Chapter 888 The war drums are endless

The slow-paced drum beats never stopped between the sea breeze.

The drum sounds like the beating of the heart in the body, and people can feel it anywhere, as if it is everywhere.

That was the effect formed by the Ming army's many warships beating drums together.

General Zhenla had already discovered the arrogance of the Ming army.

The Ming army broke into the coalition's formation with two columns connected by the head and tail; such a slender column was easily sieged by the coalition's warships on several sides.

But the Ming army seemed to be unwilling to care about it.

The sound of cannons in the distance was one after another, mixed with the sound of waves, forming a continuous and huge noise.

The general's ship had turned southwest, and he stood on the deck, watching coldly as the situation changed.

He didn't have many ways at this time. The pace of naval battles was slower, but he was slower in tactical arrangements and preparations. So far, there were really not many things he could do.

Both columns of the Ming army were turning.They first came towards the southwest by the wind; after entering the coalition army's formation, the Ming army turned and was sailing southward.

Starboard enemy ship approaches!Suddenly someone shouted.

The general had long seen the direction of the enemy's chief column, and such a report was not sudden.He quickly walked to the side of the ship and immediately saw a huge warship slowly sailing towards this side.

Such a huge warship is of course the Ming people's warship.

The general's eyes moved up and looked at the gray-white and powerful sail of the Ming people. His eyes stayed on a flag with a blue background and yellow picture for a long time.

He watched for a while before turning his head and said: Give an order, starboard will prepare for battle!

The generals around him immediately shouted loudly, repeatedly shouting the general's military orders.

People watched on the deck for a long time, and the giant ship that led the Ming army was getting closer and closer.

Neither side launched an attack, and the Ming army's artillery seemed to want to get closer to launch, while the Zhen La army mainly relies on crossbows for long-range operations, and the enemy ship is still outside the range.

The enemy ship approached from the starboard side of the Zhenla people and headed directly south.The general looked up at the Fengbiao and saw that the wind was still northeastern.

The Ming army's warships were roughly in the upper wind position.

A short horn sound came from over there.

After a while, the distance between the two sides was only more than one hundred steps.

The general heard the opponent hitting the drum quickly. The sound of Dongdongdongdong was not loud, but the rhythm was very detailed.

There was also a hustle and bustle on the boat of the Zhenla people, and the leather drums played a generous and light rhythm.Some were shouting that the archer lighted the oil cloth, and some were shouting to boost morale.

The general's ship was a big soft sail ship, and the soldiers were also the king's most elite team. His morale was well maintained and there was no sign of retreat.

Boom boom boom... The huge dense cannon sound finally rang out, and a row of fire lights flashed under the side of the Ming army.The general felt the vibration of the deck and heard the sound of the iron ball breaking through the wooden board.

Then there was a scream of crying at my parents. The damage on the deck was not big, but there were ghosts and howlings from the cabin below.

Today's sea breeze is gentle and the water waves are very small.

The heavy enemy ships were not very bumpy in such a climate; because the Zhen La army had no artillery and the enemy's artillery was very close, so most of the shells hit the target.

A calm battlefield is of great benefit to the Ming people.

After a while, a general reported: The iron ball broke through the starboard side and collapsed back and forth in the cabin, and our army suffered heavy casualties!

The general responded with a pale face and said: Repair and damage will be repaired to prevent seawater from flowing backwards.After saying that, he still looked at the starboard direction.

After the Ming army's multiple artillery fired, the roar stopped, but thick white smoke filled the upper wind, and the general could not see anything for a moment.

The real lagoons began to fight back from the deck, using arrows that lit the tarpaulin and shot into the depths of the smoke.The sound of strings on the deck is thunderous and loud.

At this moment, there were many small firelights in the smoke, densely shining like fireflies, and a sharp scream came from the air.

Countless rockets and flames that were squirting gunpowder burning, flew over like locusts.

Among the dense rockets, there were also some crow-like wooden birds flying around in the smoke burning gunpowder.There was a brilliant light on the sea, like many fireworks were set off.

Several of the wooden crows burned in the air, and some fell on the deck and started burning.

Two more flew to the canvas and burst, and the sails ignited a raging fire.

There were shouting on the deck, and people were yelling to climb up to put out the fire.

A general stepped forward and whispered: The sail was destroyed, we could not escape for the moment, General, let's go first.

The general did not say anything, but he agreed with the general's statement, and the ship had temporarily become a living target that was difficult to move and control.

The smoke of gunpowder began to drift quickly in the wind. The enemy ship just now left from the front right, but a long line of giant ships from the column behind were sailing here along that route.

In a critical time, the general who had always been calm, finally murmured: What a shame, I would rather not fight this battle.

