Lying in front is Daheng Island, the main island of the Shengsi Islands. It is a large island that is long and narrow from east to west and narrow from north to south. It is nearly twenty miles wide from east to west. The westernmost end is four or five miles deep from north to south, but it is long and narrow.
The eastern part is like a halberd stretching into the blue water...
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The highest peak of Daheng Island, Jinji Mountain, is also located at the western end of the island, with a height of seventy or eighty feet. Lin Fu stood on the deck of the Jinhai, looking at the lush Jinji Mountain, and the fort walls built against the mountain were fortified in the forest.
The space is looming. In the past sixty or seventy years, the Shengsi Islands have always been a pirate nest in the East China Sea. They have been repeatedly suppressed. Big bandits often occupy Daheng Island. The fortresses of Jinji Mountain are also managed to be impregnable.
Two thousand capable soldiers are defending the area. If they want to use force, three to five thousand soldiers and horses will rush in. Even if the casualties are not taken into account, it will be difficult to capture them suddenly.
At this time, more than a dozen pirate ships were sailing out of the bay at the southern end of Daheng Island, mainly six loach ships, with the small Cangshan ship as a sentinel ship on the periphery. They were sailing towards the fleet quickly, hoping to
They were driven away, and the deck was filled with pirates.
The bandits all wore uniforms of scarlet uniforms, half of them wore various types of armor, and various flags were placed neatly and densely on the masts, bows and fenders of the ships. Their military appearance was far better than that of the East China Sea bandits during the bloody battle in Jiyang last year.
It can be seen that She Feixiong, whose pseudonym is Donghai Harrier Yuan Tingdong, has been very effective in integrating the Donghai bandits in the past year. At least, he has placed all the bandits on the Shengsi Islands directly under his command and commanded them directly.
Whether the military appearance is strict or not depends largely on the observation of flags. Therefore, during battles, flags are often added or removed to confuse enemy sentries. The Jiangdong Left Army reorganized nearly 7,000 people, including Commander Lin Fu and Qi.
There are a total of 712 command flags, general flags, battalion flags, and order flags. It is a serious crime to lose the flag in the army. Even if Lin Fu re-enacts the battle, exercises lightly, trains or goes into battle, he still wears it.
Consider the neatness of the flag as an important reference standard.
The pirate soldiers were in a tight formation in the boat. After leaving the island, they did not come directly to engage in the battle, but rowed upwind.
"The enemy soldiers knew that their boats were small and unfavorable for engaging in battle, so they deliberately gained the upper hand so that they could seize the initiative." Ge Cunxiong watched the movements of the enemy ships and explained to Lin Fu. At this time, Zhao Qingshan ordered another Jinhai-class warship to change the sails.
The order requires all ships in the fleet to compete with the pirate ships for windward position.
In addition to the Jinhai, the first battalion of the Jinghaihai Battalion was reorganized and left Chongzhou to patrol the sea with Lin Fu. The first battalion of the Jinghaihai Battalion was commanded by Zhao Qingshan. When the formation went to sea, Lin Fu did not interfere with Zhao Qingshan's command. The Jinhai
The commander-in-chief did not raise his flag. In addition to the reorganization of the first battalion of Jinghaihai Battalion to patrol overseas with Lin Fu, 600 elite soldiers were still transferred from the Guards Battalion and Chongzhou Infantry Battalion to take the Jinhai and Dongyang ships and organize them into Lin Fu.
Fu's escort was to strengthen the main force for this patrol, so Ge Cunxiong, the deputy commander of the second battalion, was transferred to the Jinhai and personally served as the warship command of the two ships Jinhai and Dongyang.
The patrol fleet consists of two large ships of the Jinhai class and four of the Jiyun class. They can take advantage of the wind and travel extremely quickly. The hulls are huge and strong. The pirate ships also know that there is no possibility of competing with the patrol ships in the leeward direction.
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The Jinhai-class and Jiyun-class large sea-going ships have a carrying capacity of more than a thousand stones. Although they are equipped with large oars, which can be rocked by human power, when traveling against the wind, they are still far inferior to sailing oars such as the loach ship and Cangshan ship.
The well-equipped light ships are convenient and fast. When the wind is against the wind, it is easy to distance themselves and it is difficult to launch an offensive.
