The Chu naval fleet continued to perform its mission and escorted the troop transport southward.
The battleship Changping is riddled with scars, and every crater on the ship is its military medal.
General Ge Hongliu sent destroyers and torpedo boats to escort the severely damaged and captured warships back to the country.
The Song Navy suffered such a big loss before they found a way to protect themselves from torpedoes.
The main warships will not be sent to attack Chu's army.
Some small-scale exploratory attacks can be solved by a fleet of destroyers.
General Ge Hongliu looked at Army General Xi Sen, who had a solemn expression and had been watching the sand table in the Jinhe area for many days.
He advised: "General Xi, we still have three days to travel and will arrive at Jinhe Port.
General Xi should recharge his batteries during this period. Our army's landing operations cannot be separated from General Xi's command."
When General Xi Sen heard General Ge Hongliu's advice, he showed an expression of unwillingness to admit defeat.
"General Ge fought so well in the naval battle, even if our army cannot fight such a battle that will be remembered in history.
But I can’t perform too poorly, I have to arrange the details as well as possible.”
General Xi Sen also has self-respect, and the navy and army of Chu State are also competing for interests.
Now that the Chu Navy is performing too well, the Chu Army must not perform too poorly.
As different battles of the same war, the performance of Chu's navy and army in this war will inevitably be discussed by the world.
General Xi Sen and Lou Guo performed so poorly that not only his own future was ruined.
He not only represents himself, but also represents the army of Chu State.
If the Army performs too poorly, it will definitely lose a lot of profits.
Xi Sen will definitely become the sinner of the Army and be slapped on the pillar of shame for the rest of his life.
He is under great pressure and will never allow himself to make avoidable mistakes.
General Ge Hongliu saw General Xi Sen and basically didn't listen to what he said.
He did not continue to persuade, but analyzed the subsequent changes on the battlefield.
"When our army attacks the Jinhe area, the defenders of the Song Dynasty have only two options.
They thought they could not hold on and chose to evacuate the Jinhe area.
The probability of this situation occurring is somewhat low, and the higher probability is that the Song Army chooses to defend.
When the Song Dynasty launched this strategy, it was completely gambling on the fate of the country.
If the Song Dynasty abandoned the Jinhe area, they would lose their national destiny.
If it hadn't been for an extremely serious situation in the Song Kingdom, they would not have chosen to give up.
I can only guarantee that the Song Navy will not interfere with the Army’s landing."
General Xi Sen nodded and said: "General Ge can make this guarantee. On behalf of all the soldiers of the army, I am here to thank the navy for its help.
With the promise of the navy, it will be much easier for our army to land and only need to consider the Song army on the shore."
General Xi Sen knew not to transmit his negative emotions to others.
He quickly adjusted his mood and discussed with General Ge Hongliu the cooperation between the army and navy during the landing operation.
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Jinhe Port.
When Jia Yu, the general of the Song Dynasty, first heard that the Chu Kingdom was attacking southward, he was nonchalant about it.
The group of landlubbers from the Chu State may not be able to come all the way to Jinhe Port, and there is a high probability that they will be sent to the bottom of the sea to feed fish by the powerful navy of the Song State.
When General Jia Yu arranged for the construction of Jinhe Port fortifications, he did not stick to the construction schedule.
Everyone in the Song Dynasty had full confidence in the strength of the navy and believed that Chu's army would never be able to reach Jinhe Port.
Either they suffered heavy losses and immediately returned to the country to lick their wounds, or they were all sent to the bottom of the sea.
With the attitude of the Song Dynasty defenders, they did not pay much attention to the fortifications of Jinhe Port.
General Jia Yu's mentality changed when he suddenly received a telegram.
The navy commanded by General Shi Tianyou suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Chu Navy, losing two battleships.
This telegram made General Jia Yu realize that Jinhe Port was absolutely unsafe.
Chu's army may launch an attack on Jinhe Port at any time.
General Jia Yu immediately urged his men to strictly inspect the port's fortifications and urged the construction team to complete the work with quality and quantity.
Under severe punishment and punishment, General Jia Yu really discovered that some fortifications were completely shoddy construction.
He ordered those involved in corruption and fraud to be shot, which deterred others.
General Jia Yu heard the phone ringing. He picked up the phone with a smile. When he heard a sentence from the other party, his expression immediately became solemn.
General Jia Yu took a car and rushed to the port three kilometers away.
He looked out the window at the neatly arranged large-caliber coastal defense guns, with a look of safety on his face.
These are the fortifications he built during this time.
General Jia Yu's imaginary enemy is the Imperial Marine Corps.
