Chapter 1004 Locking the Target
The report from the pterosaur rider was like a shot of adrenaline for Bai Tu, who had been living an extremely boring life these past few days and had even become a little mentally numb. It quickly cheered him up.
"Have you seen the city across the way? What's its size?"
"Report to the colonel, I saw it, but it's more like a relatively large village than a city. The outer protective wall is not made of stone, but wood."
I have to say that this situation was a little beyond Bai Tu's expectations.
According to his idea, a force that has the ability to build that kind of sea vessel should at least have a decent city.
As a result, there was only one village? And the outer protective wall was made of wood?
This surprised Bai Tu.
Of course, this cannot directly conclude that the other party is not strong enough. It may also be caused by the lack of stones on the island.
"How far is it? How long will it take for the fleet to get there?"
The flying speed of the pterosaur and the sailing speed of the fleet are not on the same level.
After working together for some time, the pterosaur rider had a rough idea of the fleet's movement speed. After making a rough estimate, he quickly gave an answer...
"It will take about nine to eleven hours for the fleet to get there."
There are many factors that affect sailing on the sea.
If there is a tailwind, they will lower the sails and sail with the wind, which will make their movement more efficient.
On the contrary, if there is a headwind, they can only fold the sails and row the boat by manpower, which is inefficient.
These are just two general situations. The specific situation is related to various factors such as wind strength and wind direction. It is not something that can be explained in a few words. There may be an error of two or three hours in between, so it is not just a casual statement.
Bai Tu, who understood the situation, hesitated for a moment and then gave the order...
"Pass my order on. Send a fast ship back and bring the second fleet over!"
"yes!"
Obviously, Bai Tu had no intention of taking any risks. He wanted to directly mobilize all the naval forces of their Great Zhou and not allow any mistakes to occur in the upcoming battle.
Now that the direction has been confirmed, the ships of the Great Zhou can travel at full speed, which improves their mobility efficiency.
Especially when the speedboat goes back, it does not need to match the sailing speed of the big ship, it is really much faster.
However, even so, it still took a full seven days for the Second Fleet to make the round trip and successfully rendezvous with the First Fleet.
Fortunately, when the First Fleet set out, it was mainly on a reconnaissance mission and was mentally prepared for a long time at sea. It took the premise of bringing fewer soldiers and loaded enough supplies on the ship, otherwise they would not be able to bear the waiting.
During this period, in order to ensure that they would not be discovered by the enemy, Bai Tu also ordered the First Fleet to withdraw for another half a day, so that they could meet up with the Second Fleet in advance in disguise.
After that, the Second Fleet, which had just arrived, took a day to rest and adjust its status. Then, on the night of the next day, they took advantage of the cover of darkness and approached the enemy port.
Meanwhile on the island...
This should have been an ordinary day, but with the appearance of ships at the end of the sea level, this day began to become extraordinary.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!!"
At that moment, the sound of the alarm bell quickly spread throughout the harbor.
As early as after the encounter with the fleet of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the emperor here had already ordered to strengthen the patrol and vigilance of the maritime border.
However, some time has passed since then, and it is inevitable that the border patrol troops have become slack.
Now, the sudden appearance of an unknown fleet outside the border has instantly plunged the entire island into chaos.
At this moment, it was even more obvious to see that many soldiers were putting on their equipment and crawling towards their warships docked in the harbor. This showed how chaotic the scene was.
During this process, Bai Tu will not be polite to them.
Listening to the urgent alarm coming from the distant harbor, orders were continuously issued from Bai Tu.
After receiving the order, one speedboat after another quickly rushed towards the harbor. If there was a chance, they would not give the opposing fleet any chance to leave the port and would directly crush them to death in the opposite port. Bai Tu would definitely not be polite to them!
But it must be said that as a force that relies on the sea, the opposing navy is indeed quite capable.
In such an urgent situation, he actually controlled a number of speedboats to rush out and intercept their fleet.
Seeing this scene, Bai Tu was no longer in a hurry to rush to the port.
Under the premise that the other party has already reacted, forcing the port will not give them much advantage.
He simply changed the plan and instructed the messenger to send a signal with the sound of the bugle.
After receiving the signal, the clippers that were still charging a second ago quickly changed their mode and dispersed to the two wings of their fleet formation, leaving the space in the middle.
During this process, the two large ships, serving as the main flagships of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet, had already turned their 60-meter-long hulls sideways.
Indeed, compared with the clippers, the two large ships are huge and clumsy in movement, but large ships also have the advantage of being large ships, and that is the firepower advantage that the clippers do not have at all!
At this moment, only a signal was heard, accompanied by a series of sharp sounds of breaking through the air, and a whole row of giant crossbow arrows shot out at the same time, sweeping towards the enemy ships that were intercepting them.
It's a three-bow crossbow! The three-bow crossbow fired! ! The existence of the three-bow crossbow itself is equivalent to a cannon in the cold weapon era. It can be said that it is just right to be carried on these large ships.
The scene at this time was even bigger than any other time the Great Zhou had used the three-bow crossbow!
The powerful giant crossbow arrow pierced through the wooden hull on the opposite side the moment it hit the target. How could the wooden board be able to block such destructive power?
The enemy's naval warfare mode was obviously still stuck at fighting boarding battles close to the target, and they had never seen this type of crossbow weapon.
Two of the enemy's speedboats were hit by multiple giant crossbow arrows and sank on the spot! However, the overall hit rate of the three-bow crossbow was still a little bit poor. During this process, several enemy speedboats quickly approached their two main flagships!
The main flagship moved relatively slowly, so Bai Tu naturally didn't want the enemy to get close easily.
With another horn sound, the three-bow crossbows on the main flagship immediately stopped firing. At the same time, the Da Zhou fast ships on both sides seemed to have heard the charge and charged at full speed, launching a cross-flanking attack on the enemy fast ships in the middle! (End of this chapter)
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