readx;? Chapter 1159 Defeated

Just when the Southeast Navy was gradually falling into a disadvantage, there was a sudden change on the battlefield. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Zhenhai Ship! It's our army's Zhenhai Ship coming--" Amid the people's exclamations, I saw a huge warship quickly moving out of the camp of the Southeast Navy Army, and that was the Zhenhai Ship.

Among the many warships, the Zhenhai ship really exists like a giant, and when it moves forward, the sound alone will capture people's souls.

The Zhenhai ship crashed straight into a medium-sized warship of the East China Sea Navy, and in front of the Zhenhae, the medium-sized warship was as short as a dwarf.

The medium-sized warship wanted to avoid it, but it was too late, and a loud click was heard in the ear wheel, and the huge impact force made the entire bow of the medium-sized warship submerge into the water, and the warship was about to stand upright in the water.

The exclamations and screams of the warship were all in one, and the sailors who fell into the water seemed to be dumplings.

The guns on the deck of the Zhenhai ship rushed down in unison and launched a salvo. The distance was too close, and it was another condescending shelling, and the steel plates on a medium warship could not withstand such a blow.

One shell after another hit the hull of the ship, smashing the steel plates into a thousand holes, and then the shells exploded together in the hull.

A medium-sized warship didn't even have room to struggle, so it was hit and pressed by the Zhenhai ship, plus artillery bombardment, and it simply penetrated neatly, and even before the warship was completely submerged in the water, the Zhenhai ship had already crushed over it.

The participation of the Zhenhai ship in the battle undoubtedly greatly boosted the morale of the Southeast Water Army, but the response speed of the East China Sea Army was also fast, and it didn't take long for a Zhenhai ship to come out of the East China Sea Army, and it went straight to the side of the Southeast Water Army.

The two Zhenhai ships were driving in the opposite direction, and on the deck, the roar of artillery had already resounded. The corps commander of the Southeast Navy stood on the deck, and the deputy corps commander pointed to the front and shouted urgently: "General, we are going to collide with the enemy ship!"

"Don't get out of the way, shell with all your might!" ordered the corps commander in no uncertain terms.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and the deputy corps commander held the railing on the bow of the ship, looking intently ahead, and suddenly, his face suddenly changed, he put down the binoculars, turned around and screamed: "General, the enemy ship has been equipped with steel plates—"

When the regiment commander heard this, his face changed suddenly, it was a Zhenhai ship, not an ordinary warship, and to install steel plates on the Zhenhai ship was equivalent to adding steel plates to a large city wall, and how much consumables would be necessary? He hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked ahead. 【ㄨ】

At this time, he finally saw that the Zhenhai ship of the East China Sea Army was indeed equipped with steel plates, but the steel plates on the Zhenhai ship were painted with paint, which looked like the yellow-brown color of wood, but if you distinguish them carefully, you will find that they are not wooden boards at all, but huge steel plates, reinforced by rivets on the hull.

The regiment commander hurriedly ordered: "Slow down! Turn around with all your strength to avoid!"

The Zhenhai ship of the Southeast Water Army took the lead in turning the direction, and at this time, the Zhenhai ship of the East China Sea Army had already come to the front, and the two huge ships almost passed by, and the rattling sound made when the hull and hull rubbed against each other could be heard clearly.

"Board the ship and kill the enemy!"

Under the order of the corps commander, the officers and men of the Southeast Water Army jumped one after another to the Zhenhai ship of the East China Sea Army. The distance between the two sides was so close that the two ships were almost close to each other, and they could not even use ropes and ladders, and they could jump directly from one ship to the other.

Seeing the southeast navy surging onto his own ships like a tide, the generals of the East China Sea army were not in a hurry at all, calmly commanded their own navy to meet the battle, and started hand-to-hand combat with the southeast navy on the deck, and at the same time, he gave an order to the deputy general beside him.

