In the dark night, the river sounded gently, and the dark boats, like monsters sneaking in the night, slowly followed the river and headed towards the center of the river with flickering lights in the distance.
There is no one in the dark, and I don't know how many there are, and each ship is loaded with thirty to fifty soldiers, these boats are the ships of the Ruan Dynasty's sailors, and naturally they are not comparable to the fishing boats and small sampans consumed during the day, and their main task is to send these soldiers on board to those enemy ships in the heart of the river, because the weapons and equipment used for water warfare on the ship, if it is not necessary, are all unloaded during the day, making more space for transporting more soldiers.
In the first battle with the Eastern Naval Division, although he captured a warship of the Eastern Naval Division and achieved a "great victory", Li Kai, who was under the command of the Forbidden Army's Naval Division, was not without any goods in his stomach, if he put aside the relationship that he was the younger brother of the queen's mother, and just let him place him in the Ruan Dynasty Naval Division in his own capacity, although he may not be able to control the entire Naval Division and sit in this position, but with his own ability, it is more than enough to be a middle-level general in the Naval Division.
He clearly knows how much he has paid behind the so-called "great victory of the sailor", more than 20 warships are ambushed, almost half of the military strength of the sailor division who came here to fight, and the other party is a battle, surprise, and the other party is only four warships, under such an advantage, he can only leave one warship on the other side, and let the other few leave safely, which is enough to show the difference in combat power between the Ruan Chao sailor and this fleet, and in the interrogation of the prisoners, he knows exactly the identity of this fleet, No matter how conceited he was, he didn't dare to say that with his Ruan Chao's sailors, he could defeat the Dongfan fleet that crisscrossed this sea area face to face, even if the other party was just a detachment.
In particular, the warships of the Eastern Naval Division that fought against the Navy Division that day were not the main force at all on the current battlefield, and their dozen or so warships with large specifications were their main force.
Therefore, he did not plan to rely on his own sailor to fight with the other party, the other party was already trapped in this narrow water, he only needed to send Ruan Dashuai's personal soldiers to the enemy ship, even if the task of the sailor was completed, he couldn't wait for this moment to come, these ships of the Dongfan fleet, if they fell into the hands of Ruan Dashuai, then sooner or later these ships would be handed over to him, at that time, Ruan Chao's sailor could be shotgunned, He could imagine the majestic scene of the mighty sailors who led these shotguns to level the waters of the Zheng Dynasty.
"There are a total of thirty-seven ships, Dashuai, my sailors have done their best, and the two thousand elites of Dashuai have made great contributions today."
Probably a little nervous, and probably a little depressed atmosphere around him, Li Kai licked his somewhat dry lips, and said without anything to say.
Beside him, Ruan Tian and his guards stood in the dark, staring at the river, there was no moon tonight, the night was dark and scary, it was as if even God was helping them, those warships in Jiangxin, in such a night, they couldn't find these troop transports slowly heading towards them, maybe they also sent sentries to watch anything close to their fleet, but by the time they found these troop carriers, those troop carriers had been away from them for a long time.
"Come out" Someone whispered, Ruan Tian habitually picked up the clairvoyant mirror in his hand and put it in front of him, and then, helplessly, put it down, the clairvoyant mirror was the same as in his sight, it was pitch black, and he couldn't see where the sneak attack troop carriers were.
"Just pay attention to the surface of the river, once you get close to reveal your whereabouts, there will definitely be a fire" Li Kai reminded in a low voice, these elite soldiers got on the enemy ship, in addition to killing people and seizing ships, it is also indispensable to ignite fire everywhere to cause chaos among the enemy, it doesn't matter if you can't see it at this time, once you see the enemy ship on fire, that is the matter has already begun.
"Hmm" Ruan Tian responded, paying attention to the river, silently calculating the time in his heart, at the speed of the troop carrier, at most half a cup of tea, you can reach the center of the river, and this is not counting the fact that they are careful to cover up their movements as much as possible, and the answer will be revealed soon.
