Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 1245 A Water Ghost Appears

Another thing we need to figure out is how to shorten the time required to blow up the ship.

The previous method of using suction cups to attach grenades to the bottom of the ship is probably too time-consuming. Previously, the warships were static, but now the grenades need to be secured to the bottom of a moving warship. A better method is needed.

Lin Feng instructed Ye Liangcai to continue monitoring the dynamic diving experiments of the water ghost and to record the dive time and underwater swimming length.

He turned and wandered around, needing quiet time to think about these issues.

Lin Feng quickly devised a plan to secure the grenades to the bottom of the boat. It was actually quite simple: he just needed to use the water crossbow in the ghost's hand to attach the grenades to the crossbow bolts, then dive down to the bottom of the boat and shoot the crossbow bolts into the hull. After that, he would pull the pin and quickly leave.

The increased weight of the crossbow bolts necessitates an increase in the firing force of the crossbow.

This is also easy to solve: increase the size and thickness of the bowstring, and pull the bowstring open in advance to prevent the problem of an individual being unable to pull the bowstring underwater.

In just two days, Lin Feng solved all the problems of underwater ship explosions, and the making of those diving tools was not complicated.

On the third day, Zhenxi No. 2 was ready to set off again.

According to intelligence sent by the scouts, the number of pirate warships at the Danzhou dock had increased to fifty in just three days.

Their battle strategy was clear: to win by sheer numbers.

Mizukawa Hide was ready to launch an attack. He did not believe that fifty warships could defeat a single main warship of the Zhenxi Army.

In order to avoid being passively attacked, Mizukawa Hide pushed all the warships upstream, around the bend in the Qingxi River, and into a wide expanse of water where the situation ahead was clearly visible.

As soon as the Zhenxi Army's warships come into view, his fifty warships will charge against the current without hesitation, risking being sunk, to quickly approach the enemy ships until they are sunk.

This was Mizukawa Hide's swarm attack plan, a clumsy method that proved very effective here.

No matter how sharp and dense the gunfire of Zhenxi No. 2 was, it could not stop the advance of fifty warships.

Therefore, Mizukawa Hide was confident that he could sink the Zhenxi No. 2 in this naval battle and take the opportunity to extend the river to Yingjianxia Wharf.

The Zhenxi No. 2 warship sailed downstream, departing at dawn, and turned into the Qingxi River channel at the beginning of morning, entering the territory of Danzhou Prefecture.

This time, without needing a report from the scouts, Lin Feng, standing on the deck, could already see the forest of masts of the pirate warships through his telescope.

Two small warships were flanking the Zhenxi No. 2 warship.

The rangefinders on the warships regularly reported the distances between the enemy and our own forces.

After traveling another ten miles or so by water, the pirates also spotted the towering mast and sails of the Zhenxi No. 2.

Upon receiving the report, Mizukawa Hide grinned maliciously. This time, he was determined not to let this infuriating giant get away with it.

"All warships, form a battle line and charge. You have only one objective: to sink the target warship. Even if you have to ram it, sink it. If the enemy warship is still floating on the water, you don't need to come back."

Mizukawa Hide gave a death order.

Fifty pirate warships began to move, slowly forming a square formation on the wide river, and then accelerated forward together.

The two warships were about twenty miles apart by water. Seeing the pirate warships start moving, Cao Chuhang immediately ordered them to stop.

Zhenxi No. 2 once again sideways, anchored securely, and prepared to fire its cannons.

Meanwhile, the two escort warships ahead continued to sail forward.

These two warships carried two hundred water ghosts, who were to secretly disembark and dive five miles away from the pirate warships, waiting to blow them up when they passed by.

They would arrange two hundred water ghosts underwater according to the formation of the pirate warships, each with their own task: to shoot crossbow bolts with grenades strapped to them onto the bottom of the ships.

This time, Lin Feng's imagination ran wild again. He lengthened the grenade's fuse and fixed it to the water crossbow.

As soon as the crossbow bolt is fired, the fuse is automatically pulled. When the bolt hits the bottom of the boat, the water monster quickly dives to avoid the impact of the grenade explosion.

Then all the water ghosts who have completed their missions go downstream, creating a countercurrent with the pirates' warships, which can greatly shorten their diving time and help them avoid attacks from the warships on the surface.

As the two warships of the Zhenxi Army were about to enter the firing range of the pirate warships, they braked suddenly and began to turn around on the water.

In the brief moment of turning around, two hundred water ghosts quietly tumbled into the river from the other side of the warship.

After releasing the water ghost, the two warships frantically ran back.

At this moment, the cannons on Zhenxi No. 2 began to roar, in coordination with the water ghosts going down the river to distract the pirates.

The pirates' fifty warships completely ignored the cannon fire and charged forward relentlessly, displaying an attitude of fearlessness in the face of death.

After each of the eight cannons of Zhenxi No. 2 fired two shots, it immediately weighed anchor, turned around, and began to withdraw.

They had to stay out of the range of the pirate warships.

The two sides began a chase, like a group of madmen chasing two or three boats, buzzing and screaming.

Mizukawa Hide's command ship followed behind the formation, and he was very pleased to see the Zhenxi Army's warships fleeing in disarray.

When it comes to fighting, I'm not afraid of the tough or the strong, but I'm afraid of the reckless.

I'm willing to risk my life, let's see how you deal with this. In the current battle situation, even if the Zhenxi Army wanted to perish together with the enemy, it would be impossible.

How about I trade one of my ten boats for yours?

There are still twenty or thirty warships left.

"They can't escape! Speed ​​up, speed up again, catch up and sink them!"

Mizukawa Hide shouted at the top of his lungs to boost the morale of his soldiers.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the pirate warships had crossed five miles of waterway and continued to rush against the current, chasing after the Zhenxi Army's warships and rowing desperately.

Mizukawa Hide watched as the vast fleet of warships chased the Zhenxi Army's ships into a chaotic frenzy, and felt quite pleased with himself.

"Hahaha... Chase after them and blast them to smithereens..."

Before he could finish speaking, a muffled sound was heard, and then the leading warship visibly shuddered violently.

Just like suddenly braking, the forward speed dropped instantly.

Just as Mizukawa Hide was wondering what was going on, a series of muffled sounds came from underwater.

Large numbers of warships trembled as if they were having an epileptic seizure, one after another, and some even began to tilt.

Mizukawa Hide suddenly came to his senses and realized that he had been ambushed underwater.

"Underwater! There are people underwater! Quickly..."

He was so anxious he was jumping up and down, but he was also completely baffled.

How could someone suddenly launch an underwater attack when everyone was watching the water's surface?

Isn't this a case of a water ghost appearing?

Chaos erupted on the pirate warships, and some soldiers jumped into the water with knives in hand.

However, the muffled thuds continued unabated, echoing from the front to the back.

Fifty warships, many of them bobbing, were still moving forward, but their speed had slowed considerably.

The pirates were skilled in naval warfare, and their soldiers were also adept at swimming.

However, the river here was wide and the depth was unknown. After the soldiers went into the water, they could not dive too deep and could not find the water ghosts of the Zhenxi Army lying at the bottom of the water.

Soon, after the fifty warships had traveled more than a mile of water, many of them could no longer hold on and began to tilt or capsize.