Kowloon wins

Chapter 442 Two Heroes Fighting ([-])

This is a competition that no one can afford to lose. Although it is only on paper, it is related to the gain or loss of the handsome position. Both the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother are very cautious, and no one dares to take it lightly. Hurriedly advancing forward, each slowly adjusted in the rear, as if they were waiting for each other's move, the board was unavoidably dull, the courtiers didn't know much about the way of naval warfare, this saw The two of them were chatting endlessly, but they all looked very impatient, but no one dared to speak nonsense when the old man was present, so they could only watch there boredly.

Seeing that the old fourteenth refused to move, the old thirteen obviously did not intend to maintain this peaceful confrontation, but seeing his brows frowning, he took the lead in driving the troops forward, but the two fleets were Gradually drifting away, it seems that there is a posture of going their own way, and the previous tendency of echoing each other is no longer seen.

When the old thirteen made such a move, the old fourteen couldn't stand still. Seeing that the distance between the two fleets of the old 13 was getting bigger and bigger, he felt the heart of defeating each other, raised his brows, and raised his hands. The whole fleet moved in unison, and like a dark cloud, they rushed towards Old Thirteen's left fleet.

At this time, both sides are facing crosswinds, and their speeds are about the same. The distance between each other is quickly shortened to less than ten squares, which is almost four squares away. However, the right squadron of the old thirteen Shang Yuan is [-] squares away. If they were to face each other head-on, the left fleet of the old thirteen would have only one fate, and that would be to be annihilated by the superior fleet of the fourteenth. The third is definitely not going to do it, but seeing that his luck is like flying to adjust the forward direction of the fleet, and start to retreat to the southwest with the help of the north-to-east wind. Seeing this, the old fourteen naturally refused to give up. Also adjusted the direction of the fleet, intending to launch a fierce pursuit, driving the old thirteen's left fleet into a corner in one fell swoop, and then annihilating them in one fell swoop.

The old fourteen's calculation is undoubtedly very good, but unfortunately he forgot one thing, that is, the total number of ships in his fleet is more than that of the old thirteen. Although the advantage of frontal combat is great, it is not easy to turn around in one fell swoop, so The number of steps needed is fully double that of the old thirteen. This gap is obviously too big. When he just adjusted the course of the whole fleet, the left squadron of the old thirteen has already made another maneuver. He turned around and turned to the right again, drawing a beautiful arc, turning to the side of the old fourteen, and posing an assault posture to go straight into the flank of the old fourteen.

When the old thirteen turned in this way, the old fourteen immediately realized that something was wrong, hurriedly followed the steering, and hurriedly turned the fleet in another direction, preparing to meet the impact of the old thirteen, but he did not expect that the old thirteen was in such an assault posture But it was just a feint, and it didn't really launch an attack. Instead, it turned around again, drew an arc, and headed towards a sea area full of hidden reefs.

Seeing that after the old thirteen had teased him, he turned around and ran away. The old fourteen couldn't help being furious. Then he saw that the right fleet of the old thirteen was still staying in the distance, and didn't move forward in the slightest. Seeing the sign of the confluence of the fleet, the old fourteen immediately changed his mind and led the whole fleet to launch a frantic pursuit, intending to force the old thirteen's fleet into the sea area full of hidden reefs to encircle and wipe out.

The old fourteen's intentions are too obvious, and the onlookers can see it, let alone the old thirteen of the authorities. However, the old thirteen didn't seem to care, so he directed The fleet on the left sailed into the sea of ​​reefs, and the speed of the ship slowed down in an instant, and it could only go one step at a time. The old fourteen, who was about [-] blocks behind, quickly rushed to the sea and rushed into the sea of ​​reefs , the distance between each other is only six squares, and a firefight may occur at any time. The situation is obviously extremely unfavorable to the old thirteen, who has a small number of troops.

Divide up!Just as Old Fourteen was approaching, Old Thirteen made another adjustment. The whole fleet was divided into three groups, each with five ships, and spread out in three directions. It's difficult, to chase or not to chase?How to chase?After thinking about it for a while, the old fourteen decided not to divide the troops, but to chase one of them, one is to prevent being broken by the old thirteen one by one, and the other is also thinking of hurting his ten fingers instead of breaking one of them, so It seems that the fleet of the old fourteen was concentrated in this way, chasing after one of them, no matter how the old thirteen fled, he would never let go.

A huge fleet needs a lot of steps to pursue. Compared with the five warships of the old thirteen, the actions of the entire fleet of the old fourteen are inevitably in danger of losing sight of the other. The pursuit is only a dozen steps, the old Fourteen's original tight formation has been stretched into a long snake formation, until the general is out of the reef sea, but he also failed to catch up with the small fleet of the old thirteen, until this time, the old thirteen began to change formation again , but saw two separated small fleets attacking the old fourteen from both sides, one from the left and the other from the right. He galloped towards the place where the old fourteen was.