He was confident that the Imperial Marines would be able to attack the port for at least seven days.
This port will be a huge meat grinder and will definitely cost Chu State a heavy price.
General Jia Yu came to the port, where the navy was stationed.
He saw a somewhat sad middle-aged general and led everyone to come out.
He is Zhen Hu, the naval general of the Song Dynasty who is as famous as Shi Tianyou.
General Jia Yu said in a serious tone: "Is this true? The Chu army is really going to arrive in the Jinhe area tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
General Zhen Hu welcomed General Jia Yu into the conference room.
He also confirmed the news again.
"The destroyers sent out by the navy have discovered traces of the Chu fleet, which is only about two days away from us.
The Chu fleet has a large number of troop transports and cargo ships, and it is absolutely impossible to imitate them."
General Jia Yu nodded and said: "I agree with the navy's judgment. This time our army and navy must unite to resist Chu's attack.
General Shi Tianyou fought against the Chu State, but lost his troops and retreated.
If we fail again, King Song will be extremely disappointed.
The prospects of the Song Dynasty will also be questioned by many people.
This is something our Chu State is extremely serious about and we must never fail again."
General Zhen Hu agreed: "We have no room to retreat and must defend the colony.
General Jia does not need to worry about the supply of ammunition.
Our country's naval strength still has the upper hand, and there will never be any problems with the supply of ammunition and supplies.
Shi Tianyou was too arrogant. He was a bit arrogant and immersed in the huge ships and cannons.
He believes that as long as a warship is big enough, it will definitely have the upper hand in a naval battle.
There are many such people in the navy.
After this war, these people should realize the problem.
I would never make this mistake of underestimating the enemy.
At that time, I was the general commanding the battle, so he would have chosen to sacrifice the small boat to save the big ship.
After my research and collection of information published by the empire, I have gained some ideas on how to deal with the Chu army’s secret weapons.”
General Jia Yu asked in surprise: "The Navy already has a solution, that's great.
As long as the navy is not afraid of Chu's secret weapon.
As long as we can properly display the strength of the navy, we will not have to pay a high price to defend Jinhe Port."
When General Jia Yu heard what General Zhen Hu said, he became more confident.
The Song army knew that the Chu army was about to arrive, and they immediately entered a state of combat readiness.
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General Ge Hongliu looked at the Chu navy in neat formation at Jinhe Port ahead.
They were two battle-damaged battleships against four heyday battleships.
Their reliance was the torpedo boats, and the two sides used war weapons to contain each other.
The strength of Chu's navy to achieve this level is already rare and valuable.
General Xi Sen also saw the Song Navy in front, and he even saw heavily defended land fortifications.
He gave the order to fight.
"Notify all ministries to implement combat plan No. 6."
General Xi Sen recalled the contents of Operation Plan No. 6.
This plan mainly takes into account that the Song Army is not strong and will inevitably focus on defensive offensive.
Jinhe Port does not have the resources that Chu State must capture.
Plan No. 6 is to use part of the Chu army to pretend to be the main force and pretend to attack Jinhe Port.
The real main force of the Chu army landed far away from the battlefield.
They built powerful fortifications on the road, where Chu and Song fought a war of attrition.
The Chu Army immediately launched a feint attack. It seemed that the scale of the attack was large, but in fact the advance was very slow.
Most of the Chu army's troops, escorted by navy destroyers, have landed on a beach twenty kilometers away from Jinhe Port.
When the Jinhe area was in the hands of the Chu State, the Chu army had already explored the surrounding areas, and they knew the situation around Jinhe Port very well.
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General Jia Yu saw that the war had begun, but he was always in a nervous mood.
When he saw the Chu State's landing army, they were suppressed by the powerful firepower on the shore and unable to move forward.
General Jia Yu had a smile on his face. The Song Army would prove it in his hands.
This battle made everyone know that it was not that the Song Army was incompetent, but that the previous generals were incompetent.
When Zhen Hu, the naval general of the Song Dynasty, saw the situation on the shore, they were still in the stalemate stage, but the firepower on the shore was obviously superior.
He found that the Chu army had relatively few attacking soldiers, and most of them were preparing in the rear.
He was not surprised by this situation. Landing on the beach must rely on an elite army to occupy a stable beach position.
Ordinary big-headed soldiers rushed to the shore regardless, and what awaited them was only more intense artillery fire.
Only after elite soldiers have established a solid position can ordinary soldiers go ashore to expand the results of the battle.
Including the Song Dynasty, most countries' beach landing operations followed this model.
Zhen Hu did not put too much energy on the shore.
