Song Bo wanted to see how powerful Jiangdong's left army could show when attacking the Yangshan Islands, but Lin Fu had no intention of fighting a grand battle.
The large and small Yangshan Islands were completely displayed on the sea level in the distance, and the patrol fleet changed its formation.
The main Jiyun-class and Jinhai-class warships all lowered their sails and slowed down. Several loach ships and Cangshan ships in the middle of the fleet formed a group with six captured dilapidated pirate ships and went ahead. The masts and sides of these dozens of ships were
The sides were replaced with the East China Sea pirate battle flag with the Shanghai Harrier pattern, and the armored soldiers and auxiliary soldiers were all changed into Chu red East China Sea pirate uniforms. In this way, the patrol fleet became two fleets, one escaping and the other chasing, heading to Dayangshan Island.
Drive in the direction.
Xiaoyangshan Island is two islands eight or nine miles apart. Dayangshan Island is similar in size to Changshan Island. Xiaoyangshan Island is smaller, but both are bedrock islands. Together with Daheng Island, they form the Shengsi Islands, which are the main islands in the East China Sea.
The northern archipelago of the island chain. In terms of topographic distribution, Changshan Island is also part of the Shengsi Islands, but it stands alone in the sea two to three hundred miles to the north.
There were approximately 300 East China Sea bandits occupying the large and small Yangshan Islands. The patrol fleet appeared in sight. These 300 bandit soldiers gathered on Dayangshan Island and stood ready outside the Wubao.
The loach boats, Cangshan boats and other boats disguised as fleeing bandit ships with shallow drafts rushed directly to the beach on the northeast corner of Dayangshan Island. The armored soldiers and auxiliary soldiers in Chu red pirate uniforms, holding weapons and weapons, borrowed rope ladders to get down there.
After trekking to land in the shallow water, they adjusted their formation on the beach, then deployed in a cone-shaped formation and attacked the enemy's formation. However, they shouted loudly: "The Jiangdong Left Army is coming, come back to the village quickly..."
Although the more than 400 soldiers and auxiliary soldiers who landed first were all wearing military uniforms stripped from the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, they had sweat scarves tied on their left arms as a mark.
Seeing this situation, the leader of the bandits at the Dayangshan Island stronghold felt a little suspicious. He wanted to stop the soldiers from approaching and shouted loudly: "Who is coming? Let the leader come out and speak..."
Here, taking advantage of the hesitation of the bandit soldiers arrayed in front of the stronghold, the armored soldiers were mainly in formation with swords, high shields, long spears, and crossbows at the front. The auxiliary soldiers were scattered behind the sides with short swords and light shields, covering the two wings, and made great efforts.
Rushing to a distance of thirty or fifty steps, the crossbowmen fired their arrows. The swordsmen, assassins and spearmen, under the cover of high shields, rushed forward bravely to engage the enemy.
Only then did the bandit soldiers arrayed in front of the stronghold confirm that the three or four hundred people rushing over were actually enemies in disguise. Watching the two sides approaching, the bandit soldiers who were caught off guard shot arrows randomly, and then looked at the menacing fleet approaching Dayangshan Island in the distance.
, not daring to fight in the wild, retreated to the stronghold in panic.
The bandit leader retreated into the stronghold. Seeing that the enemy was coming, he did not care that there were still more than a hundred people who could not retreat. He shouted loudly: "Close the door and bolt it fast; Ergouzi, you lead people up the wall and kill him."
The mother must retreat to save Langzhong and the others. Jiangdong Zuojun wants to capture Yangshan Island. Black Knife, go and burn up the smoke. Several piles of smoke will burn up. Jiangdong Zuojun’s fleet is so big, I’m afraid there are more than 2,000 of them.
People. Tell the brothers, as long as you hold on for two days, reinforcements can be sent from the south... Guard Yangshan Island, enjoy the popular food, drink hot food, Japanese girls, play bitches, and be free and easy. If you can't hold it, wait for the heads to fall!
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The enemy soldiers quickly closed the gate of the stronghold and were unable to take it down in one go. It was difficult to capture the stronghold with just infantry. Seeing the rain of arrows on the wall of the stronghold becoming increasingly dense, Zhou Ding and others could not capture the stronghold outside the gate.
When the enemy soldiers were all killed, they had someone blow the trumpet and order the attacking soldiers to retreat to a stone's throw away and form a formation. They had the archers and crossbowmen hide behind high shields and shoot the enemy soldiers outside the village gate to prevent them from having a chance to escape.
Go to the base.
The patrol fleet separated several ships and sailed to Xiaoyangshan Island to attack the stronghold there. The main force of the fleet anchored in the shallow sea at the northeast corner of Dayangshan Island, and the sentry ships spread out to be on guard; the Jinhai was stationed at Dayangshan Island
On the east coast, we found a deep bay and docked there. Lin Fu, surrounded by soldiers from the guard camp, landed on the island.
"Damn it, the pirates left seventy or eighty people outside and rushed to close the gate of the village. They didn't take it back at once. Now they have to fight." Zhou Tong said bitterly, holding in his hand
He peeled off the pirate uniform on his body, revealing the scale armor he wore underneath, which was shining with cold light. He squatted down and reported to Lin Fu what happened after he led the team to the island. The pirate soldiers had already retreated to the stronghold.
