King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 358 The caught fish also bite
The sound of the horn does not mean that two long boats are ready Attack the battleship with sails five times heavier than itself, but remind the ambush soldiers in the distance waiting for their prey to enter the trap. The speed of their turning back, regardless of the head and tail, can be described as amazing: the "Ben Wolf" has only turned halfway, and the two longboats have quickly switched from "escape" to "chasing". The ground stuck to the range limit and clamped the Ben Wolf's return route, and began to shoot some longbow shots. Amidst the crashing sound of dong dong dong, scattered arrows only hit the brand-new hull of the sail battleship. Although half of them were not injured, they effectively disturbed the movements of the North sailors.

In response to the harassment of the two long ships, the friendly troops who were hidden a few miles away received a sound signal, accelerated their oars, rushed towards the battlefield, and came into view after a while.

There are two more boats, and they are sailboats similar in size and weight to the "Ben Wolf". However, due to the different combat concepts, Ironmen's sailboats have set up two more auxiliary sails at the bow and stern, and are also equipped with There were more paddlers - they were slanting against the north wind, and under the double action of manpower and Bernoulli effect, they were chasing at twice the maximum speed of the target.

And until this time, the Ben Wolf was able to complete the turn and was trying to accelerate.

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There are many Ironmen ships, but 90% of them are looting long ships, and the main Iron Fleet led by Euron is still several hundred miles to the south. The two sailboats here are already the only ships suitable for a frontal naval battle for the Ironmen north of Kraken Point. They are gathered here today, and the calculus is: to receive news from the main Iron Fleet and go north in Ice Gorge Harbor. Before the warships became popular, they were given a blow to the head to make a horse.

In an instant, the comparison of the battle situation changed from "1 sailboat to 2 longboats" to "1 sailboat to 2 sailboats plus 2 longboats", four packs of one, blind can see that the Ben Wolf was caught The fish... Although he was alerted in time before one fell into the trap, he still couldn't escape the snare!
"Duchess Mormont, their ships are much faster than ours!"

"I can see that!" Maege Mormont glared at his panic-stricken subordinates, "You clearly tell Me, is it possible for us to withdraw into the protection area of Bingxia Harbor before being overtaken?"

"I'm afraid... I'm afraid it's a little overhang."

"A little overhang is no good! That's enough, let the sails and oars, leave a few people below deck to control the steering, and let everyone else come up and get ready to fight!"

"This?...Yes, Lady!"

"This? p>

If you can't run away, then don't run. The Bear Island family does not look like a small woman at the moment, but is calm and decisive than a whole boat... The Ben Wolf, which has not yet reached full speed, slowly stopped, adjusted its direction slightly, and aimed the broadside at the aggressive chase. The two Ironmen sailing ships that came, twisted the two stone throwers, and aimed at the two enemy great ships that were approaching.

"Get close and play again, Wildfire ammo is very expensive!" Maege Mormont, holding Spiked Mace in one hand, pointed at the crew lined up in front of the crew to assign the mission: "You guys -- stare at the port side. The long boat, the rest - starboard, shoot me immediately if you have a bow, I don't want you to have half a barrel of arrows in your hand when you fight on the side of the ship! And those wearing black clothes, don't look at us , take care of your Wildfires and trebuchets, and promise me to light the two great ships on the opposite side! Anyway... don't put half a Kraken cub on it!"

"Yes!"

After all, only less than half of the soldiers were recruits. Someone gave orders, but the tension of the soldiers quickly subsided. The silhouettes running around in a panic gradually concentrated on the deck, lined up with weapons, waiting for the battle.

One of the two sailing ships approached more than a hundred meters away and began to slow down and parallel, while the other continued to approach aggressively. .

The thousands of years of pirate history of the Iron Islands have long etched the experience of maritime warfare into the culture. Although the four Ironmen battleships are not all from the same family, they have tacitly adopted the methods that have long been discussed. Good first-priority tactics: 1+3, one sailboat covers and suppresses from a distance, and the other gets close to lead two shorter longships in a gang jump.

An orange-red fire flashed, and the Ironmen cover ship 100 meters away took the lead to "fire": It is not Igor's innovative invention to install projectile weapons on ships for naval warfare. Ironmen's two sailboats The one for cover is also equipped with trebuchets, but there is only one because of the lack of space due to the preference for mobility. And its ammunition is a ball of "fire".

The denser hard core is covered with a thick layer of straw, sawdust and tar mixed with a viscous paste-like substance, which is then wrapped with a straw mat to fix it. It was ignited a moment before the ejection, and when it was delivered, it was as brilliant as a Magic flaming meteor, leaving a clearly discernible smoke trail in the sky, and smashed into the water not far from the Ben Wolf, splashing a cloud. Disappeared in the sea after the splash.

"Fight back!"

