On the Holy Dragon, Li Qing, the king of Yan, is standing on the deck looking into the distance, not far in front of Lingshan Island, here is the battlefield chosen by Li Qing for the main force of the Song army's naval division, this naval battle is of extraordinary significance to both the Great Xia Empire and the Great Song Dynasty, which is directly related to the national fortunes of the two countries.
"See the prince."
Feng Frame came to Li Qing's side and saluted.
"How's the preparation?"
asked Li Qing to Feng Frame.
"Everything has been prepared according to the instructions of the prince, Zhou Yang and Zhou Hai have arrived at the predetermined position with the two armies of Zhou Yang and Zhou Hai respectively, and now everything is ready, just waiting for the Song army to come and send them to death."
Feng Frame reported to Li Qing.
"Don't be careless, be careful."
Li Qing told Feng Frame: "This battle is related to the strategy of our Great Xia Empire to dominate the world, if this battle is defeated, our army can advance by sea and capture Jiangning Mansion in one fell swoop, if this battle is defeated, our Great Xia Empire's sea frontier will fall into the hands of the Song army, and the Song army's naval division can choose to land at any place in the north and turn the tide of the world in one fell swoop."
"The last general understands, please sit on the Holy Dragon, and the last general will personally command forward."
Feng Frame said to Li Qing.
Li Qing nodded and didn't speak, in fact, there is an important Li Qing who didn't say, if this battle is defeated, those Xia troops stationed overseas will be reduced to the fish and meat of the Song army's sailors, and the overseas foundation that Li Qing has worked so hard to build will all cease to exist, overseas is a back road left by Li Qing to himself, if there is no such road, then Li Qing will basically be over, so for Li Qing, no matter how much the price is paid, the final victory must be obtained.
On the other side, the main force of the Great Song Naval Division, on the flagship of the naval division's warship, the Song General was reporting to Li Bao: "Lingshan Island is in front of the commander, and after Lingshan Island, I will arrive at Gushui Bay." ” "Is that Xia warship still following us?"
asked Li Bao to General Song.
General Song immediately reported: "Commander, they have been following us, but they have changed several ships, and now they are not one but three. ” After walking around the deck twice with his hands behind his back, Li Bao said, "The whole army is on alert. ” "What does the big marshal mean," Song Jiang asked with a questioning face.
"It is very likely that there is an ambush in front of the Xia Army Sailor, and now we don't know anything about the Xia Army Sailor, so it is better to be cautious."
Li Bao said to General Song: "Order all departments to move forward as quickly as possible. ” "Yes, the last general commands" After Li Bao's military order was issued, the thousands of warships of the Great Song Navy Division immediately increased their speed to the fastest with the help of the wind, and the Song Army was more than twice as large as the Xia Army in terms of the size of the Navy fleet, but because the Song Army Navy Navy fleet had various types of sea ships, in addition to the warships, there were also some grain and troop carriers, so in order to take care of other ships, the speed of the entire Song Army fleet was not particularly fast.
"Report, report, report" A herald came to Zhou Hai and reported: "General, the front team of the Song Army's naval division has entered the ambush circle of our army. ” When Zhou Hai heard this, he immediately ordered: "Order all ships, artillery, projectiles, and catapults to prepare, and wait for the Song Army's naval division to pass over, and then give the general an attack on his rear army." ” "Yes, Humble Order" Looking down from the sky, the formation of the Xia Army's naval division is like this, the Xia Army's naval division is divided into three teams, namely the main fleet and the left and right fleets, the main fleet has two hundred warships, the left and right fleets are one hundred and fifty warships, and the three fleets form a pocket array, the direction of Lingshan Island is the mouth of the bag, once the Song Army's naval division fleet enters the pocket array, the Xia Army's naval division warships from both wings will immediately seal the pocket, and then besiege the Song Army's naval division.
Soon the front army and the middle army of the Song Army's naval division passed, and the rear army of the Song Army's naval division was the weakest place in the entire naval fleet, which was basically filled with some grain ships and troop carriers; When the rear army of the Song Army's naval division fleet had just entered the pocket formation, Zhou Hai immediately ordered the left fleet of the Xia Army's naval division to besiege it.
"Order all warships to flank the enemy."
Zhou Hai ordered.
After Zhou Hai's military order was issued, the left fleet immediately launched an attack on the rear army of the Song army's naval division, as soon as it came up, the left fleet exerted all its firepower output, artillery, projectiles, and catapults were all used, and the sound of explosions continued to sound in the rear army of the Song army's naval division, some warships were directly hit, and some exploded in the water wrapped in explosives, and exploded one by one large water columns.
"Boom, boom, boom" explosions resounded in the sky.
"General, the Left Route Army has already made a move, should we also attack?"
A Xia general asked Zhou Yang for instructions.
"Don't worry, after the Song Army's naval division turns around and attacks the left army, we will lean in and attack from behind their backs."
Zhou Yang said to General Xia with a strange smile.
"Yes, the last general commands" After the Song army's naval division turned around to meet Zhou Hai, Zhou Yang directly attacked the back of the Song army's naval division, and for a while, he frequently succeeded, taking the Song army by surprise, but the Song army's naval division reacted very quickly, and after being attacked by the Xia army's naval division, he immediately went to the rear army to cover the troop transport ships and grain ships without waiting for Li Bao's order.
Listening to the rumbling explosion, Li Baoxia said: "It's time to come, and all warships are ordered to meet the enemy according to the predetermined plan, and all the troop and grain ships will immediately land north." ” "Yes, the last general commands" Although the Xia army took advantage of it for a while, but this advantage was quickly offset by the number of the Song army, and it was very difficult to successfully hit a target at sea, not long after the war on the left and right fronts, the main force of the Xia army's naval division also joined the battlefield, Li Bao personally led the front army of the Song army's naval division to meet the main force of the Xia army's naval division, and the battle between the two sides was very fierce, and it didn't take long for the sea to be full of shipwreckage, corpses and soldiers of the two armies who fell into the water for help.
But now there is no one to save them, because the naval battle is still going on and has just begun, both sides are engaged in non-contact combat, and unlike the weapons of the Xia army, the Song army uses all catapults, although the power is not as good as the return cannon of the Xia army, but it is not much worse.
Standing on the foredeck of the Holy Dragon, Li Qing, the king of Yan, looked at the Song Army's naval fleet in the distance with a telescope and ordered: "Order all the gunners to change their equipment with conical shells. ” "Yes, Lord Wang" Due to its specific shape, the penetration ability of the conical bullet is much better than that of the solid bullet, and the range is also farther than the solid bullet, so compared with the solid bullet, the conical bullet is more suitable for naval warfare, and the destructive power of the ships of the Song Army's naval division is also greater.
"Lord be careful" A Xia general threw Li Qing to the ground, and then a huge explosion "boom" sounded not far behind Li Qing, and the huge explosion directly made Li Qing lose all consciousness, and the Xia soldiers around immediately rushed over to carry Li Qing to the cabin for rescue The first update will be presented as: