Boom boom...

Gan Ning also fought hard.

All artillery shelled the left flank.

As soon as the enemy's ships approached, they were hit head-on.

A warship in the front row sank on the spot.

The warships behind were also repelled by the huge waves.

"Kill..." Taking advantage of this opportunity, the attacking forces launched an onslaught.

Under the cover of Ganning, several soldiers boarded the deck of the enemy army.

With the enemy soldiers on the deck, mingle.

Next, it's a white-knuckle fight.

Both sides abandoned their rifles in favor of large blades.

Puff puff...

Gan Ning's vanguard troops, each equipped with a large knife, are most suitable for close combat.

Hand-to-hand combat with enemy troops.

Definitely have an advantage.

Syllable! Syllable!

The enemy army found that hand-to-hand combat was indeed no match for the soldiers of the Huaxia Kingdom. They no longer cared about hurting their own people, and all of them used pistols to shoot at close range.

Although most of the bullets can hit the enemy.

But there are also some that hurt themselves.

But...

That doesn't change anything.

Gan Ning's vanguard army, with more than a hundred small boats, had already been fully pressed. More than 20 of them surrounded the enemy's vanguard fighting ships.

All the soldiers, using chains to climb, quickly went to the deck.

"General, look...."

Jiang Qin, Gan Ning's lieutenant, suddenly pointed to the distance: "The warship on the enemy's right flank, it seems to be about to run?!" ”

"How could it be...."Gan Ning looked fiercely, and sure enough, he saw five enemy ships, which were about to turn around. This made Gan Ning puzzled. Could it be that his attack just now made the enemy army frightened?

But he hadn't even sent out the main force, and only let 2,000 people make a small attack. How can it scare the enemy away.

"No..." Gan Ning subconsciously felt that something was wrong.

He instructed several of his regimental commanders: "Listen, all of you, immediately send out a patrol and keep a good guard around." If an enemy ship is spotted approaching, the horn is sounded. ”

"No."

The leaders didn't understand.

The enemy is on the opposite side, how can you be on guard?

......

Time passed quickly.

Ganning's vanguard has captured an enemy ship.

The remaining hundreds of soldiers all climbed on top of the large fighting ship, drove the fighting ship, and walked back.

If there were no enemy forces to obstruct them, they would soon return in battleships.

But...

Will the enemy watch as his own ships are taken away?

Apparently not.

They had three fighting ships, all of which had already set up their cannons.

When he saw that the warship in front of him had been captured, he immediately opened fire and bombarded it.

Boom boom...

Gan Ning, who was in the rear, just wanted to go to play on the large fighting ship, but he heard a series of cannon fires, which startled him. I thought the fighting ship had exploded.

On closer inspection, it turned out that it was the enemy bombing the fighting ship.

He didn't say a word, and gave the order to meet the enemy.

He sent four ships to go around from both sides.

Divided into two routes, north and south, bombarded the enemy's rear.

Boom...

Water warfare with thermal weapons is, in fact, artillery warfare.

Whoever has the best artillery fire will have the upper hand.

In terms of artillery, Ganning's naval army is really not comparable to the Western Shang Empire. Everyone is a large-caliber heavy artillery, and the shells are inexhaustible.

And Gan Ning, just some artillery pieces given to him by Guo Jia, have been used a lot outside Fancheng.

Now that he is here to participate in the war, Tai Shici did not add anything to him.

Compared with the Western Shang Empire, it is really a little worse.

Boom...

Both sides shelled for more than half an hour.

The large fighting ship on the opposite side was sunk after dozens of cannons. The soldiers above did not have time to escape, and all sank into the Yangtze River.

At this time, half a regiment was killed or wounded.

Together with the soldiers lost before, there are as many as two regiments!

Gan Ning didn't dare to be careless.

He began to adopt conservative tactics.

All troops were ordered to retreat.

Cover the wings with artillery.

Machine guns and mortars in the middle army.

Woo woo...

At this moment, Gan Ning heard a trumpet.

He reacted immediately and exclaimed, "It's not good, it must be the five enemy ships that left before and went around our flank." Our patrolling soldiers are giving warnings. ”

"General, it seems to be east." A regimental commander said.

"Let you lead your headquarters to meet this group of enemy troops." Gan Ning Road.

"Yes."

The regimental commander also led five fighting ships to meet the enemy.

Of course, these five fighting ships are not all his soldiers.

It was Gan Ning's personal troops who controlled the warship.

They are the best at water warfare.

They must lead the way to fight the enemy in a boat.

Whoa...

The oars are paddling, the water is rippling, and the speed of the boat is extremely fast.

About half an hour later.

