Under Zhou Hai's command, the first round of artillery bombardment of the Imperial did not hit a single Song warship, and it was difficult to hit the opposing ships in a long-distance engagement at sea; It is normal to miss more than a dozen rounds, but Li Ke does not think so without fighting a naval battle, and after not hitting in the first round, Li Ke is in a hurry. shouted loudly at Zhou Hai: "Zhou Hai, how can you do it, you can't hit a cannon accurately; Rush up to Lao Tzu and sink them" Zhou Hai hurriedly ran to the side of Li Ke, the king of Qi, and said: "Lord Wang, this battle on the sea is different from that on land, and it is normal that you can't hit a few rounds of naval battles, Your Highness, now the enemy warship is within the range of our army, but our army is outside the enemy's range, we can completely hang the other party to fight." ” "The king's order is to rush up and sink them."
Li Ke grabbed Zhou Hai's collar and yelled loudly.
Zhou Hai is also a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, but now he is frightened by Li Ke's hideous face, under Li Ke's military order, the Empire propped up the sails and rushed towards the Song Army's escort ship, watching the Empire rush towards him, the Song Army's sailors and soldiers were a little panicked, after all, they had never seen such a big ship at all, and the Empire from a distance also brought them a sense of coercion; The panic caused the Song army's combat effectiveness to plummet, and although the catapults kept attacking the Empire, they basically missed, even if the Empire was protected by heavy armor, it did not cause the slightest damage to the Empire.
"Boom, boom, boom" The Empire roared again; This is already the fifteenth shelling of the Reich; "Boom" Suddenly, a Song army escort ship was martyred, and it was directly blown into powder; This was the first Song warship sunk by the Empire, and when he saw the Song frigate that was blown up, Li Ke shouted excitedly: "Brothers, hurry up and sink all the Song warships." ” Under the encouragement of Li Ke, the gunners of the Empire were full of might, one by one the Song Army escort ships were hit, all the Song Army warships that were hit, none of them were a fate, that is, sinking to the bottom, when the two armies met, ten frigates were sunk by the Empire Six of them, and it was a one-hit hit, as long as it was hit by a cannonball, it was a dead end.
The distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer, and the Empire rushed towards the nearest Song escort ship, and with a "bang", the Empire directly smashed the enemy ship in half, and because of the armor protection, the Empire had nothing to do except for the armor in front of it; In less than a quarter of an hour, the other three Song escort ships were also sunk by the Empire one by one, and the Empire sank ten enemy warships in its first attack, and the great power displayed by the Empire made all the Xia soldiers feel a little shocked.
The powerful combat power of the Empire made Li Ke very surprised to arrive; The appearance of the Empire can be said to have made the combat power of the Xia Army's naval division have been qualitatively improved, and in this era, the Empire is equivalent to the current aircraft carrier and is the overlord of the sea; After destroying all the escort ships, the Xia army and sailors seized the supplies of thirty sea ships; In the next few days, the Great Song caravan suffered the heaviest losses, and the Song army lost hundreds of sea ships and more than 70 escort ships.
Naha Port, the Empire came back in just a few days, the Great Xia Naval Division captured countless baggage, all of which were placed in Naha Port, after the Imperial returned, the Great Xia Empire's expeditionary sailor fleet has also been prepared, this time the Great Xia Empire Naval Division can be said to be pouring out, this huge fleet will be the Imperial as the core, for an expedition to the Ryukyus.
In the conference room of the Empire, King Qi immediately sat on the handsome chair and said to everyone: "Generals, our Imperial Expeditionary Fleet has been assembled, General Zhou Yang, you can report to you the scale of the fleet for this expedition." ” Zhou Yang stood up and said to everyone: "Generals, this time, our army dispatched 8,000 large and small warships, in addition to 10,000 transport ships, 150,000 sailors, and the army can carry all the grain and grass needed for three months, which is enough for us to pacify the entire Ryukyu Island; After the Song army occupied Ryukyu Island, it built some cities on the northwest coast of Ryukyu Island, and the southeast was relatively desolate; The Song army had a population of about 300,000 on Ryukyu Island; Among them, there are 100,000 garrisons, most of the population is the family members of the garrison, the Song army has two main cities on Ryukyu Island, one is the chicken coop city located in the northern region, which is the largest city in the entire Ryukyu Island, with a complete defense system, and a detachment of the Fujian Naval Division of the Song Army is stationed here; The other city is located in Penghu City on Penghu Island, this city is not on Ryukyu Island, but it is also part of Ryukyu Island, and Penghu City is easier to defend and difficult to attack, and the Fujian Naval Division of the Song Army also has a detachment stationed on Penghu Island."
After Zhou Yang's introduction, the King of Qi immediately said to everyone: "Generals, you all know the situation very well, these two cities of the Song army are important bases for the foreign trade of the Great Song Dynasty, and the sea ships of the Great Song Dynasty can supply from these two places, and then sail south through the Wanli Pond to the Western Regions; As long as we capture these two cities, we can basically cut off the foreign trade routes of the Great Song Dynasty; Without the support of foreign trade, the Great Song Dynasty would soon collapse; Moreover, after the occupation of the Ryukyus, the king will write to the emperor to emigrate to the Ryukyus, and make the Ryukyus a strategic base for our army to blockade the southeast coast of the Great Song Dynasty, you can take a look at the location of the Ryukyu Island; As long as we control Ryukyu Island, we can take the Chicken Coop Harbor as the center in the north, and open a new port in the south, and each fleet can be stationed to completely blockade the coast of the Great Song Dynasty, and the sea ships returned by our army can also supply through here and reach the Western Regions for trade."
For the Bactrian Empire, Ryukyu was very important, and it was also the only time in the history of the unification of China that the sailors played a leading role in the war of annihilation; As Li Ke said, the capture of Ryukyu Island could cut off a lifeline of the Great Song Dynasty; At the same time, you can also add one of your own lifelines; The Great Xia Empire could replace the Great Song Dynasty as an important trading partner of the Southern Sea States and the ancient Indian States, earning a lot of wealth for the Great Xia Empire.
In the end, Li Ke said to everyone: "This time to attack Ryukyu Island, the Song Army's naval division will definitely have a big move, our main opponent is the Song Army's Fujian Naval Division, but it does not rule out the situation that the Jiangnan Naval Division goes south to reinforce, the strength of the Song Army's naval division is more than three times that of our army, so in the process of engagement, we must give full play to our own advantages, try to avoid close combat, for naval warfare you know better than this king, this king will not say much; The following kings appointed: Feng Huanwei was the commander of the First Fleet, responsible for commanding 5,000 warships to prepare for the battle against the Song army's Fujian Naval Division, and Zhou Yang was the commander of the Second Fleet, commanding 1,000 warships to bypass Ryukyu Island from the west to Penghu Port and drag the Penghu fleet of the Song army; Zhou Hai is the commander of the Third Fleet, and he will attack Jilong Harbor with this king, and you will be responsible for commanding the fleet to fight against the Song army's Jilong fleet first, and this king will lead the Imperial and the landing force to be responsible for the land attack."
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