Chapter 637: Marshal Showdown: Cloud and Mist Waterway II
Chapter 637: The Duel between Famous Commanders: Cloud and Mist Waterway (2)
Just after the battleship sank, the wind and waves became smaller, and the long-lost light of the stars and the moon began to appear above the sea. With the brilliance of the full moon, the whole world was visible. Under the moonlight, the front suddenly became brighter.
Many, the Koryo navy at the front has already organized its formation and is charging at full speed. Far ahead of them, countless huge black shadows can be vaguely seen, most likely to be Dongwa warships.
"Get ready for war!" A flush appeared on He Bugui's face. He raised his steel fork and shouted in a long voice: "Communications officer, issue a flag and the whole army will fight! Prepare to attack!"
The speed of the Jiaolong Legion was not as fast as that of the Goryeo Navy. The Goryeo Navy was already in the front, and Fu Jianglou was personally in charge. Almost as soon as the battleships of the Jiaolong Legion arrived in formation, the Goryeo Navy launched a fierce attack.
He Bugui held the steel fork in one hand and the cable in the other, and climbed to the observation post at the top of the mast in a few clicks. Zhang Yuewan stood on her toes in a few breaths.
"General He, follow the unified command of Fu Shuai!" He Bugui jumped up to the watchtower and heard Zhang Yuewan's voice. He was stunned for a moment, and a flash of regret flashed in his eyes, but the regret was fleeting and he said with a smile.
: "Please rest assured, mistress, this general will never forget his official duties for personal reasons."
Being able to fight Kato Takashi in an upright manner has been He Bugui's wish for many years. Especially after He Huairen died in the battle, He Bugui even hoped to take off Kato Takashi's head. However, He Bugui himself also understood that he
There is still quite a distance between them and Fu Jiang Tower. If he were to command them, he might not be able to completely annihilate Kato Takashi's navy.
Zhang Yuewan smiled with satisfaction. She was afraid that He Bugui was young and impulsive. The reason why Haotian asked her to come to supervise the formation in person was also based on this consideration.
The lanterns on the Polu continued to draw various arcs in the air, and the rapid and sharp whistles resounded throughout the Yunwu Waterway. Under the command of Fu Jianglou, hundreds of warships soon
A crescent formation was formed, but there was a bulge in the middle of the crescent shape. Fu Jianglou actually placed his flagship here. To fight, you must fight first, and to retreat, you must break the rear. The famous commander of Goryeo is indeed worthy of his reputation.
Zhang Yuewan looked at it carefully, and her face was full of joy: "Yes, it is the Donghai Fleet, and they also have the Sunrise East China Sea flag flying on them! General He, please look, there are at least 800 ships here, obviously all of them
All the fleets are gathered here!"
All the wealth of the Eastern Japanese Navy is indeed concentrated here. In addition to more than 120 large warships, there are also small and medium-sized ships piled behind, and there are even many sampans. However, there are obviously no Eastern Japanese naval assets.
They were fully prepared. When the naval coalition launched an attack, except for a small number of warships, the other side immediately counterattacked, while the rest responded very slowly. It was obvious that they were short of manpower or insufficiently prepared.
"The Dongwa Navy is not so short of people, right? Besides, this is Kato Ying's lair, how can it be so unorganized?" Zhang Yuewan asked curiously, but He Bugui looked excited and almost shouted at the top of his voice.
Said: "Attack! Take advantage of his illness to kill him, don't give Dong Japanese a chance!"
The Goryeo Navy in the front line has already been engaged in battle with the Dongwa side, while the Hetao Navy in the back is hurriedly arranging its troops. Looking at it, the Hetao Navy that has not yet engaged in battle is under the captain's
Under the command, all the opponent's debris on the deck was either kicked into the sea or fixed with ropes. Cleaning the deck and placing the trebuchet and large crossbow bed, the Hetao Navy was extremely busy.
Although the interior of the Yunwu Waterway is quite wide, more than 800 large and small Japanese warships are neatly blocked in it. Under the starry sky, the tall masts are densely packed, like sharp swords thrust into the sky. Although all the warships are
The sails were not raised, but the oncoming sea breeze with a bit of fishy smell still gave people a strong shock.
