Chapter 19 Defeat Ma Yi and the landing of the expeditionary force
At this time, on the surface of the battlefield sea, the screams were endless, and the whirlpool caused by the wreck swallowed up the nearby Mayi Navy floating on the sea. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info\\qΒ5. //
The Shenwu artillery on the Great Song Dynasty battleship was mighty, and without the enemy's blocking, it sank at least thirty Mayi battleships, and also caused dozens of warships to completely lose their mobile strength and hang helplessly on the sea.
Zhao Lei carefully observed every change in the battlefield through the monocular telescope, and saw that the Great Song Navy had gained the upper hand, and the Ma Yi Navy was fighting less and less, and there was a tendency to rout, he sneered slightly and was silent.
Now the situation on the battlefield was already expected by Zhao Lei, you must know that although the Great Song Dynasty Navy was newly built, its sea power was much stronger than that of Ma Yi, but the soldiers were not good at naval warfare, and they were not familiar with the South China Sea, so they did not dare to easily make enemies with Ma Yi.
However, after several months of familiarity with the South China Sea, coupled with the training of more and more elite soldiers, especially the elite Sriwijaya Navy that defected to the Great Song Dynasty, the strength of the Great Song Navy has become a real maritime hegemon.
In Zhao Lei's plan to attack Ma Yi this time, just these troops who meet Ma Yi's navy, there are 150 warships, most of them are large and medium-sized warships, more than 20,000 soldiers, and more Shenwu artillery to help, if this case, can not deal with Ma Yi's 30,000 old and weak, nearly half of the 300 warships are the Ma Yi navy transformed from merchant ships, what can Zhao Lei do with the Bohai Sea, which is more powerful than Ma Yi, and the Zhu Yuan empire to compete for hegemony in the South China Sea!
Therefore, Zhao Lei had expected that this confrontation between the Ma Yi Navy would be victorious and undefeated. As long as there is no sudden situation, the Ma Yi Navy will be planted in this sea area this time.
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"The dozen or so warships in the last place of the Ma Yi Navy have begun to move, and it is estimated that Admiral Ma Yi Lisa is on it!" Su Xun looked through the telescope at the dozen or so large warships that Ma Yi's navy could use at the end, and after seeing them start to move, he immediately said to Zhao Lei.
"Move, are you ready to escape! Now the situation on the battlefield is clear to all smart people. It was only a matter of time before our army won, and Lisa probably saw that there was no hope of victory, so prepare to flee! Zhao Lei, who was looking at the power of the divine artillery on both sides of the battlefield, immediately looked at the flagship where Lisa was located and muttered.
"Probably not! If Lisa wants to escape, he will first command Ma Yi's navy to retreat, and if he escapes privately, it is estimated that even if he escapes back to Manila, he will not escape death, and maybe his family will be affected. I estimate that Lisa will have to fight hard, as long as he dies here, Lisa's family can escape the punishment of King Mayi! Xiao Ruoruo also noticed the movement of Ma Yi's naval flagship, and said loudly to Zhao Lei and Su Xun.
Xiao Ruoruo collected a lot of information about Lisa, and still admired this legendary admiral in the South China Sea. Although Lisa was defeated very badly in this war, Xiao Ruoruo also knew that Lisa was not defeated in the battlefield, but outside the battlefield, if it wasn't for Zhao Lei's use of a large number of warships stationed on Lumen Island to threaten Manila, King Ma Yi was afraid to let Lisa send troops to fight hard with the Great Song Navy. How could the Great Song Navy defeat the Ma Yi Navy so easily.
"We're on too! Give Lisa a ride, after all, he is the most famous legendary general in the South China Sea, although his majesty is gone. But it is also worthy of admiration, raise the command flag, and let the Shenwu artillery follow us to attack the flagship of the Mayi Navy, and other warships encircle and suppress the Mayi battleship on the battlefield! Zhao Lei said loudly to the herald beside him.
Zhao Lei's flagship started slowly, and more than a dozen large warships guarding the flagship also began to follow the flagship towards the flagship of the Mayi Navy, and the Great Song warship with Shenwu artillery also broke away from the battlefield and followed Zhao Lei's flagship towards Lisa's battleship.
On the battlefield at this time, the Ma Yi Navy had lost half of its strength. More than 30 warships were sunk, 60 warships were seriously damaged and could not sail at all, and the Mayi Navy on other warships suffered serious losses, at least 10,000 casualties were in the battle against the Great Song Dynasty warships, and the losses of the Great Song Fleet were very small, only a few battleships were hit by the trebuchets of the Mayi Navy and the hull was damaged and could not sail, although the casualties of the other warships on the Great Song Navy were not small, but compared to the Mayi Navy, there was a world of difference.
At this time, the Ma Yi Navy has become demoralized, and it can't take a big Song warship with more and less bullying, this record makes the Ma Yi Navy ashamed and angry at the same time, but also makes them a little frightened, if it weren't for the fact that they have the legendary Admiral Li Sa behind them, the Ma Yi Navy fleet on the battlefield would have fled.
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"Many people in the Mayi Navy are secretly looking at Lisa's flagship!" Yang Jinhua stood beside Zhao Lei, and suddenly many navies in Mayi were secretly looking behind, and immediately told Zhao Lei about the current situation.
"I see! I said why the Mayi Navy has suffered such heavy casualties and has not been defeated, it turns out that Lisa is the pillar of their hearts, they have been waiting for the legendary general to bring them a legendary victory, it seems that as long as the flagship of Lisa is sunk, the Mayi Navy fleet will immediately collapse. When Su Xun heard Yang Jinhua's words, he was slightly stunned, and immediately said to Zhao Lei in surprise.
