Chapter 346: Battle of Donghai Island (1)
Samudan is cautious by nature and cautious in the use of troops, he knew that things were not good after receiving Ali Hague's order to lead the two naval armies of the north and south of Jinghu Lake to the south, and after a careful inquiry, he learned that the warship that the general was going to use to attack Qiongzhou was attacked by the Qiongzhou naval army before it left the port, and all of them were burned, and the naval army also suffered heavy casualties. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info made Samudan realize that the Qiongzhou naval army was good at using surprise attacks and ambushes, and he had traveled thousands of miles from Jinghu Lake to Leizhou.
Therefore, Samudan did not concentrate the Jinghu naval army, but let the small groups of warships scattered in various water villages go south in two ways, one can hide the pre-war intentions and avoid being detected by enemy spies; Second, even if the enemy army learns the news, it is difficult to achieve great results by risking an ambush on the way. Therefore, after receiving the order, it took more than a month for the Jinghu naval army to be assembled in Yulin Prefecture. However, he only told the army that he was ordered to clear out the Jiang bandits and pirates on the Guangnan West Road, and now he was resting and recuperating first, and then marching again after the rainy season had passed, and continued to conceal his battle attempts.
Due to the failure of persuasion to surrender, Ali Hague ordered the naval army to come to Leizhou immediately to prepare for a cross-sea operation. Samudan had no choice but to obey the order, but he still delayed his dispatch for two days in a stormy weather. Because he knew that the wind and rain on the sea would be even greater in such a storm, even if the Song army learned that he was going south, they would not be able to send back the news, and the navy army could not sail in this weather, so he seized the opportunity to brave the wind and rain and traveled hundreds of miles to reach the mouth of the sea today and entered Leizhou Bay.
Although the road was smooth and less than fifty miles from Leizhou, Samudan still did not dare to be careless, because the sea route to Haikang Port had to pass through a narrow waterway at the western end of Donghaizhou, where there were many bays and reefs where troops could be hidden, and if the Song army set up an ambush here, their road would be cut off, blocked in this narrow sea area, and they could not advance or retreat, so they could only fight a decisive battle with the enemy here. Considering that it was a sea-crossing operation, the sea was high and the waves were urgent, and it was necessary to carry a large number of infantry troops. Therefore, there were more than 300 ships of more than 1,000 stone in the navy led by Samudan, each of which could carry more than 500 soldiers, in addition to 100 large ships of 2,000 stone, and the rest were also warships of more than 500 stone.
This time to the south, the Jinghu Navy can be described as the elite out, a total of 20,000 sailors accompanied, it seems that there are many people and large boats, and the boat is also spectacular on the sea. But there are also hidden dangers, that is, there are few people on the ship, and there are only more than 100 soldiers on each big ship, except for the sailors, and the combat effectiveness is not strong. Therefore, Samudan has been trembling for fear of encountering the enemy at sea.
"Ali, you lead the front army to go ahead and check if there is an enemy ambush!" Samudan ordered.
"Yes, Totong!" Although Ali felt that Dutong was too cautious, he still followed the order, got off the ship and transferred to another big ship to lead fifty warships first, and the two armies were about five miles apart and entered the sea area of Xiwan one after the other.
"Yudu Tong, the former army passed through Xiwan smoothly and found no signs of the Song army's activities!"
"The capital is unified, and there is nothing unusual about the troops stationed on the East China Sea Continent!"
"Turn into a large road column to speed up and pass without delay!" Samudan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the camp of the Inspection Division located on Xiwan Island, the Mongolian military flag was still fluttering, and he ordered.
With the sound of the order, the Jinghu sailors began to change formations to the sound of golden drums, and because many of them had never sailed in the sea, they were not used to the sea conditions here, and there was inevitably some confusion. And at this moment, there was a sudden roar, and Samudan looked up and saw that it was a hell of a daylight, only to see countless meteors in the sky dragging red tail flames towards the direction of the fleet.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack......" shouted the lookout post on the mast at this time.
"Quickly find out the situation and let the armies pass quickly!" Samudan's head buzzed, what he was most worried about still happened, but why didn't the former army and the soldiers on the island find the enemy fleet, are they all blind, or the Song army fell from the sky or emerged from the sea, but he can still stabilize such a warship that is not a target.
'Boom, ......boom' Before Samudan gave the first command, the 'meteor' in the sky fell in the middle of the fleet, and a violent explosion occurred, and the wood chips that were hit flew sideways with flesh and blood, and those who were not smashed were also drenched in the water column stirred up by the explosion.
"Dutong, a team of dragon head sea monsters has appeared in the waterway between Northeast Xiwan and Longwan and is rushing towards our army, trying to cut off the back road. In front, hundreds of warships were inserted into the waterway between the Chinese army and the front army, blocking the waterway, and there were also Song soldiers on the island, who were firing meteor cannons. The sergeant quickly sensed the situation and reported it to Samudan.
"Array to meet the enemy, line up to meet the enemy, order the front army to quickly turn around to meet the enemy, flank the enemy and open the way!" Samudan immediately realized that he was besieged on three sides, and that the western coastline was either a cliff or a rocky beach, and there was no way to call the nearest port, so he could only form a formation on the spot to resist the enemy.
However, Samudan forgot that he had given three orders in a short period of time, first changing the formation and changing the single column to pass through this narrow sea lane, then immediately allowing the fleet to pass quickly after being attacked, and now he had to re-form a formation to resist the enemy. Now, some warships have broken away from their positions and accelerated forward to prepare for the passage of the second order, while some have accepted the second order and rushed forward regardless of the order to pass early. Others were made to be Mengden, and they didn't know which order to listen to, so they simply stayed where they were and prepared to form a formation based on the last order.
As a result, the whole fleet was already in chaos, the front wanted to leave, the front army wanted to turn back, the middle one cut forward, and the rear simply stopped the ship and waited for the order from below. As soon as the battle began, the two sides had not officially fought each other, but at this time, the second round of meteor showers also came to add to the chaos, and more violent and intensive, more ships in the move, although it will not sink at once, but it is really scary, smashing is to blow up a piece, and when it hits it, it will lie down a few, and it will catch fire immediately when it encounters flammable things.
There was an unlucky guy who hit the three yuan in a row, not to mention the sails, the helm was destroyed, and the master at the helm became a pile of minced meat, which could not be put together, they were fighting the fire while trying to control the warship that was colliding, but they were powerless to look back and crashed into their companions, and returned to the sea with them. There are many such tragic 'boat accidents', and the small accidents of rear-end collision and scraping are one after another, which makes Samudan, as a traffic policeman, feel like he wants to jump into the sea and die, he can't figure out how things have become like this in a blink of an eye? In fact, in the final analysis, he still has to blame himself...... (To be continued.) )