Chapter 1427 The Battle of Chashan (4)
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Napur was shocked. In fact, he was familiar with mines, not only he was familiar with them. He also used mines in the war with the Portuguese navy in Europe, but their use was basically coastal, mainly blocking harbors. He never thought that mines would be used on such battlefields, because the abandoned mines would soon float away unless they were in the enemy warship formation... Isn't this the case?
Napur was indeed shocked.
This kind of naval combat method completely overturned his cognition.
Shouldn’t the knight have the honor of the knight?
Shouldn’t a decisive battle face to face?
He used the honor of a knight to set up a formation towards the enemy. He didn't expect that the enemy not only would not respond to the battle, but also spat in front of him and turned around and escaped... What about the promised "queuing up and shooting"? What about the promised honor?
Obviously, Napur did not understand the tactics and tactics of China, and they lacked practical experience with the Orientals. The countless naval battles in Europe made their tactical thoughts rigid.
Napur firmly believed that if the two armies fought decisively, they should follow the rules. The yellow-skinned monkey is too...shameless!
More than a dozen warships ahead hit lightning and caught fire, which made Nabul, who was scolding the navy's shameless behavior, wake up. Fortunately, the main ship was behind and there was no loss. Nabul immediately issued the fourth order today. This was the wrong order and the only wrong order today, the main ship retreated!
The main ship retreats?
What should the "Blade Guards" who were trapped in front of me and could not move?
Abandon it?
At this time, Napur, who advocated the dignity of a knight and honor, no longer considered the "sword guard" ahead.
Yes, these warships are almost all red-haired ghosts, what does it have to do with him?
Perhaps Napur subconsciously used the yellow-skinned monkey hand to teach the red-haired ghost a lesson and weaken their strength, which is in the interests of Great Britain.
The enemy's main battleship moved in the gaze of begging for help from the teammates in front of him.
It's just not going forward, but turning south.
They are going to run away?!
The "Sword Guards" trapped in front of them instantly realized what Napur wanted to do.
"Damn British guy...!"
The irresponsible order of the general accommodated the mistakes of the generals under his command. In desperation, the commander of the "guarding with a knife" made a more wrong choice. He ordered to break through forcibly and break through in one direction.
The premise of this command is correct. Breakthrough in one direction can reduce combat losses as much as possible. The detonated mine area will be safe.
Of course, someone needs to be there, no, there is a boat going to thunder in front of you.
The red-haired ghosts are still relatively brave. They are willing to obey orders when facing life and death.
The direction of breaking through is quite strange, breaking forward.
Perhaps the commander saw the six battleships of the Navy eight miles away whose sails were broken and lost their power.
Thinking of capturing them as bargaining chips, you can be decent when negotiating in the final negotiations.
Or maybe the commander hated Napur, the British, who retreated and abandoned his friendly forces too much.
Anyway, the "Sword Guard" broke through to the front under the leadership of the commander.
....
Many times, the situation on the battlefield is gradually accumulated as a result of minor changes, which will slowly accumulate into the last straw that crushes the camel.
Napur was right, and the main force of the rear joint fleet was on the way.
As long as your main battleship is not damaged, the British Navy will not lose its voice in the joint fleet.
As for the red-haired ghost, let's ask for blessings. Perhaps when the main force of the joint fleet arrives, they can save them from birth.
God bless you! Napur sincerely prays for all his allies who have been abandoned by him.
....
That's how the naval battle ended?
Obviously not.
Shi Lang, who observed the change in the battlefield situation from the telescope, finally revealed his fangs.
"Let the Shanyin lead the twelve ships, and the Cixi lead the twelve ships to launch an attack on the enemy north and south at the same time, dragging the enemy's main battleships fleeing south... Let the mine-bending ship lay another thunder behind the enemy ships that were about to break through..."
Is it wrong to lay a lightning in front of me to block the block, but instead to lay a lightning in back of me to make it wrong or have other intentions?
....
At this point, Shi Lang's tactical concept has been clearly exposed.
In line with the weather and wind direction, use seven main battleships as bait to restrain the attention of the enemy's main force.
Then, he used heavy fog and carried mines with more than 200 small boats to launch a full-strength attack on the enemy.
According to Shi Lang, this is called fighting against the big with the small.
But it has to be said that Shi Lang's large-scale application of mines in offshore naval wars this time is indeed beyond the scope of naval wars.
From this aspect, small boats have become mutated transport and throwing tools for mine use, which has played an extremely important role in the evolution of naval combat tactics in the future.
Of course, Shi Lang's original tactical concept did not intend to wipe out the enemy's forward, because no matter how arrogant Shi Lang was, he knew that the enemy was strong and we were weak, so his plan was to bite the opponent hard and slash the enemy's aura. At the same time, he gave a lot of strokes to his future reputation among the generals under the King of Wu.
However, the enemy's response made Shi Lang sensitively sense a hint of hope that he could expand the results of the battle.
The enemy battleship actually chose to separate from its "sword guard" on the battlefield?
Is this a courageous person or suicide?
Shi Lang couldn't understand it any more.
But he decided to test it, and this led to the order to send a squadron that was originally detouring north and south to attack the enemy's main force, and to make the mine-bending ship re-bury the mine-bending ship directly behind the enemy's breakthrough.
The intention is nothing more than to block the attempt to break through the enemy ship and turn around to rescue the main fleet.
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Napur is indeed unlucky enough.
He is actually a good naval warfare general, such as his ability to adapt and the courage to cut off his arm.
Although it was someone else's wrist, at least everyone is still a coalition force.
The setback in this first battle was entirely due to the shamelessness of the enemy. How could we change the tactics without saying hello in advance without anyone’s consent?
I had agreed to queue up and bomb, but after the pigeons were released, can I still have fun?
But this was not the most unlucky thing about him. What's worse, after only more than twenty miles southward, he was blocked by the twelve warships led by the Cixi in the south.
When people are in trouble, they will get rid of their teeth if they drink cold water.
The huge sea surface was just blocked.
But what Napur definitely didn't expect was that the twelve warships of the Cixi had been staring at him for a long time.
But Napur is not afraid, the number is thirty to twelve, what are you afraid of?
Napur calmly ordered, "Crush them!"
After half an hour of confrontation, Cixi hit several blasts and caught fire. Three of its units were sunk and six were damaged.
It is a terrible sight. This fleet has been lost by more than half.
Only four enemy ships caught fire, six were shot and damaged, and no one was sunk.
This is the gap in strength! Napur became a little proud. The yellow-skinned monkey would only shamelessly use conspiracies. Look, is it revenge now?
Chapter completed!