Chapter 1203: A naval battle is imminent
No matter what the starting point of war is or what its purpose is, war itself is evil after all. For the sake of their different interests and for the sake of their own "justice" in their own eyes, war will never disappear completely.
Because the interests of mankind will not be united, there will always be competition, and war will never be inevitable.
The sky-high flames enveloped the piles of corpses, emitting billowing black smoke. After a few moments, the corpses will be reduced to ashes so that they do not decay and cause disease in the hot climate.
Xia Hongsheng looked at the firelight from a distance, and suddenly felt a little worried in his heart. Will the karmic retribution of this killing be counted on one's head, so that it will hurt one's virtue and be riddled with cause and effect?
However, when I heard the cheers of the Tang soldiers behind me, I was a little relieved. Looking at the corpses of those great cannibal enemy soldiers, although there is a sense of guilt in my heart, but if it is exchanged for the lives of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, there is no need to throw them here, and there is no need to be hypocritical.
"Boss, why don't you take advantage of the victory to pursue, let's kill the past!" Liu Renshi got behind Xia Hongsheng and said.
"There are few people, so you have to be careful!" Xia Hongsheng collected his thoughts, turned his head and said: "At this moment, there are at least tens of thousands of enemy troops on the other side, so we should not go deeper." ”
"So that's it?" Liu Renshi was a little unwilling: "The Great Eater enemy army will definitely be in chaos at this moment, and it is the time to take advantage of the victory to pursue......"
"Liu Renshi, after your unit finishes supplying, set off immediately to bombard the other side, but you don't have to dock, let alone land." Before he finished speaking, Xia Hongsheng said again.
"Huh?" Liu Renshi was stunned.
Xia Hongsheng said: "If the enemy army is gathered within the firing range, it will bombard them with artillery. If the artillery is out of range, there is no need to pursue. ”
"And what if the great cannibals have to come closer to the shore?" Liu Renshi asked.
"On the premise of not landing and not losing the ship, it is natural that you can kill as much as you can against the enemy who is sent to the door." Xia Hongsheng smiled, didn't understand Liu Renshi's thoughts, and said.
"Haha! The last will be ordered! Liu Renshi rubbed his hands excitedly and immediately bowed.
Watching Liu Renshi go out, Su Dingfang said with a smile: "He must be playing some tricks so that the big cannibals think that he is going to land, and when the big cannibals are all assembled on the shore, they are fighting with artillery - but he is right, now is a good time to take advantage of the victory and pursue." ”
"I want to hit it too!" Xia Hongsheng sighed and said, "If it weren't for Li Chongyi and Li Yexu to transfer them away, they would have been beaten by now." Just wait for the second part of them to come back, and then land. Otherwise, we would actually be able to go ashore and fight now, at most two thousand. There are nearly 100,000 enemy troops on the other side, and even if we have the advantage of firearms, it will be too difficult. ”
"Yes." Su Dingfang said: "The terrain here is also unfavorable, if it is mountainous, you can also send an elite army to go ashore and attack it." ”
The Tang army reorganized its ranks, counted the supplies, cleaned up the battlefield, and waited solemnly to prevent the counterattack of the enemy army on the other side.
But out of the strait, the fleet led by Li Chongyi and Li Yexu had converged, and they had slowed down all the way to follow those big food warships for several days, and monitored the movements of the big food division warships through binoculars, but they did not appear in the field of vision of the big food ships.
Li Chongyi and Li Yexu also went to a flagship to discuss and act.
At this moment, Li Yexu was looking at the binoculars while saying to Li Chongyi: "Chongyi, the time has come for our brothers to make great contributions!" There are no less than hundreds of these Great Food Warships, and they are definitely the main force of the Sailors! ”
"Brother Xu, I'm afraid that the warships of Dashi are ten times more than ours, and I'm afraid we can't do it alone." Li Chongyi said: "The ammunition and oil drums on the ship are not enough to deal with so many warships, so we have to negotiate a way." ”
Li Yexu put down the binoculars, nodded, and said, "Yes, it is definitely not possible to hit head-on." There are too many enemy ships, and we don't have enough ammunition and oil drums. If you get close to it, you will not look good. If we're being connected, we're too few of us. There are hundreds of ships on it, and there are hundreds of thousands of people on it. ”
"There are still three fleets in the base of the Three Lan Kingdom. Although they are not steam engine ships, they are all ironclad ships. Li Chongyi said: "Our five fleets combined, there are also hundreds of ships, which can reach at least half of the Great Food War Ships." As long as you can fight quickly and don't give the big food warship a chance to catch up, you won't be afraid of others. ”
"How?" Li Yexu asked.
"In the military academy before, geographically speaking, there is a southward current in the sea here in winter." Li Chongyi said: "I have looked in the past few days, and the sea water is indeed flowing southward. That is to say, we are in the upper stream, and those big food warships are in the lower stream. ”
"Hehe, those big food warships are naturally nasty." Li Yexu squeezed his eyes and said, "Brother Wei has already understood!" What do you think about getting halfway? We're going to have to save some temporary use. ”
Li Chongyi nodded, then turned his head and ordered: "Flag herald, each ship counts the oil drums!" ”
"Calculate the time, the warships left behind in the Sanlan Country base should be about to be able to see the Great Food Warship through the binoculars at this time. It is estimated that in less than two days, it will be encountered. Li Yexu counted the time there and said: "It's too late to put it in, but if it is too early, it will disperse too quickly, and it will be useless." ”
After a pause, Li Yexu said again: "In the order, count all the sampans, set aside one or two for each ship, and fill the rest with oil drums for me!" Ready to let it out! ”
There is nothing more effective against wooden ships than fire attack. Although the artillery is powerful, once it hits, it will inevitably sink it. But in the end, there is a possibility of not hitting. It is most suitable for the first encounter, when the enemy ship has not had time to react, that is a live target that stands still.
But if there is a stalemate for a while, the enemy ships begin to move, and after they disperse, the efficiency of the artillery is not as fast as that of the fire.
There are many warships in the big food, and a few rounds of artillery will definitely not be able to sink them all. After a dozen rounds of artillery at most, the Great Food Battleship will definitely be able to react - even if it is slow and inflexible, a dozen rounds of artillery bombardment will be enough time for it to disperse.
With the number of artillery here, after more than a dozen rounds of shelling, one-third of Da Shi's warships are estimated to lose their combat ability - in other countries, it is estimated that this is already all the sailor warships, but Da Shi dispatched too many warships this time, so it only lost one-third of the warships.
The rest will inevitably be scattered.
At this point, it's time to release the boats.
Ordinary fireships are small boats filled with burning tung oil and rush towards enemy ships, and they are often sunk by enemy ships. And the fireboat released by Datang is not afraid of this. The boat was broken, and the oil drums were still floating on the water. When the oil drum breaks, the gasoline mixture inside will flow out and float with the water, making it easier to get on enemy ships.
At this time, it only takes a few rounds of rockets to pass by, and the sea surface can immediately turn into a sea of fire, encircling the enemy ship into the sea of fire.