On the river, looking at the scattered and fleeing fleet of the Gan army, Bu Zigao didn't know whether this was a naval battle or a one-sided massacre...

Although the fleet of the Jiangxi army had more than 100 large and small ships, most of them were fishing boats, and there were only more than 10 river boats with a small displacement. There were no escort warships, and the ships were full of rifle-only infantry, and they didn't even have the slightest counterattack power.

Seeing the ships of the Gan army being sunk one by one, or even being blown to pieces, looking at the corpses floating on the river or the soldiers falling into the water, Bu Zigao even felt that what he was doing now seemed to be a little cruel...

"It's just a civil war after all—" he sighed, but Buzigao didn't give any orders.

It was at this time that an officer suddenly ran over. "Captain, an order has just been sent from the Wind and Rain, let's destroy the Gan ships on the river as much as possible, and create favorable conditions for the next army landing..."

Knowing that the Jiangxi army really sent troops across the river for reinforcements, both Gu Chengzhou and Xiao Yongyan were overjoyed.

Thanks to the investigation of the Special Affairs Bureau, they still know about the military composition of Jiangxi.

Army, two divisions plus a brigade, water army, almost no ...

In this case, the three new gunboats that had just been ordered from Britain, and the Jiangxi fleet that crossed the river could be said to have no strength to counterattack at all.

Now the situation of the Gan army fleet can be described in an idiom.

Slaughtered.

Now that the battle at Hukou is going well, it is time to march to Jiujiang according to the orders of the Governor's Mansion. Although Xiao Yongyan is very confident, he will definitely win against Li Liejun. But there are also some worries about how to reduce casualties if they really fight Jiujiang.

Now that Li Liejun has sent so many people to die, it is just right for him to take this opportunity to weaken Jiujiang's garrison. In this way, the offensive against Jiujiang will be much smoother, and the casualties will be much reduced.

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Although Bukogao has little interest in such a fight. But military orders are like mountains, and it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, and now that an enemy is let go, there may be more casualties in his own army, so after sighing again, Bu Zigao didn't say anything more, just ordered his subordinates to obey orders.

It's just that even with the order from above, the efficiency of the three gunboats does not seem to have improved much.

Although the Jiangxi fleet on the river still has ships being sunk. But the frequency of sinking is not much different from what it was some time ago.

In fact, not only the high step, but even the officers and men of the navy on the ship did not have much interest in this kind of battle.

At the beginning, because it was too easy to fight, the officers and soldiers of the navy were still a little excited.

But after a long time, that excitement gradually faded. In the final analysis, bullying the weak or something can't bring people a real sense of honor after all. And look at the large bodies and people who have fallen into the water floating on the surface of the river. The gunners who operated the ship's guns were somewhat moved with compassion in their hearts...

In the final analysis, this is not a battle between countries, but a fight between compatriots.

If Anhui is in a desperate situation, they will definitely fight to the death, but this one-sided massacre...

Now the gunners on the ship are just instinctively carrying out orders.

Both Bu Zigao and the captains of the other two ships knew this. It's just in the case of knowing what your subordinates are thinking. They didn't say anything about it.

But even so, the three gunboats still chased after the Gan convoy that had turned around and fled, because the order from above was to let them destroy the Gan army as much as possible.

So when the remnants of the Jiangxi ships fled back to Jiujiang, there were only more than 40 ships left in the original fleet of hundreds of ships at this time—————— there was no way, after all, it was a naval army that had just been formed for less than a year, although the gunners did not practice with live ammunition, but after all, they were still worse, and the accuracy of the shells was also very good.

In fact, even if it is a few more years, it is useless. At this time, the accuracy of naval guns was very poor, even if it was as strong as the German or British navies. The hit rate in real combat is also not very high.

For example, during the Battle of Jutland, the German large-caliber naval guns fired 3,597 shells, but only 120 were hit, and the hit rate was only 3.33% of the cups. That is to say, if you shoot 100 shells, only 3 hits at most, and small and medium-caliber naval guns are even more powerful, hitting more than 9,000 rounds, but the average hit rate is only 1.16%, that is, only 1 out of 100 rounds can hit.

Although the British navy is larger than the German navy and is recognized by everyone as the world's largest navy, it is even inferior to Germany in this regard.

In the whole naval battle, the large-caliber naval guns fired 4,598 shells, but the average hit rate was only 2.17%, if the Germans could hit 3 out of 100 rounds, then the British only 2. This may be the reason why the British were more numerous than the Germans in the Battle of Jutland, but the losses were greater than those of the Germans.

And this naval battle also demonstrated the extremely high training quality of the German Navy.

To be honest, as once said, Yan Shao even thought about sending someone to Germany to study the navy. But if World War I broke out, those sent to Germany would probably have to come back.

And the defeat of Germany in World War I can almost be said to be doomed, and by the end of World War I, at least for more than ten years, I am afraid that Germany will have no navy.

Even if he really sent someone to Germany, I am afraid that he would not be able to learn anything in a year and a half, which is why Yan Shao would choose the United Kingdom in the future.

