Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 134 Combat
"There's a boat ahead."

In Liu Bei's naval fleet, someone spotted Zhang Chao's Youzhou fleet from a distance.

"General Guan, in front of us should be the Youzhou fleet that defeated Sun Quan's navy."

On the prow of a large ship, one of his men said to Guan Yu.

This navy is the Jingzhou navy led by Guan Yu.

Guan Yu knew about the defeat of Sun Quan's navy by the Youzhou fleet, but Guan Yu didn't know how the Youzhou fleet defeated Sun Quan's navy.

Sun Quan would not tell others how he was defeated by himself.

This era is not the nineteenth and twenty-first century when communication technology is very developed. Even in later generations, if you want to know the whole process of wars in other countries, you need to send military observation teams to understand them in detail.

Regarding the battle between Sun Quan's navy and the Youzhou fleet, although Liu Bei made great efforts to collect intelligence, much of the information Liu Bei obtained was not comprehensive.

Therefore, at this time, Guan Yu, who led the powerful Jingzhou navy, did not think that he would lose to the Youzhou fleet.

After the Battle of Chibi, the Jingzhou Navy received strong support from Liu Bei. Up to now, many people believe that the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou Navy is stronger than that of the Sun Quan Navy.

And many people believe that the water warfare of soldiers in the north cannot be more powerful than sailors in the south, because the southerners can be said to have lived by the water since they were young, and the water quality is incomparable to the northerners.

"Give me an order to bring the grain ship to the shore and the warship to meet it." Guan Yu said as he gave the order.

Following Guan Yu's order, the fleet carrying grain and grass began to dock immediately, while the warships went down the river and rushed towards the Youzhou fleet at the fastest speed.

"It's Liu Bei's Jingzhou Navy, pass on my order, and the gunboats will go up to meet you." Zhang Chao also issued an order from Youzhou.

Following Zhang Chao's order, the Youzhou and the three paddle-wheel gunboats took the lead and rushed towards the Jingzhou Navy.

Although the two sides can already see each other visually, they are still far apart.

However, as the two sides approach each other, the distance between the two sides is also rapidly closing.

"What a big boat, so fast."

Many people in the Jingzhou navy saw the Youzhou and the three paddle wheel gunboats coming towards them at a fast speed, and many people suddenly let out a burst of exclamation.

These gunboats are really too big, especially the Youzhou, which is much larger than the largest building ship in the world. Although there are oars on both sides, no one seems to be rowing them. From a distance, there are still boats on the boat. There was black smoke, as if it was on fire.

"What does this mean from the other side? Are these ships coming over to surrender?" Beside Guan Yu, a man who looked like a general looked at the Youzhou fleet and said mockingly.

"I don't know how Sun Quan's navy was defeated by such a ship, it's so useless." Some people began to mock Sun Quan's navy.

"General, although we don't know how the Youzhou fleet defeated Sun Quan's navy, since they can defeat Sun Quan's navy, we can't underestimate them." Some cautious navy generals said.

As time goes by, the distance between the two sides is also getting closer.

5000 meters...

3000 meters...

1000 meters...

500 meters...

Soon, the distance between the two sides was within 200 meters.

At this time, the Youzhou and the three paddle-wheeled gunboats were several thousand meters away from the Youzhou fleet.

Just when the distance between the two sides came within 200 meters, the Youzhou began to change direction with three paddle-wheel gunboats.

The Youzhou and the three paddle wheel gunboats formed a long snake, and the Youzhou was the head of the snake.

As the Youzhou began to turn, the three paddle wheels also changed direction one after another.

As the gunboats all turned around, the distance between the two sides also entered within a hundred meters, and the distance mastered by the gunboats was just right.

As the several gunboats turned, one side of all the gunboats also aimed at the Jingzhou navy that was going down the river.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

The next moment, the cannons on the gunboat fired one after another.

At a distance of [-] meters, the Youzhou gunboat used shotgun attacks.

After many battles with Sun Quan's navy, the Youzhou fleet has gained experience. They found that shotgun shells can cause the greatest damage to the enemy in such battles.

They found that as long as they can kill the enemy's vital forces in large numbers, they can deter the enemy's courage to the greatest extent.

As the cannons on one side of several gunboats opened fire, at least more than 70 cannons fired tens of thousands of cannonballs as big as grapes.

Ah~ah~ah~ah~ah~
Following the blow of a round of artillery, there were bursts of painful screams in the Jingzhou navy fleet.

Many people were hit in the vital parts by artillery shells and died immediately.Many people were hit in the limbs and could not die for a while, but they were in excruciating pain.

"General, are you okay, General!"

On Guan Yu's boat, several people threw Guan Yu to the ground.

On the deck of the ship, several corpses had already fallen down. They fell in disorder on the deck, with blood flowing everywhere.

At the same time, there were some people on the ship who were hit by the shells but did not die, and they were screaming in agony.

"I am fine."

Guan Yu pushed away the corpse of a guard who was pressing on him to protect him, and said to the group of people around him.

"General, be careful of the enemy's attack, let's hide behind." Someone said while supporting Guan Yu.

Although no one knew what Youzhou's ship used to attack them, everyone knew that the thing that attacked them must have been shot from the opposite ship.

From this point of view, it is not safe to stay at the bow of the ship. It is definitely safer to hide behind the thick hull of the ship than to stay at the bow.

Surrounded by a group of people, Guan Yu could only escape to the stern of the ship in embarrassment to avoid the enemy's attack.

"I finally know why Sun Quan's navy was defeated."

At the stern, Guan Yu said to everyone with a wry smile.

Boom boom boom boom boom~

At this moment, the second round of shelling began.

Immediately, countless officers and soldiers of the Jingzhou Navy were hit by shells, causing heavy casualties.

And not long after, the third round of shelling came as scheduled.

Relying on its speed being several times that of the Jingzhou Navy, the Youzhou gunboat began to sail in a zigzag path, always keeping a distance from the Jingzhou Navy, and then launched continuous attacks.

As for the Jingzhou Navy, no matter how hard the oarsmen shook the oar, they could not quickly catch up with several Youzhou gunboats.

Facing the attack from the Youzhou gunboats, Guan Yu's ship slowed down its sailing speed and retreated to the middle of the Jingzhou Navy fleet, no longer daring to move too far forward.

At the same time, Guan Yu saw that his fleet could not catch up with the enemy and could only be beaten passively. His face was gloomy and he gritted his teeth.

But fortunately, after being hit by more than a dozen rounds of shells by the Youzhou gunboat, the Jingzhou navy finally met the hundreds of Youzhou fleet that came behind.

Guan Yu guessed that the ships behind the Youzhou fleet should not have such terrifying weapons, otherwise this battle would be impossible to fight and they would just surrender.

Just when Guan Yu was thinking this way, he suddenly saw that in front of the Youzhou fleet, there were three rowing boats swaying sideways, pointing the sides of the boats at their side.

Boom boom boom boom boom~

The three rowboats fired.

It turned out that these three ships were just ordinary scull gunboats, and their speed was not as fast as the Youzhou and the three paddle wheel gunboats, so they could only sail with the fleet.

Seeing the three gunboats firing, Guan Yu felt a sense of despair quickly fill his mind.

"This... how can this be fought?"

(End of this chapter)