Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 737

[Chapter 737]

“Your Highness, the British warships have withdrawn!” In the

tent, Zhao Xu was drawing a blueprint, when Chang Wei rushed in excitedly.

Since the south wind blew, he ordered people to observe the movement on the sea at all times.

Zhao Xu stopped the pen in his hand, excited for a while, it must be Zhou Yi’s fleet arrived, he said: “Seize this opportunity, immediately launch an attack on the Eastern Land Allied Forces on the coast.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Chang Wei said to Zhao Xu gave a military salute, turned and left.

Zhao Xu also left the camp and came to the position of the royal family’s army.

Taking the binoculars from Xu Lie, he looked towards the coast.

Sure enough, the British battleship had turned its bow and headed east.

The departure of the British warships meant that the opponent lost five or six hundred artillery pieces.

The pressure faced by the royal family’s army immediately decreased within that bug.

The order was passed down one by one, and the howitzer roared first.

One after another howitzers flew into the sky, drew perfect curves, and fell into the trenches of the East-Turk Alliance Army.

“Boom boom boom…” The loud sound of shell explosions filled the coast, blasting out pits one after another.

Even the soldiers of the Eastern Turkmenistan Allied Forces were blown away by the shock wave, flying into the air with the dirt.

“Don’t be afraid of wasting shells, hit me hard, and shoot out all the shells.” Zhao Xu said.

This is the last battle. As long as the remaining Eastern-Turkish coalition forces are wiped out, the war in Koryo will be a complete victory.

There is no need to save ammo.

With Zhao Xu’s order, the artillerymen immediately cheered up.

Howitzers roared continuously, and the flowering bullets fell on the opponent’s trench position like money.

Compared with the ease of the royal family’s pro-army, the soldiers of the Eastern Allied Army in the trench were very miserable.

They lay tightly on the ground, buried their heads in the soil, and dared not move.

Some soldiers were so frightened that their crotch was wet, and they were shivering all over.

“For the general, for Japan, we must fight to the end!”

Some Japanese generals walked through the trench with short bodies, shouting in their mouths.

They had fled back from Land City and had experienced the fear of being bombarded by shells.

Soldiers are so encouraged to keep them going.

“We will definitely win! Kill him, kill them all!” There were also Japanese generals who looked crazy, and one of them tore off his jacket, and he was walking in the trench while drinking loudly without being short.

Before he had gone a hundred steps, a shell landed beside him.

He flew up and slammed heavily on the earth wall of the trench, spitting out blood, and died instantly.

The surrounding soldiers looked at the tragically killed general, their eyes filled with fear…

“Boom boom boom…” While the

howitzers bombarded the trenches of the Eastern Allied Forces.

The war of harassment at sea has also begun.

The steam engine pulled twelve British warships out of the mouth of the bay.

The warships of the state of Wu followed the British warships to attack the fleet of King Yan.

From time to time there were artillery flashes on the sea.

“Don’t engage them head-on, divert the British warship away, and then order Gong Ying’s left team to attack the Wu warship.” Zhou Yi gave an order.

Britain’s warships are obviously much faster than Wu’s warships.

As long as the British warships are dispatched, the remaining Wu warships are just lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Realizing this, he decided to personally lead the right team of eighteen ships to engage the British ships.

His order was given, and the flags of different colors changed.

Eighteen warships commanded by Gong Ying headed towards the warships of Wu State who were gathered together.

“Boom boom boom…” While

Gong Ying was moving, Zhou Yi led the fleet to keep heading towards the British battleship.

The British warships also came to them.

The warships of the two sides lined up opposite each other.

But when they were five hundred meters away.

The British battleship turned suddenly under the tow of the steamer, and aimed at them sideways, like a “one” array.

Zhou Yi’s eyes narrowed. At this moment, he finally saw the significance of the steam ship to the sail warship.

Since it is a southerly wind, he is upwind from south to north.

In naval battles, the fleet with the upper wind often has the upper hand.

Because the opponent is in the headwind, the battleship must turn slowly.

However, due to the existence of the steamship, the steering of the British battleship was smooth and smooth, even slightly faster than them.

Noticing this, he immediately turned the fleet to starboard, also leaving the flank for the Britannica.

The opponent has twelve ships, but he has eighteen ships.

Even if the opponent turns a little faster, he will not suffer under the confrontation.

“Boom boom boom…” The

fleets of both sides became a parallel “two”, and the British battleship opened fire first.

Intensive shells flew towards the Yanzhou battleship from five hundred meters away.

Most of the shells fell into the sea, but many shells still hit the Yanzhou battleship.

“Boom, boom, boom…” The Yanzhou battleship made a dense and loud noise, like hailstones hitting wood.

Some of the shells hit the ship’s fence, smashing it and sending sawdust flying.

A shell also hit the mast, causing the entire mast and the soft sail above it to shake violently.

More shells struck the side planks and fell into the sea.

“Boom boom boom…”

After the British battleship bombarded, the Yanzhou battleship also sounded the roar of artillery.

Eighteen warships smashed shells at the opponent’s sailing warship.

There are no artillery on steamships, it is not worth their waste of shells at all.

“Swish, swish…” The shells, which were much denser than the British battleship, flew towards the British battleship.

Similarly, the British battleship was smashed into sawdust.

Listening to the sound of the shell hitting the wooden board, Wolfe looked solemn.

“Their artillery is not inferior to ours at all.” Wolfe said to his adjutant.

“They outnumber us.” The adjutant added.

Although they took the lead in this round of shelling, they actually suffered a disadvantage.

The duel of warships at sea is to compete whose battleship can resist longer.

It is very unfavorable for them to go on like this.

“Catch the wind!” Wolfe ordered.

He wants the Yanzhou fleet to be at a disadvantage.

In this way, steamships will be more flexible with the upwind.

Thus turning faster and bombarding their warships.

His order was issued, and the steamer dragged the sailing battleship to the east, escaped from the range of the Yanzhou fleet’s bombardment, and then headed south, trying to get around the back of the Yanzhou fleet.

Zhou Yi immediately judged the intention of the British fleet.

Now, he finally understood why King Yan was so cautious about naval battles.

The root of the naval battle of sailing warships lies in the “T” word tactics.

The fundamental purpose of this tactic is to be able to align the side of the battleship with the opponent’s front in the first place.

Since the side is loaded with a large number of artillery, but the front is the most vulnerable place, and there is no artillery to fight back.

Once the opponent successfully seizes a horizontal line in the “T”, the opponent will be at a disadvantage.

Now, the British fleet obviously wants to gain the upper hand and cooperate with the steamship to continue to gain an advantage in the process of grabbing T.

(end of this chapter)