83 Battle of Repulse Bay (4)

The Soochow fleet has entered the sea gate.

The two columns of the powerful Soochow Fleet rode the wind and waves, while the grain and grass fleet was clearly lagging behind, and the three warships (a total of six ships) left by the two columns to protect the grain and grass fleet were in the middle.

Wei Wen was on the command platform of his flagship and glanced at Zhuge Zhi's flagship, which was advancing with him.

Zhuge stood straight on the bow of his flagship, looking ahead.

The sergeant reported to Wei Wen: "Report to General Pingdong, there is a small boat on the right hand side of the channel, and there are two female officers on board, waving red flags. ”

The water chestnut and the four flowers stood in the boat, waving the red flag in their hands.

Wei Wen said: "Let's go our own way, leave her alone!" ”

Zhuge Zhi also saw the water chestnut boat, and he suddenly said excitedly: "Female officer! The lady of the water princess!"

Zhuge Zhi immediately ordered: "The whole army turns and marches at full speed towards the female official!" ”

Zhuge Zhi said proudly: "If you find the female official of the water princess, you can find the water princess!" ”

Wei Wen saw Zhuge Zhi's fleet suddenly turn, his face was shocked, and he suddenly understood.

Wei Wen immediately ordered: "Turn the right rudder!" Full speed ahead for the whole army! ”

Both columns of the Soochow fleet headed in the direction of the water chestnut boats. Including the six ships that were originally going to protect the grain and grass fleet, they were also ordered to follow closely.

The two columns of the Dongwu warships opened the distance between them and the grain and grass fleet.

Outside the harbor, in the jungle, a shelter for firewood boats (fireboats).

Lotus Leaf and Zhou An looked at the powerful fleet of troops in Eastern Wu.

The mighty Soochow Fleet two-way column drove in front of it mightily.

Zhou An said excitedly: "I used to see the princess's two large ships, and I thought it was really amazing, thinking that this is the invincible number one ship in the world. I didn't expect that there were so many ships in Soochow's fleet, and each of them was so big. ”

Lotus Ye stared at the Dongwu fleet intently, and said calmly: "Yes, Dongwu has sent all his most elite sailors. During the Battle of Chibi, there were not so many large ships under the command of Zhou Yu's governor. You see, how well the Soochow Navy was trained, how neatly the fleet marched, and the intervals of each ship were exactly the same, even more neat than during the Chibi War. The Soochow Navy is invincible in the world and deserves it. - I didn't expect that today I was going to fight with my comrades-in-arms from the past. ”

Zhou An'an said anxiously: "The enemy army is so strong, let's strike first." ”

Lotus Ye looked at Zhou An and asked, "Strike first?" How do I get started? Which ship to attack? ”

Zhou An said: "We just need to start first!" Whichever ship is near, attack whichever ship is close, burn one ship, and the enemy will have one less ship. ”

Lotus Ye smiled: "General Zhou, look at the ships in front of you, the sides of the ships are full of archers. As soon as our firewood and straw boats rush up, we will surely eat one after another rain of arrows, and as long as a rocket hits our firewood and straw boats, our firewood and straw boats will be full of fire, and before we get close to the enemy ships, we will burn one less ship. ”

Zhou An said: "Now it is a tailwind, although our firewood and grass boat is on fire, the downwind will lean on the enemy ship and burn the enemy ship." ”

Lotus Ye smiled: "Although it is a tailwind now, the fireship will drift towards the enemy ship, but the sea is so vast, as soon as the enemy ship turns the rudder, it will easily avoid our fireship." ”

Zhou An asked rhetorically: "During the Battle of Chibi back then, weren't Huang Gai's hundreds of fireships burned into Cao Cao's fleet with the wind?" ”

Lotus Ye explained to Zhou An with a smile: "Back then, the Governor of Zhou Yu wanted to arrange for the old general Huang Gai to burn this fire, but he tried his best. First of all, he used the counter-strategy of Jiang Gan to steal books, except Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, who were proficient in water warfare in Cao Cao's army, and then used a chain plan to lock Cao Cao's large army ships together with iron chains, and then asked Kong Ming to borrow the east wind, and then arranged a bitter meat plan, so that Huang Gai could make the firewood and grass fleet sail as close to Cao Cao's water village as possible in the name of fraudulent surrender. When Cao Jun found out that Huang Gai was a fraudulent surrender, Huang Gai's firewood and grass fleet was already very close to Cao Cao's water village, and at this time, Huang Gai's firewood and grass fleet became fireboats, and the big ships were locked together in Cao Ying, which was done. And now the Soochow warship sails on the sea, and it can't burn it. ”

Zhou Andong felt at a loss and said, "Then if we want to attack the enemy ship, is it an egg hitting a stone?" ”

Lotus Ye nodded and said, "It's an egg hitting a stone." To be precise, it was the meat buns that beat the dog,—— there was no return. ”

Zhou An had nowhere to go, and asked dejectedly: "Then how are we going to fight?" ”

