The struggle of the reborn prince

After the interpreter's explanation, Ji Shiguo's city lord finally understood what provoked these people to attack him, and calmed down from the initial shock.But no one wants to spit out the meat in his mouth. What's more, he misjudged the current situation, thinking that these "Mozhina" people are just bluffing, and they dare not make troubles far away from their own country, so They rejected their request to return the goods and ships, and asked the 'Mozhina' people to pay a ransom before releasing them.

I remember that the reason why the city lord of Shi State dared to do this is also emboldened. He is sitting on the fortified city, and has [-] well-equipped mercenaries and more than [-] 'large' warships under his command. His strength is also second to none among the surrounding states. of.If pirates and other city-state troops came to attack him, he would still be nervous, because they were all landowners, jealous of their own wealth, and united to attack themselves. The Great Khan generally would not interfere, and no matter who won, they would pay him the same tribute.But these Mozhina people are different. If they dare to fight here, they are challenging the entire country. They can call on the surrounding city-states to resist the aggression together, and they have a country as their backing.

It can be remembered that the city lord of Shi Guo made a big mistake this time. The Song fleet sailed thousands of miles to find fault. If he obediently released the people and returned the ship to compensate for the losses, Cheng Xishou would really be embarrassed to do it.Since they have rejected their kindness, it is not polite.At this time, the enemy warships in the port had also left the port and lined up on the west side of them, ready to launch an attack. The city was also densely packed with soldiers to prepare for defense. An army was assembled on the coast, with infantry in front. The cavalry is behind.Relying on simple wooden villages to resist possible enemy landings.

"Ming Shenwei led the squadron to face the enemy fleet; the battleship Yongzi unloaded the marines and covered their landing; the Hengshan, Huashan and Songshan ships bombarded the city. Open the breach and escort the marines into the city!" After hearing the report, Cheng Xishou gave the battle order with a slight smile Order.The flagship 'Songshan' raised the battle flag.The various squadrons also raised their flags one after another after receiving the order, and reorganized into a battle state to seize the battle position.

After the ten battleships carrying the Marine Corps tried their best to get close to the coast, they opened fire with their starboard guns first. Their target was the enemy troops preparing to resist the landing on the shore. More than 200 cannons fired one after another, and the shells flew to the shore overwhelmingly. Before Ji Shiguo's coastal defense troops woke up from the loud noise, the roaring explosive shells exploded in their array, flying The shrapnel covered the enemy in an instant.In front of the solid bullets, the seemingly solid wooden village seemed to be made of paper.

It is recorded that Shi Guo's two thousand coastal defense forces collapsed in an instant under the overwhelming artillery fire.There was no place to hide on the open beach. They evaded and ran in vain amidst the sound of the explosion. The iron armor on their bodies could not resist the flying shrapnel and the shock wave generated by the explosion.After the two rounds of artillery fire, the gunpowder smoke above the beach was blown away by the salty sea breeze, presenting a dead silence before people's eyes.The mercenaries who were so majestic just now have turned into broken limbs all over the ground, broken knives and broken guns, scarlet blood soaked the beach, merged into streams of blood and flowed into the sea, dyeing the sea water on the shore into a coquettish color. pink.

Lord Ji Shi, who was watching the battle in the city, stood up straight from behind the wall and poked his head to look down.His face became very ugly in an instant, and he couldn't help vomiting.The others were not much better. More than 2000 people collapsed before they could even touch the enemy, and the casualties reached an unbelievable [-]%.Almost none of the people who fled back were uninjured. They looked terrified and their eyes were blurred.Limp on the ground, obviously frightened.

The Song army's landing operation has also begun at this moment.They went down to the small boat from the port side of the battleship, and then took the capital as a unit.Form a loose formation and paddle vigorously towards the shore.The heavy artillery on the super giant ship moored at sea also began to shoot, but the target of the bombardment was the city wall on the island. They wanted to open up a way for the landing marines to attack the city.The heavy artillery on the super giant ship is more than [-] catties, firing iron projectiles weighing [-] catties, which is extremely powerful.But there are also disadvantages that are difficult to eliminate. The huge recoil generated by the launch is unbearable for the super giant. Each side is only equipped with two doors, and they shoot alternately to avoid damage to the hull.

The super giant ship trembled with the firing of the heavy artillery, and flames that were several feet long were ejected from the muzzle. The heat seemed to distort the air. On the walls built of granite.The huge impact made the thick city tremble, and the soldiers on the top of the city also swayed, and Ji Shi Guo's city lord sat on the ground with his heels unsteady.

"The trebuchet is launched!" Ji Shiguo City Lord sat on the ground and shouted hoarsely, he wanted to launch a counterattack.At this moment, he already understood that the opponent's fierce attack was definitely not just about asking for money, but about asking for his own city and his own life.