The battle soon started, and the first to fight was the five squadrons that were being chased all the way, but seeing that the squadron had left the reef sea, they immediately set up the battle line, and all rushed to the starboard side. The coming pursuit fleet successfully seized the favorable position at the T prefix. The old fourteen was caught off guard, and the three chasing warships were all sunk by the superior artillery fire of the old thirteen. When he found out that something was wrong, it was too late to change his formation. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and rush forward in an attempt to gain an advantage by using numbers. This kind of idea is undoubtedly a good idea, but it is a pity that his previous formation was too strong Long, at this time, it is impossible to organize the formation at all. Just when he hurriedly started to form the formation, the two free squadrons of the old 13 have also rushed to the battlefield, and they are also in battle. On the same line, the scattered ships of the old fourteen were sunk one after another. The battle had just begun, and seven ships of the old fourteen's large fleet had been sunk, and the rest had almost no formation to speak of. Dilemma.

Defeated, completely defeated, before the old fourteen could adjust the formation again, the right squadron of the old thirteen had also been killed on the battlefield. The old thirteen was sunk, and only five warships were left to barely break through the encirclement, but under the fierce pursuit of the old thirteen, they were finally forced into a corner and ended up with the entire army wiped out. With the result, the old thirteen wiped out all the fleet of the old fourteen at the cost of sinking three ships, and the victory or defeat is clear at a glance.

"The deduction is over, Uncle Thirteen wins!"

For such disparate results, the ministers couldn't help discussing, but Hong Qing remained expressionless, and this kind of ending had long been expected by Hong Qing. If the old thirteen would lose, then That's what's really weird.

"Ugh……"

Although the old fourteen was very unconvinced, facing such a disastrous situation, he had nothing to say. He could only sigh, shook his head with a wry smile, and shuffled back to the side.

"What a wonderful deduction, um, the old thirteen's art of war is well used, attacking in combination, using your own strengths to attack others' weaknesses, not bad, not bad!"

Although the old man doesn't know much about naval warfare, he is very familiar with strategy and tactics. It can be seen that the old thirteen is much better than the old fourteen in the formation and tactics of the naval battle. He smiled and praised the old thirteen.

"Huang Ama's reputation is too high. This is just a game. A real naval battle is a hundred times more complicated than this. My son is just a novice and needs more experience."

Facing the old man's praise, the old thirteen was not too excited, he just said calmly and humbly, nothing else, if Hongqing hadn't given him all the information about the naval battle in advance, he would have been afraid to win this battle. It's not that easy. After all, the old fourteen is not an idle person. The two brothers have competed countless times since they were young. Apart from this time, there are countless other open and secret confrontations. They didn't have the upper hand over the old fourteen. Although they each had their own victories, compared with each other, the old thirteen lost a little more times.

"Well, it's good for you to have this understanding, and I will give you a chance to experience and level the country of Japan, do you dare to do it?"

The old man obviously appreciated Lao Shisan's attitude of winning without arrogance and not being discouraged, so he didn't say much, so he gave Lao Shisan the seal of the commander of the Eastern Expedition Army.

"My ministers should die to share the worries of the emperor, and I will definitely crush the Japanese slaves and make my name as the Great Qing!"

What Old Shisan was waiting for was the old man's words. After hearing this, Dang even couldn't stand up anymore. He knelt down on the ground and expressed his opinion impassionedly.

"Well, well, I'll just wait and see how you perform, Qing'er!"

The old man first praised the old thirteen, and immediately called Hong Qing's name.

"The grandson is here!"

Hearing that the old man personally handed over the seal to the old thirteen, Hong Qing couldn't help being excited, but he didn't expect that the old man would call his name at this time, so he couldn't help being stunned, but fortunately, he responded quickly and returned instantly. Overwhelmed, he hurriedly dodged, stood up from the side, and promised loudly.

"When can the Ministry of Industry produce all kinds of weapons and warships?"

The old man didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point.

"In the case of Huihuang Mafa, all the materials are ready-made. As long as the 'Eight Banners Company' transfers 500 million taels of silver to the Ministry of Industry, all matters can be carried out sequentially. The armed forces of 1 people can be armed in half a year at the earliest. The weapons have been built. As for the Macau shipyard, there are still [-] cargo ships under construction. They were originally used for the expansion of the "Eight Banners Company". About half a year, when you can serve."

As soon as the old man asked about the preparations, Hong Qing didn't dare to be negligent, and explained it in a hurry, but there was a lot of reservations in it - the twenty ships under construction were not cargo ships in the first place, but The battleship has been started since last year, in order to be able to enter service as soon as possible. Naturally, such things are not in the way of outsiders. As for the work of building weapons at the Ministry of Industry, it also started secretly last year, otherwise Otherwise, it is simply impossible to complete the equipment used by 1 people in half a year.

"Well, let's hurry up now. Besides, I plan to let you go to the country of Wa, do you dare to go?"

The old man nodded, and didn't ask any further questions. He just gave a casual order, but then the conversation suddenly changed, and he asked a question that Hong Qing didn't expect.

(End of this chapter)