When Zhao Lei heard Su Xun's words, he was also stunned, and immediately said to the herald: "Pass my order, thirty Shenwu artillery pieces are aimed at the flagship of the Mayi Navy, and strive to sink the flagship of Mayi in the shortest possible time!" ”
Zhao Lei's order was soon transmitted to the nearby battleship by the herald waving the order flag, and all the Shenwu artillery and the muzzles of the black hole were all aimed at the flagship of Admiral Ma Yi's Admiral Lisa, as long as it was within range, thirty cannonballs were fired in a salvo, which was enough to sink the large battleship.
The flagships of the two sides are getting closer and closer, and Zhao Lei can clearly see the fluttering military flag on the Lisa flagship without using a telescope, and everyone knows that the final battle on the battlefield is about to be staged.
Boom! With Zhao Lei's order, the thirty Shenwu guns of the Great Song Navy opened fire in unison, and the thirty shells painted a beautiful parabola, and at the same time shot towards the flagship of the Mayi Navy.
Knock knock! Four water columns more than ten meters high rose around the Mayi naval flagship, and in addition to these few shells, the other twenty-six shells smashed heavily on the Mayi naval flagship at the same time.
"Sunk! Liza's flagship shipwreck! Yang Jinhua, who was paying attention to the effect of Shenwu artillery shells, looked at the slowly sinking Mayi naval flagship, and said loudly excitedly.
On the battlefield of the fierce battle between Da Song and Ma Yi, the Ma Yi naval fleet suddenly became chaotic, the sinking of the flagship dealt a fatal blow to them, and the flagship of the legendary naval general Lisa, whom they respected the most in their hearts, was sunk, and the news instantly spread to all the warships with fear.
At the same time as Lisa's flagship sank, several warships of the Mayi naval fleet that were entangled with the Great Song warships suddenly abandoned their opponents and quickly retreated towards the south of the battlefield, which was the direction of Manila, the capital of Mayi.
With the escape of the first battleship, the entire Mayi fleet began to rout, and more and more Mayi battleships abandoned the entangled opponent and fled to the south, and the entire battlefield suddenly changed dramatically.
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Manila, the capital of Mayi, is located on the west coast of Luzon, as the largest island in the Mayi Kingdom, Luzon not only has a natural harbor, but also the island is rich in gold, making it the richest island in the entire Mayi Kingdom.
Just when Zhao Lei led the Great Song Navy and Lisa's Mayi Navy to fight in the South China Sea, Pang Song, the commander of the rear army of the Great Song Dynasty, led 19 rear warships, under the protection of Shi Qiang, the commander of the right army, with the conscripted merchant ships and the 50,000 new troops and right Qianniu sergeants on these warships, bypassing Lumen Island, passing through the eastern waters of Mayi, and secretly boarding 6 on the east coast of Mayi country.
The 25,000 new soldiers and 25,000 right cattle soldiers were all transported to the barren places on the southern coast of Luzon through the 6 battleships of the Great Song Navy, and at the same time delivered to the 50,000 soldiers to consume and use various military supplies.
In the desolate land of southern Luzon, 50,000 Great Song soldiers soon gathered together, set up camp, and all repaired, preparing for the great war that would soon come.
In the temporary commander's tent of the Great Song military camp, the generals of the expeditionary force gathered together, Fan Zhongyan, the temporary commander of the new army, Han Qi, Yang Zun, Shi Yuanchun, and Gao Zunping, the commanders of the four armies before and after, were all here, and An Jun, the commander of the right Qianniu army, and the four generals Lin Ziping, An Ruoxing, Cao Jun, and Feikong, also came to the tent, and Shi Qiang, the commander of the right army of the navy, as the commander of the navy who cooperated with the operation, also came to the tent and discussed with other generals how to take the entire territory of Luzon.
Among the handsome tents, An Jun, the commander of the right Qianniu Army, as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, sat on the main seat, beside him, Fan Zhongyan was in the official mansion and sat on his left, Shi Qiang sat respectfully on the right side of An Jun, and the generals of the New Army and the generals of the right Qianniu Army were on the left and right of the tent.
"Ladies and gentlemen, look! This is a map of Luzon that the Navy spent several months and a lot of manpower and material resources to draw! Luzon is the largest island of the Mayi Kingdom, accounting for one-half of the entire area of Mayi, with a population of about 1.5 million, accounting for three-quarters of the Mayi Kingdom, and Luzon Island has a radius of 200,000 li, and the population is concentrated in the plains of the central and western regions and various ports along the coast.
The center of Luzon is Manila, a coastal port in the west, with a population of 350,000 and a regular army of 20,000, and other larger cities include Batangas, a city in the southwest of Luzon, with a population of 180,000 and a regular army of 5,000; The city of Tarah, northwest of Luzon, has a population of 100,000 and a regular army of 3,000; Cavite, a port in the southern part of Luzon, with a population of 120,000 and a regular army of 4,000; The city of Lejami in the central and western plains of Luzon has a population of 300,000 and a regular army of 15,000. Shi Qiang took out a map, spread it out, pointed to the map, and explained carefully to An Jun and Fan Zhongyan beside him.
Shi Qiang's words made Fan Zhongyan and An Jun a little timid, you must know that the expeditionary force is only 50,000 horses, and there are as many as 50,000 men and horses in several large cities in Mayi Kingdom, plus wartime conscription, it is not a problem to gather 100,000 horses, and use 50,000 people to conquer a country guarded by 100,000 horses, this gap is a little too obvious!
Zhao Sanjue's plan this time is too risky! Fan Zhongyan and An Jun thought at the same time in their hearts!
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