Volume 3 Chapter 385 The Wolf Is Really Coming (2)
Boom, click......
In the midst of several such loud noises, it was two resting warships that tried to bypass to avoid the blocking ships in front of them, because of this circumambulation, the ship's side was inevitably exposed/exposed to each other, and several fast ships on Lu Ren's side seized the opportunity and hit it fiercely, and the special ramming angle at the bow of the ship also penetrated deeply into the belly of the two resting warships.
It must be made clear here that there were two ships that were struck, but seven fast ships rushed over to hit these two resting ships. In fact, there were only five ships that hit the target, and the other two ships were not able to catch this collision that was enough to make the crew's blood boil, so they had to adjust their direction and continue to contain the other resting ships.
That's what the thing says, but five hits two is a joke? The two Sabbath ships that were hit were medium-sized ships, and the five fast ships that hit them were small boats, about five to two in terms of volume ratio, and now these five small boats hit the Sabbath ships in the form of two and three respectively, and if you look down from mid-air, the posture is very similar to that of a poor zebra or antelope on the African savannah when it is bitten by a hunting dog.
Of course, this is not the end, but seeing that the fast ships that collided with the resting warship increased their horsepower at this time, the ramming angle at the bow of the ship in front continued to drill deep into the hull of the resting warship with the support of these "stamina". At this time, those who know will understand that these five fast ships are just going to tear apart the rest of the ships, okay?
A moment later, one of the five fast ships had its ramming angle from one side of the resting battleship, but the tip of its ramming angle had already poked out from the other side. But it's also a little funny, but it's the pointed end that came out first, and at this time, a pair of tattered big pants were hung on top of the pointed toe. I don't know which one of the resting crew members was hanging in the cabin but happened to be strung out, or when the corner crashed in, the belt of a certain unlucky crew member was just hung by the corner of the collision, and it was torn off his body......
The fierce impact of the fast fleet is actually only a partial corner of this small battlefield. In addition to the two ships that were hit, the others either had a problem with the rudder and spun in place, or they tried to move forward but were blocked in their way, and they didn't know what to do for a while.
And the main purpose of these fast ships on Lu Ren's side is to prevent the vigilant fleet that rests in peace from returning to Kalihet to report the news, and the real main fleet is following behind, and it has also been fully pressed up at this time. The shadow of this ship was a large area of black pressure, but it also made the crew who were in a state of panic unable to count how many warships there were...... To be honest, where do they have the time and mood to count at this time? The fast ship formation that intercepted them earlier was still shelling them, and the two unlucky medium-sized main warships had been torn into several pieces of wreckage by the collision angle of the five fast ships, so the rest of the crews at this time were thinking about how to escape with their lives, and they couldn't care about anything else.
After seeing that Lu Ren's main fleet was fully pressed, he basically ignored the remaining few resting warships, just quickly crossed over from the periphery of the battle circle, and then went straight to the port area of Kalihet. In the end, however, a dozen or so warships remained, and in cooperation with the vanguard of the fast ship formation, they fought the drowning dogs and dumped shells on the remaining warships.
Several warships, which were already a little immobilized, were surrounded by more than 20 large and small ships and ate cannonballs, which were basically no different from target ships, and were beaten into wreckage and driftwood on the sea, and the calculation was only a matter of a few minutes......
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The sea area where the battle took place was about thirty kilometers from Kalihet, which was a reasonable distance due to the various navigation techniques of the time. If the weather is good, a good lookout can see what is happening on the surface of the sea for about 30 kilometers without the help of a telescope.
But! It happened to be a light rain today, and the view was obstructed because of it, and the lookout at the port of Calihat couldn't see what was happening thirty kilometers away. Moreover, the lookout in the port is the same as the lookout in the alert fleet, and he has already been exhausted and annoyed by Lu Ren's "wolf coming" tactics during this time, so he is less vigilant. And then again, the working conditions of the roadbed lookouts are much better than the conditions of the ship lookouts, at least they have a house to shelter from the wind and rain, so it would be more lazy than the ship lookouts.
A few lookouts in the room are lazy at the moment gambling/money, for lookouts...... Well, not even perfunctory. Again, they were really annoyed by Lu Ren's "wolf coming", anyway, Lu Ren's fleet would not attack, so they actually had nothing to do. Besides, isn't there a guard fleet cruising outside? If there is really anything, it must be that the alert fleet will send a message back first.
It was such inertia and inertia, of course, as well as the influence of weather factors, that Lu Ren's fleet advanced until it was only a dozen kilometers away from the shore base before it was discovered by the rest fleet. And under the panic and chaos, I really don't know how much chaos has been caused that should not have happened.
It's just a distance of more than ten kilometers for a battlefield, I'm afraid it can't be called a distance, at least at the speed of the fast ships in the Lu Ren Navy, it won't take a few minutes to run, and these fast ships are rushing at the maximum speed at the moment, and then adjust the position of the ship before they get close at the first time, one by one...... No, at this time, it is better not to use the quantifier "piece", perhaps it is more appropriate to use the quantifier "pull" or "batch".
In short, the warship formation of the Lu Ren Navy has been covering the Sabbath fleet that has not responded in time since this moment, and the Sabbath fleet, which was already a little chaotic, has been a little more chaotic under the baptism of intensive artillery fire.
In the next moment, Lu Ren's main fleet was all pressed, and the cannonballs fired by large and small ships formed a denser barrage, and the overwhelming cannonballs hit the resting fleet like a raging storm. It can be said that in almost a moment, many of the ships of the Sabbath fleet have been reduced to wreckage and driftwood.
Maybe at this time, some people will say that this battle is too easy? A single raid can actually beat the rest fleet to the point where it is almost powerless? So isn't the Sabbath fleet also a little too parallel? And since the rest fleet is so watery, why did Lu Ren and Zhou Yu play so many tricks and waste a lot of time?
