Last year, there were almost no warships available in Huai'an.
The reason why the word "almost" is used is because last year, there were three warships in the entire Huai'an defense line. They were saved by Mr. Shen when he was suppressing Japanese pirates in the southeast, and they were sent to Huai'an for emergency response.
Three warships are difficult to use in water warfare.
But things are different now. Mr. Shen went back to Jiankang and got a lot of benefits from the court and the emperor. For example, there are now more than 20 usable warships in Huai'an, all of which were rushed by the Ministry of War.
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Although these ships are not as huge as the three that Mr. Shen built in the southeast, they can already be called big compared with Qi Ren's ships.
Therefore, even if only half of Huai'an's more than 20 warships were at the Xiangshui camp on the eastern front, Shen Yi would still be sure to fight a water battle with the Qi people.
Dozens of Chen's ships and hundreds of large ships and small boats of the Qi people met on the Huaihe River. The warships on both sides began to fire cannons to bombard the other side's large ships.
The sound of artillery was particularly obvious in the silent night.
Mr. Shen was on the shore, holding a telescope and watching the battle on the front line. He saw one of his own warships firing, and one shot hit a small boat. There were only about ten people on the small boat, and the hull was directly hit by solid lead bullets.
A big hole opened up, and the huge impact overturned the small boat. A dozen people immediately fell into the cold icy water in early spring!
However, it was night now, and the enemy ships were not very dense after all, so the hit rate of the artillery shells was not high. The ships on both sides bombarded each other for a while, but the effect was not good.
Xue Wei personally commanded the battle on a large ship with more than 300 soldiers. This large ship sailed from Yueqing, and he was also an old friend of the anti-Japanese army. Xue Wei trained troops in his early years and pursued pursuits at sea.
This was the same boat that was used during the Japanese invasion, so it is naturally easy to use now.
The ten cannons on the ship had already fired fifty or sixty rounds of lead bullets in less than half an hour. When Xue Wei was about to give another order, someone hurried up to him, raised his hands and said: "General, something bad is going to happen!"
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Xue Wei frowned and asked, "What happened?"
The messenger lowered his head and said anxiously: "Our ship, as well as the nearby warships, were boarded up by some Qi people's boats. The Qi people on these small boats were setting up ladders and preparing to climb up.
Come on deck!"
Hearing this, Xue Wei's eyes lit up. He pulled out his saber from his waist, spat, and cursed: "Mom, you've been staring at the artillery, and you didn't pay attention to what's next to you, but these bearded bastards stuck it on your face!"
He waved his hand and shouted: "Separate two hundred people and follow me to the deck to clean up these bastards!"
"Moreover, send a signal to the approaching warships and ask them to be careful of people boarding the ship. Especially our warship must not make any mistakes or be robbed by the people!"
Speaking of this, Xue Wei looked at the Qi people's ship which was not very far away from him, gritted his teeth and said: "If the Hu people's ship rushes to the south again, we will directly hit it!"
If Da Chen's boats kept fighting on the river, they would not necessarily suffer losses. However, since they were preventing these Qi people from landing, the number of boats seemed a bit unsatisfactory.
Therefore, he could only pick up medium and large ships to block them. As for the small ships, Xue Wei really had no choice but to let them slip through the gap.
However, Xue Wei was not polite to some Qi people who wanted to sneak onto the flagship warship. He personally led the people to stand on the deck, and after killing one or two small groups of Qi people who tried to "make merit", he looked up
, there are more than a dozen small boats trying to get close to our own warship!
Xue Wei sneered, waved his hand and said: "Head-on, hit him directly!"
"The bearded bastards on both wings, if they want to come up, let them come up!"
"I'll skin them alive!"
Having said this, Xue Wei seemed to have remembered something. He turned back to look at the messenger and said loudly: "Send a signal to the nearby warships. If they are approached by a large number of small boats, try to find a way to escape first!"
He Xue Wei can fight, and so can his followers, but the people on other warships may not necessarily be able to fight. If even one of these big ships is taken away by the Qi people, it will be a huge loss for Chen!
Fortunately, Xue Wei has finally grown up.
If it was in the past, he only cared about his own happiness, why would he care about the friendly troops next to him?
Now, although General Xue is still aggressive, he is much better than before.
On the Huaihe River, the situation became tense.
These Northern Qi navymen were just fighting with the Dachen navy on the Huaihe River, because their big ships couldn't get through, and the number of people coming over in the small boats was not large enough, so they didn't dare to land!
He was blocked by Xue Wei on the Huaihe River!
Time passed by, and the two sides fought fiercely all night. Artillery, rockets, and arrows were fired countless times, but until Dongfang Yubaibai, neither side made any substantial progress.
Mr. Shen Yi and Shen, together with Su Ding, watched the battle by the river all night.
When the sky slowly got brighter, Su Ding turned to look at Shen Yi with some doubts: "Mr. Shen, there is something wrong with these Qi people..."
"They have many boats. If they forcefully cross the river, our boats can't completely stop them. But one night, they didn't even have a decent force to break through!"
"The defensive line that the generals and others have laid out in advance is completely useless!"
