Chapter 3456 Snowball rolling down
For Zhou Yu, this was indeed a very stupid and uncomplicated mistake.
He left no time or space for Jiangdong soldiers to eat!
It’s not that Zhou Yu didn’t prepare food, but the food is still in the water village!
Not sent to the ship!
So in fact, Zhou Yu was just one step behind!
But this problem happened so surprisingly. It wasn''t until Zhou Yu discovered that his Jiangdong soldiers couldn''t move forward when they rushed forward that he suddenly realized this!
Originally, traveling against the current was not a big problem for the Jiangdong Navy. As long as they had sufficient physical strength, the speed of the Jiangdong Navy traveling against the current would not be much worse than that of the downstream!
But now Jiangdong Soldier''s strength has dropped a lot, which means that even if Jiangdong Soldier works hard, the upper limit has been cut, and he cannot reach the original high-speed state no matter what.
Although the Sichuan and Shu soldiers who went down the river may not be as good as Jiangdong soldiers in boat maneuvering skills, they had eaten a little something and with the assistance of the water flow, the soldiers of both sides reached an equal level in controlling the boats. On the horizontal line!
This is the first time that Sichuan and Shu have equalized in terms of skills and physical strength!
There seems to be nothing particularly exciting about many battles in history. There is neither the majesty of Guan Erye bursting into the formation and beheading an admiral in the midst of thousands of troops, nor the ambush from all sides and planning for a thousand miles. The kind of careful arrangements outside of the army, and most of them are "snowball" victories, starting from one soldier to another, bit by bit, slowly accumulating small victories to big victories, and finally determining the situation of the battle.
This kind of battle is obviously not popular with some people. They prefer fighting with each other like martial arts heroes. On one side, shouting "Flying Dragon" will make a golden dragon fly all over the sky. On the other side, the golden dragon appears all over the body. , close your eyes and assume the posture of King Kong...
There is no preparation process, and there is no need to consider the number of blue and red bars.
After all, some people just want to be happy, but when Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu actually fight, they have much more to consider.
Any oversight or omission at a certain point will eventually turn into a disadvantage for one''s side, and then turn into a victory for the other side!
Zhou Yu discovered his negligence and immediately ordered the soldiers on his own ship, as well as those on the ships that were relatively behind and not yet in the fighting order, to eat and replenish as much as possible.
The current situation cannot be stopped.
The two sides have entered the stage of preparing for the collision and handover. Can''t we just call a timeout and let everyone go home and eat for now?
This kind of problem is like the college entrance examination in later generations. Let’s not talk about the results, but forget to bring the admission ticket!
But what Zhou Yu didn''t expect was that his "snowball" had just started rolling...
When the distance between the two sides had just entered three to four hundred steps, Zhuge Liang''s second move was launched.
On the battleship, Jiangdong soldiers began to aim their arrows, preparing to enter battle, but saw that the Sichuan and Shu ships on the opposite side began to lay "eggs" again...
The soldiers on the Sichuan-Shu ship kept throwing cans out!
Those jars look very familiar!
Ups and downs, floating down with the current.
"Fire tank!" 』
Jiangdong soldiers screamed, signaling to the helmsman to avoid these fire oil tanks and alerting the ships behind them.
When talking about this thing, Jiangdong soldiers were filled with hatred.
This time, there was no need for Zhou Yu to issue any special orders. These Jiangdong soldiers were already "skilled" in using long oars or bamboo poles to push open the earthen jars flowing down the river without breaking them to prevent the earthen jars from being destroyed. The kerosene inside leaked out.
This is a natural human reaction.
Just like being burned by fire once, you will know that the fire will hurt and will not touch it again.
Jiang Dongbing was burned twice. Even the most stupid people remembered the pain this thing caused them and would subconsciously avoid it...
Zhou Yu looked at it and frowned, "Here comes someone!" Pick up a few of those jars and take a look! 』
Immediately, some soldiers fished up some earthen jars that were floating down the river, opened them and shouted, "Captain!" There is nothing inside! It''s empty! 』
Zhou Yu raised his head sharply, "What a trick!" 』
In order to avoid these kerosene tanks without kerosene, Jiangdong soldiers unknowingly messed up their formation!
