Chapter 61 Large Bed crossbow

In this unknown sea area, a fleet was suddenly found, with only three possibilities: the first caravan. The second army. The third pirate. He Chen can't believe that in this era of war and precariousness, any businessman or big clan in the Central Plains will go abroad to search for gold. Maybe, but the probability is really small. The army may have a small surname. During this period, there are only a few forces that can organize the navy to sail, either Sun Du of Liaodong, or Goryeo sticks or Xie Matai. Although Sun Jian and Liu Bei also have a small number of navies, it is absolutely impossible to appear here at this time. No force has any intersection with itself. If there is a little friction, the naval battle will be inevitable. Among these three possibilities, He Chen prefers the last one. The front fleet is likely to be pirates. Maybe it's still pirates in the system.

"No." The generals and soldiers responded, and their emotions were extremely high. Ge Laozi, this ghost field did not trap themselves to death. What else in the world can prevent us from moving forward?

With Gan Ning's successive orders, the flag bearer on the "Waryag" quickly changed the posture in his hand, and the flag in his hand fluctuated left and right, and suddenly up and down. At the same time, the soldiers on the warship that received the flag began to get busy and hurried back to their posts, ready to fight at any time.

No one expected that as soon as they came out of the tiger's mouth, they would welcome the wolves again. I just don't know if this group of wolves have a good tooth to bite down He Chen, a big hedgehog.

Soon, the black spots on the distant sea became more and more visible.

Gan Ning's expression was a little solemn, and his mouth was silent for a moment. His face changed slightly, "Your lord, the number of ships in front of you is no less than a hundred. And from the perspective of distribution, it is very methodical. It will never be a caravan or an ordinary pirate. The most likely is the army.

He Chen just nodded gently, with a sneer on his face: "No matter if he is a pirate to the army, if they dare to show a little hostility, I don't mind throwing them all into the sea to feed sharks and return to the arms of the sea god."

Thinking of He Chen's thorough means, a smile also appeared on the corners of Gan Ning's rough mouth. Even if the number of the other party's fleet was more than his own, he still said with confidence, "I have no doubt about this."

"Did the other party give a flag? Did they show their identity?" He Chen was confused about the naval battle command system. He only saw the flag bearer constantly waving, but he didn't know what it meant. He could only ask Gan Ning.

"I'm coming. They said it was a caravan." Gan Ning sneered, obviously disdainful of the signal, and then said, "How can there be such a huge caravan? And is it the attack formation from beginning to end? Obviously, it's not good intentions."

"Ha ha, then let them come." He Chen smiled and didn't smile. He casually waved his cloak, and his eyes showed a murderous look.

At this time, Gan Ning found that the fleet in front of him had changed and said, "They have set sail, and the fleet is accelerating."

He Chen stared at Gan Ning sideways, his eyes were full of light, and his tone was murderous, "It's up to you, Xingba."

"No." Gan Ning responded excitedly. After following He Chen for so long, he finally had a useful place to show what he had learned and command a large fleet to fight on the sea, which was his ideal and ambition. He shouted majesticly, "All the warships were ordered to line up horizontally, with the Varyag as the center, and the front line. The top of the Mengchong warship was on the left and right to protect the side of the main ship. Vehicles, boats and ships are ready to attack at any time.

Although He Chen doesn't know much about it, at least he still knows something. If you line up horizontally, you can concentrate the frontal forces to attack the bow and arrow, while reducing your own projection surface and reducing the probability of being hit.

With the change of the flag, the red horse boat began to swim in the outermost periphery. The owners of the two ships fought, turned around and began to slowly gather together, while the Varyag was hidden in the middle to deal with various situations on the battlefield at any time. Rockets, fuel, offshore throwers, etc. are quickly ready.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and there is no doubt about the distribution of each fleet.

On the other party's warship, there is a huge pink skull on the black flag flying high, two deep concave eyes, dipped in a few bright red blood colors, two huge crossed swords, passing through the bones, showing a ferocious competition.

turned out to be the flag of the pirate ship. He Chen was a little shocked.

Is this really a pirate ship? He Chen is a little suspicious that the pirate industry in this period is far less developed than that of later generations. It was not until the 8th to 11th centuries AD that the Vikings who chased wild deer in Scandinavia walked out of the forest and began to chase the entire European coastline that they created the legend of Vikings. Their footprints spread from the European continent to the vast territory of the Arctic. With the opening of new routes, pirates have ushered in a real golden age.

In Hanwei, hundreds of warships can be organized, many of which seem to be pirates of large and medium-sized warships? He Chen didn't believe it. The only possibility: either this is a system pirate, or a force pretends to be a pirate and plunders at the time of the chaos in the Central Plains.

Just as He Chen was meditating, the two fleets had their own movements.

