After receiving the news that Liu Wenjun's fleet arrived to defeat the enemy and rescued the search fleet, no new battle situation came. Although Zhao Bing was very anxious, he could not show it to avoid confusing the morale of the army. After all, he was a "pillar". If he panicked first, the generals would be even more restless. He also knew that once it was dark, it would be easy to trek in the vast sea, and it would be more difficult to pass the message. He had to wait until the sentry ship would return it.

Then the only thing that can be done now is to wait, but you can't wait. Zhao Bing ordered someone to send a message to Zheng Huchen, asking him to immediately find out why so many enemy warships suddenly appeared, where the warships transferred were hidden, how many, who was in charge of this navy and whether it was to be used in Qiongzhou. In addition, he closely monitored Suodu and Liu Shen, found out the movements of the Guangzhou navy, and tried to find out whether the use of troops to occupy the city was accurate.

The other is to stop the Yuan naval army from smuggling. After all, they are more motivated to come to Qiongzhou. If they fight, the fewer the better. Now, the model of relying solely on the whistle boats to discover the target, and then sending ships to reinforce the ships is obviously no longer applicable. One is to increase the danger of the whistle boats, after all, they are not designed to be used for combat, and forced behavior can only increase losses.

The reaction speed of the two is too slow. If the enemy ship is approaching the coastal side of the main road and sending warships to intercept it after getting news here, it is very likely that the enemy ship has passed through the strait. This incident is a lesson. If the cordon has not been modified just now, the enemy ship has entered the wrong way, and it will be difficult to detect it. Our side has also exposed the weakness of slow reaction and has to increase troops one after another, which has become a confused battle. Also, the patrol method of the sentry ships. Although they seem to be very dense and frequent, the patrol routes are fixed. Once the enemy finds out the rules, there are still loopholes to get involved. The enemy can avoid the surveillance of the sentry ships and successfully smuggled.

I was idle, and Zhao Bing discussed with Liu Zhu and his staff how to change this passive situation, weaving the net tighter, so that the enemy troops can have no holes to drill. Liu Zhu proposed to send large marshalling fleets to guard both ends of the strait, and they would sink when they entered, but Zhao Bing immediately rejected it. The strait is so wide that how many warships have to be sent to be able to watch without any gaps. Furthermore, it is not a trivial matter when the army moves. People eat horses, the loss of warships and logistics supplies are increased exponentially, and it is impossible to afford to stay outside for a long time.

After much discussion, everyone did not discuss a good idea. At this time, it was already midnight and suddenly there was a reply from the ship. The fleet was defeated and the enemy had returned. It was half an hour before they could arrive at the port. Everyone was relieved when they heard this and advised the young emperor to go back and rest first and ask in detail tomorrow. However, Zhao Bing, who was worried, could not sleep where he could sleep and insisted on waiting for the fleet to return and ask about the situation before he could tell.

After waiting for a while, the fleet began to enter the port one after another. The preparations were already completed, and the wounded were sent to the medical hospital, and personnel were arranged to replenish supplies and rest. Liu Wenjun, Dong Yicheng and Chen Renweng heard that the little emperor was still waiting for them, so he washed his face and armor and rushed over. After Zhao Bing asked a few questions, he asked Liu Wenjun to report the passage...

It was already early when Liu Wenjun led his team to the battlefield. At this time, more than 70 warships had arrived on the enemy. Judging from the current situation, it was not beneficial to our side, because we did not expect to encounter so many enemy ships in advance. Our warships that arrived here first were small tonnage and weak firepower. As the main force, the dragon ships were not equipped with flowering bullets and could not destroy the enemy ships by crossbows, and they had to cover their own sentry ships, but they could not exert their mobility, so it was difficult to launch a wanton collision with the enemy and disrupt the enemy formation.

Those small warships have weak ability to resist strikes. At this moment, under the fierce bombardment of the enemy's stone throwing machine, the most threatening to them is the golden juice cannons fired by the enemy. As long as the turbulent oil is touched on the ship, it will cause a big fire, and it is difficult to extinguish even with water. The turbulent oil splashed on the sea surface is still burning, rolling with the waves, which is very terrifying. As a result, they can only use evacuation formations to avoid it, making it difficult to concentrate their firepower to attack the enemy warships.

