The struggle of the reborn prince

In the first battle, the Jinshui division destroyed a warship of the Song army and killed nearly a hundred soldiers of the Song army. Although they also lost five warships and suffered more than 200 casualties, they used small warships that were underestimated.In the subsequent night attack, the navy continued their efforts and severely damaged several troop carriers of the Song army. It is exciting enough to achieve these results under such a disparity in strength.Wan Yanyong was overjoyed when he heard the news, and rewarded Xu Wen a lot, but he was very good at being a man, so he gave all the rewards to the troops who participated in the war, and the morale of the Jinshui army was greatly boosted for a while.

But then the Song army stepped up their vigilance. When berthing, they would choose relatively open river bends, avoid river branches, and place transport ships with weak combat effectiveness on the inside, and warships with strong firepower on the outside. There are also warships in the river. Cruising back and forth for vigilance prevented the Jin army from taking advantage of the darkness to infiltrate.During the march, the leading ships of the Song Army also sailed in formation, and no longer acted alone. They would also send warships to control river mouths and river branches through areas with dense river networks to prevent surprise attacks by the Jin Army.

These defensive measures of the Song Army effectively restrained the Jinshui Army's raid tactics, and they had no chance to approach for several days. Naturally, they could not stop the Song Army from going northward and retreating all the way from Xianxiang.But Xu Wen was not discouraged. He believed that there would be loopholes in the tight-top-point-novel protection, as long as you search hard, you can find them. Sometimes it just takes some time and patience.But this time he didn't have to wait long, and he quickly discovered a new fighter.

The Song army sent two cavalry troops and two brigades of marines to attack Liaoyang this time. According to the general algorithm, every two stones are one soldier. There are more than 200 ships including ships for transporting horses and supplies.There are also more than [-] escorting 'Wei-class' warships and auxiliary ships capable of self-defense.Sailing in a three-way column, the fleet also stretches for more than ten miles. It is so vast that you can't see the side, which also makes it difficult for the front and rear to echo each other.

After reconnaissance, Xu Wen found that the Song Army formation was very tightly organized.The front army is composed of more than forty ships, including ten warships and transport ships carrying marines. They are responsible for clearing obstacles on the river, pulling out the Jinjun fortress along the river, and attacking the Jinshui Army's interception; Huge, most of the transport ships and baggage ships carrying the horse infantry are concentrated here.It was escorted by forty warships; the rear army consisted of more than ten warships and more than 30 transport ships carrying three cavalry troops.In addition to preventing the attack of the Jinshui Army, their main task is to prevent the attack of land enemies.The three armies were separated by twenty miles to support each other.

Xu Wen analyzed that the former army of the Song Army was the pioneer, and the combat effectiveness must be the strongest, and there were many warships.Auxiliary ships are few.He felt that he couldn't afford to provoke him; the rear army took on the task of stopping the enemy.The level of combat readiness is high, the vigilance is strong, and it is not easy to start; while the Chinese army has concentrated most of the warships in the fleet.There are also the most warships, but more transport ships.If those transport ships are called sheep, the warship is a shepherd dog that guards the flock, and he has to be a wolf. No matter how fierce the shepherd dog is, it cannot guard the entire flock while grazing, and some sheep will always be killed. eaten.

After the fleet of the Song Army sailed upstream and successfully passed Xianxiang, several turns in the river gradually narrowed. In order to prevent grounding, the marching team could only change from three columns to two columns, and then to a single row. The bow-to-stern stretches for dozens of miles, and the bow and tail are hard to see.In order to protect the safety of the fleet, the warships can only be inserted into the transport fleet alternately, and cannot move forward or turn around at will...

On the surface of the river in the Heye section, two turns appeared in succession, forming a large S-shape.Because most of the warships of the Song Army were driven by sails, they had to sail in the form of half sails to reduce their speed when cornering to prevent them from rushing out of the channel. As a result, the speed of the entire fleet dropped greatly and they could only move forward slowly.

"Report to the commander, the report from the front found that more than [-] warships of the Jinshui Army launched a surprise attack on the starboard side of our fleet!" Due to the limitation of the water depth, Ma Wei could only abandon his god-level flagship after entering the Liaohe River, and succumbed to " The battleship Weiyong suddenly received a message from the messenger.

"Order the warships to drive away forcefully to protect the safety of the formation!" Ma Wei said, hurriedly got out of the cabin and boarded the front deck of the ship building, picked up the binoculars and looked to the front right, and saw that the Jinshui Army warships were heading towards the fleet at an extremely fast speed. Launching an attack, they formed a loose V-shaped battle formation, and the location they chose to attack was also very tricky. It was the middle point between the two escort warships, so that their broadside guns could not shoot at them from the front, and they could only fire from one side to deter them. , while adjusting the barrel.

"Boom..." The two warships of the Song army each fired a salvo, only to blow up a column of water on the surface of the river. Several small boats were hit and capsized instantly, while other warships of the Jin army were still approaching.