He looked at the Chu navy fleet approaching them in a tight formation.
General Zhen Hu lamented Shi Tianyou's stupidity.
The most important battleship of the navy should be at the center of the military formation, not at the edge.
If the enemy breaks into this position, heavy losses will definitely occur.
In the navy commanded by Zhen Hu, battleships are located at the center, cruisers are at the periphery, and destroyers are at the outermost periphery.
Some destroyers move freely through the sea, while others maintain formation and distance.
General Ge Hongliu saw the Chu navy fleet acting cautiously.
He smiled. This time they had achieved enough military honors.
The most important task now is to wait for the Army's landing to be completed.
The navies of the two countries deter each other, which is something they can accept.
While General Ge Hongliu was smiling, he heard a familiar scream.
This is the sound produced by the rapid flight of large-caliber artillery shells.
He saw the battleships of the Song Navy fleet firing salvos at the Chu Navy Fleet.
Now only the main guns of the two battleships can resist.
The range of the cruiser's guns is not enough, let alone that of a destroyer.
The torpedo boat couldn't help at all at this distance.
General Ge Hongliu saw the Song navy fleet launching an attack.
He knew that the Song Navy fleet was not being cautious, they wanted to fight the Chu Navy fleet in a decisive battle.
General Ge Hongliu must not retreat until this time.
He also issued the order for a general attack.
The warships covered the torpedo boats and launched an attack on the Song Navy fleet.
He could defeat the previous Song Navy fleet, and he can also defeat the current Song Navy fleet.
The torpedo boats lived up to expectations. They did not sacrifice themselves and rushed to the front of the Song Navy.
When General Zhen Hu saw this situation, he frowned and said: "The admiral of the Chu navy opposite, is completely looking down on me.
Using the same tactics, he wanted to defeat the Song Navy for the second time.
No matter how stupid a person is, he knows that at this time, he should make changes."
The situation on the battlefield changed quickly, and the destroyers of the Song Navy moved freely in front.
They used rapid-fire cannons and machine guns to attack the torpedo boats they could encounter.
Some destroyers saw the torpedo boats next to them and wanted to pass by.
Without any hesitation, they accelerated directly into these torpedo boats.
The powerful force generated by the torpedo explosion on the torpedo boat still failed to prevent the Song Dynasty's destroyer from attacking the torpedo boat by ramming it.
Zhen Hu said calmly: "Not only do you, the Chu State, dare to sacrifice, but our heroic naval officers from the Song State also dare to sacrifice.
They sacrificed their lives to protect the safety of the battleship.
Brothers, please work harder and aim the naval guns more accurately."
The navy officers of the Song Dynasty were stimulated and their morale became even higher.
General Ge Hongliu wiped the sweat from his forehead.
The Song Navy was indeed very powerful. The Song Navy he encountered before was just because they didn't understand torpedo boats.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The torpedo boat was subjected to concentrated fire from the enemy. This situation had been anticipated before the war started.
A large number of torpedo boats were destroyed by the Song Navy, but some lucky torpedo boats rushed to the edge of the Song Navy fleet.
The battleships were tightly guarded inside, and the torpedo boats could only do the next best thing and choose to attack the cruisers.
General Ge Hongliu waited for the torpedo to make a success, but he found that the torpedo suddenly exploded midway.
One or two may be due to special circumstances, and most of the torpedoes were detonated. It can only be said that the Song Navy found a way to deal with the torpedoes.
General Ge Hongliu frowned. If this happened, the navy would really have to compete with the Song Navy for strength.
He has a very good understanding of the strength of Chu's navy.
Except for the trickery of torpedo boats, the Chu Navy was completely unable to compete with the Song Navy in terms of hard power.
General Ge Hongliu is thinking about what choice he should make?
A telegram from the battlefield helped him make up his mind.
This is a telegram sent by General Xi Sen. They built the plank road openly and secretly planned Chencang's plan, and achieved complete success.
The troops who pretended to attack were well disguised and did not arouse the suspicion of the Song defenders.
The main army of Chu State landed from the sea without any resistance.
Now that a complete position has been established, the feint troops do not need to continue pretending. General Xi Sen asked them to withdraw immediately.
General Ge Hongliu saw that the army had achieved its combat objectives.
He only needs to deal with the Song Navy.
General Ge Hongliu immediately ordered the frontline warships to evacuate from the battlefield in an orderly manner.
This was due to the caution of the Song Navy fleet.
These warships form a semicircle to protect the safety of top generals.
They did not form an encirclement, which allowed the Chu navy to seize the rare opportunity and escape from the battlefield.