Chapter 203 Chongming Island Water Battle III [Unbanned]
Chapter 203 Chongming Island Water Battle (3) [Unlocked]
Following the wind, the Qingfeng navy was like three sharp swords, running straight towards the Japanese fleet. When the distance between the two fleets had just shortened by one mile, the trebuchets and large crossbows on both sides were already on board.
We shot at each other. However, He Bugui's ship was obviously much smaller than the Eastern Japanese ships, so
This naturally took a lot of advantage in such a confrontation. Moreover, Dongbo had just needed to encircle Zhaoxia Island, and the warships were relatively scattered, so they were naturally at a disadvantage when He Bugui concentrated his superior forces at the beginning.
But He Bugui did not seize this opportunity to annihilate
Instead of destroying the effective force of the Japanese, he used a squadron of ten warships to contain the Japanese warships, and led the remaining warships directly to the Japanese transport ships. In the sea, logistical supplies are crucial, and fighting
Losing the Japanese transport fleet would not only be able to attack the Japanese
He Bugui is still very clear about the arrogance of the Japanese navy and its ability to reduce the opponent's long-distance combat capabilities. But now there are only five Japanese warships escorting the more than ten Japanese transport ships. He Bugui
Gui obviously would not miss such a good opportunity.
However, when He Bugui's fleet was about to approach the Dongwa transport fleet, He Bugui suddenly felt that something was wrong. The opponent's behavior seemed to be a little too calm, and there was something wrong with the waterline of the Dongwa battleship. The large Dongwa warship
battleship
The maximum displacement exceeds 3,000 tons, and the maximum establishment is 800. However, due to limited conditions, the number of combatants is generally around 600. However, Qingfeng's warships are mainly inland river warships due to the reductions of Emperor Xianlie and An Yongchang in the past.
.Displacement
The maximum number is 2,600, usually around 2,000, and the number of combatants is about 400. At first, He Bugui planned to transfer the soldiers from the Eastern Japanese warships to Zhaoxia Island. Since each warship took about a hundred men, He Bugui planned
If it is not returned, it is estimated that
The warships of both sides were facing each other head-on, and his side was not without the strength to fight. Moreover, Dongbo was not all large warships, there were also many medium-sized warships with a displacement of about 2,000. So He Bugui decided to fight the other side.
Out of reach.
However, after getting closer, He Bugui looked at the opponent's waterline, which had not changed much, and suddenly remembered a very serious problem. And this small problem that he ignored could even bring about the destruction of his entire fleet.
Disaster. The same ship has different water lines in inland rivers and in the sea. In the sea, its load capacity is larger than in the inland rivers. He Bugui long-term
Navigating in inland rivers, they are accustomed to using the inland river method to calculate the other party's load capacity. However, the Dongbo are originally a seafaring nation on the East China Sea, and naturally they mainly use sea-going ships. Therefore, at the same waterline position,
It can definitely carry more weight in the sea. Therefore, there must be more soldiers on the other side's warship than I expected. If there is a follow-up battle, it will definitely suffer a big loss.
And whether the other party was the dozen merchant ships or the five warships protecting them, their reactions were too calm. That kind of reaction speed was not something that could be shown when encountering a surprise attack. Looking at a person on the other side's warship
The contemptuous sneer on the soldier's lips made He Bugui's scalp tingle, and he suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart.
At this moment, a flag was slowly raised on the flagship of the Donghai Navy. Under the ugly sunrise Donghai flag, the two scarlet "Kato" characters looked particularly dazzling. But originally there were some
The chaotic Eastern Japanese fleet suddenly became confused the moment the flag was raised.
Orderly and high-spirited, the more than ten merchant ships were unwilling to be left alone at this time. Countless soldiers ran onto the deck one after another. Those who launched small trebuchets launched trebuchets, and those who carried crossbows carried crossbows. They ran happily
Wow. These are actually transport ships that have been modified to be used as battleships.
Seeing this, He Bugui felt reassured. After stabilizing his mind, He Bugui said in a deep voice: "Instruct all warships to move closer to the flagship and smash the opponent's armed transport ships first."
Most of Dongwa's warships are sea ships, so they are relatively large and stable. They have a great advantage in head-on collisions. Qingfeng's fleet is a river fleet, smaller in size, and naturally superior in flexibility. Naval battles
If you are caught in a melee, it will not be so easy to get out. In that case, usually with one
The complete elimination of Fang is over. Kato Taka is a famous general, and he has a military advantage. Moreover, he now also has a strategic advantage. If he wants to confront him head-on, He Buhui will not burn out his brain and rush through the opponent's transportation.