While the soldiers of both sides were engaged in a fierce battle on the deck, the guns on the side hull of the East China Sea Army's Zhenhai ship were pulled open in unison, and dozens of guns opened fire together. This move of the East China Sea Army is too unexpected, you must know that the warships of both sides are close to each other, and in this case, they will also make artillery bombardments, and while injuring the enemy warships, the warships on their own side will not be spared. It is precisely because of this that the Southeast Navy did not use the ship's side artillery to attack. However, the Southeast Navy forgot that the Zhenhai ships of the East China Sea Army were equipped with steel plates, and they were not afraid of shells bombarding at close range, even if they would be damaged, the wooden planks of the Southeast Navy would be more seriously damaged than them.

As the East China Sea Army's Zhenhai ship made a side bombardment, a series of explosions sounded between the two ships, and red flames appeared in the gap between the two ships.

The two Zhenhai ships were both violently trembling, and the people on the deck could not stand, and they fell to the ground one after another, rolling left and right with the shaking hull, and from time to time someone fell into the water from the high warship.

The Zhenhai ship of the East China Sea Army took the lead to the side, and as the two giant ships separated, and then looked at the side of the Zhenhai ship of the East China Sea Army, all of them had been blown up to pitch black, and many of the gun doors were smoking outward, and there was a faint flash of fire inside, obviously, the inside of the hull was already on fire.

In comparison, the Zhenhai ship of the Southeast Navy Army was too miserable, the board of the hull on the left side was almost blown up, a large amount of river water poured into the warship, and it could not be blocked, and the huge Zhenhai ship seemed to have become a collapsed pavilion, constantly tilting to the left.

The deputy corps commander struggled to get up from the ground, rushed to the left deck, held on to the railing, looked down, couldn't help but change his face, turned around and screamed: "General, the left hull is seriously damaged, it is no longer good, we have to abandon the ship immediately!"

The corps commander sat on the deck, looking at the East China Sea Army Zhenhai Ship that was slowly sailing away, although it was also damaged, but still able to drive the battle, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, his side was not inferior in technology, but lost in money.

Who would have thought that Li Yongfu, who had only been the chief general of the East China Sea Army for just a few months, would unknowingly add steel plates to the warships of the East China Sea Army, raising the combat power of the East China Sea Army to such a terrifying level.

It's not that he has no money, Du Fei and Du Yu have scavenged countless people's fat and ointment, but all this money has gone into the pockets of his brothers, and it has not been used for the construction of the Southeast Water Army.

"You all withdraw! I will live and die with the Zhenhai ship!" the corps commander did not evacuate, but just waved his hand to the deputy corps commander.

"General—"

On the river, the Zhenhai ship gradually turned from tilting to toppling, from toppling to head-down, bottom-up, and finally, even the bottom of the ship slowly sank underwater, and in the end, there was nothing left.

Once, the commander of the Southeast Navy Army had made bold remarks, saying that the Zhenhai ship was a pillbox and fortress that would never sink on the water, but now, it was easily sunk by the East China Sea Army.

This Zhenhai ship also became the first Zhenhai ship in history to be sunk.

Zhang Luan, who was sitting in the rear watching the battle, had an ugly face, turned his head to Shangguan Xiu and said: "Your Highness, now the combat power of the East China Sea Army is far superior to our army, and our army needs the help of the army!"

Shangguan Xiu understood what he meant, the so-called army assistance was not to let the army fight a water war, but to let the army do artillery support on the shore, so as to cover the retreat of the southeast naval army.

He nodded to Zhao Chen beside him and said, "Chen, order the officers and men of our army to arrange artillery positions on the shore and prepare for shelling!"

"Yes!" Zhao Chen agreed, and asked people to use the Flying Eagle to pass the book and convey Shangguan Xiu's order to the shore.

When the Zhenjun army was arranging artillery on the shore, Zhang Luan also gave the order for the whole army to retreat. When the battle reached the scene, the morale of the East China Sea Army had swelled to the peak, and when they saw that the Southeast Sea Army was about to retreat, how could they let it go?

The East China Sea Army then covered up and killed, followed behind the ass of the Southeast Sea Army, pursued relentlessly, and soon crossed the middle line of the river center and went straight to the south bank. Just when the East China Sea Army was like a rainbow and unscrupulously pursued and killed the Southeast Water Army, a deafening roar suddenly broke out on the shore of the south bank, and the artillery of the Zhenjun Army opened fire in unison.

