Kowloon wins

Chapter 486 The Last Madness ([-])

Wang Yanxia is a person who is very good at thinking. He was able to grow from a peasant boy with no background to a senior official in the Daqingshui Division, not only because of his diligence and eagerness to learn, but also because he was good at summarizing and thinking—the first battle In the battle, Wang Yanxia was ordered to lead three medium-sized warships to lure the enemy. As a result, the enemy was lured out, but his own losses were not small. However, Wang Yanxia couldn't help but still feel quite guilty. He summed up the battle in depth and found several defects that still exist in the Qing fleet. One of them is the unreasonable distribution of the fleet's firepower. This will lead to the fact that although the ship is strong and the guns are powerful, it is difficult to stop the raid and siege of the Japanese warships. For this reason, Wang Yanxia has made targeted training these days. An excellent touchstone.

"Order: All ships pay attention to the density of firepower. 'Prestige' and 'Prestige' cooperate with each other to attack the enemy's right flank. For the enemy ahead, the 'Wei Zhen' cooperates to make up for the leak, and we must completely wipe out the enemy in this battle!"

Three miles is not a very long distance, especially for naval warships that are not fast, there is no way to finish the run in less than a quarter of an hour, even if the warships of the Japanese Navy are sailing at full speed. , but time is still very sufficient for the Qing army. Wang Yanxia is not nervous at all, and he commanded the six warships under his command to arrange a line formation, forming a perfect battle line. The final deployment before the war was made calmly.

Similar to Wang Yanxia, ​​Honda Henglong's background is not good, he is just a descendant of ordinary samurai. It has also discovered several major flaws of the Qing army's warships. This time, there are corresponding deployments and arrangements. There are already countermeasures for how to break through the blockade of the Qing army's battle line, and that is to pull them out. Fighting, reducing the density of the Qing army's firepower, breaking through at multiple points, dividing and outflanking, thus forcing the Qing army to fall into the predicament of a side-to-side battle. Of course, Honda Henglong himself is not very sure whether such a tactical concept can be realized. Undoubtedly, the Qing fleet lying in front of him is the best test object for him to test his tactical ideas.

"Spread the two wings, charge at full speed, don't pay attention to the artillery fire of the Chinese people, just leaning up is victory!"

During the charge of the warship cluster, Honda Henglong, standing on the front deck of the flagship "Shimoyo Maru", remained silent until the cluster rushed to a distance of one and a half miles from the Qing army's battle line, and Honda Henglong suddenly ordered to change. But seeing the flag bearer on the mast of the "Xiayang Maru" quickly play a series of semaphore, the group of Japanese warships that were crowded together suddenly dispersed, and the two wings were separated. Divided into small teams of three or two warships, they assumed a posture of multiple breakthroughs.

"The ships listened to the order: the original plan was changed. As soon as the enemy ship entered the range, the 'Prestige' and 'Prestige' would attack the enemy's right flank with all their strength, and the 'Majestic' and 'Weishun' would attack the enemy's left flank with all their strength, driving the thieves to the center. 'Silence' and 'Weizhen' follow my orders and fire!"

Seeing the sudden change of formation of the Japanese navy, Wang Yanxia immediately raised his brows, quickly judged the intention of the Japanese navy, and made tit-for-tat deployments.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Although the speed of the Japanese naval division has been slightly reduced due to the change of formation, it is still very fast. In less than a cup of tea, it has rushed to a distance of 450 steps from the battle line of the Qing army. At this time, the two wings of the Qing army's battle line began to bombard violently. Amidst the rumbling sound of the cannonballs, shells whizzed through the sky with huge kinetic energy, and smashed towards the two wings of the Japanese Navy. The navy's formation was already spread out, but under such fierce shelling, they still suffered a lot of losses. The leading warships were torn into pieces by the artillery fire in an instant, and the Japanese warships following behind were even There was a lot of chaos.

"Order the left and right wings, don't stop, don't lean towards the middle, keep charging, if you get close to the Chinese battleship, you will win!"

Seeing that the Qing army's two wings attacked suddenly, while the two warships in the middle remained silent, Honda Henglong immediately judged the real intention of the Qing army's move, so he hurriedly issued a death order, forcing the two wings The Japanese warship then rushed forward.

"'Silence' attacks the left flank, and the 'Weizhen' attacks the right flank, rapid fire!"

Seeing that although the two wings of the Japanese navy were in confusion, they still insisted on charging forward. Wang Yanxia frowned, but did not hesitate at all. With a wave of his hand, he gave the order in a loud voice. The soldiers conveyed this order, and immediately saw the rows of muzzles on the two warships start to move, each aiming at the left and right wings of the Japanese Navy, and there was a burst of indiscriminate bombardment.

