Chapter 401 New Battleship and Ballista
The ship was the advance squad of the Liang Kingdom fleet. Their warships were disguised as merchant ships, but each ship was equipped with several old-fashioned crossbows used by the Liang Army.
Although the Zhulu soldiers on the warship were almost hoarse, the one who came to the ship to respond was not people, but crossbows.
The Zhu Luo soldier suddenly found several black spots emerging from the opponent's ship. The black spots became larger and larger. Finally, he saw that these were all large stones that had been roughly polished. Most of the stone bombs fell into the sea, causing waves several feet high. Then the Zhu Luo soldier woke up and shouted loudly one by one: "It's the enemy ship! It's the enemy ship! It's the enemy ship! It's the fight!"
Bang, crack, a series of loud noises of wood breaking. It turned out that a Zhuluo warship that was too close to the opponent was hit by three or four stone bombs. One stone bomb directly pierced the side of the Zhuluo warship, and another hit the mast of the warship. The last shot shattered the ship commander's head. The warship suddenly splattered wood chips, flesh and brain matter.
"Quick! rush up! We are too disadvantaged at this distance." The head of the Zhuluo patrol fleet's flagship shouted loudly. At this time, Zhuluo's warships were either far away or fought with the Liang army warships, otherwise they would be in a situation where they could only be beaten by the other party but could not fight back.
However, the general of Zhu Luo did not consider what price he would pay to rush forward. The closer the Zhu Luo warship was to the Liang army warship, the more accurate the latter's crossbows would be. At a distance of more than a dozen battles, he could almost hit the target directly.
Sure enough, the Zhuluo warships approaching the Liang army fleet were shot one after another, and the wood chips were splashed and the sails were broken. The Zhuluo soldiers on the warship began to fight back with crossbows, and arrows were densely shot at the Liang army warship. However, there were basically no soldiers on the deck of the Liang army warship, so there was no effect.
The Zhuluo people also launched rockets and ignited the Liang army's sails, but the Liang army was prepared for it. There was a fire-extinguishing bucket at the top of the mast. When they pulled it with a rope, the bucket turned over and fell, and quickly put out the fire.
After all, the shooting rate of the crossbows was very slow. No matter how hard the Liang army tried, it would only cause two or three rounds of each Zhuluo warship to be shot. Only one Zhuluo warship's underside of the waterline was penetrated and sunk due to water inlet.
But in the end, the Zhu Luo soldiers were still in a catastrophe. Because the Liang army fired a fire bomb, when the warships on both sides were less than ten battles away, a fireball landed on the Zhu Luo ship within a few battles. It quickly ignited a huge fire. On a sunny day, the sails and decks were extremely dry, and the ship that was shot immediately turned into a fireboat.
The Zhuluo warship also had fire-fighting measures, but it had almost no effect on the fire bombs. They used water to extinguish the fire, but instead aggravated the spread of the fire. The water flow spread everywhere with the fire head. The Zhuluo soldiers who turned into firemen on the ship wailed and jumped into the sea, and were ruthlessly shot by Liang Jun.
The Zhuluo patrol fleet was soon wiped out, and only three sailors of the Liang army were killed and injured due to arrows.
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Two hours later, sail shadows flashed from the sea outside the Andaman Army Port. There were hundreds of ships stacked up. The rhythm of the alarm bells in Andaman Port became more and more urgent. The Julu soldiers stationed in the port rushed out in a swarm and rushed towards their respective battleships.
Because Mo An had been slack and neglecting training for many years, the skill level of the Third Fleet had dropped a lot. Moreover, the new commander of the Third Fleet had just taken office and was not familiar with many subordinates, which also led to the incompatibility of the government orders.
So at this critical moment, the Zhu Luo soldiers were all in a mess. When they were ready, they were half an hour slower than the daily training requirements. The Liang army fleet had already pressed up.
Some of the Zhuluo ships rushed out of the port and fought with Liang's warships. However, a considerable number of the Zhuluo warships were crowded in the port, so no one could leave the port.
The warships that were engaged in battle with the two armies outside the port began to use crossbows and bows to shoot each other. Stone bullets, fireballs, and arrows were flying all over the sea. From time to time, the crackling sound of wood shattering after the warships were hit by stone bullets, and from time to time, the terrifying cry of the Zhuluo battleship and the firemen on the warships that were ignited with raging fires.
The flagship Lin Tao was riding on was an ocean-going sailboat, which and the rest of the ocean-going sailboats broke down far from the battlefield. They just used new giant crossbows equipped on the ship to attack the Juluo battleship.
In addition to the fact that these huge sailboats were not suitable for close combat, the more important reason why Lin Tao did this was that these sailboats were also loaded with a large number of infantry to land on and occupy the island of Andaman.
However, among the warships that are fighting on the water, there are many new warships of the Liang Kingdom Navy. These warships are also sailing warships. The bilge space is equipped with strong sailors, and each ship has hundreds of paddles. During battle, the sailors row together to make the battleship advance like flying. There are also metal collision angles in front of the underwater ship. Once it hits the enemy ship, the enemy ship can be torn into two halves.
The Julu people have seen such warships. Mediterranean countries further west are used to using such warships. Such warships cannot be voyaged unless they set up supply points along the way. However, if the company of ocean-going sailboats is accompanied by this restriction.
Liang Jun also loaded a new type of crossbow based on vulcanized rubber technology on this kind of warship. These crossbows are smaller in size than ordinary traditional crossbows, but their power is more than three times higher. Moreover, through the energy brought by the movement of the hull, the water wheels installed at the bottom of the ship and the chain reciprocating mechanical device are driven to achieve the purpose of automatic winding and automatic firing of the crossbow. The crossbows are turned into automatic weapons. Of course, this premise is that the paddler must row hard to make the ship move forward at high speed. If it is a stationary ship, the crossbows must be manually winding with a winch.
At that moment, a Zhuluo battleship was rushing from the flank to a new type of Liangjun paddle warship. It tried to hit the opponent's side with its hard bow and jump to fight. A rapid bell sound came from the bottom of the Liangjun battleship, which was the command from the captain on the deck. The general in charge of commanding the paddles shouted with a whip, and the paddles immediately followed the command and rhythm to row the paddles.
The two sides of the ship suddenly rolled white waves, and it was already moving forward quickly like an arrow from the string. The Zhuluo warship behind the side was about to catch up with the other party, but was suddenly pulled a distance by the other party. The general on the Zhuluo warship shouted: "Chasing at full speed! Shooting arrows, setting rockets!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he found a fireball shot out from the tail of the opponent's warship. He screamed in secret, but the fireball fell into the sea, which made him feel relieved. But after only seven or eight breaths, another fireball flew over.
The fireball landed on the deck of the Juluo battleship, and the fire soared into the sky. But the matter was not over. After seven or eight breaths, another Liang munition bomb fell on the deck of the Juluo battleship...
Chapter completed!