It is not big, with less than 200 steps around, and there is only one village gate. The first armored soldiers to land are waiting outside the gate, and a small team of scouts are sent to search the island to prevent the enemy soldiers hiding elsewhere on the island to attack unprepared.
A lookout post was set up at the highest point on the island.
Song Bo and Wang Chengfu both followed Lin Fu ashore. Seeing Lin Fu, they didn't hesitate to come over and listen to Zhou Tong's introduction to Dayangshan Island.
Lin Fu frowned slightly and asked Ao Canghai who was beside him: "How do you think this battle is going to be fought?"
"First of all, make sure that there are high ground in the stronghold. There are high ground in the west and south. You can use the high shield to cover it. Build a nearby earth platform to be at the same height as the stronghold wall. Remove the pallets from the ship and build a cloud bridge directly between the earth platform and the stronghold wall.
, walk on the Cloud Bridge and seize the stronghold wall..." Ao Canghai and Lin Fu walked around the bandit stronghold, looked at the surrounding terrain, and had a plan in mind to attack the stronghold.
"Tear down a few crossbows and attack the village gate to attract the invaders. It will be more reliable to attack by force via Yunqiao." Zhou Tong added.
"It would be better to dismantle a few more scorpion crossbows and smash open the village gate directly..." Lin Fu said.
"Why kill a chicken with a sledgehammer?" Ge Cunxiong said, "Scorpion crossbows are troublesome to break down. If the village gate is not thick, you can use a bed crossbow to penetrate it at close range."
Several kinds of sling crossbows that existed in the world all used manpower or heavy objects to pull down the tip and tail violently to launch stone projectiles at the enemy formation. These kinds of sling crossbows cannot be installed on ships.
A sling crossbow fired by manpower requires room for people to run and pull the crossbow tip. This is often dozens of steps away. The Jinhai is only 40 steps long in front and rear, and the maximum length of the main deck is only 20 steps.
Six steps, naturally it is impossible to install a human-launched sling crossbow.
To use a heavy object to pull down the crossbow tip to fire stone bullets, a heavy object is tied to the end of the crossbow tip, and it is first raised to a certain height. At the moment when the rope is cut, the heavy object slams down, pulling the crossbow tip, and pocketing the tip of the crossbow.
To throw a stone bullet. In order to throw a stone bullet weighing tens of kilograms hundreds of steps, the falling weight must weigh thousands or even thousands of kilograms. However, no matter how strong the deck is, it cannot withstand this.
The impact of heavy objects.
The scorpion crossbow is a small trebuchet made of torsion. It uses cow and horse hair, cow and horse tendons and other materials to make a highly elastic crossbow rope. Insert the crossbow tip between the crossbow ropes and rotate the crossbow rope in the opposite direction to hit the target.
The crossbow tip generates extremely strong torque. Once the crossbow tip is released, the crossbow tip will rotate violently and eject the stone.
Because the scorpion crossbow is small in size and fires stone projectiles without producing a huge vertical force that damages the deck, it can be installed on ships and used in water battles. At this time, it was still a weapon that the Jiangdong Left Army tried its best to keep secret.
In addition to the tip material of the Scorpion Crossbow being no worse than other sling crossbow materials, the material requirements for the crossbow rope are also extremely demanding. Almost hundreds of good bow materials are needed to make a Scorpion Crossbow. The cost is high, and the key is that the technology has not been passed down.
Ge Cunxiong said that killing a chicken does not require a bull's-eye knife. In fact, he did not want Song Bo to have the opportunity to observe the scorpion crossbow at close range and return to Jin'an to imitate it, thus depriving the Jiangdong left army of a sharp weapon that they could rely on in naval battles.
Lin Fu also understood Ge Cunxiong's thoughts and said with a smile: "The way to win is nothing more than to use the strong to bully the weak, to defeat the few with the many, and to use the few against the many. It is also necessary to create as many points as possible to attack them, and to focus on one point.
Opportunity. Since there are conditions and it is not very troublesome, why not use it?" Let Ge Cunxiong and Ao Canghai assist Zhou Tong in preparing to forcibly attack the bandit stronghold on Dayangshan Island.
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Song Bo didn't know what Lin Fu and Ge Cunxiong meant by the scorpion crossbow, so he just followed Lin Fu to watch the battle.
The beacon smoke ignited in the stockade went straight into the sky, reaching a height of almost a hundred feet. The smoke was blown by the sea breeze but never dispersed. According to the stronghold, there were more than 200 Japanese soldiers guarding the stockade. They were looking forward to Daheng Island or Tushan or Daishan.
The island's reinforcements can arrive in time.
Song Bo sighed slightly and looked at Jiangdong Zuojun's fleet moored in the shallow sea at the northeast corner of Dayangshan Island. The setting sun at dusk illuminated the sea with sparkling golden waves, and the tall ship masts cast their shadows on the sea, twisting and turning.
, intermittently.
