"Commander...... The warship, the warship was hit by the fire oil......"

Looking in the direction of the chief of staff's finger, a warship rushing to the front was already on fire.

Because of the wooden deck of the warship, coupled with the splashing of fire oil, in the blink of an eye, the warship turned into a huge fireball floating on the water.

In the fireball, the soldiers whose bodies were set on fire jumped into the Yangtze River like dumplings while letting out bursts of screams.

"It's over, this warship is completely finished, and the soldiers must have suffered heavy losses......" When Zhao Yun looked at all this with a solemn face, the words of the chief of staff full of worry once again reached Zhao Yun's ears......

Faced with this situation, Zhao Yun, who had a solemn face, couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Now it seems that this Yangtze River is not as easy to beat as the general imagined......"

"I don't want to find a way to break the fire and oil array of the official army, and now this kind of attack is no different from sending him to death......

"I really didn't expect that the catapult, which we have never paid attention to, would have such a huge power after being filled with fire oil......"

Speaking of this, an unprecedented serious expression appeared on Zhao Yun's face. Facing the anxious chief of staff beside him, he decisively ordered: "Withdraw troops...... Let the remaining ships return immediately...... Our task is to put pressure on the new army of the imperial court on the other side of the Yangtze River, and there is no need to risk the lives of the soldiers to fight them desperately......"

"Artillery, continue to carry out artillery attacks on the heavy artillery units of the officers and soldiers, until the heavy artillery units of the officers and soldiers have no temper......

In this way, the roaring war continued for an hour before slowly ending.

Soon, a battle damage report was sent to Zhao Yun.

Of the thirteen ships that attacked, a total of three were lost. As for the more than 2,000 officers and men of a regiment, it directly lost more than 500 people. In particular, the warships that were directly hit by the fire oil poured into the fire, including the sailors and soldiers. More than 400 people survived in the end, and even the next time no one survived.

More importantly, the more than 100 cannons he drew from the whole army directly lost more than 30 in the rapid artillery attack of the officers and troops.

If more than a hundred heavy mortars in the city had joined the battle in time, the losses of the cannon would have been even greater.

Of course, such a loss is nothing to love you for the entire Haw Par Army......

But. This was only a tentative attack on the officers and troops. If there were such huge losses even in a tentative attack, then in the real decisive battle, the losses of the Haw Par Army would not be even greater......

Faced with this situation, Zhao Yun's face subconsciously showed a happy smile with palpitations......

If it weren't for Wang Yewei's plan to take Jiangnan by adopting the tactical tactics of attacking the east and attacking the west, then he would have to be prepared to cross the Yangtze River with heavy losses and smash the defense line of the official army on the Yangtze River.

And now, with this plan of the prince, the heavy losses that may result from the storming of the official army's Yangtze River defense line may result. At this time, it is likely that there is no need to pay.

Zhao Yun looked at the loss report with a solemn face, while thinking about possible ways to break the ground.

The general soldiers of the new army of the imperial court on the south bank of the Yangtze River also showed a very complicated expression on their faces.

There are surprises and excitement, but also solemnity and worry.

Surprise and excitement, no doubt about it...... He defeated the Haw Par attack, inflicting considerable losses on the Haw Par attacking force, destroying three warships and an unknown number of heavy artillery.

Such a result. Even for the entire imperial court, it is a big result. What's more, there is only a general army of the imperial court and the new army of the third rank with only 5,000 troops.

It is certain that as long as this result is played to the imperial court, it will not take long for him to become the chief soldier of the second rank of the imperial court from the first and second rank of the imperial court.

However, the chief soldier was full of worries about his future.

Of course. This worry does not refer to whether he can be promoted to the imperial court by virtue of his military exploits after his military exploits arrive in Nanjing.

Rather, it refers to how many times the Tiger and Leopard Army can still block such an attack with his remaining strength.

It must be clear that in this hour-long battle, although the officers and troops under his command repelled the attack of the Tiger and Leopard Army. Moreover, it also caused a lot of losses to the attacking troops of the Haw Par Army.

However, as a defender, I also paid a very big price.

More than 100 red-coated cannons, which were used as defensive weapons, lost almost more than half.

Although there was no loss of the catapults, in less than an hour of the battle, almost 3,000 cans of fire oil were used up by a hundred catapults.

You know, it's not an ordinary jar, you can fire as much as you want.

For the imperial court, jars were easy to burn paper, but fire oil was difficult to obtain.

It took half a year of hard work to store almost 30,000 cans of fire oil in this section of the line of defense.

And now, just in the face of the Haw Par Army's attack across the river, it has consumed one-tenth of it.

At this rate of consumption, after blocking the Haw Par Army's ten attacks, these oil canisters will be completely consumed.

Once he consumes all the oil and oil, what other defensive weapons can he use to block the attack of the Tiger and Leopard Army in the next defense?

And that's just the loss of equipment.

During the hour-long battle, although the officers and men under his command did not make direct contact with the attacking forces of the Haw Par Army...... However, thousands of defending officers and soldiers have been under the fire of the heavy artillery units of the Haw Par Army.

I don't know if the heavy artillery shells of the Haw Par Army have become so numerous that they don't need money......

Even though more than a dozen warships never made it to the south bank of the Yangtze River, the heavy artillery unit of the Haw Par Army, which had almost 50 guns from beginning to end, kept their guns on the defenders' positions on the south bank.

Not only that, but these more than 50 heavy artillery pieces have been firing flower shells at this position that defended the 5,000 new troops.

Under the continuous attack of thousands of shells, the losses of 5,000 new troops could not be called devastating.

However, even if you don't die, you will be blown off by so many flowering bombs......

More than 800 soldiers were killed in direct battle...... More than 400 soldiers completely lost their combat effectiveness......

In other words, the officers and men under his command lost almost a third of their troops before they actually collided with the attacking troops of the Haw Par Army.

On the surface, the new army of the imperial court used its own endless means to repel the attack of the tiger and leopard army.

However, the new army of the imperial court also suffered heavy losses, and the whole form is not optimistic, and it is absolutely not an exaggeration to use the four words of equal strength to describe the two opponents of the tiger and leopard army and the new army of the imperial court......

After seeing that the Tiger and Leopard Army on the other side of the Yangtze River did not seem to intend to continue the attack. While breathing a sigh of relief, the commander-in-chief of the new army immediately reported the bad situation he was facing to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to supply him with red-coated cannons and oil-filled as much as possible, and the officers and men of the new army suffered heavy losses...... (To be continued......)