Chapter 451: The First Battle
A few days later, Wu Hao, the guerrilla general of the right battalion of the Yingyang Army, rushed to Dongping Island again, and Feng Xiang rushed to the dock to meet him with his detachment captains Zheng Cheng and Guan Wu, as well as captains Bai Yan, An Jianhai, Shen Fei, Ji Yu, Fan Jingyu, Liu Dongling, Tan Chao, and Feng Wei.
After Wu Hao got off the boat, everyone began to discuss in the expanding camp.
"I don't know if the general is coming this time, can there be an order from the head town?"
Wu Hao smiled and said to Feng Xiang and the others: "Indeed! ”
Feng Xiang and the others stood up one after another when they heard this, and everyone looked at Wu Hao with solemn faces, waiting for Wu Hao to announce Liu Juntao's order.
Seeing this, Wu Hao did not delay, and said: "By the order of Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, the captain of Shangqingche, and the general of Zhaoyong: appoint Feng Xiang as the commander of the Dongping Island Navy, and within three days, the commander will order the Dongping Island Navy to go to sea and exterminate the Haikou north of Dongping Island!" ”
After listening to the order, Feng Xiang was first overjoyed, he finally had an official status, although he was not an official of the imperial court, but he was also the internal military attache of Shandong Town, and according to the number of commanders, it was equivalent to the general rank!
Immediately afterwards, Feng Xiang heard that Liu Juntao ordered him to lead his troops to attack and exterminate the surrounding pirates, and he was a little nervous in his heart.
Although the combat power of the fleet has increased a lot at this time, not only is it equipped with eight new ships, it has ten guns, but also three or four hundred people under its command, except for those sailors, the rest of the men and horses are all elite birds, even sailors are good at hand-to-hand combat on the water!
This kind of strength was something Feng Xiang couldn't have imagined in the past few years.
But since the reorganization, Feng Xiang has never led his troops to attack, even if it was a small fight before, there was no large-scale initiative at all, at least not like this time, specifically to go to fight!
Therefore, Feng Xiang was still a little nervous in his heart.
Wu Hao also saw it, and asked with a smile: "Why, doesn't Commander Feng have confidence in our navy?" ”
"Not really."
Feng Xiang smiled, and then prepared to wash the dust for Wu Hao.
But Wu Hao said: "No need, I'm going back, the head town has an order to let me rectify the defense in the jurisdiction." ”
Not long after, watching Wu Hao and his entourage go away by boat, Feng Xiang stood on the dock, and his heart was also excited.
On the same day, Feng Xiang issued an order to mobilize, and all three or four hundred men and horses on Dongping Island took action, and the eight lucky ships were also ready to sail.
According to Feng Xiang's deployment, the one hundred and six bird gunners stationed in the battalion still stayed on the island to prevent the sea lord Sui Yuxing's troops from coming to raid.
With the geographical advantage of Dongping Island, these one hundred and six bird-screws can hold out until the main force returns to support.
And Feng Xiang will lead the entire fleet to set off to search for the traces of the Haikou and find an opportunity to fight.
Two days later, the fleet rode the wind and set off.
It didn't take long for the fleet to discover the situation in the sea area more than ten miles north of Dongping Island, and three sand boats, which were larger than fishing boats, appeared on the surface of the sea.
Feng Xiang stood on the flagship and sneered, these three sand boats looked like sea bandits, ordinary fishermen would never approach the range of twenty miles around Dongping Island, this range is where the sea trade routes are dense, and it is also the place where all kinds of sea lords haunt.
Therefore, the fleet that appears here is either a caravan or a pirate!
"Herald! The left detachment and the right detachment immediately carried out a flanking attack! ”
Soon, the right detachment waved a flag to indicate that it had received an order.
Only a moment later, eight ships and two detachments rushed out on the left and right, and surrounded the three sand boats, and the ten guns were all equipped on the flagships of the left and right detachments, and at this time the two flagships were at the front of their respective detachments, directly pounced on the three sand boats.
"Fire!"
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
The two flagships fired almost at the same time, and the two ships each fired with one side of the artillery, and a wave of fire was six guns, but none of these six shells hit the enemy, and even the nearest shell was dozens of paces away from the enemy's sand boats!
