"According to the military information that Haiying discovered, this fleet has sixty-five ships, including about fifteen warships and fifty grain ships. Each grain ship carries thousands of stones of military rations, so it sails very slowly.
And there are only a few sailors on board and not much equipment. What we have to deal with are those fifteen warships." Early that morning, the captains of the twenty-four warships were called to one place for a pre-war mobilization meeting. Liu Wenxiu
First, make a military report.
It is said that if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be in danger. Before a maritime war begins, it is also necessary to fight well and report the war. The sea eagles are actually sea scouts. They ride in small clippers and follow the enemy ships from a distance. They try their best to avoid the enemy ships while maintaining concealment.
Observe the enemy's situation and report to the headquarters in a timely manner. With the intelligence support of the Sea Eagle, it will definitely be easier to fight a naval battle.
"Everyone has read the intelligence. We will fight twenty-four against fifteen in this battle. We will definitely fight a beautiful annihilation battle. Now the northwest wind is blowing again. Compared with the enemy, we are in the upper wind. We have the right time and location.
We should defeat the enemy completely." Liu Wenxiu glanced at the captains sitting around and said: "Stop talking nonsense, now issue the latest combat mission."
"Captain Zhenyuan No. 2 Luo Yucheng, your mission is to detour to the northeast, use the wind to suppress the enemy, and cover five friendly ships to complete the encirclement in the northeast." Liu Wenxiu took out a green flag and handed it to Luo Yucheng, and
He solemnly reminded: "Pay attention to the command of the flagship. Only after giving the general attack order can you launch the assault."
"Yes, Commander." Luo Yucheng, a man in his twenties, took the green flag with determination. This kind of military flag divided by color is for the convenience of command. It is divided into yellow, red, blue, blue, black, purple and other colors. Each color
Corresponding to one side's troops, and the flag bearer on the command ship waves a military flag of one color, he is commanding the troops of the corresponding color to avoid the occurrence of inconsistent military orders.
War is not about a group of reckless men swarming into battle, but also about tactics. In addition to having brave soldiers, a good command system is also very important. In the Peking Army, not only the navy uses various battle flags, but also the land troops
This method is also used for command.
Don't underestimate this color flag method. Victory, life and death are often determined by such small details. An army has a colored flag, and the command headquarters lets the army advance as it advances, and retreat as it retreats. The army is on the battlefield like an arm with a hand.
The meeting was very orderly, with all armies cooperating and covering each other. No matter whether they were attacking or holding on, pursuing a victory or retreating after defeat, there would be no chaos among our own troops on the battlefield.
Liu Wenxiu awarded Zhenyuan 2, Dingyuan 1 and Dingyuan 2 the military flags of the same color in turn. According to the cooperation agreement, Mrs. Liu's warships were also divided into four groups, following these four main ships to be responsible for side response, so they also had to
Follow the command of the battleship and cannot act privately.
After arranging the four detachments and letting them form a four-point encirclement, the captains exchanged some views and quickly reached an agreement on tactics. However, at the end of the meeting, Mrs. Liu asked a question: "What about those grain ships?"
Disposal?"
"First concentrate your firepower on the warships. After sinking the enemy warships, you can then persuade them to surrender the grain ships. If they surrender, they will receive the grain ships and take in the prisoners of war. If they refuse to surrender, kill them all as a warning and make a forced landing. If they all surrender, they will die.
If they don't surrender, they will all be annihilated." Liu Wenxiu said seriously.
In fact, Wan Lei had already given instructions regarding the disposal of the grain ship, which was that he would rather not get this batch of military rations than allow this batch of military rations to successfully go north. Of course, Wan Lei also had other deep intentions in doing this. Now the Liao Army
They have already approached North Korea. There are many troops in North Korea, and the most lacking thing is food. If the Liao army lacks this batch of military food, North Korea will fall into famine.
As an invader, the Liao army is certainly not a civilized force. Wan Lei believes that once these fifty ships of military rations are destroyed, the Liao army will fall into the predicament of food shortage. Because Liaodong is not a high-yield area of food, the Liao army will
There will definitely not be too much military rations on hand. And if the Liao army is short of food, they will definitely not starve themselves. The first thing they will do is to massacre the Koreans and steal food from the locals.
A massacre, especially a genocidal massacre, Wan Lei really can't do such a thing cruelly. But now the Liao army is a ready-made butcher's knife. If you don't make good use of it, it will make the Liao army's reputation even worse.
I'm really sorry for the brothers who died at the hands of the Yan rebels two years ago.
The way to make the Liao army "willingly" become butchers is to cut off their rations, so Wan Lei had already planned. After annihilating the Mingshui Division, he would send his troops north to the Yalu River to block the Yalu River, which was to block the Liao army.
Without the support, the Liao army will soon fall into the quagmire of war and be unable to extricate itself. When the Liao army and the Koreans are both defeated, it will be the time for the Peking army to reap the benefits.
The plan was decided. The twenty-four warships were immediately divided into four teams and formed a pocket on the sea, waiting for the big fish to swim in. This was the first fierce battle to actively face the enemy, and Wan Lei did not have much time.
Feeling. He stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the morning glow on the other side, dyeing the sky in the east as red as blood...
Lord Don't laugh while lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have fought in ancient times?