"The Dongbo's ability to dominate the East China Sea is indeed unique!" Zhang Yuewan murmured. The land area and population size of the Dongja are slightly smaller than those of Goryeo. The country is densely covered with mountains and the land is barren, but because of their innate advantage of relying on the sea to eat
, forged a naval force for the Dongwa that could roam the East China Sea. Even now, the Dongwa navy still has the strength to dominate either Goryeo or Hetao. However, when Hetao and Goryeo join forces, the Dongwa is at a disadvantage.
"However, Dongwa should have more than just this navy!" He Bugui said doubtfully. Since this is Kato Takashi's lair, there are probably a lot of warships in it, and Dongwa's navy is as high as 150,000.
There are less than a hundred large warships in total. Obviously, this is not the full strength of Dongwa.
The semaphore lanterns on the Polu danced again, and under Fu Jianglou's distant command, hundreds of warships all filled their sails and rushed towards the Dongwa Navy with an unstoppable momentum.
Although the wind and waves inside the Yunwu Water Channel are much smaller, it is only compared to the beginning. Now the waves spread by large warships when they break through the sea are still more than one meter. If the wind is just right, the waves will directly roll up two meters.
Come to Gao. Fortunately, both Hetao and Gaoli are large warships, but even so, the warships are still swaying.
Fu Jianglou's expression was very solemn. Although due to his excellent planning and accurate timing, control of the battle situation had completely fallen into his hands. However, he never dared to take his opponent Taka Kato lightly.
"Herald! The Hetao Navy is outflanked by two wings, and the Korean soldiers break through the middle! Remember, they are quickly embedded in the middle of the opponent's warships. At this time, try not to think about destroying the opponent's warships! After rushing over, first attack the small and medium-sized warships behind them.
Especially the boats and sampans were all sunk, and then we turned around and joined the Hetao Navy to destroy the Japanese!"
Fu Jianglou said slowly, his voice was very weak, but as the war was going on, his spirit was particularly high, and the sickly blush on his face became more vivid.
Taking advantage of the relatively strong sea breeze on the sea, the Koryo Navy passed through the gaps between the Eastern Japanese warships almost at lightning speed. Although Fu Jianglou had orders, now was not the best time to annihilate the large Eastern Japanese warships.
But when passing by, it is reasonable to use trebuchets and large crucifixes to attack them.
A large Japanese warship was very unlucky. A falling rock accidentally destroyed its steering wheel, and the next few falling rocks happened to break its mast. The ten-foot-high mast was heavily smashed.
, directly hit the middle of a more unlucky battleship next to it. The powerful potential energy and the weight of the mast itself actually smashed the battleship into two pieces.
"Sink all the small and medium-sized warships in Dongbo!" Fu Jianglou glanced at them and said quickly.
The front ends of the battleships of the Goryeo Navy had extremely sharp and strong collision angles, and when large battleships hit the opponent's small and medium-sized battleships, especially small battleships and sampan boats, the potential energy of the battleship itself was enough to destroy the opponent's ship.
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On the Dinghai, Zhang Yuewan said very puzzledly: "Shuai Fu is giving up the basics to chase the weakest! The key to a naval battle lies in the final showdown of large battleships. Now, instead of seizing the opportunity to eliminate the opponent's large battleships, the main target is on those small ships.
Go ahead, this will give the other party a lot of preparation time!"
The Hetao Navy was responsible for outflanking the two flanks, which was different from the attack direction of the Goryeo Navy. They were mainly responsible for destroying the Japanese Japanese warships on both sides.
He Bugui shook his head: "Mother, during the boarding battle, the opponent's counterattack was quite fierce. It was obvious that there was no shortage of manpower on the battleship. We were just caught off guard at the beginning! Our battleship and the opponent
Similar to other large warships, the results of the boarding battle can only be divided into 50 and 50, and it is quite time-consuming. If we concentrate our efforts now to destroy the opponent's large warships, although we can win, it will definitely take a long time and the losses will be heavy.
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Zhang Yuewan said disapprovingly: "There will definitely be losses in a broadside battle, there is no doubt about that. However, our troops are superior to the opponent's, and we are in the initiative and have the upper hand. We can easily inflict heavy damage on the opponent."
