After seeing that the navy had seized the upper wind position and set fire to the ship as Dai Liliang predicted, Wang Mingjiang immediately sent a horse up in time: "Battle Commander, you really guessed it right. Didn't you see it? Mr. Battalion Commander, you
You are actually proficient in naval warfare, you are worthy of being from the Royal Academy! I admire you!"
Dai Liliang is no longer in the mood to joke with his subordinates. Now he has taken out his telescope and carefully observed the battle at sea. Although the army and navy are at odds, the two armies are still part of the Tang Dynasty King's Division, and
Many battles in coastal and riverine areas are indeed inseparable from the help of the navy.
Therefore, Dai Liliang still hopes that the navy can successfully achieve a great victory to strengthen Tang Shengwei. In the future, the coastal defense along the Guangdong coast will be more stable, and the army will not have to worry about the enemy landing directly from the sea to attack Guangzhou.
You must know that in order to prevent the Ming Navy or other enemies from launching direct attacks from the sea, the army has always deployed heavy troops in the coastal areas of Guangdong.
Their entire Sixth Infantry Division is stationed in the Pearl River Delta region. In addition to their Sixth Infantry Division, there are also the First Mixed Regiment and the Second Mixed Regiment. So many army forces are tied up in the coastal areas. Isn't that right?
Because the navy is not powerful enough, for this reason, the army often complains about the navy.
Even this is because the Army is willing to give up its share of artillery so that the Navy can obtain a large number of artillery. If the Army does not let go, the Navy can accumulate so many artillery in such a short period of time!
Besides, even for the subsequent expansion plan of the artillery regiment, the navy cannot be defeated too miserably. Just as the subordinates said before, if the navy suffers another big defeat and loses many ships and artillery, this will
It's not like we have to compete with their army for artillery.
Now the Army is preparing to expand the artillery battalions of each division into artillery regiments. The artillery gap is quite large. At this juncture, if the Navy suddenly has a gap of dozens or hundreds of artillery pieces, the army's artillery regiment will
Whether it can be expanded smoothly is another question.
·Through the telescope, although Dai Liliang couldn't see too clearly, he could still see dozens of small boats of the Tang Navy rushing towards the lower-flavored Franco robot fleet. When these small boats were about to approach,
, suddenly each of these small boats burst into flames. It was because the naval officers and soldiers on these small boats had ignited the kindling materials on the boats.
After lighting the fire ships, the naval soldiers on these small boats would evacuate in small rowing boats and return to the big ships or watch a show or row directly ashore. Except for a few people, they could return to the big ships of the First Fleet and the Second Squadron.
In addition to the continued fighting on board, most of the naval officers and soldiers on these small boats who belong to the Xijiang Squadron of the Pearl River Fleet will row directly to land. Generally speaking, this battle has little to do with them.
However, although the naval officers and soldiers on these small boats who directly belonged to the Xijiang Squadron evacuated, the small boats they drove before were emitting billowing smoke, and then continued to drift towards the Franco Robot fleet not far away with the favorable wind and inertia!
At this time, the Fo Lang robot fleet also began to turn and evade in a large way!
And when the fleet of Fo Lang's robots began to turn and evade, Dai Liliang saw six armed merchant ships from the second squadron of the first fleet approaching several warships of Fo Lang's robots in the back row!
Not long after, he saw clouds of white smoke rising from the armed merchant ships of the Second Squadron, and the next moment, he heard a loud rumble from the sea!
The six warships of the Second Squadron began a fierce bombardment at the two or three warships in the rear row of the Fo Lang robots!
But then, the three warships of the Folang Robots also started to fight back, and just by listening to the sound, it was clear that the cannons of these Folang Robots were bigger.
Many of them were twelve-pound artillery pieces, and Dai Liliang even heard a few louder cannon sounds. These were probably Fo Langji's eighteen-pound artillery pieces!
Damn it, the artillery of these Folang robots is really powerful. Just by listening to the sound, you can tell that it will be very uncomfortable for the Second Squadron to withstand such firepower.
"Look, there's a big ship belonging to the Folangji people on fire. The navy's fire attack plan was successful. Well done to the navy!"
"No, it's not one ship, it's two ships. There's a big ship behind them that was set alight. The navy's fire attack plan was successful!"
At this time, even the army officers could not help but start cheering for the success of the navy's fire attack plan!
"Although the navy is a little stupid, it still knows how to fight. With these small boats, it can burn two big ships and make a lot of money!"
Isn't that right? Although the ships of the Francois are still in the category of armed merchant ships, they use Western-style sailing ships. The small ones are three to four hundred tons, and the large ones are even five or six hundred tons.
