ordered loudly:

"The ballista fires!"

Following Han Fulai's order, the flag bearer immediately raised the flag language according to the instructions.

The flagship Ruicheng of the Haiya Fleet has a deck height of more than ten meters, and the height of the mainmast observation deck is close to 80 meters from the water surface. After the chess player plays the semaphore, the ships within a few miles can clearly Observed the command issued by the flagship Rui Cheng.

Haiya City is based on ocean trade, and the semaphore is almost the second foreign language and basic survival skills of the residents of Haiya City. The command system established by the Haiya Fleet based on the semaphore has shown amazing efficiency, and it also made Yang Lu really feel Han Fulai. confidence.

Although the Sea Cliff Fleet is corrupt, it is indeed strong enough!

After receiving the fire command from the flagship, hundreds of iron-clad crossbows as thick as arms were aimed at their selected targets like tactical missiles.

But probably because of 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 one unlucky ghost of Guhong Island being pierced by a crossbow arrow and died on the spot. In addition, a watchtower was hit by a crossbow arrow to support beams and collapsed twice. , causing minor casualties.

The other ballistas either poked their heads into the soil, or flew out from the top of the opponent's position.

Due to the great movement of the watchtower collapse, even Han Fulai, the mortal commander, noticed it.

Seeing that only two of the hundreds of valuable ballista ammunition hit by his side caused slight damage, Yang Lu thought that Han Fulai would be furious, but unexpectedly, he was full of excitement and turned to the lookout next to the flag bearer. He asked loudly, "I didn't expect our crossbowmen to be so accurate. Whose general is this?"

The lookout on the main mast immediately replied: "It seems to be Qin Tai, the No. [-] ballista team leader of the Yuxiang ship!"

"There are many rewards!" After Han Fu finished speaking, he immediately continued to order the flag bearer: "Flag flag, each ballista group adjusts the scale, and prepares for the second round of shooting according to the impact point of the first round of shooting!"

The Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce organizes fleets to sail in the four oceans of Kyushu all the year round. The fleet command system is quite efficient. After less than 3 minutes, the second round of ballista attacks was reloaded again, aiming at the Guhong Island position like a storm. past.

It should be because of the special adjustment of the scale, the accuracy of this ballista salvo is much better.

More than a dozen crossbow bolts collided head-on with the defender's earthworks, and the huge impact force directly smashed the wooden fence that hit it, and the broken sawdust was like shrapnel from a grenade, splashing out in all directions.

After receiving splash damage, 30 soldiers of Guhong Island who hid behind the fence fell to the ground on the spot, and the killing effect was quite astonishing.

This terrifying lethality also caused obvious disturbances in the Guhong Island camp. These slave soldiers never expected that the ballistas of the Haiya Fleet could hit so far, have such power, and have such high accuracy!

It's not that Tian Beixi doesn't want to arrange the defensive position further back, but the depth of the entire beachhead is so long. If the defense is organized further back, it will not be possible to ensure that the Zhongzhou soldiers will be led to the predetermined battlefield, and the power of gunpowder will not be exerted.

In the face of the outlying island coalition with mediocre equipment, the formation defect of the Guhong Island army was nothing, but in the face of the sea cliff fleet with strong ships and powerful guns, the formation defect was infinitely magnified.

Just like the Haiya Fleet didn't expect Tian Beixi to use gunpowder, Tian Beixi didn't expect the ballista technology of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce to be so sharp!

Don't say that Tian Beixi and the lords of outlying islands underestimated the combat power of the Haiya fleet. If Han Fulai hadn't taken the initiative to explain, even Yang Lu would not have known that the Haiya Chamber of Commerce had such a trump card!

Seeing the powerful deterrent effect of the second salvo, Han Fulai also nodded in satisfaction.

When the flag bearer asked for the next step of the battle plan again, Han Fulai was like General Van Fleet in front of Shangganling, and ordered in a bold tone: "First, let me fire a few rounds of ballista volleys to completely break the morale of the enemy. , and then the landing troops are fully pressed!"

"Hush-hush-hush-"

Accompanied by the sound of batches of crossbow arrows piercing through the air, the entire position of Guhong Island exploded.

The fast-flying iron-packed crossbow carries kinetic energy no less than that of solid artillery shells. Even in a windy and windy environment, its flight stability is not greatly affected, and it still maintains a fair hit accuracy.

All the buildings and enemies hit by the ballista were almost instantly smashed to pieces by the huge force. After several rounds of salvos, the sentry towers and wooden fences around the Guhong Island camp were blown to pieces.

Although the absolute casualties of Soldiers on Guhong Island were not too heavy, with a total of only 300 people losing combat effectiveness, the deterrent effect was astonishing.The indigenous soldiers on Guhong Island had never seen such a stormy unilateral bombing, and the cries and screams rang out on the spot.

This kind of situation where you can only be beaten but not fight back is very fatal to the morale of the army.

During the Gulf War, the U.S. Imperial Air Force continued to bomb the ace armored division of Iraq, which caused the soldiers of the Iraqi armored division to completely collapse psychologically, and finally dropped their equipment and fled in large areas.It was not until after the war that the U.S. military discovered that the number of tanks directly destroyed by U.S. bombing was even less than one-tenth of the number of abandoned tanks.

The fighting will of the soldiers on Guhong Island is only weaker than that of Comrade Lao Sa's Republican Guard.

After several rounds of long-range ballista bombing, the frontline army of Guhong Island has shown a tendency to collapse. Even if Shi Yi, the lord of Guhong Island, came to the front line and hacked and killed several soldiers trying to escape, it still could not completely curb the continuous decline in the morale of the frontline troops. the trend of.

Han Fulai's tactics are simple and crude, but they are really easy to use!
Just when the morale of the frontline soldiers on Guhong Island was shaken, a faint blue light blade suddenly flew out from Tian Beixi's camp.

The aura of this light blade is very weak, but its speed is astonishingly fast. Lin Muhu and Yang Lu tried to intercept it, but found that although the light blade was aimed at the direction of the Rui Cheng, it was not aimed at them, so they reacted It was half a beat slower.

"Crack-"

With a loud sound of wood breaking, the main mast of the flagship Ruicheng was cut in two by a light blade in an instant.

Then Yang Lu saw that the flag bearer and lookout, who had been issuing the semaphore for Han Fulai before, fell from the top of the mast on the spot and fell heavily into the deep sea.

In such a stormy environment, falling into the water in such an embarrassing posture, Yang Lu knew without guessing that there was a high probability that these two unlucky guys would not survive.

The main mast of the flagship was cut off, just like the flag of the commander-in-chief of the army was cut down.

Cheers erupted from the Guhong Island position, which was originally demoralized, and Lin Muhu said with an ugly face: "This time I was careless. I have been guarding against Tian Beixi's sneak attack on the three of us. I didn't expect that she would choose the right Banner hand! This witch never plays cards according to common sense, if she hadn't acted decisively, the soldiers of Guhong Island might collapse immediately!"

(End of this chapter)