Chapter 970: Counterattack on Penglai

Hangzhou Bay, Datang Town.

With a bang, Cang Shouhai slammed his fist on the table, and the yellow rosewood table trembled, and finally did not fall apart, but the bricks on the ground were broken.

Cang Shouhai's anger was overflowing, remembering that when he first landed in Hangzhou Bay, the little water army of the Great Chu Army was like a mantis arm blocking the car, and the three times and five divided by two were beaten to pieces, and then landed, the direction of the army was even more overwhelming, and the defenders on the shore were defeated and retreated, losing the land and losing the city.

Who would have thought that in just three or four months, everything would be reversed, especially after the detachment in Nanwan was attacked by a sneak attack, the situation seemed to be reversed, and the Chu army fleet that haunted from time to time was always unguardable, which made them have to gather the naval warships and dare not disperse at will.

In the past, three or five ships could choose a landing place and kill the shore, so that the opponent could not be caught off guard, but this gathering, dozens of warships could not escape the eyes and ears of the opponent every time they sorted, and they were prepared in advance, and each operation cost a lot.

Originally, in Hangzhou Bay, there was not much grain plundered, which made them have to rely on the grain and grass transported from Penglai Island to support, this battle was fought like this, it has become stalemate, although most of the coastal areas of Hangzhou Bay were occupied, but these places will be counterattacked by the Chu army from time to time, and it has not stopped.

In this situation, Cang Shouhai should have given up Hangzhou Bay, after all, the capture of land was in itself to expose their shortcomings, and their invincible naval warships at sea were reduced to a supporting role, but although he understood the situation he had to face, he had to continue to take root in Hangzhou Bay.

His soldiers and horses are partial divisions themselves, and the task is to attract most of the main force of the Chu army in Hangzhou Bay, causing the rear of Yangzhou to be empty, thinking that the main force of Inoue Shunji will create an opportunity, and the coastal area can not be grabbed, but the shore of Taihu Lake is the richest place in Yangzhou.

However, it is obvious that they did not do their homework in advance, although there was a report from the Xiong family to deliver news to them, but before the plague was rampant, Suzhou Prefecture was under martial law, and other places also strengthened the supervision of the flow of people in the local area, so some things around Taihu Lake were not known to the Xiong family.

If Inoue Shunji knew that Yangzhou City had been emptied, they would definitely not implement this plan, and after the implementation of this plan, the contact problem between the two routes of soldiers and horses was also very problematic, from Yangzhou to Hangzhou, if the horse was quickly whipped, it would be there in less than a week, but there were many obstacles in between, so the news could only be sent by boat to Tianhe, into the sea, and then south to Hangzhou Bay.

So at this time, Cang Shouhai didn't know about the fiasco of Shunji Shimoi in Yangzhou, he didn't know, but in Liu Renliang in Hangzhou Bay, Zhou Yu knew that the asymmetry of information doomed Cang Shouhai to be unlucky next.

Although most of the Hangzhou Bay area fell, in the process of retreating, the available materials and grain that could be transported away in the Hangzhou Bay area were all carried away, and all the food that could not be transported was burned, and the Japanese army could hardly obtain food and grass supplies to meet their own needs in the Hangzhou Bay area.

In addition to destroying the shipbuilding base of Hangzhou Bay, the Japanese army on Hangzhou Bay is still stuck here mainly to attract the main force of the Blue Dragon Legion, with this judgment, it means that the Japanese army will not easily give up the occupation of Hangzhou Bay, at least they will fight for it.

So the Qinglong Army kicked off the prelude to a rhythmic counteroffensive, successively invested six brigades, and began a fierce attack on the Japanese army occupied by the Japanese army on Hangzhou Bay, and successively recaptured two or three counties, and then the offensive became sluggish, as if the stamina was insufficient, and the war was stalemate, and at the same time, it sent a small scale of soldiers and horses to infiltrate the hinterland of the Japanese army's occupied territory, destroying it in all directions, not seeking to kill the enemy, nor whether it could capture villages and towns, as long as the Japanese army knew their existence.

In this way, the snowflake-like battle reports have been passed to Cang Shouhai's hands one after another, either asking for help, or the food and grass are not enough, or they were ambushed by the Chu army in such and such a place.

And on the sea, the first part of the Great Chu Navy also showed up from time to time, blocking him and making it impossible for him to calmly mobilize his troops.

Just when the sea of beasts slapped the table and gritted its teeth, after three days of arrangement, the time was ripe to attack Penglai Island, and success or failure was all in this night.

On the branches of the moon, the bright moonlight poured down like water, and under the mottled shadows of the trees, groups of figures flew by, trampling on the thick branches and leaves, moving rapidly.

"Success or failure is here, although we don't know how many Japanese troops are stationed here, but tonight, this place must be taken, even if it is the last person to fight, after rushing in, give priority to destroying all kinds of large-scale offensive and defensive equipment here!"

"Archers, kill those two towers!

