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Chapter 496 The Sound of the Sea (5)

"Come on, lean in, grab the boat, grab the boat!"

Tari ibn Aibi originally wanted to make a fortune this time, but he didn't expect that before the windfall could be seen, his family had already lost five medium warships, 32 small warships, and another eight A small battleship was so damaged that it almost lost its endurance, but the Datang fleet never dropped a single hair. How could this be Tari ibn Aibi?Turning from embarrassment into anger, his eyes became bloodshot and red in an instant, and he howled wildly like a wolf.

"Take the ship, take the ship!"

"Speed ​​up, speed up, go up!"

"Ballista, get ready!"

Although the techniques and tactics of the Dashi Navy are extremely primitive, they do not lack the courage to fight to the death. In fact, the Dashi soldiers who have been brainwashed by religion have always been extremely fanatical extremists. He also does not care about his own life. The Dashi Navy, which was started less than a month ago, was able to defeat the well-trained Eastern Roman Byzantine Navy in one fell swoop. It was not because of clever tactics or advanced weapons. The courage and determination of waiting for the fear of death dragged the Byzantine navy into the cruel hand-to-hand combat at the cost of countless lives, thus wearing down the opponent life and death. At this moment, facing such a heavy loss, everyone Not only was Shi Haijun not intimidated, but he was stimulated by the blood and went crazy. Thousands of people shouted in unison, fighting with hundreds of boats, rushing to the Datang Fleet desperately, even ignoring the wild cry for help from the drowning compatriots shout.

"Quick, turn around, move so fucking fast!"

"Quick, quick, arrow up, arrow up!"

"Shoot again, fire quickly!"

The bravery of the Dashi Navy was obviously beyond the expectations of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and they couldn't help but panic for a while-the journey of the Datang Fleet was not smooth, it can be said that it came all the way, There is no way, the Datang Fleet is such a large scale, it is too difficult not to attract attention, everyone knows that winning the Datang Fleet means having wealth that cannot be spent in a lifetime. Pirates, Pu Luozhong natives, and other people from all walks of life often have ideas about the Datang fleet, but they often retreat in defeat as soon as they see the power of the Datang warships. For such a powerful master of Shi Haijun, all the officers and men of the Tang Dynasty are considered veterans in the battlefield, but they can't help but feel a little flustered. The third officer's password sounded, and everyone was running with all their might.

The giant ballista is not a rare item. Not only the Tang army has standard equipment, but also the Arab Empire. However, when it comes to power and dexterity, they are far inferior to those equipped by the current Datang fleet. Ballista, this is not a ballista in the traditional sense, but a special ballista produced in the secret laboratory of "Mingdi". , the effective range is more than three times that of the ballista used by the Dashi Navy. The guide rail moves up and down, left and right, and can be turned 180 degrees, and the arrows can be fired from the shooting hole on the other side. Of course, due to the size of the cabin, all ballistas on the same floor cannot be turned at the same time. They must move in sequence. As for moving, without a good level of training, it is extremely difficult to do. Of course, this is not very difficult for the officers and men of the Datang Fleet. , the six battleships of Datang have completed their strategic adjustments—the ballistas on the top tier of each ship turned collectively and moved to the rear side, while the ballistas on the second tier stayed put and fired vigorously. He managed to suppress the fierce attack of the Dashi Navy, but seeing the roaring sound of the giant ballista, waves of various crossbow bolts whizzed and smashed towards the oncoming Dashi Navy, although they couldn't get the first blow. Waiting for the astonishing results, but the enemy in front of him paid the price of sinking more than a dozen ships, and he was unable to get close to the Datang Fleet for a long time.

The frontal Dashi Navy was unable to make a breakthrough, and its squadrons going around to the rear were also in vain. Under the fierce firepower of the Tang Army, all the warships that dared to approach were sunk and damaged. Although the stone bullets thrown by crossbow arrows and trebuchets hit the Datang warships frequently, but the Datang warships had thick skin and thick flesh. As soon as the food warship fired its crossbow arrows, it became the focus of the Datang Fleet's care. It was smashed into fragments floating on the sea without any suspense. The tragedy is really shocking. Of course, the formation of the Tang army's battle lines is not without weaknesses. The two warships before and after it are the most likely places where things will go wrong-these two warships are very difficult to get friendly ships. There is only a giant ballista at the bow of the ship. With insufficient firepower, it is difficult to suppress the approach of the enemy ship. If it can move and fight, this weakness can be reduced to a minimum. The merchant fleet covering its rear was unable to maneuver in a large area, and could only rely on the manipulation of sails to cruise back and forth in a small area, which gave the Dashi Navy a chance to sneak in.

"Oh!"

