Late Tang

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As soon as the cannon rang, the gold was ten thousand taels.

Just now, the cannons had been fired very well, and the hundred flying thunder cannons on dozens of ships roared like thunder, and within half an hour, all the three thousand flying thunder cannons they carried had been fired.

"Damn it, I now understand another meaning of the golden ten thousand taels when the cannon is fired. Three thousand rounds of flying fire, sixty thousand catties of gunpowder, the one-year ration of the No. 18 Army of Jianghai Township It's all gone, fuck it!" Deng Huan was still flushed, staring excitedly at the Huainan army fleet in the turbulent sea filled with gunpowder and smoke.

The power of gunpowder weapons is indeed good, but even if they are still in the special equipment sequence in the Qin army, there are also great objective reasons.The most important thing is that the output cannot keep up. The Firearms Bureau of the Ordnance Department produces the amount in one month, and it may only be used up in a few rounds in a battle.Another thing is that it is greatly affected by the weather. Once it rains, no matter how many firearms you have in your hand, you will have to lie down, and it may even get wet.

At this moment, Deng Huan worked hard in Jianghai Town and produced a hundred flying thunder cannons. However, in the battle at this time, the gunpowder of [-] rounds and [-] catties was shot out in less than a while.

Wu Qian's face was also flushed at this time, and he was still in shock at the Feilei Cannon.

I was a little disappointed to hear that I had run out of ammunition.

The thousands of large and small Huainan ships at sea have already lost almost 4000% in this time, and nearly [-] ships have been destroyed. It is said that the results of the battle are fruitful. Before they are close, they have killed [-] ships with almost zero losses. boat, three [-] people.

But this way of fighting is indeed a bit unbearable, and the ammunition was exhausted in a short while, [-] catties of gunpowder.

"Brother Ziming, don't worry, let's see the combat effectiveness of our navy." After finishing speaking, Wu Qian turned his head and shouted to the messenger: "The fleet retreats slowly and seizes the upper reaches!"

With an order, the First Fleet of the Lingbo Army immediately retreated quickly, and while driving westward, continued to distance itself from the Huainan Fleet.

On the river to the north, Liang Zuan stood on a flat-bottomed Bian boat, holding a binoculars in his hand, his face ashen.

This battle was fought in a staggering manner, and before they got close to the opponent, more than 3000 ships, large and small, were lost in a blink of an eye, and more than [-] people were lost.

"Shuai Liang, the thieves are gaining the upper hand, so we must attack!" Bi Shiduo reminded carefully from behind.In surface combat, the sharpest weapon is the fire attack.

Liang Yan also knew this, "Speed ​​up and encircle!" Although the fierce shelling of the Qin army just now made the faces of the Huainan army pale, but at this moment, they can only encircle.

On the Jianghai, Wu Qian, holding a binoculars, sneered at the large and small ships rushing up like ants, with indescribable ridicule.Since the Feng family, the Wang family, and the navy of the Duli town were destroyed, there were already no enemies in the sea.

Huainan and Zhenhai also have naval divisions, but Wu Qian and others never admit that they are also called naval divisions.

"Let the mine go!" Wu Qian ordered in a deep voice.

The flag was fluttered, and the [-] ships that were originally building ships and fighting ships and frigates in the battle immediately sailed to the lower direction of the fleet and lined up.

Shiba Tiao began to release underwater mines.

The so-called underwater mine, as the name suggests, is a water weapon specially designed by the Ordnance Bureau for the navy.

At first, the Ordnance Department developed a weapon for the infantry, the invincible mine cannon. Later, the underwater mine was designed based on the mine cannon.

It uses a wooden box as a thunder shell, putty sticks the seams, and puts black powder inside, and its firing device uses a long rope to be pulled by a person to detonate it.There are three iron anchors dropped under the wooden box to control the action of underwater mines in the water.

At the same time, there is another drifting underwater mine, which uses burning incense as a timing fuze, known as the underwater dragon king cannon.After that, the Ordnance Department continued to improve the mines, and now the latest model has been improved to trigger floating mines that touch the line to trigger mines.

Hearing Wu Qian's order, he walked up and started laying mines. There were two kinds of mines, the underwater Dragon King Cannon that sank under the water surface, and the underwater thunderbolt made of ox gills and floating on the water surface.

Right now, the navy of the Qin Army has seized the upstream direction, and the thunder under the walking boat is half in the water and half on the water surface, floating along the current to the Huainan boat that is coming.

"Damn." With just one glance, Deng Huan has already recognized that the thunder placed on the walking boat is the latest type of wire-triggering and floating thunder. "Wu Junmen, I didn't expect you to have obtained the latest underwater mine, young man!"

Wu Qian chuckled, "Mr. Deng is the big hand. He is equipped with a hundred flying thunder cannons without making a sound."

Although the two generals were not surprised when they were on the battlefield, they talked freely. Neither of them paid attention to the thousands of enemy ships and tens of thousands of enemy troops on the opposite side.

However, in the eyes of the Huainan Army, the Qin Army fleet seemed to have run out of ammunition at this time, and was no longer as arrogant as before, and was desperately fleeing.Many of those who were beaten just now couldn't hold their heads up, and begged their grandfather to tell the soldiers, but now they were furious, and desperately gave orders to pursue them, and were ready to regain face.

"What's that?" The Huainan sergeants rushing to the front group of ships looked a little strange as they watched the Qin army's ships keep throwing some wooden boxes into the water and floating up.

