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Chapter 444: Two Heroes Fight (2)

This is a competition that no one can afford to lose, although it is only on paper, but it is related to the gain and loss of the handsome position, whether it is the thirteenth elder brother or the fourteenth elder brother are very cautious, no one dares to take it lightly, and they are not in a hurry to move forward, each slowly adjusts in the rear, it seems that they are waiting for the other party's move, the plate is inevitably a little dull, a group of courtiers do not know much about the way of naval warfare, this time the two of them are there mushrooms are not finished, but they are all quite impatient, but the old man is present, But no one dared to say anything, so they could only watch there boredly.

Seeing that the old fourteen refused to move his nest, the old thirteen obviously did not intend to maintain such a peaceful confrontation situation, but seeing that his brows were furrowed, he led the pioneers to start moving forward, but the two fleets were gradually moving apart, and they seemed to have their own posture, and they no longer saw the previous echo of each other.

As soon as the old thirteen moved like this, the old fourteen couldn't hold it steady, and then saw that the distance between the two fleets of the old thirteen was getting bigger and bigger, and he had the heart of each break, his eyebrows raised, his hands fell, and the whole fleet moved in unison, like a dark cloud to the left fleet of the old thirteen.

At this time, both sides are crosswinds, the speed is average, the distance between each other was quickly shortened to less than ten squares, has been close to four squares of combat distance, and the old thirteen's right sub-fleet is still far away from forty squares, if it really faces, the old thirteen's left fleet has only one end, that is, it is annihilated by the old fourteen's superior fleet, obviously, such a loss-making transaction the old thirteen will not do it, but see its luck like a fly dispatching the direction of the fleet, With the help of the tailwind from the east of the north, he began to retreat to the southwest, and when the old fourteen saw this, he naturally refused to give up, and also adjusted the direction of the fleet, intending to launch a fierce pursuit, and in one fell swoop, the old thirteen's left fleet was forced into a dead end, and then annihilated in one fell swoop.

The old fourteen's calculation is undoubtedly very beautiful, but unfortunately he forgot one point, that is, the total number of ships in his fleet is more than the old thirteen, and the frontal combat is of course a great advantage, but it is not easy to turn his head in one fell swoop, the number of steps required is full of twice that of the old thirteen, this gap is obviously too big, and when he has just adjusted the course of the whole fleet, the left side of the old thirteen has made a maneuver again, turned around, and turned to the right again, drawing a wonderful arc, has turned to the side of the old fourteen, put on an assault posture that went straight to the flank of the old fourteen.

As soon as the thirteenth turned like this, the old fourteenth immediately realized that something was wrong, hurriedly followed the turn, and hurriedly turned the fleet in another direction, preparing to meet the impact of the old thirteen, but he didn't expect that the posture of the old thirteen such an assault was just a false shot, and he did not really launch an attack, but turned the direction again, drew an arc, and headed towards a sea area full of reefs.

Seeing that the old thirteen teased himself, he actually turned around and ran, the old fourteen couldn't help but be angry, and then saw that the old thirteen's right fleet was still in the distance, and there was no sign of coming forward to merge with the left fleet, the old fourteen immediately turned his heart sideways, and led the whole fleet to launch a crazy pursuit, intending to force the old thirteen's fleet into the reef-covered sea area to be encircled and annihilated.

The old fourteen's intentions are too obvious, and the bystanders can see it, not to mention the old thirteen of the authorities, but the old thirteen doesn't seem to care, Shi Shiran commanded the left fleet to sail into the reef sea, the speed of the ship slowed down instantly, and one step can only go up one square, the old fourteen, who was originally about twenty squares behind, quickly drove the troops to arrive, and also rushed into the reef sea, the distance between each other is only six squares, and there may be a firefight at any time, and the situation is obviously extremely unfavorable to the old thirteen with fewer troops.

Divide the troops! Just when the old fourteen was already chasing closer, the old thirteen made adjustments again, the whole fleet was divided into three, each team of five ships, scattered in three directions, so the whole thing, the old fourteen can be embarrassed, to chase or not to chase? How to chase? After thinking about it for a while, the old fourteen still decided not to divide the troops, but only chase one of the roads, one is to prevent the old thirteen from being broken by each one, and the other is also to think about hurting his ten fingers, not to cut off one of his fingers, so the old fourteen's fleet is so concentrated together, the tail is chasing one of the roads, no matter how the old thirteen escapes, and will not relax half a step.

The huge fleet to pursue, the number of steps required is a lot, compared to the five warships of the old thirteen, the action of the old fourteen fleet is inevitably a little careless, the pursuit is only a dozen steps, the old fourteen originally tight formation has been pulled into a long snake formation, until the general out of the reef sea, but also stunned to catch up with the old thirteen's small fleet, until this time, the old thirteen began to change the formation again, but saw the two separated small fleets from both sides from both sides to the old fourteen, at the same time, The right detachment, which had always stood still, also began to advance at high speed, and along the southwest direction, it galloped smoothly towards the place where the old fourteen was.