Zhou Yu hurriedly ordered, "Leave those jars alone!" Attack the enemy formation! 』
Zhou Yu''s brows furrowed deeply.
Originally, when the Sichuan-Shu Army turned around, the formation of the battleship array was not very good, so Zhou Yu seized this opportunity and tried to use the battleships to directly cut into the opponent''s formation, and then divided the Sichuan-Shu Army into two or three Part of it, concentrate your superior forces to eat the small ones first, and then the big ones!
But Zhuge Liang used these empty jars to disrupt Jiangdong''s battleship array!
Throwing these jars does not require much advanced technology, which means that Zhuge Liang adopted the tactics of lowering the Si, which slowed down Jiangdong''s speed of the upper Si, causing the Sichuan-Shu navy to once again force Jiangdong''s army to be on the same level in the formation. superior!
The Jiangdong Army failed to increase its speed and did not have time to rush into the Sichuan-Shu Army''s fleet. Now it was disrupted by the Sichuan-Shu Army and its formation was disrupted. Invisibly, it has gradually begun to slip into a disadvantage!
Zhou Yu''s response has begun to fall behind.
"Is this what Qiusi''s subordinates do? Zhou Yu grabbed the railing and said, "What a good use of conspiracy!" 』
It''s like although everyone knows that the hunter dies in the elimination, but seeing the opponent''s scenes one after another, one method after another, they have to solve it in the end!
If you don''t understand it, you will be robbed to death; if you understand it, you will be slowly worn to death!
In terms of speed and array, after suppressing the Jiangdong Army to the same or even lower level, the advantages of the Sichuan-Sichuan Navy began to come into play!
The first one to show off its power was the bow cannon installed on the Chuanshulou ship!
The roar of artillery sounded the clarion call for a **** battle between the two sides.
The Sichuan-Shu Army''s artillery is not large in number, and when both sides are marching, it is difficult to hit every shot accurately. Instead, most of them miss, but the artillery''s deterrent power is very great, even if Jiangdong soldiers know You may not be able to be hit, but when you see the artillery on the building ship starting to turn and aim, you will subconsciously avoid it, and this subconscious avoidance behavior further destroyed the original array of the Jiangdong naval fleet, causing the Jiangdong water There was some disconnect in the military''s fleet.
Because of this disconnection of the Jiangdong naval fleet, to a certain extent, the Sichuan-Shu Army has formed a situation in which the Sichuan and Shu armies are fighting with more and less in local areas!
In these local areas, the weapons that really kill and injure the Jiangdong navy are not artillery, but the powerful crossbows in the hands of the soldiers, and the crossbow vehicles that are far less powerful than the artillery, but have better accuracy!
If the Sichuan-Shu Army and the Jiangdong Army fire at each other when everything is equal, the Jiangdong Army will undoubtedly have the advantage. But the problem is that Zhuge Liang now uses various means to finally form a plan to attack part of the Jiangdong Army''s fleet. With more fighting against less!
Whether it is a fighting ship, Meng Chong, or Jiangdong''s building ship, it must be covered by the opponent''s arrows and crossbows before impact.
Normally, when it comes to cross-fire, it is one-on-one. Both sides shoot under the cover of the ship''s parapet, shield, etc. But once the enemy is hit more than the enemy, the shooting angle is not just one side. It is the cross fire coverage, which means that no matter how elite the soldiers of Jiangdong Navy are, they cannot resist two opponents at the same time, or from more than two angles!
The whistling sound of arrows and crossbows was endless. The overwhelming and dense arrows shot through the bodies of Jiangdong soldiers. Even the soldiers wearing some armor were severely injured, not to mention those who were not wearing any armor and only wore shorts. Yi Shui relied on the water ghost who was about to dive into the water and dig the boat. In the blink of an eye, the soldiers on the decks of Jiangdong Navy ships fell in a pool of blood one after another. Even the shield hand fell in large pieces due to insufficient protection.
Under such circumstances, let alone impact, it was difficult to even counterattack. Jiangdong soldiers could only shrink their bodies under the female wall as much as possible, cover the other side with their shields, and form a simple bunker. Resist the overwhelming barrage of arrows and crossbows. Even so, those spear-like crossbows can still easily penetrate shields and pin soldiers to the deck with their shields!
Under certain circumstances at the right angle, the crossbow gun can also directly penetrate the deck and side of the ship!
