Chapter 396: Battle for Hegemony: Jingzhou Sailors Retreat

"Oh!"

Seeing the person who came, Yang Wen responded, "General Song Yi, this task to bomb Jingnan Water Village was sent to me by Qi Ye, didn't I have the final say?" ”

And! To be honest, Yang Wen was still worried about Song Yi's safety. After all! In the past three days, I have to run for more than 200 miles, but I am still afraid that Song Yi will not be able to keep an eye on it. Moreover! Song Yi or Pingyang Hou, this is the identity, if there is any mistake, he can't afford it?

Hum?

"Yang Wen, you fucking shit, do you look down on Lao Tzu? Back then, when Lao Tzu was crusading against the Xiongnu in the north and achieving a generation of fame, you were still a small colonel under Yu Shuai! Song Yi didn't show off, he just deliberately provoked Yang Wen like this to achieve his goal.

Naturally, Song Yi's prestige, who doesn't know, in addition to his Yang Wen's worship of Yu Haoming and his own General Qi, is also right, and Song Yi, who is in his own camp, is worshipped.

"Since General Song Yi has said so, then the last general has nothing to say."

"Jingnan Water Village, I and General Song Yi will take it together!" Yang Wen said.

Well!

Song Yi nodded slightly with satisfaction, since he joined the King of Qin, Song Yi has been trying to establish meritorious deeds under the command of the King of Qin, but he has never had a chance, but now! The crusade against Jingzhou has officially begun, and there are more places to fight.

And he can also show his military talent here to repay Dongfang Yu for his kindness.

Yang Wen and Song Yi set off with 30,000 horses, and they ran for more than 200 miles in three days, which was just a common thing for the Qin army.

Wang Rulong also followed Qi Lanyin's instructions to deploy defenses on the riverbank, with 10,000 sailors stationed in the boats, and the remaining 10,000 were set up on the road where Dongfang Jie was most likely to lead the army back to help.

At this time, the Jingzhou Naval Division and the Qin State Naval Division were inseparable. Under the head-on conflict, the Jingzhou Naval Division, which was not the opponent of the Qin Division, suffered heavy losses.

"General Xu Qing, we can't fight anymore, if we continue to fight like this, our army will most likely face the risk of annihilation." Luo Hao said.

Next to their warship, the Qin State Naval Division, cruisers, and medium-sized warships went to the Jingzhou Naval Division, interspersed step by step.

Under the maneuverability and heavy artillery fire, the Jingzhou Navy Division lost three main ships, more than 20 medium warships, and countless small warships.

As for the anti-Guan Qin State Naval Division, except for the shelling of the main ship, there was basically no loss, only six medium warships were lost, and the battle damage of the cruiser was not clear.

The battle loss ratio is too large, and the Jingzhou Navy Division, who suffered a loss, can't beat the Qin State in this kind of encounter.

"Let the main ship of the Chinese army alternately cover the retreat."

"Put flares and retreat."

Shout!

As soon as the order was given, on Xu Qing's main ship, a signal flare rose into the air and issued an order to retreat.

Looking at the retreating signal flares, the Jingzhou sailors, as if relieved, immediately turned around and withdrew from the waters under alternate cover.

"Haha! Want to run, there's so much easier! Yu Haoming thought, "Send a signal flare to General Qi, and ask him to leave the fleet, interspersed with a section inward, and directly adjust the artillery to bombard." ”

"No!"

Shout!

Qi Lanyin was on the deck, preparing to strike a series of Jingzhou sailors.

After receiving Yu Haoming's order, Qi Lanyin did not hesitate anymore and quickly turned the warship to the side.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A burst of artillery roared, and one after another shells flew out, and the coverage of the two-mile artillery instantly blew up the Jingzhou Naval Division. What kind of cannon is this, the range is more than 500 meters longer than theirs!

The battle lasted from five o'clock in the morning to more than ten o'clock in the morning, and the five-hour fierce battle temporarily ended with the victory of the Great Qin Water Division.

Of course! Under normal circumstances, what Yu Haoming and Qi Lanyin thought of was to chase after the victory! But at present, it seems impossible to target the Jingzhou Water Division.

Not far away in Wangchuan, is the Jingzhou River Basin, the second fort, if the Qin State Naval Division rashly intruded, it is very likely to be subjected to severe shelling.

"When the army stopped, the soldiers immediately cleared the residue, and then replenished their strength."

"Let General Qi come to my main ship and discuss the next step, the landing battle against the Wangchuan Battery." Yu Haoming said.

At this time, Xu Qing and Luo Hao, who were lucky enough to retreat, looked at the Qin State Sailor who did not pursue, and finally couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Today's encounter is not only the strength of the Qin State Naval Division, but also their warships, which are much stronger than our Jingzhou."

"Whether it is an encounter or not, if we fight head-on next time, our army will still suffer a big loss because of the difference in weapons." Xu Qing's face was sad.

In this battle, he knocked out more than 100 combat battleships, almost half of all warships. As for the Qin State, it lost dozens of ships, and the battle damage was very large.

And! And that's not even counting the escort transports, the main fleet.

"If you can't win the water war, Jingzhou will lose sooner or later! It is better to send out the trump card of Jingnan Water Village, although there are only two, but the huge body is not inferior to the main ship of the Qin State at all. ”

"The only difference is that there is one less row of guns than the main ship of the Qin State!" Luo Hao said angrily.

The two of them have fought more than ten or twenty battles in water battles, large and small, but it is the first time in their lives that they have suffered such a loss in a water war like today.

"No... No way! ”

"Those two ships are the king's trump cards, and they must be consulted by the king before they can leave the port to fight. In addition, our large main ship, compared with the large main ship of the Qin State, has extremely poor performance. ”

"Whether it's in terms of speed or bulkiness, it will only become a burden to the ship. They must not be allowed to leave the port unless absolutely necessary. But it is possible to be combat-ready. Xu Qing said.

The two made up their minds and prepared to rendezvous with the Wangchuan sailor.

When the two armies met, there were still two hundred and thirty warships, large and small. The existence time of the Jingzhou Water Division can be many times longer than the time when the Qin State built a new water division.

Naturally, there is nothing to say about its heritage.

Suddenly! Li Jing's three-way army had already advanced into the four counties of Jingzhou, and the next day it was to take the three counties of Lingling, mainly in the four counties of Jingzhou that did not have the support of the main force, except for the two thousand county soldiers, almost no shadow of the main force of Jingzhou was seen.

The generals stationed north of Jingzhou should have an army of 50,000, and now! It is almost divided into two parts, which! An army of 30,000 retreated into Nanxia County. Another 20,000 troops were stationed on the border of Viet Jing.

Of course! Its general Zhou Zhaojian's 100,000 troops, with the ability of the metropolitan governor Xiao Huangqi, were stationed on the border of Vietnam and Jing.

It seems that he is guarding against Li Jing's army coming from the west, but before Li Jing's army comes, it is almost within easy reach to take the four counties of Jingzhou, but Xiao Huangqi doesn't seem to have done it.