Because the sails burned out, the real boat slowed down.The second enemy ship easily approached the starboard side.

The enemy's old tricks were reused, and they only started to fire heavy artillery volleys when they were more than a hundred steps.But this round is different from just now. The iron balls fired by the Ming army were burned red!

The burning iron ball failed to penetrate the hull of the real lavender (in order to avoid the high-temperature iron ball igniting the gunpowder by mistake, a layer of soil was placed inside, and for the same reason, the iron ball was slightly smaller than the gun barrel and had worse airtightness), but when the iron ball hit the deck, the hot and dark red iron quickly ignited the wooden board.

The smoke was rolling on the deck and the fire was getting bigger.People panicked, carrying wooden barrels to put out fires everywhere, choking ashes and steam spread on the deck, and the ship was incredibly chaotic.

At this time, the envoy of the Full Sect had already called his followers and put a small boat into the sea from the port side.The messenger was climbing down, ready to run away.

Several small Zhen La army warships nearby finally completed their turn and came to reinforce here, surrounded by a giant Ming army ship from several directions.

A small boat sailed in front of the enemy ship, and the two ships were about to collide.

Many real larks were holding on the railings, staring at the suffocation scene on the starboard side.

Sure enough, there was a loud impact sound in the wind and the crackling sound of wood.

The Zhen La Army's boat was hit by the direction, and the hull seemed to have begun to leak.The enemy ship was not affected at all, and even the course did not change.

There was a huge roar of cannons on the starboard side of the enemy ship, and a continuous stream of dense guns like bean-fried beans, attacking the Zhenla small warship over there.

The smoke was filled with smoke, and the Zhenla General could not see clearly what the ship was going on in the distance, but he had guessed the danger of the accident after hearing the scene.

Several small boats of the Zhen La army besieged the enemy ships, like rats climbing onto an elephant without resisting the enemy ships' advance.

The Zhenla people wanted to fight from the side of the enemy and boarded the ship, but they couldn't do it. They were half-sinked by muskets and cannons as soon as they got closer.

If you continue to organize the siege and jump ship at this time, you may succeed because the Ming army's artillery loading was very slow.

But the general had already lost control of the fleet and could not organize specific tactics in time... because they did not prepare this in advance.

How could anyone who was going to attack the surprise attack discuss such a tactic?

Boom boom boom... The huge enemy ship approached the starboard side of the general and immediately fired a heavy artillery.The deck of the Zhenla ship was once again covered by the smoke from the upwind.

What's even worse is the cabin under the deck.

The impact angle of some solid iron balls was appropriate, and they directly broke through the cracked hull hardwood.

The force of the shells disappeared mostly, but they did not stop. They flew into the narrow cabin and bounced back and forth on the wooden boards on all sides.

A soldier fell to the ground, his skull was smashed, and the red and white flowed all over the floor on the wooden board.

The crowd was like seeing a ghost, and everyone cried heartbrokenly.

The soldiers of Zhenla ran around, as if instinctively trying to escape the repeatedly bounced iron ball; some people were running and stomped on the wet blood all over the ground, slipping and falling, and they all struggled and shouted in the pool of blood.

The air was filled with a strong fishy smell and a foul smell, and it was a mess, and it was like hell.

After repairing it, it was broken... Suddenly, a man above stretched out his head and shouted, but his expression changed immediately. He was stunned without finishing a word.

The hull on the right side is damaged in many places, but most places are not a big problem. Only when the hull is bumping left and right will sea water pour into the hole.

But there was a hole that seemed very close to the waterline, and the sea water was constantly pouring into the cabin.

The man above finally found the hole and pointed at the other side again and shouted: Block it with the wooden board!

However, no one listened to him, and the carpenter and the soldiers fled to the deck.

The shouting man had to rush into the cabin. He searched everywhere and finally found a wooden board, and then pressed his hands on the hole.

But without a hammer or nail, he continued to shout.

At this time, a dark man covered in blood crawled over and said: General, hurry up and order the things under the bilge to be thrown out!The more water the boat is, the heavier the boat, and the more leaking it will be.

You press it!The general said.Then he rolled and crawled away.

However, nothing can save the flagship of the Zhenla Army commander.

Because the sails were burned and failed to stop the fire in time, the mast was burned by the fire crow, and the huge hull had already slowed down and was repeatedly subjected to heavy artillery fires from the Ming army column.

The flagship has begun to roll, and the sea water is increasing in the cabin below.

Zhenla soldiers climbed up from the cabin one after another, and the entire warship completely lost control.

Someone persuaded the general to escape from the ship.He sighed and said, "I ordered the entire army to abandon the ship."