Although there were many small boats used by the Tang Dynasty for fire attacks, they were actually small boats of no more than ten tons, and the total displacement was not as large as that of a large ship of the Fo Langji.
Hearing the cheers of his subordinates, Dai Liliang also changed the angle of the telescope. Sure enough, he saw that two large ships of the Folangji people were already on fire, but he could also see that although the big ships of the Folanji people were on fire
It was ignited by the kerosene on the small boat, but I'm afraid it won't be able to completely burn the big boats of these Francois.
After all, the Folangji people are not stupid. They can also put out fires and save ships. At most, it will only make them temporarily lose their combat effectiveness.
In Dai Liliang's view, the focus of the battlefield should be the Second Squadron's siege of the three warships in the back row of the Fo Lang robots!
If the Second Squadron can successfully incapacitate these three warships, then together with the two large ships of the Folangji that were burned, five ships in the Folangji fleet will lose their combat effectiveness at once, and
This can greatly equalize the balance of power between the two sides.
The Folangji people have a total of thirteen large ships, and these thirteen large ships are not all ships with a large number of artillery. Some of them are just ordinary merchant ships. After all, these Folangji people
A fleet is essentially just a merchant fleet. Although there will be armed merchant ships equipped with a large number of artillery, there are also strong and weak armed merchant ships!
Five of the thirteen ships were lost at once, so although the ships and artillery of the Francons were still better than the Second Squadron, the Second Squadron might not be incapable of fighting.
The battle on the sea is still going on, the rumbling sound of cannons continues, and the warships on both sides are firing as many cannonballs as possible!
The cannonballs fired by the Tang Navy were not limited to solid cannonballs, but also other types of cannonballs that were important in the era of sailing ships.
Including chain rounds that hit the mast and canvas. This type of artillery shell is actually a solid ball artillery shell before it is fired, but after it is fired, the projectile body will separate into two halves, connected by an iron chain in the middle.
The solid ball cannonball is burned red, and then incendiary bombs are separated by mud cakes between the cannonball and the propellant. This is mainly used to ignite the fire.
Next, there are grape bullets, which are also a type of shotgun. Multiple small solid bullets are put together and fired. They are mainly used to kill people!
As the shelling from both sides continued, the sound of artillery was rumbling on the sea. Although Dai Liliang could not see it, he could still guess that the two sides were bombarding each other with various artillery at a close range of only one to two hundred meters. The scene was absolutely
It’s quite tragic!
If you zoom in closer and watch the sea battle between the two sides from a close distance, it will create a feeling that is spectacular and even tragic.
The artillery on both sides sprayed out shells from time to time. The powerful solid ball shells hit the thick wooden planks of the hull. The effect was like an explosion. The wooden planks would split into pieces in an instant, and then the sawdust would sweep across, killing and injuring nearby personnel.
When the red-hot solid bullet falls on the enemy's deck, it can instantly cause a fire. If the enemy does not pay attention to extinguishing the fire, it will easily spread the fire and burn the entire ship.
Chain bullets were flying above the hull, tearing apart the canvas, and for those who were unlucky, the mast would be broken directly!
Dai Liliang was amazed to see this sea battle. Damn it, this navy's artillery fire is much more spectacular than our army!
Isn't this spectacular? In this small sea area, both sides have only nineteen ships in total, but they have almost two hundred artillery pieces, large and small. The sound of the cannons will not stop for a moment.
A quarter of an hour later, Dai Liliang saw that the Franco robot ships in the front row had begun to turn successfully and were attacking the flanks of the Second Squadron. This made Dai Liliang quite worried.
If the ships of the Second Squadron are caught in the front and rear siege of the Francons, the entire army may be annihilated!
But what reassured him was that Zhou Zhifeng, who was commanding the fleet, obviously sensed the danger at the first moment, and instead commanded the fleet to avoid it immediately, and even returned to the windward position, and continued to fight against the three Fo Lang robots.
Battleships engage in battle!
Two quarters of an hour later, Dai Liliang suddenly said: "Okay, we have killed one of them again!"
In sight, the three warships in the back row of the Franco robots were already scarred, and on one of the ships, the main mast was broken by a chain bomb, and the entire ship was almost floating on the sea like a dead fish.
, the Second Squadron was too lazy to continue bombarding the ship, and instead bypassed them and continued to attack other Franco robot warships.
But at this time, the Second Squadron also suffered the loss of its first battleship. The armed merchant ship at the end of the queue was beaten continuously for a quarter of an hour by the Francons chasing from behind. Because the hull was broken, it entered the battleship.
The water was so serious that the captain was forced to withdraw from the battle and struggled towards the nearest shoal. It wanted to run aground on the beach!