The four fleets collided in less than a quarter of an hour, and Kong Pei's first attack fleet passed directly through the formation of the Mongol sailors, and then the naval guns on both sides opened fire on the enemy ships on both sides in turn, and the five battleships following him also fired their cannons on both sides, and the whole fleet was like a fire dragon with smoke and thunder. This is the difference between a real battleship and an armed cargo ship, its hull structure allows it to withstand recoil on both sides, as long as it does not fire a salvo at the same time. Moreover, the number of gunners of the battleship is also much larger than that of ordinary armed cargo ships, which can complete the task of loading on both sides at the same time.

The Mongolian sailors had obviously never seen this kind of warfare, and they couldn't estimate that the Jiaosha class would really travel at full speed with full sail and crosswind, and many mortars would lose their targets before they had time to aim. Moreover, they did not know enough about the tactics of meeting the enemy on the side side, and always instinctively preferred to meet the enemy with the strongest bow and the smallest bullet surface, and did not like to face the enemy with a soft belly. This is the instinct of human beings, and it is impossible to figure it out without understanding the true meaning of naval warfare, not only for the Mongolian sailors, but also for the Southern Song Dynasty sailors.

As the 1st Assault Fleet completed the intersperse, Bo Jiao's 2nd Assault Fleet also opened fire, also firing at the same time from both sides of the ship, also forcibly inserting between the two ships of the Mongolian Naval Division. This kind of naval warfare has never been seen in the Mongolian naval divisions, not to mention them, even the Southern Song Dynasty naval divisions will not use this method to fight. Because their ships were not fast enough and their artillery fire was not fierce enough, once they were caught by the two ships of the opposing side, they would be attacked on both sides.

But when it comes to the Royal Fleet, this method becomes the best and most effective offensive formation. It can exert 100% of the firepower of the battleship at the same time, and there is no need to worry about the opponent attacking from both sides. Because the other side did not have the possibility of charging against hundreds of gunwales. That's not called war. It's called looking for death, for fear that he will die slowly, so he hurries to send it up. This is the difference in times and technology, different concepts and different weapons can make the battlefield completely different. What was originally a favorable situation is likely to become unfavorable, and what was originally unfavorable is likely to become very favorable.

Hong Tao's main fleet was relatively the slowest, and the two attack fleets had already begun to turn after completing the crossing, and his Jinhe port side guns began to fire. The ship two hundred meters away, on the northernmost side of the Mongolian naval interceptor fleet, was unlucky, and one of its masts was directly broken by a solid bullet. Below the waterline, it was also hit by the Jinhe's bottom heavy artillery, and the ship's hull began to spin in place as soon as it was crooked.

"Left rudder twenty, course 185, port gun ready!" Weng Ya almost pushed the helmsman away and took the helm herself, except for Hong Tao, she felt that no one was as good as her, which was called a hurry.

"Don't jump around, you still have a child in your belly, why are you so frizzy when you're so adult! Tell the back, it is enough to cripple the enemy ship and lose its ability to move. There's no need to sink directly, the shells don't cost money! Hong Tao watched Weng Ya jump in front of him, shouting and screaming. I can't help it. This Nima is a flower in front of her eyes, so mixed that she can't even think.

"Slam the door!" Weng Ya was distracted by Hong Tao's words and was very unhappy. She likes to see her cannon tear the enemy ship apart, so that she can feel the power of destruction, but unfortunately when she gets to Hong Tao, it will be wasted.

"If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, you'll understand when you have a child!" Hong Tao wondered very much, he was called a loser by others in his previous life and his previous life, why did he become Grande in this life? Could it be that his personality has really changed?

In the high-speed movement battle, the mortars of the Mongolian naval division, which were not very accurate, basically lost their accuracy. The ships on both sides are constantly turning, they can't aim at all, there is no density of fire, and the hit rate is all a matter of luck. At this time, the more anxious he was, the more he couldn't hit, the more he couldn't hit, the more anxious he became, and after a few rounds, the gunner lost confidence and directly turned into a random release.

The three royal fleets were like three small snakes, constantly drilling around the body of the big python of the Mongolian naval division interception fleet, making full use of the naval guns on both sides of the body to spray deadly iron balls at the enemy ships passing on the left and right. The long snake formation of the Mongol interceptor fleet was completely divided into three sections, and was gradually compressed into three piles, which could neither effectively fight back nor echo each other. It is useless to take into account the beginning and end of the usual training and change the formation, so I can only keep shooting in the general direction of the opponent's sea boat, hoping that God will give me the best and win a big prize.

Two hours later, the sound of artillery on the sea gradually stopped, and none of the 50 Mongolian naval warships fell, all of them were sunk and wrecked in the waters at the tip of the Shandong Peninsula. The sea was littered with broken logs, broken masts, half-sunken ships, and people who were alive, wounded, and dead. If you look at it from the sky, this sea that stretches for more than ten kilometers looks like it has just finished dumping garbage, and in this garbage heap, there are more than a dozen warships gathering together.

