Chapter 275

Prince Tang Feng and the warships on the two wings of the sunset Kingdom fleet caught fire. General Ma's heart was cold. He quickly told the heralds, "order the front team of the fleet to stop chasing the enemy immediately, and the rear team to come forward quickly to rescue the friendly soldiers on the burning ships on both sides of the middle!"

The herald got the order and quickly conveyed General Ma's order in flag language.

But Prince Tang Feng frowned and asked General MA in surprise, "what do you mean? I can understand that the rear army is advancing rapidly to meet the soldiers on the burning warships in the central government. But if you want the front army to stop together, I really can't understand it! If the former army keeps the original speed and continues to pursue Haizu's fleet, won't it be over? If you stop the former army, the distance between us and the sea fleet will be widened, which is not good for our pursuit! "

The general arched his hand to Prince Tang Feng and explained: "Your Highness doesn't know something. It's true that it's enough for me to order the rear army to rescue the soldiers on the burning warship. If the front army continues to pursue the Haizu fleet, it won't let the Haizu fleet pull away from us, but, Your highness, have you ever thought about why the navy commander would adopt the tactics of "fighting" at this time

Prince Tang Feng was stunned, shook his head and said, "General Ma, I really don't understand what you mean by that..."

The horse general cleared his throat, pointed to the fire rising slowly in the distance, and said: "up to now, there are still many boats of the sea people that haven't collided with our warships! If these boats collide with our warships, according to my analysis, our fleet formation will be cut off by the enemy from the middle of the team! In this way, the sea people can build a long blockade line for us on the vast sea! Our rear army can only be stopped by this blockade line to pursue the footsteps of the sea fleet Under such circumstances, if our former army is still allowed to pursue Haizu, I really can't guarantee that Haizu's fleet will turn around and take our former army by surprise

Prince Tang Feng's eyes were fixed when he heard the speech. He said, "General Ma, do you mean that the fundamental reason why the Navy commanders use this strategy is to separate our fleet from the middle and then annihilate them one by one?"

"Yes, your highness is wise!" "At present, the fleet you are leading is not combined with the two fleets of the sunset Kingdom, but it is divided into left and right to pursue the fleet of the sea people. The advantage of this is obvious. The fleet formation is scattered, and it is not easy to be attacked by the enemy's concentrated artillery. However, the problem is that the formation is relatively narrow and long, It's easy to be cut off from the middle by the enemy... It must be because the city leader Cao Hong saw this that he would not hesitate to launch a surprise attack on us with the "Xi tactics"

"If this tactic of Lord caohong is really successful, then all our fleets will be divided into four parts by the enemy! The combat power of each part is inferior to that of the sea fleet! Isn't this a good opportunity for the sea fleet to break us one by one? "

"That's why I gave the order that the rear army should catch up to rescue the soldiers on the burning warship, while the front army would stop moving forward. In this way, all our fleets would still gather together. Even if the sea people came back to attack us, we would take care of each other and not be swallowed by the sea people!"

Prince Tang Feng nodded clearly: "so it is." After a pause, he then asked, "what if the fleet of the sea clan gets out of our sight while we stop? Where shall we go after them? "

General Ma said with a smile: "in fact, you don't need to worry too much about this problem, your highness. Since the enemy didn't change their direction and continue to flee to the Tongtian Empire when they were chased by us, will they change their course and find a place to hide if they get rid of us?"

"Yes Prince Tang Feng patted his thigh and suddenly said, "if I were the commander of the enemy, I would not easily get rid of our pursuit, so I should continue to drive to Tongtian empire with all my strength In this way, even if our fleet is delayed by rescuing the burning warships and our imperial brothers escape our sight, we just need to chase them in the direction of Tongtian Empire, and we will catch up with them! "

"That's right!" General Ma definitely nodded: "at that time, we can also use pigeons to send a message to the sunset Kingdom fleet in front of us, and let them help us intercept the ships of the sea people! After all, on the sea route from here to Tongtian Empire, there are many sunset kingdoms used to blockade the sea troops. "

Prince Tang Feng patted General Ma on the shoulder with satisfaction and said, "General Ma is really my right arm! You are the expert in commanding operations. It's up to you to decide what to do! I believe that you will tie my brother to me again! Is that right? "

"Yes, I will do my best to live up to the prince's trust." General Ma clasped his hands, bowed to Prince Tang Feng, and answered in a loud voice.

