ww.x.om "General, the Japanese fleet is less than fifty miles away from us. All ships are ready. Is it time to go to sea to meet the enemy?" On the huge handsome ship, Zhu Chong asked Lu excitedly.

Qing asked for instructions. Behind them were rows of Tang warships that had been prepared. The mighty soldiers on the deck were full of energy, ready to avoid the humiliation of war.

"Why are you anxious? Wait a while!" Lu Qing squinted his eyes and smiled. The fleets sent out to harass the Japanese have all returned, and they also specially attracted them to this sea area. The reason why they chose this place as the battlefield is

But it is also very particular, mainly because the sea here is wide and deep, and there are not so many reefs, which is more conducive to the combat of their warships. Moreover, the wind direction here today is blowing from behind, which is just conducive to their warships.

accelerate.

"General, it's thirty miles!" After nearly an hour, Zhu Chong, who received the news, said again unable to hold back.

"Wait a little longer!" Lu Qing remained unmoved, but Zhu Chong was so anxious that his head was covered with sweat.

"General, it's twenty miles away, we can't wait any longer!" Zhu Chong, who was restless, waited for a while, and then his heart jumped again when he received the news.

"The whole army obeys the order, raise the sails and speed up!"

Following Lu Qing's order, the flag bearer on the handsome ship immediately conveyed the order. In the blink of an eye, all the warships sounded bursts of slogans, and the heavy anchors and hard sails slowly rose.

The entire fleet began to slowly accelerate forward due to the blowing sea breeze. When the Japanese fleet in the distance appeared in Lu Qing's telescope, the speed of the entire fleet reached its highest value.

When the Japanese navy on the opposite side saw the oncoming Tang navy, bursts of cheers erupted across the country. They were so angry at being harassed by the Tang army's small fleet that they were desperately looking for the main force of the Tang army.

In order to vent their anger, the cowards of the Tang Army finally stopped hiding and were ready to fight them.

However, the excitement of the Japanese nation did not last long. When the two huge fleets were only two or three hundred steps apart, the Japanese suddenly discovered that the warship they were traveling on compared with the other's warship, they were like a giant and a dwarf.

There was a huge gap, and the speed of this giant was still higher than theirs. Each ship was like a speeding iceberg on the sea, splitting the waves and crashing towards them.

"Whoosh whoosh~" Following a series of wind-breaking sounds, streaks of black lightning flew out from the Tang army's warship. It was the crossbow on the ship that was showing its power. The crossbow arrow with a thick arm shot at the thin Japanese boat, almost killing the Japanese with one arrow.

Can shoot

There were two holes in the front and back, so in this round of arrows alone, dozens of small Japanese warships were shot through, and the unlucky ones were shot below the waterline. As a result, seawater immediately poured in, causing a burst of panic among the Japanese on board.

Call small.

Although the power of the bed crossbow is good, it still has a shortcoming, that is, the arrow is loaded too slowly. Once the arrow is released, it will be shot out. It takes a while to shoot the second arrow, although Li Min has made some improvements to the bed crossbow. For example, Li Min has made some improvements to the bed crossbow.

Using a tanker set saves energy when winding, but the speed is still not fast. Generally, one arrow can be shot per minute, and the most skilled crossbowman can maintain the speed of two arrows per minute.

But even so, the bed crossbow caused the Japanese people on the opposite side to suffer a lot. The lightning-like crossbow arrows were shot from top to bottom. Although not many ships were sunk by the arrows, the damage they suffered was.

It is extremely large, and the speed is also greatly affected. If an unlucky soldier is hit by such a crossbow arrow, it can only be blamed on him having committed too many crimes in his previous life, and not even a whole corpse can be found in this life.

As the two fleets approached, the Japanese boats were finally able to fight back. Their boats were too small and had no weapons at all. The only weapons available were the bows and arrows in their hands and the small trebuchets on the boats. Unfortunately, neither the bows nor the arrows thrown

Heavy objects can only kill or injure a few unlucky soldiers of the Tang Dynasty at most, and the damage to the hull is negligible.

However, there is another weapon that can be quite a deterrent to large ships, and that is rockets. However, the range of these arrows is very short. Generally, they can only be hit when two ships are very close to each other.

In response to the Japanese counterattack, the warships of the Tang Dynasty were naturally unwilling to be outdone. In addition to crossbows, catapults, rockets and other weapons took turns to attack. The rockets of the Tang Dynasty were not the kind of rockets shot with bows and arrows, but were made by Li Min.

Gunpowder weapons, although the accuracy of this kind of rocket is not good, but the Japanese warships are all in darkness, even if they are blind, they can cover them.

When the huge rocks thrown by the Tang army fell on the Japanese fleet, they once again caused screams. Countless Japanese warships were smashed, and the soldiers who fell into the water swam desperately to the approaching warships, hoping to escape with their lives.

But if you are hit by a rocket

If it is shot, there will immediately be a violent explosion. Not only will the ship be blown to pieces, but the soldiers on the ship will not be able to escape, and the explosion will cause a fire, so after a while, a clump of people will appear in the Japanese fleet.