Although the fleet will pay a certain price, as long as it is not attacked from both sides, it will at least have a chance to escape.
On the East Japanese flagship Yaqi, Kato Takashi had a sneer on his face. Although He Bugui has some talent in water warfare, experience cannot be accumulated by just having talent. It requires constant tempering in actual combat, and it requires continuous training in actual combat.
Insights from wandering on the edge of death. As soon as he received the news that Chongming Island was attacked, Kato Takashi quickly judged He Bugui's strategic goal and immediately made countermeasures. Although he was also worried about He Huai when he was no longer around
Renhui took the opportunity to raise troops to attack, but the Paradise Alliance troops gathered near Yangzhou Road. Even if He Huairen had that intention, the Qingfeng court would probably not be willing to let this only water elite take the risk. Therefore, Kato Taka is 90% sure that He Huairen
It won't go south with the current. Besides, as a famous general, you must have the awareness of a famous general. You can't stop your plan just because there may be risks. In that case, it would be better to crash to death.
The He family is the most powerful water warfare family in Qingfeng, and there are indeed many talented people in the family. To be honest, if He Chengfei, He Huaizhong and others had not had some special reasons, coupled with the overt and covert restrictions of Emperor Xianlie, they would not have done it at all.
He might have died in the East China Sea.
Even so, in order to annihilate them, Dongbo still paid a huge price. But fortunately, only He Huairen and his son are left in the He family. If He Bugui is annihilated here today, then the water warfare family of the Qingfeng Empire will be destroyed.
I'm afraid it's really the end of the world.
With the sneer still hanging on the corner of his mouth, Kato Takashi's eyes suddenly narrowed, because behind him, more than sixty warships suddenly appeared. Looking at the flag, it turned out to be the navy of the Huai River Zhang family. In response, Kato Takashi
Just a nonchalant smile, it seems that the Hetao is like the 20,000 cavalry of Youyun Sixteen States
It was escorted by this fleet. It was good to come, so as not to have to look for him after destroying He Bugui. Anyway, if you eat one, you will eat, if you eat two, you will still eat. Although the strength of both sides seems to be
It seems that there is not much difference, but Kato Taka firmly believes that he still has this appetite.
He waved his hand easily, and the messengers around him quickly conveyed the commander's order through flags. Before Zhang Yuewan's fleet arrived, nearly thirty Japanese warships had already gathered together, and turned their bows to face the enemy.
Zhang Yuewan's navy, and more than ten battleships followed He Bugui's squadron unhurriedly, forming a loose encirclement with the scattered battleships around and the transport ships in front.
Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, He Bugui felt happy. After weighing the warships and troops of both sides, He Bugui finally breathed a sigh of relief. Now, even if he was desperate, he finally had the capital to fight hard. But he
He did not turn around and attack Kato Taka's flagship, but continued to sail towards Towa's transport fleet. Only by first breaking up the enemy fleet in front of him, could he join forces with friendly forces to attack Kato without any reason.
eagle.
Seeing Qing Feng Shui Master approaching, more than ten transport ships from Dongbo immediately evacuated and fled to the surrounding areas. Naturally, Qing Feng Shui Master would not let them escape so easily, and immediately rammed into the opponent with all his strength. However,
What He Bugui didn't expect was that when the Qingfeng battleship collided with the opponent's transport ship, the ships on both sides were actually stuck together, but there was no complete contact between the two ships. He Bugui asked carefully,
Only then did we discover that there were several long wooden thorns under the opponent's transport ship. Once the warship hit it, it could no longer move. And misfortune never comes singly. When several warships passed through the gap between the two transport ships, they actually
It also stopped. It turned out that there were iron chains between the other's transport ships, but the ships were close together at first, so the iron chains sank in the water and could not be seen at all. Obviously Kato Taka had long ago
He guessed He Bugui's possible attack method, so he also took corresponding countermeasures. At this time, Zhang Yuewan's navy was also intercepted by Kato Takashi's personal command, although some troops were assigned to surround He Bugui's battleship.
, but due to the miscalculation of Kato Taka's military strength, and because Kato Taka has been running rampant in the East China Sea for twenty years, Zhang Yuewan currently does not have the strength to confront him head-on, so he is also tightly blocked by Kato Taka.
He Bugui raised his neck, and now he naturally understood that the navy coming to the rescue was the troops of the Zhang family in Huai River. And the current situation was really unfavorable. Thinking of this, He Bugui waved his hand fiercely: "Come here, tell me, General
Order, the entire army changes direction and fights Kato Taka to the death!"
