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Text Chapter 1,451: The Han Banner World (141) Water War

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    After the smoke cleared, the entire beach was unrecognizable. Sand pits about ten meters deep were scattered on the beach. Cold river water was pouring into these pits, and each body was completely mutilated.  The corpse was slowly squirming under the influence of the current. At this moment, even the quiet Yingshui River was boiling. Near the shore, a huge swimming vortex was forming. It rotated. After a long while, with a bang, the huge waves finally hit it.  river bank.  ¡ü, Several survivors were lost and wandering around the beach unconsciously. The direction they were heading towards turned out to be the Yingshui River. Regardless of the desperate shouts of their companions behind them, they plunged headlong into the cold river.  , struggled a little, and then disappeared from everyone's sight as the river sank and floated.  The river water turned red.  The snow on the beach turned red.  The sand also turned red.  The first wave of attackers just disappeared on the river beach and the embankment. The Chu troops who were about to move forward turned around and disappeared behind the embankment in the blink of an eye.  Countless rafts that had been painstakingly built were either shaken to pieces, or turned into pieces of wood floating down the river.  Bai Xizhong¡¯s first attack was over before it even started.  From the night he arrived at Yingchuan County to today, he had lost thousands of Han soldiers without seeing a single living Han army. When he saw the corpses of Chu soldiers scattered on the beach, Bai Xi felt a rush of blood, and his face turned pale.  It also turned red.  The current war is very different from the past. There are too many things in it that he cannot understand.  "Retreat, take a rest for now." He gave the order with difficulty.  Jingzhou, Nanyang County, on the map in front of Gao Yuan, the positions of Qin's several armies were marked on the map by Ning Xin, and they defeated hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Yingshui.  Specially marked in black to show how dangerous it is.  "It's the last battle!" Gao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, "It's time to send an order to the entire army and the general attack begins." In order to lure the Qin army to send troops, Gao Yuan has been taking his time in attacking Jingzhou, the state of Chu.  In many cases, they even tried their best to create an illusion of difficulty, and each army took turns to attack. Even so, the Han army has now compressed the Chu army into a very small area, approaching Xinye all the way, all the way to Anyang, and another  Along the way, they hit Anzhong.  The Chu army has dropped sharply from the initial army of 500,000 to less than 300,000.  Two hundred thousand troops were lost.  Most of them were defeated by the Han army. These troops were not well-trained in the first place. After being defeated, they fled, took off their military uniforms, ran all the way home, and with a hoe, they became farmers again.  Now that Qin has almost conquered the country, its lofty goal has been achieved.  There is no need to work with the Chu people anymore.  Li Quan clasped his hands on the railing of the ship and watched his fleet going upstream.  The river water slammed against the side of the ship, causing the ship to sway slightly. This was a fleet of fifty three-story ships. Except for the ten ships in front, which were warships, the rest were all loaded with military equipment.  Marine Corps transferred from the Navy.  Li Quan was excited to be able to command this army that was attacking cities and conquering territories overseas again.     some days ago.  King Gao Yuan of the Han Dynasty met with the commander of the Inland River Navy. After Wen Yan comforted him, it was clear that after this battle, he would return to the navy and become Yang Qingyi's deputy.  This made Li Quan very excited.  Although he took a long detour, he finally returned to the navy that had fascinated him.  The water force under his command has become the first force in the general offensive. They will serve as a sharp arrow and penetrate directly from the water to the core of the opponent.  Since the beginning of the war, the Han navy has not launched an attack on the last remaining Chu navy. The Chu navy also knows that it is outnumbered and has been hiding in the water stronghold. But now, they can no longer attack  Hiding, he had to come out and fight to the death with the Han army.  "Commander Li, the Chu navy has appeared in front." Above Diao Dou, the flag soldiers lowered their heads and shouted loudly.  "The battleships move forward to meet the enemy, notify the rear troop transports, increase the distance between them and the battleships, and be on full alert." Li Quan ordered loudly.  The ten battleships in front are equipped with dozens of artillery and countless divine crossbows, but in order to reduce weight, the troop carrier at the back carries more Marines and only has one cannon at the bow and stern.  As the command flags in the hands of the flag carriers waved, the ten battleships in front broke away from the formation, accelerated forward, formed a herringbone, and sailed forward.  Countercurrent and headwind, from the perspective of water warfare, the Han army is indeed at a disadvantage in terms of form, but considering the huge gap in the long-range attack power of the two sides, these disadvantages can basically be ignored.  "Small boats, so many small boats." The soldier above Diao Dou shouted in surprise. In his field of vision, he saw?Hundreds of small fishing boats are speeding down the river. In front of the huge Han warships, these small fishing boats are almost no different from small reptiles. Why would the Chu army use such small boats to come?  