The battle soon began, the first to start the battle was the five detachments that were being chased all the way, but seeing that this detachment was out of the reef sea, it immediately opened the battle line, and Qi Qi to starboard against the rushing pursuit fleet, successfully seized the advantageous position of the T-shape, the old fourteen was caught off guard, and the three battleships chasing in the front were all sunk by the superior artillery fire of the old thirteen, and when they found out that something was wrong, it was too late to change the formation, and they had no choice but to rush up. Vainly trying to gain a dominant position by numbers, this kind of idea is undoubtedly beautiful, but it is a pity that his previous array was too long, and at this time he wanted to organize the formation but there was no possibility at all, just when he was in a hurry to start arranging his troops, the old thirteen two free detachment fleets had also arrived at the battlefield, and the battle line was also set up, sinking the scattered ships of the old fourteen, and the big battle had just begun, and the old fourteen's large fleet had been sunk seven, and the rest had almost no formation to speak of, and they fell into the dilemma of fighting their own battles in an instant.

Defeat, complete rout, did not wait for the old 14 to adjust the formation again, the old 13's right sub-fleet has also been killed to the battlefield, under the attack on all sides, the old 14 took care of one and lost the other, most of the battleships were sunk by the old 13, only five battleships were barely out of the encirclement, but under the fierce pursuit of the old 13, in the end they were helplessly forced into a dead end, and ended up with a whole army annihilated. The winner is already clear.

"The deduction is over, Uncle Thirteen wins!"

For such a disparity in the results, the ministers couldn't help but talk about it, but Hongqing was always expressionless, no side, this kind of ending had long been expected by Hongqing, if the old thirteen would lose, it would be really strange.

"Alas......"

Although the old fourteen was very unconvinced, but in the face of such a fiasco, he had nothing to say, so he could only sigh, shook his head with a wry smile, and dragged his feet to the side.

"It's a wonderful deduction, well, the old thirteen uses this art of war well, divides and attacks, and hits people's shortcomings with their own strengths, not bad, not bad!"

Although the old man didn't know much about naval warfare, he was very familiar with the art of war, and he could see that the old thirteen was far higher than the old fourteen in the arrangement of troops and the use of tactics in naval battles, so he praised the old thirteen with a smile.

"Huang Ama is too famous, this is just a game, the real naval battle is far more complicated than this, and the sons are just a novice to Fang Yi, and they still need more experience."

In the face of the old man's praise, the old thirteen didn't have much excitement, just calmly humbled a sentence, no side, if it wasn't for Hongqing to reveal all the information of the naval battle to him in advance, this battle is not so easy, after all, the old fourteen is not an idle person, the two brothers have competed since they were young and don't know how many times, in addition to this, the rest of the countless battles between the open and the dark, the old thirteen really did not have the upper hand of the old fourteen, although they have their own winners and losers, but they can be compared, The number of times the old thirteen lost was slightly more.

"Well, it's good that you can have this understanding, and you will give you a chance to experience and level the country of the Japanese, do you dare to do it?"

The old man obviously appreciated the old thirteen's temperament of not being arrogant or discouraged, and he didn't say much, so he handed over the big seal of the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army to the old thirteen.

"The sons should die to share the worries of the emperor Ama, and they will definitely step on the Japanese slaves and raise the name of my Qing Dynasty!"

The old thirteen waited for the old man's words, and when he heard this, even if he couldn't stand still, he fell to his knees and expressed his attitude impassionedly.

"Well, okay, I'll wait to see how Erzhi performs, Qing'er!"

The old man first praised the old thirteen, and then even named Hongqing's name.

"My grandson is here!"

Hearing that the old man personally gave the handsome seal to the old thirteen, Hongqing couldn't help but be excited, but he didn't expect the old man to call his name at this time, and he couldn't help but be stunned, but fortunately, he reacted quickly, and came back to his senses in an instant, hurriedly flashed, stood up from the side, and answered the promise loudly.

"When will the Ministry of Industry be able to build all kinds of weapons and warships?"

The old man didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point.

"If you go back to Huang Marfa, all the materials are ready-made, only the 'Eight Banners Firm' will hit five million taels of silver to the Ministry of Industry, and all kinds of matters can be carried out in order, and the weapons armed with 10,000 people can be built in half a year at the earliest, as for the Macao Shipyard, there are still 20 cargo ships under construction, which were originally used for the expansion of the 'Eight Banners Firm', and now, with only a slight modification, it can be converted into a warship, and it will take about half a year to be put into service."

As soon as he heard the old man ask about the preparations, Hongqing didn't dare to slack off a little, and explained it busily, but he had a lot of reservations inside-the twenty ships under construction were not cargo ships in the first place, but warships, and they had started construction since last year, in order to be able to serve as soon as possible, and such things were naturally not enough for outsiders, as for the work of the Ministry of Industry to build weapons, it was also secretly started last year, otherwise, it would not be possible to complete the equipment used by 10,000 people in half a year.

"Well, let's step up, and in addition, I plan to let you go to the Wa Kingdom as well, do you dare to go?"

The old man nodded, and didn't ask any further questions, just casually ordered, but then the conversation suddenly changed and asked a question that Hongqing didn't expect.

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