The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

The fleet was still moving forward. Ma Wei looked at the burning ships by the river and felt a fire burning in his heart. Although the Jin army's harassment was repelled and most of the ships participating in the battle were lost, the Song army's

A baggage ship caught fire by a fireboat, and other ships inevitably became confused when they were hiding, resulting in two troop transport ships stranded, and several warships and baggage ships collided and damaged. Fortunately, the fired baggage ship captain

He reacted quickly and found that the fire could not be extinguished, he immediately rushed to the shallows and made way for the waterway to avoid the fire from burning the camp, otherwise the losses would be immeasurable.

At this moment, the Jin army was eyeing each other and didn't know when it would launch an attack. The stranded ship could only get out of trouble when the water surged at night, and the damaged transport ship also needed emergency repairs. Therefore, Ma Wei left three warships to guard and beach.

and the damaged transport ship, ordered the brigade to continue moving forward, and after arriving at Heye, he was waiting for them to catch up. As for the fired baggage ship, he had no value for rescue, and after transferring the soldiers on the ship to other ships, he only

Can let it burn and destroy itself.

That night, the Jin people here had already evacuated and left an empty city. The bustling pier in the past was also deserted, with only a few homeless wild dogs wandering. Because the daytime attack made everyone feel scared, the warning setting

It is even more tight. Not only are warship patrols arranged on the river surface, but all ships are also brightly lit, illuminating the port during the day. In order to prevent the Jin army from launching attacks from land, the Leopard Wing Army sent an infantry brigade to arrange them on the shore.

The warning position was set.

"Today's affairs are the shame of our great Song naval army. It actually caused huge losses to the enemy's boats and almost caused a great disaster. I have let down Your Majesty's painstaking efforts and high expectations!" After dinner, the commanders and steps of each formation

The main generals of the cavalry were on the flagship to discuss the matter. Ma Wei said first and sadly. I thought that they had been expeditioning to the Persian Gulf that day, traveling thousands of miles, experiencing countless winds and waves and fierce battles, but they did not suffer such great losses. You can imagine how they felt.

"Master-in-law, don't blame yourself too much. Fighting in the river is no more than the sea. Although our warships are tall and sharp, our operations are limited in the river and cannot exert combat power, especially in narrow waterways and cannot avoid and

To circulate, we are unable to deal with the harassment of the small warships of the Jin Shui Army." Zheng Haiyan, the commander of the Dengzhou Navy, said.

"Yes, our operation is no more than a simple water battle. We have to shoulder the task of escorting landing troops and supplies. We will inevitably lose sight of one thing and be taken advantage of by the enemy." Deputy Commander Tian Yangshen said with emotion.

"Master, I will finally think that our failure lies in our unfamiliarity with the terrain and water conditions, and the Jin army can use the rivers and reeds all over the place to hide their troops. When they launched the raid, they were already very close to us.

Even if our warships can be discovered in time and blocked with artillery fire, often after a round of artillery fire, the enemy has already entered the dead corner of the gun shooting with the advantage of the small speed of the ship, and we have no choice but to do anything about it." The captain of the Deterrence Ship Song Yi was a little

Said helplessly.

"What else can you tell me? You can find out the root of the disease to cure the disease." Ma Wei nodded and encouraged everyone to speak freely. He knew that only by exposing all his weaknesses could he find a responsive countermeasure.

"Master General, the reason why the Jinshui Army has repeatedly targeted our baggage and troop transport ships is precisely because they know that these ships have poor self-defense capabilities, few sailors, and slow speeds, which makes it difficult to avoid them in time. Therefore, they will eventually think that the transport ships should be strengthened.

The team's self-defense ability is to be able to protect themselves." Shi Peng, the commander of the Transportation Ship Detachment, said.

"We can help with this. Today, our soldiers used continuous guns and machine guns to repel the attacks of the Jin army. Some soldiers also said that there were too many people and they could not fire a few shots. Can you consider putting the soldiers on the troop transport ship

Dispersed some onto the baggage ship, can we solve the problem of poor self-defense ability?" said Liu Bao, the general commander of the tiger.

"Well, Liu Zheng has a good idea. Most of the Jin army warships are small boats. The hull is thin and the covering is not strong, and it cannot block machine gun bullets. Even if the bead gun is fired, it can penetrate it, severely damaging the sailors on the ship.

, you can try it." Tian Yang said with his eyes lit up.

"As long as you agree, we have no problem, we can send one additional soldier to each ship and equip two machine guns." Liu Bao stretched out his two fingers and said with a smile.

"Master, what do you think?" Tian Yang looked at Ma Wei and asked.

"If it does not affect the mobilization and combat of the infantry and cavalry, I think I can give it a try, Liu Zheng, you see." Ma Wei pondered for a moment. He was an amphibious combat expert in the Song army and knew that the dispersion of troops would affect the deployment of troops.

But the influence will not be affected, but I will ask for the opinions of Liu Bao and Liu Sheng, the commander of the Leopard Wing Army.

"Yes, our troops are equipped with brigades as units. They are obliged to protect their own things. There will be no difficulties in mobilizing them. The commander will give the order." Liu Sheng said he had no objection.

