"Scythe line strikes." Guo Chongtao looked at the formation of the Jing Navy Navy Division and smiled coldly, and began to beckon the guards behind him to transmit the signal. Since the establishment of the Tiance Navy, a complete information transmission system has been set up in accordance with the knowledge brought by Li Xuanqing from later generations, in addition to the signal flags constantly waving alternately at the mast rudder, there is also a special horn transmission, and soon the sea level will receive a response signal, the two fleets respectively made a big bend on the sea surface, and then crossed forward, and the dense artillery fire flew towards the Jing Navy warships around them like meteors.

"What is the tactic of the scythe line?" After Guo Chongtao gave the order, he handed over the specific command to the captain of the Izumo, and Hu Xiaosi, who was beside him, walked over and asked in surprise.

Guo Chongtao looked at a sailboat not far ahead that was hit by a cannon on the mast, and was directly knocked over by this impact, nodded and smiled: "This is a new type of warship tactics researched by the emperor, we have practiced it before, but today is the first time to use it in actual combat, and it seems that the effect is not bad." However, the revival class is still too small, and the power is not enough, the speed is not fast enough, and fortunately, the opponents are all wooden sailboats, and there is no free power, otherwise we would not be so safe and sound. ”

Hu Xiaosi said with a smile: "The Fuxing is not good, and the Izumo class doesn't seem to be good, although the hull has reached 1,500 tons, almost catching up with the size of the three or four ships on the other side, but how do I think that your navy may not be able to conquer the sea with this kind of ship?" ”

Guo Chongtao said with a smile while looking at the battle situation outside: "Don't worry, Tianjin Shipyard has begun to design a real ironclad battleship, this time it will not be this kind of test ship, but a real regular warship." ”

Hu Xiaosi naturally knew the actions of the Tianjin Shipyard and the status of the navy within the Tiance Army, so he didn't say much, walked up to him and said with a smile: "I said that there are more than 100 sailing ships, do you really plan to fight them one by one?" I'm afraid that your artillery shells may not be enough, right? ”

Hu Xiaosi's words made Guo Chongtao frown, nodded and said: "You're right, it seems that you have to change your mind, I have to change my tactics." After finishing speaking, he began to let the guards behind him give orders, only to see that after a while, the six Fuxing-class battleships began to withdraw from the battle circle one after another, and began to cruise around the battlefield to prevent the other party from taking advantage of the chaos to break through. The Izumo and the Izumi continued to wreak havoc in each other's battle formations, and more than a dozen guns and ballistas on the two huge battleships quickly fired in all directions, and the warships of the Naval Division were constantly hit and caught fire and sank, and the huge sea was full of war flames, and the sound of cannons shook the sky, and the black pillars of smoke swept up like dragons, darkening the entire sky.

"You are not thinking about finding the other party's flagship and then fighting him, right?" Hu Xiaosi faintly guessed Guo Chongtao's thoughts, shook his head and said: "The Jing Navy has been prepared for a long time, and the flagship of the people has long been hidden, and their formation is rehearsed in advance, that is, they will pounce on us at all costs and then fight with us, relying on the number of people to snatch our ironclad ship back." ”

"Don't worry, although the flagship of the Jing Navy is hidden, there will definitely be clues. As expected, they must be hiding in the rear, let's go to their rear formation, and hand over the front to the Going Sea, which can be regarded as completely disrupting them one after the other. Guo Chongtao did not believe in this evil, and commanded the Izumo under his feet to quickly cross the center of the battlefield, and then rushed towards the rear army. Guo Chongtao's move later led to a shocking tragedy. With the Izumo concentrating on a troop transport ship in the rear army, countless Jing Navy soldiers entered the bottom of the sea with the sunken ship, Guo Chongtao also found something abnormal, feeling that the warships of the rear army are all transport ships? The two of them looked at each other and hesitated, but then another troop transport was hit again and caught fire, and countless soldiers jumped into the sea and struggled in the sea under the raging fire.

