readx;? Chapter 1166

The main force of the East China Sea Army pursued and killed the Southeast Sea Army and broke into the Tianhe. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe further south you go, the narrower the waterways of the Tianhe River become, and looking at both sides, there are high mountains and mountains, and many mountain walls are straight up and down, as if they have been chopped by a giant axe.

Seeing that the warships of the Southeast Navy Army in front of him were running farther and farther, even if they had tried their best, they could not catch up, and the officers and men of the Southeast Navy Army headed by Li Yongfu were all anxious.

At this time, the strategists under Li Yongfu's command spoke out to dissuade them, if they continued to chase like this, they would inevitably go too deep into Sichuan County, after all, Sichuan County is not the land of the East China Sea Army, and they are not familiar with the place, so they will inevitably suffer.

However, the generals of the East China Sea Army did not take the worries of the strategists seriously, and they fought with the Southeast Water Army, which was far less terrible than the rumors, first, the morale of the whole army was not high, and second, the Southeast Water Army did not have iron warships, and it was not their opponent at all.

After listening to the analysis of the generals and strategists under his command, Li Yongfu finally adopted the opinions of the generals.

This battle is the best time for the East China Sea Army to annihilate the Southeast Water Army, and it is also the last chance, if this battle fails to completely annihilate the Southeast Water Army, so that the Southeast Water Army has a chance to breathe, with the steel output of Zhen County, within half a year, it is enough to wrap all the ships of the Southeast Water Army in steel and iron armor, and at that time, their own side will no longer have an advantage over the Southeast Water Army, so this battle must be all annihilated by the Southeast Water Army, and there will be no future troubles, even if they flee to the ends of the earth.

Li Yongfu's scruples were correct, with the ability of the forging mill to produce steel, it would indeed be able to arm the Southeast Navy to the teeth in a very short period of time, and the advantage of the East China Sea Army's iron-clad warships would also be wiped out.

In order not to be annihilated by the Southeast Navy in the future, then now, they must do their best to eliminate the Southeast Navy Army.

The waterways of the Tianhe River are not all deep water areas, there are many shallow water areas, the water flow is slow, and giant warships like the Zhenhai ship are almost impossible to move an inch in the shallow water area, and they all rely on manpower to pull them on the shore.

When they reached the shallow waters, the sailors on both sides had to disembark one after another and act as porters on the shore.

At this time, the advantages of the Southeast Navy Army as the local Navy of Sichuan County were revealed, they were familiar with the grass and trees of the Tianhe, and when they arrived in the shallow water area, they could find a large number of locals to help pull the boat, on the other hand, the East China Sea Army relied on the soldiers in the army to do cattle and horses.

Under these circumstances, Li Yongfu immediately made a decision, abandoned the Zhenhai ship in the army, temporarily parked it in the shallow water area, and he led the small and medium-sized warships to continue to pursue the enemy. 【x.】

As a result, the speed of the East China Sea Army was much faster, and it was getting closer and closer to the Southeast Sea Army fleeing in front.

On the third day of the battle between the two sides, the East China Sea Army finally caught up with the Southeast Navy again, and when they raised their eyes and looked ahead, they saw that most of the warships of the Southeast Navy Army were gathered in a narrow waterway, looking at both sides, and there were steep mountain peaks on both sides.

After borrowing the telescope to look at the situation ahead, Li Yongfu showed a smile on his face, this time, the southeast naval army was in a catastrophe. He ordered the whole army to assault, to within two miles, all the warships, and shell them with all their might.

Under Li Yongfu's order, the large and small warships of the East China Sea Army moved forward at full speed, and soon, the distance between the two sides was only two miles.

The warships turned one after another, intending to use the hull part with the most artillery to rush the southeast naval forces in front.

But just when many warships turned, the southeast naval army in front took the lead and launched a concentrated artillery bombardment. A series of flames erupted from the warships of the Southeast Water Army, and the cannonballs rained down into the camp of the East China Sea Army. Looking at the momentum of its artillery salvo, it does not seem to be a hasty battle at all, but it seems to have been prepared for a long time.

However, the ferocious counterattack of the Southeast Water Army fell into the eyes of the East China Sea Army, and it became the dying throes of the battle of the trapped beasts.

Li Yongfu was fearless, calmly faced the battle, and commanded his own iron warships as the front army to break through to the enemy camp, and the rest of the warships were to cover the fire in the rear.