As for France? Although Yan Shao admits that the French are indeed very good at the army, but the navy...

That's really, no, no, no~

But then again, although Yan Shao let the officers of the navy study in Britain, he leaned towards Germany in terms of technique, especially in ship design. A comparison of the results of the Battle of Jutland shows the different design philosophies of Britain and Germany. British-built ships emphasized speed and firepower at the expense of armor protection. German warships, on the other hand, emphasized better protection on the basis of reduced speed and armament.

And in armor-piercing bullets, fireproof. Ranging, night combat equipment, signal technology, etc. They were also ahead of the British, and the difference in design philosophy and technical superiority, combined with the well-trained naval soldiers, enabled the Germans to achieve more results in the Battle of Jutland with fewer troops than the British.

At the beginning of 1918, the commander of the Battle of Jutland, Betty, said at a meeting of the Admiralty that "it must now be considered that the German squadron of battle cruisers was indeed superior to ours." ”

However, tactical victory can never make up for tactical defeat...

This is also a helpless thing...

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After this one-sided massacre. In the end, only about forty ships escaped back to Jiujiang.

After the ships docked at the dock one by one, the soldiers rushed down from the ships like headless flies. Many of the soldiers who did not get in line even jumped from the boat into the river and swam directly to the shore, even many of the officers ...

On the river, these Jiangxi officers and soldiers listened to the sound of cannonballs whistling overhead. Watching the ships around him sink one by one. There are also comrades-in-arms who have fallen into the water and dense corpses, coupled with the river surface that is almost red with blood, this psychological pressure is absolute.

When they turned around and fled, many Jiangxi officers and soldiers even jumped directly into the river because they couldn't bear this crazy atmosphere.

If it was on the ground, even if they couldn't beat people, they could at least fight with people, but on this big river, they could only be beaten...

This atmosphere of slaughter. Definitely not comfortable...

Seeing that the Second Brigade, which had not been dispatched for a long time, was now running to the shore like a headless fly. The soldiers of the brigade who remained on the shore were taken aback. The officer in charge of port security even asked his subordinates to inform Li Liejun of the situation in the city headquarters, and then arranged for his subordinates to maintain order.

If the soldiers of the Second Brigade continue to be like this, I am afraid that the entire Jiujiang Chengdu will be messed up by them.

However, when they saw someone coming up, the officers and men who had disembarked broke down shouted for them to flee quickly, saying that they had already chased after them. This kind of unprecedented, unprecedented, and unreceiving, made the officer and the other officers and soldiers somewhat confused.

However, just when the officer could not figure out what was going on, he heard a few screams, and then he saw that several places on the dock suddenly turned into a sea of fire, and among the ships that had been docked, one of them was beaten to pieces on the spot, and none of the soldiers on the ship survived.

Those soldiers of the Gan Army, whose psychology was already about to collapse, were now completely collapsed.

The soldiers who had already disembarked ran desperately to the city, and those who did not get off the boat jumped directly into the river, and this scene made the officers and men of the first brigade stunned.

At the same time, Li Liejun and other generals who were located in the city headquarters also heard an explosion from the direction of the dock at this time.

It's too loud for them to hear, even if they want to.

At the time of the explosion, Li Liejun and the others were discussing the matter of Hukou in the command headquarters, and although the news from Hukou was still very vague, it could be said that every piece of news was very bad.

If reinforcements don't arrive soon, I'm afraid the defenders at Hukou won't be able to hold out for long.

It's just that while they were discussing, an explosion came...

"What's going on?" Li Liejun, who was discussing with his subordinates, was shocked when he heard the explosion.

Lin Hu, who was standing next to him, also raised his head and glanced in the direction where the voice came from, before saying to Li Liejun. "Governor, the voice is coming from the direction of the docks..."

While they were talking, another burst of shelling was heard on the river.

Listening to these voices, Li Liejun had an ominous premonition in his heart. "Could it be that the Anhui Navy ran over directly and wanted to shell Jiujiang? What happened to the troops who crossed the river to reinforce now? ”

"......" Hearing Li Liejun's words, Lin Hu and the others were also silent for a while.

To be honest, they don't particularly agree with sending troops to reinforce Hukou, but the importance of Hukou is self-evident, plus the news from Hukou is vague, but the telegrams for help are one after another, this reinforcement has to be sent, naturally, they are also a little lucky...

But now it seems that some things are really a fluke...

Although there was silence, the situation on the other side of the dock was to be known after all, and soon a group of soldiers rushed to the dock. Want to know what's going on.

This is also the reason for the backwardness of the means of communication, in the Anhui military government, radio stations or something. On the government side, it has spread to the county and town level, and on the army side, it has spread to the battalion level. In China, in addition to Yuan Shikai in Beiyang, there are several radio stations, and they were sent by Yan Shao, and there is one radio station in Nanjing, and there may be a few in Shanghai that —————— Nanjing, which was made by foreigners in 1912. It was used for testing, and it was later used by the North and the South when they negotiated peace.

Although the sound of artillery in the direction of the dock is becoming more and more frequent, Li Liejun in the command headquarters still has some kind of luck in their hearts...

