Chapter 53: The First Battle of the Comeback

The sudden sound of cannons made the entire fleet nervous, and they began to quickly adjust the battle formation.

Fifteen warships lined up in a "one" shape, and it was a bit risky to act like this on the narrow east coast, but His Majesty Wang Xuan, who did not understand military affairs, insisted on his opinion, and Zifeng had no choice but to do so.

After passing the old site, the sound of artillery began to become clear, but the frequency was greatly reduced.

Through the binoculars, it can be seen that dense wooden warships of all sizes have appeared on the southern sea, and they are blocking the huge auspicious warships with their weak hulls, trying to restrict their movement, and then besiege and capture the warships.

"It's our warship, the other side is actually an indigenous ......"

The lookout kept coming, but Wang Xuan and the others had questions in their hearts.

Logically speaking, the relationship between the mascot and the natives is still good, there has never been a situation of oppression and fraud of the locals, and even the exchange standard of barter is discussed calmly and one by one, and now it is actually gathered to besiege the auspicious warship, which must have given birth to a big change.

"Your Majesty, you better go to the cabin and rest. ”

Seeing that the war was coming, Zifeng hoped that His Majesty the King would be more interesting and not let him go.

"No, I'm just watching from the command room, watching what happens to those who oppose Jixiang. ”

Yes, seeing that this person has lost his temper again, Zifeng will not waste time on this matter, and command the fleet to prepare to meet the enemy.

At this time, the battlefield has been stalemate for a long time, and the fleets of the two sides have long been entangled, and it is already a situation where I have you and you have me. This is also due to the influence of the narrow sea, and the large ships cannot be used.

Coupled with the limitation of the average water depth, there is even less room for the auspicious battleship to toss and move.

Behind it is the Pure Land, the last side of the auspicious continent in the southern continent, on which there are thousands of auspicious people transferred from Shenlong Island, and the navy has no reason to retreat.

As Zifeng's fleet got closer and closer, Hu Yu's department, who was fighting to the death with all his might, finally had a lookout who discovered their arrival, and for a while burst into tears, shouting at the top of his voice: "Reinforcements, our reinforcements are coming, Your Majesty has come to save us......"

The chaotic battlefield gradually quieted down, but it was not the mascot's shouts that played a role, but the natives besieging them were on the periphery, and they also found the mascot's huge support fleet, and they were stupid.

"Why didn't the cannon go off, what about the cannon commander, Lao Tzu is going to cut him with his own hands......"

Just when Hu Yu was anxious to kill with his own hands, the artillery commander left his post without permission and came to the upper command room in person, "Political commissar, we have no shells." ”

Hu Yu, who had just returned his anger and itched to be the commander of the gun, was like a deflated balloon, and the whole person instantly aged by more than ten years, and he sat in the seat and lost his mind.

"Why can't you last until the night, why don't you save some money, how can this be!"

Three consecutive 'how' words expressed the embarrassment of the left-behind fleet, and the ammunition was exhausted.

The gun commander couldn't answer the question, and neither could the staff officers behind him.

A month before the food shortage on Shenlong Island, they were already looking for a way out, and it was impossible to return to auspiciousness, so it was better to die here.

By chance, they found a long and narrow island that they had surveyed, and it was connected to other small islands in front and back, and it was in a good location.

The key is that a large number of fish are found not far from the sea in the eastern part of the island, which is a natural fishing ground. Moreover, there are many fruit trees growing on the island, some of which are known and some of which are not. Although there are many trees on the island, there are also many shrubs, and after clearing it, it is highly fertile arable land.

The mascot generally has the idea that 'it is better to take the initiative to attack and find a way out than to sit and wait for death', so after Liu Liu and Wang Zhi discussed, they transferred the captives over and opened up the wasteland and farmed.

Of the 8,000 men who were less than a month old, only 300 remained, and the rest were either attacked by wild beasts and died, or were bitten by snakes, insects, rats, and ants and died of illness, and a considerable number of them either died of exhaustion or starvation.

In today's environment, human life is like a mustard, human nature is on the verge of collapse, and it is a consensus that friends who die are not dead and poor.