"The warships break away from the formation to prevent the enemy ships from approaching!" The distance is too short, and the enemy ships are short and scattered. It is not easy to hit them. Ma Wei can only let the warships ram the enemy ships at the risk of being grounded to prevent them from breaking into the transport fleet.

"Marshal, the Golden Army warship is also found on the port side!" The lookout post issued another warning.

"Damn it, they really know how to choose places!" Ma Wei turned and looked to the left, there were also more than a dozen small warships rushing out of the reeds and rushing towards the fleet.At this time, they were on the channel between two turns, and they were turning forward and backward. The speed was too fast, the channel was narrow, and there was very little room for the ships to move. The warships in front could not turn around to support, nor could those behind Arrived in time.What's more serious is that I don't know if Jin Jun still has a backhand, so he used a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

"All ships stay in formation, and you are not allowed to park or leave the formation without authorization." Ma Wei was thinking about countermeasures when he saw that there was a change in the ships in the fleet, and ordered again hastily.The warships of the Golden Army rushed up quickly and began to launch rockets. Several transport ships with poor self-defense capabilities tried to evade or dock to pass the enemy ships, but the fleet was so long that they all relied on the sound of horns and semaphore to communicate. Did they stop? Yes, the unclear situation behind has not yet occurred serial rear-end collisions!

'Da da……'

'Crack, crack...'

The infantrymen on the transport ship heard the sirens and went to the deck one after another. They wanted to watch the water battle, but they found that the golden army warships rushed away when they saw their own warships leaving the formation and rushing towards them. Scattered, taking advantage of the small and nimble advantage of your own ship to play cat and mouse with the warship, gathering and dispersing to avoid the collision of your own warship, while your own warship is like a clumsy giant facing a group of mice being played. Go round and round.

Such a situation made the dragoons on the ship immediately aware of the danger. Isn't the trick of the Jinshui Army just the 'guerrilla' tactics they often use on land?Although one is on the water and the other is on land, the reason is the same. First, use part of the force to hold back the opponent's main force, and then attack its weakness. If you are not on a transport ship or armed, then you will be at the mercy of others. The weakness of slaughter, how can the infantry and cavalry who figured it out are willing to wait for death!

In order to facilitate combat, the transport ships carrying the infantry and cavalry were organized according to their respective units. Each commander took a ship, and a brigade of ten ships formed a small formation, escorted by a warship.In addition to horses, their weapons, equipment and supplies are accompanied by the ship. In case of emergency, they can fight with weapons and reduce the number of supplies on the way.Therefore, these landlubbers are not unarmed, their weapons are at hand, they immediately picked up their weapons and prepared for battle, and the machine gun team put all the small cannons on the deck.

Sure enough, as these soldiers expected, several warships of the Jinshui Army diverted the attention of the teased and angry warships, and other warships swooped towards the transport fleet, just as they thought they could make new achievements. Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire, and the dense rain of bullets engulfed them like a fire net.This is not a naval gun. It is very difficult to hit a fast-moving boat like them. At this moment, hundreds of machine guns and continuous guns are aimed at them. Besides, the boat is much bigger than a person. A burst of violent shooting, All the warships of the Jin Army rushing over were not without color.

Although Jin Jun's rocket entered the range, it had no chance to launch at all, and was beaten to death and wounded in a blink of an eye.At this moment, they also understood that these transport ships carrying troops should not be messed with, and they ran for their lives as soon as they could move.The Jin army, who had suffered heavy losses, did not dare to move forward, and under the bombardment of the warship artillery, they re-drilled into the reeds and disappeared.

"Commander, the fire boat!" With the assistance of the infantry, the large-scale raid launched by the Jin army was finally repelled. Ma Wei just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the warning again.He turned around and looked to the rear of the fleet, and saw dozens of small boats piled with firewood and other igniters rushing down the river towards the convoy of convoys that were turning. Move to a less powerful target.The escorting warships in the formation could only bombard the river with more intensive artillery fire, in an attempt to use the blasted water column and swell to overturn the enemy ships and water the firewood.And the ships on the attack surface quickly put down their push rods, ready to push the fire boat away...

Ma Wei stared at the river intently, his heart already in his throat, he could only let the boats in front speed up in order to make room for the boats behind, so as to widen the distance between the boats, otherwise as long as there is one boat If it catches fire, the company will be burned, and the ships may collide or run aground during avoidance, which will cause a devastating blow to the entire fleet, and even cause the mission to fail and die halfway.

In the end, I was really afraid of what would happen. The Jin army who was driving the boat seemed to be willing to go all out. They scattered and walked through the gaps of the artillery fire to find opportunities. Some fire boats were destroyed and overturned, but a few of them still broke through the warships. They ignited the firewood on the warship and let it go down the river. A supply ship that was turning a corner was unable to avoid it and was knocked squarely amidst the exclamation of the crowd... (unfinished to be continued..)