Engage the enemy.

Bang bang bang...

This time artillery was no longer used.

Both are heavy and light machine guns.

Although it is not as powerful as artillery, it has a high attack density.

In addition, there is no shelter on the river, and the bullets have a long range and strong penetrating power.

In the face of the rain of bullets, all the soldiers who participated in the battle did not dare to take the lead.

As long as you come up, you can be killed.

The warships of both sides were five hundred meters apart. At such a close distance, continue to shoot.

The other side.

The battle in Gan Ning's place is almost over.

The main thing is that Ganning has insufficient ammunition and artillery. Now it's hard to hold. If he continued to fight and suffer heavy artillery bombardment from the enemy, his hundreds of ships would have the possibility of sinking into the river. In order to avoid such a tragedy, he had no choice but to retreat and distance himself from the enemy. And in this way, his contest with his opponent will completely fall into disadvantage.

Gan Ning was really unwilling.

He sent someone back to Liyang to ask for instructions, wanting to transfer more artillery.

"General, general..." At this time, soldiers came running from the rear.

"What's the matter?"

The soldier said, "Your Majesty has sent a hundred artillery pieces and 10,000 shells, which have now been transported to our rear army." ”

"Really?"

"Subordinates don't dare to lie."

"Good!"

Gan Ning said excitedly: "Your Majesty is wise. With artillery, it will be difficult for the enemy to compete with me. ”

"Order, bring all the artillery over, so that the enemy is often bombed."

"No..."

A hundred artillery pieces, which had just been delivered to the front, were transferred to the front of the formation.

Under the command of Gan Ning, attack on the opposite side.

This is the second offensive.

More firepower than before.

Boom boom...

There were 10,000 shells, and a hundred rounds were fired.

All smashed into the enemy on the opposite side.

I saw that the enemy's warships were destroyed one by one, some sank into the river, and some began to turn around.

Ganning didn't want any of the enemy ships to escape.

Under the cover of artillery, he personally led the army and drove through the right flank, trying to intercept the enemy's retreat.

At this time.

In Licheng.

Xu Ding was half-lying on the couch.

In front of them sat Jia Xu, Lu Su, Tai Shici, and Zhang Liao.

Because Xu Ding's eyes were closed, everyone thought that Xu Ding was asleep.

"Your Majesty?"

Jia Xu shouted.

"What?" Xu Ding opened his eyes.

Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "The soldiers of the three armies are ready to go, I don't know when they can set off?" ”

Xu Ding said: "It depends on the situation in Gan Ning. If he wins, we're ready to march. If not, how can you cross the river? ”

"So what do we do now?"

"Wait..."

Xu Ding said a word and closed his eyes again.

Continue to use the satellite monitoring system to see the battlefield ahead.

When he saw the river again, he was extremely excited.

I saw that the enemy's ships were already being defeated. Gan Ning led the army to intercept the enemy's retreat, and the various units were encircling in the middle, and the enemy army would soon be surrounded to death.

"Good!"

Xu Ding suddenly opened his eyes and shouted.

Jia Xu and Lu Su were taken aback.

"Your Majesty, you?" Lu Su was a little speechless, this startled almost scared heart attack.

"Ahem..."

Xu Ding said nonsense: "I just had a dream, and I dreamed of Gan Ning's big victory. The enemy army was defeated. Send your men to the front and see. If our army wins, we will cross the river immediately. ”

"Yes."

Zhang Liao answered and went to arrange.

Jia Xu laughed: "Your Majesty, it's just a dream, are you still serious?" ”

"The so-called dream is often reality. Sometimes, reality becomes a dream, doesn't it? Xu Ding's words were a bit profound.

Jia Xu said: "Your Majesty said yes. ”

..........

Xu Ding and Jia Xu, Lu Su, and Tai Shici talked for a short time.

News came from the front.

Gan Ning really won a big victory.

The warships of the Western Shang Empire, a small half of which sank into the river, were mostly captured. More than 1,500 enemy soldiers were captured, and countless guns and shells of various types were captured.

It was a big win.

It is the most brilliant record since the war with the naval army of the Western Shang Empire.

Xu Ding came to the front of the battle and boarded the large fighting ship.

"Your Majesty, the fighting ships made by the Western Shang Empire are indeed much larger than ours. I don't know how to carry the weight. Among them, there must be something worth learning from. Gan Ning said.

"That's why I told you to capture their ships."

Xu Ding entered the cabin.

The cabin is even larger, like a huge warehouse, which can accommodate thousands of people.

Xu Ding had never seen such a big ship.

In modern times, he has only seen ships. But the ship was not so big.