"Two ships of the 1st Assault Fleet were hit by three shells, the hulls were undamaged, the rigging was slightly damaged, two people were killed and one was seriously wounded!"

"A ship of the 2nd Assault Fleet was hit by a shell, the hull was slightly damaged, it is being repaired, and there are no casualties!"

"Our ships No. 4 and No. 5 each ate a shell, both on the deck, smashed through two decks, the hull was unhindered, three people were killed, two were seriously wounded, and five were lightly wounded!" While the three fleets gathered, they reported the losses to the flagship through the flag, and then the second officer of the Jinhe counted and summarized them, and finally reported them to Hong Tao, the commander-in-chief of the fleet.

"What about ammunition consumption?" Hong Tao was noncommittal about this result, and he was more concerned about the fleet's sustained combat capability.

"It took about a quarter to a third of the consumption." The second officer picked up the notebook and sorted out the data reported by each ship a little, giving a vague idea.

"Keep the pursuit! While sailing, the funeral of the fallen soldiers was held on deck. Inform the ships, pay attention to the consumption of ammunition, just incapacitate the opposing ships, and unnecessary shooting is strictly stopped! Hearing that the ammunition consumption was so large, Hong Tao grinned a little. If the fight continues like this, the Mongolian sailors will intercept it once or twice, and they will run out of ammunition and food. Even if you rush back to the Lisi Islands to get replenishment, this round trip is a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers, and it will take two days at the earliest. With this time, the Mongolian sailors basically crossed the mouth of the Yellow River, and it was less than a day's journey from the Yangtze River. Let more than 400 armed cargo ships full of landing soldiers rush across the Yangtze River, can the Southern Song Dynasty sailors stop it?

"Uncle, what about these people? Let's take them back as slaves, they are more or less trained, and in a few years they may be good sailors. "No matter how fierce Weng Ya is, she is also a girl in her early twenties, and her heart is much softer than that of generals like Hong Tao, Bo Jiao, Mercy, and Kong Pei, who kill people without blinking. Looking at the officers and soldiers of the Mongolian sailors who were floating and shouting on the sea, she was moved by compassion. said that he wanted to arrest them and return them to be slaves, but in fact, he wanted to save their lives.

"When you enter the battlefield, there is no concept of anyone, in the eyes of the captain, there should only be a difference between life and death, and you can't choose more, you can only choose alone. We save them, who will save the people in the cities along the Great Song Dynasty? After the Mongol army landed, those cities would be rivers of blood. They have lost so many people and ships, do you think they will slaughter the city? Hong Tao didn't even look back, and if he looked at that kind of scene more, he would have an extra burden in his heart, and he wouldn't want to see it.

"As long as they don't go to Jinhe Bay, don't touch our shipping routes and ports, what does it matter to me to kill others...... I didn't take their salaries, so why should I think about them! Weng Ya was still unwilling, but she knew that Hong Tao would not change the order, so she could only mutter.

"You get away from me, don't be angry with me here, go see the injured crew!" Hong Tao knew very well that his act of helping the Great Song Dynasty to fight the war did not have much market in Jinhewan, and at least more than half of the people in Jinhewan were reluctant to risk their children's lives to help the Great Song Dynasty fight, especially the younger generation, who had no feelings for the Great Song Dynasty, and at best regarded the Great Song Dynasty as a business partner. Fifty percent of the reason why the parliament was able to pass its own proposal was because of its respect for itself, 30 percent was because it agreed with its own argument that the development of the Jinhe Empire depended on the Great Song Dynasty, and the remaining 20 percent was because of its own fear and blind obedience.

However, as time goes by, when the older generation of Jinhewan people gradually withdraw from the political stage of the Jinhe Empire, and the second and third generations of Jinhewan people become the main force of the empire, such compromises will become less and less. At that time, these students and disciples will wrestle with themselves, the emperor, for the benefit of the Jinhe Empire. It's not that they don't respect themselves, it's not that they don't fear themselves, it's that they have instilled in them another kind of thinking since they were young, that they should not treat things and people, that they must proceed from interests in everything, and that they must not do anything that harms the interests of themselves and their country!

As for whether this result is good or bad, Hong Tao doesn't know exactly what to do. But one thing is certain, these descendants of Jinhewan know how to fight for their own interests, and no one, including the emperor, can influence their thoughts. How do you measure good or bad? For the good things of the Great Song Dynasty, the people of Jinhewan do not necessarily think it is good; The people of Jinhewan don't necessarily think it's bad for the Great Song Dynasty. Whether they can invade the Great Song Dynasty is very face-saving, as for what will happen after they die, Hong Tao didn't expect that he would have any impact on them after he became a statue. If Da Song wants not to be bullied, he has to grow his own skills, and he can save it for a while, but he can't save it for a lifetime. Whether it can last longer and whether it can complete the upgrade depends on the Great Song people themselves.

(To be continued.) )