The navy and the army launched artillery bombardments together, and the warships of the East China Sea Army finally could not withstand it, and after being bombed and sank more than a dozen small warships and one medium-sized warship, they all retreated and withdrew to the large camp on the north shore.

The water war between the two sides has finally come to an end. In this battle, the Southeast Navy Army undoubtedly lost very badly, and the most critical thing is that the Southeast Navy Army also sank a Zhenhai ship, and what is even more discouraging is that the Southeast China Sea Army has added steel plates to the size of the warship, the Southeast Navy Army can't crack it at all, even if it regroups and fights again, it still can't beat others.

After this battle, the Southeast Water Army and the East China Sea Army still had several small-scale contacts, and the results were the same, all ended in the defeat of the Southeast Water Army, if it were not for the Zhenjun Army on the shore as a cover, the East China Sea Army did not dare to easily cross the middle line of the river, and the Southeast Water Army had no foothold at the mouth of the East River.

However, no matter how ferocious the army's artillery fire is, it will not be able to hit the other side of the river, and at most it can only cover the southeast naval army to fight south of the central line.

Now, for the Southeast Water Army, the only good news is that the Zhenjiang Water Army and the Tianyuan Water Army have slowed down the speed of rushing to the East China Sea Army camp, especially the Zhenjiang Water Army, which almost stopped, and it is estimated that the East China Sea Army won an overwhelming victory in the water war, so that these two water armies are no longer in a hurry to do reinforcements, in addition, this also involves the issue of merit between the factions within the rebel army.

Even without the assistance of the Zhenjiang Navy and the Tianyuan Navy Army, the East China Sea Army alone is like a big mountain in front of the Southeast Navy Army, which is insurmountable.

In the past few days, the morale of the Southeast Water Army has become more and more low, and the soldiers almost have no fighting spirit at all, even if they are ordered to fight, they are all going through the motions, and they have not seen the warships of the East China Sea Army, and they can still cruise a few laps on the river, as long as they see the warships of the East China Sea Army coming, they do not even dare to fight, and they run faster than rabbits.

In terms of the speed of running, the Southeast Navy has an advantage, the hull is not equipped with steel plates, the weight of the hull is much lighter, and the warships of the East China Sea Army can be thrown far away in the blink of an eye.

In this kind of situation where they want to fight but cannot win, and the morale of the soldiers is low and they are generally cowardly, the high-level generals of the Southeast Navy headed by Zhang Luan and Li Ying are also at a loss.

Dongjiang estuary, south bank, Zhenjun military camp, Chinese military tent.

The generals of the Zhenjun Army and the Southeast Navy are now gathered in the tent of the Chinese army to discuss the next strategy and tactics. In the meeting, the generals of the Zhenjun Army were almost unable to interject, they were not familiar with water warfare, and what they said was all layman's language, and what they said was equivalent to not saying anything.

Shangguan Xiu stood in front of the map, his fingers scribbling around the map, and muttered: "Is there such a big gap between the warships with steel plates and the warships without steel plates?"

Zhang Luan and the others looked at each other, were silent for a moment, and then Zhang Luan spoke: "Our army, like the East China Sea Army, holds the sharpest spear in its hand, but our army does not have a shield in its hand, while the East China Sea Army can hold an incomparably strong steel shield, this is the gap between our two armies." ”

Shangguan Xiu turned his head sideways and asked, "Chen, if the steel plate is transported from Zhenjun, how long will it take at the earliest?"

Zhao Chen calculated and said, "If there are many of them, at least they need ...... Three months!"

Zhang Luan continued: "Even if our army immediately has sufficient steel plates, it will take several months to strengthen them on the hull. ”

It takes several months to transport the steel plates, and it also takes several months to reinforce the steel plates, so half a year is not enough. Shangguan Xiu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Zhang Luan, is there really no way to break the enemy?"

"It's not that it's nothing, it's just ......" Zhang Luan wanted to speak and stopped.