Chapter 488: The Last Madness (1)
Keep in mind!
Wang Yanxia is a very good thinker, he can grow from a peasant child with no background to a senior official in the Great Qingshui Division, relying not only on diligence and studiousness, but also because he is good at summarizing thinking - in the first battle, Wang Yanxia was ordered to lead three medium-sized warships to lure the enemy, but the enemy was lured out, but his own losses were not small, the "Mighty" was half disabled, and all the crew on the ship died heroically, although this was not Wang Yanxia's fault, but Wang Yanxia couldn't help but feel quite guilty, This battle has been summarized in depth, and several defects have been found in the Qing fleet, one of which is that the distribution of fleet firepower is unreasonable, which will lead to the surprise attack and encirclement of the Japanese warships despite the strong ships and guns. 【】
"Order: All ships should pay attention to the density of firepower, 'prestige' and 'prestige' cooperate with each other to hit the enemy's right flank, 'majesty' and 'prestige' alternately cover, attack its left flank, drive the enemy fleet to the middle, 'Calm' will mainly attack the enemy in front, and 'Weizhen' will cooperate to fill in the gaps, and this battle must be completely annihilated by the enemy!"
Three miles is not a very long distance, especially for the naval warships that are not very fast, without a quarter of an hour or so, it will not be able to run at all, even if many warships of the Japanese naval division are already full sail and full speed, but time is still abundant for the Qing army, Wang Yanxia is not nervous at all, unhurriedly commanded his six battleships to set up a line of lines, forming a perfect battle line, and the rear calmly made the final deployment before the war.
Similar to Wang Yanxia, Honda Henglong's background is not good, just a descendant of ordinary samurai, the reason why he can be the flag book of the Edo Navy Division, relying on is also good at summarizing and reflecting, under the previous battle with the main force of the Qing fleet, he has also discovered several major defects in the Qing warship, this time, there are also corresponding deployments and arrangements, for how to break through the blockade of the Qing army's battle line, there are already countermeasures, that is, to pull away to fight, reduce the density of the Qing army's firepower, break through at multiple points, and divide and outflank, Of course, whether such tactical ideas can be realized, Honda Henglong himself is not very sure, there is no doubt that the Qing fleet in front of him is the best experimental object for him to test his own tactical ideas.
"Spread the wings, advance at full speed, ignore the artillery fire of the Zhina, lean on it is victory!"
In the charge of the warship cluster, Honda Henglong, who was standing on the foredeck of the flagship "Shimoyo Maru", remained silent until the cluster rushed to a distance of one and a half miles from the Qing army's battle line, Honda Henglong suddenly ordered to change the formation, but seeing that the flag-bearer on the mast of the "Shimoyo Maru" quickly played a series of flags, the Japanese warship cluster that was originally crowded together suddenly dispersed, and the two wings were extremely separated, not to mention that the central cluster was also divided into a small detachment composed of three or two warships, putting on a posture of multi-point breakthrough.
"All ships obey the order: the original plan has been changed, as soon as the enemy ships enter the firing range, 'prestige' and 'prestige' will attack the enemy's right flank with all their might, 'Majesty' and 'Weishun' will attack the enemy's left flank with all their strength, and the thieves will be driven to the middle, and the 'Calm' and 'Weizhen' will fire at my command!"
Seeing the sudden change of formation of the Wa State Naval Division, Wang Yanxia's brows immediately raised, and he quickly judged the intention of the Japanese Naval Division, and made a contingency plan-for-tat.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Although the speed of the Japanese naval division was slightly reduced due to the change of formation, it was still very fast, and it was only less than a cup of tea time, and it was already rushed to the distance of four hundred and fifty steps from the Qing army's battle line, at this time, the two wings of the Qing army's battle line began a fierce artillery bombardment, and in the rumbling cannon, one by one the shells with huge kinetic energy roared through the sky, and smashed all over the two wings of the Japanese naval division, even if the formation of the Japanese naval division was extremely open, but under such fierce shelling, there was still a lot of loss, The first few warships were torn to pieces by artillery fire in an instant, and the warships of the Japanese Kingdom that followed behind were in chaos.
"Command the left and right flanks, don't stop, don't lean to the middle, and then rush, leaning on the battleship is victory!"
Seeing that the Qing army's attack on both flanks was suddenly launched, while the two battleships in the middle remained silent, Honda Henglong immediately judged the true intention of the Qing army's move, so he hurriedly gave a death order, forcing the Japanese warships on both wings to rush forward.
"The 'Calming' attacks the left flank, and the 'Wei Zhen' attacks the right flank, firing rapidly!"
Seeing that although the two wings of the Japanese Navy Division were a little chaotic, but they still insisted on rushing forward, Wang Yanxia's brows were wrinkled, but he did not hesitate at all, waved his hand, and gave the order in a loud voice, and his own herald conveyed this order, and then saw that the rows of gun muzzles on the two warships began to move, and they were aiming at the left and right wings of the Japanese Navy Division was a burst of indiscriminate bombardment.
