Chapter 802: Hard Battle
Takeda Shingen wanted to approach the Han fleet quickly, but the distance between the two sides was too long. During this time, the Han fleet's cannons were activated again.
This time, even Takeda Shingen's own flagship was hit with a big hole.
"Water is coming in from the left side, the sealed cabin is broken, and it's too late to pump out the water!" the crew member working in the cabin of the flagship roared.
"Keep moving forward. Use the cloud defense to seal the cave entrance first, then push it up with the wooden planks and rush through in one breath. We must not stop at this time!"
The flagship was hit by a naval cannon, and Takeda Shingen was almost blown away by the aftermath. He shouted angrily on the spot.
Upon hearing the order, they quickly used cloud defense to seal the hole and prevent seawater from continuing to flow in. Fortunately, the hole only went through the middle of the keel and did not cause structural damage, otherwise it would be troublesome.
"Damn it!" Takeda Shingen was furious. Without the group cloud defense supported by the large fleet, the Han Dynasty's naval guns were simply a foul.
Not only is the loading speed faster than his stone balls, but the accuracy is also higher than their attacks.
Although theoretically he could block it by relying on the cloud defense that separated the fleet, this required prediction. He now needed to control the overall situation, so where would he get the time to predict the landing point of the naval guns in advance?
"Maneuver in a zigzag pattern to avoid the opponent's precise attack, and at the same time, keep speeding up to the limit!"
Takeda Shingen estimated that the distance between them was at least enough for the Han Dynasty to launch another round of attacks. He couldn't help but feel uneasy and could only temporarily postpone his straight-line sprint and change to mobile evasion, hoping to suffer less losses in the next attack.
"In the next round of naval artillery fire, ensure accuracy and sink a few ships!" Although Zhou Yu was a little surprised by the opponent, he still maintained the necessary intensity of command.
The other side was determined to engage in a jump-ship battle with them, and he really couldn't think of any other solution for the time being.
The opponent's stone pill attack is also quite good, and it poses a considerable threat to their ships. If they really turn around, the opponent will seize the opportunity to beat them up, which would be a loss.
"Should we still add some elite troops on the water? Jumping ship warfare is a bit backward, but it is irreplaceable in naval battles, right?" Zhou Yu pondered silently in his heart.
But he was just worried and was not worried about jumping off the boat to fight.
With the support of Sun Ce and Zhou Tai, Zhou Yu was not too afraid of close combat.
"Keep dodging, this is the enemy's last round of attack!" Zhou Yu also ordered the fleet to begin maneuvering. Since they have decided to jump ship into battle, they might as well stuff the naval guns into the enemy's mouth.
Another round of stone balls hit the Han Dynasty's ships, and they began to leak and have holes.
The combat effectiveness of Jiangdong's soldiers in close combat on land is hopeless, but the calmness they show on the sea is quite amazing.
Even though a big hole was blown in the ship, the soldiers did not panic at all.
The soldiers in charge of the repairs rushed directly from the cabin toward the hole carrying the spare materials and began to repair it as much as possible on the spot. If they could maintain such quality on land, at least they would not be regarded as a disgrace to the infantry.
The infantry of Jiangdong really failed at the first level. Even a good soldier trainer like Huangfu Song could not change this fact. He could only train the soldiers of Jiangdong as much as possible into navy and archers.
Fortunately, the Jiangdong soldiers seemed to have gained their talents through close combat on land, and they were very talented in archery and boat driving.
As the distance between the two sides got closer, the naval guns were able to inflict decisive damage.
At such a close distance, even if the main ship was hit, it would probably sink. Even if it did not sink, it would lose balance and most of its combat effectiveness.
However, faced with such a situation, the navy of both sides did not panic.
Having said that, there is no point in panicking once you are on the boat and out to sea. In a naval battle of this scale, you can survive on the boat, but if you fall into the water, you will die unless you have internal energy leaving your body.
Perhaps it was because there was no way out that both sides were unusually calm.
"Smash them!" Takeda Shingen roared. There was only this one chance left for the two sides to separate. He spent a lot of time and effort helping Ishimaru lock on the target . This time he wanted to smash more than fifty ships in one fell swoop.
"Draw all the cloud energy reserves and block it!"
After launching the Ishimaru, Takeda Shingen almost immediately reduced the cloud defense in front of him and condensed it on the front of his main ship. He actually had a premonition of death.
"General, the main gun has been charged!"
The crew shouted loudly at Zhou Tai who was fighting in front of the warship.
"Bomb it!" Zhou Tai gave the order without hesitation, even though the opponent was very close to them.
Even if he was affected, the one who would die would definitely be the opponent, so he didn't care about that.
Along with Zhou Tai's roar, the first-generation naval guns of Zhou Yu's main ship began to roar again, absorbing the crossbows that exceeded the overload limit. Under the calm operation of the gunner, the naval guns fired the most powerful blow in their life.
Under the gunner's heartbroken gaze, the ship's gun fell apart, heralding the death of the priceless super weapon.
The power of the overloaded naval guns should not be underestimated. The blue-green light that could only be seen during Lu Bu's powerful slash was venting towards the opposing fleet.
Almost instantly, the defense held up by Takeda Shingen, which was known as the strongest shield, was shattered in an instant like paper, and the small boat that was affected evaporated without even a splash of water.
The stone balls thrown by Japan instantly sank more than 30 medium-sized warships and one large warship of the Han Dynasty.
Fortunately, only the ship sank, and not many soldiers on the ship fell into the water and died. With the help of the soldiers on the intact ship, they began to move to other ships.
"Charge forward and kill the Han army!" Takeda Shingen, who had narrowly escaped death, was like a madman. He almost died. If he had not jumped off the boat at the critical moment, he would have died with the main ship.
"They don't have much cloud energy left. Charge forward and kill them to gain the final victory!"
The fleets of both sides have now been completely intertwined, and the most brutal hand-to-hand combat has begun.
"Hmph, if you want a boarding battle, then come on!"
Zhou Yu directly condensed the clouds into chains and locked all the ships together.
After hundreds of warships were linked together, a vast battlefield was formed. Soldiers from both sides picked up their weapons and rushed towards each other.
The warships sank, and the soldiers who fell into the sea and were not dead quickly swam to the side of the ship, climbed up and joined the battle. This time there was really no way of retreat.