The warships of the two armies engaged in an all-out confrontation. This is the waterway of the Tianhe River, the river is narrow, only more than a mile wide, the large fleet here, can not be used at all, nor can there be any battle formation, large and small ships, can only be all together.

A cannonball on the opposite side, even if it is not aimed and hit, will hardly miss, and it can hit the target, and it is precisely because of this that the defense capability of the warships on both sides is tested even more. At this time, the iron warship undoubtedly occupied a huge advantage with its thick steel armor.

Under the concentrated attack of the artillery fire of the Southeast Sea Army, the iron warships of the East China Sea Army were still able to move forward, even if the hull and deck exploded one after another, they would not be affected in the slightest.

Just when the iron-clad warships of the East China Sea Army were unstoppable and constantly advancing forward, suddenly, a long horn sound came from the peaks on both sides of the battlefield, followed by the rumbling sound of cannons on the summits on both sides of the river.

The East China Sea Army didn't even understand what was going on, and the dense cannonballs had fallen from the sky, smashing into the camp of the East China Sea Army, and also smashing on the iron warships that the East China Sea Army was advancing forward. A moment later, the sound of an explosion rang out.

Looking at those iron warships, it was like a frying pan, from the bow to the stern, the sailors on the deck, countless dead and wounded, corpses and corpses everywhere, looking at the deck, were blown open one by one large and small black holes.

Boom Boom

The second round of shelling on the top of the hill arrived, and the cannonballs that were emitting green smoke were really like raindrops, crackling down on the warship, and the black, round shells rolled all over the deck, some shells, three or four of them rolled together, and some of the shells rolled down the holes in the deck into the cabin.

Time seemed to stand still, and after an unknown amount of time, the fuse of the shell burned to the end and exploded again. Some of the iron-clad warships were blown up from the water and shattered in the air.

At this time, it was the main force of the 1st Army of the Zhenjun Army that was shelling the top of the mountain.

Li Yongfu is very shrewd and an excellent commander of the navy, but he underestimates Shangguan Xiu. It's not that you think that Shangguan Xiu relies on women to get to the top, he really relies on women to get on the throne, it's not that you despise the opponent, and the opponent is really vulnerable.

This time, Shangguan Xiu used a serial scheme. The first step is to use the Southeast Navy Army to do a feint, this step Li Yongfu has calculated, the second step, the Zhenjun Army pretended to cross the sea to fight, this step Pang Zhen has calculated, the third step is also the killer in the serial plan, the East China Sea Army will be introduced into Tianhe, the Zhenjun Army will be ambushed on the shore, and the main force of the East China Sea Army will be wiped out in one fell swoop, this step, Li Yongfu and Pang Zhen have not been calculated.

The artillery of the Zhenjun Army, erected on the top of the mountain, condescendingly launched an all-fire artillery bombardment on the East China Sea Army, and the main object of the shelling was the iron warships in the East China Sea Army.

Under the concentrated attack of thousands of artillery pieces and thousands of mortars of the Zhenjun Army, the iron warships of these southeast naval forces were as fearful as tigers and leopards, and no matter how thick the steel sheets were, they were blown up.

In particular, the mortar artillery caused great damage to the East China Sea army at this time.

Mortar cannon is a typical short, thick, lightweight, easy to carry, when firing the cannon, the principle of parabola to shoot the cannonball out, the advantage is that the shooting is accurate, the disadvantage is that the range is too close, usually, the mortar is used in the infantry phalanx battle.

The Tianhe River has a narrow waterway and high peaks on both sides, and the mortar cannon, which was originally too close, is completely useless in water warfare, but now, the condescending mortar has become the most lethal weapon.

This is also the main reason why Shangguan Xiu arranged for the Zhenjun army to set up an ambush in Tianhe, that is, in order to maximize the firepower that his side can use into the battlefield and deal a fatal blow to the enemy.

The East China Sea Army, nearly 200 iron warships, at this time in the narrow waterway of the Tianhe River, suffered from the concentrated artillery bombardment of the Southeast Navy Army and the Zhenjun Army on the top of the mountain on both sides, and really did not even have the strength to fight back, the entire section of the river has been saturated with shells to attack, as if it was boiling a pot, and the river water has been blown up.

