Chapter 198： Meet the navy

At the end of April, the main force of Wu Jun arrived at Hukou.

The army has established a large camp at Hukou, but the navy at the mouth of the Yangtze River was attacked by the navy of the Qing court.

A total of more than one hundred large ships and some small boats carrying flammable materials were invaded by the Qing court and rushed down the river towards the Wu Yi navy who had just arrived at the mouth of Panyang Lake.

When navy forces engage in battle, the fleets that occupy the upper reaches are generally able to have some advantages.

The Qing court also had more troops than Wu Yishui army, approaching tens of thousands. However, Wu Yi's navy has only more than 6,000 men, and the number of ships is not as good as that of the opponent.

Coupled with the fact that the Qing court still attacked, Wu Jun was not prepared enough and hurriedly challenged.

As soon as the two parties contacted, Wu Yi secretly said a bad sound. Their navy is not like an army, which can give a place a crushing advantage.

Now encountering a sneak attack, the fleet is very dangerous.

"Order the fleet to disperse and set up a long snake formation."

Wu Yi ordered the fleet to disperse immediately, and at the same time ordered the firing of guns to target those fire ships.

Those small boats with flammable materials are fire boats specially used for fire attacks. When they are close to the opponent's fleet, setting them ablaze can cause great trouble to the downstream fleet.

The main reason is to create chaos. Once the army has to fight the fire on the one hand and meet the enemy on the other, the soldiers will be under a lot of psychological pressure and will be easily defeated.

That was how Zhou Yu's navy dealt with Cao Cao in the Battle of Chibi, and achieved great results. At the beginning, Zhou Yu's fleet was still downstream, and there was no condition to use the fire attack, but the northwest wind blew that day, allowing the fire boat to rush into Cao Jun's fleet smoothly.

Now, Wu Yi doesn't have the luck of Zhou Yu, and the northwest wind is not blowing, so the fire boats have rushed towards them along with the river current.

Fortunately, their fleets were not tied together, and they could disperse and avoid these fire boats through artificial manipulation.

However, after nearly a hundred big boats were laid down on the huge river surface, the river surface did not appear to be very spacious.

Therefore, it is unrealistic to avoid those fire ships completely. There are always some ships that will not be able to dodge for some reason.

Wu Yi was also helpless to bombard those fire boats with a cannon, better than nothing.

If it can be hit successfully, sinking the fireboat can relieve the threat. However, with the current artillery accuracy, it is not easy to hit those boats on the surface of the river. You can only try your luck.

After several rounds of fire, Wu Yi decisively ordered the guns to be aimed at the big ships of the Qing court, and he was ready to fight the Qing army.

Instead of continuing to bomb the fire ships, it is better to bomb the soldiers on the enemy ships.

At this time, there is no escape. The fire ships are faster than their heavy and heavy ships. Moreover, Wu Jun did not have a tradition of escape. If their navy started to do so, I am afraid that the army would still not know how to laugh at them.

The Wu army has always relied on the army for fighting, and their navy has little sense of existence.

Now they finally have a chance to perform. If they choose to escape, then Wu Yi will have no face to ask Wu Changqing for military expenses to expand the navy.

"Order the ministries to fetch water and prepare to put out the fire."

Looking at the dozens of fire ships rushing over, Wu Yi continued to give orders.

Although it is on the surface of the river, it is not easy to get water. The decks of those lucky boats are very far from the surface of the river. You can only use buckets to get water each time, and the boats lack water storage tools.

The fireboat arrived in front of Wu Jun, some fireboats passed through the gap, and Wu Jun's big ship successfully avoided. However, due to the large number of fire boats, several of them successfully crashed into Wu Jun's big boat.

The wooden sailboat, the whole ship is flammable. Soon, the fire spread to the big ships of Wu Jun, causing great chaos to the soldiers on these ships.

Those soldiers hurriedly fetched water to put out the fire, and the soldiers with good water quality went directly into the water, trying to sink the opponent's fireboat.

And when Wu Jun was in chaos, Azali's navy had already rushed over. They wanted to take advantage of Wu Jun's chaos to beat Wu Jun by surprise, leaving Wu Jun in a dilemma of fighting the enemy and fighting fire.

Azali thought very well, but the reality is a bit cruel.

As soon as the fleet approached Wu Jun, the ships of Wu Jun that were not affected by the fire attacked, and the soldiers above started shooting.

In order for the Qing army to bring more soldiers to increase its combat power, each ship was equipped with a large number of soldiers. The soldiers were crowded on the deck, and the density far exceeded that of the army formation on land.

Such a dense formation is simply a living target for Wu Jun's firearms team.

As long as you don't hit the bullet into the sky or water, you can easily hit the Qing army.

Azali did not have rich experience in water warfare, and the command was carried out in accordance with the tactics in the military book. Each ship was equipped with as many soldiers as possible in order to gain the advantage of troops in the next battle.

Unfortunately, this approach has caused him to suffer heavy losses now.

A barrage flew over, and the soldiers standing in front fell directly into a large row. That kind of scene was terrifying.

"Shield, bring the shield to the front."

The commander hurriedly yelled, but the naval forces have always focused on flexibility and lightness in combat, and they rarely wear shields, let alone the half-high shields.

After shouting a few times, the Qing army gathered only a few small round shields, the kind of shields about the size of a pot cover, and they couldn't cover people at all. Moreover, these are still wooden shields, and they can't stop bullets at all.

However, no matter how many soldiers of the Qing army are, they have put their shields in front of them, asking for a psychological comfort.

In addition to the ravages of bullets, ships with bad luck will also be shelled.

That kind of howitzer exploded on the ship, directly flying a large area.

This situation, which can only be passively beaten, caused a great blow to the morale of the Qing army.

"Accelerate and engage in a battle."

Azali also knew that if he wanted to obliterate Wu Jun's superiority, he only had to get close and then engage in a battle.

However, this section of the road forward is destined to suffer great losses.

As long as it can prevent Wu Jun from crossing the river, it's worth even lighting up this navy.

Therefore, Azari didn't care about the life and death of the soldiers, and shouted to speed up.

The distance between the two armies is actually not too far, just over one hundred meters.

However, it was more than one hundred meters, but the deck of the Qing army ship was stained red with blood.

In the few rounds of shooting by the Wu Jun just now, several large ships that the Qing army rushed in front were blood washed. The soldiers on many ships had been reduced by 10%, and some ships had been reduced by 20%.

One-fifth of the people died before they were contacted. With such a terrible loss rate, there is no morale for the remaining soldiers.

The legs of some soldiers have begun to tremble, and the weapons in their hands are a little unstable.

Some soldiers are already looking at them, wanting to find a chance to jump into the water.

The river surface here is only three or four miles long, and some soldiers with good water can swim to the shore.

This kind of war is too tragic, and there are too few people who can withstand the psychological pressure.

The reason why the Qing army has not collapsed is mainly relying on the officers to maintain discipline.

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