Is it a fireboat?But why are they so small, and the number doesn't seem to be many, besides, there is no ignition?

While thinking this way, the front wooden box was approaching, and a soldier on that boat raised a barrel forward with a spear in his hand.

There was no response, and I poked another barrel, but still didn't find what it was.

Several sergeants also stabbed over with their spears, trying to see what was inside the box.Right here, the dozen or so soldiers on that boat felt less stable on their feet, and then a white light flashed in front of their eyes, and then there was a roar in their ears, and the buzzing in their whole brains, and then they felt like they were flying into the sky.

The power of the floating thunder is no less powerful than that of the flying thunder cannon. Even ten of the boats were smashed on the spot!

A huge splash of water splashed, with bright blood splashes.

When the torpedo sounded, countless soldiers from both the Qin Army and the Huainan Army stared with their mouths wide open, unable to believe it.

"Get out!"

Liang Yan yelled palely, he finally understood what the box Qin Jun put into the water was.It's a pity that it's a bit late to call at this time.

The Shibatiao Going Ge has already dropped thousands of underwater mines, and these mines are all over the river, flowing down with the current.However, the Huainan Army's ships were also all over the river. After the first mine sounded, more mines began to sound one after another.Even if Liang Zuan gave the order to retreat, it was too late. Not only the surface of the water was covered with mines, but there were also many mines drifting down under the surface of the water, and the bottom of larger ships would ring when touched.

The rising flames and white water column are really spectacular.

In the eyes of the soldiers of the Qin Army, all cheered.But the soldiers of the Huainan Army who were in it felt like falling into hell.

Wu Qian looked at the situation, but didn't intend to stop there.

"Send the order, the mine-throwing vehicle is ready, and the machine will fire!"

With the sound of this order, it was really a fatal blow to the Huainan Army fleet.

The mine-throwing vehicles on these large warships such as Louchuan, Fighting Ship, and Sea Falcon have already been prepared, and they took advantage of the fire to loot and start firing Greek fire.The cans of Greek fire thrown out one after another did not need to hit the enemy ship directly, because the Greek fire burned more fiercely when it met water, and the pieces of broken ships and soldiers who fell into the water covered the river, carrying a little bit of divine fire. Going down the river, when you meet a boat, you burn the boat, and when you meet people, you burn people.

The entire surface of the Yangtze River was devastated.

Liang Zuan, who managed to escape back to the north bank, was still trembling at this moment. After hunting all his life, he finally had his eyes pecked by geese.

Less than half of the more than 1000 boats fled back to the north bank, and almost 600 boats were lost. In just half a day, he lost more than 1 people, nearly 600.Even in this first round of attack, he had already intended to test and sent almost all auxiliary soldiers, but he also sent [-] soldiers.Now, all of a sudden, there are no more than [-] soldiers, more than [-] auxiliary troops, and more than [-] ships.

On the Jianghai, Wu Qian, who had just won a big victory, did not look very good.This victory is still a big victory.

But this battle did not destroy the enemy army, it can only be said to be a small defeat of the enemy army.As long as the Huainan Army insists on attacking, the next battle will not be so easy.

"The ammunition for the Feilei Cannon is all gone." Deng Huan smacked his lips, "How many underwater mines and divine fires are there in Wu Junmen?"

Wu Qian smiled bitterly: "When Zhang Junmen led the Anlan Army and the other three squadrons of the Lingbo Army to go north, they took away most of the ammunition. In fact, what I just shot out is all I have. Damn, I ran out of ammo and couldn't kill all the bastards."

When Deng Huan heard the news, his complexion was a little bad.However, he still persuaded him: "The result is not bad. We killed more than 1 Huainan troops without losing almost a single soldier. Even if we don't have firearms, we still have bows and crossbows. We can't stop them at sea. We can still retreat ashore and fight in formation on the island, and we still have [-] horses."

North bank, Huainan military camp.

Liang Yan, Bi Shiduo, Qin Yan, Li Hanzhi and other generals all had pale faces, full of shock.

Today's battle really terrified them. Speaking of which, none of the generals here is a soft persimmon. Liang Yan is known as the number one general under Gao Pian. Which one of Bi Shiduo and Li Hanzhi is Shanzha , Which one didn't come out in a bloody storm.

But like today, he didn't even get a hair from the opponent, but he had already lost more than [-] soldiers, and no one had really fought this battle.

"Do you want to continue the fight?" Qin Yan's deep voice broke the silence.

No one answered his words. In fact, Qin Yan knew very well that this battle had to be fought no matter what.

5 people beat 1 people, and the result was a big defeat.But if he continued to attack, as long as Hu Douzhou was defeated, it would be regarded as making up for his mistakes.And if they just go back, no one will be able to bear this responsibility in front of Marshal Gao.

Li Hanzhi touched his bald head, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes, "Damn it, this Qin Jun is so wicked, there are all kinds of deadly things emerging one after another."

"It's just gunpowder." It's not that Bi Shiduo has never seen gunpowder, but he has never seen gunpowder played like this. Today's battle completely overturned the status and image of gunpowder in his heart.It's really gunpowder, and no one wants to stop it.

Liang Yan also gradually calmed down at this time, and said with a dark face: "It is indeed gunpowder. Although it is a bit outrageously strong, it is different from previous cognitions, but it is still gunpowder. This gunpowder is so powerful, but it must have shortcomings. As long as we If you grasp this shortcoming, you will definitely be able to break it.”

When the other generals heard this, they immediately turned their heads and pondered, where is the weakness of the gunpowder? (To be continued.)