In the heart of the river, the Dongfan fleet.
Several water ghosts emerged from the water and climbed up along the side of the boat, and soon, their news reached the ears of Deng Chao and Liu Qingqing, who were waiting for the day.
"Dozens of enemy ships came out of the river and headed for the center of the river" "Sure enough, it's coming" Deng Chao grinned, "Thanks to their patience, they waited until this time to come, the order, the lights of each ship were lit, the gun bay opened the gun door, began to load, and was ready to shoot at any time" With his order, hundreds of Kong Ming lanterns that had been prepared long ago flew up from the ships of the fleet, and in an instant, the originally dark river surface was suddenly illuminated clearly by these Kong Ming lanterns flying in mid-air, and those troop transport ships that were still slowly trying to hide their whereabouts were exposed to the eyes of everyone in the fleet when they landed.
Facing the side of the riverbank, almost all the Fu boats, all of them coincidentally opened the gun doors on the side of the ship, and the swarthy gun barrels stretched out from the gun doors.
Fully equipped with eighteen artillery pieces, the Cangshan ship that the Ruan Chao Sailor encountered last time, although it was equipped with firearms such as flying fire dragon and a swarm of bees, made the Da Yue people suffer a lot, but they were not qualified to be equipped with artillery.
In other words, Deng Chao gave an order, and in an instant, at least eighty artillery pieces were aimed at the troop carriers coming towards them on the river.
As soon as Kong Ming's lantern went to the sky, the troop transport ship suddenly accelerated its speed, since it had been discovered, it was completely unnecessary to cover up its whereabouts, and it was important to send the soldiers on the ship to the enemy ship as soon as possible, but unfortunately, the hull of the lucky ship was too high, and the hatch of the gun compartment was hidden in the shadow of the tall hull, and the people on the troop carrier rarely found this movement of the other party.
However, whether it is found or not, it is not important now, at the moment when the troop carrier picks up speed, Deng Chao has already issued an order for free fire, and eighty hungry and thirsty gunwales that have almost been loaded have already been loaded, and there is a deafening loud bang in turn, one, two, ten, and then it is not clear to distinguish, the rumbling loud noise is connected, and all the people on the Fu ship are shocked by the movement of their own ships when they fire their guns, and the huge recoil force even pushes each Fu ship back a few meters, The huge kinetic energy stirred the river, making the originally calm river water immediately become turbulent.
When the troop carrier was discovered, it was only sixty or seventy meters away from the Dongfan fleet, and the place where the ambush fleet was set up in this place also had its geographical advantages, close to the river, and the river surface was open, but no matter how open it was, the famous generals could not have hundreds of widths, this distance, for the gunners whose range could reach hundreds of meters, was not a distance at all, there was not much difference in this close shooting, and even the aiming kung fu was there, the gunner only needed to aim the muzzle of the gun in front, and then fire, and the target could be hit properly, And the number of enemy ships is so large and the formation is so dense, if there is such a shot, there is still a place for the shells to miss, then the gunner who shoots such a shell can be retired after this battle, and the Dongfan Water Division does not need a blind gunner.
The flickering fire at the muzzle of the cannon, even the Kong Ming lantern in the sky was suddenly discolored, and then the thick white fog that flew out from the muzzle of the cannon covered the light of the Kong Ming lantern cleanly, and the firearms of the Qingfeng Battalion were different, before they left those firearms in this world, the firearms in this world with black powder would produce huge gunpowder smoke every time they were fired, and the battlefield gunpowder smoke created by eighty artillery guns in unison was like a dense fog rising on the river surface suddenly, not to mention at night when the visibility was so poor, Even under the blue sky and white sun, I am afraid that at this time, neither the shooting party nor the fired party can see each other's movements.