The North sailor and Night's Watch next to the two trebuchets were not at all grateful for each other's misses. In this place without fire control, it all depends on experience. In this era, it is normal for long-range attacks to adjust several times before they hit, and you must not sit still!
The target is not the distant fire enemy ship with trebuchets, but the nearby one that is ramming fast, with bang, bang, swinging arms slapped on the crossbar, two Wildfire incendiary bombs unimposing in appearance It flew out and quickly turned into two small black dots in the sky - the Wonders that went into the soul did not happen, the incendiary bomb fell into the sea with a thud that only existed in imagination, and the zero-degree Bay of Ice sea water contained it. With the property that this terrifying substance can burn even on water, the three misses on both sides remained silent.

"Adjust, go ahead!"

"Bumped over, turn your head and turn your head! Don't expose your side to it!"

first round against both sides All ended in a miss. Under the threat of sparse arrows, shouts, orders and silhouettes were everywhere on the deck. The personnel of the "gun crew" retracted their swing arms, turned the winch, and quickly took out the second from the protective bucket filled with sand. The Wildfire round was used for the round attack, and the Ironmen sailing ship that had collided with it had already approached the sailor's face quickly with the stroke of the two long rows of oars. They held up their weapons, prepared a full set of equipment such as springboards, grappling hooks and ropes, and were ready for a hearty boarding: Iron Islands lacked resources, and although there were many longboats, sailboats with cabins on the upper and lower layers were extremely rare. If you can capture the Ben Wolf for your own use, it is naturally the best choice.

Torsion weapons require a certain preparation time to "wind up". Fortunately, the rapid shortening of the distance between the enemy and the enemy greatly reduces the charging process. The second round projectile is quickly ready, and the commander's loud shout Down, the enemy and both sides launched the next wave of bombardment at the same time.

Ironmen's second tar incendiary bomb dragged black smoke and hit the mast of the Ben Wolf like an eye. It fell on the deck like a flower, and in an instant it was messed up and even burned the sails that had just fallen and piled up beside it. Fortunately, Wildfire's Night's Watch soldiers did not put incendiary bombs on the deck, and it did not lead to a more tragic scene. - martyrdom.

Relying on the advantage of the number of stone throwers, Ben Wolf immediately launched a double-fire counterattack: one of the two incendiary bombs fell too close and fell into the sea, while the other shot too far , but—it should have crossed the hull and fell into the other sea, but as the Ironmen were hoisting after the Wolf, it fell into its open stern sail, and with a crunch it broke on the sail, The mixture of several chemical substances released a little heat, and the resulting high temperature of nearly Baidu ignited the Wildfire as the main component.

One big, two small, three sails, and one side of the sails gradually burst into green flames in an instant.

No one stood under the sails and was roasted by the fire, and the slamming of the hull could not stop. The Ben Wolf turned 30 degrees with difficulty under the action of several long oars, avoiding the biggest damage to the oneself belly from the collision angle of the other side, but it was impossible to escape and get close... With a loud bang, the two sailboats They collided with each other obliquely, and more than a dozen iron hooks attached to the ropes were thrown over the boat gang and hooked. In the sour friction, the relative speed of the two boats quickly approached zero.

Behind the Ironmen plunderers, the stern auxiliary sail, which had just been hit by an incendiary bomb, was gradually engulfed by the flames and turned into a green torch. The cold weather affected the speed of Wildfire's spread, but with the flames Gradually drying out the canvas, mast and deck, this high-temperature beast quickly regained its wildness, showing its characteristics that make the user's self-fear-it is incombustible and difficult to extinguish.

As Westeros' most proficient "navy", the Ironmen certainly have a plan in case the battleship catches fire. However, it was only aimed at ordinary burning weapons smeared with tar, and this green flame that was devilish in color and swam like snakes on the deck?

The last Ironmen attacked by Wildfire, now either held hostage in Queenscrown or under the watch of Eastwatch's Cotter Pyke obediently and honestly de-icing in the Bay of Seals, Wildfire's astonishing destructive power It destroyed the confidence of the sailors on the burning sailboat to put out the fire... The people at the stern shouted and hid in the middle of the boat, and even the people who were already crowded on the deck swallowed in a stunned manner, and then turned back one after another. Realize that the only way to survive now is to capture the North battleship in front of you and drive it back to the Iron Islands.

The Night's Watch that hits the enemy ship with the trebuchet will not know that he inadvertently increases the enemy's will to fight, but everything is irrelevant, Maege Mormont does not plan to carry out normal boarding with the enemy at all: The relative speed between the two ships was gradually ground to zero. The Ironmen plunderers who had already gathered on the deck were holding their weapons high, waiting for the springboard to be lowered for the next deck melee fight, but it was not North who was also holding weapons. Soldiers, but a few more large jars.

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(end of this chapter)