Qiming 1158

Chapter 699 Sneak Attack on Dinghai Port

Of course it is not good to offend people in the officialdom, and that is likely to lead to the end of one's career.

But losing your head on the battlefield is obviously a little more terrifying.

Both things are not good and both have disadvantages, but the former can at least save lives, while the latter is dead.

As the saying goes, the lesser of two evils, so for this choice, it doesn't take too much effort to make a decision.

Chen Xi took the order and went to write the document.

However, when the documents were delivered to Lin'an, and Wang Lun was angered again, it was estimated that seven or eight days had passed by the time the reinforcements arrived.

During these seven or eight days, Li Bao still had to try his best to maintain the battle line with the remaining navy soldiers. It was absolutely impossible for the Ming army navy to enter and occupy Dinghai and destroy the Mingzhou navy.

Once the Mingzhou navy is destroyed and the gate of Suzhou is opened, the Ming army navy will be able to threaten the capital of the Song Dynasty unscrupulously. At that time, the capital will shake, and it is not known what disaster will be caused.

Li Bao did not dare to take this risk no matter what, and he did not dare to bear the consequences, so next, he decided to take the lead and would not take the initiative to lead the army to attack again until reinforcements arrived.

Li Bao was also very unhappy when the battle reached this level.

After Li Bao took over the Mingzhou Navy, relying on Wang Lun's support, he asked Wang Lun for a large amount of funds. After deducting up and down, he managed to reorganize the Mingzhou Navy to 4000 warships and more than [-] troops. The size of a sailor, so he barely met his own minimum requirements.

After that, he vigorously trained the sailors, rectified the discipline of the sailors, and standardized the standards of the sailors' daily drills, so as to quickly restore the peak combat effectiveness of the sailors.

Then he made a statement to the court, hoping to take the initiative to attack the Ming army navy and fight for the initiative.

But this time Wang Lun sternly refused on behalf of the court, asking Li Bao to lead the Mingzhou navy to guard the Suzhou Ocean, protect the sea gateway of Lin'an, and never let the Ming army go beyond the thunderous pool.

This is your duty. It is too risky to take the initiative to attack. The Mingzhou navy is the main force of the Da Song navy. Once there are three strengths and two weaknesses, the Da Song will lose control of the sea. Who will take the responsibility?
Do not attack!

Of course Li Bao was very willing to serve the court, but he felt that it was much better to take the initiative to attack than to be trapped at sea. He drew up a battle plan and stated to Wang Lun the reasons for taking the initiative to attack.

But Wang Lun still did not support him.

Wang Lun asked him to only stay in Dinghai to protect the safety of the court, and nothing else to do with his business. He only needed to guard Suzhou Yang and don't let the Ming army navy come in swaggeringly.

During this period, the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty did not do anything.

They realized the importance of the first water division at the end of the war, so they took advantage of the number of nearly [-] ships under their control, and mobilized a large number of ships from various ports in the southeast coastal area to gather in the Hangzhou Bay area, and concentrated shipbuilding craftsmen. Carry out warship modifications and rebuilds on these ships to speed up the creation of usable warships.

They tried to increase the number of sailors to better protect the safety of Lin'an.

In terms of ship control, the Southern Song Dynasty absolutely crushed the Ming Dynasty by several orders of magnitude. They had a world-class super seaport at that time and had nearly [-] sea ships. This number was beyond the reach of the nascent Ming Empire.

As long as they are given time, they can build an absolutely powerful armada.

Li Bao knew the court's plans, but the defensive policy was wrong in Li Bao's view.

The navy is a terrifying beast that sails on the sea, and it should set sail and go out to fight, show its fangs, and launch an attack. If the navy is blindly shrinking the port, it is better to abolish the navy and leave the funds to expand the infantry.

What is the way to use the navy to fight defensive operations?
In defensive operations, is the infantry better than the navy?
Li Bao was very depressed, but he couldn't resist the decision of the imperial court, so he could only secretly worry.

But to this day, Li Bao discovered that the imperial court's previous fear of the Ming army was not without reason.

The Ming army navy is really not that strong, the technology is very rough, not as delicate and delicate as the navy of the Southern Song Dynasty, but their durability is very strong, the number of navy is huge, they can fight a protracted battle, and they are tough enough to easily fail. destroy.

