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Chapter 170 172. [The Age of Discovery] Fierce Battle

The fleet marched abreast like a moving mountain.

All the big ships accurately maintained the same speed and lined up neatly.This is the strength of the Li family oarsmen. Countless people are like one person, trained like a machine by the sound of drums.It is said that they can even continue to row in the face of a raging fire.As long as there was no order to abandon ship, they would row until the ship sank.

Captain White Blade and the soldiers in charge of fighting were on standby below the deck.They are not needed when the naval guns are bombarding each other. The only task at this time is to protect themselves.Listen carefully and you can hear them sharpening their swords and whispering some inspirational topics in low voices.Since leaving Hangzhou Port, they have been doing nothing, and their energy has already exploded.

The wind direction is just right now, so Nan Xiao ordered only half of the sail to be lowered.He had already surveyed the water flow in this sea area, and prepared to control the speed to lure the enemy into a turbulent current in the center of the battlefield.The current is so strong and fast there that it is difficult to maintain a neat line.Taking advantage of the chaos of the enemy, he commanded the fleet to encircle from both sides.The enemy army had nowhere to escape, but was squeezed in the center, and finally the whole army was wiped out.

The enemy rushed over, and an unknown large galley rushed to the forefront, leading the first column.Behind it were two large ships of about the same size, each with about two hundred oars.Other large ships of the Hundred Paddle class followed further behind, with all kinds of flags.A woman, a sailfish, a wine glass, an octopus, a horn, a trident, whatever.

Every ship hangs the flag of Lai Island's family emblem, which means that they obey the orders of the Lai Island Navy.But this is not absolute.Once the battle is unfavorable, these ships may lower the flag of the island family emblem at any time and run away.

Behind was the enemy's second column.The leading ships are all large ships with a hundred oars. These ships seem to be the direct descendants of the island, and the ship shapes and flags are very uniform.Then there are small and medium-sized sailboats, which are relatively slow, and some have no oars.Against the headwind, they faltered.In the end, it was Laishima's own ship, a giant ship with [-] oars that towered like a castle.Its hull was nailed with iron armor, and it was all black, like a muscular thug.

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The enemy blew their horns and tried to pass in front of Nan Xiao's column.It can be seen that the other party has seen that the Nanxiao Fleet is occupying the T-shaped cross-head shooting position, and is trying to go around to the east to attack the flank of the horizontal team.However, the wind direction is not good.Against the strong wind, many boats turned in a mess.

Fighter!

Crossing the turbulent waves higher than the ship building, Nan Xiao saw a chance of victory.

"Order the left wing fleet to move forward and bite the enemy's tail ship. The right wing fleet paddles in reverse to attract the enemy to advance."

The whole army faithfully carried out his instructions, completing a rotation with incomparable precision.The left wing is slanted forward, and the right wing is slanted backward.At the same time, the movements of the Laishima navy appeared slow and chaotic.One ship even left the queue without authorization, trying to counterattack the Nanxiao left-flank vanguard ship chasing from behind.

"Sink it!"

After the semaphore was played, the left wing fleet fired.The pirate ship thought it was fast enough to pass obliquely in front of the left-flank fleet, and the side gun ports of ordinary warships had a small turning angle, so it couldn't help him.Unfortunately, its captain greatly underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Southern Fleet.What is the artillery below the deck, the bed crossbow on the deck is the main force.

A crossbow arrow was shot from the vanguard ship on the left wing, and went straight to the pirate ship that had left the queue.When the deck had been properly nailed, the china pots strapped to it broke, and black oil spilled and flowed in all directions.The flames rose, and the sailors on the pirate ship were in a mess.A burning pirate went over the side, broke an oar, and sank to the bottom.

His death opened the prelude to this massacre, Nan Xiao thought, who knows whose head will mark the end of this massacre.

The enemy's vanguard fleet chased after Nan Xiao's right wing, and raised the island's family emblem flag high.The enemy's artillery is obviously more, firing intensively.Pre-war intelligence said that the Laishima Navy had purchased a lot of naval guns from the Dutch, and it was true.

However, for this point, Nan Xiao had already made sufficient preparations in advance.The important parts of the hull are all covered with rawhide, the most important parts are covered with iron armor, and sufficient soil, sand and water for fire prevention are prepared.The forwards of the Lai Island Navy rushed forward desperately and fired countless cannons, but the effect was not so good.

The cannons sounded one after another, but they rarely hit.Fist-sized iron balls have limited damage to the hardwood hull nailed with rawhide. Most of the time, they can only create some pits and then fall into the water.Only very occasionally, when it hits the deck with one shot, will it cause relatively large casualties.

Nan Xiao's right wing fleet counterattacked with the ballista arranged on the bow.Every crossbow shot must carry a clay pot full of Greek fire.Some pots were cracked, some were not, and some were cracked but fell into the water.In any case, at least half of the Greek fire pots had done their job and lit up.

The first enemy ship suffered the most arrows and the most intense fire.The sailors on the ship just started to put out the fire with buckets, but when they poured it on, it made the fire worse, so they were at a loss.Gradually, fires began to rise on the opposite deck.The sailors were burnt to nowhere, screaming and jumping into the water.But the sea is burning too, and they have no escape.

"Spread out the right wing and complete the encirclement!"

Following Nan Xiao's order, the right-wing fleet began to spread out, and the battle entered the middle stage.

The right-wing fleet, which had completed the horizontal formation, launched a counterattack like an extremely elastic net.A bed crossbow is not as loud as a cannon, but when strapped with clay pots full of Greek fire, it can do a lot of damage.

volley!The 1 medium-sized galleys and 4 large galley of the 1st Division focused on attacking the vanguard of the first column of the Lai Island Army rushing to the forefront.All of a sudden, the Greek cupping pots rushed like a swarm of bees.Some exploded on the deck, some were nailed to the side, and some fell into the sea.A raging fire ignited, and the flames were like a group of snakes, screaming and enveloping the entire ship.Tongues of fire billowed and burned, and ghosts and wolves howled on the deck.

A terrifying cry sounded: "This fire...it can't be put out!"

It is common to use fire to attack water battles, but it is completely different to fight fire that cannot be extinguished.A bucket of water was poured on it, but the fire became bigger.Slapping it with a bag of soil and sand, instead of shooting sparks everywhere.Wherever it splashes, it burns, and it cannot be controlled at all.

In a blink of an eye, the raging fire engulfed several ships of the first column of the Lai Island Army at an unimaginable speed.People who were burnt to death jumped into the water one after another, but there was also a big fire on the sea.

It was burning, probably because the gunpowder was detonated, and the vanguard ship of the first column of the Lai Island Army suddenly exploded.The large paddle sailing boat that rushed to the front was thrown several feet high in an instant, cut into two pieces in the air, and then disappeared on the sea.

　The Origin of the White Snake is so beautiful!Forgive my lagging behind...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)