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- ww.x.om "General, the Japanese fleet is less than fifty miles away from us. All ships are ready. Is it time to go to sea to meet the enemy?" Zhu Chong looked excitedly to Lu on the huge handsome ship. Qing asked for instructions. Behind them were rows of Tang warships that had been prepared for a long time. The mighty soldiers on the deck were full of energy, ready to avoid the humiliation of war.
"What's the hurry? Just wait a while!" Lu Qing squinted his eyes and smiled. The fleets sent out to harass the Japanese have all returned, and they also specially attracted them to this sea area. The reason why they chose this place as the battlefield is, But it is also very particular, mainly because the sea here is wide and deep, and there are not so many reefs, which is more conducive to the battles of their warships. Moreover, the wind direction here today is blowing from behind, which is just conducive to their warships. accelerate.
"General, it's thirty miles!" After nearly an hour, Zhu Chong, who received the news, said again unable to hold back.
"Wait a little longer!" Lu Qing remained unmoved, but Zhu Chong was so anxious that his head was covered with sweat.
"General, it's twenty miles away, we can't wait any longer!" The restless Zhu Chong waited for a while, and when he received the news, he jumped up again.
"The whole army obeys the order, raise the sails and speed up!"
Following Lu Qing's order, the flag bearer on the handsome ship immediately conveyed the order. In the blink of an eye, all the warships rang out bursts of slogans, and the heavy anchors and hard sails slowly rose. The entire fleet began to slowly accelerate forward due to the blowing sea breeze. When the Japanese fleet in the distance appeared in Lu Qing's telescope, the speed of the entire fleet reached its highest value.
When the Japanese navy on the opposite side saw the oncoming Tang navy, bursts of cheers erupted across the country. They were so angry at being harassed by the Tang army's small fleet that they were desperately looking for the main force of the Tang army. In order to vent their anger, the cowards of the Tang Army finally stopped hiding and were ready to fight them.
But the excitement of Japan did not last long, when the two huge fleets were only two to three hundred steps apart. The Japanese suddenly discovered that compared with the other's warships, the gap between the warships they were riding on was simply that of a giant and a dwarf. Moreover, the speed of this giant was still higher than theirs. Each ship was like a speeding ship on the sea. The iceberg split the waves and crashed towards them.
"Swish, swish, swish~" Following a series of wind-breaking sounds, streaks of black lightning flew out from the Tang army's warship. It was the crossbow on the ship that was showing off its power. The arm-thick crossbow arrows hit the thin Japanese boats, and almost one arrow could shoot out the front and rear holes. Therefore, in just this round of arrow rain, dozens of Japanese small warships were shot through, and the unlucky ones were shot. After reaching below the waterline, sea water immediately poured in, causing the Japanese on board to yell and scream.
Although the power of the bed crossbow is good, it still has a shortcoming, that is, it is too slow to load the arrow, and the arrow will be shot out as soon as it is released. It took a while to shoot the second arrow, although Li Min had made some improvements to the bed crossbow. For example, a tanker set can be used to save energy when winding, but the speed is still not fast. Generally, one arrow can be shot per minute, and the most skilled crossbowman can maintain the speed of two arrows per minute.
But even so, the bed crossbow also caused the Japanese people on the opposite side to suffer a lot. Lightning-like crossbow arrows were shot from top to bottom. Although not many ships were sunk by the arrows. However, the damage suffered is huge, and the speed is also greatly affected. If an unlucky soldier is hit by such a crossbow arrow. That can only be blamed on the fact that he committed too many sins in his previous life and could not even leave a whole corpse behind in this life.
As the two fleets approached, the Japanese boats were finally able to fight back. Their boats were too small and had no weapons at all. The only weapons available were the bows and arrows in their hands and the small trebuchets on the boats. Unfortunately, neither the bows nor the arrows thrown Heavy objects can only kill or injure a few unlucky soldiers of the Tang Dynasty at most, and the damage to the hull is negligible.
But speaking of it, there is another weapon that is quite a deterrent to large ships, and that is rockets. However, the range of these arrows is very short. Generally, they can only be hit when two ships are very close to each other.
In response to the Japanese's counterattack, the warships of the Tang Dynasty were naturally unwilling to be outdone. In addition to crossbows, slingshots, rockets and other weapons took turns to attack. The rockets of the Tang Dynasty were not the kind of rockets shot with bows and arrows, but were made by Li Min. Gunpowder weapons, although the accuracy of this kind of rocket is not good, but the black mass in front of them is full of Japanese warships, even if they are blind, they can cover it.
When the huge rocks thrown by the Tang army fell on the Japanese fleet, they once again caused screams. Countless Japanese warships were smashed, and the soldiers who fell into the water swam desperately to the approaching warships, hoping to escape with their lives. However, if it is hit by a rocket, there will immediately be a violent explosion. Not only will the ship be blown into pieces, but the soldiers on the ship will not be able to escape, and the explosion will cause a fire. So after a while, the Japanese fleet will There were plumes of black smoke.