Shen Yi put down the telescope, yawned greatly, and smiled at Su Ding: "Why doesn't General Su say that General Xue's navy is too powerful? You know, he came to get angry with me two days ago because of your position.
, clamoring to give up the Guangzhou Guard Commander on him to you."
Su Ding also knew about this matter. He was even present at the scene and was quite moved in his heart. However, at this time, Su Ding did not speak for Xue Wei. Instead, he took a deep breath and whispered: "Mr. Shen
Wisdom, if the abilities of these Qi people only stop here..."
"That's too unreasonable."
Master Shen stretched out and was about to say something else. Suddenly a scout trotted over and lowered his head and said a few words to Shen Yi. After hearing this, Shen Yi looked up at Su Ding and said, "Qi people's ships are arriving one after another.
Returned to the North Shore in small numbers."
Mr. Shen paused and continued: "But they will only stop on the north bank for about a stick of incense before driving back onto the river and continuing towards the south bank."
Su Ding was thoughtful. He looked at Shen Yi and said, "Mr. Shen, on these barbarian ships,
Mostly..."
"Replacement!"
This time, the reinforcements of the Southern Conquest Army have arrived, and the army that General Zhou can directly mobilize exceeds 200,000 people. An army of this size will not only not be clumsy to use, but will be more flexible.
Because you can easily perform some tactical moves, such as this, one group of people will go back to rest after fighting all night, and another group of people will come on board to compete with Chen Guo's navy.
After such a "wheel battle", it won't take long for Dachen's navy to be exhausted and unable to fight anymore.
Shen Yi nodded slightly and said, "There must be a replacement, no need to doubt it."
Mr. Shen slowly left the tent with his hands behind his back and walked outside.
Su Ding followed him, lowered his head slightly, clasped his fists and said: "Mr. Shen, General Xue must be very tired too. Please ask for orders to replace General Xue!"
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After thinking about it,
Shen Yi thought for a while, nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, go and replace him. Remember to bring new soldiers up who are familiar with water warfare!"
"yes!"
Su Ding clasped his fists in salute and strode away.
Shen Yi glanced at the red sun rising slowly in the east, squinted his eyes, and said nothing.
In this way, the first water battle in Hongde's 12th year lasted from the night of February 17th to the morning of February 19th.
During this period, Xue Wei and Su Ding took turns taking command. Many naval officers were exhausted, but they still gritted their teeth and persisted.
At noon on February 19th, Mr. Shen was still watching the battle along the Huaihe River.
Su Ding stood behind him and looked at the Huaihe River. He was very puzzled and said: "Mr. Shen, these Qi people are very strange! They have been fighting for nearly two days and two nights. Although they tried their best, they are still killing people.
But I just couldn’t bear to die, so I forced myself to land on the south bank. I don’t know what I’m waiting for…”
Shen Yi took a long look at the river and said calmly: "They are waiting for my reinforcements."
As soon as Mr. Shen finished speaking, a messenger rushed over, half-knelt in front of Shen Yi, lowered his head respectfully and clasped his fists, and said: "Mr. Shen, General Zhang Meng, the commander of the Wenzhou Guard under the command of General Ling on the Western Front, was ordered to lead five thousand men.
The soldiers came to help, and now we are only more than ten miles away from the Xiangshui camp."
Mr. Shen turned to look at Su Ding, clapped his hands, and said with a smile: "General Su, look, my reinforcements have arrived."
After he finished speaking with a smile, he ordered the messenger: "Send an order to General Zhang Meng and ask them to rush to the battlefield along the Huaihe River and be ready to meet the enemy at any time!"
The ordering soldier knelt on the ground and bowed his head respectfully: "Yes!"
He got up, turned around and took a breath.
Su Ding looked at Shen Yi with wide eyes, somewhat puzzled: "Mr. Shen, you said Qi people are waiting for our reinforcements?"
"yes."
Mr. Shen said quietly: "If my reinforcements don't come, how will the Western Front become weak?"
"The Xiangshui Camp and the Lianshui Camp are separated by more than a hundred miles. It will take more than a day to get back even days and nights. Now my five thousand reinforcements cannot go back."
Shen Yi looked calm.
"So, our western front has become extremely weak at this time."
Su Ding was stunned. He looked up at Shen Yi with confusion on his face.
"But Mr. Shen, where is General Ling..."
If he didn't know Shen Yi's personality, he would almost suspect that the little boss in front of him was Qi Ren's spy, or had already turned to Qi Ren!
Su Ding lowered his head, confused.
In this case, the best situation is naturally for Shen Yi to lay an ambush on the western front and wait for Qi people to dive in.
But now, the entire Huai'an military force is here! It's all on the bright side!
Where did the ambush come from?
He suddenly looked up at Shen Yi, was silent for a while, and asked: "Mr. Shen, could it be the Huaihe Navy?"
Shen Yi shook his head silently.
"The Huaihe Navy will not help us, let alone die."
Seeing that Su Ding couldn't understand, Shen Yi didn't say anything more and just patted Su Ding's shoulder quietly.