"I'm waiting for you to die!" Kato Taka saw He Bugui turning the ship around. He was not surprised but overjoyed, and snorted coldly. Dongwa now has more than 80 large ships including transport ships.
The total number of warships owned by He Bugui and Zhang Yuewan is just this number. However, the Dongwa Navy has the advantage in tonnage, and after all, He Bugui and Zhang Yuewan have no direct superior-subordinate relationship, so their deployment is naturally not as efficient as that of the Dongwa Navy.
Facing He Bugui's warship heading towards him, Kato Taka did not intervene to intercept it. Instead, he deflected his warship to the side, allowing Qingfeng's two fleets to join forces smoothly. However, when the Qingfeng navy gathered together,
By that time, more than twenty Japanese warships had already surrounded the Qingfeng Navy from both wings, forming a loose encirclement of the Qingfeng Navy.
Although they had joined forces, He Bugui and Zhang Yuewan were not excited at all. Therefore, there were suddenly countless trebuchets and crossbowmen on the battleships of the Eastern Japanese Navy, and countless archers holding rockets were orderly coming from the cabin.
After getting out, the two people's eyebrows immediately wrinkled. Although they
He was also preparing to surprise the Eastern Japanese Navy, so he prepared quite a few medium and long-range attack weapons, but compared with Kato Takashi, they were still far behind. Kato Takashi did not give the two of them a chance this time.
, the trebuchet on the ship frantically smashed towards the battleship of the Qingfeng Navy Alliance.
At this time, Zhang Yuewan and He Bugui finally understood the gap between themselves and the famous generals. Both sides' warships had trebuchets, but because the recoil of trebuchets and large crossbows was relatively large, and the deck's capacity was
The force is limited, so the trebuchets on battleships with different displacements are also different. The tonnage of the Dongwa Navy battleship is larger than that of Qingfeng, so the trebuchet is also slightly larger, and the range is only about the same as Qingfeng's trebuchet.
As far as five
The distance of about ten steps or fifty steps is actually a very short distance for the two fleets that are fighting, but at this time, it shows his ferocity. The position of the Kato Eagle fleet is right now.
Stopping at this distance, the trebuchets on Qingfeng's side were just out of reach, and the fleet was within the shooting range of Dongbo. The result was just a few rounds of airtight and crazy shooting, and there were already more than five people on Qingfeng's side.
A battleship was directly sunk.
Under such circumstances, Zhang Yuewan and He Bugui naturally understood that in a narrow encounter, the brave would win, so they commanded the fleet to rush towards Kato Taka's fleet without hesitation. Kato Taka was also prepared for this, and was adjusting the warships at the moment.
The sails and oarsmen caused the battleship to slowly retreat. As a result, in order to shorten this distance, Qingfeng Navy paid another
After paying the price of three battleships. After eight battleships were sunk and three battleships were seriously injured, the Qingfeng Navy finally had a chance to fight against the Dongwa Navy. At this time, only countless rocks were seen on the sea.
Bullets and crossbows were flying in the sky, and from time to time, two sails were set alight by flying rockets, and then there was a sudden rush.
After the exchange of fire, came the most brutal follow-up battle. In the follow-up battle, it was obvious that the Dong-Japanese navy, which had the upper hand, had the upper hand. Zhang Yuewan and He Bugui initially estimated that the Dong-Japan Navy should be in
About 40,000, but now it seems that the number of personnel above, including non-combatants, is about 50,000, and the total strength of the Qingfeng coalition is not
More than 25,000. Although the number of battleships is not much different, they are obviously no match for the Japanese warships. In order to limit the flexibility of the Qingfeng ships, Kato Taka specifically discarded many spiked rafts in the sea water. Anyway, the Japanese warships
Not very flexible, Kato Taka simply gave up his flexibility and instead surrounded and suppressed the Qingfeng Shui Master like a water fortress.
"If this continues, the entire army will definitely be wiped out." Zhang Yuewan and He Bugui thought at the same time. Although they fought tooth and nail, they were able to kill at least the same amount of enemy troops as themselves. But Qingfeng is different from Dongwo. Qingfeng has now
With the loss of Yangzhou Road, Donghai Road and Jiangnan Road, most of the Navy's source areas have been lost. Except for these three places, the Qing Dynasty
Only the Huai River Road and the southern part of the Dahu Road still have a relatively good naval tradition. However, all the soldiers on the Dahu Road have gone to Jingnan Gong to support them, and the strength of the Huai River has been weakened. This time the two men led
Those who come out are all elites from their respective camps. If they are buried here, the blow to their respective camps will be particularly huge.