Seeing that the scene was a little chaotic, Liu Wenjun immediately raised the flag and took over the command, and ordered Chen Renweng to harass the enemy fleet from the left wing, dragging them to buy time for himself; at the same time, the remaining small warships moved back and temporarily left the battlefield, sorted them out and then organized into the formation. In his opinion, although his side seemed to have an advantage in the number of warships at this time, the most combat-capable of only the ten dragon ships of the Defeat Army and the five 2,000-stone medium warships that had just arrived were barely evenly matched.

However, our side also has advantages. The five medium-sized warships of the motorized fleet led by Liu Wenjun are equipped with heavy crossbows and rocket launchers. The rest are also Thousand-Stone warships, including twenty rocket ships, twenty gunships equipped with medium-sized crossbows, and three baggage ships equipped with self-defense weapons, thus having an absolute advantage in firepower.

Due to the low winds in the current season, the warships on both sides are driven by oars. Of course, who occupied the upstream of the current gained an advantage in the situation. Liu Wenjun used the time when the dragon boats blocked the enemy ships and quickly seized the upstream with the advantage of familiarity with the sea conditions. He lined up the rocket ships in two rows in front of the formation, and then lined up the gunships into five columns with five medium-sized warships. The other sentry ships were cruising in the formation to deal with small enemy ships inserted into their own battle formation.

As soon as the battle formation was formed, Liu Wenjun ordered Chen Renweng's defeated army to quickly turn south and leave the battlefield. At this moment, the enemy fleet was completely chaotic under the rushing of the dragon ship. At least seven ships were sunk, and some were hit and did not overturn, but they had to withdraw from the battle. However, the dragon fleet also paid the price. Although their tops were covered with iron sheets and their hulls were covered with cowhide to prevent the enemy's fire attack, they could not resist the continuous burning of tin oil. The tops of two ships were already lit up in the sky, the masts were burned, and the sidewalks were also burned, and it was difficult to fight again.

After the Defeat Army left, before the enemy could breathe, Liu Wenjun ordered the rocket ships to fire rockets at the enemy's lineup. Now each army has equipped new rockets and has also undergone live-fire training. However, the scene of so many rockets firing together has never been seen, and even veterans who have participated in several naval battles were shocked. The current rockets use multi-tube launch frames, and each rocket ship is equipped with four units, and one 20 rocket ships fires nearly five hundred.

With a loud bang, everyone felt the warship tremble, and their ears could not hear anything except the buzzing tinnitus. The smoke in front of them filled the entire fleet, and they could not see anything except the rapid flash of orange-red tail flames. After more than ten breaths, the sea surface in the distance continued to explode. Liu Wenjun saw the flash of explosions thousands of steps away through the thick smoke. The sea surface was red like a sea of ​​fire. Then a tall column of water rose several feet high on the sea surface, and then a strong wind rolled in with the hot air blowing on the face, and even the warship swayed.

After the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, Liu Wenjun looked through the telescope and saw some enemy ships being hit and fired, and the crew and sailors dived and escaped; while some were not on fire, the explosion also lie on the ground; the most unlucky thing was that they hit the tinder oil tanks piled on the deck, and the explosion scattered the fire oil everywhere, and the unlucky guy instantly turned into a fire ship. At least more than twenty enemy ships were sunk or injured, which was damaged by 30%. However, he thought that this round of rocket bombing caused more psychological shock to the enemy, and some enemy soldiers were at a loss, and warships rushed around the sea and collided with each other.

Although the results of this round of battle are quite large, the old problem of low rocket hit rate is still there. Most of them fell into the sea and took a shower for the enemy ships. Liu Wenjun knew that the enemy ships were too evacuated by the dragon ships. He gritted his teeth and ordered another volley, but his heart was trembling. He had consumed nearly a thousand rockets to deal with such ships. His Majesty must have jumped straight to his feet with heartache. If he didn't peel him, he would be hit by two feet.

After the second round of rockets was launched, Liu Wenjun immediately ordered a full-speed attack. He would never dare to let it go again in the third round, otherwise his Majesty would have to kill himself. The enemy had not yet woken up from the first round of attacks, and another round of rockets came. The tiger gall just now immediately turned into a rat gall, and those who did not win the bid turned around. This was the time when the ships were moving the slowest, which happened to become the target of the Song army's attack on the fleet.

Liu Wenjun ordered the heavy crossbow with the bow of the ship to attack enemy ships equipped with stone throwers at a long distance, destroy their long-range weapons, and open up access for subsequent ships. When approaching, he concentrated firepower to attack the enemy ships and sank them in one fell swoop. The gunships he led were all equipped with flowering bullets, which were much more powerful than stone bullets, and as long as they hit, they would be destroyed and killed.

