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Chapter 287 Annihilate the Enemy Fleet!Li Ke, the first god of war in the Tang Dynasty!

Artillery is suitable for long-distance strikes, but it is not very good when the enemy is close.

Because the huge ship is very high, and the muzzle must be raised slightly, otherwise the shells may slip out of the barrel.

If the opponent's ship is taller and bigger, the artillery can also be used at close range.

But the largest ships of the Goguryeo Water Army Fleet are about the same as the big ships of the Tang Army, and they are much smaller than the giant ships.

In this case, if you want to use artillery, you can only point the muzzle down, and then the disadvantages of the front-mounted gun will come out.

In addition, after the enemy ships approach, it will also affect the turning of the giant ship.

Therefore, after the enemy approached, the artillery was not very good.

But Li Ke had already made preparations. Artillery is not suitable for close-range combat, but muskets are very suitable!

The musketeers were already ready, and they all knelt on one knee, holding their muskets in a very standard posture, aiming at the Goguryeo water army in the distance.

This distance is still a little farther, the range can be achieved, but the accuracy is a little bit worse.

You also need to wait until the other party gets closer to a distance of one to 200 meters.

It is best to start shooting at a distance where our musket can accurately hit the opponent, but the opponent's bow and arrow cannot hit our side. This is the best time.

Li Shimin and others couldn't help looking forward to seeing these soldiers holding muskets and keeping their aim.

Although this is the first time they have seen a musket, they have never seen the appearance of a musket when it is fired, and the power of a musket.

But I have seen the power and range of the artillery just now, and now everyone is holding a miniature version of the artillery.

So everyone has already vaguely guessed in their hearts that this musket must also be a weapon for long-distance shooting.

The atmosphere on the Goguryeo fleet was heavy.

Yuan Pure Land's face was extremely gloomy, and his whole person was like a furious lion who was about to lose his mind!

A total of 7 warships and a navy of 5 people!

Now even Tang Jun's ships have not been touched, and more than 100 warships have sunk, and the number of soldiers who fell into the water and died in battle is close to [-]!

Not to mention that there are nearly a hundred warships behind because their masts were interrupted and they lost power and stopped behind.

There were about seven people on it.

In other words, they haven't caused any damage to the Tang army so far, but there are only more than 3 soldiers left for them to fight.

There are less than 5 ships left!

Directly lost 30% of the water surface power!

Originally, Goguryeo's advantage here was to rely on its numerical advantage. The small boat approached the big ship, and then used special weapons to destroy the masts of the Tang army's ships, and then used ladders to climb onto the Tang army's big ships.

Take advantage of the number of people to start a side-to-side battle with the Tang army, fighting for life and death.

Only in this way can Tang Jun be defeated on the water.

But now Tang Jun didn't lose a single person, and they had already lost 30% of their strength. This tactic obviously won't work!

Whether it is the individual combat capability of each ship or each soldier of the Tang army, it must be stronger than that of Goguryeo.

After all, many of these people were temporarily transferred from other armies, and they were not sailors at all.

Otherwise, Goguryeo has only 30 troops in total, and it is impossible for the navy to have 5.

In the case that the combat effectiveness of a single ship and individual soldiers is not as good as that of the Tang army, and now they have lost their numerical advantage, how can this battle be fought?

Yuan Pure Land originally thought that they had received the news in advance, so they made a lot of preparations in advance and transferred all the ships.

And soldiers were transferred from other armies to form a huge fleet of 5 water troops and 7 warships.

In the case of mental arithmetic and unintentional, it should be possible to defeat the Datang Navy.

But they didn't know when Tang Jun had such a terrifying weapon as artillery, which directly caused them too heavy losses.

"My lord, what do we do now?"

The navy general was also very angry and asked Yuan Pure Land.

Just now he could only watch helplessly as his soldiers died under the bombardment of shells.

Watching the warships being flooded by the sea water and sinking, and seeing the soldiers thumping for help on the sea one by one, I feel even more powerless.

But in any case, it is imperative to make an early decision.

Whether to continue fighting or to retreat.

"We have already rushed here, so naturally we will fight with all our might!"

"I noticed that when we got closer, the three giant ships stopped firing iron balls. It must be too high to hit our ships."

"Next, our goal is to attack that giant ship, and capture the Great Tang Prince alive as a victory!"

Yuan Jingtu is worthy of being the number two figure in the Yuan family, and his observation skills are still very keen, noticing the limitations of artillery.

"Master is wise!"

When the general of the navy heard the words, his eyes lit up.

He felt that what Yuan Pure Land said was very reasonable, the artillery was definitely limited, otherwise why didn't they fire iron balls now?

"Send the order, continue to attack, capture the prince of the Tang Dynasty alive, and reward ten thousand gold!"

Yuan Pure Land immediately gave an order to the general of the navy.

"Yes, my lord!"

The general of the water army immediately asked people to start playing semaphore.

"Catch the prince of the Tang Dynasty alive, reward ten thousand gold!"

The flag bearers on nearly five warships all saw the semaphore, and then shouted loudly to the soldiers on board.