In the chaotic fierce battle, just as the "Weiyuan" at the head of the Datang Fleet made a tactical maneuver and was about to cruise backwards, a loud noise suddenly erupted from the bow of the ship, followed by a burst of savage cheers. When the work started, it was a large-scale medium-sized battleship that was rushing with all its strength. It used the giant ballista on the bow to launch a giant hook with an iron chain, and shot it heavily at the nose of the "Weiyuan".

"Lean up and seize the ship!"

On a medium-sized battleship, a strong general with a beard and a beard saw that the giant hook was accurately shot into the hull of the "Weiyuan", and he immediately became excited, and shouted and ordered all the sailors to tighten it up. Relying on such pulling force, the winch reel quickly leaned against the bow of the "Weiyuan", and a dozen shirtless warriors climbed up the iron rope with scimitars in their mouths, struggling towards the "Weiyuan". The foredeck climbed up.

"Luo Feng, take your men aboard and guard the bow!"

Lin Hu was originally standing on the front deck observing the dynamics of the battlefield. When he saw the Great Food Warship approaching, he frowned involuntarily, but he did not go into battle to kill the enemy himself, but retreated to the battlefield very rationally. Under the mast, order the escort team to come forward to meet the enemy.

"No! Brothers, come with me, kill the thief, kill the thief, kill the thief!"

Luo Feng is Luo Tong's nephew and also his disciple, and he joined "Ming Di" with Luo Tong. Although he is not very old, only in his early twenties, he can be regarded as the elder of "Ming Di". This time he was ordered to accompany Lin Hu on an overseas expedition, and he took on the responsibility of the leader of the warriors guarding the ship. It is a pity that there were very few chances to make a move along the way, except for a fight with the indigenous tribes in Lasan Buddha Qi (now Sumatra). Apart from the fierce small-scale battles, there are really no good performance opportunities, especially in naval battles. Usually, you can only be a boring spectator, whether it is facing the raid of poisoned pirates or the The siege of Luozhong's indigenous small fleet, Luo Feng could only watch helplessly the performance of the crossbowmen, and he was already suffocated. Hearing Lin Hu's order, he immediately became excited and licked With a roar, he led more than [-] "Ming Di" masters and rushed towards the bow of the ship.

"Decree: The first and second squadrons will besiege the enemy's flagship with all their strength, regardless of the cost, and make every effort to board!"

Although Tari ibn Abi was greedy, he was not stupid. Up to this point in the battle, he had already seen that the "Weiyuan" was the flagship of the Datang Fleet. Seeing that his warship had successfully approached, His eyes immediately turned green like wild wolves, he gritted his teeth and gave the order to die, and with the sound of the horn, the Dashi Navy battleship group that had been rushing madly suddenly felt like chicken blood, risking the warships of the Tang Army. After being baptized by the crossbow arrows, they rushed towards the "Weiyuan" like a leech. As a result, the pressure on the "Weiyuan" suddenly increased to an extremely dangerous level. Due to the situation, the "Weiyuan" had to be fully supported with firepower. As a result, more than a dozen large food warships took advantage of the gap of the crossbow arrows on the "Weiwu" and quickly approached the "Weiwu", only a short distance away. It was able to connect to the ship, but fortunately, "Wei Shun" allocated half of its firepower to support it in time. Whether the battleship can be kept or not depends on the "Weiyuan" itself.

"Fire arrows!"

The more than twenty ship guard warriors led by Luo Feng are all equipped with hand crossbows, and the crossbow arrows have already been stringed when they were on standby. Since he would not be very polite at all, he took the lead in pulling the trigger of the crossbow after drinking a sip, and when the rest of the people saw this, they did not dare to neglect them. The Dashi soldiers on board shot and killed most of them.

"Fire the arrow and suppress the bow of the ship!"

The general on the Dashi medium-sized battleship saw that most of his climbing warriors had been killed, and immediately became furious. He pulled out the scimitar from his waist, pointed at the bow, and shouted loudly. Not only did the twenty or so archers on the medium-sized warship unfurl their bows and set arrows, but the archers on the dozens of small warships that were rushing over also shot their feather arrows at the bow of the "Weiyuan". The feathered arrows were as dense as locusts, and they suppressed the attack of Luo Feng and others forcibly in an instant. It wasn't that Luo Feng and others were not good at archery, but the bow of the ship was so big, and there were no more than three or five people at a time. Stepping forward to shoot, how can it compete with the hundreds of archers of the Dashi Navy.

As Luo Feng and others were suppressed, the climbing warriors of the Dashi Navy began to climb to the "Weiyuan" again. Without counting, with a burst of cheers, the head of the No. 1 Dashi Warrior Finally, the bow of the "Weiyuan" was reached from the outside of the ship, and the war has reached a critical turning point.

(End of this chapter)