Chapter 671: Fighting Kabasakatsu Again
Hu Fen boarded the Lou boat, he decided to command the river crossing operation on the Lou boat, instead of just standing on the bank of the Yellow River to command the battle like the last time, he wanted to personally witness the moment when the Jin army attacked the Linjin Pass.
As for whether it is safe or not, it is simply a joke, how can such a big and sturdy building ship be shaken by the Shu army? The building ship is fully equipped, not only equipped with landing combat equipment, but also has all the defense facilities, the ship can hang wet cowhide on the side of the ship, to resist the attack of the catapult, if you think that the fire attack can destroy such a super warship, it is completely whimsical, in addition to the deck of the building ship is covered with a layer of fine sand up to three inches thick, all parts of the building ship are stored with a large amount of water, in the event of a fire, the sailors can quickly rescue. As for the bow and arrow attack, it was directly ignored by the thick-skinned Lou boat, have you ever heard of the grass boat borrowing arrows, if the Shu army dares to attack with bows and arrows, it is completely for the Jin army to give arrows.
All in all, crossing the Yellow River on such a large building boat is like playing, Hu Fen boarded the flagship, surrounded by four building boats, and on the periphery, there are countless small and medium-sized ferries.
Hu Fen stood on the deck on the top floor, overlooking the thousands of troops and boats under his feet, a kind of heroic feeling was immediately revealed, and now his is quite a bit of a commander-in-chief, up and down the river, surging waves, pointing to the rivers and mountains, and smiling proudly in the world.
"Attack!" Hu Fen pulled the sword in his hand, pointed diagonally into the air, and ordered in a loud voice.
The building boat uses double power, there are sails, there are oars, obviously on this big river, the sails are not usable, but the thirty-two pairs of giant oars arranged on both sides of the building boat are not ornaments, in the bottom cabin of the building boat, there are one hundred and twenty oarsmen with big shoulders and round waists, every two people operate a blade of paddles, under the guidance of the number, rowing the oars in unison, the huge building boat slowly sailed away from the east bank wharf, towards the opposite side of the river.
As soon as the flagship moved, more than 1,000 ferries set sail one after another, heading towards the west coast.
The Jin army launched an attack, and the Shu army on the west bank immediately threw themselves into the battle as if they were facing a great enemy.
Huang Chonghe and Lianhong did not dare to be careless at all, although the Shu army had the experience of repelling the Jin army to cross the river, but this time the Jin army attacked, it still gave them an unusual headache, just five building ships are extremely difficult to deal with, if they still use the same tricks before, I am afraid it will be difficult to work.
Ah Jian had previously said that he would deal with these five building ships, and Huang Chong and Lian Hong didn't take it too seriously, although they knew that the Qu guards led by Ah Jian had firearms, but using bamboo grenades to deal with such a behemoth might not be enough in terms of power, not to mention that Ah Jian only brought two hundred people, if he brought two thousand people, it would be almost the same, in front of such a huge fleet, two hundred people were too small.
However, Ah Jian seemed to be confident, and when he was deploying, he deliberately placed his men and horses at the place where the Jin army's building ship was about to land, and waited for it.
Even if Ah Jian said that he would be in charge of this area, Huang Chong was obviously not at ease, and specially arranged two thousand crossbowmen to assist in the defense. Ah Jian didn't care either, he was only responsible for commanding the personal guards he brought, and regarded Huang Chong's two thousand crossbowmen directly as air.
There are many large oars and extremely fast boats, and it doesn't take much time to cross a river as wide as the Yellow River, but in order to let those small ferries catch up, Hu Fen deliberately lowered the speed of the building boats, and the large and small boats kept moving in unison.
Soon, the Jin army's fleet crossed the center of the river, everything on the other side became clearly visible, in Hu Fen's eyes, the Shu army was like ants, neatly arranged on the embankment, the corners of Hu Fen's mouth, hung a contemptuous smile, mantis arm as a car, in front of this giant building ship, the position of the Shu army was completely vulnerable.
The front end of the building ship, is made of a whole piece of hardwood, the thickness is quite thick, such a design, is specially tailored for the collision, the impact force of the building ship at high speed is quite amazing, ordinary warships often crash under the ship and the ship is killed, with the building ship to hit the enemy's shore fortifications, can also receive miraculous results.
In addition, the front side of the building ship is also equipped with a clapper rod, which is not only a weapon of water warfare, which can easily smash the opponent's warship, but also in the landing operation, the clapper can also attack the enemy's coastal fortifications, and when the clapper pole weighing 100 jun falls from a high place, the power is simply unstoppable.
The shore fortifications of the Shu army are actually quite strong, and the wooden fence is installed on the embankment made of earth and stone, if it is an ordinary landing operation, only that section of the high embankment is enough for the Jin army to climb.
But at this moment, the Jin army with the building ship is different, the height of the building ship has exceeded the height of the embankment, as long as the building ship hits it, the shore defense fortifications of the Shu army can be smashed with the slap poles on both sides, and the landing army on the building ship can easily open a passage and establish a beachhead.
The key to the landing operation was to seize the beachhead, and only by gaining a foothold on the shore could it be possible to expand the results of the battle, and the reason for the failure of the first river-crossing operation was that the beachhead could not be seized, so that the Jin army's fleet was trapped on the Yellow River, and it had to be beaten.
At this moment, Hu Fen was full of confidence, hugged the building boat and made his waist pole immediately become very hard, seeing that the west bank was already close at hand, Hu Fen immediately issued an order to prepare for the attack, and at the same time ordered the landing force to enter a state of readiness and be ready to land at any time.
The five building ships lined up in a "V" formation, which is a formation in which the two wings of the main ship are sunk to the bottom, and the first to rush to the shore are the two building ships on the flanks.
The two boats increased their oars noticeably, and in the bilge, one hundred and twenty-eight oarsmen paddled frantically under the shouts of the trumpeters, and the boats crashed rapidly towards the embankment.
Obviously, the Jin army is to use the impact of large-tonnage warships to destroy the shore fortifications of the Shu army, if the embankment is completely built with stones, the Jin army's building ship will definitely hit its head and break the bloodstream, but Hu Fen is sure that the embankment of the Shu army is built with a mixture of earth and stone, which is relatively soft, so he dares to hit it so fiercely.
The atmosphere of the battlefield was a little solidified, and the menacing of the Jin army brought considerable pressure to the Shu army, and no one thought that the Jin army did not pass the battle, so it collided with it, extremely arrogant and ferocious, and the heart of the Shu army instantly rose to the throat. (To be continued.) )