"The combat effectiveness of our soldiers is not as good as the other's!" He Bugui said in a deep voice.
Zhang Yuewan was suddenly startled. Looking at He Bugui's serious face, she felt a little sad in her heart. When it comes to clear and calm thinking, she is no worse than He Bugui. However, she has been too worried about the situation of Huai Shui recently, so she
When I was thinking about the problem, I couldn't cover everything. Just like the issue of combat effectiveness mentioned by He Bugui, I didn't consider it.
If Fu Jianglou was a naval officer who traveled across the East China Sea or was a veteran of He Huairen's Jiaolong Corps, then even in a one-on-one duel with Kato Takashi's men, the combat effectiveness of both sides would be about the same. However, such a veteran
Among the naval coalition, there are only 20% at most. Although the rest also have experience in sea battles, and most of them are tough and good at fighting, they have too little battlefield experience after all, and as a land nation, they are naturally gifted.
They cannot be compared with the maritime peoples. Just like the cavalry in Hetao are elite and powerful, but in terms of riding, shooting and horse control skills, there is always a certain gap between them and the nomadic cavalry on the northwest prairie. Similarly, the Eastern Japanese were originally
It is an island country, and the Japanese pirate nature immersed in their bones makes them have talents in water warfare that are unmatched by the Hetao navy.
Water battles are different from land battles. The side battles in water battles are based on battleships. The tonnage of the battleships on both sides is similar, and the combatants on them are also almost the same. The Dongwa Navy has a relatively high combat effectiveness because of its bravery and ruthlessness.
If it is a one-on-one challenge between warships, the Dongbo victory ratio is at least 60%. If the Hetao and Goryeo sides want to take advantage of their military strength, they must at least eliminate all the surrounding shrimps, soldiers and crabs.
"Moreover, although the Eastern Japanese Navy focuses on large warships in naval battles, they are also very proficient in the use of small ships." He Bugui said slowly.
The Eastern Japanese Navy did not dominate the East China Sea from the beginning. The reason why they were able to build large warships was thanks to the existence of the spy An Yongchang. An Yongchang provided the production drawings of the Qingfeng Jiaolong Legion's large battleships to the Eastern Japanese.
And they also secretly kidnapped many craftsmen and went to Dongwa. Before that, the main reason why Dongwa was able to compete with Goryeo Fu Jianglou and Qingfeng Shuishi was that they had reached perfection in the manipulation of small battleships.
the point.
The displacement of large war generals is generally about 3,000 tons, but the displacement of small boats commonly used by the Eastern Japanese varies from fifty to five hundred tons, and most of them are around two hundred tons. Just like the large ships currently hidden in the Eastern Japanese
The same is true for the ships after the battleships. No one dares to underestimate these battleships, although when they appear individually, they are not worthy of the title of battleship at all. But when they all appear on the boundless sea, they cover the sky.
When the sun is densely swarming towards you like ants, the scene is no less shocking than a confrontation between large battleships.
All ships are equipped with very sharp collision angles. Once they are hit by the opponent, even the solidity of a large battleship cannot resist it. The best operator can knock a ship into the air with just one impact.
A large battleship was sunk.
When the Qingfeng Empire's navy was at its peak, it had more than 300 large warships. However, their contempt for the small speedboats of the Eastern Japanese eventually led to bitter consequences. After the Dekang family unified the Eastern Japanese, they expanded to the surrounding areas.
During that period, the large battleships of the Qingfeng Navy completely became a stepping stone for the rise of the Eastern Japanese Navy. In those years, on average, one large battleship was rammed and sunk by the opponent almost every day. The price paid by the opponent was only one
A small speedboat and twenty or thirty soldiers on board. In the end, Qingfeng's large battleships became fewer and fewer. It was these inconspicuous boats that destroyed them.
"My father once said before he was alive that if there was a decisive battle with the Japanese Navy on the deck, it would not be a terrible thing. The most terrifying thing was their fast ship attack like a pack of wolves. There were too many of them, which made our side
It is impossible to dodge at all. And the opponent's speed is extremely fast, which increases the difficulty of defense and evasion several times. Therefore, every time he encounters Dongbo's tactics, he has a headache." He Bugui said slowly.
