"Am I supposed to be rewarded?" As soon as Weng Ya heard that she had sunk the flagship of the Mongolian Naval Division, whether it was a real flagship or not, anyway, Hong Tao said that it might be basically true.

"What do you want? Don't mention money to me, and don't mention gold, silver, and jewelry. I'm a poor man now, and I'm not as well paid as you! As soon as he heard that Weng Ya was going to be rewarded, Hong Tao immediately became vigilant. After an average distribution of ten years, the people of Jinhewan basically have no special requirements, and now that they have a salary, they have immediately learned various ways to enjoy themselves. Gold and silver jewelry, jewelry and jade, calligraphy and painting folding fans and other things are very popular in Jinhewan, and I don't know that they have so much money there, not only women want to be stinky and beautiful, but many men are also blind.

"I want my uncle's big black cat......" Weng Ya pointed to the captain's room.

"Isn't there a cat in Jinhe City, why do you have to have me!" Hong Tao regretted a little that he forgot to include the picture in the range that he couldn't talk about just now, and as a result, this girl was caught by a loophole.

"Those cats are too cowardly, they run away when they see your big black cat, it's boring, I want to be awesome!" What kind of people play with what birds, the ancients did not deceive me! Weng Ya's reason is very simple, it is because the picture is powerful. Nonsense, this is a cougar, even if it is still small, it is not something that a cat dares to mess with.

"No, this is a love gift from your uncle's new daughter-in-law. It's not your uncle who picks the door, it's your new aunt who is dead-headed, if I give it to you, it means that I don't want her, she will carry a knife and fight with me when she finds out, let's change it! Of course, the picture cannot be given away, the Indians are dead-headed, and the oath they have made cannot be broken for the rest of their lives, this is their creed, whether it is a father and a son or a husband and wife.

"Why do you always have a new daughter-in-law to marry...... Then go catch me with one of the same! Weng Ya didn't have too many complaints about her flowery uncle, and she didn't forget to raise a lion cub.

"After the battle, I will talk about it, and if I win, I will have everything. Defeat none at all! Hong Tao couldn't explain to Weng Ya that America was too far away from here, and now was not the time to explain, so he had to perfunctory first.

"Cut, what's the difficulty, if they can still beat us? Put it in the Indian Ocean, you don't need to fire a cannon. The wind and waves alone cost their lives. Twenty on the right side, course one hundred and sixty-five, starboard ready for shelling! "Weng Ya seriously discriminated against the combat level of the Mongolian sailors, and she did not think that her fleet would lose.

Just when the main fleet began to turn for the third time, there was a faint sound of dense artillery behind the Mongolian naval division, and the attack fleet of Kong Pei and Bo Jiao was finally in position, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Mongolian naval division's forward blockage, they also began to attack behind the last detachment of the Mongolian naval division. Compared to the seven armed cargo ships carried by the Golden River, a pure battleship is not a combat level. Jiao Shark's speed, steering ability, and attack power are more than a notch higher. Their emaciated hulls were designed for combat, and the ferocity of the two-tiered 135 long-barreled cannon was unmatched by the 80mm deck gun.

The two attack fleets, about a kilometer apart in the darkness of the night, followed firmly behind the Mongol sailors, one on the left and one on the right, while drawing a figure-eight shape. After the port shelling is completed, the starboard gun is used to continue the beating, and a figure-8 is drawn. The left and right guns were fired once, and at the same time, the tail of the Mongolian sailors was gnawed off. In the face of the Jiao Shark-class battleship that is traveling at high speed and constantly turning. The projectiles fired by the Mongolian mortar are basically negligible, even if they take a shot, it will be fine, at most they will smash a hole in the deck, without damaging any combat effectiveness.

However, once the warships of the Mongolian naval division were approached by these hungry wolves at sea to within 200 meters and fired at the tail, they basically stopped eating after receiving a single shell. The stern is the most vulnerable part of the whole sailboat, because there are rudders there. Even if the shells did not cause much damage to the hull, as long as they hit the rudder, the ship would be considered useless. A sea ship that can't even control its direction is not as good as a small sampan.

The strangulation battle was repetitive and monotonous, and the Mongolian sailor was like a bison. No matter how it blocked and dragged its feet, it ignored it completely, and still stubbornly moved forward in the original direction. Even the compatriots who fell into the water were not rescued, as long as they were a little far away from the boat, they all gave up, and rushed forward with all the sails full.

An hour and a half later, when the sky was completely bright, Hong Tao gave the order to stop the attack. The main fleet and the two attack fleets broke away from contact with the enemy fleet, and slowly came together again, still moving east side by side with the Mongol sailors. It's not that Hong Tao doesn't want to fight, but the sailors have been busy all night, and it's time to have breakfast and change shifts.