In this ancient period, it is definitely worth marveling at seeing a warship of this size.

"Xingba, what have you gained in this water war with the Western Shang Empire? What is unique about feeling the sailors of the Western Shang Empire? While watching the scene in the cabin, Xu Ding was also asking Gan Ning.

Gan Ning replied: "If it weren't for the 10,000 rounds of shells sent by the lord, the last general... I'm afraid I'm going to lose again. It can be seen that the Western Shang Empire, in terms of water warfare, also said that it has some talents. ”

"At least, their artillery is stronger than ours."

Xu Dingdao: "You told the truth. In fact, the skills of water warfare with hot weapons are not as many as those with cold weapons. The key to their victory lies in artillery. ”

"If the artillery is strong and can sink the enemy ship, then it will be easy to win."

"If the artillery is weak and cannot stand up to the enemy, it will also fail."

"Yes."

Gan Ning has long figured this out.

No matter what military wizards and the art of war, everyone can't compare to the range of artillery. Whoever has a long range and is powerful will be the winner. The weaker side, even if it is calculated, will be difficult to win.

"Go back to Liyang first. Tomorrow, we will cross the Yangtze River again. Xu Dingdao.

"Obey."

The army returned to Liyang by the same route.

In the account.

Xu Ding said: "Xingba, I have discussed with Fengxiao and Wenhe, and I am ready to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the navy. What do you need, just mention it, and after this battle, I will let Xi Zhicai supervise it. ”

"Your Majesty... Is this true? ”

"You have no jokes!"

"Great..." Gan Ning was so happy that he couldn't find the north.

"In the end, we will need 50,000 new troops, build 1,000 warships, and five divisions of weapons, equipment, and ammunition..." As soon as Gan Ning opened his mouth, he reported a lot of numbers.

To put it bluntly, it is to have five divisions.

Jia Xu said: "General Gan, you are too much, right?" How can our country get 50,000 troops? ”

"You can recruit soldiers. Isn't there a youth in the Central Plains? Gan Ning heard Xi Zhicai say it early in the morning. Due to the Great War in the Central Plains, the people of various states and counties were all famous.

And because of the famine, a great number of people died of hunger.

The number of troops that can be collected now is really limited.

But...

Ganning didn't believe it.

How can there be no people in the world?

As long as Xu Ding is willing to make a holy decree, within a few days, the states and counties will recruit tens of thousands of soldiers, and it is said that it is very easy.

"I'm just mentioning this matter first, so that you can be prepared. I promised you, gave five divisions. But now is not the time to talk about it. Before forming these five divisions, you have to bring Liyang's 100,000 troops to Jiangdong. Are you sure? Xu Ding asked.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the last general will definitely complete the task." Gan Ning replied.

.........

Next.

Early in the morning.

Ganning had prepared enough ships.

There are more than 600 ships in total.

More than 300 of them were fishing boats looking for nearby.

These fishing boats are not large enough to fit many soldiers.

But it's a lot of money.

It can still play a role.

The whole army set sail.

Towards the opposite side of the Yangtze River.

In order to ensure the safety of Xu Ding, Jia Xu, and Lu Su, Gan Ning did not dare to be careless at all. He sent three troops as the vanguard. The first force, the scouts, consisted of ten small boats, one at fifty-meter intervals, lined up.

The second unit is the vanguard army. There were 20 fighting ships and 30 ships, carrying the strength of three regiments. That is, a brigade.

Their mission is different from that of the Scouts.

In the event of an enemy attack, you need to start a battle immediately to repel the enemy.

To put it bluntly, they are death squads.

In any case, always the first to appear.

For the army behind, remove all obstacles.

The third unit is the Guards.

Their task is to protect Xu Ding.

If the war in front is not going well, you can protect the senior officials of Huaxia State, as well as Xu Ding, and evacuate the Yangtze River.

Thus.

Gan Ning attaches great importance and caution to this battle.

He didn't want any surprises.

Strive to win all battles.

The three armies were all about five miles apart.

Everything is in the line of sight of the telescope.

Gan Ning is in the rear, and you can clearly see what the situation is at the front. so that adjustments can be made in a timely manner.

Whoa...

The fleet sped up its speed, and every half hour, it could be more than 20 miles. Even Xu Ding didn't believe that the ordinary fishing boat that had just been collected could have such speed.

"From here to Niuducheng, there should be more than fifty miles, right?" Jia Xu asked.

"Hmm."

Xu Ding kept staring and carefully studied the map.

After landing on the shore, after walking for a while, you will arrive at the first city in Jiangdong, Niu Block. It used to be a city of water, but now it has dried up and is no different from other cities.