The fleet was still moving forward, and Ma Wei looked at the burning ships by the river and felt that there was also a fire burning in his heart. Although the Jin army's attack was repulsed and most of the ships participating in the battle were lost, one of the Song army's baggage ships was hit by a fireboat and caught fire, and the other ships inevitably became chaotic when they were dodging, resulting in two troop transports running aground, and several warships and baggage ships colliding and being damaged. Fortunately, the captain of the heavy ship on fire reacted quickly, and when he found that the fire could not be extinguished, he immediately rushed to the shallows to make way for the passage and avoided burning the company camp, otherwise the loss would be incalculable.

At this moment, the Jin army was eyeing the side, not knowing when it would launch an attack, the stranded ships could not get out of trouble until the water rose at night, and the damaged transport ships also needed to be repaired, so Ma Wei left three warships to guard the stranded and damaged transport ships, and ordered the brigade to continue to move forward, and after arriving at Tsuruno, they would dock at the port to rest and wait for them to catch up. As for the burning baggage ship, it has no salvage value, and after transferring the soldiers on board to other ships, it can only be allowed to burn and self-destruct.

That night, the Jin people had already evacuated and left only an empty city, and the once lively dock was deserted, with only a few homeless wild dogs roaming. Because the daytime attack made everyone feel uneasy, the guard was set up more strictly, not only the river was arranged to patrol the warships, but the boats were also brightly lit, and the port was illuminated in the daytime, in order to prevent the Jin army from launching an attack from the land, the Leopard Wing Army sent an infantry brigade to set up a guard position on the shore.

"Today's incident is the shame of my Great Song Dynasty naval army, which actually caused us huge losses caused by the enemy's small boats, and almost caused a catastrophe. Ben Shuai has lived up to His Majesty's hard work and high hopes! After dinner, the commanders of the formations and the main generals of the infantry cavalry were on the flagship, and Ma Wei first said sadly. Thinking that they went on an expedition to the Persian Gulf that day, traveled thousands of miles, experienced countless storms and fierce battles, and did not suffer such a big loss, the mood can be imagined.

"Don't blame yourself too much, fighting in the river is no better than on the sea, although our warships are tall and the artillery is sharp, but their movements in the river are limited. Unable to exert combat power. In particular, it is impossible to evade and maneuver in narrow waterways, and it is unable to cope with the attack and harassment of the small warships of the Jinshui Army. Dengzhou Sailor Zheng Haiyan said.

"Yes, our operation is no more than a simple water battle, but also the task of escorting the landing force and carrying heavy baggage. It is inevitable to take care of one or the other. Taken advantage of by the enemy. Deputy Commander Tian Yang said with deep sympathy.

"Great. The last general thought that our defeat lay in our unfamiliarity with the terrain and water conditions, and that the Jin army could always use the rivers and reeds to hide their troops. By the time they attacked, they were already close to us, even if our ships were able to spot them in time. And artillery fire to block, but often after a round of artillery fire, the enemy has already entered the blind spot of gunsoft firing by taking advantage of the small size and fast speed of the ship, and we have nothing to do. Song Yi, the captain of the Deterrent, said helplessly.

"If there is any other situation, everyone can say it, and only by finding out the root cause of the disease can we cure the disease." Ma Wei nodded and encouraged everyone to speak freely, he knew that only by exposing all his weaknesses could he find a countermeasure.

"Marshal, the reason why the Golden Navy has repeatedly targeted our baggage and troop carriers is precisely because they know that these ships have poor self-defense capabilities, few sailors, and slow speed, and it is difficult to evade them in time, so the last general thinks that the self-defense capability of the transport fleet should be strengthened in order to be able to protect themselves." Shi Peng, commander of the transport ship detachment, said.

"We can help with this, today our soldiers repelled the attack of the Jin army with bead guns and machine guns, and some soldiers also said that there were too many people, and they couldn't put a few shots, can we consider dispersing some of the soldiers on the troop carrier to the baggage boat, can't we solve the problem of poor self-defense ability!" Tiger General Liu Bao said.

"Well, Liu Tong's idea is good, most of the Jin Army's warships are small boats, the hull is thin and the concealment is not strong, and it can't block machine gun bullets, even if the bead gun fires can penetrate it, and hit the sailors on the ship hard, you can give it a try." Tian Yang's eyes lit up and he said.

"As long as you agree that we have no problem at all, we can send an additional soldier to each ship, equipped with two machine guns." Liu Bao stretched out two fingers and said with a smile.

"Dashuai, what do you think?" Tian Yang looked at Ma Wei and asked.

"If it doesn't affect the movement and combat of the infantry cavalry, I think I can give it a try, and Liu will control you." Ma Wei pondered for a moment and said, he is an expert in amphibious operations in the Song army, and he knows that the dispersion of troops will affect the deployment of troops, but the impact will not be fought, but he still consulted Liu Bao and Liu Sheng, the commander of the Leopard Wing Army, first.

"Yes, our troop carrying and supplies are all brigade units, and it is incumbent on them to protect their own things, and there will be no difficulties in mobilization, although the commander orders." Liu Sheng said he had no opinion.

