Wentang

Chapter 743 The Crushing Naval Battle

"Are you going to really leave?" Wu Guofeng asked in surprise.

"There are many spies from the Wa Kingdom in Xinma Island who can't hide it from them. I will go to the vicinity of Tsushima Island and then return." Cai Yang said.

"What about the island? You're not really going to let me take care of it for you, are you? I'm just a small tactical researcher in the college, and I don't know how to manage it." Wu Guofeng said hastily.

"Hehe... The captain of the third division of the Naval Academy's Tactical Research Institute doesn't know how to manage. Do you believe this? Don't worry, I told Hu Yang about this plan, and no one else said anything." Cai Yang said in a tone of "I'm sure." :

"They will treat you as a real governor, and you will take it as if you are really here to take over the work here."

"Ah? You...you are going to hide it from everyone, you want me to die." Wu Guofeng said angrily.

"How could it be? You can only deceive the enemy if you deceive your own people. I believe in you." Cai Yang laughed.

Then he got up solemnly, bowed solemnly and said, "Brother Wu, please."

"Hey! Forget it, let's do as you say. Since you want to gamble, then I'll gamble with you. See you at the Xuanzheng Palace if you win, and see you at the Yan Luo Palace if you lose." Wu Guofeng sighed.

Then the two discussed various details, such as where the Japanese will move first, how to defend and cooperate, and so on.

After looking at the map of the sea area of ​​Xinma Island, the two of them turned their attention to one place: Treasure Island.

"Suwo Ezo learned the lesson of being attacked by the governor last time, and placed the navy at the seaport of Rongzhiguo. The force is about 8, which is stronger than the one a few years ago." Cai Yang said solemnly:
"The stronger ones are warships. Over the years, Japan has been imitating our Datang Navy warships. Although the quantity and quality are inferior to ours, they should not be underestimated."

"We found more than 150 large and small warships. If you include sampans, fishing boats, and refitted merchant ships, there will be more. If we collide rashly, we may not necessarily win."

"The best way is to surprise him by surprise..."

"Treasure Island is located between Xinma Island and Chikushi Island. Soga Ezo will definitely use this place first for training, and secondly, the gold and silver on it can be used to reward the entire army."

"We will choose the battlefield here... There are strong crossbows and catapults on the island, which can assist us in combat."

"If the battle goes well, everything is easy to talk about, but if things go wrong, we can use the maneuverability of our warships and artillery to go around the island and fight with the Japanese."

"As for the gunboat, I don't know how to operate it and leave it to you to command. You can freely use the advantages of the gunboat."

After that, Cai Yang led some of his subordinates and family members to leave Xinma Island by boat and set off for Datang.There is no rush along the way, and when encountering supply islands, they will stop to take a rest.

When they arrived near Tsushima Island, taking advantage of the darkness of the moon and the high wind, two large ships joined the fleet quietly, and two ships with exactly the same shape sailed away into the night in the fleet.

As soon as the civet cat was replaced with the prince, it was completed in this way, and the Japanese spies who were monitoring behind did not find any abnormalities at all.

The two ships that left the team did not directly return to the waters of Xinma Island, but drifted at sea for half a day, joining a fleet of merchant ships from Datang to the country of Wa.

After returning to the Singapore-Malaysia waters, he began to contact his subordinates who stayed on the island and told them his plan.

After these people knew what was going on, they immediately stopped making trouble and began to actively cooperate with Wu Guofeng's work.In the eyes of outsiders, this scene turned into Wu Guofeng gradually mastering the situation in Singapore and Malaysia.

In the end, Suwo Eizo chose to go to war because of domestic pressure, but unfortunately, he didn't know that the Wa country at this time was like a sieve for Datang, and there were no secrets at all.

Moreover, the emperor wanted him to die as a power minister, the royal family of Prince Shotoku also wanted him to die, the hostile factions also wanted him to die, and the pro-Tang family wanted him to die even more.

Ordinary people have long been wiped out by multiple forces, but the Suwo family has ruled the Wa Kingdom for hundreds of years, and their power is too large.There are also conflicts among the various forces, and there is nothing they can do about him.

A few years ago, Liu Rengui set fire to the Japanese navy, which greatly damaged the strength of the Suwo family.Over the past few years, the influence of Datang has gradually penetrated into the Wa country, and more and more people are dissatisfied with the Suwo family, and there is a tendency to become a single rope.