With the advantage of speed and lightness, the red horse boat first left the fleet and leaned closer to the pirate fleet, ready to test the firepower of the other party. Similarly, the pirate phalanx also flew more than ten boats to fight with the red horse boat.

The fleets of the two sides were chasing after them, and the main ship array began to approach rapidly.

At this time, He Chen just walked against the wind, and the speed of the ship was slow; while the pirate ship sailed down, and the speed was very fast.

Seeing that it had entered the range, Gan Ning did not hesitate to wave his hand and ordered the main flag bearer to fly up and down at the same time, and the long-range equipment of all large ships opened at the same time. There are at least a dozen giant bed crossbows and 20 or 30 catapults, ready to go.

This giant bed crossbow feels very domineering when it hears its name. The whole crossbow is about the size of a bed board. It takes at least five or six soldiers to pull it away together. The arrow used is a thick wooden gun, which is ten feet long. The head of the gun is wrapped with iron sheet. Once it is developed and fired, it is like a cannonball. If it hits the target, it can directly prevent The royal ship broke a big hole and nearly sank. The brislith thrower has also been improved. It does not send out boulders to bombard the fortress like a land siege. It is equipped with an oil tank, which is wrapped in rags and other flammable things. At the moment before launch, it is ignited with a torch.

In a water war, it can sink or ignite the opponent's ship, which is the maximum killing. Compared with the reserve boulder, the oil tank is lighter and easier to load. Once hit, the jar bursts and the grease overflows. As long as there is a little spark, it can ignite a piece of fire. It is the most effective killing weapon in naval warfare.

"Fare." Gan Ning shouted loudly, and the majestic voice sounded all over the sea.

"Wow" and "Buzz" flew out of the front of the fleet with more than ten huge crossbow guns in the middle of dozens of burning fireballs. Although it was not very dense, the momentum and visual effects of the light shocked Yan Liang, Huang Wudie and others who had never experienced naval battles.

Almost at the same time, the counterattack of the front fleet also followed, with boulders, fireballs, crossbow guns and other weapons roaring in the air. There is no need for Gan Ning to say anything at all. The troops who have been fighting for a long time rushed out of a fire brigade in an extremely orderly manner. Where there is a fireball, it will be extinguished with water and dampness at the first time.

"The warehouse will be repaired immediately." With a shake of the hull, the huge target "Waryag" was the first to brunt it. Several crossbow guns were almost aimed at, and they had hit the body. Although the "Waryag" hull was thickened with wooden boards, two holes were still broken. Gan Ning's face remained unchanged and he commanded the soldiers to respond in a low voice. At the same time, he hurriedly said to He Chen, "Master, this pirate fleet is not simple. There is also a bed crossbow for the military department to defend the city. I estimate that the other party is likely to have a force behind it, or directly formed a regular water army pretending to be a pirate. "

He Chen watched the fireballs in the sky flying back and forth, and nodded gently to show that he understood.

At this time, the two fleets are one step closer.

"Rocket Soldier." Gan Ning roared again.

The archer, who was already ready, pulled away the burning bows and arrows and roared away.

Replaced crossbow guns and oil tanks in the air, full of rockets flying back and forth, and the scene was extremely spectacular and gorgeous. Busy soldiers are everywhere on the ship, coming and going like ants.

"Chang Diao, don't be idle in the Shenji Camp." Seeing the excitement of the long-range arms fighting back and forth, He Chen said in a low voice.

Like the divine machine camp, near maids and other direct subordinates, other generals have no right to command at all. Even now Gan Ning is appointed as the temporary governor of water warfare by He Chen, and he can't be mobilized except for the scaled sailors. Therefore, the "divine machine camp" has been on standby.

"No." The water battle made Chang Diao, a dry duck, a little dizzy, including the sharpshooter of the "Shenji Camp". The accuracy and strength of the arrows have been weakened a lot. Xiao is like this. After a wave of dense scattering, it still causes a lot of casualties. In the final analysis, weapons, skills and arrows are too much beyond the opponent's defense.

As the battle escalated, the two sides began to suffer casualties, and the ship gradually ignited a raging fire under the all-round rocket coverage. On the part of He Chenjun, the sail on the mast of a Ge ship was unfortunately hit by a rocket. The fire tongue burned quickly with the help of the wind. More than a dozen Bingzhou soldiers tried their best to descend the sail with the rocket, but they still could not stop the spread of the fire. In desperation, they had no choice but to cut off the rope.

On the pirate side, there are also several ships that are not spared. The hull began to become more and more popular, and it could not be extinguished at all.

The situation slowly escalated, and the scene became more and more intense. More and more ships were ignited by rockets, the firelight shone in the sky on the sea, and thick smoke began to rise. Some soldiers began to jump into the sea helplessly to avoid the situation of being burned by fire.

(to be continued)