After a round of shooting, the Fufu, which had been staying in place, began to move slowly, large or small, but the unity was that it rotated gently from east to west, pulling out a skillful arc that they were turning the ship sideways, allowing the other side of the ship's gun, which had been loaded, to face the enemy ship.
If the ships have a lot of room to turn, and the fleet is not so tightly arranged, this sideways turning action, in the hands of a well-trained crew, often only takes a few minutes to complete, but the current environment is like this, although these crews have played at a higher level, and by the time all the ships have turned around, it has been almost ten minutes, and when the turn is made, those small boats behind the fleet are even ready to engage the enemy ships in close combat, so as to buy time for the relaunch of their own lucky ships.
However, what worried everyone in the flotilla was that knowing that the turn was complete, the eighty guns that had been loaded on the other side were ready to fire at any time, while on the opposite side of the fog of the battlefield, the flotilla of enemy ships that were oppressed by the black pressure did not have the slightest movement, except for the opposite side, there were many terrible screams, long shouts, and panicked screams, and there was no sound of enemy ships firing back fire.
As the minutes ticked by, the gunners in the cabin waited for the order to fire, while those who had the authority to give the order were standing on the high tower with wide eyes, watching the movement of the river.
The smoke and fog on the river surface became fainter and fainter as time went by, and the Kong Ming lanterns in the sky could finally snatch back the territory that had been snatched away by the gunsmoke, and everything on the river became gradually clearer.
"Your Excellency, the ships are waiting for the order to fire their guns."
The herald beside him reminded Deng Chao, Deng Chao looked at everything on the river, and said proudly: "Standby, ready at any time" On the river, the enemy ships that are under black pressure can be seen now, there is no one, the river is full of enemy corpses and the wreckage of ships, those terrible and gradually lower screams are coming from this river, that is the injured floating on the water but not dead for a while, those who have been shouting, should be shouting for the rescue of their companions, this round of shelling, will definitely not destroy all the enemy, those who escaped with their lives, according to the situation that has not been attacked at this moment, I was afraid that they all turned around one by one and fled back towards the river bank where they were.
Deng Chao even suspected that those enemy ships that were even one size smaller than the Cangshan boat also survived, but the sky was too dark, and those survivors, probably after finding themselves intact, decisively fled back to the river where they set off.
In the distance, Ruan Tiantie blushed, and Li Kai, who was beside him, looked dumbfounded, as if he hadn't come back to his senses yet.
"Let everyone withdraw" Ruan Tian glared at Li Kai fiercely, and was even more disgusted with this person in his heart, these two thousand elite soldiers, but the elite of the elite, he was bound to win this battle, and because of this Li Kai, who had fought with the other party, the information given to him was not detailed and accurate enough, so that he not only did not succeed, but lost so many elites.
"Let the soldiers defending the riverbank retreat back half a mile" He issued orders one by one: "The men and horses on the riverbank should not be too concentrated, the number of people in each team should not exceed 100, and the distance between them should not be close to 50 paces."
"Understood" the guards around him, immediately passed on his orders, and after hurriedly issuing these orders, Ruan Tian turned around and said to Li Kai: "At this time, Li Tong, you have to give me an explanation, if it doesn't satisfy me, don't blame me for military law."
"Dashuai, I really don't know about these warships, and such firearms, the last time we fought with him, they didn't have a few firearms, although they looked fancy, but sacrificing some soldiers, they can withstand it, I really don't know that they still have such a hand" Li Kai saw that the other party was angry with himself, and immediately shouted triumphantly: "They didn't use these firearms last time" "This is artillery, pig's head" Ruan Tian was a little speechless: "Do you understand the artillery, those guys on the head of our Shenglong City, one cannon is out, and the murderous aura is eroded for several miles, the other party is equipped with so many artillery pieces on the ship, you still let my elite soldiers go to death, Li Kai, your crime is unforgivable, and you are responsible for the defeat of this battle." aa2705221 t1706231537: