Chapter 1075: The Line of Fire on the River (Ask for Subscription) (Page 1/1)

As the garrison of the Changxing Army, Xiping Fort consumes an astronomical amount of materials every day.

Even if the Changxing Army and Navy transported a large amount of supplies to the mouth of the river, countless small boats were needed to transport the goods to the temporary small dock in Xipingbao.

Every day, there is always a constant stream of boats coming and going on the river, transporting the Changxing army to Xipingbao quickly.

This river is the artery of the entire Changxing Army, and the Changxing Army naturally attaches great importance to it. To this end, a number of flat-bottomed galleys sailing boats for inland navigation were specially customized to the shipyard to escort them, so as to ensure that the transport fleet had enough force to deal with the sneak attack of the Jurchens.

As the battle at the front unfolded, the Changxing army needed more and more materials. Even at night, the small pier is lit up, and ships hang lanterns to prevent collisions.

The escorting flat-bottomed gunboats began patrolling ten miles upstream, and as soon as they found anything floating on the water, they immediately opened fire and then questioned them.

All operations must ensure the supply of the entire army, and if necessary, they can sink themselves in the river, and no ship can threaten the supply lines of the entire army.

It was impossible to see clearly on the dim river surface, and Liu Qi slowly withdrew the clairvoyant mirror. Recently, he has been nervous as long as he stays on the boat, and several times he has regarded a broken piece of wood in the water as an enemy lurking in the water.

When he retracted the clairvoyant mirror, he let out a long breath, but fortunately, the time on his duty was almost up, and he could rest for a day when he returned to Xiping Fort.

As long as he goes ashore, he can relax, no matter how bad it is, he can sleep well and eat a beautiful meal.

Just as he was about to give the order to turn around and sail back, something seemed to spark on the water in the distance.

What is it? Liu Qi's heart lifted up suddenly, and he hurriedly used the clairvoyant mirror to check in that direction.

When he adjusted the distance of the clairvoyant mirror, another spark appeared in his sight. This time he was sure he was not mistaken, there must be something there.

Grabbing the brass whistle on his chest, Liu Qi stuffed it into his mouth and blew it violently, and the poignant whistle instantly resounded throughout the entire gunboat.

Although there were only two guns, several people on board moved. The whistle is the order to fight, and no one dares to slack off in wartime.

Liu Jian pointed to the place where the fire appeared and shouted loudly: "The port side is moving forward at full speed, and they all have their eyes wide open, and there is no good fruit to eat in the past!" ”

At his command, the sails of the gunboat were quickly pulled up, and the oarsmen began to shake the oars, and the whole ship began to slowly accelerate towards the place where the fire had appeared.

Liu Qi's gunboat had not traveled far when a fire suddenly rose on the river in the distance.

This time everyone saw clearly that the fire on the water was a raft burning on the river.

Then a splash appeared next to the raft, as if someone had jumped off the river and swam quickly towards the shore.

With the help of the burning fire, Liu Qi finally saw the river surface in the distance, and hundreds of rafts of various sizes appeared not far away, densely covering the entire river surface.

The nearest one was less than a mile away from their gunboat, and a man on it was anxiously firing with flint.

It may be that the flint in the water was a little damp, and the man tried his best to wipe the fire but did not light the raft, and finally he jumped straight into the river despite the unlit raft.

When did the Jurchens build so many rafts, it is no wonder that in the past few days, there will be a section of broken wood floating on the water from time to time, and those broken logs must be the waste left over from the raft, which was thrown into the river at will.

The Jurchens don't just think that a few rafts can destroy the supply line of the Changxing army with fire! It's time to refresh the Jurchens.

Since the river was chosen as a supply line, the Changxing army prepared for a possible attack.

For this kind of raft fire attack on the Changxing army, how could they have allowed the Jurchens to occupy the upper reaches of the river and remain indifferent.

It would be better if the Jurchens wasted their energy on this, so that they could relieve a lot of pressure on the army.

"Artillery ready! Launch the chains and target the riverbanks! Liu Qi's order was given, and someone immediately began to load the artillery.

When the kit was placed in the cannon, a dozen or so men worked together to lift two arrows resembling a whaling fork from the cabin.

The two arrows were linked by a long iron chain, about the thickness of a thumb, and coiled around the ship.

The ship's gunners loaded the iron arrows into the chambers of the guns, raised their arms high and prepared a loud report.

Liu Qi ordered all the people on the ship to gather at the stern, and even so, everyone, including Liu Qi himself, was still obediently lying on the deck.

The gunners looked at each other at the command to fire as they shoved their red-hot tongs into the holes.

"Bang bang!" Two cannons rang out, and the two guns fired the arrows in the chambers almost in no particular order.

The two arrows flew swiftly towards the banks of the river, and the chains on the bow of the boat quickly diminished in circles.

Suddenly, the arrow made a dull noise as it plunged into the earth and rocks on the shore, and the chains on the bow of the ship swept out of the bow in an instant.

It wasn't until the chain completely flew out of the hull that Liu Qi got up from the deck. Nine times out of ten, the chains were swept out of the bow of the ship, and if they were swept across the stern, if they were not prepared, the whole ship would be killed.

Then there was a slight jolt of the gunboat, and the center of the chain connected the gunboat. There is a gunboat supported in the center of the iron chain, and the iron chain connecting the two sides will not sink into the water.

Seeing the iron chain being crossed on the surface of the river, Liu Qi nodded with satisfaction. The launch went very smoothly, and the link between the two banks was stable, which should be able to stop the raft on the river.

The sound of the cannon just now caused more than a dozen splashes on the river, and the coats on the rafts were taken down, and when they heard the sound of the cannons, they jumped into the water and fled, not caring whether the fire on the raft was ignited or not.

Seeing this, Liu Qi laughed and said, "Brothers! Fire! Let Jiannu see how powerful our Changxing Army and Navy are! ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers on board replied loudly, quickly reloading their guns and firing at the rafts on the water.

By this time, many rafts had been lit and floated down the river. But the flow of the river was too slow, and some rafts that were lit in the distance had already burned down and fell into the river before they could float to Liu Qi's boat.

More rafts were stopped by chains across the water, and Liu Qi's gunboats opened fire on the rafts that drifted towards them.

When it was too late, they threw grenades and blew them up, and five or six soldiers stood at the bow of the boat with long poles and pushed the raft away.

It didn't take long for everyone on Liu Qi's ship to get busy, and with Liu Qi's gunboat as the center, a unique line of fire was formed on the river.

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