1944: Sandwich Cookies
Yu Wu'e rushed over, grabbed the telescope from the officer's hand, and looked at the sea in the distance. Sure enough, in her sight, thick smoke rushed straight into the sky, and the tall ships of the Dachu and Taiping appeared in her sight first.
"Haha, Wieskel's fleet is over. The war is finally coming to an end." She happily threw the telescope to the officer.
"General Yu, our fleet will inevitably shell the enemy in the sea. It is a matter of turning the tables between the enemy. Once the shelling starts, the enemy will inevitably be in chaos. Are we going to prepare to counterattack? This is the best time to destroy the enemy's main force." Murong Fuxing, who has not gained the opportunity to fight since the war started, was rushing. All of his commands were mountain cavalry. Since the war started, Shiyanshan defense line has been on defense. Stenson on the opposite side has only tentative attacks, and the intensity of the battle is not high. As the main force of Murong Fu's cavalry, who is defensive and counterattack, there is no chance to appear.
Yu Wu'e rolled her eyes to Murong Fu.
"You forgot what Your Majesty said? This battle is not the main purpose of annihilation of the enemy's troops. What if Stenson's army is killed? Does it have anything to do with the future big layout? If Stenson's men are killed, I am afraid that the happiest person will be Dance, who is still fighting on Manila Island?"
Murong Fu sighed, feeling unhappy. Before he could get the chance to play, the battle was about to end.
"Order all departments to be on guard. Without the orders of the central army, you are not allowed to go out of the defense line to fight without authorization." Yu Xiu'e gave an order that she herself felt extremely unhappy. "Murong Fu, let's just stay here today to watch a big show."
The fleet above the sea had clearly appeared in everyone's vision. When the Ming soldiers on the Shiyanshan defense line saw the Ming fleet appearing on the sea, they understood that the overall situation was settled. The Tiger Dynasty could not capture the Shiyanshan Fortress, and now the navy has seized the retreat. They have not had much future. Everyone stood up from the defense line and looked at the sea with cheers and joy.
The cheers of the Ming army were naturally the pain of the Tiger Dynasty army. As soon as he heard the report, Stenson was shocked. Where did Wieskel's fleet? Where did his main fleet go, how could the Ming army's fleet touch the back of his butt?
He climbed up to the top of the warship in a hurry, held a telescope and looked at the sea in the distance. Dozens of new styles of strange warships appeared in his vision, which was not the way the Ming army warships he had seen fighting fiercely with Wiskele earlier.
"Oh no." Venetian Grand Duke Stenson was good at water warfare. The Venetian city-state he ruled was named Water City. The shipbuilding industry was extremely developed, and there were especially many people who were good at water. Most of the people in the country relied on water to make a living, and he also started his career with naval battles. He knew that he was finished just by looking at the speed of the enemy ships.
Wieskele only left him more than ten warships as a warning. At this time, the warships had already raised their anchors and sailed, bravely facing the enemy fleet in the distance. More troop transport ships were moored in the bay, and the transport ships were in chaos. Some had already raised their anchors and sails to set sail, while others were still stunned and didn't know what to do.
The army soldiers who set up camp on the land were shocked and stretched their necks to look at the enemy ships on the sea. If the ship was gone, they would never have a way out. It would be fine if they defeated, but once they were defeated, how could they go home? They looked back at the solid Shiyanshan defense line, and the atmosphere of despair spread unconsciously.
Stenson took a deep breath, "All sailors on the ship abandoned the ship and brought all the materials they could take to the shore. Send the order to the troops on the shore and prepare for battle immediately. The enemy on the opposite side is likely to take advantage of this time to launch a counterattack against us."
The order of the Grand Duke of Venice was supported by more than 90%, but some warships still sailed along the coastline and fled far away. Looking at the fleeing ships, Stenson just snorted, since you are seeking death, then go to die quickly.
The people who escaped were not his direct subordinates, but the power of some small forces of the Tiger Dynasty assigned under his command. They didn't think about it. At the speed of enemy warships, can they escape? When they got ashore, they would certainly lose the warship, but as long as the Wiskele's fleet came back, everything would naturally be solved. As long as the main fleet is still there, will there be fewer troop transport ships? It's amazing that they will just grab it. Even if they can't grab it, they can build it themselves. Even if they use fresh wood to build a ship, it will be fine to support the sailing on the sea for a month or two.