"Once you will succeed, Chongtao, it's time to make a decision, you can't hesitate." Hu Xiaosi saw Guo Chongtao hesitate, knew what he was thinking, and said: "Although these people are innocent, but we are now recovering the world, and we can't have the kindness of women, otherwise how can the world of the Tang Dynasty be restored?" ”

Although Hu Xiaosi's words were not listened to, in Guo Chongtao's opinion, he was enlightened, and the hesitant look on his face quickly faded, becoming extremely resolute, and said: "I will fight the world for the emperor and seek the well-being of the people of the world, even if it is riddled with murder in the future, it is also the eldest husband who has done something and has not done anything, and sent the order to go down, give me a quick break through the opponent's rear army, and the lookout will look for the traces of the opponent's flagship, and once I find it, I will be bombarded with all my might." ”

Guo Chongtao's order turned the Izumo into a full cannon barrel, only to see that the four artillery pieces began to fire in all directions like a faucet, and countless shells began to frantically attack the battleships of the Jing Navy Division in all directions, and this time it quickly pierced the position of the rear army of the Jing Navy Division, and this time the army that was fighting bloodily on the beach saw it, Feng Mofeng saw the abnormality of the cloud, and his mind was relaxed, and the command began to quickly kill the core of the opponent, and Guo Chongtao's general thoughts, You have to look for the opposing coach to win it in one fell swoop.

It's just that at this time, there are not many Jing Navy on the beach, Feng Mofeng naturally ended the battle quickly, and after killing the Jing Navy, he commanded his subordinates to save the dead and help the wounded, while cleaning up the battlefield, while he himself was observing this naval battle of the century.

The massive bombardment of the Izumo caused the rear warships of the Shizukai Naval Division around him to flee one after another, but the speed of the Izumo was too fast, and these wooden sailing ships were no match for the Izumo, it was like a lion breaking into the flock, and almost no one was an opponent in the back and forth. The counterattacks from the warships of the Silent Navy also came towards the Izumo at this time, and the thick arrows and crossbow arrows were nailed to the bridge and hull of the Izumo, sparks flew everywhere, some glass windows were shattered, glass shards were scattered, and some sailors who could not dodge were injured.

But these injuries are not worth mentioning compared to the damage caused by the Izumo, Hu Xiaosi counted roughly, and almost five or six warships were injured by the Izumo in just one tea hour, and the four guns almost did not stop firing, and the hits of the shelling of those gunners rose rapidly after the shot, and once when the four guns fired, all four shells hit the target, and the four sailing ships exploded around the Izumo, like four fireworks.

"No wonder the emperor said that ironclad warships are epoch-making weapons, and the reason why the navy can be called a navy and is different from the sailors is because it is equipped with ironclad ships and artillery." Hu Xiaosi looked at the Izumo and couldn't help muttering.

"You haven't seen the power of the Izumo yet." Guo Chongtao obviously heard Hu Xiaosi's words, and began to beckon the guards around him to give orders again, this time the Izumo accelerated again, Hu Xiaosi hurriedly calmed down and stabilized his body with a shake of his feet, only to hear the guards constantly giving orders, "The power cabin accelerates with all its might, and all posts are ready to prevent collisions, aiming at the target in front of me to hit me." ”

Hu Xiaosi obviously didn't understand what was going on, so he hurriedly grabbed Guo Chongtao and said loudly: "What are you doing? Ready to hit it directly? Why not artillery? ”

"The barrels of the guns need to cool down, it takes time, and we go and ram the ship in front. Little four, you see so many hedgehogs gathered over there, obviously our target is over there, let's just crash all the way over and take a look. Guo Chongtao grabbed the side and pointed to the direction of the dozen warships in front of him and sneered: "I guess Qu Chengxing must be there, it must be right to crash over, and which ship escapes at that time will be which." ”

As the Izumo accelerated, the huge steam engine drove the Izumo's hull through a long white trail on the sea, and the propeller spun wildly underwater, pushing the huge hull towards the forward.

Such a large behemoth with a whistling sound almost crushed over a sailboat in front of it, and in Hu Xiaosi's stunned eyes, it directly crushed the sailboat into two, and then the fragments were all shattered, and the Izumo obviously installed impact equipment in the bow, and such a big impact was unscathed.

"You're not going to put ramming horns on the Izumo, are you?" Hu Xiaosi gasped, looked at the shadow of a gradually enlarged ship in front of him again, and suddenly couldn't help but ask.

"And the crash." Guo Chongtao smiled slightly and was about to explain, when he suddenly found that a warship in front of him began to turn its rudder, preparing to escape from here. Immediately, he ordered the Izumo to start pursuing.

"Hurry up and catch up with him, Qu Chengxing must be there, as long as that ship is defeated, the rest will definitely be able to make them surrender." Hu Xiaosi obviously understood what was going on, and said with a smile.