Soon after the mascot moved here, the Semu people gathered a large number of natives to besiege Shenlong Island by means of wooing, coercion, and promises.

But only a few great white sharks stayed outside as sentinels, and the rest of them were all transferred, they couldn't find out why, and there was almost an empty city in front of them, if it weren't for the great white sharks that appeared from time to time, they would have entered the island long ago.

Speaking of this, the people of Semu thought of the scene of the explosion at the old site of the auspicious station, under the influence of the shadow of the cup bow snake, they thought that the small number of great white sharks were left by the mascot to detonate the explosives, so they did not dare to enter the island.

The great white sharks stayed here to create this illusion, the island has been diverted of supplies, and the meaning of staying is to try not to let the enemy enter the island, which has a symbolic effect. Therefore, when they saw that the other side was withdrawing, they also left the island and went south to join the main army.

And the Semu people, who gave up landing on the island, began to send people around to explore the hiding place of the mascot, wanting to kill them all, and they were ashamed.

Anyway, the place is so big, and the people of Semu have the patience and confidence to find the mascot.

Finally, after a month or so, they discovered the lair of the auspicious man, and in a vengeful heart, they did not care about dealing with the peasants, so they deployed all the native armies they had gathered to the east, ready to attack the small and narrow island.

The navy of the Semu people was the first to engage the Jixiang navy, but unfortunately the difference in strength between the two sides was not small, and the Semu people suffered heavy losses and only escaped a few fast ships.

Although Fred had overestimated the combat power of the Auspicious Battleship in his heart, the performance of the Auspicious Battleship still exceeded his estimates, and he knew that he would never let the battleship die in vain, and he had to leave a way out for returning home.

So he ordered the indigenous army to cut down wood and build ships, and use wolf pack tactics against the mascots.

Hu Yu: The ammunition they didn't have much was gradually worn out in the second defense, and they finally ran out in the decisive battle that was not a decisive battle today.

Why hold out into the night?

Because at night, Viper and Great White Shark have enough ways to manipulate the logged enemy forces in the palm of their hands, and destroy each other's living forces, at least to buy them a few days of respite, and one more day to survive, one more day to find a chance to turn around.

But now the war situation has made him desperate.

Although the sailors are also soldiers, they are not good at hand-to-hand combat, once the other party boards the ship, even if they have excellent armor, they can't withstand the tactical consumption of the opponent's sea of people, and they have fought so many times, they all know each other, and they can't wait to eat each other alive.

At this time, how can you still take into account humanity and forbearance these high-sounding and unrealistic things, either you die or I die, there is no second ending, in this case, even if the sailors do not collapse, they will eventually die in battle.

However, after a while, Hu Yu cheered up and said to the herald: "The fleet is heading north at full speed and disengaging from the enemy. ”

The staff officers also knew that this was the best way to do it at the moment, because in this way, the enemy would inevitably divide part of his forces to pursue them, which would reduce the defensive pressure on the army.

After the fleet is out of contact with the enemy, it can also return to the battlefield and use its speed and strong inertia advantage to ram the enemy ships, interrupt their landing rhythm, harass or even block their landing plans, and put them in a dilemma.

Everyone knows the essence of guerrilla warfare, and only by moving themselves can we create opportunities, and only then can we find the right opportunities to hit and hurt the opponent.

After the order was given, the fleet began to adjust its course, and the paddlewheels on both sides of the battleship rotated at high speed like crazy, and soon, the wooden ships encircled in front of the battleship were pushed away by a strong force, and the mascot slowly broke away from the battlefield in this barbaric way.

Hu Yu's worried pursuers did not chase after them, but just watched them drift away with some sluggishness.

Hu Yu, who was strange, and most of the staff officers were still analyzing the other party's actions and wanted to re-evaluate the adjustment plan, but they heard someone say: "Political commissar, look at the north, the north ......"

Everyone's attention was on the south, and they were all looking at how many troops the other side would send to pursue them, except for the navigator and his group, few people paid attention to the north.

At this time, a staff officer put down the telescope in his hand, pointed to the north and shouted, which attracted everyone's attention.