"Okay, this problem is solved, the next step is how to deal with the small boats of the Golden Water Army, they gather and disperse, flexible and maneuverable, our warships cannot sail in shallow water, we can only watch them escape, otherwise we can only defend them, but we cannot annihilate them. The waterway ahead is even more tortuous, known as Badao Bay, and the river network is dense, they will definitely not let go of the opportunity to ambush, and they will always have the south bank in mind if they are not wiped out! Ma Wei said.

"Xu Yun, a rebel general, is a tricky man, he is a figure in the old water army, and now it seems that he has also studied our tactics, and it is not easy to trap this old fox!" Zheng Hai thought that he had been made embarrassed by the rebel generals of the same clan, and said hatefully.

"Yes, this traitor helped him form a naval army after defecting to the Jin Kingdom, and after being eliminated by us, he regrouped to be our enemy, and now he has been repeatedly plotted by him, and he will kill him to relieve his hatred." Traitors are often the most hated, and over the years, under the leadership of Xu Wen, the Jin Shui Army has repeatedly clashed with the Song Army, but it has not been able to annihilate it, and Song Yi also gritted his teeth.

"You sailors are all fighting big battles, and it is inevitable that they will be useless to deal with such small shrimps, and I recommend a cadre to you to eliminate them." Just when everyone hated and was helpless, Wang Gang, the deputy marshal of the infantry cavalry army and the envoy of Lianghuai Town, who had not been silent, stood up and pulled one person over and said.

"Wang Zhen Fu envoy, this is the ......" Wang Gang once accompanied Ma Wei on an expedition to Persia, and the two cooperated tacitly, so he named him to take him as the commander of the land battle, seeing that he was not joking, but he did not know the person he recommended, and hesitated and said.

"The last general, the two Huai towns, the commander of the water army, Du Feng, see the marshal!" The man stepped forward and saluted.

"Can you have an internal navy?" When Ma Wei heard this, he immediately thought that in addition to their naval division, the two Zhenfu Divisions stationed in Jiangnan were both under the jurisdiction of the Inland River Naval Army and were independent of their Naval Division, so he didn't know much about them, and asked suspiciously......

Du Feng looked at everyone's puzzled eyes, and his heart was full of helplessness, because their internal water army was too inconspicuous among the hundreds of thousands of Song troops, and was even regarded as a chicken rib. Because they are not under the command of the Navy Division, but they are the establishment of the Navy Army, and the Infantry Army Division and the Ma Army Division cannot guide their training and combat, so they can only supply food and salary under the Suppression Division, and they have become an army that is not loved by their grandmother and uncle.

In addition, the internal navy army has not participated in a major war since the establishment of the army, especially their Jiangling navy, which has always been responsible for clearing out river pirates and river bandits, escorting Caoyin, investigating smuggling and other work done by the state army in the past. So that some courtiers simply dismembered it into the state army, only because of the emperor's insistence that it was retained, and treated it as his own son, and did not treat them badly in terms of equipment and supplies, so the internal water army was naturally grateful to the emperor, and trained strictly while developing himself, maintained combat effectiveness, and hoped to fight for the country one day.

This Northern Expedition to the Jurchens, the emperor really did not forget them, and transferred them from Jiangling to Yingzhou, originally Du Feng guessed that His Majesty was to let the inner navy take on the task of escorting the baggage from the waterway after the invasion of the Jin State, but he did not expect to let them go to Liaoyang Mansion with the navy. Thinking of the opportunity to participate in the big battle, the Gangneung Navy was naturally extremely excited, and they were ready to do a big job to prove that they were not the role of soy sauce, but the well-known forbidden army athletes.

But the result is the same as in the past, the generals do not understand their tactics and tactics, and naturally do not know how to use them. And the days at sea also made them lose face, because their warships were built in order to adapt to sailing in inland rivers, built small size, low load, and flat bottoms, and could not adapt to the wind and waves at sea, and could not keep up with the marching brigade, so they could only be dragged by naval warships to sail behind, so they were ridiculed. Finally entered the Liao River, thinking that they had a place to use, but they didn't expect their bad performance to make everyone think that they were useless, so they only let them take on the auxiliary tasks of delivering news and ferrying personnel, and naturally they were watching the show when they were fighting.

In today's battle, the navy was helpless in the face of the Jin army's attack and heavy losses, so that the Jiangling navy was in the eyes and anxious, but it was unable to fight without orders. Du Feng vaguely felt that his chance to come out had come, so after resting at the port, he recommended himself to ask Wang Gang, the pacification envoy, to fight, and asked them to deal with the Jin State naval army. Wang Gang was surprised and inquired in detail, and was very satisfied with Du Feng's battle plan, so he brought him to the meeting and recommended him in public......

"Great Marshal, although the warships equipped by the last general's naval army are difficult to sail in the sea, they are very different in the rivers." Du Feng understands that everyone knows very little about himself, so he can only introduce the situation first, "Our boat is a small boat of 400 hundred, with a long and narrow hull, a shallow draft, and a deep water that can be navigated, and there is no obstacle in and out of the river; In addition to being driven by sails, the ships were also assisted by 'jiwake', which went up and down very quickly, and the ships were equipped with five machine guns and a small rapid-fire gun, and although the firepower was inferior to the gunwales, it ......was enough to deal with the small warships of the Jinshui Army" (to be continued......