Chapter 284: Peng Shan Wins Again

After a loud landslide and earth cracking, the water level of the Jinjiang section where the Mongolian fleet was anchored suddenly rose sharply after a sharp drop, and a huge column of water rushed straight into the air for dozens of meters. After the water column and smoke, the Thunderbolt self-explosion ships were long gone, and the ships within 20 meters of the explosion point were also turned into driftwood on the water. The ships within 100 meters of the explosion site were seriously damaged, and many even capsized and disintegrated. The ship was also shattered, but thanks to the protection of the steel cockpit, he only spat out a few mouthfuls of blood under the shockwave. His sailors, his subordinates and soldiers on the same ship were not so lucky, and all of them died from severe visceral injuries.

At this moment, Huang Dagen and Le Quanan were standing on the highest watchtower in Pengshan City. In the telescope, the results of the demolition ship are visible at a glance. The explosion caused the loss of 50 ships to the Mongolian fleet, most of which were large ships. This time, Shi Mo led the army south, using a standard marching column: more than ten scout ships were in the forefront, followed by light warships, in the middle were the main warships and Shi Mo's seat ships, followed by baggage transport ships, and at the back were more than ten light warships after breaking. The demolition ship rushed into the center of the Mongolian convoy and basically destroyed the main warship of the Mongolian army, including several artillery ships. At this moment, Shi Mo's heart is dripping blood, but Liu Heima and him have invested a lot of money to save these boats.

Taking advantage of the chaos after the explosion, the gate of Pengshan City's water wall slowly opened, and dozens of Thunderbolt ships rushed out and rushed straight towards the Mongolian fleet. Shi Mo pressed not to wipe the blood off his chest, and hurriedly ordered the front team of the ships to change into the rear team and retreat upstream. The Mongolian army's baggage transport ships were originally in the rear, but now they have become the front team, and the speed is not fast at all, and the Jinjiang River is narrow, and the warships behind are in a hurry to escape, and for a time this section of the river is blocked. To say that Shi Mo is also experienced, he knew that the Mongolian fleet could not retreat today, so he had to order the heavy transport ships to dock on the shore, let the fast ships go first, and ordered his own team to cut down more than a dozen generals and soldiers who did not obey the order, so as to stop the chaos.

The Mongol army fled desperately, and the Thunderbolt army desperately pursued, and the distance between them was slowly narrowing. It's just that the two fleets were originally three or four miles apart, and Shi Mo pressed only left a lot of warships to block it, and the Thunderbolt army couldn't catch up for a while. The ships dispatched by the Thunderbolt Navy had sails and oarsmen, and their speed was much faster than that of ordinary ships. This type of ship not only has many sailors, but is also loaded with light artillery, specially used for assault and pursuit of fleeing enemies, nicknamed "water light cavalry", among the Mongolian army only scout ships can match the speed. Therefore, after an hour or so of pursuit, the distance between the two fleets has been greatly shortened, and the rear of the Mongolian army is already within the range of the Perak artillery.

The Perak Army did not pay attention to the baggage transport ships docked nearby, because these ships were already in the bag, and because the Mongolian sailors on board had escaped cleanly, and there was no threat to the Perak ships. According to the order of the General Staff, the remaining warships of the Mongolian army were the targets of the Perak army. At that moment, the light cavalry on the water closely pursued the Mongolian warships, and when they encountered the resisters, they were bombarded. Although light artillery with shotguns could not damage ships, its rate of fire was fast and dispersed, and it could inflict heavy casualties on Mongolian soldiers. Based on the fact that a cannon has 100 rounds of soybean-sized shotguns, a light horse on the water can fire 4 to 500 rounds of shotguns in a single salvo, rendering several Mongolian ships incapacitated.

