Chapter 616 Fierce Battle
Several flags were fished out of the river and placed wetly in front of Chen Yan.
Unfolding one of them, it turned out to be Lu Fu's general flag.
Chen Yan frowned.
It seemed that Lu Fu's fleet had suffered a big loss.
"General, General Lu's fleet, as the vanguard, is only about thirty miles ahead of our main fleet! General Lu and his group have more than fifty main warships. They are not easy to be eaten by the enemy. They are entangled With Director Wang, as long as we arrive in time, we can have the final say!" Navy Commander Yi Yuan said excitedly.
Yi Yuan and Yi Hong are cousins, and Yi Hong is still a prisoner!
Jiang Qian once proposed to exchange Yi Hong and others for He Han and others, but Xiang Ying refused and beheaded He Han and others in the street to boost morale.
In order to appease the Yi family and others, Xiang Ying also vigorously promoted Yi Yun and other concubine brothers of the Yi family, suddenly making Yi Hong, the main branch of the family, become a minority.
If a group of people like Yi Yun can make a contribution in this battle, it is not impossible that they can replace the main leader with the support of Xiang Ying.
In a clan, the direct lineage of the main house depends not only on inheritance, but sometimes it also requires strength as a guarantee.
Chen Yan raised his head and looked at the flag on the top of the warship. The wind direction was still unfavorable.
Going upstream, he spent countless efforts to rush to the battlefield, but what he saw was the enemy waiting for work.< br>
He looked down on Director Wang and felt that he was just relying on his father's influence,
and the Queen Mother was also nepotistic.
But he will never think that Director Wang is really a good-for-nothing guy.
Although he is not as good as himself,
at least he is better than the Yi Yuan beside him.
Chen Yan still knows who is strong and who is weak among the naval generals.
Lu Fu is his most capable general,
He should be able to hold on until he arrives,
it's only a thirty-mile waterway. ,
Fifty warships are not so easy to capture.
Having just made a decision in his heart, Yi Yun shouted in surprise: "The direction of the wind has changed, the direction of the wind has changed!"
Chen Yan suddenly raised his head, and the people on the warship The flags changed directions in a swish,
"The late Emperor bless you!" Chen Yan was overjoyed and raised his arms and shouted: "Raise all sails, speed up the whole army, move forward!"
The drums sounded like thunder, and a bright red signal flag was raised above the flagship,
More than two hundred large and small warships raised their main and auxiliary sails one after another, and amid the deafening cheers and shouts, they were like a long dragon cutting through the waves and sailing upstream.
It was obviously very difficult to go up against the wind, but suddenly, the wind direction reversed, and the west wind turned to the east wind, which immediately boosted morale.
With the help of wind, the thirty-mile waterway can be reached in an instant.
But at this time, Lu Fu had reached the last moment.
Withstanding Yao Dali's attack, Lu Fu's fleet finally broke out of this narrow Zizi Bend after paying the price of more than ten large and small ships being disabled and sunk.
But it was just a rush out.
After passing this bottleneck, the river widened and the water flow slowed down, and the warships on both sides entered into close combat.
In such a water environment, the performance of warships, the quality of sailors, and the quality of soldiers Ability has become the most important thing.
As the forwards of both armies, Yao Dali and Lu Funeng are naturally very capable, and the sailors selected by both sides are naturally the best choices.
Under the circumstances where the manpower level is not much different and the command level is basically the same, the performance of the warship is crucial.
The newly built warships from Shu County have a huge advantage in terms of performance.
The Chu State had actually obtained the drawings of this kind of warship two years ago, but Xiang Ying and the others were not willing to spend a lot of money to build new ships at that time.
Because it only increases the power of the Queen Mother’s line, and it’s not their turn?
Even if it is to be created, that will happen after the Demon Queen is overthrown. In addition, at that time, the river master in Chu was the best in the world. Looking at Yu Nei, where could he find his opponents? Why waste time, money and effort?
There are new ships outside the pass, but they are thousands of miles away from Chu, so what does it have to do with them?
Who would have thought that Li Dachui could actually capture Shu County and build a powerful fleet in Shu County in a short period of time.
And more importantly, the invincible and powerful navy Zhiyang split into two parts,
The hundreds of warships now, except for Chen Yan's original subordinates, are all a fleet put together by major aristocratic families who gathered their wealth.
Lu Fu had seen the power of the new warship, because after Chen Yan obtained the Tushi, he built a prototype ship, which is now Chen Yan's flagship.
Now he still has more than thirty warships, including fifteen main warships and other types of transport ships in their early thirties.
On the opposite side, the number is similar to his own. But all of them are new warships built by Shu County.
It is no longer possible to defeat the opponent and win. What he has to do now is to entangle the opponent and delay as much time as possible,
Because the main force is thirty miles behind him and will arrive soon.
Moreover, the wind has changed!
Lu Fu stood on the bow of the boat, feeling the changes in the wind, and was overjoyed.
The change in wind direction means that Chen Yan's main force, which is thirty miles away, can quickly get here.
What I have to do now is to guard this pass and not let my opponent catch the main force off guard here again.
In water battles, the most basic rule is that the big fish eats the small fish, and the small fish eats the shrimp.
You are driving a small sampan and want to shake the other party's building, which is more than ten feet high. It's just like a dragonfly shaking a stone pillar. People don't even look at you. Just a slight rub and a touch can make you capsize and fall into the water.
As for trying to dive under such a large warship and use a chisel to carve it out, it is even more of a joke, because this kind of ship is equipped with watertight compartments, so you really don’t want to do it. If it sinks, it will sink.
Sometimes everyone on the boat is dead, but the boat is still floating on the water!
It is precisely because of knowing this that we started fighting hand to hand
Everyone then went to find an opponent of equal size to themselves.
As for you being unlucky in this process and being taken care of by the big guys, you can only sigh that you are unlucky.
Yao Dali and Lu Fu had their eyes on each other from the beginning.
Water warfare is a test of a general's commanding ability. If you can overturn the opponent's flagship, then most of the battle will be won.
Two huge battleships began to show off their dazzling skills,
The sail angle was constantly adjusted, the ship's direction, current, and wind direction changed from time to time, and the warships of both sides were constantly taking care of the chaos in the front, rear, left, and right. The generals of both sides demonstrated each other's superb ability to control the ship.
Yao Dali is highly concentrated.
In terms of experience in commanding large troops in combat, he may not be as good as the opposite Lu Fu.
But such a single ship is more skilled. , but this is really his strength.
There was nothing to do outside the customs, and there was no real fierce confrontation. He spent most of his time practicing this.
More importantly, the battleship he sat on had better performance.
When the two sides entered the final duel distance, Lu Fu discovered in despair that his warship had not completely turned around. Although there was only a small angle deviation, the sharp use of the opposite warship was The collision angle made of iron will hit exactly one third of the waist and ribs of your warship.
An extremely terrible position.
Amidst the roar, Yao Dali’s warship rammed deeply into Lu Fu’s warship. Lu Fu’s warship immediately tilted dozens of degrees, and the soldiers on the ship dropped like dumplings. After falling into the water, the sailors in the bottom cabin turned into a rolling gourd and became a mess.
As the sailors under the bilge of Yao Dali's battleship used all their strength, the entire battleship pushed forward on the river surface against the opponent's warship, and the angle of tilt of the opponent's warship became larger and larger.
"Kill over, seize the ship, seize the ship!" Lu Fu roared and flew up, holding a knife in both hands, and rushed to the opposite battleship.
The one who came forward was Yao Dali, who was laughing loudly.
My territory, my ship, and my people are now more than yours!
(End of this chapter)