In fact, this ship is indeed Qu Chengxing's ship, after the Izumo directly and brutally smashed the sailboat in front of him, Qu Chengxing understood that it was impossible for him to win this naval battle, so he immediately decided to retreat, and at the same time approached the possibility of issuing orders to all the warships, so that they could each break through, taking advantage of the fact that the other side only had eight warships, so that they would definitely be able to save most of the troops and ships.

It's just that his move suddenly exposed his traces and let Guo Chongtao catch him, and the Izumo was almost indomitable, and he didn't care if there was a ship blocking it in front of him, so he directly broke through, locking on Qu Chengmei's ship, and at the same time, the artillery that had been cooling also began to aim, and the three guns in front of him had begun to slowly adjust the firing distance with the gunner's back and forth operation, ready to aim.

Although the naval artillery of this era can be adjusted because of the existence of Li Xuanqing, it does not rely on the advanced hydraulic transmission system of later generations, but relies on gears and pulley groups to adjust, so it is not only slow and not efficient, but it can also be adjusted, which is also a big progress.

As the gunners began to load the shells and fire after the adjustment, the salvo of the three guns made the entire battleship suddenly stunned, and the huge recoil made Hu Xiaosi's feet slide again, only to see the three shells rushed forward together. Because the Izumo had not fired a salvo before, he didn't feel the recoil of the original naval guns, which opened his eyes.

The three shells were quickly discharged and then fell in front, but they did not hit the target, but only fell in the left, front, and right directions of the Qu Chengmei ship, setting off a huge column of water.

Guo Chongtao was not moved in the slightest, but urged to accelerate, so at this time it was a tailwind for the wooden sailboat, Qu Chengmei had obviously thought about the retreat path and direction a long time ago, and at this time, the speed was not slower than that of the Izumo, and even accelerated again after the full sail, and the trend of acceleration did not change.

"Oops, this guy can't really get out, right? The battle must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise it will certainly not have a deterrent effect, and the other sailing ships will definitely escape. Hu Xiaosi also saw the difference, and shouted eagerly.

At this time, the artillery in front of the Izumo fired again, and three shells whistled away again, one of which crossed Qu Chengmei's ship and landed in front of it, this scene made Guo Chongtao breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Straddle shooting, these boys really give me a long face, Qu Chengmei is dead." ”

After Hu Xiaosi heard Guo Chongtao's explanation, he understood what straddle shooting meant, and immediately smiled: "Another round will definitely be able to hit." As soon as the words fell, the Ignorant paused again, and the artillery opened fire again.

"Boom" This time, sure enough, a cannonball hit the stern of the Qu Chengmei ship, and a huge explosion quickly sounded, and the stern of the entire sailing ship was completely shattered, and the sawdust of the ship board flew in all directions.

"Haha, this kid is dead now." Hu Xiaosi shouted happily: "Catch up and catch him alive." After his voice fell, Guo Chongtao's side also began to give orders, only to see the Izumo make a circle to the left, a dozen sailors waited until the Izumo slowed down a little and then jumped into the sea, and the remaining dozen or so people put down a few small boats and headed towards the Qu Chengmiza, which had caught fire and sunk.

"Order the trumpeter to blow the trumpet, Qu Chengmei is dead, those who surrender to the Jing Navy Navy Division will not die, and all the stubborn resistance will be sunk." Guo Chongtao obviously didn't have much hope for this, turned around and gave one last big order, and more than a dozen trumpeters began to blow the conch, and the trumpet flag was also constantly waving flags, making the surrounding Jing Navy sailors surrender, and at the same time summoning other warships to start rounding up.

However, Guo Chongtao didn't hold out hope, but Hu Xiaosi muttered in a divine way, in his opinion, Qu Chengmei must not be dead, but he guessed right, Qu Chengmei escaped from the whirlpool of the sunken ship with a wooden plank at this time, and was about to escape, but was completely stunned by a sudden wooden stick, and the last sentence he heard before losing consciousness was: "Finally caught this kid, the water is really good, like a shark." ”

The capture of Qu Chengxing meant that this naval battle was completely over, and the Tiance Navy won the battle outside Danzhou City, and also won the complete stability of the southern seas. Another revolutionary effect of this naval battle was that the Izumo-class combat power was thoroughly recognized by the navy, and the Tianjin shipyard began to mass-produce such warships after the war, and began to deploy them in the South and North Seas.