Chapter 1004 Locking the target
The pterosaur rider’s report was like a shot in the arm for Bai Tu, who had been living an extremely boring life these past few days and even felt a little numb mentally. , which quickly cheered him up.
"Have you seen the city opposite? What is its size?"
"Report to Lieutenant Colonel, I have seen it, but it is not so much a city, but a relatively large one. In large villages and towns, the outer protective walls are not made of stone, but of wood.”
I have to say that this situation is a bit beyond Bai Tu’s expectation.
According to his idea, a force that has the strength to build that kind of sea ship should have a decent city no matter how bad it is.
As a result, there is only one village? Are the outer protective walls still made of wood?
This made Bai Tu feel surprised.
Of course, this cannot directly conclude that the opponent is not strong enough. It may also be caused by the lack of stones on the island.
“How far is it? How long does it take for the fleet to get there?”
The flying speed of the pterosaur and the sailing speed of the fleet are not on the same level.
After working together during this period of time, the pterosaur rider probably had an idea of the fleet’s movement speed. After roughly making a rough estimate, he quickly gave the answer...
"Fleet It takes about nine to eleven hours to get there.”
There are many factors that affect sailing at sea.
If the wind is favorable, then they lower the sails and sail with the wind, and their movement efficiency will become very high.
On the other hand, if the wind is against them, they can only furl the sails and rely on human power to row, which is inefficient.
These are just two general situations. The specific situation also depends on various factors such as the strength of the wind and the specific wind direction. It cannot be explained clearly in a few words. There may be an error of two or three hours in between. It’s really Just say it casually.
After understanding the situation, Bai Tu pondered for a moment, and then ordered...
"Send my order to send a fast ship back and bring the second fleet over!"
"Yes!"
Obviously, Bai Tu had no intention of taking risks. He wanted to directly mobilize all the naval power of their Great Zhou Dynasty and not allow any mistakes to occur in the next battle.
With their position confirmed, their ships in Dazhou can move at full speed, which improves their movement efficiency.
Especially when the clipper goes back, there is no need to match the sailing speed of the big ship, which is really faster than a little bit.
But even so, it still took seven days for the second fleet to successfully arrive and successfully merge with the first fleet.
Thanks to the fact that when the First Fleet set out, it mainly focused on reconnaissance missions and was mentally prepared to go to sea for a long time. On the premise of taking fewer soldiers, it loaded enough supplies on the ship, otherwise this wave I really can't bear to wait like this.
During this period, in order to ensure that they would not be discovered by the other party, Bai Tu also specially asked the first fleet to withdraw for another half day, and in disguise completed the rendezvous with the second fleet in advance.
After letting the newly arrived Second Fleet rest for a day and adjust their condition, on the next night, they took advantage of the darkness and approached the enemy's harbor.
At the same time, here on the island...
This was supposed to be an ordinary day, but with the appearance of ships at the end of the sea level, this day began to become unusual. No matter how ordinary. "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!!"
At that moment, the alarm bell quickly spread throughout the harbor.
After the initial encounter with the Zhou fleet, the emperor here had already ordered to strengthen the patrolling and vigilance of the maritime border.
However, some time has passed since then, and the border patrol forces have inevitably become slack.
Now outside the border, the sudden appearance of an unknown fleet immediately plunged the entire island into chaos.
At this moment, we can clearly see that many soldiers are wearing equipment and rushing toward their warships docked in the harbor. The scene is chaotic. From this It can be seen.
During this process, Bai Tu would not be polite to them.
Listening to the rapid sirens coming from the distant harbor, orders were issued one after another from Bai Tu.
After receiving the order, one fast ship rushed towards the harbor quickly. If there was a chance, Bai Tu would never give the opposing fleet a chance to leave the port and directly kill them in the opposite port. Be polite to them!
But it has to be said that as a force that relies on the sea, the naval force on the opposite side does have two tricks.
In such an emergency situation, they actually controlled a fleet of fast boats to rush out and intercept their fleet.
Seeing this scene in his eyes, Bai Tu was no longer in a hurry to rush to Hong Kong.
On the premise that the opponent has already reacted, forcing a rush to Hong Kong will not have much advantage for them.
He simply changed his plan and directly signaled the messenger to send the signal with the horn sound.
After receiving the signal, the Clippers, which were still charging a second ago, quickly changed their mode and dispersed towards the two wings of their fleet formation, leaving room in the middle.
During this process, as the main flagships of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet, the two large ships had already turned their sixty-meter-long hulls sideways.
It is true that compared with the Clippers, the two big ships are huge and clumsy in movement, but the big ships also have the advantage of big ships, that is, they have a firepower advantage that the Clippers do not have at all!
At this moment, only a signal was heard, and along with a series of sharp sounds breaking through the air, a whole row of giant crossbow arrows burst out at the same time, heading towards the enemy ship that was intercepting the ship. The ship swept past.
It’s a three-bow bed crossbow! The three-bow bed crossbow fired! !
The existence of the three-bow crossbow is equivalent to the cannon of the cold weapon era. It can be said that it is just right to be mounted on these large ships.
The formation at this time was even bigger than any time they used the three-bow crossbow before the Great Zhou Dynasty!
The moment the powerful giant crossbow hit the target, the wooden hull on the opposite side was pierced on the spot. How could the destructive power be blocked by the wooden planks?
The naval battle mode on the opposite side obviously still focuses on engaging in boarding battles close to the target. I have never seen this type of crossbow weapon.
Two of the enemy's clippers were hit by multiple giant crossbows in succession and were sunk on the spot!
However, the overall hit rate of the three-bow bed crossbow is still a little bit poor. In the process, there are also many enemy speedboats quickly approaching their two main flagships!
The main flagship moves relatively slowly, and Bai Tu naturally does not want the enemy to get close easily.
Accompanied by another blast of horns, the three-bow bed crossbows installed on the main flagship immediately ceased fire. At the same time, the Dazhou Clippers on both sides seemed to have heard the charge, and they charged at full speed towards the center. The enemy clippers launched a cross attack!
(End of this chapter)