The battle was going to go on for days, and it didn't exhaust everyone. Moreover, Hong Tao's goal has been achieved, not only effectively killing and injuring more than ten warships of the Mongolian naval division, but also slowing down their advance a lot. According to estimates, they should have reached the easternmost tip of the Shandong Peninsula in the early hours of the morning, and then began to think about turning southeast. However, after a night of stalking and harassment, the sky was dawn, and they had not yet seen the smoke signal from the beacon tower in the easternmost part of the peninsula, and it was estimated that they would have to walk another 30 kilometers.

Thirty kilometers, even if they could travel an average speed of five knots, they would have to walk for three hours, and then the royal fleet, which had eaten and drunk enough to change shifts, would take advantage of their turn and pounce on it for a few more bites. Anyway, you can't let them be idle, walk all the way and bite all the way, don't ask for a big mouthful, but ask for it to work every time. Hong Tao wanted to see how much endurance the commander of the Mongolian naval division could have, and what choice he would make when he saw his ships dwindling one by one.

In fact, even if the commander of the Mongolian naval division was replaced by Hong Tao himself, he could not think of any good way to deal with the current situation. A slow ship means that you can't get close to the opponent, so you can only defend passively. The lack of artillery power and range means that it cannot be fired at the same distance as the enemy, and it is impossible to even fight back. You can't chase or fight, and this kind of battle is okay even if Nelson comes.

The only way was for the Mongol sailors to detach some ships to be cannon fodder and force their fleet far away. Don't ask for damage, but ask for the war to stay away from the main fleet, exchange space for time, and let the main fleet have time to continue to rush south. If the time drags on long enough, and then encounters any rainy and foggy weather, Hong Tao really can't guarantee that he will be able to find the trace of this fleet on the sea soon. Then we can only rush to the next station first, and see if we can intercept the southbound Mongolian sailors at the mouth of the Yangtze River or somewhere. Then the Mongolian sailors repeated the old tricks, and then divided a part of the warships to serve as shields, and on two occasions, the remaining Mongolian sailors were really likely to rush across the Yangtze River and approach the hinterland of the Southern Song Dynasty.

But this choice is risky and costly, and no one knows exactly how many ships will be divided and how much time will be gained. If there is a mistake in the calculation, the ships that are divided may be eaten little by little, and whether the commander of the Mongolian naval division dares to gamble with himself like this is a big question.

If the other party really dares, then Hong Tao is really right, the amount of ammunition carried on the battleship is limited, whether it is bronze artillery or cast iron artillery, the number of times the cannon can be fired is also limited. After continuous firing, the inside of the gun is very hot, and the ammunition pack does not need to be ignited when it is put in, and it explodes on its own. It is not practical to want to use a dozen warships to wipe out all the more than 600 warships. Hong Tao is here to make trouble, as long as the Mongolian sailors are disturbed, make them timid and frightened, and then cause them as much damage as possible by the way, the initial goal will be achieved.

"Marshal, it can't go on like this, our fleet is slow, and the artillery is not as long as theirs, so we are completely in a situation of being beaten passively. The opposing commanders are very experienced in combat, and the sailors are all old sailors, and it can be seen from the fact that when they turned again and again, the formation was not chaotic at all, and these people were people who had been floating on the sea all year round, and they had even more time at sea than on land. The sea is their grassland, the sea ship is their war horse, and it is impossible to wait for them to take the initiative to make mistakes. If we allow our fleet to harass our fleet so easily, I am afraid that in three or four days, our sailors will be driven crazy, and no one will know who will be the next ship to be sunk, which is a very bad feeling. ”

At this time, on the acting flagship of the Mongolian sailors, Chagatai was sitting on the stern with his hair scattered and drenched. His flagship was sunk, but he was fatally pulled onto a board by several of his own soldiers, and then he was rescued and temporarily returned to the flagship of the second detachment as his own. The commander of this detachment was a large cannibal with his head wrapped in a white cloth, and he was also the chief instructor of the entire Mongolian naval division.

"Muhammad, is there anything you can do to help the Empire through this? The empire can't lose, as long as you can let the imperial soldiers land in the south, after you go back, you will be a hereditary household, and I will let the Great Khan give you a fief in your hometown, and your family will be in charge for generations. "Chagatai was soaked in the sea once, and he lost the pride he had when he first set off. Compared to the sea, people seem smaller than ants, and it is not at all something that determination and courage can make up for. However, this encounter did not make him timid and flustered, but calmed down, and the advice of professionals carried a lot more weight in his eyes at this time.

“…… There is a way, but I dare not say ......" Muhammad looked at the generals of the various tribes on the left and right, licked his lips and hesitated.

"Don't be afraid, as long as you help the empire through this difficult time, I will immediately marry you as a brother, and you are also the brother of the Great Khan. Whoever dares to be disrespectful to the brothers of the Great Khan, I and the Great Khan are the first to refuse! Chagatai understood Muhammad's feelings, and his methods must have harmed the interests of the other Mongol nobles, so he did not dare to say anything, for fear of retaliation from those nobles afterwards. He was a foreigner in the empire, and he was simply unable to resist retribution from the upper echelons of the empire.

(To be continued.) )