Seeing this result, Feng Xiang and his subordinates were dumbfounded, the gunners on the ship were all sent by Shandong Town, and more than a dozen apprentices were also trained during this time.
But when it came to the sea, on the bumpy deck, these gunners, who had been hit by a hundred shots, were dumbfounded, and the hit rate of a salvo turned out to be zero, and they directly handed in a blank sheet!
Seeing this, Feng Xiang's face became extremely gloomy, Liu Juntao valued himself so much, and spared no expense to build his rabble into "elite soldiers", and now he can be regarded as a whole army for several months, is it such an achievement?
"Go back like this, the head town won't cut me directly!"
For Feng Xiang, if he goes back with such achievements, even if Liu Juntao doesn't kill himself, he won't have the face to live anymore!
So, Feng Xiang roared, commanded the left and right detachments to rush up directly, since the artillery missed, then rushed to the front, and directly bombarded with birds.
"I don't believe it, one hundred and sixty-eight bird-sturding men on eight lucky ships, I don't believe that I can't kill you sea bandits!"
It didn't take long for the eight lucky ships to rush to the front, the three sand ships had no way out, and the dozens of pirates on the ship were all dumbfounded, but they didn't expect such a fleet to suddenly appear and directly kill themselves.
"Which friend of the Tao is it? We are the subordinates of Sui in charge of Darshan Island, and the leading friend came out to say a word! ”
On a large sand boat, a leader stood at the bow and yelled loudly.
Feng Xiang also froze when he heard the shout, and then suddenly laughed, and said to Liu Dongling, the captain of the left detachment beside him: "I really didn't expect that the road is narrow!" Give it to me! Not a single one to stay! ”
In the past, the sea lord Sui Yuxing's department was strong, and he had been bullying Feng Xiang's department, and controlled most of the sea areas around Anton Wei.
Many of Feng Xiang's men died in the hands of Sui Yuxing, and Feng Xiang can be said to have a deep hatred for Sui Yuxing!
The eight lucky boats had no intention of stopping, and directly crossed the three sand boats, and one hundred and sixty-eight bird gunners set up bird guns on the side of the ship, followed by bursts of fierce fire.
These Sui Yuxing's subordinates saw that the eight sea ships were all in the style of Fu ships, and they all thought that they were official and military sailors, coupled with the continuous bombardment of fierce firearms, they were suddenly frightened and had no intention of fighting, and they shouted and surrendered after a quarter of an hour.
Subsequently, Feng Xiang commanded his birdmen to board the ship, and more than a dozen of the thieves on the three sand boats were killed and wounded, and the rest all knelt on the deck and surrendered, and no one dared to resist.
But at this moment, those thieves on the sand boat were taken aback when they saw that the enemy who boarded the ship was not an official soldier, and many people asked about the origin of Feng Xiang and the others.
"Bastard!"
An Jianhai, the captain who led the team to board the ship, kicked away a thief who stepped forward to inquire, and said, "Lao Tzu is the Navy of Dongping Island!" Whoever dares to waste a word again, Lao Tzu will kill you now! ”
At this moment, these thieves were suddenly dumbfounded, and some bold thieves began to communicate secretly, ready to rise up and resist.
An Jianhai immediately noticed it, and directly raised the bird gun to kill one of the thieves led by him, and shouted at the remaining thieves: "Who else!" If you dare to move again, this is the end! ”
Seeing this, the rest of the thieves did not dare to move, and after a while they were trapped by the soldiers.
At this moment, Feng Xiang, who was on the flagship, suddenly saw a fleet of ships appear on the sea in the distance, and there were more than 20 searches!
"Haikou!"
"Haikou!"
Feng Xiang looked over there and saw a big Sui flag erected on a Dafu ship, so he gritted his teeth and said, "What a coincidence!" It looks like there's going to be a tough battle! ”
After saying that, Feng Xiang ordered that all the prisoners be thrown into the sea, and the three sand boats were all sunk.
After a while, amid the angry scolding of the captives, the pirates were thrown into the sea, and it didn't take long for them to sink one by one, and the three sand ships were also sunk by the earth-shattering thunder.
"Herald! The left and right detachments regrouped! Advance! ”