"Catch the prince of the Tang Dynasty alive, reward ten thousand gold!"

The Goguryeo soldiers shouted excitedly after hearing this.

Although there were heavy casualties before, under the lure of Wan Jin, everyone's fighting spirit and hard work were mobilized.

All of them are gearing up, the blades in their hands are out of the sheath, full of fighting spirit.

Because the distance is not far away, and the distance is rapidly shortening, and more than 3 people from Goguryeo shouted this sentence together, even Tang Jun heard it.

After hearing these words, the soldiers of the Yangzhou Navy and Shenji Battalion suddenly had cold eyes, and their bodies were filled with killing intent!

Dare to shout the slogan of capturing His Royal Highness King Wu alive. Does this mean that they are not treated as human beings?

All of them made up their minds, and they must aim and kill those grandchildren later!

Li Ke on the huge ship also couldn't help smiling when he heard the enemy shouting.

"Am I worth ten thousand gold?"

Li Ke couldn't help but make a joke.

"Hahaha, Xiaoguo is ignorant. If they know that His Highness King Wu is the richest man in my Tang Dynasty, the bounty may be even higher."

After hearing this, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help laughing.

The rest of the people laughed and agreed, this amount of bounty is indeed a bit insulting to Li Ke.

Li Shimin couldn't help laughing, and he was also thinking in his heart, if he hangs his own flag, he doesn't know what price the other side will charge.

"Soldiers, the enemy army is clamoring to capture this king alive. This is despising my brave soldiers of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Next, the soldiers can just beat you hard. This king will take you to conquer Goguryeo and capture King Rongliu alive!"

Li Ke also came to mobilize before the attack and shouted slogans.

"Tamp down Goguryeo and capture King Rongliu alive!"

"Tamp down Goguryeo and capture King Rongliu alive!"

The Tang soldiers on board also shouted loudly.

And the sound spread to other ships, and the soldiers on board also shouted.

The Goguryeo Fleet also heard the slogan of Tang Jun, and was extremely angry!

Although the influence of the royal family has become much smaller, it also represents the honor and face of the entire Goguryeo.

To capture King Rongliu alive would be a humiliation to them!

This naturally made them unbearable, and all of them were full of anger and looked at the Tang army ships that were getting closer and closer.

The bows and arrows in his hands have been drawn away, just waiting to enter the range, and all the arrows will be fired!

However, before the Tang Army fleet entered the range of their bows and arrows, they first entered the range of the Tang Army's muskets.

"Fire!"

After Li Ke saw that the distance was almost the same, he immediately gave orders to Su Dingfang and Qu Wenkang.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

After the two got the order, they immediately began to deliver the order.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

The soldiers on the huge ship couldn't wait a long time ago, and now after hearing the order to fire, they immediately pulled the trigger of the musket!

Bang bang bang!

Gunshots sounded one after another, and bullets flew out of the guns rapidly, and then flew towards the Goguryeo water army at an astonishing speed.

In the eyes of Goguryeo soldiers, they saw an unfamiliar weapon held by the opponent's soldiers.

Then there was a sudden flash of fire at the muzzle of the gun, and then he felt severe pain from one part of his body, and the whole person fell down directly, lying on the ground and wailing continuously.

Compared with artillery that can only fire close to 90 shells at a time, muskets have more than that amount.

The 4 Yangzhou Navy and the 4 Shenji Battalion soldiers, except for a small amount of artillery, basically have a musket.

It is close to 8 bullets at a time, and it is still so close and the enemy is so dense.

Basically, as long as your eyes are not blind and your hands are not shaking, you can definitely hit.

The fact is exactly the same, under the dense barrage of nearly 8 bullets.

The soldiers on the battleship at the forefront of the Goguryeo fleet fell down one by one like they were cutting wheat!

They had no idea what was going on, but they felt a sharp pain somewhere in their body and then lost consciousness.

Some of those who missed the point fell to the ground and howled continuously, almost all of them were covered with blood.

There were also people who were lucky enough not to be hit by bullets, but they were already terrified by the scene in front of them!

Before, they were full of fighting spirit, and they were full of fighting spirit to capture the Prince of Tang alive.

But the scene in front of them made their eyes full of fear and fear!

Because they didn't know how everyone was knocked down, they only knew that the weapons in the hands of the soldiers on the opposite side flashed, and then they fell down on their side!

This situation has already exceeded their cognition, and they even began to think that Tang Jun had gods to help him.

Otherwise, how could there be such a terrifying weapon?

As the gunfire stopped, no one on the Goguryeo side fell down.

But the soldiers of Goguryeo just glanced at it, and they were so shocked that they almost fainted!

Because just this round of shooting just now, they fell at least 5000 people!

They now have a total of more than 3 people, and now they have lost another 5000 people at once, and their vitality has been directly reduced to more than 2 people!

Yuan Jingtu came out of the cabin and saw soldiers on the deck either lying on the ground and crying, or soldiers lying motionless on the ground.

In short, there are hardly a few people who can stand intact on the deck.

Even the navy general who had been following him fell to the ground at this moment, without any movement.

"why?"