In contrast, if the Southern Song navy fought a protracted battle, they would not be able to be so tough.

So the Ming army navy is really not a weak team, and he is even a little lucky that he didn't go out in such a rash manner, otherwise it's hard to say who will kill the deer.

Although the battle is now in a stalemate, at least it was not defeated by the Ming army, nor did the Ming army invade Suzhou Ocean and threaten the safety of Lin'an, which is a credit.

In the past few days, the Ming army still sent fleets to attack the Mingzhou navy every day as always.

In this way, on the afternoon of the ninth day of April, the Ming army navy attacked Dinghai Port again, bombarded it indiscriminately, and voluntarily retreated, and then did not come back until it was dark. Li Bao breathed a sigh of relief and ordered who should maintain the most basic patrols. Teams and quick-response fleets, and the rest of the crew all hurry up to eat and rest.

The night was very quiet, there was no war, and there was no sound of explosions. The soldiers of the Song Army slept soundly and felt very comfortable.

But who knew that in the early morning of April [-]th, a Ming army infantry with a size of several thousand people attacked Dinghai County, easily captured the county seat, routed the defenders, and quickly raided the Dinghai port. Southern Song sailors on board.

This group of raiding Ming troops carried igniters and Thor cannons. They set fire to military facilities and warships in the port. They also threw Thor cannons to increase chaos.

Li Bao was also resting on the shore at that time, and was shocked when he saw this. He immediately ordered his personal soldiers to board the ship, and then blew horns and drums to ask the sailors who could get on the boat to get on the boat as soon as possible, and a boat could be counted as a boat.

Dinghai must not be able to stay any longer, so hurry up and retreat in the direction of Lin'an, there may be a way out.

But at this time, Kong Zhende dispatched [-] warships and attacked the Dinghai port with an unprecedented momentum. Facing the chaos in the port, the Song Jun navy shot with a big rocket, and there was a loud bang, and the Song Jun navy was blown away. .

The rest of the warships spread out to block the escape route of the Mingzhou navy, and encircled them on three sides, blocking the Mingzhou navy in the port in one breath, and began the battle of encirclement and annihilation.

Faced with such a situation, Li Bao and the remaining 30 or so operational warships were also dispersed, and could only fight on their own. Li Bao was left with only the flagship and two other frigates, and the three warships formed a small fleet. , charged westward, trying to fight a bloody path to survive.

Now that Li Bao has no other way, even if he can calm down, the sailors can't calm down. At this moment, all he can do is retreat.

His heart was full of remorse, all his attention was on the Ming army navy in Ligang, and he didn't care about his back, nor did he think that the Ming army would let the navy land and turn into an infantry to attack Dinghai County and Henan Province. port.

Most of the sailors slept in the barracks in the port, and not many people would sleep on the rickety ship except for the patrol team on the night shift and the necessary quick-reaction warships.

Moreover, after many days of fighting, the soldiers need to rest every day. If there is no good rest conditions, the soldiers will not have the spirit to fight the next day.

Li Bao did nothing wrong. The only thing he neglected was that he did not expect that the Ming army would find another way to capture Dinghai from the land, and attacked the port directly from the land.

This is good, the Mingzhou navy is likely to be finished.

What did the Dinghai defenders eat?
Don't you know how to take precautions?
Don't you have a little bit of vigilance?

Even so, I can't die, I'm going to kill a bloody path and rush out!
Li Bao gritted his teeth, shouted with anger on his face, and directed his flagship to rush towards a Ming army warship. This will tear it apart, but the Ming soldiers on this Ming army warship are not panic at all, shouting the battle horn and launching a jump gang operation to the flagship.

While Li Bao ordered the ship to continue at full speed, he personally led the soldiers to join the hand-to-hand combat at sea.

Although he is getting older, his might is the same as before. He is also a fierce general on the battlefield. Facing the red-eyed Ming soldier, he is not afraid at all. Blocking, the two began to wrestle with each other.

"what!!!"

"what!!!"

The two wrestled with each other, roared at each other, blue veins burst out on their foreheads, and their eyes were about to pop out, extremely fierce.

(End of this chapter)