Suddenly, the decks and bulkheads of these Jiangdong ships that were flanked seemed to grow a lot of hair out of thin air!
The arrow feathers trembled and buzzed.
Under coverage shooting, even if the Sichuan-Shu navy soldiers'' shooting skills were slightly inferior, it would not have any impact.
These lone ships were beaten by the Jiangdong navy''s ships, which were outnumbered and outnumbered. They could only lie on the river with their heads in their hands and let the Sichuan and Sichuan navy beat them.
The Jiangdong navy is now in a very embarrassed state.
What they originally expected was that they would divide the Sichuan and Sichuan navy, then use arrows and crossbows to clear the deck, and then ram the gladiator and sink the opponent''s ship. But now they have all turned over, and they have become trapped. The target of cleaning, and the fighting ship equipped with a collision horn is rushing towards them!
The Jiangdong navy, which lost the first move, was caught off guard. It didn''t even have a chance to counterattack, and was immediately stunned. When they discovered that the arrows and crossbows of the Sichuan and Sichuan Navy had stopped, and before they could recover, they saw that the fighting ships of the Sichuan and Sichuan Navy had revealed their sharp claws and were charging towards them fiercely!
The combination of long oars and flywheels can allow the battleship to gain the maximum speed bonus in a short period of time. However, because the Jiangdong Army had just cleaned the deck by the Sichuan and Shu Army, they did not even have time to react, so they could only watch helplessly. The fighting ships of the Sichuan-Sichuan navy collided!
And this is exactly the tactic originally planned by the Jiangdong Navy!
This is like matching clothes at a fashion festival. Don’t talk about who comes first, but who is ugly and who is embarrassed!
"Boom!" 』
With a dull loud noise, a Jiangdong building ship was firmly hit by a Sichuan-Sichuan naval battleship on the belly of the ship. A large hole was immediately opened, and the river water rushed into the cabin of the Jiangdong building ship crazily. !
The fighting ship tilted outwards, and the ship was also seriously damaged in the collision, but the more serious damage was the Jiangdong ship!
Almost in the blink of an eye, the center of gravity of the Jiangdong ship tilted, and the remaining soldiers on the deck and inside the cabin could not stand at all, and fell to the river one after another.
After a while, the bow of Jiangdong''s building ship sank, the stern tilted up, and it sank into the bottom of the river little by little. It was unknown how many Jiangdong soldiers were buried with him inside the ship.
As for the Sichuan-Shu fighting ship, the collision angle was skewed, the hull was damaged and broken, and there were also some damage to the side of the ship. However, it was still vigorous and energetic, cheering like a warrior who had cut off the head of an evil dragon.
The military academy at the front of the Jiangdong Navy looked a little blue.
He saw with his own eyes that the building ship on his side was hit and sunk in front of him, but the other party didn''t seem to have much damage at all, but it was rushing towards him with a ferocious aura. He clearly felt the pressure brought by the Sichuan-Sichuan Navy. This kind of pressure was something he had never felt before, and he even thought it was impossible to appear on the Sichuan-Sichuan Navy...
But now, if he continues to move forward, under the tactics of cross-fire coverage by the Sichuan-Shu Army and ramming battleships, there will definitely be no room for him to fight back, and there will be no possibility of escape!
"Turn the helm!" Turn the helm! 』
Jiang Dongbing Military Academy turned pale and roared angrily.
He made his choice almost instinctively.
As the Jiangdong Navy Building Ship Military Academy issued the order, the helmsman in the cabin gritted his teeth, flexed his muscles, and struggled to pull the seven-eight-foot-long rudder in an attempt to turn the building ship.
Although the speed of the building ship is not as fast as that of the fighting ship, it is larger and has full inertia. It is a very difficult task to turn in a hurry.
What''s more, because the front part of the Jiangdong Navy was trapped under the cross attack of the Sichuan and Sichuan Navy, the Jiangdong ship was directly exposed in front of the opponent''s battleship collision angle. The white belly exposed after turning immediately attracted the attention of Sichuan. The attention of the Shu army.
The battleships of the Sichuan-Shu Army rode the waves and came with their horns raised high.
Almost all the dozen or so helmsmen of the Jiangdong navy pressed their bodies against the rudder, and a few extra oarsmen who came in temporarily were able to twist the belly of the large ship.
