"Baka! He's dead!"
"Damn you, your ancestors, you put iron chains across the river, how sinister! You want to kill us all and leave us no chance to live!"
"Brothers from the Zhejiang Army, please leave some space for us so that we can meet again in the future! Think about it, what if you can't make it in the court anymore and want to come to us for help?! Quickly untie the iron chains. If that day comes, we will definitely treat you well..."
Seeing the Zhejiang army's iron chains across the river, the Japanese pirates on the Japanese ships turned pale, and some cursed angrily or used threats and inducements.
However, no matter whether it was intimidation or inducement, the Zhejiang army's actions were not affected at all.
"You bastards, what are you yelling about? Don't worry, we have a great gift for you!"
After the Zhejiang army soldiers fixed the iron chain, they dragged and threw broken wood into the river with laughter and cursing, and then pushed it into the river with long poles. Soon, dozens of broken wood were scattered in the river, blocked by the iron chain, further blocking the river.
It was far more than that. The Zhejiang army also threw many bundles of straw into the river, all of which were doused with kerosene.
As the Zhejiang army on the shore threw several torches into the river, the entire river was instantly on fire.
The entire river channel seemed to have transformed into a fire dragon, baring its fangs and claws in the sea of fire, with its mouth wide open, waiting for the Japanese pirate fleet to enter its belly.
"There's a fire ahead, what should we do?! What should we do?!" The Japanese pirates on the ship saw this scene and turned around in despair.
In front of him, there were iron chains across the river and a river channel burning with blazing flames. Behind him, there were burning rafts and three Japanese ships that were also burning.
Going forward means you will be buried in a sea of fire; retreating will also mean you will be buried in a sea of fire. There is no difference.
The approach of death caused the Japanese pirates on the ship to have a mental breakdown. They cried, shouted, and jumped up and down in despair.
"Damn Zhu Pingan, you are going too far!"
Xu Hai, who had just been calm and proud and said that he was not Cao Cao and Zhu Ping'an was not Zhuge Liang, was now broken. Looking at the sea of fire that was trapped from front to back, his expression was out of control, his eyes were wide open, his face was full of ferocity, and he shouted viciously at the shore, "You little thief Zhu Ping'an! I know you are nearby, just listen, sooner or later, I will make you want to live but not to die!"
The Japanese pirate fleet had only managed to survive by cutting off its tail for a few dozen meters. If they could move forward, they could indeed escape the burning raft behind them. However, the iron locks across the river and the blazing flames blocked the way forward for the Japanese pirate fleet, and they could only stay where they were.
Under the influence of the water flow, the raft behind and the three abandoned Japanese ships were already rushing over, burning fiercely.
At this moment, it was only more than ten meters away from the back of the Japanese pirate fleet. According to the speed of the water flow, it would soon collide with them.
"Brother Xu, Brother Xu, it's too late. Stop scolding him. Save your energy and think about what we should do?!"
"Brother Xu, Brother Xu, there are iron chains and a sea of fire in front and behind, and there are rafts and fireboats behind. What can we do? What can we do?!"
Chen Dong and Ma Ye's defenses were also broken. They were as anxious as ordinary Japanese pirates and circled around Xu Hai like headless flies.
In fact, it’s not their fault that they are not calm. Who can be calm at the critical moment of life and death
Even a hero like Cao Cao broke through the defenses at Tongguan and Chibi, and more than once.
"Quick! Send hundreds of people ashore in small boats to quickly repel the Ming troops on the river bank and destroy the iron chains across the river to open up a way out for the army!"
"Also, abandon the three ships at the back, drop anchor in the river, and block the fire ships at the back as long as possible to buy time for the Wei army."
At the critical moment, Xu Hai did not lose his mind. He turned around three times anxiously and came up with a solution.
"Yes, that makes sense."
Upon hearing this, Chen Dong and Ma Ye nodded repeatedly, and hurriedly ordered the Japanese pirates under their command with Xu Hai to act according to the order.
"What bad luck! We just abandoned ship and moved to this ship, and now we have to abandon ship and move again! Are we going to abandon ship and move again?!"
"Bah, bah, bah! Shut up your crow mouth!"
The three ships at the back of the Japanese pirate fleet were abandoned again, and the pirates on the ships began to move in a hurry, cursing.
In order to buy time for the Japanese pirate fleet, they dropped anchor in the center of the river according to Xu Hai's order.
The Japanese ship in front untied more than a dozen small boats that were carried on board. Hundreds of elite Japanese pirates were ready to go. When they were about to jump onto the small boats one after another, they suddenly heard the laughter and cursing of the Zhejiang army coming from the shore.
"Don't worry, my grandchildren. Grandpa still has gifts for you!"
Suddenly, many Zhejiang army soldiers appeared on the high slope of the river bank inside the river and started shouting at the Japanese pirates.
Gift?!
When the Japanese pirates heard that the Zhejiang army was going to give them gifts again, they were so scared that they turned pale and began to tremble all over.
The first time the Zhejiang army offered gifts, they sent dozens of flaming rafts.
The Zhejiang army offered gifts for the second time. First they sent an iron chain across the river, and then they sent broken wood to block the river and billowing flames.
This isn't a gift, this is clearly a life-threatening situation!
Now the Zhejiang Army wants to give gifts again? !
Are you done yet? The Japanese pirates were desperate and looked at the Zhejiang army on the shore with fear, not knowing what kind of life-threatening trick the Zhejiang army would send next.
really.
The next second, the Japanese pirates saw a sky full of rockets flying towards the fleet. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, the overwhelming rockets made sharp whistles and madly bombarded the fleet.
The Japanese pirates couldn't hide no matter how hard they tried. Their ships couldn't move forward or backward and could only be shot at. The ships that stayed still became fixed targets and it was not easy to miss such a large target.
Ding ding ding…
The sound of rockets hitting the ship was endless, and the screams of the Japanese pirates were heard from time to time.
The rockets were wrapped in cotton soaked in grease. Once they hit the Japanese ships, they would catch fire fiercely, especially the sails, which would catch fire instantly after being hit by the rockets.
Of course, not only rockets but also artillery shells flew towards the Japanese ships, and the Zhejiang army also brought tiger squat cannons.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"... ... One shell after another hit the Japanese ship.
The first wave of artillery shells was powerful. The heavy shells penetrated the deck of the Japanese pirates and smashed holes in the Japanese ships.
The river water gurgled in through the gap, and the Japanese pirates had to repair the deck despite the rockets.
They were shot down in an instant.
The power of the second round of shells was much smaller, and many shells did not even penetrate the deck of the Japanese ship.
"Hey, the power of their artillery shells has decreased?!" The Japanese pirates on the ship soon discovered this situation.
"No, what's flowing out of the shell?"
The Japanese pirates discovered that although the shells did not penetrate the hull, liquid continued to leak out when the ship rolled on the ship.
"Baga! It's kerosene!"
One of the Japanese pirates dipped his hand in the liquid, put it under his nose and smelled it. His face suddenly changed, and he sat down on the ground in panic, cursing loudly.
Soon, a rocket hit a pool of flowing liquid, burning a large area of it.
This scene also verified his words. What flowed out of the shell was indeed kerosene.