Lotus Ye smiled and asked, "General Zhou, don't you remember the princess's general?" ”

Zhou An said: "The princess ordered us to prepare firewood and grass ships to attack the Dongwu fleet." ”

Lotus Ye said: "The princess ordered us to attack the grain and grass fleet of Dongwu, not the army fleet of Dongwu. ”

Zhou An asked puzzledly: "Why can't the warships attack, but the grain and grass ships can?" ”

Lotus Ye said seriously: "The Dongwu Navy is well-trained and disciplined. On the warship, there are eighteen kinds of weapons, and they are equipped with everything. And grain and grass ships, especially such grain and grass ships that go out to the open sea, are strictly forbidden to fireworks. Not only are the grain ships very weak, but they also do not carry rockets, so they can attack. ”

Zhou An suddenly realized: "Oh, the persimmon picks up the soft pinch!" Let me see which one of the Soochow fleets is a grain and grass ship. ”

The powerful fleet of Dongwu was gradually approaching, and Zhou An carefully observed every big ship in the fleet: "This is a grain and grass ship?" No, it's a warship. Is this a grain ship? No, it's a warship...... General Lotus Leaf, each of the warships of Soochow is the same, how do you know which one is the grain and grass ship? ”

While observing the Soochow fleet with full attention, Lotus Ye replied: "Yes, General Zhou An, find the grain and grass ship, this is the key problem we have to solve now." If you admit your mistake and fight the warship as a grain and grass ship, you will really have no return, and there is no regret medicine on the battlefield. ”

Hua Yihua hurriedly ran to the lotus leaf and reported: "General Lotus leaf, the princess has an order." ”

Lotus Ye observed and said, "Give the order, a sister." ”

Hua Yihua said: "The princess ordered that the two columns in front of the Dongwu fleet are all military ships, and they should be let go." The tail fleet behind is a one-way column, ten ships, which is the grain and grass fleet of Soochow. The princess ordered you to attack the grain and grass fleet, and after the fire ship was docked on the grain and grass ship, do not immediately ignite the fire, and take the command cannon of the headquarters as an order, sound a cannon, burn a grain and grass ship, and do not burn the ship without a cannon. ”

The lotus leaf turned her head to look at the flower and said, "Yes!" Take the sound of cannons as an order, fire a cannon to burn a ship, and do not fire a cannon to burn the ship. ”

Hua Yihua said: "Yes, if you don't fire the cannon, you won't burn the ship." The princess also said that the battle to seize the enemy's flagship and control the enemy's commander would take place in Repulse Bay, so she ordered that two large ships and three ships of the dragon bird should be transferred to meet General Lotus Leaf, and all ships were under the command of General Lotus Leaf. ”

Lotus Ye smiled: "Great, the grain and grass ships of Dongwu are traveling in a group, and they are the tail behind the big fleet, and the princess has sent a big ship and a dragon bird boat to respond, this battle is easy to fight." ”

Zhou An praised: "The princess is really a god!" We were closest to the Soochow fleet, and we could see it most clearly, and we couldn't tell which one was a military ship and which one was a grain and grass ship. “”

The lotus leaf asked Hua Yihua, "Who is on the big ship now?" ”

Hua Yihua said: "Now all the female soldiers are on the big boat, and my second sister, third sister, Sally, and Lianxin are all on the big boat. ”

Lotus Ye nodded and said, "Okay!" Sister Yiduo, you convey my order to Sister Erduo: After the warships of the two columns of Dongwu have sailed, our two warships will immediately set off from a concealed place. Our two large ships attacked the last ship of the Soochow Grain and Grass Fleet together. Not to kill more, but to attack the sails of this ship with all their might, to make it lose power. ”

Hua Yihua said: "Yes, the two big ships attacked the sails of the last ship of the enemy's food and grass fleet with all their might, causing it to lose power. ”

Lotus Ye said again: "Sister Yihua, after you arrive at the big ship, the two big ships are under your full command. Remember, it's better to entangle the enemy's last ship to paralyze it. When my side attacked other grain and grass ships with fireboats, I couldn't let them rush to the rescue. ”

Hua Yihua said: "Yes, we can't let the last ship of the Soochow fleet destroy the action of the fireships on General Lotus Ye's side to attack the grain and grass ships." ”

After the flower finished speaking, she immediately ran down.

Zhou An asked: "Isn't the last ship of Dongwu also a grain and grass ship?" Why didn't we attack it with fireships, and mobilize two more big ships to besiege it? ”

Lotus Ye nodded and said to Zhou An: "The last ship of the Dongwu fleet is also the ship of the grain and grass fleet, but it is an escort escort ship, with extremely strong combat effectiveness, and the ships are often some experienced veterans. When our firewood and grass ships attack other grain and grass ships, it will come straight to attack us. And our firewood and straw ships will not be able to withstand its attack. ”

Zhou An nodded and said, "It turns out that this is a postponement boat, and there is still a lot of article." ”