Reaper's Wings

Since Soochow was going to fight in the ocean, it naturally made sufficient preparations, with a thousand giant warships as the main body, three thousand ordinary warships on both sides, and a thousand logistics ships in the rear.

In order to maintain the stability of the entire fleet, the thousands of giant warships are connected by thick iron chains. When the ships need to communicate with each other, they can be covered with wooden planks without hindrance. In fact, the thousand giant warships It can no longer be called a ship, it is a moving city on the sea.

And there are [-] ordinary warships protecting the city on both sides, and there is a powerful logistics force behind it.

Soochow's strong financial resources and abundant materials are undoubtedly revealed here.

Let's do some calculations. The giant warships of the Eastern Wu Dynasty are nearly 300 meters long and 50 meters wide. Each of these warships can carry a brigade of 500 soldiers. There can be nearly a hundred soldiers, not counting the people on the logistics ships, there are nearly 80 soldiers.

What is the number of 80 soldiers, and what it looks like to line up on the land, it is estimated that it is an endless black patch, and the food of these days alone may be an astronomical figure.

This is what the South Korean soldiers saw.

However, the largest ships in South Korea can only be compared with ordinary warships of Soochow, and the small warships can only carry more than [-] people. Although the number of ships has reached [-], the comparison between the two makes a difference !

This is what Dongfanglou is facing. It is a contest between a city on the sea and a backward village.

Dongfanglou's eyes narrowed. Given the huge disparity in strength between each other, only by finding the enemy's weakness can there be a chance of victory. Han Dingtian had already told him the news that Song Dongyuan had gone to Soochow to destroy the Soochow shipyard. This student who has repeatedly created miracles has inexplicable confidence, and he subconsciously starts thinking about tactics based on this.

The Soochow Navy seems to be powerful, but it actually has two fatal weaknesses.

The first is the logistical supplies for their distant sea operations.

A powerful giant warship has a weakness, that is, its traveling speed is slow, especially if all the warships are connected together like Soochow, the speed will be even slower, so they spent more than two months. Time to rush to the inshore waters of South Korea.For more than two months, what kind of concept is the consumption of 80 sergeants, I believe anyone with a brain will know.

Therefore, if the Soochow navy cannot quickly land on the land of South Korea to support the war, it means that they must replenish supplies from Soochow. Once the supplies cannot keep up, then they have no choice but to return.

As for the second Achilles' heel...

Just as Dongfang Lou was thinking, a small boat came slowly from the giant fleet in the distance, and a loud voice came from that small boat, rippling on the calm sea.

"Soochow Shui Canglang, Dongfanglou, please go out of the boat and tell me!"

"Shui Canglang!"

Dongfang Lou repeated the name, and at the same time ordered his subordinates to start preparing the boat.

If you give the generals of Soochow a ranking, then this Shui Canglang can definitely be ranked in the top three. He is a general like Zhao Gang. The person inside has unparalleled prestige.

This was the general's call before the battle, Dongfanglou had to go, otherwise it would be a blow to morale, not to mention that Shui Canglang was an elder, Dongfanglou should see him.

It's just that Dongfang Lou didn't expect that, just after taking a look at this famous general, Shui Canglang spoke up unceremoniously, and his tone was not very friendly.

"You are Dongfang Building!"

"It's the kid!"

Dongfang Lou looked at the gray-haired old man strangely, not knowing why he looked a little angry.

"Is this your first time leading an army?"

"It's the first time for such a large-scale one, and it's been a few times for a small one!"

Although he didn't know why Shui Canglang was so angry, Dongfang Lou answered him honestly.

"Hmph, I've taken it a few times, but I've heard that you were just a teacher before, but I haven't heard that you have any record!"

"That's right, the junior is far behind the Shui General."

What Shui Canglang hated the most in his life was those people who had no real ability but were entrusted with important responsibilities based on their connections. This kind of people harmed the country and the people, and he was the most angry. Obviously Shui Canglang already regarded Dongfanglou as such people.

"Slick tongue, since Han Tian sent you here, I think South Korea's national luck is over!"

At this time, Dongfang Lou understood what Shui Canglang meant. It turned out that he was angry that he got this position by relying on connections, and put the country's safety at risk for his own self-interest. On the other hand, this old man is quite cute. .

However, from Shui Canglang's words, Dongfang Lou affirmed that his guess about Soochow's second Achilles' heel was correct.

Just now Shui Canglang was talking about Han Tian, ​​not Han Dingtian, which means that he still doesn't know the news that the emperor of the South Korean Empire has changed hands. of.

The powerful Soochow Navy can be said to be a lone army to a certain extent, but this lone army is extremely powerful.