Many people in the Wa country can see this situation, and many people who were originally loyal to him have been shaken.After Datang wiped out the mighty Goguryeo effortlessly, everyone in the Wa Kingdom was terrified.

This also became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Many of his allies chose to betray and expressed their goodwill to Datang in private.

Cai Yang, who had long planned to wipe out the anti-Tang forces in Japan and weaken the power of Japan, naturally would not miss this opportunity.

On the one hand, let those small forces openly rebel against Suga Ezo, creating tension.On the one hand, several people with relatively high status were allowed to continue to lurk, and even bewitched Soga to send troops at critical moments.

Therefore, every move of Suwo Eizo's troop dispatch this time is under the surveillance of Datang. As soon as he has decided on the time and tactics of the troop deployment, Cai Yang has already obtained detailed information on the other side.

After that, things are simple.

On Treasure Island, the walls were cleared and everyone withdrew into the castle to stand firm.

The island of Singapore was suddenly under martial law, and no one was allowed to enter the sea, and all ships in the surrounding waters were cleaned up, so that the spies on the island could not communicate the movement of the navy in the first place.

The navy set off at dusk, sailed at full speed and headed straight for Treasure Island, even arriving one step ahead of the Japanese army, lying in ambush in the dark, waiting for the Japanese navy to come to their door.

Sure enough, as the information said, all Japanese navy troops dispatched to surround Treasure Island, and then sent troops to attack the fortress on the island.

The navy built by Suga Eizo's family is quite excellent, and there is no such thing as carelessness.

Only some warships were dispatched to faintly surround Treasure Island, and the large army stayed on the distant sea, waiting for the island to decide the winner.

This formation is very useful when fighting with cold weapons, gathering superior forces for side-to-side battles to defeat the enemy.Times have changed, however, and this phalanx is a deadly target for gunboats.

Wu Guofeng was overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately ordered the gunboat to attack.The two gunboats, one in front of the other, Zhang Quanfan rushed towards the Japanese fleet at the fastest speed.

The Japanese people also quickly discovered their tracks and sent a signal to prepare for the battle.

What made them strange was that the two Great Tang warships didn't charge directly at them, but passed tens of feet away from their side.

This can't help but surprise the Japanese generals who led the team. What do these two ships want to do?escape?Then why did they rush to show their faces?Or is this just a bait to lure us over?

Most people think that it should be the second type, and they are ready to order to keep the formation from chaos.At this moment, the two Great Tang warships roared like rolling thunder.

In the next moment, pieces of wood flew in all directions, and a dozen warships on the outer side were attacked by something unknown, and huge gaps appeared one after another, and several ships were sinking with holes at the waterline.

Each of the Shenzhou II gunships has sixty guns, that is, thirty guns on one side, and the two gunships fired together with a total of sixty guns.

Facing the dense Japanese navy formation, there is no need to aim at all, just point the fire in the direction.

Japan's naval fleet stretches for several miles, even if this kind of cannon has a slow rate of fire, it is enough for two gunboats to fire two or three rounds.

At this time, the bewildered Japanese army had fallen into a short-term chaos, and the generals who commanded the troops took a lot of effort to reorganize their formation.

And this period of chaos happened to be the time for the gunboat to turn around. When they reorganized their formation and prepared to send a fleet to pursue them, the gunboat turned back again and started another round of shelling.

Admiral Suwo Okagawa of the Japanese Navy had to send out a force to pursue, but the big ship could not catch up and had to be kited, and the small ship had no choice but to use the huge gunboat to catch up.

Facing the two gunboats, tens of thousands of navies could only be helplessly beaten passively. This is the crushing of equipment, and it can also be called the crushing of the times.

The Japanese army was in a state of confusion, and the leader Su Wo Okagawa knew that there might be an ambush, so he had to adjust the formation of the fleet and began to surround the two gunboats.

In this way, his own damage was indeed reduced, and the formation of the entire fleet was completely disrupted.

You must know that there is no wireless communication method at this moment. What order was given by the commander before the two armies started the war, and the people below will always follow this order.

When the war broke out, it would be impossible for the commander-in-chief to change the military order.During the day, you may be able to rely on the semaphore to give a little command, but at night, you can only watch.

Seeing the troop formation being disrupted by the gunboats little by little, Suga Okagawa's eyes darkened and he almost fainted.After being lifted up by the guards, he still didn't dare to shout:
"Is the sky going to destroy my Su family? I refused to accept it. I sent an order to reorganize the formation and attack with the whole army. I don't believe that there is no way to take your two ships."

