Seeing that the torch-dumping tactic he designed was cracked, Wallace was very depressed. The French threw the torch back, which almost caught the British ship. As a last resort, the British had no choice but to stop this ineffective tactic.
However, a lot of sheep oil was prepared on the ship, so it was wasted without any need. So Wallace had an idea - he ordered his men to pour the sheep oil on the chains that the French were hooked onto the English ship... The messenger under his men opened his throat and began to convey the order loudly...
Sure enough, the iron chains poured with sheep oil were extremely slippery. French sailors tried their best to climb the iron chain, but when they approached the British ship, their hands suddenly slipped... Many French sailors accidentally fell into the water...
Then, the French offensive suddenly stopped...
However, this method did not work. Because the experienced French officers made the French sailors wrap their palms with linen, their ability to resist slipping was greatly improved. However, although they climbed over the chain, the French sailors felt that they were more slippery after taking the scimitar again. Some French sailors were knocked hard by the opponent when they were chopping against the English sailors, and the scimitar accidentally took off...
Of course, this is only part of the situation. Moreover, after the French used multiple iron chains to hook the British ships, they would let the French ships traveling with them lean up hard. When the distance between the two ships reached a very close point, they would not have to climb the iron chains at all, but instead jumped directly, which is the legendary Jetty Gang...
The British ship, hooked by a French ship, was unable to move, so he could only watch other French warships leaning on it. Then, the French sailors jumped over like frogs...
Wallace's flagship was in the center of the English warship, and it was not double-teamed by the French at this time. But as the battle became more and more intense, sooner or later the French would jump on Wallace's ship.
In fact, although 70 French warships had advantages against 54 English warships, they were not particularly obvious. In order to resist for a while, and were surrounded by the French, Wallace surrounded the fleet together, so only the outer ships were strongly besieged by the French.
This is a turtle formation, lacking attack power. But Wallace's original intention was not to attack the French, but to delay time. Moreover, because he could not give way, he could not use the conventional tactics of seizing the upper hand and then attacking the enemy ship. Because, fighting with wind snatching the wind requires the air outlet on the motorway. If it is not good, he will give way to the French fleet. Therefore, he can only form a turtle formation in front of the French fleet and fight against the opponent.
Moreover, according to the agreement, reinforcements should arrive at dusk. It is already past three o'clock in the afternoon, and as long as you support one or two hours, you will complete the task. Therefore, Wallace puts his flagship in the middle to protect himself. After all, if he completes the task, he can become a baron. If he dies in battle, he will not be able to enjoy this wealth.
It took several hours for the French to break through all warships. Wallace only wanted to hold on for two or three hours, and there was no need to hold on until the end. So, he used the turtle tactic to make the warships on the periphery fight desperately with the enemy.
The English sailors under his sinister intentions were not clear about it, and they would not say anything even if they were clear about it. After all, in this era, it was not natural for civilian soldiers to fight to the death to defend the nobles?
Of course, Wallace is not a mediocre person, he also has two tricks. He found that when the English fleet was double-teamed by the French, the English fleet only had the outer warships fighting with the French. However, the English warships in the circle did not fight.
"No, it's a waste!"
So Wallace ordered that the English sailors in the inner circle connect the English warships in the outer circle through ropes. Then, jump onto the friendly warships in the outer circle and put the battlefield on the outer circle ship...
After receiving the order, the English warships compressed their space again, and some ships almost leaned together. So, the sailors on the inner circle warships came to the outer England warships through ropes or directly jumped into the ship gang...
The French had just relied on the number of people to defeat the British sailors on several English warships in the outer circle. However, in a blink of an eye, the enemy replenished their troops. So the fight continued...
With the continuous streams of sailors coming from the inner circle, the British sailors successfully defeated the French. However, the price was also amazing - the deck was full of corpses, including English and French...
In fact, Wallace's tactic of bringing all warships together is a foolproof move. If he meets the Chinese naval commanders, he will definitely get on the fire ship without hesitation.
At this time, the English warships were shrinking into a group and were very close to each other. This situation was somewhat similar to the serial ships of Cao's army in the Battle of Red Cliff. If they encountered a fire fleet, they would definitely not escape the fate of destruction.
However, Europeans did not know why, fire ship tactics never appeared. It was not until 1633 when the Dutch fleet was burned by Zheng Zhilong in the Battle of the Far East, that the Dutch people learned this vulgar tactic. Then, in 1639, Dutch Navy General Marton Tropp used the Eastern Fire Ship tactics obtained from the Dutch East India Company to burn dozens of large Spanish warships in one fell swoop, winning the Battle of the Towns. Moreover, it eventually won the Netherlands as independent.
As long as you read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", you will be happy to prepare for the fire ship when you see Wallace posing this kind of turtle formation. Then, the English fleet will definitely be defeated. But the French are more rigid than the English, and they are a little knight-doctrinated. How can they know the fire ship tactics? Not to mention the fire ship, even the rockets are less prepared. Therefore, Wallace's fleet encounters the French who are idiots in naval battles, and there is no danger.
Seeing the French army being defeated, the French commander-in-chief Earl Valgery was very annoyed. However, he could do nothing to see the British using inner circle sailors to support outer circle ships. After all, the other party used the tactics of local advantages, which made the French feel a little tricky.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But soon, Valgery thought of a countermeasure - if you use the sailors of the inner circle ship to support the outer circle ship, my French fleet can also follow the example...
So, Count Valgery asked the outer French warships to lean on the ships that were leaning against the British fleet in the inner circle. Then, he learned from the British and sent other sailors to the inner circle ships that were in contact with the British. In this way, the French would not be at a disadvantage in terms of number of people. Even, because the French were already relatively large, they had an advantage in numbers...
At this time, the main British and French fleets formed a group of people, and the ships were crowded together. The British and French sailors on the ships leaned against the ships that Britain and France were in contact with each other through means such as jumping ships and climbing ropes, and launched a bloody battle on the deck of the ships outside England.
One group of people rushed up and was chopped over, and the other group continued to rise... Such oil-added tactics made the deck of the English warship in the outer circle become a Shura field. The deck was full of corpses, and blood stained the deck red, as if red paint was put on the deck. The howlings of the sailors who were caught in the knife also resounded throughout the battlefield...
The sailors from Britain and France were all red-eyed and rushed forward one after another, fighting with each other. In the end, in order to make enough space to fight with the enemy, they kicked the bodies of their comrades out of the deck to the sea to make room for fighting with the enemy...
Chapter completed!