Jinhai-class and Jiyun-class warships were built by the Longjiang Shipyard under the Jiangning Ministry of Industry. Ge Siyu, the director of the Jiangning Ministry of Industry, was responsible for supervising the construction. Although it is difficult for outsiders to know the specific situation, the general situation is
Still know.
The cost of building such a huge warship is 20,000 taels of silver. Compared with the large wooden ships from eastern Sichuan of the same level, the cost is almost six or seven times higher. It is hard to imagine that Lin Fu built four ships; the She family even more
I am willing to use the same amount of money to build hundreds or even more loach boats.
The four Jinhai-class warships can manned more than a thousand naval personnel, and the over-staffing is only two thousand; while a hundred sea loach ships can manned nearly ten thousand men--for the She family, which is short of resources, this is
This account is clearly calculated. The She family's unwillingness to build large warships is not just because of the lack of keel wood to build large warships.
Wang Chengfu did not blame Song Bo for concealing his family background and causing him to be placed under house arrest by Lin Fu. He watched the smoke rising in the village and asked Song Bo in a low voice: "How many ships and reinforcements do you think the East China Sea bandits need to send to defeat the enemy?"
Confront Jiangdong Zuojun on the sea?"
Song Bo looked at Lin Fu who was carefully observing the enemy's situation in the distance, and then looked at the patrol fleet on the sea in the distance. One fleet had two Jinhai-class warships and four Jiyun-class warships, and more than twenty
With a huge fleet of loach ships, Cangshan ships and stern warships as auxiliary warships, I couldn’t help but wonder: How many ships and reinforcements would She Fei Xiong have to send to compete with it on the sea?
Lin Fu turned around and looked at Song Bo and Wang Chengfu. Wang Chengfu could ask such a question because the naval battle just now made him feel something. Unexpectedly, he was also so sensitive to the use of troops and naval battles. He smiled.
Question: "Wang Qitou also knows military matters?"
"I don't dare to be generous with my humble words," Wang Chengfu said with a slight bow and a humble attitude, "I was fortunate enough to watch Jiangdong's left army go to sea to suppress the bandits, and I had some superficial feelings. It's just that Chengfu had never seen a naval battle before.
I can’t say it well, for fear of making adults laugh.”
"Who is born to know this?" Lin Fu asked with a smile, "I am all ears."
"In field battles on land, the strength is determined by the number of troops," Wang Chengfu seemed to be able to see a broad and open road to life appearing in front of him, and he bravely said, "But Chengfu was lucky enough to watch a naval battle, and he felt that naval battles are different from infantry battles.
There is a huge difference in battle. Depending on the strength of the fleet division, in addition to the number of troops, a strong and tall warship is to the navy what a stronghold is to the defenders. Although it cannot withstand ten times the enemy than the defenders,
But it seems not impossible that a warship can be stronger than the enemy ship, taller than the enemy ship, and equipped with more war equipment than the enemy ship, and can withstand two or three times the enemy!"
"Haha," Lin Fu laughed and said, "Wang Qitou really has a good eye. It seems that I want to invite you to watch a few more battles, so that you can have a deeper understanding. No wonder Brother Song never leaves Hecheng Caochang Road.
It's a long way to go, but I have to go to Jiangmen as a guest."
At this time, Song Bo could somewhat understand that Lin Fu wanted to use the advantage of warships to make up for the lack of strength of the Jiangdong Left Army in the naval battle.
Organizing food and fodder at the back, so that the left army from Jiangdong could move to Yannan without having to worry about food and fodder, and without the hardship of long journeys.
What makes Song Bo strange is that Wang Chengfu was timid yesterday, but today he is quite relaxed and intends to show off his talents in front of Lin Fu. How could he be sure that Lin Fu's forced invitation to join the ship was really out of thirst for talents?
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It was really a twist of fate. Song Bo met Wang Chengfu by chance in Hechengsi and had quite the intention of inviting him to Jin'an. These days, thirty or fifty prisoners who were exiled to the army have disappeared, and no one will trace them to the root cause.
, never expected that he would meet Lin Fu in Duting, Jiangmen.
Lin Fu is also a person who knows people well. When he was in Duting, Jiangmen, he hinted in his words that Jiangmen was doing well. It was not difficult to find Wang Chengfu's talent. Besides, Wang Chengfu also wanted to show it off at this time and wanted to invite Wang Chengfu to Jin.
An's thoughts were in vain.
The flames of war were also ignited on Xiaoyangshan Island in the distance, almost blending into the sunset on the horizon. Song Bo and Wang Chengfu followed Lin Fu to find a high ground and looked at it from a distance. Eight or nine miles away, at dusk
There was enough light, but I could still vaguely see an outline.
The Japanese soldiers were mainly concentrated on Dayangshan Island. Only twenty or thirty Japanese soldiers were left to defend the village on Xiaoyangshan Island. There was no suspense at all. After the soldiers who landed on the island forced open the village gate, the Japanese soldiers abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
They walked out of the stockade and were bundled into the boat.
When more than 20 prisoners are brought to Dayangshan Island, preparations will be made for a forcible attack on the stronghold.