Chapter 1111: Destroy the Enemy and Pursue
Dale led his army away, and while the Dongjiang army was busy besieging Cook, he was not happy to think of attacking Korea. In this way, the DPRK will certainly be able to be caught off guard.
Moreover, Dahler also considered that his own strength was not the opponent of the Dongjiang Army at all, and the arrows that relied on the battle had no effect on the hot air balloons of the Dongjiang Army. Knowing that he was not the opponent of the Dongjiang Army, Dahler wisely chose to seize the Korean state, and then use the Korean state to confront the Dongjiang army.
The Dongjiang Army could not be defeated at sea, but if there were Korean forces to confront the Dongjiang Army, it would obviously have a lot of certainty of victory. In the worst case, Dahler also expected to be able to fight a draw with the Dongjiang Army.
Darle led his army away, and Cook expected it, and in such a situation, Cook was already distraught. The consequence of an impulse is most likely to be to die in this foreign sea.
Every time he thought of this, Cook wanted to kill himself with a knife, but every time he raised the knife, he felt unwilling to die like this. Suffering endlessly, Cook felt like he was going crazy, but there was nothing he could do to solve the situation in front of him.
Maybe if they surrendered, they might have survived, but that was only for his men. As for Cook himself, as the head coach, he must not have any chance of surviving. Therefore, Cook has long since cut off the idea of surrender and no longer uses it.
On the command ship of the Dongjiang Army, Mao Wenlong's brows were deeply locked, and the battle had been fought for almost two hours. But at this moment, the other half of the enemy army still did not come to the rescue, Mao Wenlong had a bad premonition, he had a premonition that the other half of the enemy army was very likely to escape. The hot air balloon sent out to inquire about the situation has not yet arrived, and Mao Wenlong's heart is more and more uneasy.
There was a rush of footsteps behind him, Mao Wenlong turned his head when he heard the sound, and found that it was Adou, who had disappeared for a while, coming: "How is the situation?" ”
Adou bowed his hand and said: "Chief soldier, the hot air balloon that went to investigate has received news that the enemy troops who have not yet participated in the battle have disappeared. Hot air balloons are currently looking for their tracks, and will report them as soon as there is news. ”
Mao Wenlong sighed lightly when he heard this: "If that's the case, then there is no need to keep these damn Yiren bait." ”
Adou was stunned for a moment, and asked uncertainly: "Is the general soldier's intention to launch a final attack on the enemy?" ”
Mao Wenlong nodded and said, "Yes, and be fast, don't depity gunpowder and fierce fire oil." Tell Haoda that within an hour, he must destroy all these surrounded enemy warships. ”
Adou arched his hand and said, "Chief soldier, isn't this too wasteful." Anyway, those warships of the Yiren coalition are also very good. Why don't we persuade them to surrender and then incorporate their warships into our army? ”
After Mao Wenlong knew about it, he shook his head and vetoed: "This method is not feasible, there is a famous saying on the battlefield since ancient times, the poor do not chase it." If we push these allied forces to the point where there is no hope of survival, then it will inevitably provoke their frantic suicidal resistance. In this way, we will inevitably pay a big price. ”
"Also, although it is a pity that the enemy's warships were destroyed, they are not at all comparable to our warships. Therefore, this is absolutely not feasible! Mao Wenlong categorically vetoed Adou's greed.
A steam engine battleship of the Dongjiang Army can completely withstand several enemy warships, if it is because of greed to seize those ordinary warships, the steam engine battleship will be damaged. In this way, the gains outweigh the losses, and when Mao Wenlong said this, Adou immediately understood.
After Adou understood, he didn't say much, and immediately conveyed Mao Wenlong's order. Soon, the offensive of the Dongjiang Army began to become frenzied.
Cook, who was thinking of a way to get out, suddenly saw the crazy attack of the Dongjiang Army, and he immediately realized that something was wrong. It was only at this moment that he finally suddenly understood why the Dongjiang Army had deliberately not swallowed them all at once. It turned out that everything was just to attract Dahler to their arrival.
The frenzied attack at this moment showed that the Dongjiang Army had already known that Dahler would not come to the rescue, so their bait was useless. Cook, who figured this out, suddenly spun around.
"Boom ......"
A violent explosion exploded beside him, followed by flames several meters high, easily igniting the sails of the battleship.
"Boom ......"
There were several explosions in succession, and Cook didn't have time to escape, and he and his men who were close to him were swallowed up in the flames.
There were no screams, and some were muffled by the sound of intense explosions. The flames that burned everywhere on the warship ignited the gunpowder piled up on the warship as soon as possible. After that, in the continuous explosion waves, Cook and his command ship were directly blown to pieces and slowly sank into the sea.
No one paid attention to the many sinking command ships, because it was the hot air balloon floating high in the air that attacked. In order to protect the steam engine battleship to the greatest extent, Mao Wenlong directly asked Haoda to lead the hot air balloon attack. The steam engine warships surrounded all the enemy forces, and anyone who dared to approach the Dongjiang warships was greeted by fierce artillery fire.
Haoda's heart was full at this moment, and the resentment that had been generated by the enemy's calculations finally radiated at this moment. Looking at the location of the enemy warships below, it was completely covered in flames. A triumphant smile finally appeared on Haoda's face.
In the end, not a single enemy ship survived, and all of them were killed in the flames. Mao Wenlong carefully looked at the battlefield and made sure that the enemy army was completely annihilated before ordering the fleet to set off to the east.
Haoda soon returned to Mao Wenlong's side, and he didn't understand why Mao Wenlong continued to sail east. Just after this big battle, all the fierce fire oil and gunpowder jars on the hot air balloon have been thrown, and they should be replenished at this time!
"Commander-in-chief, aren't we going to Nagasaki in the Wa Kingdom first? There we can get supplies to replenish it, and now that there is a shortage of supplies, is it not appropriate to pursue the enemy army? "Haoda was a little worried.
"It's easier said than done to chase down the enemy, but in the middle of the ocean, it's hard to find the enemy who has already fled. It's just a matter of luck to chase after us now, and if we find something, it's naturally the best, and if we don't find it, we won't be delayed in going back to replenish supplies. Mao Wenlong explained lightly.
Haoda nodded and clenched his fists before stepping aside, and at this time, Adou was coming quickly, with a smile on his face, obviously there was good news; "Chief soldier, I have found traces of enemy troops!"