Li Shi's combined fleet has all been assembled. Whether it is an elite fleet or a ragtag group, at least it seems to be quite large in scale.
Twenty large warships, thirty medium-sized warships, and hundreds of small warships of the Dazhou Navy formed the main fleet, which was personally commanded by Li Shi and was responsible for launching an attack from the south side of Shunfeng Port.
The first fleet is the Japanese fleet composed of more than 100 medium and large warships led by Shaoyan Mingguang. They are responsible for launching the attack from the north.
The second fleet is a fleet of dozens of pirate ships led by Captain Jack. They are responsible for covering the flanks of the main fleet. The third fleet is the Yizhou fleet led by Qian Yunfei. There are about twenty warships of various sizes and are responsible for the rearguard.
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In fact, everyone knows that the real main fleet is the Japanese fleet of Shaoyan Mingguang. The Dazhou Navy and the pirate fleet are only assisting in the attack. As for the Yizhou Navy, they are purely here to make soy sauce...
Li Shi is very smart. Although he is the commander-in-chief, he does not forcefully seize power. He is also very polite to Shaoyan Mingguang. When discussing the battle plan, he puts his status very low. He also obeys Shaoyan Mingguang's battle plan.
, without any intervention.
He was even willing to cooperate with Shaoyan Mingguang to a certain extent, and also promised to do his best to replenish him with gunpowder, bows and arrows, food and other supplies.
In this way, the cooperation between the two parties will be very pleasant.
Li Shize was even more generous to the pirate fleet and explicitly promised them that every time they sunk a Ross warship, they would be given a corresponding reward based on the tonnage of the warship. These were all extra rewards and were not included in the employment fee!
As the summer solstice is approaching, the combined fleet officially sets sail, riding the wind and waves, and approaches Tongfeng Harbor.
On the eve of setting sail, Li Shi wrote a final letter to Li Wanjiang. At the end of the letter, he said: I will wear golden armor in bloody battles, and I will never return the Northern Captives until I defeat them!
Li Wanjiang was silent for a long time after reading it.
Qin Gang's order to Wei Yuntian was to capture Jinshatan Beach on the eve of the summer solstice. This is equivalent to a military order. Military orders are like mountains!
This was originally an impossible task. Qin Gang actually didn't expect Wei Yuntian to complete it. He just hoped that Wei Yuntian could block the soldiers and horses of Jinshatan for a few days, so that he could go all out and attack Shunfeng without any distractions.
City.
But Dugulou didn't think so. He wanted to take this opportunity to train his troops and capture the Golden Beach.
There are already more than 5,000 naval troops under his command. Although they have undergone rigorous and demanding training for nearly a year and have conducted countless military exercises, they have never experienced a single actual combat.
For an army, one actual battle is far more valuable than ten drills!
Only through the baptism of blood and fire can a truly powerful army be built.
As the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to raise an army, but it takes a while to use it. Now is the time to test their strength.
Currently, Jinshatan has a total of 2,000 defenders, 3,000 motorized cavalry, thousands of naval forces, and more than 80 large and small warships, the smallest of which is much larger than the small warships under Dugulou's command.
It's not of the same weight at all.
But Dugulou planned to use these "rats" to fight the Russian "tigers".
Of course, it requires strategy, and recklessness will definitely not work.
However, when he led his army to Jinsha City early the morning before the summer solstice, it seemed that he was going to act recklessly.
More than a hundred small warships sailed down the Bailong River in large numbers, setting up an offensive formation on the wide river and assuming an offensive posture.
Five thousand cavalry also formed a mighty formation under the city, beating drums, shouting, and shouting curses, as if they were planning to fight to the death with the Russians.
Although Xiao Chen is not the coach, the flag still bears his banner. A big Xiao flag is fluttering in the wind. Xiao Chen under the flag is wearing the imperial treasure armor and riding a tall horse, majestic and murderous.
Pointing at the head of Jinsha City, chattering incessantly, his state was very arrogant.
This made the Ross soldiers very angry.
When did the damn Chinese become so arrogant?
Fuck him!
The leader of Golden Beach is Ivan. He is a very good general and he also attaches great importance to intelligence. He started intelligence investigation as early as when Xiao Chen first entered Changshan Prefecture.
After Qin Gang's army arrived, knowing that a war was about to break out, spies sent out to explore the horses emerged in endlessly, and they basically had a good grasp of the situation on Xiao Chen's side.
I know that for some reason, he basically disbanded all the troops under his command, leaving only a very small number of city defense troops.
Most of these troops are new recruits and theoretically have no combat effectiveness at all.
The ones Xiao Chen led before were just a bunch of old and weak soldiers, and they suffered heavy casualties when fighting Xianbo and Mojie, and there were only a few left...
All in all, there is no problem that the 20,000 men under Qin Gang are elite soldiers, but Xiao Chen's men should be just a bunch of rabble.
As for those battleships on the Bailong River that looked like little shrimps, they simply made the Russians laugh out loud!
There is no need to fire cannons at all to deal with these small boats. Just hit them directly and they will all be turned into powder immediately?
Therefore, Xiao Chen came with such a group of people to attack Jinshatan. It was obviously just a bluff, and his purpose was nothing more than to contain Jinshatan's military strength.
This is actually a very remarkable judgment.
It's a pity that he only knew one, but not the other, and seriously underestimated Xiao Chen's cunning.
Not to mention that the general Li Ling who led the troops this time was the all-powerful and invincible General Fu Lou...
Following the earth-shattering sound of several cannons, the gates of Jinsha City opened wide, the suspension bridge at the door fell, and a group of sturdy Ross cavalry galloped out. Without forming any formation, they rushed towards Xiao Chen and the others.
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When Xiao Chen looked at it, hey, what the fuck?
So arrogant?
How dare you rush into my formation so easily!
Didn't you see that hundreds of archers have spread out on our two wings to press the formation?
Shoot me an arrow!
Of course, there was no need for him to personally issue orders. The flag of the central army wavered, and the archers on both wings immediately began to release arrows. The arrows were like locusts, shooting at the tip of the Ross cavalry charge!
But those who rushed out were heavily armored cavalry who were almost armed to the teeth. Even the horses were covered in chain mail armor. The bows and arrows were shot up and fell one after another, failing to cause any effective damage at all.
Before they even had time to fire a second round of bows and arrows, the Ross cavalry had already rushed to a distance of about a hundred steps. The cavalry at the front drew out their muskets and started shooting. Their muskets were powerful and had a long range, at a distance of a hundred steps.
It is already quite lethal inside.
The archers were instantly suppressed by the muskets, and the second round of arrows shot was scattered and messy.
In just such an instant, they rushed dozens of steps away, and some strong-armed Ross cavalry began to throw javelins. At such a close distance, the power of javelins was much greater than bows and arrows and muskets.
Xiao Chen's front army immediately panicked and fell into chaos.
I don't know who shouted "The wind is tight", and thousands of troops fled in all directions without even daring to fight!