Chapter 950 Artillery on the sea!
Gangni Harbor is still very lively.
In the morning, the navy of the Weni Kingdom boarded the ship one after another.
A war began quietly.
At the beginning, the merchants at the port did not know that a war was coming and what they should do.
Some people even saw the warships of the Bangni Kingdom and didn't think there was anything different.
After all, the warships of this era are not very different from merchant ships in appearance, especially the warships of a small country like the Weni Kingdom.
After the twenty warships were assembled, they began to surround the Song warships in front.
"Get your artillery ready!" Li Kun quickly walked onto the deck and shouted loudly.
The Song troops on the deck were already busy. Some were furling the sails, some were carrying cannonballs, and some were preparing crossbows.
There were about three hundred Song troops on one ship, and two ships came, so the total number of Song troops was only six hundred.
However, the logic of fighting at sea is different from fighting on land. Sea combat relies more on warships and weapons rather than the number of people.
"General Staff Army, the enemy is coming towards us!" Wang Su shouted loudly.
The surrounding Song soldiers were all in battle-ready gear, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"I saw it." Li Kun said.
The Song Army had two ships, and Liu Xiang had another ship. Liu Xiang's ship was not far from the Song Army's warship.
At this time, the crew members on Liu Xiang's ship were already in panic.
"Official, what should we do now? We have angered these clay men!"
"The imperial warship is here, you are so scared!" Liu Xiang said this, but his heart was already starting to get hairy.
There are no laws of the Song Dynasty on the sea, and no one will care if you are killed.
"Guardian, these clay people are crazy!"
"Guardian, let's run!"
"Order the rowers below to be ready to evacuate at any time!" Liu Xiang said quickly.
Yesterday, he had vague hope that the imperial warships could frighten the clay men. Now after seeing the battle with his own eyes, he realized how terrifying the battle was.
It's over, there's no hope!
The warships of the Bangni people were not as big as those of the Song army, but they were also very light. The people on them roared wantonly and gathered in groups.
Soon the distance between the two sides narrowed.
There were even a few boats approaching Liu Xiang's boat.
Liu Xiang immediately ordered people to start paddling.
"General Staff Army, the enemy is only about two miles away from our army, do you want to shell it?" Wang Su's tone also became anxious.
There was also a hint of anxiety on the faces of other soldiers of the Song Army.
After all, our side only has two warships and the other side has twenty, so the numbers are not unequal.
"Calm down!" Li Kun took a deep breath, and his palms began to sweat.
He has never fought against the Bangni people, so he doesn't know the real strength of the Bangni people, so he naturally has no idea.
In addition, we now travel long distances and come to fight on other people's territory.
We will soon see the result now.
The clay man's warship was getting closer and closer, and one could clearly hear the people above shouting and cursing in a noisy language.
They all screamed excitedly, holding knives in their hands, and some even held bows and arrows.
They didn't look like regular troops, but they looked a lot like the group of pirates they had suppressed in Vijaya, Champa.
"General Staff Army, the enemy is only one mile away from us and will soon be within artillery range!"
"Calm down!" Li Kun said in a low voice.
He was deeply afraid that his loud voice would cause the artillerymen to misunderstand.
I saw eight ships beginning to surround Li Kun, and the other eight ships were surrounding another Song army warship.
There are four more ships running to find trouble for Liu Xiang.
This place is not far from the port, only four or five miles. On this cloudless and sunny day, people on the merchant ships on the seaside can almost see the movement ahead with their naked eyes.
People only reacted at this time, and there might be an armed conflict next.
At this time, the king of Bangni Kingdom, who was sitting in the palace of the royal city, was also very excited.
We can take this opportunity to teach the Song people a lesson and intimidate those Song people. When buying silk and ceramics in the future, we can keep the prices down!
"Officer, they are catching up!"
"Officer, what should I do?"
"Guanren, I don't want to die yet!"
"..."
On Liu Xiang's boat, the crew members screamed in horror.
Liu Xiang was at a loss for a moment and shouted loudly: "Quick! Let the rowers speed up!"
"It's already the fastest. There are many people on the other side and the boat is light!"
"..."
"General Staff Army, the enemy is only a hundred feet away from us and has entered the range of the artillery!" Wang Su shouted.
"Shut up! I've seen it!" Li Kun said angrily, with veins popping out on his forehead as he breathed heavily.
Without his order, no one dared to fire.
Seeing that it was getting closer and closer, the other party quickly entered two hundred meters.
You can already vaguely see the other party's tanned and shiny skin, and even the knife in his hand shines sharply in the sun.
The archers seemed to be ready to mount their bows and arrows.
When they reached 150 meters, the eight ships were divided on both sides, surrounding the Song army, and prepared to use the dense soldiers gathered on the sides to shoot a wave of bows and arrows at the Song army.
However, this side was directly exposed to the Song army's artillery muzzle.
"Fire!" Li Kun suddenly shouted, "Fire! Fire!"
With a muffled bang, a tongue of flame spewed out from the muzzle of the Crouching Tiger Cannon, and an iron cannon roared out from the barrel and rushed towards the enemy ship about 150 meters away.
This first one hit the side of the opponent's ship and instantly raised countless debris. The debris splashed on the faces of the Bo Ni soldiers, and small and sharp wood chips smashed into people's eyeballs.
Before he could even react to what happened, an iron ball the size of a fist came and hit him in the chest.
With a dull sound, the iron cannon broke his ribs, shattered his internal organs, and lifted the soldier's body into the air in an instant.
This happened in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, other artillery pieces also roared.
Iron cannons were ejected from the barrel one after another.
A ship is equipped with 42 guns, 20 on each side, and one at the front and rear.
Those 20 iron cannons quickly impacted on the three Goni warships in front.
Bang bang bang...
Some fell to the sea and stirred up waves, while others hit the opponent's deck and rushed directly into the crowd.
An iron ball can send four or five people flying.
The blood splashed on the faces of the people around him, but it was still warm.
These people had no idea what was happening.
There was even a ship whose mast was hit and two-thirds of it was damaged. It made a creaking sound and tilted down.
There were panicked screams below.
Another warship also started firing, and the series of cannons fired so frightened the man that he thought God was angry.
The clay man who was making a lot of noise just now was stunned in less than ten seconds.
Chapter completed!