Cao Cao's chef

Chapter 839
While the big ship is powerful, its disadvantage is that it is inconvenient to steer.This is not the sea, but the Yangtze River. The current is constant and the width is not enough. Large ships, especially fleets of large ships, are not easy to turn around.

Gan Ning set up a water army based on medium-sized warships, with the main configuration of the boat and walking boat.But this does not mean that the Han Navy has no large ships, and even said that for this day, many large ships were secretly built, not only for the purpose of attack, but also for the convenience of transporting troops.

Except for a few of Gan Ning's old subordinates, most of the sailors on this batch of ships were recruits from Qingzhou.However, after one to two years of training, he has initially understood how to control the ship.The troop carrier does not need such high ship control technology, in fact, it is enough not to overturn the ship.

"General, there is a fleet approaching behind us!" Mao Kai came to Lu Xiang in a panic. Although Jiang Yiqu was watching behind him, it was not easy for the fleet to turn around in this situation.

This fleet is too huge, so huge that it is a bit troublesome to turn around, it is not impossible, it will take a lot of time.At the same time, because the ships in front stopped, the ones behind had to anchor temporarily, otherwise, they would only directly hit the friendly troops in front.

The sails had just been retracted, and the enemy army appeared unexpectedly. Now, if you want to turn, you not only need to rely on the oars for manual operation, but also retract the anchor, which will take time.

"Then let the boats and small warships go to deal with it. No matter what, we must create time for the big ships behind to turn!" Lu Xiang also panicked, "Tell Qianjun that the small warships should find a way to deal with those warships and go at the same time." Ge come over immediately and help pull those wooden stakes away!"

"General, those wooden stakes have crashed into the hull. If they are pulled out, the water may enter!" Mao Kai quickly reminded.

"We can't just stay here and block the fleet behind us, can we?" Lu Xiang directly retorted, "Even if we stop at the shore to rest, we can't block the river!"

He could see through it. The current plan of the other party is to use the blocking of the big ships to make the big ships in the rear undefended, and then launch an attack from the rear, burn these big ships, and may even affect the surrounding small ships.The big boat cannot move, and the opponent has a big boat. When the time comes to use the big boat against the small boat, the opponent will naturally win.

It is really embarrassing for them to be in the downstream now. The big ship in front cannot move because it is anchored. Otherwise, it will be pushed downstream by the water of the Yellow River. The small warship is fine, but those walking boats are probably not enough to drop anchor.

So the five or six large warships in front became a wall, not only blocking the advance of the rear, but also blocking the troops in front.And the rear goes down the current, and you can come over in a while.Whether it is anchoring or turning, it is more convenient than them.

"Why, the enemy has ships behind, but no one knows?" Lu Xiang cursed directly. So many big ships can hide behind and come out when necessary. What are those guys in Qingzhou doing? food?
"The other party should not have appeared along the coast of Qingzhou, but came from a tributary near Puyang." Mao Kai thought of this possibility, "Anyway, somewhere, there should be a water village that we don't know about, but now it's not This time!"

"Then what are we going to say now?" Lu Xiang was too anxious, "We can't even move now!"

At the same time, the big ship had come to the rear of Yuan Shaojun.Then the first time, the trebuchet threw a lot of stones.

"Such a long distance... What kind of stone trebuchet is that opponent?" Jiang Yiqu in the rear was commanding a scooter and a small warship to meet him, but the opponent threw a large number of stones, the size of a fist, and the thrown stones immediately became scattered. bomb.

But the real problem is that the range of these catapults is too far. Six or seven ships, the stone bullets thrown out have a range of at least twice that of their catapults!
These stones quickly covered this area, and most of the sailors were in leather armor, or at least light armor. It is no joke to be hit by a stone in such a situation.Especially for many ships, the boards were smashed by these stones, and then quickly entered the water, and finally sank.

It's not that they didn't walk over quickly, after all, they turned their heads and went down the river. However, before they got close, a large number of crossbows and bows shot towards them. Most of the walkers didn't have canopies at all, so many soldiers He was shot on the spot.

"I thought I had no chance to show myself!" Bian Linglong said proudly on the battleship.Since being transferred here, he has basically been playing for Gan Ning, and he even thought that he would not have a better chance to play.

Looking at the other side's boats, most of them have already sunk, and a few were directly hit by the big ship, posing no threat at all.Seeing this, she said a little proudly: "Unfortunately, I am good at training and only know how to crossbow troops!"

Then he looked behind him and shouted: "Why is the loading of the stone bullet so slow, hurry up, throw the second round to me!"

The first round is shotgun, and the second round is really polished round stone bullets. The huge stone bullets need special equipment, and three or four people work together to load them into the throwing pocket and then throw them out.

The second round of stone bullets went directly towards the opponent's small warship. Due to the close distance, the initial speed also increased. After adjusting the angle, the stone bullets hit the opponent's wooden board like a meteor, and immediately smashed out. A hole, if you are lucky, you can kill a soldier in the cabin.

Six or seven stone bombs passed, at least three small warships were destroyed, and the second round of loading began.

The opponent is really aggrieved, because he has not turned around yet, so there is almost no resistance in the rear, and the bow and arrow cannot be shot. The opponent's trebuchet can continue to shoot as long as there are enough stone bullets.Looking at the shore again, there is a convoy over there that is transporting a large number of stone bombs, which can be replenished by walking boats as needed.

On the other hand, the big boats of the opponent can move backwards without manipulation, and the current will help them to distance themselves.Shooting while increasing the distance, the small warship in the rear has not even been able to fully turn.

At the same time, the warships in front also rushed forward one after another.Walkers began to intersperse among them, and at the same time, the walkers were also preparing for the next round of impact.

"The enemy is coming!" Jumping to fight, Gan Ning's water army jumped from the walker to the small warship with hook claws, and then charged at Yuan Shao's water army.The soldiers rushed to fight, and their physical strength is supposed to be the highest.

However, most of Yuan Shao's subordinates are northern soldiers. Although they have been trained for more than a year, they are far from the opponents of these elite Han army and navy elites with rich experience in key battles.

Only ten people took down a small warship with more than 20 people, and then quickly manipulated the ship to turn the bow and launch a stone-throwing attack on the big ship.Under their cover, the medium-sized warships in the rear also began to move forward, using improved catapults to carry out catapult attacks.As for Lu Xiang's soldiers, they have lost all of them here...

"I'm not reconciled, I'm not reconciled!" Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Lu Xiang could only beat the side of the boat and scream in pain.

　Well...cracked out...the force of habit is still scary...

　　Because it is the last volume, I may start a new book in a while, and this book may be reduced to two chapters per day, please forgive me.

　　Of course, I mean maybe...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)