It's chaotic, the two wings of the Japanese Navy Division are completely messed up this time, they were bombarded down by the Qing army in two rounds, and the warships sunk on the spot are not many, and there are only eight in total, not that the Qing gunners have a lot of compassion, just because the warships of the Japanese Navy Division are extremely open, which leads to the firepower advantage of the Qing warships can not be fully played, but even so, in the face of huge casualties, the two wings of the Japanese Navy Division are completely unbearable, some are chaotically squeezed to the middle, and some hesitantly drop the sails to try to slow down, to evade the next round of fire looting by the Qing army.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The bombardment of the "Calm" and "Wei Zhen" only stopped for a short time, and the other four Qing warships had already completed the loading of the shells, and once again bombarded the two wings of the Japanese Naval Division, and the two wings of the Japanese Naval Division finally could not bear it, ignoring Honda Henglong's repeated orders, they swarmed and squeezed towards the Chinese army.
"The 'Calm' and 'Weizhen' alternately cover, and the rest of the ships speed up their loading, pay attention to each other's cooperation, maintain the continuity of firepower, and bomb me!"
It is undoubtedly a very cool thing to beat the water dog, and when he saw that the water master of the Japanese country was already in a complete mess, the corners of Wang Yanxia's mouth immediately showed a smile, but the order was still issued very fast.
"Order: Our ship is attacking at full speed, and all ships will follow, even if the jade is broken, it will not hesitate!"
Boom, bombardment, the six warships of the Qing army cooperated with each other, the firepower projection never stopped, only to bomb the Japanese naval division howling miserably, the warships sank one after another, but they were never able to rely on the Qing army warships, obviously, if this fight continues, how many warships in the Japanese naval division are not enough for the Qing army to fight, as soon as the general trend is no longer possible, Honda Henglong's heart has sunk to the bottom, but he doesn't want to escape anymore, of course, in the face of the Qing fleet with strong ships and guns, he may not be able to escape even if he wants to, a thought of this, Honda Henglong was already in the heart of martyrdom, so he shouted and gave the final order.
"Sink the enemy's flagship for me!"
In the chaos, the "Xiayang Maru" suddenly accelerated, frantically killed from the middle, braved the fierce artillery fire of the Qing army, desperately moved forward and forward, as soon as this desperate posture came out, Wang Yanxia sneered, and issued a killing order mercilessly.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Wang Yanxia's order, the six battleships did not know how many guns were all aimed at the "Xiayang Maru", under the fierce artillery fire, countless shells densely smashed over like locusts, poor "Xiayang Maru" is just a wooden ship, how can it withstand the looting of so many shells, in an instant it was blown up to a thousand holes, made a few turns on the sea, and soon sank to the bottom of the sea, and none of the officers and men on board were spared!
At three o'clock in the morning of the battle, the sky had already dawned, and without the unified command, the Japanese naval division could not be the opponent of the Qing army, and under the heavy casualties, the remaining more than 30 warships were all hung out with white flags, and the elite of the Japanese naval division had been wiped out by this time, and the only force that could threaten the safety of the Qing army's rear road no longer existed......
"Phew!"
The sky finally dawned, Tashan stood up straight from the trench with a tired face, coughed heavily, spit out the bloodshot thick phlegm, and took advantage of the morning light, quickly glanced at the position full of corpses, his face was full of bitterness, no side, yesterday's battle was too hard, at the beginning it was okay, relying on the powerful firepower output, the Qing army firmly grasped the initiative on the battlefield, and easily defeated the three strong attacks of the Japanese army, killing and wounding more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers, but since the night, the battle situation has reversed- The Japanese army, which was attacking non-stop, brazenly launched a night battle, several times broke into the trenches of the Qing army, and was beaten down by Tashan with a brutal white-knuckle battle, this battle was fought until the second half of the night, several crises were at the head, especially the last battle in the second half of the night, if it were not for the reserves sent by the Autumn Mountain to arrive in time, the position was afraid that it would really be lost.
"General Ta, the commander has an order: before sunset today, be sure to keep the Japanese slaves out of Uji Castle!"
Just as Tashan was about to convene the commanders of the various outposts to discuss the defense matters, he saw a herald rushing from the city gate and conveying the death order of the old thirteen to Tashan.
"Please rest assured, the people are in the position! It's just that our troops are exhausted, and please tell General Qiu that you must make up another reserve for the general's office, even if it is a sentry. ”
This hearing that it would take another day, the bitterness on Tashan's face suddenly became stronger, but he would never dare to disobey his master's order, even if he was bitter in his heart, he could only express his voice loudly, but he didn't forget to find Akiyama for reinforcements.
"General Qiu said that there is no reserve, if there is a need, he will go on it himself!"
The herald didn't give Tayama a chance to bargain at all, and repeated Akiyama's exact words with a straight face.
"Well......, got it!"
As soon as he heard that there were no reinforcements, Tashan's head couldn't help but grow bigger, but he could only snort in a rough voice, waved his hand impatiently, and sent the herald away, and then habitually took out the monocular inserted in his waist, and looked at the distance where the Japanese army was gathered, and his face couldn't help but turn white......
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