The Rhapsody of Mounted Blade Players

However, Shi Wengong had already expected this. His legs tightly clamped the body of the demon war horse, and he sat on its back as firmly as a mountain. There was no sign of being thrown off at all.

After finding that it was impossible to throw Shi Wengong off, the demon war horse suddenly crashed into a big tree not far away. In order to cause as much damage as possible to the human on its back, the demon war horse deliberately crossed its body when approaching the big tree and slammed its back against the tree trunk.

Faced with this situation, Shi Wengong could not sit still on the back of the demon horse. He quickly moved his body to the right side of the demon horse, so that when the opponent used the left When his back hit the tree trunk, there was no way he could be harmed.

After feeling that the human on his back cunningly hid on the right side of his body, the demon war horse also quickly stopped moving forward, and then his body suddenly fell to the right and fell to the ground, trying to press Shi Wengong directly on his body. under.

Seeing this, Shi Wengong could only hastily jump off the demon army horse. Now he finally understood the difficulty of these demon army horses. It would probably take several months to truly tame these guys. Time will do.

But after a few months, their local dragon horse may have been trained. Speaking of which, Ye Tianlong and the others were lucky this time. Those enemies seemed to have destroyed some beans in the farmland because they didn't know the relationship between the grass and the grass. They may have regarded it as ordinary beans. of weeds, which also saves Ye Tianlong and the others from having to start cultivating and planting the weeds again.

Ye Tianlong's pursuit not long ago finally succeeded in annihilating most of the lycanthropic heavy cavalry. In the end, only one or two hundred cavalry were able to escape back to the Kingdom of Swadia.

Just as Xinshou Village and Odasang Town had eliminated the invading enemy troops, Linhai Town, after waiting for several days, finally waited for the belated enemy troops. .

This enemy army was sent by the Kingdom of Weixia, with a strength of more than [-], and it attacked from the sea. The commander-in-chief of this fleet is the Marquis Rodela of King Vecchia. This Marquis stands on the bow deck of his flagship and looks at the many warships in front, back and left. He can be said to be confident in the victory of this battle. Absolutely, after all, how long did it take for Ye Tianlong to rise! And this navy is a force that takes a long time to slowly train. If the opponent rises so quickly, the navy under his command must not be very good. Facing such a powerful fleet of our own, it will definitely be vulnerable.

At the same time, brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun had already seen the enemy fleet appearing on the sea in the distance through their telescopes.

It has to be said that the fleet of the Kingdom of Wikiia does seem to be quite large. There are seven of them that have reached the standard of large battleships, there are also twenty-two medium-sized battleships, and finally thirty A small battleship.

If other countries encountered such a fleet, they might not be able to get a good deal, but they were unlucky enough to encounter the Kingdom of East Nord, which had ironclad ships guarding the port.

Now the iron-clad ship Hailong has been completely refitted. It has eight twin [-] mm caliber main guns, sixteen [-] mm caliber secondary guns and twenty [-] mm caliber guns. mm caliber small caliber rapid fire cannon. These large and small naval guns turned the Sea Dragon into a hedgehog covered with thorns. Anyone who messed with it would definitely end up in a miserable state.

After discovering that the enemy army finally appeared, brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun, who had been waiting here for several days, couldn't help but get excited. After all, they were just fishermen and boatmen who helped people ferry in the Water Margin world before. Now that they have the opportunity to make achievements on the battlefield, become marquises, and become prime ministers, the two brothers naturally don't want to miss this opportunity.

Today's battle is their first battle after joining Ye Tianlong's command. The two brothers are determined to perform well and live up to their lord Ye Tianlong's respect for them.

Compared with the massive enemy fleet, the number of warships on Zhang Shun's side was much smaller. Except for the main ironclad ship Hailong, there were only thirteen wooden warships, and that was all from last time. Seized from Ramon, a slave trader, there were three medium-sized warships and ten small warships, all of which were only equipped with two or three small-caliber artillery pieces. Their firepower was weak and they could only be used as support on the battlefield.

Under the orders of the brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun, the wooden warships were the first to leave the port, and the Sea Dragon, the only remaining ship in the port, also began to slowly accelerate and sail out of the port.

During this process, the many naval guns on the Hailong also began to load the shells one by one under the operation of the gunners, and were ready to fire.

After some tossing, the Hailong turned its hull horizontally and used its right side to face the rapidly approaching enemy fleet. The thirteen wooden warships were all hiding behind the Hailong, preparing to wait until the Hailong used it. Use your own powerful artillery to defeat the enemy fleet and then attack to pursue it.

And the Marquis of Rodela, who was leading the massive fleet, didn't know that the end of his fleet was coming. Even because he didn't know the ultra-long range of the Sea Dragon's main gun, he didn't even let his soldiers do it at this time. It has entered a state of combat readiness and is still slowly approaching the enemy fleet!