Under the order of the city lord, the soldiers finally came to their senses, and the catapults arranged on the top of the city began to fire, but their range could not touch the warships drifting in the sea, so they vented their anger on the enemy soldiers who were about to land.But they just made a start, and the Song Army warship covering the landing immediately opened fire to suppress it. For a while, there was a contest between the stone cannon and the artillery. The stone and iron bullets flew in the setting sun, bringing death to each other.

Advanced civilization will eventually replace ignorance and backwardness. Although stone cannons can fire heavier stone bullets, their firing speed, hit rate and range are far inferior to artillery, and they will soon be defeated. Piles of broken wood, even the watchtower indicating the target of the shooting collapsed under the fierce artillery fire of the Song army.At this moment, the city wall, which was an important barrier, was also shaken under the continuous bombardment of the heavy artillery. The stone wall cracked and spread everywhere at a speed that could be seen, and finally collapsed under another round of blows.

With the collapse of the city wall, the sound of artillery stopped abruptly, and the officers and soldiers of the first battalion of the fourth marine brigade who landed in the first wave immediately rushed into the city to seize the breakthrough and seize the commanding heights of the city wall, taking advantage of the soaring smoke and panic.The area of ​​this kind of city built on an island cannot be too large, and there will be no inner city. What they are facing is the chaotic streets, shops and crowds running around, which makes them hesitate.

"Don't wait, compress the enemy to the north of the city!" Dong Qi, the fourth brigade commander who accompanied the second wave of landing, understood that the soldiers were afraid of accidentally injuring the merchants and civilians mixed in, but this is a battlefield. If you don't kill him, the enemy army mixed in will not. Be merciful, he ordered aloud.

With the order, the soldiers had no worries and began to attack. Under the firepower of the Lianzhu gun, how could the enemy army wielding a scimitar be an opponent? The organized resistance was quickly defeated. Fleeing to the north of the city, fortunately, there was no enemy occupation outside the city gate, allowing them to escape from the purgatory city.At this moment, all the soldiers of the Marine Brigade entered the city, gradually controlled the main traffic arteries in the city, and began to wipe out the remnants of the enemy from street to street, advancing towards the city lord's mansion, and launched a search to find the detained merchants of the Song Dynasty...

While the battle on the island unfolded successively, the battle at sea also broke out.The warships of Ji Shiguo that left the port lined up on the sea in several rows.Their warship is called 'Zoman', which is a long and narrow fast warship. In order to improve the speed and maneuverability of the ship, the seaworthiness and comfort of the ship were reduced at the time of manufacture, and the cargo capacity and cargo capacity were reduced. Maximum range.The boat is powered by [-] to [-] oarsmen and big triangle sails. Masts are erected at the front and back of the hull, and three sets of oars are arranged on each side.However, the sail is only used as an auxiliary power in normal times, and it is only driven by oars during combat. When sprinting in battle, the paddlers try their best to paddle with a maximum speed of seven knots per hour, which is the modern standard.

In addition to the sailors on the warship, there are soldiers equipped with cold weapons such as swords, javelins, bows and arrows. It can be seen that they still use close-in boarding tactics as their main means of combat.And its most powerful weapon is a metal ram near the waterline of the bow, which looks like a long and pointed elephant's trunk from a distance. This hard metal 'nose' is used by warships in battle Hit the enemy ship from the middle, once the ram is inserted into the side of the enemy ship, it will cause fatal wounds to the enemy ship, and even sink instantly.

Now the commander of Shi Guo's navy found that the enemy troops on the opposite side actually lined up to fight. What's even more strange is that they actually faced themselves with their sides at right angles to the bow of their own ship. This is a good opportunity to give full play to the collision tactics. .Fighting opportunities are often fleeting, and Ji Shiguo's command obviously seized the opportunity. He immediately ordered the ships to speed up to meet the enemy, and sent the enemy ship into the bottom of the sea with a swift and violent impact.

'Boom, boom...' The sailors acted in unison according to the unified command and the rhythm of the drums, using their muscles as the engines of the warships and warships, and the helmsman held the rudder tightly to adjust the direction of the warship to ensure the rush. The horn can hit the vital parts of the enemy ship.The soldiers held tightly to the cables on the side of the ship with one hand so that their bodies would not fly out with the huge inertia when they collided, and with the other hand they raised the bronze shields above their heads to protect the vital points and prevent the enemy ships from throwing weapons. The damage done to them makes everything look well-trained.

"Target, the enemy ship ahead, solid bullets, ready to shoot!" Watching the enemy ships galloping towards them like a group of whales half-floating on the sea, Liu Zhenwu, commander of the Shenzi-class squadron, ordered to load the artillery.

"Five hundred steps, the bow guns of each ship are tested!"

"450 steps, salvo!" After the test firing, the artillery of each ship immediately adjusted its shooting elements according to the measured data. After receiving the firing order, each gun fired continuously at intervals of two breaths. The group fell, setting off a curtain of water that soared into the sky, and the battleship was also shrouded in thick gunpowder smoke... (To be continued...)