The fighting was fierce at hand-to-hand combat. Compared with the Han navy that had been trained for five years, the Wu army's combat effectiveness was actually stronger.
After all, the Soochow navy has countless practical experience.
The Han and Wu armies fought fiercely for two days and one night on the wide river, but they could not decide the winner.
Both sides suffered heavy losses in this battle.
On the Wu side, more than 10,000 people died in the battle.
As for the Han army, the number of casualties was close to 20,000.
"Your Highness!" Li Feng didn't sleep for two days and one night. He accompanied Liu Tan and stared at the battlefield. He was the commander of the navy, but he had never fought such a tragic battle.
Liu Tan also frowned. He had never been afraid of any enemy on land, but this time,
He was really nervous.
Suddenly——
Boom... A loud noise shocked both of them. They looked up and saw a Han warship not far away, suddenly bursting into flames.
The rocket launcher was detonated.
This is not the first time... Since the war started yesterday morning, it is not the first time that Han warships have exploded like this.
Over and over again, Han warships have encountered eight such explosions.
Yesterday morning, Liu Tan sent fifteen warships carrying rocket launchers to attack the Wu army. By this time, eight of these fifteen warships had been bombed and sunk.
"Your Highness!" Li Feng was also a little panicked. He said, "Let those warships carrying rocket launchers retreat. Otherwise, if this continues, our army will suffer huge losses."
Yesterday morning,
The entire Han army had nearly 9,000 rocket launchers. Liu Tan wanted to use firepower to suppress the Wu army.
I want to defeat Wu Jun in one battle with rocket launchers.
There are fifteen warships, each carrying five hundred rocket launchers.
The remaining nearly two thousand rocket launchers were left on his handsome ship.
"No!" Liu Tan shook his head and said: "The battle has been going on so far. If we withdraw them at this time, it will easily cause the morale of the army to be shaken."
Liu Tan disagreed with withdrawing the warships carrying rocket launchers now. After all, after two days and one night of fighting, although the losses of the Han army were somewhat heavy, the losses of the Wu army were not small.
Also, at this time, the two armies are strangled together. It will not be easy to evacuate the warships at the front, because the warships of the two armies are now mixed together.
Although the warships in front cannot be withdrawn, Liu Tan is also thinking that he needs to find an effective way now, otherwise if the fighting continues like this, the Han army will defeat the Wu army even if it relies on its numerical advantage.
But,
The losses of the Han army will also be great.
"Grand Governor!" Liu Tan looked at the chaotic warships ahead.
He said in a deep voice: "Immediately change the commander's ship and let the auxiliary ship raise the commander's flag..." As soon as Liu Tan said these words, Li Feng asked in confusion: "What do you mean, Your Highness?"
The first officer raised the flag as a last resort decision.
For example, if the commanding ship is sunk or loses the ability to command, the deputy will take over the commanding ship, in order to prevent the fleet from losing command.
But now that the handsome ship is safe and sound, the deputy captain is suddenly asked to take over the command of the handsome ship.
"The Commander-in-Chief immediately went to take command of the auxiliary ship..." Liu Tan said solemnly: "The Commander-in-Chief must remember that you and I will use the sinking of Wu Jun's commander's ship as a signal to attack Wu Jun with all our strength."
"Your Highness!" Li Feng said preemptively: "Your Highness should go and take command of the auxiliary ship. The attack on Wu Jun's ship will be done by the future commander."
Li Feng naturally knew that Liu Tan asked him to go to the auxiliary ship at this time, and there was no need to think about the sinking of Wu Junshuai's ship. Liu Tan wanted to attack Wu Junshuai's ship.
"No!" Liu Tan refused: "In the use of rocket launchers, the governor is not as good as me, but in commanding the navy, I am not as good as the governor... That's it!"
While Liu Tan was speaking, he kept staring at the Wu army warship at the rear of the battlefield, which was flying the flag with the word "Wu". Seeing that Li Feng was hesitant, he said sternly: "Grand Governor, are you not listening to my order?"
"The general will not dare!" Li Feng said hurriedly.
"Then please ask the Governor to take command of the deputy ship immediately!" Liu Tan said.
Liu Tan is the eldest son of the emperor. Although Li Feng knew that he needed to protect the prince, if the prince made any mistakes on the battlefield, even if he had ten heads, he would not be able to chop it off.
However, through this period of getting along.
He also knows.
This King of Qin is a very independent prince. Once he makes up his mind to do something, it is difficult for anyone to stop him.
SNSD——
When the auxiliary ship next to him raised the commander's flag, Liu Tan urgently ordered the soldiers to lower the "Han" flag on the mast. The battle was raging in front of him. It was difficult for the other party to notice the rapid removal of the commander's flag.
"Send the order!" After the commander's flag was withdrawn, Liu Tan said solemnly: "Go forward immediately and go around behind Wu Jun."
"No!"
The junior officer heard the promise, and he didn't know what the prince was going to do, but now the river was in chaos. Except for the two armies, each of which had more than ten ships on the battlefield that had not joined the battlefield, the remaining more than a hundred ships on the battlefield were now crowded together.
Go around!
Liu Tan's warship quickly sailed away from the rear formation, as if it was about to join the battlefield.
Seeing that the Han army had added ships to the battlefield, Quan Cong on the other side also sent two warships to rush out.
They merged into the battle formation one on the left and one on the right.
"Ignore them!" Seeing Wu's warships shooting arrows at them, Liu Tan urged his soldiers: "Keep your distance and go around."
The river is very wide, and more than a hundred warships have blocked it. However, there is still river surface on both sides that can accommodate three or five warships.
"Chase!"
A Wu Army warship seemed to have seen the intention of the Han Army warship. The leading general pointed his sword and hurriedly ordered: "They want to attack our army's retreat, catch up."
This Han army warship is obviously larger than other Han army warships. At this time, they did not join the battlefield directly, but instead sailed to the Wu army's rear formation in a roundabout way. There is something wrong with this ship.
Liu Tan didn't care about this, he ordered the sailors to speed up their march.
It can be used as the flagship ship of the army, and its power is not bad.
However, seeing two warships starting to pursue Liu Tan's warship, Li Feng in the rear formation immediately gave the order and sent two more warships to follow.
"Speed up!"
"Speed up!"
"We can't let them catch up with His Highness!"
Meng Hua urged while nervously looking at the battlefield not far away. More than a hundred Han and Wu warships were crowded together. The scenes of the two armies fighting could be seen on each ship. People were constantly being chopped down by their opponents, or directly killed.
He was kicked by his opponent and fell into the river.
Water warfare is no better than land warfare.
They can still run away if they can't fight on land, but now they are all crowded together, and they have to fight even if they can't fight. They have no place to run, especially near the ship in the middle.
However, the warships on the edge saw two more warships from the Han army. Although they did not know what the Han army was doing, they could tell that they were not going to join the battlefield, but to bypass the battlefield and attack the Wu army.
The way out.
As Liu Tan joined the battle formation, some Wu army warships were continuously involved because they were going to pursue Liu Tan. Similarly, when they saw the Wu army warships chasing the Han army warships, the Han army warships in the battle formation were also in a hurry.
Then I chased after him.
The originally crowded battlefield was gradually divided because of Liu Tan's appearance.
What's going on... Quan Cong on Wu Junshuai's ship was suddenly stunned. Why did the fierce battlefield suddenly become chaotic? And the ship in front... Quan Cong pointed to a large ship not far away and asked
: "The incoming ship is our military ship?"
The generals around him looked around hurriedly, and all of them were a little confused.
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This chapter has been completed!