According to Marquis Rodela's past experience, the fleets of both sides must be at least a few hundred meters away before they begin to fire at each other with long-range weapons such as ballistae and catapults. After that, they will start a boarding battle, or It is to directly use the collision tactic for collision.

However, after the fleet he led entered within [-] meters, the eight main guns of the Hailong quietly began to target the largest flagship he was on.

Following Zhang Heng's order, the eight main guns that had completed their aim roared in unison. This thunderous sound finally woke up Marquis Rodela and made him realize that the enemy was already there across such a distance. Launched an attack on our own fleet from afar.

"This is still so far away! No way!"

In the eyes of Marquis Rodela in disbelief, eight artillery shells drew an arc in the air, and finally hit the flagship where Marquis Rodela was located from the air.

Unfortunately, because the distance was too far and it was only the first round of test firing, seven of the shells missed. Only one of the shells landed in the sea water only three meters away from the left side of the flagship. It then exploded with a splash, splashing water more than ten meters high.

The shell that exploded at such a close range also made it a near-miss. The powerful shock wave formed by the explosion spread rapidly along the water flow, directly tearing a half-meter-diameter hole into the left hull of the battleship. Hole.

Marquis Rodela looked at the splashing water column and felt the violent shaking of the hull of the flagship he was on, and immediately had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, a soldier soon came to report to him that a big hole was torn open on the left side of the battleship by the explosion just now, and seawater was rapidly pouring into the cabin from the hole. Although people were already being arranged to repair it, in a short time The speed of this flagship will definitely be greatly affected.

After listening to the report, Marquis Rodela, who was no longer so confident about the final victory of this battle, handed over the command to Count Tesha, while he himself slowed down the injured flagship. , so that the soldiers below can more easily repair the damaged hull.

Earl Tessa obviously understood that he had become the scapegoat pushed by Marquis Rodela, but he had no choice but to force the ships to approach the enemy fleet while forcing the ships to move forward. The battleships accelerated their advance, hoping to reduce the hit rate of enemy artillery.

Unfortunately, this is entirely Count Taisha's wishful thinking. After all, most of these are just wooden warships that use sails and oars as power. No matter how fast they are, they are only that fast. In the eyes of brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun, they are almost like crawling.

After more than a minute, the Hailong's main gun was finally loaded again, and then once again launched a salvo at the enemy fleet that had approached several hundred meters.

This second round of salvo was much more accurate than the first round. Two of the eight shells hit, one of which hit the bow of a medium-sized warship. The high-explosive bomb exploded. The powerful shock wave directly blew the bow to pieces, and at least a dozen crew members were killed.

The medium-sized warship, whose bow was completely blown to pieces, suffered too many serious injuries. Before the crew on top could rescue it, the blown-tottered bow began to sink quickly into the sea due to a large amount of water. What I saw was Hopeless.

The luck of the other large battleship that was hit was a little better. It was only hit on the mast, and then the exploding shells ignited the sails on the mast, and then there were many burning sails. Falling from above, large or small fires broke out in many places on this large battleship.

Although the fire caused the crew of the large battleship to run around in a hurry, at least it would not sink directly in a short time like the medium-sized battleship whose bow was completely blown apart.

"Speed ​​up and keep moving forward! Also, let everyone spread out, spread out!" Count Tesha was so anxious when he saw that the enemy's second round of shelling directly sank one of his warships and severely damaged another. His head was sweating profusely, and he issued his orders in a hoarse voice, asking his soldiers to convey them to the captains of other warships through flags.

Count Tessa's order was quickly received by many captains. These captains did not want their warships to be destroyed by artillery, so they all accelerated forward and quickly dispersed the warships, making it more difficult for the enemy to hit them. .

After Zhang Heng saw the enemy fleet dispersed, he thought for a moment and ordered the third salvo. All main guns were aimed at the enemy's new flagship.

So, after loading the shells, the third salvo was launched, and all eight main guns of the Sea Dragon fired the shells at the large battleship where Count Tessa was located.

However, Count Tessa was very lucky. In this round of salvo, most of the shells were fired directly across the ship. Only one of the shells hit the stern of the ship, knocking out a crossbow and a catapult installed on it. It was blown up and dozens of soldiers were killed, but other than that it didn't cause much damage.

Count Tesha, who had escaped the disaster, looked at the charred stern of the ship, but he did not feel any joy in his heart, because he knew very well that if the opponent was lucky this time, he might not hit it in the next round. That's right, although the large battleship he was on was not small in size, once it was hit by such a powerful shell, it would only take two or three rounds to sink the large battleship.