Pang Tong's guess was right, the method of the chain warship was exactly what Xiao Yi taught Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to restrain the Jiangdong Navy's big killing weapon, and what was constantly being made in the water village day and night was a series of iron cables!

According to reason, the failure of Cao's army in the water war in history was because the warships were tied and attacked by fire, Xiao Yi, as a crossing clan, should avoid the recurrence of the tragedy, why did he do the opposite?

The reason is also very simple, the northern athletes are not accustomed to water warfare, and they tie the warships together, and lose flexibility in exchange for stability, which can only be said to have disadvantages and advantages, and the real reason for the defeat of Cao's army is that the high-level is too proud and underestimate the enemy.

It's like a person who fights with a knife and loses a big battle, he can only blame himself for not being proficient in learning, and he can't say that there is a problem with the knife, because the knife is dead, but the talent is alive!

In addition, Pang Tong's 'serial plan' has two fatal flaws: fear of fire attack and inflexibility, Xiao Yi meditated hard to make up for these two defects, making the serial warship invulnerable!

"Haha! --The giant ship is as stable as land, but it has become clumsy, as long as one is on fire and the rest cannot escape, Cao Jun is self-defeating!

The order went down, the whole army marched forward bravely, attacked the enemy ships with rockets, burned them clean, as long as the Jingzhou naval army was eliminated, Cao Apu would definitely be defeated! ”

Zhou Yu was proficient in water warfare, and immediately saw the advantages and disadvantages of the serial warship, and excitedly waved the command flag frequently, urging his subordinates to attack, as for the faint move of the Jingzhou Navy Army, it was naturally attributed to the 'ghost car'!

Seeing the flagship waving, the Jiangdong Navy accelerated its speed, and one rocket after another was ready, waiting to burn the enemy to charcoal, but no one thought that the distance between the two sides was about one hundred and fifty zhang, and the Jingzhou Navy actually took the lead!

"The distance is one hundred and fifty-five zhang, the elevation angle is forty-five, the wind speed is three levels strong, and a solid bullet is ready to be released!"

"Correct three degrees to the right, increase the distance by five zhang, and prepare three fire charges - put!"

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The figures on the giant ship shook, and they actually launched one thunderbolt after another, and under the control of the 'student army', they accurately shot countless flame bombs, and the Jiangdong warships that were charging were hit dozens of ships in an instant!

The flame bomb contains white phosphorus, which will burn up when it encounters the wind, and the warship that hits it instantly turns into a fireball, and some of the soldiers are burned into charcoal, and some jump into the water to escape, and the formation of the charge is also chaotic!

The iron cables of the warship are linked together, in addition to the relatively stable foot, the load capacity has also increased more than ten times, and the thunderbolt that was originally used for siege can also be placed on it and used, becoming a long-range attack weapon!

"Gan Ning led a small boat to attack head-on to attract the attention of the enemy, Ling Tong and Jiang Qin led a large building ship, outflanked from the left and right flanks, and shot the enemy ship with rockets!

Thunderbolts can only attack from afar, not in close combat, as long as they get close to the enemy ships, they are a pile of rags, all the soldiers fight bravely, dare to take a step back - slash! ”

Seeing that the attack was frustrated, Zhou Yu adjusted his tactics in time, and personally stood at the bow of the ship - not avoiding arrows and stones, beating drums and cheering, the Metropolitan Governor was so brave, and the soldiers were naturally encouraged!

Gan Ning led hundreds of boats, taking advantage of the small size of the ship, constantly dodging the flame bombs on the opposite side, but the 'Student Army' predicted accurately, and there were still ships that were shot and sunk from time to time!

"Whoosh! Sou! --If you shoot, the enemy ship will be finished! ”

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ling Tong and Jiang Qin led the Lou ship, outflanked it left and right, and took advantage of the huge ship to turn to the shortcomings of extremely inconvenient, and after paying a certain number of casualties, they finally approached within a hundred steps and shot countless rockets......

The front end of the rocket is wrapped with strips of cloth, soaked in mermaid oil, it will not be extinguished in the wind, it will not be extinguished when it touches the water, and the burning time is extremely long, the flame is blue and purple, and the 'everlasting lamp' in the aristocratic mausoleum is used with this kind of oil, which is said to be inextinguishable for thousands of years!

The sneak attack on the left and right flanks was successful, and the Jiangdong Army was overjoyed, waiting for the enemy ship to be wiped out, but they were surprised to find that countless rockets were fired over, only burning a few sails of the other side, but there was no damage to the hull of the ship!

No matter how strong the ship is, it is also made of wood, how can it not be afraid of fire attack, the Jiangdong soldiers were shocked, and looked up again, and found that in addition to a layer of wooden planks, there was also a thick layer of mud on the serial warship.

This is naturally Xiao Yi's strategy, laying soil on the wooden board, people and horses walking on it, there will be no slippage under the feet, this down-to-earth feeling, can make the northern athletes feel at ease, play more combat effectiveness, and can also fire attack!

The three major elements of combustion: fire source, oxygen, and combustibles, now cover the wooden board with soil, which isolates the outside oxygen, and the mermaid oil is no matter how powerful it is, it can't spontaneously combust without wind, it can only be quickly extinguished!

In fact, it is not only on the wooden planks, but also on the hull, masts, and guards of the ship...... All smeared with yellow mud, two or three inches thin, seven or eight inches thick, and the fire attack is basically ineffective!

"What a clever way, using clay to fight the fire attack, there are really masters in Cao's camp, but it has made the capital inspector learn a trick?"

"Where is Ding Feng and Zhou Tai, lead the 'water ghosts' to attack, scuttle the enemy's warships, and turn them into food for fish and turtles!"

