Chapter 1916 Breakthrough success and desperation
As the distance between the two sides became closer, Li Shimin suddenly began to regret one of his original decisions.
If he hadn't stipulated that the firing distance of the Zhenguan Cannon must not exceed 6,000 steps, he could already launch an attack at this distance and would not have to continue to advance.
But the current situation is that he must let the fleet continue to move forward. Because his fleet is separated by his own fleet, he has to wait until the fleet in front starts to catch up with fire, and the armored warships behind him can display their due abilities.
But the enemy is not a fool. After several battles, the cannibals also learned a lot. They tried hard to maintain a distance from the Tang fleet, but kept throwing fishing nets into the water, trying to use this thing to stop the Tang ship from moving forward.
After all, what the propeller-driven warships are most afraid of is the fishing net. If the propeller is entangled, there is almost no way to get rid of it. Either continue to rotate the blades and take a gamble to see if the fishing net can be crushed. If it cannot be stirred, you can only wait for the blades and transmission shaft to be entangled and then stop.
Dugu Qingyun knew the "power" of these fishing nets very well, so on the wooden warships in front, several long wooden poles were poked into the water, and countless sailors were trying their best to salvage the fishing nets in the water.
That's how the Tang Dynasty fleet was in stalemate with the Great Cannibal fleet for a whole morning, until noon, the spy sent by the Great Cannibal came back and reported to Ali Ibn about a large island in the southeast.
"Prepare to fight, you must not board the Tang people on that island!" Ali issued an order to attack without any hesitation.
"General, we have no chance of winning when we fight against the Tang Fleet head-on!" Ali's deputy was startled after hearing his orders and hurried out to remind him.
"We don't have to fight for too long. The Tang people are obviously almost unable to hold on. Even if they have enough food, freshwater is a big problem that cannot be solved. So if they surround them, they will lose their combat effectiveness due to lack. At that time, we will win." Ali said firmly.
He had no doubt of his judgment at all, because during the period when he was stalemate with the Tang Fleet, he had replenished Danshui three times, but the Tang Fleet had never replenished it once.
There is no Danshui in the sea. Although the Tang Dynasty warships are huge, the remaining Danshui is still limited. He believes that one and a half months should be enough for the Tang people to consume all the Danshui himself.
I have to say that his judgment was correct, and Li Shimin's fleet was indeed gone, but equally, his judgment was also wrong, because he overestimated the strength of the Great Cannibal Fleet.
When they organized together and launched an attack on the Tang Dynasty fleet, Ali knew that he had miscalculated again and they could not stop the Tang Dynasty's Supreme Emperor.
The wooden warships of the Tang Dynasty launched the first attack when they were about to come into contact with the Great Cannibal fleet. When a wave of rockets continued, more than a dozen Great Cannibal warships immediately ignited a raging fire, and countless Great Cannibal sailors began to jump ships and escape.
Then, the iron-armored warship behind the Tang Dynasty opened fire, and countless shells with attack distances far beyond the imagination of the cannibals came in the air, smashing into the middle of the cannibals' fleet, blowing small wooden ships into pieces.
The earth-shaking scene made countless people hit their hearts from their throats to their buttocks, and fear began to spread involuntarily among the cannibals and the aliens.
Moreover, the Tang Dynasty warships did not seem to stop, and they kept rushing forward. Dozens of transport ships were all powered by sails and were not troubled by fishing nets. Under their stirring, a large number of fishing nets were towed onto the ship, creating a small but sufficient waterway for the steel warship behind them.
It's crazy, it's really crazy. Ali never expected that his fleet would be so vulnerable on the front battlefield. Facing the fierce artillery fire of the Tang fleet, they ran faster than the rabbits on the shore. They almost didn't take much time to get out the path ahead.
"Clog them up, block them back. Tangren has no supplies at all, and they don't have much of that kind of shell, don't be afraid of them." Ali stood on his flagship and shouted, but because of the lack of communication in advance, almost no people would listen to him.
Although those warships that had been ordered were topped up, they would soon be destroyed. In the eyes of the fleeing cannibals, this situation undoubtedly proved that Ali's judgment was wrong.
At this moment, it seemed that God was also helping the Tang Dynasty. As more and more big cannibals and aliens fell into the water, a large amount of bloody smell caused a large number of sharks to gather on the sea.
The sharks desperately snatched the delicacy of inheritance. At the same time, the fishing nets that were thrown into the water and not destroyed by the Tang Dynasty were taken away from their original positions under the stirring of the sharks, making the iron-armored warships unimpeded in this sea area.
Dugu Qingyun quickly grabbed the fighter plane, and the twelve steel warships accelerated instantly, crossed the wooden transport ships, and entered the middle of the cannibal fleet. Long-distance weapons such as Zhenguan cannons, rockets, crossbows, etc. were smashed out like money, quickly expanding the situation of victory.
At this time of the war, Ali knew that this time he was powerless to stop the Tang people from leaving. Fortunately, they just wanted to go to that island, not to break through and return to the Tang Dynasty. From this point of view, he still had the opportunity to capture the Supreme Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the future.
Thinking of this, Ali issued an order to retreat, and countless big food warships fled in an instant in the direction away from the Tang Dynasty fleet. Even their companions who fell into the water and were struggling to survive, letting them be dragged into the bottomless abyss by the sharks in the sea.
Only Ali looked at the Tang fleet, which was gradually moving away from a distance and had stopped attacking, fell into a state of contemplation. A thought that had been ignored by him had faintly arose in his heart, and he murmured to himself: "The Tang people no longer have the ability to fight again, their weapons should be almost consumed!"
"What?" Ali's deputy didn't hear clearly what he was saying, so he asked curiously.
Ali did not answer the deputy's question. Instead, after looking at him, he asked him: "If you have many weapons like the Tang Dynasty, what would you do if you did just now?"
"Of course, it's all the killing!" Ali's deputy replied without thinking.
Chapter completed!