Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 918

[Chapter 918 Strategy]

“Hahaha… It’s a good idea to want to fight with us.” On the deck, Gong Ying looked at the coalition warships that were left behind and laughed wantonly.

With zero losses, in exchange for the loss of the opponent’s six steam ships and eight sailing warships, he was particularly refreshed.

“The opponent’s admiral must be mad.” Song Xiang looked at the coalition fleet.

In this short naval battle, they were planning to use their firepower superiority to attack each other.

After that, jump out of the encirclement circle before the opponent’s encirclement circle closes.

“It’s better to be mad. A general who loses his mind is more likely to make wrong decisions.” Gong Ying said.

After a pause, he said: “However, the opponent’s general has two skills, so he should not lose his sense of proportion. Next, he will cruise beside their fleet, looking for opportunities to sink a few more of his warships.”

Song Xiang clicked nod.

at the same time.

The flagship of the Dreadful, Malfoy was almost mad with rage.

For him, this naval battle was like a fish hooked, but when he lifted the rod, he got off the hook.

Looking at the Dasong Fleet running to the side of the fleet, he wished to command the fleet to rush over until they were all crushed.

But calming down, he retracted the thought.

Because if you do, it will surely become a cat and mouse chase.

The opponent’s twelve sailing warships were all towed by steamships, and they might not be able to catch up.

And if they don’t pay attention, the Dasong fleet will inevitably continue to harass the fleet, and their warships will continue to suffer losses.

All in all, they might not be able to capture Yizhou, nor destroy the opponent’s fleet this time.

Thinking of this, he frowned and thought for a while.

After a long time, he made a difficult decision.

Withdraw to Malacca!

Malacca is the only way from the south of the east to the sea of Tianzhu.

Here a narrow passage was sandwiched between Jaga, controlled by Stedam, and Marais, controlled by Britain.

At present, a large number of forts have been built on both sides of Malacca, and a large number of trenches have also been built.

If they save their strength, they may be able to block the King Yan fleet in Malacca.

But in this case, they will have to sacrifice Luzon of Frangji.

“However, Lu Song’s sacrifice will be worthwhile. We need to hold back King Yan’s army, send more support to Xitu to buy time, and also buy time to crack King Yan’s guns and artillery.” Ma Fuer secretly said.

Immediately, he waved his hand and spit out the word “retreat”.

After the order was issued, the coalition fleet turned its bow and headed towards the waters east of Luzon.

They will bypass Luzon to Malacca.

At the same time, in order to prevent being chased by King Yan’s army when retreating, more losses were caused.

Malfoy ordered the warships to disperse, and each battleship retreated independently.

The movement of the Western Land Allied Forces fleet fell into Gong Ying’s eyes, and he and Song Xiang looked at each other with expressions of irony.

They thought that the Western natives would continue to pester them or attack Yizhou.

But I didn’t expect them to run away like this.

Facing the fleeing Xitu warships, he immediately ordered to pursue them.

Most of the warships of the Western natives are sail warships, not towed by steam ships.

The twelve sailing warships that ran the slowest suddenly suffered disaster.

After a lot of chasing after each other, the Dasong battleship caught up with these warships and sank them.

At this time, the rest of the Xitu warships had already run far away.

Therefore, Gong Ying ordered the fleet to withdraw to the port of Wanghai City.

“Keep the safety of the general and His Highness, so that the General doesn’t have to rush back to rescue, and let His Highness feel at ease.” Back at the office, Gong Ying gave orders to her guards.

In response, the guard left.

At this time, Gong Ying looked at the chart on the wall, and there seemed to be a light shining on his face.

This naval battle gave him a deeper understanding of the battleship armed to the teeth.

During the Battle of Dongying, each of their warships had no more than three or five rifled guns.

But now their battleships are all rifled guns.

The firepower is more than a little bit stronger than before.

Not to mention the Western natives, even if he faced a warship of the same level, he would be frightened.

“No wonder our navy only has 60 sailing warships and 60 steamships. Your Highness is not afraid of the Western-Turk Alliance Fleet.” Gong Ying laughed.

Then, I came to the window and looked at the generals talking and laughing in the city.

Although this naval battle was very short, there is no doubt that through this naval battle, he, the generals and soldiers have built a strong self-confidence.

From now on, the sea will belong to them.

Three days later.

The news of the Yizhou naval battle reached Yancheng.

At this time, Zhao Xu had just come out from the Military Division.

Glancing at the message sent by Gong Ying, he smiled, and then frowned again.

This news is only one day after the news sent yesterday.

In other words, in just one day, the crisis in Yizhou was resolved.

His reply to Gong Ying yesterday was to ask him to contain the Xitu Fleet and wait for other fleets to come to help, and annihilate the main force of the Xitu Fleet in one fell swoop.

It’s a pity that the generals of the Xitu Fleet seemed intimidated by Da Song’s warships and chose to retreat.

As a result, the Dasong Navy had to work hard to find them and annihilate them.

Moreover, knowing the performance of the Great Song battleship, I’m afraid they are more fully prepared.

This is why he frowned after being happy.

While thinking, he returned to the palace.

When he came to the study, he set his sights on the Eastern Land and Southern Territory.

This time when Zhou Yi went south, it wasn’t that he hadn’t thought about the possibility that the natives of the West would abandon Luzon and instead attack Yizhou and even Jinghai.

But the reason why he agreed with Zhou Yi’s plan was because he firmly believed that the remaining warships could deal with any emergencies.

In fact it is.

Moreover, before Gong Ying fought against the Xitu Fleet.

Small-scale naval battles took place between the first-line island chains in the Ryukyu waters and the Dongying waters.

The Dasong warships beat the crap out of each other and fled in despair.

These prove that for warships, the range and power of cannons are the truth.

“After this battle, the navy of the Western-Turkish Allied Forces must have switched from offense to defense, and they dare not take any more major actions until the next support arrives.” Zhao Xu looked at Luzon and Jaga, as well as the Australian mainland to the east of Jaga, ” But in this way, the sea area east of Malacca belongs to the Dasong Navy, and these places will also belong to the

Dasong.” After speaking, the corners of his mouth rose.

He believed that the only place the West Turk Navy could go this time was Malacca.

Because there is only this place, they occupy a favorable location and harmony.

In any other place where there is a battle with the Dasong Navy, the coalition fleet will be a dead end.

However, Malacca is not impossible to get around.

But the premise of going around is to win Luzon, Jakarta and Australia, and establish supply points.

Moreover, even going around is meaningless.

Because it is impossible for him to attack Tianzhu directly.

After all, so many marines have to eat.

No supply points, still not working.

Therefore, the strategy for the eastern and southern regions can only be done step by step.

(end of this chapter)