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Text Chapter 541 The Naval Battle of Lion City

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    Projectiles and crossbows were fired one after another, aiming directly at the thousands of small warships on the opposite side that covered the sea. Every time they were hit, sawdust flew from the warships. The soldiers on the ship were hit by these sawdust, and they started to fight.  They screamed again and again, and even some unlucky ones were directly hit by cannonballs or spear-like crossbow arrows. Their whole bodies were smashed to pieces, and not even a whole body could be found.  <. 800book novel reading >

    These small warships are naturally the navy assembled by Mo Luoyu and other countries. However, they have sunk many warships under the attack of artillery and crossbows. Debris and floating corpses are everywhere on the sea, and there are faint traces of them in the sea.  A blood red color.

    On the main battleship Pinghai, Lu Qing held a telescope in his hand. While observing the changes in the enemy's fleet on the opposite side, he ordered very decisively: "Order the three warships of North Korea, China and South Korea to break into the enemy's fleet from the left.  Attack the opponent's formation and be sure to cause chaos in the opponent's fleet!"

    "Here!" the messenger next to him agreed and immediately conveyed the order to the flag bearer at the top. Then the tongguo flag conveyed the order to the three main battleships. The three North Korean ships that received the order also immediately raised their sails and accelerated forward.  , rushed into the enemy's formation in the blink of an eye, and then fired a volley of artillery and crossbows from the ship, clearing a large area of ??open sea around them, and at the same time, the opponent's fleet formation was also disrupted.

    However, the enemy has too many small warships, more than a thousand of them, and they have received death orders before coming. Anyone who dares to retreat will have all the crew members and family members executed, so even if there are already more than a dozen warships,  Beaten to pieces.  But no ship dared to take a step back.  Therefore, the three North Korean ships were quickly surrounded by ships again, and after they lost speed.  It is extremely dangerous to rely solely on artillery, crossbows and other weapons for support.

    But just now.  Lu Qing sent three more main warships to respond. As a result, with the addition of this new group of troops, they immediately killed the regrouped enemy fleet into chaos. Then, together with three other warships from North Korea, they rushed forward again and quickly destroyed the opponent's fleet.  The fleet was cut in half, and the formation was even more chaotic.

    Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Qing immediately ordered the entire army to advance and took advantage of the chaos to rush into the enemy formation. As a result, the warships of Mo Luoyou and other countries became more chaotic.  Each warship fought independently and could no longer form a threat to Lu Qing's main warships. In the end, under the powerful ships and cannons of Lu Qing and others, the fleets of Mo Luoyou and other countries were on the verge of defeat.

    "General Lu is indeed a famous naval general, and the method of commanding naval battles is really eye-opening!" At this moment, next to Lu Qing on the Pinghai, a young general with a face like a crown jewel suddenly stood up and said.

    "Captain Li comes from a well-known family, and he graduated from Chang'an Military Academy. I believe that as long as he is familiar with the methods of naval warfare, his future achievements will be limitless!" Lu Qing smiled at the young man wearing the captain's uniform.

    This young captain was none other than Li Jingye, one of Li Min's former friends in Chang'an. He, Cheng Huailiang and others all studied in the military academy before. They originally graduated two years ago, but because of the relationship between Datang and Xue Yantuo,  war broke out.  The group of military cadets who were about to graduate were all sent to the battlefield to experience the baptism of actual combat. As a result, Li Jingye did not escape until a year ago.  Then he came to Taiwan alone, and was naturally given a grand welcome by Li Min.

    Except for Li Jingye.  Cheng Huailiang, Li Siye, Qin Huaiyu and others had already made up their minds.  They wanted to come to Taiwan to help Li Min, but they are still in the army in Mobei and cannot escape. Only Li Jingye followed the path of his grandfather Li Ji, so he was the first to come to Taiwan.

    Li Jingye was a very shrewd man. After understanding the structure of the army in Li Min's hands, he decisively gave up the cavalry major he studied. Instead, he stayed in the Naval Academy in Taiwan for more than half a year and fought a naval battle for himself.  After learning the basics, he persuaded Li Min to send him to serve in the navy, and he has been learning the art of naval warfare with Lu Qing.

    While Lu Qing and Li Jingye were talking, an extremely fast vehicle and ship approached the Pinghai, and then a messenger quickly boarded the ship to report: "General, another enemy fleet has left Mo Luo.  Yougang is heading around the battlefield towards the Lion City behind us!"

    "Huh, I've been waiting for them for a long time. Order the fleet in the port to get ready!" Lu Qing sneered.

    There are a total of twenty main battleships in the Lion City Fleet, and they are all here to fight with the opponent. Although the opponent's fleet formation has been disrupted, as long as nothing unexpected happens, the opponent should have no chance of overturning, but the opponent is a team after all.  There are more than a thousand warships, even if they are lined up for them to sink, it will not be solved in a short time.

    And this is exactly the trick of Mo Luoyou and other countries. They think that Lu Qing does not know that heThere were so many ships, so only more than a thousand warships were sent to meet the enemy. After the two armies were in a stalemate and Lu Qing and the others could not escape, the remaining warships carried a large number of army soldiers and bypassed the battlefield to sneak attack on Lion City.  However, it is a pity that Wu Meiniang's intelligence system is impeccable, and Lu Qing is also a resourceful person, how could he not see through the other party's plan.