"No--water ghosts go into battle and scuttle enemy ships!"

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Seeing that the fire attack was ineffective, Zhou Yu was also a little confused, could it be that the iron cable was a serial plan, not the 'ghost car', but another master in Cao Ying?

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun don't have this mind, otherwise Jiangdong and Jingzhou have fought many times, and they will not be defeated again and again, and no one in Cao Ying's other civil and military ministers is proficient in water warfare, which is really incomprehensible!

At the time of the war, there was no need to think about it, Zhou Yu was also a decisive person, and immediately adjusted his tactics and sent the most mysterious unit of the Jiangdong Army - the water ghost!

More than 100 small boats rowed out, on which sat Ding Feng, Zhou Tai and hundreds of soldiers, all of whom were powerful and proficient in water, they were shirtless, wearing only shorts, and holding in their hands were not knives and axes, but iron hammers and steel drills!

The sailors jumped into the river in an instant, relying on the exquisite water, lurking under the huge ship, holding a hammer in one hand and a hammer in the other, and violently chiseled the bottom of the huge ship......

Anyone who plays with the boat understands that the key point of the hull is the bilge, the mast, canvas, oars, and rudder are broken, but the speed is slower, but if the bilge is broken a small hole, the ship will sink and die!

"Boom! -Boom! -Boom! ”

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The 'water ghosts' held their breath and used all their strength to scuttle the bottom compartment of the huge ship, making a loud bang, and soon chiseled dozens of ships!

Because they lurked underwater, the Jingzhou Navy couldn't see or touch them, and they had no choice but to paddle left and right as much as possible to avoid the attacks of these 'water ghosts', and at the same time bend their bows and arrows to shoot while they were ventilating!

Zhou Yu's eyes are sharp, and his calculations are accurate, the advantages of the wire warship are: huge, stable, high load, strong impact, and its disadvantages are: clumsy, slow speed, difficult to turn, and it is easy to hit the rocks!

Twenty ships are connected into one, and four or five of them enter the water, and the whole will be difficult to move, and they will become lambs to be slaughtered, and the Jiangdong army will be able to win in close combat, and if more than half of them enter the water, it will definitely sink!

Zhou Yu's tactics were exquisite, the 'water ghosts' were not afraid of death, and they really scuttled dozens of warships, and they saw that there was hope for victory, but the next scene made them dumbfounded!

Finding that the warship under his feet was leaking, the Jingzhou soldiers above were not in a hurry, jumped onto other warships, and then pulled off the plank, pressed the mechanism, and with a strange 'quacking' sound, the warship that was originally connected as a whole was automatically separated!

Next, the leaky warship sank, and the other intact warships quickly gathered together, connected with iron cables, laid wooden planks, and formed a new whole to continue to fight against the Jiangdong Navy!

The second weakness of the serial warship is that it is difficult to separate, Xiao Yi ordered the children of the Mo family in the army to develop a kind of iron cable that can be freely switched and combined at will, so that the ships can gather as one, and they can also fight separately and exert their greatest power!

"The chain warship - can be gathered or scattered, flexible and changeable, enough to cross the river, except for the ghost-faced Xiao Lang, no one has this wonderful idea!"

"Jiangdong good sons, behind you is the mouth of the Sanjiang River, we must not let Cao Jun's iron hooves trample on our hometown and countryside, and hurt our fathers and fellow villagers - move forward bravely and fight to the death!"

"Kill! --Kill! Kill! ”

At this point, Zhou Yu had no choice but to draw his sword and personally lead the charge to blockade the Yangtze River with his corpse, and he couldn't let the enemy take a step forward!

There will be no greed for life, the soldiers have the heart of death, most of the governors are so desperate, who dares not to exert their strength, Jiang soldiers all bravely move forward, with knives, arrows, and boats...... A ferocious attack has been launched!

In this way, on the one hand, with the serial warships and sharp equipment, on the other hand, with superb tactics and fearless death, he killed from early morning to dusk, only killing corpses floating on the water and bloodstaining the Yangtze River, and it was still a win-loser!

After sunset, it was difficult to see, and both sides were exhausted, so they had to end in a draw, and each returned to the water village, and after a day of fighting, the losses of both armies were more than 10,000 people, and hundreds of warships were sunk.

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In the next period of time, the two sides fought several times, and Xiao Yi came up with a good way to deal with the 'water ghosts' of the Jiangdong Army, which was to dump lime into the river water, and use the high heat emitted to boil these people alive, as well as countless fish, shrimp, turtles and crabs!

Zhou Yu is not an idle person, leading his subordinates to fight to the death, and he personally braved arrows and stones, bravely rushed to kill, and after several big water battles, there was still no difference between victory and defeat, but the number of casualties continued to increase!

However, Cao's army is strong, and while conducting water warfare, he constantly trains the northern soldiers to familiarize themselves with the water as soon as possible, and at the same time spares no effort in manpower and material resources to build a large number of various ships to supplement the loss of the war, and the strength does not decrease but rises!

On the contrary, the Jiangdong Army has limited strength, one dead or wounded, one less, and a few more vicious battles, even if it is not defeated by the enemy, it will be consumed alive, just when Zhou Yu is at a loss and it is becoming more and more difficult to support, two good news came:

First, Liu Beijun won a great victory in Xiling City, beheaded 20,000 and captured 40,000 alive, and the Xiahou brothers were embarrassed and fled back to Wulin with the remnants!

Second, hearing that the war on the front line was unfavorable, Sun Quan took all the Jiangdong men and horses - more than 60,000 soldiers and hundreds of large and small warships to rush to the aid of Sanjiangkou!

(End of chapter)