Under the horrified eyes of the Jiangdong navy soldiers, the Sichuan-Sichuan battleship''s collision angle failed to hit the belly of the building ship due to the angle. Instead, it slid past the ship, making a creepy creaking sound. .
In this harsh friction sound, the two sides passed each other. The left side of the building was empty, and it suddenly fell down and slapped on the water, causing a burst of water splash. The building made a creaking sound and shook violently. After a few times, it slowly calmed down.
The Louchuan Military Academy of the Jiangdong Navy finally breathed a sigh of relief. They felt that their command was correct and they escaped the dangerous trap of the Sichuan-Sichuan Navy. Other Jiangdong soldiers on the building boat were also cheering, happy to be able to avoid the fatal blow from the Sichuan-Sichuan warship.
But this building officer of the Jiangdong Navy did not know that his sudden turn would be the last straw that broke the camel''s back at the front of the Jiangdong Navy!
The building ships under his command are not in danger for the time being, but the entire fleet array in front of Jiangdong is in danger!
The on-the-spot command and danger avoidance of the Ship Military Academy were originally the strengths of the Jiangdong Navy, but now they have become a disadvantage!
If the soldiers of the Jiangdong Navy have no combat experience and only know how to blindly follow Zhou Yu''s orders and cannot make decisions on the spot, then they must continue to move forward in accordance with the orders rigidly, unless they receive any new instructions. , otherwise you will continue to jump into the "pit"...
But obviously, the Jiangdong Navy Frontline Military Academy decided not to jump into this pit, and he wanted to go around it.
The flexible combat mode of the Jiangdong Navy is very good at certain times and is also the strength of the Jiangdong Navy. Because in the chaotic battlefield, there is no instant communication, this combat system that relies on the frontline military academy to adjust strategies and coordinate commands in a timely manner can make the Jiangdong Navy flexible and responsive during operations, and can avoid most risks. , get more advantages.
But at this moment, this "advantage" went wrong.
Jiangdong Military Academy''s avoidance completely broke the Jiangdong fleet, which was already a little out of shape, into two sections!
In this way, it is almost equivalent to selling the Jiangdong ship in front!
Of course, in his mind, he did nothing wrong. Because if he continued to charge forward, he would still be jumping into the "fire pit", being washed away by arrows and crossbows from multiple angles by the Sichuan-Shu Army, and finally being hit and sunk by a fighting ship. Therefore, he chose to avoid "slightly", and then combined with the ships behind him to form a new array, and then launched an impact, which would obviously be safer and more powerful.
But he neglected to mention that the intensive, high-intensity arrow and crossbow shooting of the Sichuan-Shu Army was not a combat mode that could be sustained for a long time.
If he continues to rush forward, even if he encounters the same multi-angle crossfire of arrows and crossbows, the density and speed will drop by a notch. If the Jiangdong Navy behind him catches up again, the Sichuan-Shu Navy will be forced to replace them. , otherwise the soldiers'' physical strength will not be able to keep up, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
Then it will inevitably enter a flesh-and-blood mill where both sides strangle each other and consume each other.
In this flesh-and-blood mill battle mode, Jiangdong navy soldiers with higher combat training and combat skills will undoubtedly have an advantage to a certain extent. Especially under the gang-hopping tactics, the Sichuan-Shu Army''s training time is short, and the shortcomings of a relatively simple response method will be exposed, and then they will suffer greater damage.
Even if the front of the Jiangdong navy does not receive a temporary supplement of food, to be cruel, it is not a big problem, because the dead people do not need any rest or food...
As a result, his concession was almost equivalent to giving the Sichuan and Sichuan navy time to breathe!
The turn of the navy was slower than that of the cavalry, and even if they reorganized their formations to attack again, they would not be able to provide any support to the ships in the front of Jiangdong that were covered by crossfire in the first place.
This allowed the Sichuan-Shu navy to easily eat part of the front part of the Jiangdong navy!
This greatly enhanced the momentum of the Sichuan-Sichuan navy and also dampened the morale of the Jiangdong navy!
It was also from this moment on that the Jiangdong Navy, under the little arrangements of Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang, gradually took on the shape of a "snowball", and finally rolled towards the irreversible abyss, and it was getting faster and faster. …