As for the attack, the soldiers were a little confused.  Li Quan was different. When he first saw those small fishing boats, he understood what the Chu army wanted to do. On the sea, the indigenous people of the places they had conquered wanted to attack their big boats.  I haven't thought of any way.  "The enemy wants to use fire to attack, so all the warships turn around, face the enemy on the broadside, fire with all their strength, and smash all these fishing boats to pieces." Li Quan shouted loudly.  The speed of the warships slowed down, and they turned slowly on the wide river surface one by one, aiming their most ferocious firepower at the side. When they had just set up their formation, countless small fishing boats had clearly appeared.  in front of them.  Li Quan was slightly surprised, because there were no fire starters piled on these fishing boats. There was nothing visible from the outside. He could only see two soldiers on each boat, paddling desperately.  His mind turned slightly, and Li Quan's face changed slightly, "Send orders to all ships. These small boats are most likely loaded with explosives. They must not be allowed to get close, fire cannons, or sink them." If it is a ignition ship, Li Quan will  Quan is not afraid. His battleships are all covered with iron armor, and the hulls have been specially treated for fire prevention. Even if they ignite, the damage can be managed in a very short time, and the battleships will not lose their combat effectiveness. However,  It would be different if it were explosives. Any small fishing boat that came close to detonate might immediately make one of his warships lose its combat effectiveness. The most terrifying thing was that these small fishing boats slipped between them and got closer to the rear.  Troop ships, that would be troublesome.  To sink a ship would cost thousands of lives.  The rumbling sound of artillery sounded, and the cannonballs jumped out one after another, flying towards the small fishing boats on the river with red flames. Li Quan stared straight ahead. When he saw a small fishing boat being hit by the artillery, he let out a shocking sound.  When there was a loud noise and the entire boat was blown to pieces, his suspicion was confirmed. It was indeed a pure suicide attack packed with explosives.  "Continue to fire the artillery and put down the small boat accompanying the ship. I need the death squads to set up an interception line on the river." Li Quan took a deep breath.  Accompanied by the sound of clanging, the small boats carried by the ship were put into the water. Each boat was equipped with two soldiers. After boarding the ship, they waved the paddles without hesitation and tried to slide forward. Among the ten warships,  Fifty small boats were put down on the battleship. These small boats set up an interception line far in front of the battleship. If a suicide attack boat from the Chu army rushed over from the artillery interception, they would form a second line of defense.  Li Quan stared at the river nervously. The wind on the river was very strong, and the smoke from the artillery would be blown away by the river wind as soon as it rose. This allowed him to clearly see the battle situation above the river, because the current and the wind were favorable.  These suicidal attack boats of the opponent came so fast that his artillery could not adjust the shooting angle in time.  At least half of the fishing boats on the river had been destroyed by artillery, but dozens of them still broke through the fire net and mixed with the dozens of intercepted boats. The Han soldiers jumped up from the boats and raised their swords to directly attack them.  He approached the Chu boat and fought with the enemies on the boat.  At this time, behind these small boats, dozens of Chu army's large warships also appeared, and the throwing arms of the trebuchets installed on them were clearly visible. Li Quan knew clearly that what those things were throwing now were definitely not stone bullets.  , but the explosive bag that lit the fuse, if hit by them, would be enough to drink a pot.  "Send a signal to the troop carriers behind, and launch the lifeboats on all ships to form a third line of defense to prevent these suicidal boats from attacking the troop carriers." "The warships move forward to meet the Chu army's main fleet, fire, fire!  "Li Quan drew his sword and shouted.  The sound of a loud explosion was faintly heard from a distance, and above Diao Dou, the flagman shouted loudly: "Commander, the No. 8 battleship on the left wing was hit by the opponent's suicide attack. The port side was damaged, the cabin was flooded, and the hull tilted.  "Tell them to carry out battle damage control immediately. The ship will continue to move forward. Unless it sinks, it is not allowed to retreat and open fire!" Li Quan roared.  The battleship's artillery sprayed shells at the Chu army's ships further away, and not far away from them, countless small boats were still entangled together, and violent explosions were heard from time to time.  Hundreds of small boats were lowered from the troop carrier. As soon as these small boats entered the water, they rowed forward without hesitation. There were two oarsmen and two Marines on each boat.  With the addition of these small boats, the battle between small boats on the river quickly decided the winner. From time to time, desperate Chu sailors detonated explosives and perished together with the Han boats that attacked them. Each explosion was counted.  A life disappeared on the river.  (Happy New Year and all the best.) (Not yet?To be continued.  )
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