After a fierce shooting, there were only more than ten enemy ships that could escape. Liu Wenjun ordered small warships to search the sea and capture the enemy soldiers who fell into the water. He led the fleet to continue chasing. When they chased to the sea of ​​Guantouzhai, more than 30 enemy ships rushed out to respond, but they were sunk several of them as soon as they met. The water village was also destroyed by rockets fired by the Song army. They could not go back even if they wanted to go back, so they could only follow the remnants of the army to flee east.

The two sides fought and fought until You hour. When they passed the headland of Xuwen coast, they suddenly appeared on the sea surface, most of which were large sea ships. As a result, the situation of the enemy and us changed again, Liu Wenjun was a little confused. When did the enemy gather so many warships? Defeat one group and another group, and I don’t know if there are any other ones later.

If the enemy ships escape, there are many large numbers of enemy ships, and it will be difficult for us to stand until we return to the camp; if we don't leave, we have already gone out to sea for a day and attack with all our strength, and it will be too scarce to stand until dark. Just as the other side was eager to prepare for a counterattack, Liu Wenjun was hesitant while advancing and retreating, the Chengmai Navy Support Fleet arrived under Dong Yicheng's leadership. They fired cannons and quickly joined the formation. When the Song army saw it, they were excited again and also set off to meet them in the formation...

Although Dong Yicheng did not fight with the enemy along the way, he worked extremely hard. After receiving the order to go to sea to reinforce, he hurriedly mobilized ships to replenish supplies, forming a formation of ten large warships, thirty medium warships, dozens of gunships, and rocket ships to sea. In this era without wireless communications, they could only search and advance to the area where the incident happened yesterday according to the previous instructions, and at the same time asked the sentry ships they encountered about the situation.

It was not until noon that it was learned from the information from nearby sentry ships that the enemy ships attacked their sentry ships were found in the Guantouzhai waters. Their locations were two hours away even if they were moving forward at full speed, but Dong Yicheng did not hesitate to order the entire army to rush there. On the way, he received news from the sentry ships, saying that more than 70 enemy reinforcements were rushed to the battlefield, and our sentry ships were in danger and requested reinforcements.

The military situation was like fire, and Dong Yicheng urged the army to go quickly. When they arrived with difficulty, the war here had ended, leaving only the broken ships floating on the sea and the corpses of the enemy. After asking about the warships on his side who were cleaning the battlefield, they learned that Liu Wenjun had led the reinforcement fleet that arrived in advance to pursue the enemy. He did not dare to neglect and then pressed their route to follow.

Dong Yicheng chased him all the way, holding his breath all the way. He went through a lot of hardships. He didn't even see the enemy ships except to pick up a few enemy troops that fell into the water, let alone exchange fire. It was not until he chased Xu Wen that he discovered that the two armies were confronting each other, and it was a big scene. After they joined, they had gathered nearly 500 warships, distributed on the sea more than ten miles, which was spectacular in the afterglow of the sun, but the air suddenly became tense again.

Dong Yicheng and Liu Wenjun are both commanders of the navy and are considered to be on par, but the Chengmai Navy is much smaller than the Baisha Navy. Although there are many ships now, they will automatically be under Liu Wenjun's command. After the two armies met, Liu Wenjun informed of the battle situation and the current situation. This surprised Dong Yicheng very much. The enemy actually gathered so many warships under his nose, which made it even more uncomfortable. I don't know if there are any other ones behind.

The two had an emergency consultation. Dong Yicheng had been running around for a long time, of course he wanted to fight a battle. But Liu Wenjun thought that the current situation of the enemy was unknown and did not know whether there were reinforcements from the enemy. Moreover, they were far away from the base, but the enemy was close at hand, so they could send more reinforcements at any time. In addition, it was too late, and it was very difficult for both defense and offense, especially in a short period of time, they could not get any assistance.

Therefore, Liu Wenjun advocated evacuation and was decided by His Majesty after re-discussion, because this level was no longer something they could control. Although Dong Yicheng felt unwilling, he understood what he said, so he agreed to lead the army to cut off the rear and cover the troops back. However, he still ordered the rocket ship to fire a volley. One was to disrupt the enemy's formation and deter his fleet and cover the steering of his fleet; the other was to vent his depression.
Chapter completed!