Bushes of black smoke.

"Boom~"

With a loud noise, the Tang warship rushing at the front finally collided with the Japanese small warship. Unfortunately, there was no suspense in such a collision that was not of the same weight. The Tang warships were all lucky ships.

The raised bow of the ship crushed the opponent's ship under him in the blink of an eye, and the entire ship was crushed by the hard keel.

The ship is big, fast, and naturally has greater kinetic energy. A small ship cannot stop such a huge warship, so after crashing a warship, it immediately rushed into the Japanese fleet without slowing down.

It looks like a tiger rushing into a flock of sheep. As long as the warships blocking its path will not escape the fate of being crashed.

"Shoot the arrow! Shoot the arrow! Shoot the arrow!"

On the handsome ship, Zhu Chong commanded the archers around him, and kept shooting down showers of arrows. Their ship was tall and had four floors. Standing on it and shooting arrows from a high position naturally took advantage. In addition,

There was a female wall around them, so it would not be easy for the Japanese below to shoot them.

"Swish, swish, swish~" Arrows with sparks were also shot from the Japanese ships. Zhu Chong and his handsome ships were also hit by some, but there were already prepared soldiers who came forward with sand, soil and sea water to put out the fire. Theirs

The hull is tall, and the wood on the ship is made of relatively solid wood, so it is not easy to burn it.

Naval warfare is a technical activity, and numbers do not have much advantage here. In the era of the Tang Dynasty, the competition was based on the performance of warships in all aspects. Only when the performance of the ships on both sides was similar, the most common gang-hopping war would occur.

, but it is a pity that the warships of the Japanese Kingdom are very different from those of the Tang Dynasty. It is not easy to climb up and fight with the Tang army.

It is precisely because of this that the Japanese country's numerical advantage cannot be used here at all. When Lu Qing's giant warships were rushed, the entire fleet immediately became in pieces, and many warships even sank completely.

There were quite a few injured. However, the speed of the sail warship depended on the momentum of the wind. Being blocked by so many Japanese warships in front, it would always be exhausted. Therefore, Lu Qing and his warships were only half full, and their speed dropped.

Come down.

However, the Tang army did not panic at all. Following the orders from the generals on each ship, soldiers immediately carried out boxes of things from the heavily protected cabins and opened the lids of the boxes, revealing boxes of grenades and grenades.

The shells of the mortar. These are the trump card of the Tang army, and they are just suitable for use in times of chaos like this.

"Boom~boom~boom~"

As the Tang army threw the lit grenades onto the nearby Japanese warships, bursts of explosions sounded again, and they were countless times denser than the rockets just now. Although the lethality of the grenades was much smaller, this thing was very flexible.

The soldiers also threw it on the deck where the Japanese soldiers gathered. As a result, pieces of flesh and blood exploded, making the scene countless times bloodier than before.

Although the Japanese had seen the power of rockets just now, they were only a few after all. Now they saw grenades falling like raindrops from above their heads. The first explosion took several lives, and the injured were even more likely, with hands and feet broken and disemboweled.

Bellys are everywhere.

The Japanese team, which had received the baptism of hot weapons for the first time, finally understood that although the number of their side was several times that of the opponent's, they had no advantage at all when facing the well-equipped Tang army. It could even be said that they were basically at a disadvantage.

With the status of massacre, it is difficult to even have the strength to resist.

Everyone has fears, even the Japanese who are cruel in nature are no exception. Seeing their companions around them being bombed beyond recognition, all the Japanese felt a chill in their hearts, the movements of their hands also slowed down, and at the same time they had a thought.

The thought of escaping from this battlefield immediately.

Taking advantage of the manufacturing advantages of gunpowder weapons, the Tang Dynasty's naval warships attacked unscrupulously. Soon the Japanese's more than a thousand warships were in ruins. Seeing this situation, the experienced Lu Qing immediately

Ordered to leave a reserve force in the rear

The Japanese fleet was also mobilized, and the addition of this new force became the last straw that broke the camel's back. The formation of the Japanese fleet could no longer be maintained. All the ships were bumping into each other like headless flies, and some Japanese even

Seeing that the situation was not good, he was ready to run away.

Seeing that the defeat of the Japanese was determined, the Tang navy was even more motivated and its offensive became more fierce. The fleet chasing the Japanese was killed fiercely. The blood dyed the entire sea area red, and the fires ignited by the wreckage of the ships were even more intense.

It lit up the whole sky.

In the Battle of Tsushima Strait, the 50,000 Japanese naval force was almost completely wiped out. Those who escaped were also hunted down by the Tang Dynasty navy. In the end, almost none of them returned to the Japanese country, and the Tang navy also paid three

More than a dozen warships were destroyed and thousands of soldiers died in battle. Although this price was very heavy, it was well worth it to achieve such perfect results.

When the news of the Tsushima naval battle reached the ears of Li Min in Jincheng, he was worried about the outcome of the naval battle. He jumped up and shouted excitedly: "The hands and feet of the Japanese country have been severed. I will take them away soon."

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