    As early as half a month ago, the fifteen main warships stationed in Linyi had disguised themselves as merchant ships and entered the Lion City port in batches. Now they are waiting for the opponent's sneak attack fleet outside the port.  Although there are only fifteen main warships, the sneak attack fleet is mainly used to transport troops, and the ships are filled with people. This will inevitably greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the warships. Therefore, when they face fully armed warships,  It was simply a naked massacre.

    Li Jingye also knew that the fleet in Lion City had been ambushed and was waiting for the opponent to take the bait. Moreover, the person leading the fleet was Zhou Long, the principal of the Naval School when he was studying in Taiwan.

    Speaking of Zhou Long, he is regarded as a versatile talent in Li Min's hands. Whether it is the army or the navy, wherever people are needed, he can take over.  Although this man looks ferocious, he is an all-rounder. He can't compare to the power of a tiger when charging into battle, he can't compare to Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui in commanding an army, and he is no match for Lu Qing in a battle at sea.  But Zhou Long has Zhou Long's advantages. For example, when it comes to military training, he can be said to be Li Min's number one military trainer. In addition, he has great research on land warfare and naval warfare.

    It is precisely this characteristic of Zhou Long that he is mainly responsible for military training in the army. In the past two years, Li Min followed the example of Chang'an Military Academy and opened a military academy in Taiwan, which was divided into two branches: navy and army. Zhou Long was also responsible for  The principal of the two branches was the most suitable position for him, but this time in order to completely control Malacca, Li Min asked Zhou Long to go into battle again.

    In fact, there is no way to do this, because the navy is now in a period of extreme shortage of talents. Only Lu Qing, Zhou Long and others of the older generation are available. Although there are Zhu Chong and others of the younger generation, their number is very small, so  The number of talents available in the navy is extremely limited, but I believe this situation will change after the cadets from the naval academy graduate.

    Li Jingye stood behind Lu Qing, carefully observing the various tactics in the naval battle. When he encountered something he didn't understand, he would ask Lu Qing, and Lu Qing would answer it carefully, although Li Jingye was still just one of his subordinates.  A school captain, but Lu Qing knew that with his friendship with His Highness King Qi and this young man's talents, he would definitely be reused in the future.

    Lu Qing used strong ships and cannons to deal with these small warships from Mo Luoyou and other countries. It was like a strong man bullying a bunch of babies. What's more, these small warships were mainly used for boarding battles, and Lu Qing's hands  The warships used artillery and crossbows to fight the enemy, and there was no chance for the opponent to get close. Therefore, there was almost no suspense in this naval battle.

    The naval battle continued until Qianqian, and more than half of the thousand warships of Mo Luoyou and other countries were lost. Under such a blow, the remaining navy finally chose to retreat. Originally, if Lu Qing pursued, he could achieve greater results.  However, he did not do this and instead ordered the fleet to return.

    This is not because Lu Qing is benevolent, but because he has received a battle report from Zhou Long before. The fleet that attacked Lion City has already engaged them. Although their warships have the absolute upper hand, they want to annihilate them all.  , but it was simply impossible, so Lu Qing chose to attack with Zhou Long from front to back, and then wiped out the sneak attack fleet.

    The reason why Lu Qing wanted to annihilate the sneak attack fleet was mainly to follow the strategy he had formulated before, because the main purpose of this battle was to eliminate the effective forces of Moluoyou and other countries, and lay the foundation for the future occupation of Moluoyou and other countries, and  Compared to the fleet that had been crippled by them, the sneak attack fleet at the rear carried a large number of soldiers. Only by annihilating them all in the Lion City would the vitality of Mo Luoyou and other countries be severely damaged and they would no longer have the power to resist.

    When Lu Qing led the fleet back to the port of Shicheng, he happened to encounter a sneak attack fleet that was about to retreat. As a result, he and Zhou Long attacked from both sides and wiped out most of the sneak attack fleets. The rest also chose to surrender.  , only a few ships were lucky enough to escape the interception of Lu Qing's fleet. However, when they brought back the news that the entire attack fleet was annihilated, the alliance headed by Mo Luoyou all felt a kind of deep fear, and the entire alliance did not attack.  Since then, no force dared to challenge the Lion City.

    The battle at the outer port of the Lion City completely established Li Min's dominance in Malacca. Li Min also set up a customs in the Lion City to collect taxes from ships passing by. After the ships paid the taxes, they could hang a certificate issued by the Prince of Qi.  Trade flag, with this trade flag, their ships can travel between Malacca and the coast of Datang, and no one will dare to embarrass them.

    However, just when Li Min had just received the results of the Sea Battle of Lion City and was preparing to mobilize his troops to completely occupy Moluoyou and other countries, another news came from the Tang Dynasty. After hearing the news, Li Min pondered  After a long while, finally suddenlyHe said: "The old man is still ambitious, but his ambition is thousands of miles; the martyr's old age is full of ambition." (To be continued)
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