"This, our fleet?"

"Look at the flag and the appearance, yes. ”

"Reinforcements, our reinforcements have finally arrived. ”

Hu Yu put down the binoculars and said loudly: "Keep right, get out of the way, be fast." ”

In addition to the excitement, he waved his right arm fiercely, muttering in a dialect that others couldn't understand, and almost wanted to cry.

The whole fleet was revived, and the lost spirit seemed to have dozed off, and now it woke up and returned.

When the two fleets met, most of Hu Yu's sailors crowded on the port side, saluting their allies excitedly, some crying and some laughing, and the lightly wounded also tried their best to get up and salute with the help of their comrades.

Wang Xuan looked at these somewhat embarrassed soldiers in the command room, and his mood was agitated, they were all auspicious rocks.

The sailors of the Zifeng Department witnessed the tragic situation of their colleagues, and nearly half of the recruits were not only not frightened by the current tragic situation, but aroused their blood, grinding their fists one by one, looking forward to the upcoming war.

Hu Yu saw His Majesty the King in the command room, he was still so young, handsome, and majestic, and he also saw the former fleet commander who was staring at him on one side, with a dead face every time he fought, as if he didn't care whether the outcome was good or bad.

Although it was not a long time apart, Hu Yu felt as if it had been put aside for centuries, and now he saw his old friend again.

Thinking of his embarrassment, Hu Yu straightened his clothes and saluted the standard naval salute to the flagship of the coming ship, he could see clearly the perseverance on His Majesty's young face without binoculars, and Zifeng's implicit worried eyes, his heart swelled with warmth.

So he smiled, as if he was relieved by the arrival of reinforcements, and as if he laughed at his own situation, words could no longer express his complicated feelings.

"He's good. ”

Wang Xuan's heavy words reached Zifeng's ears, which moved him in his heart, with this sentence, no matter how many points his old partner gained or lost in this battle, he still had a chance to prove himself.

So he smiled at Hu Yu, who was about to go north to rest, and expressed his joy of saying goodbye, but halfway through the laughter, he was shocked, "Don't ......"

The two ships were only separated by dozens of meters, Hu Yu naturally saw the reaction of His Majesty and Zifeng in the command room, and the command knife in his hand barely stopped, and quickly pulled down diagonally, and immediately the blood gradually became on the spot.

The window, which was missing half of the glass, was instantly dyed red, and Hu Yu fell to the window, leaning on the support of the window frame, and did not fall. Perhaps because of the support of the window, his head was turned to the south, as if to witness a great war, staring at the south side, dead eyes.

This process happened so quickly that everyone's attention was on the other side, and it was too late to stop the anomaly when it was discovered.

"This idiot!"

Zifeng was no longer a dead face, and two lines of tears rushed out of two whitish ravines, exposing his cold-hearted temperament.

When Wang Xuan saw Hu Yu swinging the knife, in addition to the severe pain in his heart, his mind was already blank, unable to tolerate any emotions, like a vacuum.

After a long time, Fang said slowly: "Lower the flag at half-mast, condolences!"

This courtesy has exceeded the specifications, a defeated general, can actually get the treatment of His Majesty lowering the flag at half-mast, it is estimated that many people are crazy at the moment.

The auspicious soldiers undoubtedly adore their King Majesty and trust them unconditionally, even at the cost of their lives in order to gain His Majesty's approval.

This is the status quo of auspicious soldiers, Wang Xuan has long been a god-like existence in their hearts, invincible and invincible.

The flag is at half-mast now, and the general is dead.

The recruits who were still rejoicing in the living a moment ago, and who were still planning to kill the enemy heroically to avenge the robe, immediately fell into an atmosphere of sadness.

Hu Yu's death soon spread across both fleets.

"Brother, help me kill a few more Japanese dog mongrels in a while, and I'll toast you when I come back. ”

A veteran who had lost his left arm, raised his right hand, which had only three fingers, and saluted a non-standard military salute, and shouted loudly at the opposite side, as if he wanted to shout out all the grievances and unwillingness in this protracted war.