With a bang, two cold lights flashed in the woods, and a cold star crossed in the moonlight, and the two Japanese soldiers on the watchtower suddenly fell.

"Follow me in!" The battalion captain led by him rushed directly out of the bushes and strode towards the Japanese army camp, and behind him, there was a black shadow, no less than hundreds of people.

The two battalions of Chu troops climbed all the way up by the moonlight, until they reached the camp gate, but they were lucky not to be discovered, which was a big surprise, but when the soldiers stepped forward to open the main gate and rushed into the camp, they were finally discovered by the Japanese soldiers who were patrolling the night.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

The sudden shout suddenly broke the silence of the night, and Chen Jing, who rushed to the front, directly waved the war knife in his hand, and a knife shot out, directly slashing at the neck of a Japanese soldier, poof, a puff of blood mist splattered out, and the head of the Japanese fell to the ground like a ball and fell to the ground a few times.

These two enemy attacks woke up the Japanese soldiers in the camp, and they rushed out of the camp before they even had time to put on their armor, but they were greeted by bright knives, and the screams rang out one after another, but the whole camp was a mess.

The shouting of killing came from behind, which made the Japanese soldiers who were still in a daze a little confused, and the two battalions of the Chu army rushed all the way to kill, which also made the Japanese soldiers in the camp unable to organize at all.

The number of Japanese troops stationed here is not small, there are nearly 2,000 people, and at this moment, the large navy of the Japanese army crisscrosses Yangzhou, the coast of Qingzhou, whether it is the empire, or the Great Chu can not be stopped, and even before there is good news that they have entered Yangzhou Taihu Lake and captured Yangzhou City.

Although the island is still on guard, the Japanese soldiers do not have the slightest sense of crisis in their hearts, not to mention, the large naval fleet that crisscrosses the sea, that is, the waterways on both sides of the Penglai Military Port are very narrow, if there are enemy ships coming, how can they not know, not to mention, they are leaning on the direction of the open sea, but they have set up a lot of guard towers to monitor the movement on the sea.

It is precisely because of this reason that the Japanese army is relaxed, without the slightest sense of crisis of war, and naturally does not sleep in the hard armor when sleeping at night, and when Chen Jing led people into the camp, most of the Japanese soldiers were still wearing crotch cloths, not to mention armor, even a shirt, just rushed out with a Japanese knife.

In the face of these red white sheep, Chen Jing and his subordinates are chopping and chopping, without armor, the sharp blade is just rubbed, that is, the missing arm and leg are broken, and they will lose their combat effectiveness in an instant.

Although the number of soldiers in the Japanese army was twice as large as that of Chen Jing's two battalions, the chickens and dogs that were still killed jumped up, and the camp was even more ablaze.

The fire is the best signal, and the naval warships hiding several nautical miles away have been waiting for this moment for a long time: "Lift anchor and head for Penglai Island!" More than 300 warships full of soldiers raised their sails, pulled up their anchors, and slowly moved.

The flames could not hide the Japanese troops in the harbor, and the sound of enemy attacks sounded one after another, and the three battalions that had infiltrated the periphery of the harbor also launched an attack on the harbor camp.

The rocket, like a meteor, crossed a graceful arc in mid-air, and then fell into the tent in the camp, and the burning grease directly ignited the animal skin tent, and the flames burned more and more under the blowing of the sea breeze, and in a short time it had swept the tents around like a fire dragon.

The Japanese soldiers in the camp screamed and rushed out of the sea of fire, but they were greeted by the screaming wolf's tooth arrows piercing the sky, and the sound of puffing arrows into the body was endless, and the shouting and killing outside the camp resounded in the moonlit sky, making people confused for a while, how many people were killed in the camp.

Inside the harbor, chaos was stirred, and in the east entrance waterway, the Giant Whale Ghost lurking under the surface of the sea saw the fire reflected on the sea, and pounced directly on the Japanese warships cruising in the waterway.

Peng, the huge tail of the giant whale, shot directly from under the sea, raised a splash in the sky, and slapped fiercely on the side of this warship, after a loud bang, the side of the three-masted sea ship was directly shot out of a huge gap, and the sea water poured in from this gap.

Peng, but apparently the giant whale did not let it go like this, the huge whale tail flicked and hit it again, and then the whole body dived directly into the sea, the huge gap doubled again, and with a creaking sound like grinding teeth, countless Japanese sailors screamed and fell into the icy water.

The whale did not leave immediately, this waterway is not wide, although the depth of the waterway is not shallow, but if the ship is allowed to sink, it will also block the waterway, the giant whale directly lowered its head on the surface of the sea, slapped the whale tail, and the huge whale head directly hit the sinking warship from under the sea.

Under this collision, the whole warship flew up directly from the sea, and then slammed into the cliff not far away, and the hull structure that had been destroyed finally could not withstand this impact, and after smashing on the cliff, it fell apart directly.

The Whale Ghost plunged headlong below the surface of the sea before swimming towards the harbor, and its mission was to keep the waterway open before the main naval force could enter the harbor.