Before powerful long-range weapons were widely used in naval battles, when water battles were mainly based on boarding battles or direct collisions of fleets, seizing the wind position was extremely important. If a pirate ship seizes the upwind direction, it can win the battle at sea.
It effectively limits the role of Jinhai-class and Jiyun-class large sea-going ships.
In addition to six large sea-going ships as the main force, the patrol fleet also includes nearly twenty small and medium-sized fast warships such as loach ships, Cangshan ships, stern ships, and large-winged ships. The scale is not necessarily larger than that of Dejima.
The pirate ships were small. When patrolling, these small and medium-sized warships were tied behind the stern of the large ship to save manpower. At this time, they untied the cables and scattered around the periphery, shuttling between the fleets, acting as escort ships and sentry ships, making the patrol ships
The team's tactical formation is more flexible.
At this time, Zhao Qingshan issued an order to seize the windward position on the command ship of the 1st Battalion of the Jinghaihai Camp. The fleet changed sails and turned, traveling in a zigzag pattern, almost parallel to the pirate ship, separated by three or four miles of sea road.
Song Bo stood beside Lin Fu, watching the naval battle about to break out, and couldn't help but become nervous. Although She Fei Xiong, whose pseudonym was Yuan Tingdong, deployed a small force on the Shengsi Islands, the size of the fleet was smaller than that of the patrol fleet.
There are many, and there is a lack of large sea ships that can exert great power in naval battles.
The Jiangdong Left Army patrolled the Shengsi Islands, which was a serious provocation to the East China Sea bandits entrenched here. The East China Sea bandits could not hide on the islands and not fight, but they were not strong enough and had too many disadvantages in going to sea to fight.
The pirate ships can take advantage of the wind direction to conduct tentative engagements. As long as they can entangle and delay, and if they can find an opportunity to capture one or two ships, they can drive back the patrol fleet that cannot stay at sea for a long time, and prevent the patrol fleet from
The fleet continued southward to harass Tushan and Daishan Islands.
Large sea-going ships rely on sails to seize the windward position. They need to make a big zigzag to borrow wind power, which is much slower than oars and oars going directly in reverse direction. The patrol fleet then used more than a dozen loach boats, Cangshan boats, and stern boats.
Small and medium-sized warships such as warships and large-winged ships formed an independent group to seize the upper hand with the pirate ships. Jiyun-class and Jinhai-class large sea-going ships formed an independent group to create a larger "war" on the vast sea.
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The pirate ship saw that the patrol fleet was divided into two, and was unable to capture the main patrol fleet. After watching the main fleet sail around four or five miles away, they thought of attacking them in separate parts, first attacking the small and medium-sized warships.
The fleet that the ship separated from was eaten, and the ships approached with the intention of engaging in battle.
Here we only used bows and crossbows to attack. When the pirate ship approached within thirty or fifty steps, we used both oars and sails and sailed downwind to keep the distance between us and the pirate ship to avoid a melee.
Kou Chuan also knew in his heart that such an entanglement would unknowingly drag him to leeward. Once the main patrol fleet gained the upper hand, they would be attacked head-on. Looking at the temptation here, he stopped pursuing.
, and continued to go upwind. Here we also changed the sail and continued to go against the wind, several times, delaying the speed of the enemy soldiers and consuming their physical strength.
On the vast sea, when the wind is against the wind and the oars are rowed, the physical exertion of the oarsmen is huge. The two fleets of three boats were entangled at sea for about two hours before leaving Daheng Island and heading west.
After a distance of thirty to forty miles, the Yangshan Islands could be seen appearing on the sea level in the distance, and the speed of the pirate ship finally slowed down.
Song Bo stood on the deck of the Jinhai. He knew that the Jinhai, in addition to five masts and a total of twenty-one sails, was also equipped with eight large oars so that it could sail straight against the wind on the sea.
Under the main deck of the Jinhai, in addition to the bottom tank containing ballast stones, there is also a cargo hold and two hidden troop compartments. From the bottom keel to the main deck where Song Bo is standing, it is two feet six feet high.
There are three levels of tail cabins at the stern of the deck, and the tail cabin deck is three feet high from the sea.
The oar cabin is on both sides of the troop compartment below the main deck. The side panels are usually closed and can only be opened when needed to lower the large oar into the water.
After the retrograde speed of the pirate ship slowed down, although the main patrol fleet still failed to gain the upper hand, at this time the command ship where Zhao Qingshan was located changed its order.