The Ming Navy did not know that the danger was right in front of them. Due to the autumn wind coming across the sea from the north and the strong winds and waves, dozens of blessing ships struggled to push away the waves and moved forward slowly. Although these blessing ships all had louvered rigid
Sail, but this time it is against the current and wind, so it can only go in a zigzag shape, and the sailing speed can be described as a turtle speed.
Four thousand five hundred meters!
Four thousand four hundred meters!
Four thousand three hundred meters!
The scout standing on the towering watchtower carefully looked at the direction of the incoming ship with a telescope, and announced the distance loudly. Wan Lei listened and couldn't help feeling ecstatic, because the incoming ship had entered the sea of death and was still not aware of it.
Knowing that, they still formed a Yanxing formation and slowly advanced.
Four thousand meters!
"Raise the sails and attack! The gunners will be in position immediately!" Liu Wenxiu gave the order, and the main sail of the Zhenyuan No. 1, which was more than 30 meters high and 40 meters wide, fell with a crash. Under the blow of the northwest wind, the warship suddenly broke apart.
The waves rushed forward rapidly, and the other three warships also received the order for the general attack and set sail to attack almost at the same time.
It has to be said that this giant sail with an area of over 1,000 square meters is really "powerful". With the advantage of smooth wind and current, the warship advanced very quickly. In a short time, it traveled nearly a thousand meters. The enemy ship
Right in front of us, a huge enemy ship hung a green flag with the word "square" written in a large letter, which was clearly visible.
The distance between the two sides was only three kilometers. The sentry of the Ming Navy finally discovered that the Peking Army had been spotted and rushed to report to the captain. At this time, the commander of the navy, Fang Zhong, was taking a nap in his study. He was woken up by the sentry just as he was halfway through his dream.
Naturally, he was very angry, but when he heard the sentry say that an unknown ship was approaching, he jumped up and immediately went to the ship's tower to watch.
Fang Zhong looked in the direction pointed by the sentry for a while and found that there were only four boats on the sea that were much smaller than the Fu boats. He said nonchalantly: "Aren't they just four boats? Send a few boats over and ask for directions.
, if they are Japanese pirates, then annihilate them on the spot.”
"General, something's wrong. Those ships are not like ordinary Japanese pirate ships. Ordinary Japanese pirate ships don't have such big sails. The incoming ships are so fast. I'm afraid the incoming ships are evil. We'd better be careful." A Xi said.
A small guerrilla road fighting in the water.
"It's just four small boats, no need to make a fuss." Fang Zhong still didn't care, but as soon as he finished speaking, the four incoming ships had already approached within 1,500 meters, and the strings of these warships were actually like windows.
Dozens of doorways were opened, and at this moment, a sudden flash of fire was seen, followed by a deafening loud noise.
Boom boom boom boom boom...
There was a loud roar, and Fang Zhong's ears were still buzzing, but he saw countless slings and stones breaking through the air, like a heavy rainstorm and a boat roaring in.
"Ah! No, we were ambushed!" The expression on Fang Zhong's face suddenly froze, because he saw countless bullets falling like rain from the sky, hitting the warships in front of him heavily. Several of them
Unfortunately, the warship blossomed in many places and flew apart. Planks of wood flew in all directions, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.
"The warship was hit on the side and the ship is about to capsize!"
"The boat has entered the water and is going to sink. Jump into the water quickly!"
"The ship is sinking, run quickly!"
"Fire on board"
Before the voice fell, a burst of fire exploded, and a loud noise covered up everyone's screams and calls for help. Only those people could be seen helplessly waving their hands, with their mouths wide open, with endless reluctance...
.
A warship instantly exploded into countless debris. Even a grain ship nearby was not spared and was overturned by the huge explosion shock wave...
Fire ignited on the sea. On the sea, blood and fire dyed the entire Jinghe River red. A pair of helpless hands stretched out of the water and paddled randomly...
In just a few minutes, the Ming Navy lost no less than five warships!
"Retreat, the whole army retreats." Fang Zhong yelled wildly. He was an old soldier. He crawled out from the dead and his reaction was quite fast. But at this time, he couldn't care about anything else. He took his flagship and abandoned his subordinates.
He squeezed out of the way of the grain boat behind him and retreated first.
Boom boom boom...
Another burst of gunfire came from behind...
Fang Zhong didn't dare to look back, he just urged the sailors desperately, asking them to row quickly...
"The artillery is coming!"
"Run quickly!"
"Dive quickly!"
"Run for your life!"
The sailors on the boat behind saw that the boat was blocked and unable to move, so they abandoned the boat and jumped into the water. There was a noise, and after the sound of falling into the water, the slings and stones had already fallen from the sky, scattered and hit the messy boat array, and suddenly there were fires and flesh and blood everywhere.
Flying. The countless pieces of flying planks hit the nearby crew members head-on and took away dozens of lives...
The generals took the lead and ran away, and the soldiers naturally had no obligation not to run away. For a moment, the warships and grain ships in the Ming Navy's ship formation were crowded into a ball. What made them even more desperate was that unknown enemy ships had approached and surrounded them.
A pocket formation surrounded them, and behind the unknown enemy ship, there were also twenty huge blessing ships, swooping over like a group of sharks...