60 The First Battle of the Taiwan Strait (8)

Outside the harbor is a hidden place for firewood and straw boats.

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

Zhou An said excitedly: "I used to see the princess's two big ships, and I thought it was really amazing, but they are invincible ships 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 to start a war with my comrades-in-arms today. ”

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

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

Zhou An said: "Just start first!" Whichever ship is near, attack it, burn one, and one less. ”

Lotus Ye said: "General Zhou, look at these warships in front of you, the sides of the ships are full of archers, our firewood and grass boats rush up, we will definitely eat bursts of arrows rain, as long as a rocket hits our firewood and grass boats, our firewood and grass boats will be full of fire, and before we get close to the enemy ships, we will burn one less one." ”

Zhou An said: "It's a tailwind now, although our ship is on fire, the downwind will come to 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 as soon as the enemy ship turns the rudder, it will easily avoid the fireship." ”

Zhou Andao: "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 said with a smile: "Back then, Governor Zhou Yu wanted to arrange Huang Gai's fire, but he tried his best. First of all, he used a counter-plot to get rid of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, who were proficient in water warfare, and then used a chain scheme 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 trick to let Huang Gai get as close to Cao Cao's water village as possible in the name of fraudulent surrender. When Cao Jun found out that Huang Gai had surrendered, Huang Gai's firewood and grass boat had already approached, and at this time, Huang Gai's firewood and grass boat turned into a fire ship and burned into the big ship along the east wind and locked together with 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 Leaf nodded and said, "It's an egg hitting a stone." And it's a meat bun beating a dog,—— there is no return. ”

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

Lotus Ye said: "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 ships of Dongwu, not the warships of Dongwu. ”

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

Lotus Ye said: "The Dongwu Navy is well-trained and disciplined. The warships are equipped with all kinds of weapons, and the grain and grass ships, especially the grain and grass ships that go out to the open sea, are strictly forbidden to fireworks, and the grain and grass ships are not only very weak in combat power, but also do not carry rockets, so they can attack. ”

Zhou An suddenly realized: "Oh, the persimmon is soft to 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, 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 warships, and they should be let go." The tail behind is a one-way column, ten ships, that is, the grain and grass fleet of Soochow, the princess ordered you to attack the grain and grass fleet, after the fire ship is docked on the grain and grass ship, do not immediately ignite the fire, with the headquarters order cannon as an order, a cannon to burn a grain and grass ship, no cannon can not burn the ship. ”

Lotus Ye turned his head to look at Hua Yihua and said: "Take the sound of the cannon as an order, a cannon will burn a boat, and if the cannon is not fired, the ship will not be burned." ”

Hua Yihua said: "Yes, if you don't fire the cannon, you won't burn the ship." The princess also said that the battle for the ship would be fought in Repulse Bay, so she ordered two large ships and three ships of Dragon Bird to meet General Lotus Leaf, and all ships were under the command of General Lotus Leaf. ”

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

Zhou An said: "The princess is really a god, we are the closest to the Dongwu fleet, and we can't tell which one is a military ship and which one is a grain and grass ship." “”

Lotus Ye asked Hua Yihua and said, "Who is on the big boat now?" ”

Hua Yihua said: "Now all the female soldiers are on the big boat, and my two sisters, three sisters, Sally, and Lianxin are all on the big boat." ”

Lotus Ye nodded and said, "Okay!" Sister Yiduo, you convey my order to Sister Erduo: When the warships of the two columns of Dongwu pass by, immediately set off from a concealed place, and the two big ships will attack the last ship of the Dongwu grain and grass fleet together, not to kill more, but to attack the sails of this ship with all their might, so that it will lose power. ”

Hua Yihua said: "Yes, attack the sail of the last ship with all your strength and let it 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 last ship to paralyze it, and not to let it come to the rescue when I'm attacking the other grain ships. ”

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

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 don't we attack it, and mobilize two big ships to besiege it? ”

Lotus Ye nodded and said: "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 we attack other grain 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 a lot of article." ”