The only trouble was the fire warships of the Mongolian army. The range of the improved Mongolian arms warship has been greatly improved, and the fire dragon that spews out is more than 20 meters, which makes the Thunderbolt warship have to stop and gather fire to fire a salvo at it. It is said that dozens of light fast ships fired at the same time, and the fire was extremely terrifying, and the more than ten fire warships were beaten into a sieve in one round. In order to prevent the artillery of the Thunderbolt army, these fire ships of the Mongolian army were also equipped with iron armor, but due to cost and weight reasons, a few parts such as oil storage tanks and rudders only had iron armor. Although the flying shotguns could not hurt these important parts, they caused the sailors on the fire ship to suffer casualties and became trophies drifting along the water.

Some of the Mongolian ships that were caught up were forced to surrender, while others abandoned their ships and fled to land. A few people resisted stubbornly, and all died under the shotguns and grenades, and they showed no mercy to these Thunderbolt troops. After half a day of pursuit, more than 900 of the more than 200 ships of the Mongolian army heading south were destroyed and damaged, and the number of captured was even more. Of the 1,500 sailors of the navy, more than 400 were killed or wounded, more than 500 were captured, and only 300 escaped. Ships can be rebuilt when they are destroyed, but experienced sailors need long-term training. As for the food, equipment, oil, gunpowder and other materials, all fell into the hands of the Thunderbolt army.

The top brass of the Perak Army were extremely satisfied with the outcome of the battle, but the personnel of the Navy, including Le Quanan, were not satisfied. Ouyang Xuan and others mainly looked at the problem from a strategic level. Before this battle, one of the three battalions of the Navy Brigade was pinned down in the section of the Jinma River between Guankouzhai and Xinjin City to prevent the secret fire from taking the opportunity to cross the river, and one battalion remained in Pengshan City and could only send one battalion to Jiading. It was too difficult for this battalion to capture Meizhou and disperse the enemy naval forces besieging Jiading. This time, the Chengdu Mongolian army and navy were severely damaged, not only the water camp stationed in Pengshan could go south, but even some of the water troops could be drawn from the Jinma River section. The main force of the naval brigade marched south to Jiading, not only could it easily take Meizhou, but it could even completely wipe out the naval army of Liu Da'er in Jiading. In Ouyang Xuan's view, the practical significance of this battle is not only this, but also laid the foundation for the Thunderbolt Army to seize Chengdu and even the entire Western Sichuan Plain in the next step after completely crippling the Sichuan Mengjun Army. He had ordered the General Staff to begin drawing up a plan for operations in that area.

Le Quanan and other naval personnel mainly consider the problem from the tactical level. They thought that they had occupied the advantages of time, place, and people this time, but they did not completely annihilate the Mongolian army, especially let Shi Mo only escape, which was really a pity. In their opinion, the Mongolian navy is far inferior to the Thunderbolt army in terms of the quality of its ships, the quality of its personnel, and its weapons and equipment, especially when the Mongolian army's fleet is seriously disrupted by the sudden attack of the demolition boats. In the past, the naval army would definitely be satisfied with this battle and even proud, but the letter sent back by Yu Zhu from Liuqiu let them know that there are mountains outside the mountains and there are heavens outside the sky.

Yu Zhu wrote that the strength of the naval fleet of the current company is not only incomparable with the naval army of the Coastal Control Division of the official army, nor can it be compared with the strength of Pu Shougeng and other maritime merchants, and even compared with the sea pirates of the Japanese and Goryeo, and is only similar to the strength of Li Pu, the marquis of the Han army in Shandong, and belongs to the third or fourth rate. According to Yu Zhu's words, if the navy of the Coastal Control Division is an elite samurai, Pu Shougeng's strength is an ordinary soldier, and the sea pirates of the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo are the people's strongest, and the navy of Liuqiu can only be called a half-sized man. You must know that the Liuqiu Navy was established on the basis of the Liao Loach Battalion, the most elite of the Naval Brigade, and it has bought many huge ships and recruited many experienced sailors, and its strength has far surpassed that of the Western Sichuan Naval Brigade.

In Yu Zhu's mouth, the Mongol naval army in western Sichuan can only be called a baby. Now the war baby can't win all, which makes Le Quanan and the water army have a serious sense of crisis.