"Brother, count me in, and help my brother kill a few more minus of the clan, they can't be counted as people. Someone else shouted.

"And me, kill the armor tribe. ”

"I'm going to kill the Starclan. ”

"And the Tu, they are all beasts......"

"The same goes for the Gaoshan clan. ”

......

Hu Yu's death made everyone very sad.

He chose to end this life in this way with dignity, some people do not agree, but there are many people who support it.

Soldiers, win or die, there is little chance of a comeback on the battlefield.

Hu Yu's death is his punishment for failure, not only to warn future generations, but also to maintain the dignity of auspicious soldiers, there is no right or wrong.

The recruits and nearly half of the veterans of the Zifeng Department had never seen such a heart-wrenching scene, and in the face of the sound of earnest requests, they could only remember them one by one, and then they tried their best to achieve it.

On the one hand, the voice of the exhortation shook the sky, and on the other hand, the revenge division was terrifyingly quiet, and the scene was extremely rare.

"Your task is not to grieve for the dead, but to fight for the living. ”

Wang Xuan's words were still calm, as if it was not his senior admiral who died, but just a passer-by.

But Hu Yu knows that His Majesty's care for auspicious soldiers has long been engraved into his bones, and the superficial phenomenon can't explain anything, but he can't and shouldn't release his emotions at the moment, which is the basic quality requirement of the king, and if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.

Cleaning up his mood, Zifeng stood in the position of the commander of the fleet, "Divided into three groups, each five warships form a 'one' formation, arranged on the left, middle and right. The left and right gun doors are opened, solid shells are prepared, and after rushing into the enemy ship group, they fire freely. ”

This is the rhythm of plowing the battlefield like a ploughed field.

The front, middle, and rear groups of 15 warships basically filled the not wide sea, and all the enemy ships were within firing range, withstanding at least dozens of rounds of shelling from the front and rear.

The auspicious battleship doesn't even need to aim too much, there are targets everywhere, as long as they don't shoot their own people.

The reason why solid bullets are used is to use its penetrating power to make a double or three star bullets, and the flowering bullets explode at close range, and the shrapnel flying four is very likely to hurt their own people, and the effect is not necessarily much stronger than that of solid bullets.

From the point of view of the enemy ships to the south, the auspicious battleships formed a line of three and rushed towards themselves.

They had already understood the impact of the auspicious battleship, and since they didn't want to stay on the other party's course, they began to turn around one after another, preparing to avoid it.

However, there were too many large and small ships, coupled with the high density and lack of unified scheduling, and for a time there was an oolong accident in which a large number of ships collided, which disturbed the formation.

The mascot would not let go of such an opportunity, and while the paddle wheels of a group of five battleships in front of him were turning rapidly, the muzzles on both sides began to adjust to the maximum angle of fire of 45 degrees, and they opened fire before they could rush into the enemy group.

This is a vengeful army with high morale, ample ammunition, and a great desire to fight, and the combat power that erupts is amazingly terrifying, not at all like a ragtag army composed of old and new combinations.

After a rain of bullets, the sea was littered with broken planks and struggling to survive enemy troops, both natives and colour-eyed people.

The mascot's fleet did not pause at all, like an icebreaker, it rammed away the enemy ships and people who had not yet left the course, and the guns on both sides fired at close range, and all the ships were destroyed and killed.

And the enemy ships that had just managed to avoid the route of the first five battleships and had dodged the first few rounds of shelling had no time to rejoice, and the next round was blocked by five battleships, followed by the sound of cannon in the hearts of the townspeople......

Then there are the five ships of the third group, and the scene can no longer be described as 'messy', and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a hell on earth.

In addition to the wooden planks on the sea, there were dense corpses, and after going back and forth twice, there were no floating wooden boats for a long time, and all that came into the eyes was blood-red, and what entered the nose was the smell of blood.

The recruits, who had calmed down, were not affected by the high level of nervousness, and many of them threw up.

This vomiting caused a chain reaction, and for a while the entire fleet was vomiting, which made Wang Xuan frown for a long time, but then he was relieved.

Although they are soldiers, they are all flesh-and-blood people, who vomit good and healthy.