Chapter 47 against the Langya Navy

In order to prevent the Qingzhou army from threatening the coast of Xuzhou by sea, the entire fleet left the port after leaving the necessary garrison forces. The large fleet led by ten three-masted battleships slowly advanced northward, and all 100 single-masted battleships were scattered northward, looking for the possible existence of the Qingzhou southbound fleet.

Due to the prior notice of the Jimo fleet, the waters between Qingzhou and Xuzhou can no longer see the ships of the players running the merchants, and only some brave players are waiting to see the scene of the battle between the two sides in battleships.

In the captain's room of the flagship of the Jimo fleet, the "Flying Henan People", Gangzi browsed the timely information from various channels.

"Attention to high-speed dhows, according to intelligence, there are Xuzhou players who are not afraid of death who follow the Langya fleet to pick up the mission, and tell them what will happen if they don't listen to our warnings. In addition, the dhow of the Langya fleet has been sprinkled to the north to fight them back, you must firmly grasp the intelligence advantage of the battlefield, I don't want any of our movements to be discovered by them in advance. ”

With the issuance of Gangzi's order, all the high-speed sloops on the periphery of the Jimo fleet spread out and started moving.

The main force of the Jimo fleet continued to sail slowly southward, and in the middle was a heavy firepower formation composed of nine three-masted battleships, under the direct command of Gangzi; 60 Han five-level battleships, ten of them are divided into heavy firepower formations, and the commanders of the six Han five-level battleship formations are Ding Xin, Bai Si, Kang Xia, Yuande, Qi Shi, Mi Hao, and the NPC captain's command ability is the most assured of Gangzi, and then supplemented by the player's intelligence and data processing advantages, this is Gangzi's biggest reliance on daring to attack the Langya fleet.

According to the intelligence charts, the Jimo fleet and the Langya fleet are slowly approaching, and Gangzi is not in a hurry to carry out a decisive battle of the main fleet, but is ready to use the absolute superiority of the sloop class to pull out all the eyes and ears of the Langya fleet.

Compared with the player's various cheating ways to obtain intelligence, the intelligence acquisition of the Langya fleet relies more on the naked eye on the sea. When the Jimo fleet had already opened its fangs, they were not aware of the existence of the enemy fleet, and the dhow group was still a defensive blind search.

The high-speed sloops of the Jimo fleet are very fast. After a short voyage, they entered the warning circle of the dhows of the Langya fleet, and the battle between the dloops of the two sides immediately began.

The roaring cannons and the returning dhows told the Langya fleet. The dhow warship under the banner of the Qingzhou Jimo Fleet is attacking the outer warning ring of the Jimo Fleet, which also shows that the Qingzhou Jimo Fleet is on the sea not far from the vicinity.

"It's really beyond their power that the little Qingzhou dares to launch an attack on our Xuzhou, especially since they dare to send a mercenary-level Jimo fleet to attack our Langya fleet! Hum...... This officer originally wanted to destroy this fleet that had lost the face of the navy after a while, but he didn't expect them to automatically send it to the door. ”

After learning that it was the Jimo fleet that launched an attack on his side, the admiral of the Langya fleet was full of contempt for this fleet composed of players, especially after learning through intelligence that all the Qingzhou Donglai fleet had no intention of going south in Donglai Port, and he was even more disdainful of the combat effectiveness of the Jimo fleet. "Tell the dhow formation to move the center of the reconnaissance in the direction in which the enemy dhow appeared, as long as the opponent's main fleet is found. We will immediately launch a general attack, destroy the Jimo fleet, and we will immediately land on the south bank of Qingzhou, and then we will be able to eat the entire Qingzhou in one fell swoop. ”

The dhows of the Jimo fleet and the Langya fleet began a life-and-death struggle. In the battle of sloop-class warships, the Jimo fleet has an overwhelming advantage, and the connection between the warships with the official captain called the Jimo fleet is faster and more effective, and the superb speed is called the high-speed dhow battleship can occupy a favorable position faster.

Fighting alone, the dhow of the Langya fleet immediately suffered a large number of losses, but the results were very few. The commander of the Langya dhow group realized that there was a huge gap in the combat effectiveness of the dhow of the two sides, which could no longer be made up for by combat quality, especially after appreciating the high speed shown by the dhow battleships of the Jimo fleet. Immediately report to the Admiral of the Langya Fleet about the predicament he encountered.

"A speed-enhanced sloop modified battleship! Other performance is not compromised? How is this possible! The British were also unable to complete such a transformation. ”

The Admiral of the Langya Fleet was surprised by the presence of high-speed dhow battleships, and even questioned that this was a reason that the commander of the dhow group had made up for his own command mistakes. Until a high-speed dhow rushed into the main ship group of the Langya fleet and crossed it with great arrogance. It was only then that he finally determined that such a high-speed dhow was real, and realized that his own dhow was no longer capable of fighting against such a ship.

"First Qingzhou fifth-class battleship, and then this kind of high-speed dhow battleship, when did Qingzhou's shipbuilding technology become so advanced!" The Admiral of the Langya Fleet suddenly felt that this sea neighbor, who had always been hostile, had become stranger, but he did not feel too much emotion but quickly ordered to change the situation that his own dhow was being quickly wiped out by the other party: "Send our Qingzhou fifth-class battleships and ask the dhow to use these 20 brig-class battleships as a fulcrum to establish a separation zone on the horizontal line 10 nautical miles north of the Grand Fleet, I don't want to see enemy warships appear in front of my eyes again." ”

Just when the Admiral of the Langya fleet gave the order viciously. Another high-speed sloop of the Jimo fleet broke through, and the Langya fleet hurriedly surrounded it. But the high-speed dhow still ran out after being heavily damaged.

