The Japanese fleet led by Shaoyan Mingguang was really risking his life, because he also knew that this battle could only be won, not defeated!
Otherwise, all follow-up plans designated by the senior officials will come to nothing, and from now on, they will be suppressed by the Russians within five or even ten years, and will have to give up all the northern seas.
This is only the direct loss, the indirect loss is even more unpredictable!
He put his commanding skills to the extreme, changing tactics four or five times in one day before he finally gained the upper hand. Taking advantage of his advantage, he launched a sleepless night battle with the Russians, and finally completely destroyed the main Russian fleet at midnight.
Defeated!
Just as he was leading the fleet to pursue the remnants of the enemy, Xiao Chen and Li Shi also arrived "in time" and directly cut off the retreat of the remaining dozen warships of the Ross fleet. Commander Ross had no choice but to surrender in despair.
At this point, the Tongfeng naval battle was completely over, and the Great Zhou Combined Fleet achieved a complete victory by annihilating the Ross Fleet!
The Ross warships that came for reinforcements from the north turned around and returned immediately after hearing the news. Queen Ross was shocked by this. She couldn't believe that her three fleets in Tongfeng Port would be completely annihilated!
In her opinion, both the Japanese Navy led by Shaoyan Mingguang and the Zhou Navy led by Li Shi were far from rivals of Ross's armored fleet, but together they were so powerful...
She also had to reconsider the situation in the Far East.
After three days and three nights of bloody battle, Qin Gang finally captured Shunfeng City... In fact, it was not his men who were the first to attack Shunfeng City, but a thousand soldiers led by Lin Yue who attacked from the north gate.
Soldiers.
Although Lin Yue only had a thousand men, he brought catapults, siege engines, ballistas, and ten hot-air balloons.
You, Qin Gang, don’t need it, but I, Lin Yue, will have no problem if I do, right?
Although he carried so much baggage, the road was smooth because Wei Yuntian specially sent a thousand heavy cavalry to help him clear the way.
When the Russians saw such a powerful heavy armor cavalry, they did not dare to send troops to stop it. Moreover, Qin Gang's offensive at the west city gate was fierce, and they really could not mobilize any troops.
We can only close the city gate tightly and defend it to the death.
But he didn't hold on either.
After Lin Yue's troops arrived at the city, he immediately moved the ballistas away to defend first, and then ordered the catapults to attack. He was not as vicious as Qin Gang. The targets of the catapults were only the city walls and gates, but there was no extended shooting.
After the city wall was destroyed to a certain extent, the armored amphibious siege vehicles began to show their power. The Russian muskets and crossbows were unable to destroy these steel monsters. They could only watch as more than a dozen siege vehicles forcibly advanced to the city wall.
edge.
At the top of the siege vehicle were the musketeers. They were almost at the same height as the city wall, so the two sides were almost face-to-face with each other!
The musketeers relied on the cover of the iron plates to fire harassing shots at the soldiers at the top of the city, while the siege soldiers wearing iron armor were all hidden among them and quietly waiting for Lin Yue's order to attack.
It wasn't until ten hot air balloons took advantage of the night and flew quietly to the top of the city, dropping the smoke created by Shangguan Qiji himself that the Russian soldiers at the top of the city sneezed and couldn't close their eyes, that Lin Yue ordered someone to sound the attack
The horn...
After capturing the North City Gate at a very small cost, Lin Yue personally led his troops along the city wall to the West City Gate without stopping.
The Russian soldiers at the west city gate had long been exhausted by Qin Gang's non-stop attacks. Seeing Lin Yue's fresh troops coming like a tide, they immediately gave up resistance and raised a white flag...
This made Qin Gang extremely depressed, because he thought he was about to capture the city, but Lin Yue, Cheng Yaojin, who came out halfway, took the lead!
When he saw Lin Yue, his face was extremely ugly. Not only did he not say a word of comfort, he even scolded Lin Yue with force and reason.
Now that Lin Yue was no longer under his control, he naturally would not tolerate him. He immediately retorted and argued that this matter was originally Lin Yue's fault. He was also very eloquent. After a few words, Qin Gang was speechless and turned pale.
"General Qin, I know what you mean. I'm just afraid that my officers and soldiers in Yanyun will take the lead in your attack on Shunfeng City! Haha, then I'd better give this lead to you. I, Lin Yue, am just here for these exhausted brothers.
We just came here, but we don’t care about any merit rewards at all!” Lin Yue really didn’t care.
"Our boss sent me here just to assist you, General Qin. Now that the task is completed, I will not accompany you!" After saying that, he directly led all his troops to exit Shunfeng City and returned to Golden Beach.
He said that he has no intention of competing with you, Qin Gang, for credit, but it seems that you, Qin Gang, are too embarrassed to take the credit?
Unless you, Qin Gang, are thicker-skinned than this Shunfeng City Wall, I don’t believe you can use sweet words to cover up your lies in front of everyone!
Qin Gang had hardly slept for a few days during the siege, and his body was extremely exhausted. Moreover, he had been seriously injured before. Now he saw only 3,000 of his 20,000 men remaining, and he was so angry at Lin Yue.
, I felt depressed and angry, and under the fire, my eyes turned black, and a mouthful of blood spurted out...
After Xiao Chen, Li Shi and others came back, they heard that Qin Gang fell ill due to overwork and was bedridden, so they both came to visit.
"Your Majesty, how dare you come here in person, how dare Qin Gang do it!" Qin Gang made a show of struggling to get up.
"General Qin was so loyal to his country that he was seriously injured. Shouldn't I, the king, come to visit?" Li Shi said with a smile, "Besides, you are still my elder, and you should come because of your feelings and reasons.
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"It's a pity that Shangguan Qiji caught wind and cold at sea and is bedridden now. Wen Shanchang went to northern Xinjiang again. We don't have any good doctors in Yanyun County now, and General Qin is so seriously ill. It seems that
What should we do?" Xiao Chen frowned, looking deeply worried.
"This is a recurrence of my old injury. It's nothing serious." Qin Gang actually felt that he was feeling much better, but when he heard that the two people were coming, he simply pretended to be more serious.
"No!" Li Shi shook his head, "General Qin, you are the great hero of our Great Zhou Dynasty! You should be the first to take back Shunfeng City! If anything happens, I am afraid that neither my father nor my grandmother will spare me...
I think you’d better take a boat back to Fengyang City as soon as possible and let the imperial doctors take care of you...Besides, the emperor also wants to see you."
"But there are still a lot of things going on here. If I leave, who will take care of it?" Qin Gang hesitated.
"You are so sick, why do you still want to do business?" Li Shi frowned, "It's not too late to wait until you are well again... Xiao Chen!"
"I'm here!" Xiao Chen said hurriedly.
"Immediately arrange a ship to send General Qin Gang back to the capital. I see that he is very ill, so we can't delay it for a moment longer." Li Shi's words were equivalent to the king's orders.