Chapter 207 - A shocking battle (2) (2/2)
The towered shi+ps were large and although they also had more people to row the boat, the water resistance on the shi+p was also larger
Under Jiang Qin’s co’s towered shi+ps Their speed were faster than the towered shi+ps and would soon catch up to Gan Ning’s shi+p Their purpose was to stall Gan Ning’s soldiers and win tier part of the ar laughed “I’ Qin was confident that his tactic would work Despite having a large nu’s new recruits could not even be compared to them He also found out about the power of the ballistae and all of its weaknesses How could he let Gan Ning use it again?
“Allow us to send this arrow as a present General Jiang Qin!” Jiang Qin dispatched the warshi+ps to chase Gan Ning The warshi+ps were s to waste ballista arrows orwanted to send them all to the fishes He also wanted to destroy the towered shi+ps first so that the smaller warshi+ps would become afraid and retreat
The warshi+p soldiers quickly approached the towered shi+p and wanted to climb it They threw ropes onto the shi+p and started to climb it The head of the warshi+p was also coated with metal and was as powerful as the towered shi+p
“Fire!” On top of the towered shi+p, several soldiers operating the ballistae andthe bow, appeared and shot at the shi+ps There were over 4,000 soldiers shooting arrows Although the warshi+p was covered with leather, it was unable to receive constant dae
The 45 or so warshi+ps were reduced at an alar rate They were shot at not just with the ballista but also with Gan Ning’s navy’s archers With Gan Ning’s towered shi+p surrounding theer be able to escape Before the battle started, Jiang Qin has already lost 3,000 troops He looked at Lu Bu’s Arshi+p in hatred
“Their appetite is big but thatsend out smaller boats towards the warshi+p to finish the’s velocity dropped and allowed Jiang Qin and Lu Su to catch up Fro may have run out of ballista arrows and could not continue to shootQin’s co so that the soldiers can climb up Besides that, the shi+p links were also ready They just needed to get closer to Gan Ning
“So you want to die! In that case, let ain Lu Su and Jiang Qin saw this They had thought that the ballistae had ran out of arrows
“Did you think you can scare us!?” Jiang Qin shouted resolutely He did not believe that the ballistae had a bowstring as they needed 20 strong soldiers to pull the bowstring However, fro fired the arrow, he did not see anyone bringing the bowstring to the ballistae and without any bowstring, the ballistae would be useless
“No! No!” Lu Su shook his head He looked at the ballistae on the eneh he could not see whether or not the ballistae had arrows ready to fire, he could see so similar to the arrows near the ballista This was already different fro and the arroere separated and not joined together like this ballista
“Is the aim ready?” In the deck of the shi+p, there were a few soldiers together There were 5 ballistae in each shi+p and each ballista was controlled by 2 soldiers So’s arh none of the, they could shoot 100 paces away reliably One person was responsible for shooting the ballistae and the other was responsible for observation From the moment that the ballista was constructed, they were trained to be as accurate as possible The first volley of ballistae arroas not as accurate because the soldiers were not confident As they were urged by the superiors, the blindly fired the ballistae arrows Fortunately, the towered shi+ps were packed together, allowing the ballistae arrows to hit
Now that they have shot the first volley and the soldiers saw the results of the ballistae arrows, they became more confident They believed they can shoot down even 10 shi+ps with this
“One towered shi+p ai coeted on the few shi+ps in front The sah they were in a river, the river was a few kilo to surround the
“One towered shi+p aih?” One full volley onlyfor the towered shi+ps to take out over 20 shi+ps by ai conte to his discussion with the Little Lord, 5 ballistae should be enough to destroy one towered shi+p However, that was assued to hit the shi+p and pierce to the bottole, they h destructive power “Tered shi+ps ai amended his order
“Yes!” The deputy went and repeated the order to the other shi+ps With tered shi+ps, the hit rate would be doubled Even if half the arrows miss, they should be able to sink one
Two aiht to theh the soldierstiroups One shi+p would lead another shi+p When the leading shi+p picked a target, the following shi+p will fire at the saain except that this tiave out a threatening buzzing sound as it fleards the Jiangdong navy
After the first arroas shot, the other ballistae shot their respective arrows The sheer power of the ballistae shook the shi+p
“How is this possible!” Lu Su’s and Jiang Qin’sDon’t need to pull the bowstring? Capable of shooting continuously? This is a nightmare!
Boom Boom One by one, Sun Ce’s shi+ps broke apart and the river water started flowing into it
If it was only penetration, the soldiers would be fortunate and could save theh-ranking soldiers were sht it up before shooting it with the ballistae arrow
Fire arroere always useful during naval battles The shi+ps were mostly made out of wood and were easily fla ballistae arroere h the shi+p and burned everything in the way The river soon beca flames