More than a dozen warships of the Tiger Dynasty bravely headed towards the Ming army warships that were shaking waves. They were not very timid in their hearts. It seemed that the number of warships on both sides was not much different. More than a dozen warships were still possible to deal with thirty ships.
Until the first cannon sounded, the flying chain blast swept away the sails of the warship, broke the mast of the warship, and the warship that rushed to the front immediately lost control. The entire warship suddenly landed on the sea.
The continuous sound of cannons continued to sound, and Ming warships passed by one after another, and they did not even stay before these warships. After the thirty warships passed, the ten warships of the Tiger Dynasty that they met had turned into more than ten large fireballs burning on the sea, making a crackling sound. The sailors who survived by chance on the ship were jumping into the sea at this time.
Zhou Li stood on the bridge, staring at the fleet of Stenson in the bay, which was like a lamb to be slaughtered, and gave the order to open fire with a smile.
The main gun at the head of the Great Chu ship made a loud noise, and the huge projectile flew out of the chamber to the densely docked troops.
From the first cannon, Stenson stood on the top of the ship as if struck by lightning. He watched the dozen or so warships that he bravely attacked were completely destroyed in an instant, and watched the enemy's warships approaching and attacked the fleet in the bay.
Originally, he thought he had enough time to evacuate.
Huge waves were stirred up in the calm bay, and warships were sunk and injured, and the fire gradually formed a piece on the sea surface.
"Duke, go quickly, the ship is about to sink." Several personal guards grabbed Stenson's side, raised him up and ran down. Several shells were hit on the deck of the ship. At this time, the stern of the ship was gradually sinking. If he tilted at a certain angle, he would penetrate straight into the water.
When the roar sounded again in the air, with a rumbling sound, their group was overturned to the ground by the explosion of the air waves. A guard struggled to get up. Seeing Stenson's bloody face, he was immediately frightened and reached out to Stenson's nose wings tremblingly. He noticed that he was still breathing. Only then did the boat calm down and carried Stenson on his back, regardless of whether the others were dead or alive, he rolled and crawled towards the shore.
The sound of shelling continued. The Dachu and Taiping were docked far away, but they only bombarded with the main gun at the bow of the ship. However, the other warships lined up in a row, one by one passing through the bay, pouring all their firepower on the warships of the Tiger Dynasty.
After a whole hour of bombardment, there was no complete warship in the bay except for the broken wood and citrus floating on the ground. As for those ships that fled along the coastline, Ning Zeyuan and Zhou Lize were not interested at all. At this time, Zhou Baozhen was swimming outside. After eating meat, he had to leave some soup for others, right?
When Stenson woke up quietly, it was already late at night. He opened his eyes in a little confused and saw the faces of officers who were either confused or panicked. Seeing him awakening, some joy finally appeared on the faces of these people.
"Is Wiskele back?" Stenson's first reaction was that Wiskele had returned and had driven away the enemy's ships, otherwise how could he be lying here quietly?
The officers shook their heads together.
"The enemy on the opposite side did not launch a counterattack on us while the chaos?"
The officers shook their heads again.
Stenson was suddenly at a loss. In fact, it was not just him. The reaction of the enemy on the Shiyan Mountain opposite made all the officers unable to understand. The entire bay was in chaos at that time. If the enemy on the opposite side launched an attack, I was afraid that whether they could still live at this time would be a question.
Is it the enemy's officer who has no keen sense of battlefield? Judging from the battle process with the enemy these days, the possibility is simply slim. The enemy on the opposite side is obviously an elite army. How could a general who can command such an army be a battlefield that doesn't know anything? In fact, at that point, even a person who does not understand military can see clearly. As long as he attacks, he can win an absolute victory.
"What does Mingren want to do?" Stenson, who finally calmed down in his mind, began to think about this question.
An officer hurried over from outside, looking at Stenson who was awake, his face flashed with joy, and rushed to the couch and whispered: "Dagong, there are more and more enemy warships on the sea surface. The fleet that had fought with Lord Wieskell earlier also appeared. There were many flags of our warships hanging on their ships."
As soon as this sentence came out, the room was in an uproar, which showed that Wiskele and their last hope no longer existed.
A mouthful of blood spurted out, and Stenson screamed, falling backwards straight and then straight.
The house was in chaos again.
Chapter completed!