However, as the Dongwa Navy grew, Dongwa also began to set its sights on a wider world. After all, small speedboats were not suitable for long voyages, so they focused more on making large warships. However, as long as they passed that
People of that era will definitely never forget the small clippers of the East Japan. At that time, the Japanese pirates of the East Japan took full advantage of the flexibility and speed of these small clippers. They divided into groups and adopted wolf pack tactics to defeat the Qingfeng Empire.
They sent large warships from the Goryeo Dynasty to the bottom of the sea one after another. Their most basic way of fighting was to hit each other and then fight hand-to-hand.
Zhang Yuewan was a little confused: "But now it's a headwind!"
He Bugui smiled bitterly: "Mother, the Eastern Japanese navy has reached the ultimate level of operation of this small speedboat. Even in headwinds, they can use the waves below and control the sails to move their boats.
Speed is maximized.”
What He Bugui said is true. The Japanese navy, which has been operating rampantly in the East China Sea for decades, seems to have completely understood the temper of the ocean. The small speedboats they operate can make full use of the surge of the waves.
Constantly accumulating strength, they speed up their progress. At certain moments, their speed seems to be like flying.
However, Fu Jianglou would not give them this opportunity. After fighting against Dongji for so many years, Fu Jianglou knew very well the capabilities of Dongji's navy. At the same time, he also knew very well that if all the opponent's small clippers were activated, his side would
How much damage would be caused. Therefore, he had to strike first and try to spare the large warships of Dongbo. He must destroy all the small ships of Dongbo at the beginning.
Small speedboats that are not moving are simply unable to compete with large battleships, especially when there are a large number of small boats without operators. As soon as the large battleships of the Goryeo Navy rushed in, they were like a devastation.
Dongwa's small speedboat crashed into a pile of scrap wood.
The Dongwa Navy obviously discovered the Goryeo Navy's intentions, and immediately became anxious. The small speedboats fled one after another, and the large warships in front also began to attack the Goryeo Navy. However, the Goryeo Navy did not fight alone.
, and the Jiaolong Legion in Hetao were supporting them at the back. Before the Dongwa Navy had time to turn the sails, the Hetao Navy had already stuck up. He Bugui knew Fu Jianglou’s strategic plan very well, so he just stuck to it.
The large battleships of the Dongwa Navy prevented the opponent from having the opportunity to flank the Koryo Navy.
"Fu Laizi! Fu Laizi! You finally came out, you little turtle!" In the midst of the melee, an angry shout suddenly came from a battleship of the Dongwa Navy!
"Kato Taka, you bitch-like bastard, my commander came here specifically to send you to death today!" There was also a loud shout on the Polu. Fu Jianglou was weak and did not know martial arts, so this sentence was
Lieutenant General Fu Yishan answered.
Kato Taka was furious. Even though they were far apart, everyone could still feel his anger: "Damn lame! This time you are here and you can never leave! Either you die or I die today!"
Fu Jianglou ignored Kato Ying's roar at all. He just waved his aching arm and said to Fu Yishan next to him: "Destroy all the small clippers, and then return to attack."
Fu Yishan was about to take the order and leave, but found that Fu Jianglou's face was frighteningly pale. If he looked carefully, he could see that there was a bright red color near his nose and the corners of his mouth, which turned out to be bleeding.
"Commander!" Fu Yishan said worriedly.
"Go and give the order!" Fu Jianglou shouted in a deep voice, but this time it probably affected his inner abdomen, and he suddenly coughed violently. Under the bright moon, all he coughed up was blood.
Slowly closing his eyes, Fu Jianglou breathed heavily. The situation on the battlefield was already under his control. As long as he did not operate randomly, he would never fail.
Another trace of blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth. Fu Jianglou tried his best to wipe it away, but there was a bitter smile in his heart. No one knew how much energy and effort he spent on winning this battle.
More than ten years ago, he once led the Goryeo navy to pursue Kato Taka here for thousands of miles. However, Kato Taka had a favorable location at the time, and he was not familiar with the situation here, so he was defeated. Therefore, Fu Jianglou's battle also
There is more or less a sense of revenge.
The key to this battle lies in the control of time!