It's messed up. The two wings of the Japanese navy are in total chaos this time. They were bombarded by the Qing army for two rounds. Not many warships were sunk on the spot, only eight ships in total. It's not that the Qing army gunners have any The heart of compassion is only because the warships of the Japanese navy were stretched so wide that the firepower advantage of the Qing army's warships could not be fully utilized. But even so, in the face of huge casualties, the two wings of the Japanese navy were already Completely overwhelmed, some crowded towards the middle in confusion, while others lowered their sails hesitantly in an attempt to slow down in order to avoid the next round of looting by the Qing army.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The bombardment of the "Singing" and "Weizhen" had just stopped for a while, and the other four Qing warships had finished loading their shells, and once again fired at the two wings of the Japanese navy. The two wings finally couldn't bear it any longer. Regardless of Honda Henglong's repeated orders, they swarmed and squeezed towards the central army. After such a rush, the middle road of the Japanese Navy, which was originally considered to be a rigorous lineup, immediately fell into chaos. among.

"Singing' and 'Weizhen' cover alternately, and the rest of the ships speed up their loading, pay attention to cooperating with each other, maintain the continuity of firepower, and give me a blast!"

Beating the dog in the water is undoubtedly a very enjoyable thing. Seeing that the Japanese navy is completely in a mess, Wang Yanxia immediately showed a smile on the corner of his mouth, but the order was still very fast.

"Decree: Our ship will attack at full speed, all ships will follow, even if the jade is broken, it will not hesitate!"

Boom, boom again, with the cooperation of the six warships of the Qing army, the firepower projection has never stopped, only to blow up the Japanese navy howls again and again, and the warships sank one after another, but they still couldn't rely on the Qing army. Army warships, obviously, if the battle continues like this, the number of warships in the Japanese Navy will not be enough for the Qing army. Seeing the general situation, Honda Henglong's heart has sunk to the bottom of the valley, but he doesn't want to run away anymore. Of course, facing the powerful Qing fleet, even if he wanted to escape, he might not be able to escape. Thinking of this, Honda Henglong felt martyred, so he shouted and issued the final order .

"Sink the enemy's flagship for me!"

In the midst of the chaos, the "Xiayang Maru" suddenly sped up and crazily rushed out from the middle, braving the fierce artillery fire of the Qing army, desperately moving forward and then forward again. A kill order was issued without mercy.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

With Wang Yanxia's order, I don't know how many muzzles on the six warships were all aimed at "Xiayang Maru". Under the fierce artillery fire, countless shells smashed past like locusts. "" is just a wooden boat, how could it stand the looting of so many shells, it was blown up to be riddled with holes in an instant, made several turns on the sea surface, and soon sank to the bottom of the sea, None of the officers and soldiers on board was spared!

At three o'clock in the war, the sky had already brightened, and the Japanese navy without a unified command was even less likely to be an opponent of the Qing army. With heavy casualties, the remaining thirty or so warships all hung out white flags. The elite has been wiped out so far, and the only force that can threaten the safety of the Qing army's rear has ceased to exist...

"Pooh!"

It was finally dawn, and Tashan stood up straight from the trench with a tired face, coughed heavily, and spit out thick phlegm with bloodshot mouth. With the morning light, he quickly scanned the battlefield full of messy corpses, The face is full of bitterness, nothing else, yesterday's battle was too difficult, it was okay at the beginning, relying on the strong output of firepower, the Qing army firmly grasped the initiative on the battlefield, and defeated them easily The Japanese army attacked three times, killing and injuring more than [-] Japanese soldiers, but since nightfall, the battle situation has reversed—the Japanese army, who continued to attack violently, brazenly launched a night battle, and broke into the Qing army several times. The trenches were all fought down by Tashan's troops in brutal hand-to-hand combat. This battle lasted until the second half of the night. Several crises were faced, especially the last battle in the second half of the night. If you arrive in time, the position may really be lost.

"General Ta, the commander-in-chief has an order: Before sunset today, the Japanese slaves must be kept out of Uji City!"

Just when Tashan was about to call the generals of the sentries to discuss defense matters, a messenger rushed over from the city gate and conveyed the death order of the old thirteen to Tashan.

"Please don't worry, Commander, there are people on the ground! It's just that our troops are exhausted. Please tell General Qiu that we must replenish the general's reserve team, even if it is a sentry."

After hearing this for another day, the bitterness on Tashan's face suddenly became stronger, but he never dared to disobey his master's order, no matter how bitter his heart was, he could only express his opinion loudly, but Well, but he didn't forget to ask Qiushan for reinforcements.

"General Qiu said that there is no reserve team. If there is a need, he will go there himself!"

The messenger didn't give Tashan a chance to bargain at all, so he repeated Qiushan's original words with a straight face.

"Oh, I see!"

As soon as he heard that there was no reinforcements, Tashan's head couldn't help but heaved a big circle, but there was nothing wrong with it, he could only grunt in a rough voice, waved his hand impatiently, and sent the messenger away, and then got used to it. Reluctantly, he took out the binoculars stuck in his waist, and looked at the distance where the Japanese soldiers gathered, his face turned pale...

(End of this chapter)