Seeing that Dongfanglou didn't speak, Shui Canglang thought he was guilty, and then snorted again and said: "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, in the army I lead, there are only [-] ordinary warships belonging to me. The naval forces, and my army regiment on the giant warship, after I defeat you, they will set foot on the land of South Korea, and let Han Tian know what will happen if you underestimate me, Soochow."

Hearing Shui Canglang's straightforward declaration, Dongfanglou smiled and said, "Is that so, then I'll wait for the old general!"

"Humph!"

A conversation broke up unhappily, and the two returned to their own warships.

And when Dongfang Lou had just returned to his command ship, deafening drumbeats came from the opposite side, and the [-] ordinary warships located on the giant two sides began to slowly gather forward.

What an impatient old man, Dongfang Lou thought in his heart, but he didn't delay in his hands, and issued orders one after another.

When the "arrow" formation of [-] ordinary warships in Soochow was formed, the "shield" defense formation of [-] warships in South Korea was also ready.

Shui Canglang, who was commanding the battle on the giant warship, saw this scene and said: "This Dongfang Building is not useless. Does the defensive formation change quickly? I don't know how the defense effect will be."

But after saying this, Shui Canglang's eyes regained the disapproval just now: "Next, let me teach this kid what war is!"

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Dongfanglou knew from the very beginning that this war needed to be filled with life.

In this world, there is no key to fortification of sea areas, because sea battles are so rare, and the enemy lands from nowhere, so what's the use of defending one place, so sea battles are always settled in the sea, If it can't resist here and let the Soochow warship approach the shore, then the border defense in South Korea's waters will be in danger.

This is a war with no retreat.

"Order all the warships to open their defensive shields, and then ram them over. Let's have a boarding battle with the Soochow thieves!"

It is not that Dongfang Building has never thought about the plan of using fire to kill the enemy, but its feasibility is too low, fire is double-sided, and the fire prevention measures of Soochow warships are obviously more comprehensive than those of South Korean warships.

Maybe the fire boat on my side was intercepted halfway, and when the enemy's large warship attacked, my side couldn't stop it at all, so after much deliberation, Dongfang Building could only choose to fight on board.

Chirp~ bang!

Soochow's three thousand warships, the ship's stone throwing machinery in the front row began to operate, and the sound of huge stones across the sky was so ear-piercing.

Because it was a long-distance battle, Soochow's stones would definitely not bring too many. They did this only to deter South Korea. Sometimes wars are fought with momentum. However, there are too many warships in South Korea, and the huge stones thrown It actually caused a lot of damage to the South Korean fleet.

"madness!"

Shui Canglang, who was watching this scene on the giant warship, said angrily: "The eight thousand warships were put on board without any temptation. Does Dongfanglou think that there are more ships in sea battles than whose ships?"

Dongfanglou calmly issued orders, he had no choice but to compare the warships of South Korea with those of Soochow, he could only exchange two for one, or three for one.

And Shui Canglang obviously guessed Dongfanglou's plan: "Thinking that this will cause heavy losses to our Soochow warships, Dongfanglou is too whimsical."

When the Dongfang Building suppressed all [-] warships on Soochow's [-] ordinary warships at once, there was no trick at all in this battle, what it needed was real desperation.

And Dongfang Building these days trains South Korean sailors, and what they do more is defense and shipbuilding.

Shui Canglang guessed right, the purpose of Dongfanglou was indeed to destroy his warship with a numerical advantage, but he did not guess that the destruction of Dongfanglou was not the sinking after the victory, but that he did not have the warship at all. Thought of fighting, just wanted to defend and scuttle ships.

After paying a lot of casualties, the front row of the [-] warships of South Korea finally met the [-] ordinary warships of Soochow, and the warships in the first row of South Korea were obviously reinforced, and the guards on them were holding shields , wearing heavy armor, this kind of dress should not belong to the light navy of the port battle, but it does allow them to survive for a longer time.

The same is true for the warships in the second and third rows, but the soldiers in the fourth and fifth rows are completely two extremes. They hardly have any armor on them, not even military uniforms, and some even have very little clothes.

Around their necks hung bags containing hammers and chisels.

"start!"

The order from the Dongfang Building was issued, and these warriors who had lived by the sea since they were young and were familiar with the nature of water jumped into the sea one after another and swam towards the Soochow Three Thousand Ordinary Warships.

South Korean sailors are familiar with water, so Soochow's is not. Dongfanglou just hopes that these sailors can scuttle a few more ships before Shui Canglang finds out.

After paying such a large number of casualties, Dongfang Building's plan is: not to kill people, but to scuttle ships.