Life in Film and Television: Starting from the Jinshui Bridge

Chapter 323 Taking the initiative to fight for time

From the binoculars, the Dutch fleet was dimly seen and began to evacuate.

Without even thinking about it, Shang Kexi was about to give the order to pursue, but was stopped by Liu Meng raising his hand.

Shang Kexi looked at Liu Meng suspiciously, and opened his mouth to ask, but was startled by Liu Meng's words and broke into a cold sweat. Liu Meng said firmly:
"No, the Dutch have the wrong number of warships and the wrong direction of sailing!"

Shang Kexi, who is proficient in naval battles, immediately understood the key points when he heard the words.

Needless to say?The advantage of the Phi Island battleship is its fast speed and long range of artillery.

Then, if the opponent takes advantage of the opportunity to evacuate, and arranges a pocket array to surround the [-] warships of his own side, he will really be swarmed by the opponent to turn defeat into victory.

Even if one's own side can break out of the encirclement with the speed of the ship, it will suffer huge losses, and will eventually be hit by the Dutch to the coast of Shuangdao, burning the flames of war to its rear.

Fortunately, Shang Kexi is also a person with rich experience in naval warfare, and there are still ways to deal with this kind of tactics.

Don't forget, this is above the sea, so the so-called ambush does not exist at all.

The Dutch did this only by taking advantage of the darkness before dawn and their own poor vision to achieve it.

And wait until the sky is brighter, and then catch up, so you won't be afraid that the opponent will surround you.

Wei Malang stood on the ship tower and waited for a full half an hour until the sky turned pale. He didn't see the thirty warships chasing after him, so he knew that his pocket formation hadn't worked.

Sighing helplessly, Wei Malang decisively gave the order to retreat immediately.

Shang Kexi also gave the order to pursue at dawn, but instead of pursuing from the front, he first pursued the battleship group that was behind the main force on the left, and was ready to attack each of them, without giving the opponent a chance to encircle.

In front of Liu Meng's fleet, on the sea ten miles away, there were 35 warships on each side, but Wei Malang's remaining [-] main battleships protruded forward in the middle.

If you look at it from a person who is proficient in ancient formations, this is obviously an upside-down crane wing formation, but it is not used for offense, but for defense and counterattack.

It's a pity that Liu Meng's fleet attacked all the way. Before the left and right wings surrounded it, it could take a big bite from the left and then retreat calmly.

This is also the reason why Wei Malang retreated decisively when he saw that Liu Meng was not fooled.

It's a pity that Wei Malang's fleet, which obviously retreated first, watched Liu Meng's fleet helplessly. It took only three hours to catch up with the battleship group on the left.

The next moment, Liu Meng's fleet had approached within four miles, and amidst the 'roar' of the naval guns, the two sides had already begun to exchange fire.

However, Liu Meng's side was able to hit Wei Malang's fleet, but Wei Malang's fleet could only shoot shells into the sea.

Seeing this scene through the binoculars, Wei Malang hesitated, should all the warships gather together according to the plan, or should they take the opportunity to evacuate?

He knew one thing very well, that is, with the speed of his own warship, if Liu Meng's side took the opportunity to withdraw from the encirclement, his side would never be able to catch up.

But if these [-] warships were abandoned, it would be delayed for at least ten hours.

Although there are only thirty warships, it is really not easy for Liu Meng's side to quickly destroy thirty warships that are determined to dodge and escape.

The adjutant standing beside Wei Malang looked at Wei Malang with a pale face. To be honest, he was extremely scared.

As the Dutch navy, he is certainly not afraid of death, but he is unwilling to die like this without any power to fight back.

There is no way, the range and speed are far behind the opponent, how to fight?It's amazing if you can beat it!

This is like, one party is holding an advanced long-barreled musket, while one's own side only has a short gun, and is killed by the opponent before rushing to the front!
At this time, Wei Malang finally made a decision, he decided to take a gamble.

He knew in his heart that if he lost another [-] warships, even if he went back, he wouldn't have a good time, and at the very least, he would spend his life in prison.

The proposal to attack Phi Island was submitted by him himself, and if he loses the battle, someone will take the blame;

Although this matter was agreed to by His Majesty and the Parliament abroad, it is impossible for them to come out and take responsibility, so only I, the initiator, came.

He didn't want to spend the rest of his life in prison, so he had to gamble once, even if he died in battle, it would be more honorable than being held in prison.

After all, Liu Meng's fleet has already chased to the sea area on the left. As long as the warships on the left can drag it, maybe they can surround Liu Meng's [-] warships and completely eat them.

After thinking about this, Wei Malang decisively issued an order:

"All warships immediately encircled Liu Meng's fleet before all thirty warships were destroyed, and wiped out the opponent's fleet in one fell swoop!"

Hearing Wei Malang's order, the adjutant's face turned bitter, but he saluted and accepted the order helplessly.

The order was quickly conveyed to the remaining 65 warships, and also to the Dutch warship on the left that was entangled with Liu Meng's warship.

With the sound of the horn, all the Dutch warships moved into action, drawing an arc on the sea, turning their bows one after another to surround Liu Meng's fleet.

Liu Meng naturally saw this scene through the telescope.

At this time, he was also thinking in his mind:

It is to preserve strength, slowly erode the Dutch fleet, and even let the Dutch escape most of the warships, give the Dutch a chance to make a comeback, and then trouble yourself?
Still, try to sacrifice some losses, hold back all the Dutch warships, and strive to destroy most or even all of the Dutch warships, so that the Dutch lose their power to dominate the ocean, once and for all!
Shang Kexi was commanding the battleship, dividing and diverting the enemy's battleship, while observing Liu Meng's expression.

According to his thinking, there is no loss in a war. Regardless of the fact that the Dutch have a large number of ships, they may not be able to fight against their own thirty warships.

The next moment, Liu Meng made a decision:

In order to save the trouble of tug-of-war with the Dutch in the sea in the future, it is better to wipe out most of the strength of the Dutch right here.

Thinking of this, Liu Meng looked at Shang Kexi and said solemnly:
"It's gratifying, destroy most of the Dutch warships at any cost! Come and command this naval battle!"

Hearing Liu Meng's words, Shang Kexi's spirit was restored, and he immediately agreed excitedly, 'Yes! '

Turning around, he began to give orders.

First of all, from the thirty battleships, the ten battleships of Zhenzihao were separated;

Every five warships faced the Dutch warships in the center and right, and tried to delay and block their encirclement actions, so that the main battleships had enough time to completely eat the thirty warships on the left before being surrounded by the opponent.

Go back and eat the Dutch battleship group in the middle and right.

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