Chapter 485 It's so cool
The Baekjeans' fleet was organized into 10 squadrons, each led by a Seahawk battleship.
Yan Changhan ordered four squadrons to continue chasing the fleeing Tang army warships, four squadrons went to encircle the Tang army from the east and west sides, and one squadron went directly to the port, escorted the infantry to land, and cleared out the Tang army on the island. He himself led a squadron to observe the enemy formation.
Yan Changhan made such a deployment mainly because he believed that the Tang army had only six warships and the Tang army on the island had only more than one thousand people. His intelligence mainly came from Fu Qiumin, the butler of the Prince Dieluo Kingdom.
Yan Changhan is nearly fifty years old and is an experienced naval general. He should not have rashly launched such a big action just by relying on information sources like Fu Qiumin. There is a reason for him to make such a judgment.
First of all, based on the information provided by the Baekje people who participated in the Naval Battle of Dengzhou, he learned that the Tang army had only about ten warships. The Tang army's warships were so huge that it would cost a lot of money to build each. The Baekje people were a maritime power and had always attached importance to the construction of ships. They had devoted their efforts to the whole country and had only more than 400 warships of various types. Therefore, it was not too long for the Tang Dynasty to have 10 such warships. The total number of six warships that could be sent to Jizhou Island should be similar.
Secondly, he expected that the prince of Dieluo would not dare to deceive himself, because Jeju Island was less than a thousand miles away from Baekje, and the Baekje people's warships could arrive in a few days, causing them to be devastated at any time.
In fact, Yan Changhan was a very cautious naval general. He did not underestimate the enemy just because the Tang Dynasty had six warships. In order to ensure victory in the battle, he mobilized half of the entire Baekjean warships to deal with the Tang Dynasty warships at a quantity of 20 to 1. Therefore, even if the intelligence is inaccurate, even if the Tang Dynasty warships have twice as many warships, it is only a ratio of 10 to 1, and he can still win the battle.
Yan Changhan's deployment stipulates that as long as the Tang Dynasty warships were discovered, each squadron surrounded a warship of the Tang army, and the remaining squadrons intercepted them on the periphery to prevent the Tang Dynasty warships from breaking through and escaping. He himself led a squadron as the last mobile force to deal with other emergencies.
Yan Changhan's deployment is remarkable and impeccable. However, he was wrong, and he was very wrong. How could he know that there were more than 0 sail battleships in the Tang army's fleet, and they had occupied a favorable position.
The four baije people squadrons pursued the Tang army. Seeing that they could see the outline of Jeju Island, they saw the warships of the third uncle Tang Dynasty. After the six Tang Dynasty warships joined together, they no longer retreated. They turned around and formed a whole team. The four warships were in the first two warships behind, and each warship was kept at a distance of about 150 steps, echoing each other to prevent the Baije people from separating and surrounding them.
When Yan Changhan saw the arrangements of the Tang Dynasty, he was right in his mind. He immediately ordered the enemy to face the enemy head-on, and at the same time ordered the four flanks to surround the line.
Just as the Baekje squadron on both the east and west wings was about to turn around, they suddenly found a large number of Tang army warships and rushed towards them fiercely.
Yan Changhan was shocked when he saw this situation and knew that he had fallen into the tricks of the Tang Dynasty. However, he immediately calmed down and ordered the Baekje squadrons on both the east and west wings to fight against the Tang army warships. The four squadrons in the middle attacked the six Tang army warships on the front with all their might.
The six Tang army warships that were responsible for the task of luring enemies were six sail battleships personally commanded by Wang Jue, deputy commander of the Outer Sea Fleet. He commanded the "Chang'an" and five other sail battleships, and rushed up to the Baekje warships.
The Baekje people were originally full of confidence. They were crowded and powerful, and rushed forward to the Tang army's warships. However, when they got closer, they found that they were facing the giants and were suddenly at a loss.
The weapons of ancient naval battles were mainly bows and crossbows. Large warships had catapults and sticks on them. The main method was to jump and help board the ship. The Baekje people's warships were small, with only the larger Minghe warships, large warships, flying falcons, and sea eagle warships. There were a small number of stone throwers and sticks on them.
When they met the tall sail battleships of the Tang Dynasty, they had almost no effective means of attack.
The Tang army's sail battleship was loaded with a large number of crossbows and stone throwers operated by several people, and at least four poles were installed, not to mention a large number of turbulent oil pots. In addition, the sail battleship also had the most powerful weapon, which was the tall bow wrapped in thick copper skin, which could knock the enemy ship over without any effort.
The coalition fleet approached. The first big stone bomb flew from the Tang army's warships. A "click" sound was heard. The Baekje people's warships were either big holes or broken masts. The unlucky soldiers were directly concentrated by the stone bombs, and the bones and tendons were broken, and they were no longer human-shaped. Then the arrow rod of a spear-like crossbow flew over, with a pot of turbulent oil hanging on it. As long as they were hit, a huge fire immediately ignited.
In a short period of time when the two fleets were interlaced, the Baekje people had already lost 7 warships. Seeing that the Tang Dynasty warships were so tall, they dared not collide with them, and they dodged one after another. However, the Tang army's warships advanced together, and there were two warships behind to make up for the gap between the warships in front. The Baekje people could not dodge them even if they wanted to dodge. The sound of "bumping" collisions kept ringing on the battlefield, and the Baekje people's warships were sent directly to the bottom of the sea.
The Baekje warships were panicked and ran around, and many of their own warships collided with each other.
The Chang'an rushes into the Baekje fleet, and the stone-throwing machine and crossbow continue to hit the enemy ships in the distance. Six huge poles installed on both sides begin to show their power.
The pole is a long wooden pole with an iron chain tied to it, and a heavy stone is tied to the front end of the chain. Several soldiers pushed the wooden pole, swung the chain, pushed the stone at the front end, and used its huge kinetic energy to hit the enemy's battleship.
Wherever the Chang'an passes, the Baekje warships within the range of the pole were smashed to pieces like paper, and sank into the bottom of the sea.
The Tang army officers and soldiers who operated the sticks were so happy that they felt so excited, and they all became more motivated.
Some of the Baekje warships approached the Chang'an. The brave Baekje naval soldiers took the bows and arrows and shot at the Tang army on the Chang'an. However, they encountered a large number of Tang army officers and soldiers. The Tang army officers and soldiers hid behind the thick stack of arrows, wearing heavy armor, and the helmets on their heads only showed their eyes and breathless nostrils. They stood on the tall ship tower, ruthlessly shooting at the Baekje officers and soldiers who were wearing thin leather armor without coverings.
This is a completely one-sided massacre.
The six warships commanded by Wang Jue used to lure the enemy rushed among the four Baekjean squadrons with more than 80 warships, as if they were entering a no-man's land, and constantly sent the Baekjean warships to the bottom of the sea.
At this time, on the battlefield where the two wings were fighting, the Baekje people were even worse. Liu Rengui commanded dozens of sail battleships, and quickly defeated the Baekje people's fleet and compressed them into the sea area where Wang Jue and others were.
Chapter completed!