The sudden change made the East China Sea troops who were still preparing to do fire support behind them stunned and frightened, they never dreamed that there were enemy troops in ambush on the top of the hill on both sides of the river, and listening to the roar of the artillery, it was not like the artillery of a legion at all, but more like the artillery of seven or eight legions all gathered together and was making a concentrated attack.

If a legion has 800 artillery pieces, the number of artillery pieces invested by the Zhenjun Army is indeed worth six or seven legions, mainly because the number of mortars is too much.

Nearly 200 iron-covered warships, without any room for struggle, were blown up in less than two quarters of an hour, and the river was full of mutilated warships, mixed with countless corpses, and the entire river was almost blocked.

Li Yongfu woke up like a dream and secretly screamed that he had been deceived! He hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of troops, but it was too late to withdraw at this time. Nearly 500 large and small warships, in the middle of the river, turned around and retreated together, where is there enough space?

The sound of collisions between ships and ships was endless, and on the deck, from time to time, there were sailors who stood up and fell off the warships with screams, and some of the soldiers who fell into the water were squeezed into meatloaf by the two ships, and some of the soldiers were crushed by the warships, and the whole scene was already a mess.

The East China Sea Army was in a mess, but the Zhenjun Army and the Southeast Water Army were not in chaos at all.

On the top of the mountain, the artillery of the Zhenjun Army was quickly adjusting the direction, the muzzle of the gun was aimed at the main warship of the East China Sea Army, and the soldiers were two by two, carrying the mortar cannon on the top of the hill and running quickly, bringing the mortar to the side of the main force of the East China Sea Army.

In the Tianhe River. The warships gathered together by the Southeast Navy Army slowly dispersed, and the medium and large warships were in front of them, knocking away the wreckage of the iron boats blocking the river, and on the warships, the soldiers of the Southeast Navy Army had already taken off their shirts and were busy cleaning the guns and loading ammunition.

The commanders of the ships were not idle, and shouted loudly one by one: "Now is the time to let the East China Sea Army know that our Southeast Sea Army is powerful!"

"Brothers, if you have twelve points of strength, don't fucking exert ten points of strength on me!

"In a battle, a female soldier can behead more than a thousand enemy heads! How can my male soldiers be worse than female soldiers? In today's battle, our brothers will behead 10,000 heads!" "10,000 heads will be beheaded."

The grievances suffered in the past few days, now there is finally a flashpoint, coupled with the fire support of the Zhenjun army on the shore, this has already made the southeast navy like a tiger, it is like injecting divine power into them, and the morale of the southeast navy has now been completely stimulated and reached its peak.

Looking at the momentum of the soldiers under his command, Zhang Luan couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, His Royal Highness is really like a god, as early as in Sichuanzhou, when he had not yet gone to war, His Royal Highness thought of setting up a female soldier corps to stimulate the morale of the soldiers of the Southeast Water Army, and now, finally saw the results, the upper and lower soldiers, where is there still a trace of cowardice, only thinking about killing the enemy, worthy of his dignified seven-foot man's body.

He calmly issued an order to the generals on the left and right: "You can chase the enemy, but you must not get close to the enemy, let alone make close contact with the enemy's warships, in case you are accidentally injured by the army brothers!"

"Yes, General!" all the generals present agreed in unison and conveyed Zhang Luan's order.

The ambush troops of the Zhenjun Army on both sides of the strait, together with the Southeast Water Army, began the second wave of concentrated artillery bombardment of the East China Sea Army, and the target of this shelling was the main warship of the East China Sea Army.

Compared with the morale of the Southeast Water Army, the current East China Sea Army has no fighting spirit, people only want to withdraw as soon as possible and escape from Tianhe, but the more anxious the people, the more chaotic the formation, the more chaotic the formation, all the ships are crowded together, and no one can leave.

Faced with such a predicament, Li Yongfu did not panic, he ordered to gather the Zhenhai ships in the rear and immediately rush over for reinforcements.

Soon after his order was delivered, the ten Zhenhai ships of the East China Sea Army appeared behind them, but the generals who stayed on the ten Zhenhai ships, their heads were all hung on the masts of the warships, and the ten Zhenhai ships, without exception, all hoisted the battle flags of the Zhenjun Army. Luo Ren stood on the deck of a Zhenhai ship, still holding a bloodstained Mo knife in his hand, and shouted sideways: "Cooperate with the navy and prepare to shell the enemy warship with all your might!"