"Okay, this problem has been solved. Here is how to deal with the Jinshui Army's small boats. They gathered and scattered, and they were flexible and mobile. Our warships could not navigate in shallow water, so they could only watch them escape, otherwise we could only turn them away

They defended it, but could not annihilate it. The waterway ahead was even more tortuous, known as the Eight Bays, and the river network was densely packed. They would definitely not miss the opportunity to ambush them and would not destroy them all the way to the south bank in their hearts!" Ma Wei said.

"Xu Yun, a rebel general, is a figure in the old navy. Now it seems that he has also studied our tactics. It is not easy to trap this old fox!" Zheng Hai thought of his rebellion by his fellow clan.

He said hatefully.

"Yes, this traitor defected to the Jin Kingdom and helped him form a navy army. After being wiped out by us, he regrouped and became enemies with us. Now he has been repeatedly plotted against him. He must kill him to relieve his hatred." Traitors often suffer the most

People hate it. In recent years, under the leadership of Xu Wen, the Jin Shui Army had repeated frictions with the Song army, but it was unable to annihilate it. Song Yi also gritted his teeth.

"You navy soldiers are all fighting big battles, and it is inevitable that they can use their talents to deal with such small shrimps. I recommend a general to you to destroy them." Just when everyone was hated and helpless, they had no words to command the infantry and cavalry army without saying a word.

Deputy Commander and Lianghuai Punishment envoy Wang Gang stood up and pulled someone over and said.

"Wang Zhenfu, this is..." Wang Gang once went to Persia with Ma Wei. The two cooperated tacitly, so he named him and took him as the commander of the land war. He didn't seem to be a joke, but he recommended him not to anyone he recommended.

He met, hesitated and said.

"At the end, Du Feng, the commander of the Guardian Army of Lianghuai Town, met with the commander!" The man stepped forward and said.

"Can your inner navy do it?" Ma Wei immediately thought that the two garrison guarding Jiangnan, except their navy, all under the jurisdiction of the Inner River navy and are independent of their naval commands, so he is not very good at it.

Understand, asked in confusion...

Du Feng looked at the puzzled eyes of everyone, and his heart was filled with helplessness, because their navy was too inconspicuous among the hundreds of thousands of Song troops, and was even regarded as a useless person. Because they did not belong to the commander of the Navy Army, they were organized by the Navy Army.

The Infantry Department and the Ma Junshi were unable to guide their training and combat, so they could only provide food and salary under the Pacification Department, and became an army outside the world that grandma did not love.

Furthermore, the Nei Navy Army has not participated in a war since its establishment, especially the Jiangling Navy Army. It has always been responsible for clearing out the robbers of the river, escorting the grain silver, and investigating the smuggling of the state army in the past. So some court officials

It is recommended to simply dismember it into the state army. It is only because of the emperor's insistence that it can be preserved and treated it as his own son. He has never treated them unfairly in terms of equipment and supply, so the inner navy naturally treats the emperor.

I am grateful, and I train strictly while developing myself and maintaining my combat effectiveness. I hope that one day I can fight for the country.

During this Northern Expedition to Jurchens, the emperor really did not forget them and transferred them from Jiangling to Yingzhou. Originally, Du Feng guessed that His Majesty had asked the inner navy to escort the baggage from the water after attacking the Jin Dynasty, but he did not expect to let them go with him.

The navy went to Liaoyang Prefecture together. Thinking of the opportunity to participate in the war, the Jiangling navy was naturally extremely excited and ready to do a big fight to prove that it was not a so-called role, but a well-known imperial guard.

But the result is just like in the past. The generals did not understand their tactics and tactics, and naturally they did not know how to dispatch and use them. The days at sea also made them lose face because their warships built in order to adapt to the volume of navigation in the inland rivers.

Small, low load, flat bottom of the ship, unable to adapt to the wind and waves when he arrived at the sea, and could not keep up with the marching brigade, so he could only be towed by naval warships behind, so he was ridiculed. Finally, he entered the Liaohe River, thinking of having a place to use it,

Unexpectedly, their poor performance made everyone think that they were useless and only let them serve as auxiliary tasks for delivering messages and receiving personnel. Naturally, they would also be aside to watch the show during combat.

In today's battle, the navy was at a loss in the face of the Jin army's harassment and heavy losses, which made the Jiangling navy see it and anxious, but was unable to fight without orders. Du Feng vaguely felt his chance to stand out.

After arriving, he recommended himself to ask the governor Wang Gang for the battle, asking them to deal with the Jin navy. Wang Gang was surprised and asked in detail, and was very satisfied with Du Feng's combat plan, so he took him to the meeting and was in public.

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"Master, although the warships equipped by the navy are difficult to navigate in the sea, they are very different in the rivers." Du Feng understood that everyone knew very little about him, so he could only introduce the situation first, "Our ship

It is a small boat with a narrow and long hull, shallow draft, and about a meter deep water, and no obstacles to entering and leaving the river. In addition to sails, the boat also has a "oiler" to help travel, which is very fast and easy; and the ship is equipped with

There are five machine guns and one small rapid-fire gun. Although the firepower is not as good as the side gun, it is enough to deal with the small warships of the Jinshui Army..."