The main fleet was broken through continuously. Although there was no loss, it made the Langya fleet extremely humiliating.

And the two high-speed dhow battleships of the Jimo Fleet that crossed the Langya fleet enjoyed heroic cheers in Qingzhou.

The high-speed dhows of the Jimo fleet once again showed their dominance in the dhow-class naval battles, and the dhows of the Langya fleet began to shrink after they could not withstand the pressure. The ears and eyes of the Langya fleet poking out were cut off, and Gangzi's dispatch of the fleet became more calm.

According to the report of the high-speed dhow battleship fighting in front, the Langya fleet sent 20 Qingzhou fifth-class battleships into the battlefield, and each Qingzhou fifth-class battleship led several dhows to control a sea area to prevent the Jimo high-speed dhow battleship from breaking through its capital group.

The act of crossing the enemy's main bridge could greatly boost the morale of his side, but Gangzi still stopped this reckless action. The two successful breakthroughs of high-speed dhow warships against the main ship group of the Langya fleet were built on the basis that the other side did not know their own warships. In fact, the second high-speed dhow that broke through almost never returned.

"The Kangxia Department and the Yuande Department are advancing, we need to give the Langya fleet a little more stimulation, and ask them to take the initiative to move forward to seek the main decisive battle."

When the order of the "Flying Henan People" was conveyed, a total of 20 Dahan fifth-class warships from the Kangxia Department and the Yuande Department moved forward, and the high-speed sloops scattered around for their own battles gathered over, and also formed a small formation headed by the Dahan five-ship battleships.

The battle between the two sides escalated from a scramble of sloops to a positional battle of small formations. The quality advantage of the captain of the Langya fleet was brought into play, and they used the cooperation between the warships to cover each other with dexterous small movements to resist the high-speed raid of the Jimo battleship, and the attack of the high-speed sloop battleship was no longer as sharp as the beginning in the face of the well-defended Langya battleship, but was frequently seized by the other party to start a queue to fight more and get a few results.

"Don't play tactics with them, that's what they're good at, our strength is in the performance of the battleship, the Han fifth-level battleship goes forward to attract firepower, their Qingzhou fifth-level battleship is not the same level as yours, in the face of them, you don't need to shrink your hands and feet to fight for position, you just go zigzag forward, call the high-speed dhow battleship to protect your bow and stern, as long as you knock out their Qingzhou fifth-level battleship, the remaining sloop battleships will be crushed by you at will."

The Jimo Fleet is subordinate to the Lingxiao Fleet, and likes to play with the position, first scattering the enemy fleet through constant movement, and then using the superior command system to quickly form a local superior force to nibble away at the opponent. However, in the face of a more well-trained NPC navy, "attacking the enemy's strengths with one's own shortcomings", the "butterfly tactics" will not rise.

Fortunately, Gangzi corrected the mistakes of the forward fleet in time.

The weapons can really make up for the gap in the quality of personnel, the Dahan five-level battleship advanced forcefully in the shells fired back and forth between the two sides, and in the face of the frequent concentrated fire attacks of the Langya battleship, the players who drove the Dahan five-level battleship were not even too lazy to dodge. The existence of several watertight warehouses under the waterline gave the Dahan fifth-class battleship extremely tenacious vitality, and it only needed to stabilize the hull and shoot foolishly.

The captains of the Langya battleship also quickly discovered the strangeness of the opponent's battleship, obviously the enemy's "Qingzhou fifth-class battleship" under the concentrated fire attack of their own battleship had already been heavily damaged and sunk, but the opponent was still attacking while approaching. The presence of hard sails made the ship more flexible, and they even played drift when turning to reduce the time it took for the bow to leak!

"This is definitely not a 'Qingzhou fifth-class battleship', these are the 'Dahan fifth-class battleships' that retain the watertight compartment, but isn't the 'Dahan fifth-class battleship' unable to withstand the pressure of a salvo of naval guns? Why can the 'Dahan V-class battleship' of the Jimo fleet fire naval gun salvo? It's rare that they have mastered the real technology of building 'Dahan V-class warships'? ”

After the high-speed dhow, the Jimo fleet once again gave the Langya fleet a slap in the face, and when the admiral of the Langya fleet realized that he was not in the same weight class as the two-masted battleships owned by the Jimo fleet, he immediately ordered the fleet in front to retreat. However, at this time, the warships of both sides had entered into a close artillery battle, and it was not an easy task to retreat. In the end, only 7 of the 20 Qingzhou fifth-class warships in the Langya fleet ran back, and they were seriously injured and could not participate in the next battle. When the dhow was covering the retreat of its own warships, it was pursued by the high-speed dhow battleships of the Jimo fleet, and very few ran back.

The contact battle between the Jimo fleet and the Langya fleet ended with the retreat of the Langya fleet, and the Langya fleet still did not find the location of the main force of the Jimo fleet after suffering heavy losses. (To be continued)

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