"Governor. Don't worry..."Seeing Li Liejun's very anxious look, Lin Hu comforted beside him. "Maybe it's because the reinforced fleet leaked through, so maybe the Anhui Navy will come to retaliate..."

Naturally, this possibility is not impossible. But. Very small...

However, hearing Lin Hu's words, Li Liejun's face was still a little better.

Because for now, this is probably the best possible thing.

If Yu Weiqian's Second Brigade could be reinforced to Hukou, then even if Jiujiang was really bombarded, it would be worth it.

"If that's really the case...", with a long sigh, Li Liejun stood at the door and waited anxiously.

Although it shows that there is not much possibility of knowing the Dao, Li Liejun is still looking forward to the appearance of a miracle.

It's just that the news from the next group of soldiers made Li Liejun and many people in the command fall into an ice cave.

“…… We found that the fleet of ships departing from the dock only came back with just over 40 ships. The soldiers who had set off with the convoy had also completely lost their fighting spirit...", the captain of the pro-soldiers, who had just returned from the docks, glanced up. He took two steps back slightly, and then said cautiously. "From the mouths of those soldiers, we know that the reinforced fleet was intercepted by three gunboats of the National Social Army before it reached the mouth of the lake, and if it wasn't for the decisive order of the brigade commander Yu Weiqian to turn around and withdraw, I am afraid that the reinforcement fleet would be wiped out..."

Hearing the words of the captain of the pro-soldiers, the atmosphere in the command headquarters became unusually depressing, and it was only after half a ring that Li Liejun was heard to ask. "What about Yu Weiqian, what about others now?"

"This—" After a moment's hesitation, the captain shook his head. I don't know what to do, but I learned from those officers and soldiers that there was no one on the ship that came back this time..."

Hearing the captain say this, the faces of the people present changed, and Li Liejun himself shook his body.

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I don't know whether this 'battle' that took place in the waters at the entrance of Poyang Lake should be called a battle or a massacre, but this battle is still recorded in history as a small highlight among the countless victories of the Nationalist Army.

However, it was also because of this 'battle' that the Nationalist Army was able to capture Jiujiang very smoothly.

According to later statistics, there were more than 110 ships collected by the Jiangxi army at that time, and only 43 were able to return to Jiujiang. Of the more than 4,000 officers and men who set out, only 1,300 returned safely.

As for the rest, either they were killed in the shelling, or they swam ashore after jumping into the river, and then changed their clothes and changed their identities, and there were only more than 100 Jiangxi officers and soldiers who still chose to return to Jiujiang after jumping the river, and they were already included in the more than 1,300 people...

There are several main reasons why the losses will be so large.

The first one, naturally, is because the fleet does not have any escort, although the entire fleet has more than 110 ships, but in the face of those three gunboats, it does not even have the ability to counterattack. After the worst, I can only turn around and flee, running for my life...

The three gunboats used the latest British technology, and their power was very advanced, and they were by no means inferior to similar ships of other powers in the same period. In the process of catching up, it will only get closer, and definitely not farther and farther...

If it hadn't been discovered early, and Yu Weiqian's order was timely, I'm afraid that of these more than 40 ships, there would not have been even more than ten of them who could come back alive.

As for the other reason, there is the problem of ships ...

Most of the fishing boats Li Liejun solicited this time were fishing boats, but there were also more than a dozen river boats. No matter how you look at it, there are definitely more people on the river boats than on the fishing boats, so those river boats are also full of soldiers, and even Yu Weiqian himself is sitting on the largest river boat among them.

Large size means easy aim.

So when the flotilla was shelled, most of the shells were actually aimed at those river boats, and as for the other fishing boats, they completely affected the pond fish...

It can be said that the other more than 100 fishing boats are not even as many as the more than 10 river boats. The deliberate targeting of the gunboats by the officers and men of the gunboats caused most of the river boats to sink to the bottom of the river, and only a few of them were able to return safely with much faster maneuverability than the fishing boats...

It is precisely these, together with some other reasons, that only about 1,000 of the more than 4,000 officers and soldiers who went out on the expedition remained.

After learning of this situation, not mentioning what Li Liejun thought for the time being, the sound of artillery in the direction of the pier gradually stopped.

Because there is a strict order from above, it is not allowed to deliberately bombard the city.

There were still many people who stayed on the dock just now, and they fired a few shots at a high pace, just to try their luck and see if they could sink more. Now that everyone has run ashore, there is naturally no need to open fire.

"Okay, the mission is complete, let's go back..."Seeing the smoke burning on the dock through the telescope, he shook his head, and said to his subordinates.

"Yes!"

At the same time, the same order was given by the other two gunboats in turn.

Looking at the gunboats that were gradually leaving, the Gan troops hiding on the dock were all relieved, and they felt like they had escaped death. And after running out of the command headquarters, looking at the messy dock, Li Liejun felt dizzy...

Not long ago, there was news that the mouth of the lake had fallen...

Under the double blow, even Li Liejun has a feeling that he can't hold on... (To be continued......)