Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 91 Combat
"Brother, what should we do?" Someone asked Lin Yongsheng.

Seeing this scene, everyone on the Youzhou fleet felt their scalps tingle.

No one thought that in order to deal with their dozens of ships, Sun Quan actually used hundreds or even thousands of igniting ships. The cost seemed a bit too high.

In fact, they didn't know how much impact the three Galen ships in Youzhou had on Sun Quan's forces in the last water battle.

The three Galen ships fought against dozens of naval warships, and sank more than 30 ships, and the other ships that were beaten finally ran away.

Although the officers and soldiers of the navy also burned and sunk a Galen, it was by accident. When the remaining two Galens distanced themselves from them, Sun Quan's navy was left passively beaten. In the end, they could only run away in all directions.

Last time only three ships came from Youzhou, and dozens of ships ran away, but this time the news was that dozens of ships came, which made Sun Quan's forces have to attach great importance to it.

"We can only retreat temporarily." Lin Yongsheng said.

Seeing the densely packed ships upstream, Lin Yongsheng decided to avoid the danger for the time being.

"Senior brother, get closer first, and wait for them to light the fire boat before we retreat." Someone suggested to Lin Yongsheng.

Youzhou boats sailed in the inland river much faster than Sun Quan's navy boats, so they were not afraid that the fireboat would burn them.

The reason why Cao Cao was burned in the Battle of Chibi was that he connected all the boats together. When the fire boat went down the river, there was no way for the connected boats to escape.

But the boats in Youzhou are different, they are fast and very flexible.

In the wide waterway of the Yangtze River, such a igniting ship would never even think of burning itself.

Hearing the suggestion, Lin Yongsheng thought about it, nodded and said, "Then keep getting closer."

The Youzhou fleet continued to sail upstream.

In Sun Quan's naval fleet, the general Wei Wen frowned when he saw this situation.

"Why didn't they escape?"

According to his assumption, the Youzhou fleet would definitely run away after seeing so many of their igniting boats, and then he just had to chase after them.

After chasing to the place where the iron lock blocked the river, when the Youzhou fleet could not escape, they lit the fire boat and swarmed up to burn them.

But now, the Youzhou fleet seemed to have no intention of retreating, which caught Wei Wen by surprise.

The igniting boat would burn for less than half an hour at most after being ignited. If it was ignited now, as long as the Youzhou boat chose to escape, half an hour of this batch of boats would be wasted.

And now the section of the river we are in is one or two hours away from the place where the iron chain blocks the river, so what should we do?
"Light a batch of fireboats and force them to retreat." Wei Wen said to his subordinates.

It's the only way to do it now.

As Wei Wen's order was issued, the fire boat in the front row was quickly ignited.

There was only one person on each fire boat, but after they ignited the fire boats, they jumped into the water and swam to the boat behind.

It's winter now, and the river is very cold. Fortunately, we only need to stay in the water for a while before we can get on the boat.

The first batch of igniting boats was a string of more than 20 boats strung together. Such boats could ensure that the enemy could not escape upstream, but could only dodge downstream in the direction of the igniting boats.

In the Youzhou fleet, Lin Yongsheng smiled when he saw Sun Quan sailor lighting the fireboat.

However, after a while, when he discovered that Sun Quan's navy only ordered more than 20 ships, his smile suddenly faded.

"Who is this looking down upon?"

"Give me an order to let a few paddle boats come forward and use artillery to sink these fireships at close range." Lin Yongsheng said as he gave the order.

After a semaphore, the three paddle steamers quickly stepped forward, and after a while, they came to the front of Sun Quan's naval igniter.

Boom boom boom boom!
At a distance of less than [-] meters, the three paddle wheels fired one after another, all adopting the method of aiming and direct fire, and the hit rate was very high.

The fire boat is just a small boat with dry firewood, tung oil and other firelight piled on it. Such small boats can often be severely damaged or even disintegrated with only one shot.

If it was a big ship in the era of great voyages, hundreds of shells fired by both sides may not be able to sink a ship, but against this kind of small ship, basically one shot can sink a ship.

The Youzhou fleet fought while retreating, and soon, the first batch of igniting ships were eliminated.

Several igniting ships were pulled by the iron chains on the sunk ship, which made the fire ships stand still for a while, which caused some troubles for the Sun Quan navy fleet behind.

After the three paddle gunboats sank the igniter ship, they did not stop firing, but aimed at the igniter ship that had not yet been ignited.

This scene frightened the Sun Quan sailors who were staying on the igniting boat. Some timid people even abandoned the boat and fled when they saw the paddle gun boat approaching.

Behind the Sun Quan naval fleet, Wei Wen frowned when he saw the situation ahead.

This scene reminded him of the sea battle at the mouth of the Yangtze River a few months ago. The loud weapon made an indelible impression on him.

Could it be that the battle scene from a few months ago is going to be staged here again?

"Light another batch of fireboats." Wei Wen immediately issued an order.

In the current situation, we can only continue to ignite the fire boats to force the Youzhou fleet, otherwise the soldiers in front will flee.

Facing the unknown weapons equipped by the Youzhou fleet, to be honest, there is no navy officer who is not afraid, especially when they see a ship being sunk so easily, this makes them even more afraid.

If it weren't for the absolute numerical superiority of the navy officers and soldiers, and knowing the way to deal with the Youzhou fleet, they might have already lost their fighting spirit.

"Let the No. [-], No. [-], and No. [-] gunboats also participate in the battle."

For the Youzhou Fleet, looking at the situation ahead, Lin Yongsheng felt that Sun Quan's navy did not pay much attention to the pressure here, and only ignited a small number of igniting ships.

He had to send a few more gunboats to continue to put pressure on Sun Quan's navy and let them consume more fireboats.

Soon, several gunboats joined the battle to attack Sun Quan's navy fleet.

The two sides went down the river while fighting, and the Youzhou ship sank a batch of igniting boats, and Wei Wen ordered another batch of boats, no more and no less.

Instead, he wanted to rely on the huge fleet to squeeze the space for the Youzhou fleet to move, forcing the Youzhou fleet to flee.

But this is useless, the Youzhou gunboat will still approach and shoot unscrupulously.

Moreover, the navy officers and soldiers under Sun Quan are also human beings. When faced with mysterious and powerful weapons, they will be afraid and even run away at the front.

So Wei Wen simply asked the soldiers in the front row to light the fire boats and retreat. This would at least gain the understanding and support of the soldiers.

But at this time, Wei Wen had a big cloud in his heart.

There is still one or two hours' voyage away from the blockade of the river section. In such a long time, who knows how many fireboats they will lose.

It would be a big joke if we arrived at the location and found that there were not enough fire boats.

If I knew this was the case, I should have acted earlier, but now I am completely passive.

Fortunately, the Youzhou fleet didn't devote all its combat power, otherwise the igniting boats under his command would only be consumed faster.

(End of this chapter)