On the endless blue sea, more than forty warships were heading north with a large sea falcon ship as the center. Li Tianqu sat upright on the crossing seat placed on the shore, with the navy generals on both sides of the left and right, and the imperial guards stood solemnly, watching the fleet on the sea to test the power of the new firearms.

The ships around the Sea Falcon Battleship were also covered with raw cowhide, and the decks were several flags fluttered in the wind. The positions used to build crossbows were widened, and were replaced by rows of small trenchers that could be operated by two people.

One end of the trench is fixed by a hinge, and on the other end of the lever arm, there are also thickened and sealed clay pots placed in the middle. A dozen steps away from the female wall stone thrust, there are also spare shells placed in the basket. There are also military Jian careful care for him, and the irritating oil bombs stored in the cabin were transported out when they were about to be fired.

The decks of the internal cabins of warships equipped with new trenchers and firearms have also been thickened. The stored artillery shells are stuffed with kapok straw mats for shock absorption to prevent the shells from being severely hit by enemy ships and other equipment during water wars, causing the shells to crack and cause severe turbulence to flow out.

As the war drums stormed on the Haixiao ship were beating, the navy generals and cadets on each warship issued orders one after another, and a team of soldiers rushed toward a small catapult that was pulled by manpower and placed sturdy oil bombs to quickly launch.

To the north of this fleet, several warships of different sizes were sailing out of the port until they reached the range of the fleet's catapult strike range, the sailors and soldiers who were rowing the rudder abandoned the ship and boarded the boats, and raised the yellow flags to swing back and forth, indicating that they could attack the target ship.

The warships that were about to face the attack of fierce fire bombs were also well-crafted and sturdy ships. Not only were oars and shields erected behind the surrounding women's walls, but many parts of the hull were also covered with soaked raw cowhide.

As the ships in front of the opposite fleet turned rapidly, they turned one side of the hull towards the target about 150 steps away. The generals on several warships shouted loudly at almost the same time, and rows of catapults suddenly projected the ignition of the ignition bombs above that had been ignited.

Accompanied by the shrill sound of wind breaking, the blast in the bullet bag rotated rapidly in the air, and almost hit the opposite warship in a straight line. The thickened sealed clay pot hit the solid hull heavily and burst immediately. The splashing of ignition oil was ignited by open flames. According to the undying nature of the ignition of the ignition oil on the wet raw cowhide, a red flame immediately burst out!

What's more, in this season, the warships were built, including fir, pine, cypress, pomelo, etc., all of which were made of wooden structures, powered by manpower, water and wind, but they were far from the era of steel ships powered by steam. The warships had done their best to strengthen fire protection equipment, but when the fire was too big, it was difficult to curb the momentum of the hull being swallowed by flames... Several more fire bombs hit the mast, and the sails, and the red light spread with the muffled sound of the bombardment, and soon spread into a sea of ​​fire!

What's even more terrifying is that the new catapult that fires fire oil bombs can be fired by one person pulling them, and one person can load them. Moreover, they are arranged in rows, with a wide range of strikes and good accuracy... Replaces the firing bombs thrown by manpower, with an effective range of 120 to thirty steps. When several warships form a queue and the rows of catapults on one side of the hull face the enemy ships, the loading is quick, and simple weapons are used to easily form a dense offensive, and the enemy's warships have no way to avoid them.

"good!"

After a while, Li Tianqu saw that the spreading fire gradually wrapped around the warships that were targeted, the masts and decks were blazing flames and thick smoke rolling. Seeing that the shattered hull began to tilt into the sea, the scene was spectacular... I couldn't help but shout. The navy generals who were watching around Li Tianqu couldn't help but cheer with joy.

Although the ships of all sizes and large and small, which are regarded as target ships are not controlled by military personnel, based on visual observation, it is confirmed that no matter what kind of quick and flexible warships they drive, once they enter the range of the new trencher, it is difficult to avoid the intensive fire bomb attacks. Once a fire spreads on the ship, it will be a fatal blow.

Li Tianqu also remembers that according to the original trajectory of the naval warships of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, although they also used fierce tinder oil to burn enemy warships at close range, and even raised gray sand with the wind to cause the soldiers on the enemy ship to look at the objects... However, through light trenchers, they fired shells filled with strong tinder oil, and a large amount of equipment was used to launch densely on the ship... Although this method is unique in the context of today's era, it is indeed feasible.

At least through its strong support and investment, the application and development of firearms in battle formations should have been decades ahead of the original trajectory. And considering the mix of hot and cold weapons and the application of firearms for long-range projection... Even if the Wu State in the south is blocked by the Yangtze River, and the Wu Navy is more skilled in water warfare, the enemy was caught off guard by improving the catapult and firearms to perform miraculous effects.

If the enemy's naval forces are severely damaged in one fell swoop, there is no need to launch tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of water and land troops to force the river. As long as your army has a firm foothold in the territory of Jiangdong, after Yang Xingmi's death, the current disagreement of the monarch and ministers will be too smooth, and the internal turbulent Wu process will be much smoother.

In addition to Wu, Qian Liu, the King of Wu Yue, who is now serving the Central Plains dynasty with a completely obedient attitude in diplomacy, actually would not give Wei Dynasty any excuse to raise troops to attack... At that time, he found that the Wei Dynasty had the ability to quickly kill the Yangtze River, and then formed a comprehensive annexation of Wu and annexation of Wu Yue... How would he think?

However... it would be fine to have a large number of new trenchers in the naval military aerial division, but in large-scale water wars, the amount of ignition oil that needs to be fired will also consume the national reserve will be very large. Such a method of fighting will also be very "fuel-consuming".

According to later generations, money must be spent on the edge. When the time is ripe, and when the war to annex the southern Wu regime and other regimes will be launched, a large number of new firearms should be invested in any war. At that time, it also needs to be carefully considered...

Li Tianqu thought to himself that what he is doing is still to prepare for the future and do his best to prepare and deploy before the future war. When he thought about it, he saw another fierce turbulent bomb whistling from the belt with the swing of the throwing rod arm.

The cannon shells filled with tinder oil hit the mast of the target ship. While tinder oil burst, the splashed tinder oil instantly turned into violent flames. However, the fire that was already getting more and more intense almost wrapped several ships around the red light gradually faded away...

Because the ships used for the test of new trenchers and firearms gradually shattered under the engulfment of flames. In just about two quarters of an hour, most of the hull sank and fell. The fire caused by the fierce tinder fell into the deep sea water, and eventually turned into thick smoke and rushed into the sky.

Some ship wreckage is still floating on the sea, and the charred wooden boards are drifting with the flow, but there are still weaker fires leaping... This also gave Li Tianqu an illusion, as if he has returned to the modern society in later generations, and just finished watching a scene after the confrontation in a movie about naval warfare...

This is just the impact of a row of warships located on the side of the fleet, facing the target, which is a row of warships that fire irrigated oil bombs.

Just behind Li Tianqu, Zheng Fan, the military weapon supervisor who is best at building stone throwers under the rule of Wei, and is good at making hot tinders for combat. He is also the most keen on improving the development of firearms. His face turned red with excitement. His expression of joy seemed to be mixed with a bit of pleasure to welcome the heavy reward. However, he seemed to be a research and development worker in the field of military applications. He was ecstatic to see his achievements finally being able to invest on a large scale...

Soon, Zheng Fan rushed to Li Tianqu and bowed:

"Your Majesty! I am fortunate to be unfair. If my navy is equipped with such firearms, why worry about the defeat of the Wu bandits?"
Chapter completed!