"Ah? General, what if the Tang people are still in ambush?" one of his subordinates said in shock.

"Ambush? Haha..." Su Wo Okagawa pointed at the dozens of ships that had been sunk, and said with a wry smile, "Do you think it makes any difference whether there is an ambush or not in this situation?"

"I hope that the Tang people's ambush will come out quickly. If the two armies start a side-to-side battle, the two gunboats will definitely not dare to fire. At that time, we can use our strength to defeat the Tang army."

"But... what if there are other gunboats?" the subordinate said again.

"Based on the power of the gunboats, if the Tang army still has them, will they hide them? We will lose if we put them out. Now there are only two ships, so there are only two ships." Suga Okagawa said.

This time, the people under his command had no further objections, and the order was issued quickly.

The entire army attacked with each legion as a unit, outflanking and intercepting the two gunboats. If the main force of the Tang army appeared, it would turn the bow of the ship and attack the main force.

The Japanese navy, who had been suffocated for a long time now, was like a wild dog out of its cage, shouting slogans and rushing towards the two gunboats.

And they cooperated surprisingly well, some chasing behind, some outflanking.It did cause a lot of trouble for the two gunboats for a while.

But this also created a situation where the formation of the Japanese navy was completely disrupted, and their warships were drifting everywhere on the sea for tens of miles.

After all, there are only two gunboats, and many Japanese navies who are far away can only tell which direction they are based on the sound of the guns, which is invisible to the naked eye.

Naturally, there is no such thing as participating in the chasing and interception. In fact, it is just running around like headless chickens.

Some generals also discovered this problem, but the entire team has dispersed at this moment, and it is impossible to call them back. They can only hope to catch the two gunboats as soon as possible.

Cai Yang, who was hiding in the dark, was also dumbfounded at the power of the gunboat. He thought that this thing was very powerful, and the old-fashioned battleship was no match at all.But I didn't expect this situation to happen, it was completely crushing.

"This gunboat..." He thought for a long time but couldn't find the right words to express his feelings.

Wu Guofeng had seen this kind of scene before, but he was quite calm, and he was very happy with the great achievement, so he said: "This is a gunboat, and naval battles will definitely be changed by it in the future."

"Duke Xia is really a god." It took Cai Yang a long time to spit out such a sentence.

Wu Guofeng also deeply agreed with this, but he didn't follow suit, but said: "The formation of the Japanese navy has been completely disrupted, and your people can take action."

Cai Yang nodded and gave the order for the whole army to attack.

Under the leadership of Wang Hu and Hu Yang, the Xinma Island Navy rushed to the battlefield, and they did not directly rely on the warships of the Japanese Kingdom for boarding battles. This is premature death.

Instead, rockets are launched from a distance. These rocket heads are tied with small leather bags, which contain fierce kerosene, which can burn quickly as long as they are nailed to the ship.There are also small trebuchets projecting fierce fire oil tanks, crossbow arrows shooting and so on.

Bed crossbows and the like are actually not suitable to be placed on sea ships. This thing is a wooden precision machine, and it is easy to deform and cannot be used in the wind, waves, and humid climate at sea.

Only take it out and use it during intensive training, and most of it is kept sealed in the warehouse.In response to this war, they all moved out.

It can be said that even without these two gunboats, the Datang Navy would beat the Japanese army, or even any navy in the world, in terms of weapons and tactics.

This is also one of the reasons why Cai Yang dared to meet tens of thousands of people in the Wa Kingdom with the help of [-] troops...

The order given by Suwo Okagawa just now is to change the target and besiege the main force when encountering the main force of Datang's navy.

The generals of the Wa Kingdom did not forget this point. They were all overjoyed when they saw the main force of the Tang Dynasty, and they all ordered to besiege the place where the battle took place.

However, when they arrived, the main force of the Tang army had already moved to the next place, leaving them in vain.There is no way they can only follow behind and chase.

In this way, the pressure on the gunboat is reduced, allowing them to fire without any worries.

The Japanese navy, which was still a little organized, was in a mess, running around like headless chickens.

Seeing the Japanese navy fighting in chaos, Wu Guofeng frowned, and said, "The generals in command of the Japanese army are too stupid, they messed up before fighting. Is there no one in the Japanese country, or Suga Ezo Crony?"

"Neither of them." Cai Yang smiled mysteriously, pretending to be closed.

(End of this chapter)