"Boom"?¡±
With a loud noise, the Tang warship rushing at the front finally collided with the Japanese small warship. Unfortunately, there was no suspense in such a collision that was not of the same weight. The Tang warships were all lucky ships. The raised bow of the ship crushed the opponent's ship under him in the blink of an eye, and the entire ship was crushed by the hard keel.
The ship is big and fast, and its kinetic energy is naturally greater. A small ship cannot stop such a huge warship, so after crashing a warship, it immediately rushed into the Japanese fleet without slowing down. It looks like a tiger rushing into a flock of sheep. As long as the warships blocking its path will not escape the fate of being crashed.
"Shoot the arrow! Shoot the arrow! Shoot the arrow!"
On the handsome ship, Zhu Chong directed the archers around him, and kept shooting down showers of arrows. Their ship was tall and had four floors. Standing on it and shooting arrows from a high position naturally took advantage. In addition, There was a female wall around them, so it would not be easy for the Japanese below to shoot them.
"Swish, swish, swish~" Arrows with sparks were also shot from the Japanese ships. Zhu Chong and his handsome ships were also hit by some, but there were already prepared soldiers who came forward with sand, soil and sea water to put out the fire. Their hulls are tall, and the wood on the ship is made of relatively solid wood, so it is not easy to burn them.
Naval warfare is a technical activity, and numbers do not have much advantage here. In the era of the Tang Dynasty, the competition was based on the performance of warships in all aspects. Only when the performance of the two ships was about the same, the most common gang-hopping war would occur. , but it is a pity that the warships of the Japanese Kingdom are very different from those of the Tang Dynasty. It is not easy to climb up and fight with the Tang army.
It is precisely because of this that the Japanese country's numerical advantage cannot be used here at all. When Lu Qing's giant warships were rushed, the entire fleet immediately became in pieces, and many warships even sank completely. There are even more injured people. However, the speed of the sailing warship depends on the momentum of the wind. Blocked by so many Japanese warships in front, it will always be exhausted. Therefore, Lu Qing and his warships were only half full, and the speed dropped.
However, the Tang army did not panic at all. Following the orders from the generals on each ship, soldiers immediately carried out boxes of things from the heavily protected cabins and opened the lids of the boxes, revealing boxes of grenades and grenades. Mortar shells. These are Tang Jun's trump cards, which are suitable for use in times of chaos like this.
¡°Boom~boom~boom~¡±
As the Tang army threw the lit grenades onto the nearby Japanese warships, bursts of explosions sounded again, and they were countless times denser than the rockets just now. Although the lethality of the grenades was much smaller, this thing was very flexible. The soldiers also threw them onto the deck where the Japanese soldiers gathered. As a result, pieces of flesh and blood exploded, and the scene was countless times bloodier than before.
Although the Japanese had seen the power of rockets just now, they were only a few after all. Now they saw grenades falling like raindrops from above their heads. The first explosion took several lives, and the injured were even more likely. There are plenty of belly spots.
The Japanese team, which had received the baptism of hot weapons for the first time, finally understood that although the number of their own side was several times that of the other side, they had no advantage at all when facing the well-equipped Tang army. It could even be said that they were basically at a disadvantage. With the status of massacre, it is difficult to even have the strength to resist.
Everyone has fears, even the Japanese who are cruel in nature are no exception. Seeing their companions around them being bombed beyond recognition, all the Japanese felt a chill in their hearts, the movements of their hands also slowed down, and at the same time they had a thought. The thought of escaping from this battlefield immediately.
With the advantage of manufacturing gunpowder weapons, the Tang Dynasty's naval warships attacked unscrupulously, and soon the Japanese's more than a thousand warships were in ruins. Seeing this situation, the experienced Lu Qing immediately ordered that a reserve team left behind be mobilized. The addition of this new force became the straw that broke the camel's back. The Japanese fleet The formation could no longer be maintained, and all the ships were bumping into each other like headless flies. Some Japanese even tried to escape when they saw that the situation was not going well.
Seeing that the defeat of the Japanese was determined, the Tang navy was even more inspired and its offensive became more fierce. The fleet chasing the Japanese was killed fiercely. The blood dyed the entire sea area red, and the fires ignited by the wreckage of the ships were even more intense. Light up the whole sky.
In the Battle of Tsushima Strait, the 50,000 Japanese naval force was almost completely wiped out. Those who escaped were also hunted down by the Tang Dynasty navy. In the end, almost none of them returned to Japan, and the Tang navy also paid three More than a dozen warships were destroyed and thousands of soldiers died in battle. Although this price was very heavy, it was well worth it to achieve such perfect results.
When the news of the Tsushima naval battle reached the ears of Li Min in Jincheng, he who was worried about the outcome of the naval battle jumped up and shouted with excitement.He said: "The hands and feet of the Japanese country have been severed. I will take them back soon!"
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