You can't say that, and you can't count accounts like that. In fact, if it weren't for Lu Ren and Zhou Yu's series of strategies, how could the rest fleet be in such a state of unguardedness? And the thing on the battlefield has always been that after one side has achieved a decisive advantage and initiative, its opponent, even if it is superior to the other side in terms of strength, will often be defeated and completely unable to fight back. For example, in the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao's troops were several times that of Lao Cao, but when Lao Cao succeeded in his sneak attack on Wuchao, didn't he lose all his strength to Yuan Shao? And now Lu Ren's attack on the Rest Fleet is, in a sense, a replica of the Battle of Guandu, but Lu Ren's strength is nearly twice as large as the Rest Fleet, and the advantage is therefore more obvious.
At this time, some people may ask, Lu Ren's strength is nearly twice as large as the rest fleet? Didn't Lu Ren always leave half of his troops to rest in Ceylon? Why is it all open this time?
Nonsense! Only half of it was opened for the sake of troublesome and damaging the rest fleet, but now that the time is ripe, what needs to be fought is a real decisive battle, and Lu Ren must of course gather forces to maximize his own advantage. Therefore, now the rest fleet is facing not the hundred or so warships they know, but more than two hundred ships that have been comprehensively surrounded from several directions!
In the midst of this overwhelming artillery fire, the rest fleet was completely disorganized, but there were a small number of personnel who kept their cool and drove their ships as much as possible. However, at this time, these people did not seek to meet the enemy, but hoped to find an opportunity to break out of the encirclement after the ship was opened, otherwise if they stayed here, they could only wait for death......
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The battlefield ahead can really be described as the rumbling of artillery and the rain of bullets, and a little later in the battlefield area, Lu Ren is standing on the bow of the ship with his hands behind his back, quietly watching the situation on the battlefield in front of him.
It was raining lightly, and Minchan wanted to put an umbrella on Lu Ren several times, but Lu Ren waved his hand and refused. In the face of Diao Chan's incomprehensible question, Lu Ren just smiled and responded: "It's not a big deal to get a little rain, I'll just take a hot shower when I go back." Now our army has an absolute advantage, but the more times like this, the more I have to stay calm, so a little rain can also make me calmer a little more. Besides, the soldiers in front of me are not only drenched in light rain like me at this time, but also have to face the rain of bullets on the battlefield. ”
The words are good, but Diao Chan knows Lu Ren's temper very well...... Well, Lu Ren actually meant to pretend to be 13 at this time, so Minchan didn't say anything more, and hid to the side with an umbrella. In modern Internet language, Minchan is "quietly watching you pretend to be 13".
Footsteps sounded, but it was Zhou Yu who came to Lu Ren's side. Originally, Zhou Yu was holding an umbrella, but when he leaned over, he happened to hear Lu Ren's words of 13, so he simply put the umbrella away and threw it to the side, and then came to Lu Ren's side to get wet with Lu Ren in the rain. Speaking of which, most people who can play music have romantic feelings, and Zhou Yu is no exception. And at this time, seeing that his fleet was killing in front of him, it was also a pleasure to pretend to be 13 with his like-minded people in an excited mood.
After watching it for a while, Zhou Yu sighed sincerely: "A naval battle of this scale is really unprecedented. Standing here now, the old man is proud to be able to experience this battle! ”
Lu Renxin said yes? After all, this level, or this level of science and technology, and naval warfare in the real sense, may not have appeared until a thousand years later, but now it is much advanced, which makes Lu Ren, who understands something in his heart, also have a feeling that he can't say clearly. But when it comes to scale, Lu Ren is more or less disapproving.
Let's put it this way, the total strength of the two sides is about more than 200 of Lu Ren's and more than 160 of the rest fleet, and the total number of ships is actually not more than 400, and this is also a limit that the current Lu Ren and rest sides can reach. However, more than 1,000 years after the original history, if you pick out any of the several maritime powers in Europe, the size of its fleet may be several times that of the current battlefield.
For example, Spain's Invincible Armada, which had more than 150 large warships alone, and at its peak had more than 1,000 ships and roamed the Mediterranean and Atlantic. It is precisely because of this capital that the Spaniards proudly call themselves the Invincible Armada.
But this is just the scale of the number of ships in the fleet, if you really want to talk about the scale of the naval battle, Lu Ren can be proud, because even if it is a few major battles between Britain and Spain, the number of ships that really participate in the war is not comparable to the big battle that Lu Ren is commanding now. But think about our Huaxia side again......
"Is Gong Jin a little too much? Don't say anything else, let's just say that in the battle of Chibi, the number of ships in you, Liu Bei, and Lao Cao must add up to three or four thousand, right? And the total number of troops participating in the war from all sides exceeds 300,000, which is a really huge number, but how many are we here? ”
Zhou Yu smiled and shook his head: "It's different, it's completely different, because there are too many different things on these two battlefields." The old man even dared to say this, that is, the Battle of Chibi back then, if the old man had a fleet like you, it was likely that he would not need to play so many tricks against Lao Cao to fight Lao Cao not dare to cross the river half a step. ”
Lu Renxin said, Zhou Yu, is it a bit exaggerated to say this? Lao Cao's army at that time was more than 200,000! If all of them are pressed up, can my two hundred or so warships really withstand it? But on second thought, this kind of thing may not be clear.
At that moment, Lu Ren shook his head, not dwelling on this kind of issue. After looking at the situation on the battlefield in front for a while, Lu Ren was a little interested, and turned his head to Zhou Yu and said, "Gong Jin is interested in playing a song with me at this moment?" ”
Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment, but immediately smiled: "Sincerely!" ”