Apart from their two princes and ministers, at this moment, after more than 100 boats constantly collide, the left fleet led by Prince Tang Feng and the right fleet of sunset Kingdom have been cut off from the middle of the formation by the sea people's "tactics of rowing"!

After a warship is pierced, anchored and ignited by many boats, other boats will find a way to bypass the warship and attack other warships. However, the warships attacked by boats can not move at all and can only stay in place. Thus, with the deepening of boat attack, more and more warships are "dead" under small boats, A "blockade line" composed of burning warships has been completed!

However, even in the face of such a passive situation, the morale of Prince Tang Feng and the fleet of sunset Kingdom has not been substantially affected, because General Ma seems to have "seen through" Cao Hong's "tactics" and made corresponding arrangements. Therefore, the left and right three fleets took action immediately after the Hai nationality's boats finally attacked, The warships of the rear army quickly moved forward, and those who took the ladder took the ladder, and those who threw the rope started to help the soldiers on the burning ships escape. The former army also stopped pursuing according to the command of General Ma. The ships closer to the center even turned the bow to help the rear army rescue the soldiers on the burning ships... Everything was in good order.

Cao Hong, who was on the flagship of Haizu, turned his mouth slightly and said to himself: "General Ma, you have taken relatively conservative measures as I expected... But you would never have thought that this is also in Cao Hong's mind!"

With that, Cao Hong said to the messenger standing beside him, "pass on my general! All warships continue to fire shells at the front of the two armies, and I will build a water wall in front of the enemy! Then... "

The small flag of the herald waved to inform the ships of Cao Hong's tactical arrangement. The ships of the sea clan did not hesitate to fire together! For a moment, in front of Prince Tangfeng and the sunset Kingdom fleet, water columns were blown up, just like when the boat just went to war, forming a water wall, so that Prince Tangfeng could not see the specific situation of the sea people on their side.

"What's the situation?" Cao Hong's move made Prince Tang Feng feel worried and said: "why did the Hai people shoot a water wall with shells?"

General Ma simply thought about it and said, "don't worry, your highness. According to my estimation, Cao Hong's move may be to confuse us, so that we can't see their escape direction clearly... However, his smart move has no influence on us at all! Because we have determined their escape route! Even if they block our sight with water wall, they can't escape our pursuit! "

After hearing this, Prince Tang Feng sighed: "I hope... We can't make any more mistakes! General Ma, you should understand that if you really let my brother escape back to Tongtian Empire, we will be completely finished! "

Before Prince Tang Feng finished his words, he heard the soldiers on the watchtower shouting with panic: "my royal highness, General Ma, after the water wall fell in front of me, the warships of the sea clan suddenly appeared, and their warships were even closer to our former army!"

"What?" Prince Tang Feng and General Ma were surprised at the same time. General Ma asked the soldier in a hurry: "didn't the sea people's fleet make use of the time when we stopped to escape? What does it mean to be closer to our former army? "

The voice of the soldier's voice was slightly trembling: "general Hui, I mean... The fleet of the sea people not only didn't escape, but also... Turned the bow of the ship and rushed to our front army with great speed..."

General Ma couldn't help shaking all over, so he called to the soldier quickly: "hurry up! I will order all the warships of the former army to turn their guns and shoot at the fleet of the sea people! Shooting! We must not let the Hai people... "

Before General Ma finished speaking, he heard "Tongtong..." a series of guns rang out, and the Navy warships who rushed to them actually fired first!

Before, the two armies were relatively far away. Although they also bombarded each other with cannons, the accuracy was relatively low, and the losses of both sides were not serious. However, this time, it was different! First of all, under the cover of the water wall, the fleet of the sea clan has successfully shortened the distance between themselves and the enemy. Second, the fleet of Prince Tang Feng and the sunset kingdom is now in a static state!

This also means that they have become the living targets of the sea fleet