Song Bo couldn't see the situation of the Jinhai under his feet, but he could see the side planks of other warships opened on both sides, and the large oars several feet long stretched out and fell into the water. He first used the sail to get as close to the pirates as possible, and then
Eight auxiliary soldiers worked together to operate a large oar, and they worked together to swing the oar in the oar room and go straight against the wind. The retrograde speed was still not as fast as the light Cangshan boat, but it was no slower than the medium-sized loach boat.
At this time, the Kou soldiers faced the biggest crisis since the war. Seeing that the six loach boats could not escape the pursuit before escaping to Dayangshan Island, they adjusted their formation and turned to hoist their sails, hoping to take advantage of the wind to launch an attack on the patrol fleet.
The offensive was to break through the formation of the patrol fleet so that they could take advantage of the wind and escape towards Daheng Island.
After the entire patrol fleet was strengthened, the total number of regular soldiers and auxiliary soldiers was nearly 2,000, which was twice the number of the Dejima bandit soldiers, and the warships had a great advantage. Lin Fu was not afraid of the bandits fighting on the side, so he
They were afraid that the pirates would take advantage of the boat's small size and lightness to circle around on the sea or huddle on the island without going out to sea.
Seeing the pirate ships rushing towards them, the two main Jinhai-class warships first changed their sails and turned to move to both sides. Four Jiyun-class warships were used as the main force for the boarding battle, supplemented by the Hailu ship and the Cangshan ship.
More than a dozen pirate ships were entangled. After more than a dozen pirate ships were towed to the leeward direction, the two main Jinhai-class warships changed their sails and turned, directly using their tall hulls to suppress the pirate ships, firing arrows, masonry and equipment.
Clay pots full of fire oil were released together to attack the invaders.
The Jinhai captured a loach boat owned by the Kou soldiers. Zhou Tong and Ge Cunxiong personally directed the battle on the main deck. Lin Fu, escorted by Ao Canghai and others, retreated to the rear with Song Bo, Wang Chengfu and others.
On the deck of the cabin, watch the entire battle situation.
Song Bo secretly felt sorry for the invaders. Although the invaders were almost all elites who were recruited from the She family in the coastal areas of East Fujian. Their combat bravery was not much worse than that of the Jiangdong Left Army, and their armor was also superior. However, there was a gap in warships between the two sides.
, it seems particularly dazzling at this time.
The main deck of the Jinhai was nearly ten feet higher than the Loach ship. It was so strong and heavy that it almost sunk the Loach ship. Several pirates were caught unawares and were knocked directly into the sea. The Jinhai
On the wide deck, there are more than 200 armored soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, many of whom are armed with bows and crossbows and spears to attack the enemy soldiers and prevent the enemy soldiers from forcing their way onto the main deck. There are also two armored soldiers and auxiliary soldiers in the two-story hidden soldier cabin below the deck.
More than a hundred people opened the small hole string windows, fired with bows and crossbows, or used spears and spears to attack the approaching pirate soldiers. There were two crossbows on the stern deck to shoot at the distant pirate ships. On both sides of the Jinhai, there were two more
A loach ship and two Cangshan ships escorted it to prevent other pirate ships from encircling the Jinhai.
After fighting for about half an hour, the pirate ships were defeated and the remnants fled towards Daheng Island. The patrol fleet used dozens of hooks to lock two Loach pirate ships and five Cangshan pirate ships.
, after wiping out the recalcitrant pirates on these pirate ships, they did not pursue the remnants of the pirate ships, but continued to change their sails and sail in a zigzag pattern, sailing against the wind in the direction of Dayangshan Island.
Xiaoyangshan Island is the two westernmost islands of the Shengsi Islands. It is the two strongholds closest to Haiyu County by the East China Sea Bandits. It is only 70 to 80 miles away from the easternmost land of Haiyu County. It is the first place where the East China Sea Bandits attacked Haiyu County.
There are not many bandit soldiers entrenched in the bridgehead of the county. It is very difficult to capture Daheng Island. Only by gathering all the troops of the Jiangdong Left Army can we attack it. However, we must also be prepared for the main force of the East China Sea bandits to come to rescue from the islands in Changguo County. Jiangdong Left Army's
The military strength was still seriously insufficient. Lin Fu's patrol was mainly to clear out the East China Sea bandits from the large and small Yangshan Islands.