Volume 3 Chapter 417 The Opening Battle (3)
Although Hassan sent reinforcements with the existing fleet at hand, he was also as big as a fighter at the moment. According to the news sent back by the fortress on the south bank, Hassan Keyin learned that there are more than 100 Han warships that are now cooperating with the land base to attack several fortresses, and Hassan Keyin has directly fought with Lu Ren's navy in Kaliheit before, so it is clear that Lu Ren's naval ships are more than these, that is to say, there are at least about 200 warships on Lu Ren's side that have not yet appeared, and it is not good that they are waiting for the appearance of Hassan Keyin's sea reinforcements to surround the point and send reinforcements, so most of the fleets sent by Hassan Keyin will not return.
But there is no way, this reinforcement must be sent, even if it is just for a show, dangling and showing his face at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz. So Hassan sent a secret letter to the commander of the fleet, and there was only one order in the secret letter, that is, the commander should withdraw as soon as he realized that the situation was wrong, and not to fight hard when he was full, but he ended up there. And if there is something to do, the fleet on Lu Ren's side will be led to the land-based artillery circle on the north shore, so that they can give full play to some of their advantages.
The current commander of the Rest fleet was also aware of this order from Hassankein, because he was one of the few rest generals who fled from Kalihein with Hassan Keyin at that time, which means that he was also more aware of the strength of the Luren navy. Then again, it was precisely because this guy was one of the few generals who fled with Hassan Keyin at that time that Hassan Keyin gave this guy the position of fleet commander, because such a guy would not mess around. And if it was replaced by those guys who had been arguing with Hassan Keyin in the Rest Hall before, God knows if those guys would have messed around without knowing the height of the sky, and as a result, Hassan Keyin, who had a small fleet at hand, and a very important mobile force in sea operations, ended up being here.
It should also be mentioned here that, due to the previous defeat at Kalihet, Hassan Keyin now has less than a hundred combat ships on hand, and the exact number is eighty-four. And seven of the eighty-four ships are currently undergoing major repairs in the dockyard, and they will not be able to enter the battlefield in a short time, so the number of warships that Hassan Ke can actually use is only seventy-seven.
And then these seventy-seven ships, thirty-five escort troop carriers had been transferred by Kass Eli to Parsis, and they couldn't come back for a while, so now that the battle began, Hassan Keyin could only call on forty-two. Forty-two warships of different sizes, if they want to be replaced at another time, it's okay to say, why is it also a fleet with a decent size, but at this time, take it out to fight with Lu Ren's huge fleet? You don't have to look for death like this, do you? What's more, even if the Hassanke ordered the fleet to reinforce the south bank, it would not be possible to send all the forty-two warships, so the actual number of warships transferred to the commander was only a pitiful twenty.
Twenty ships, there are more than 100 known numbers, and the unknown number must be more than 200 fleets, and there is no absolute and overwhelming advantage in the performance of ships, and even some are inferior to the other side, so how can this battle be fought? Twenty to one hundred plus two hundred, unless Lu Ren's head is all small sampans, it's about the same!
Therefore, the commander of the fleet will be particularly aware of Hassankein's secret order, although the fleet went out to sea offshore, but only slowly swallowed the fortress on the south coast, and even the commander himself climbed up to the high lookout, holding his high-powered telescope to look ahead very carefully. As soon as he realizes that the situation is not right, this guy will immediately turn around and retreat according to the secret order given to him by Hassanke.
But how to say it? The southern shore of the Strait of Hormuz is a vertebral sharp angle that protrudes upwards, that is, this sharp angle divides the Persian Gulf into the western bay and the eastern bay, and now Lu Ren's troops are attacking the eastern bay, and there is still some distance from the sharpest corner. In other words, the fleet led by Huang Zhong had not yet crossed a line, and the reinforcements sent by Hassan Keyin had to cross the line on the east side if they wanted to meet Huang Zhong's fleet.
The resieving reinforcement fleet was slow, but it was always moving forward, so it finally crossed that line. The commander of the fleet watched the fleet he led getting farther and farther away from the harbor on the north shore where it departed, but his heart was beating drums one after another. People who can get into this position still have some skills after all, and they won't be incompetent, so at this time, this guy always feels that some kind of danger is coming to him step by step.
As he expected, at this moment, in a certain sea area outside the east bay, the fleet led by Sun Shangxiang was stopping here, waiting for the reinforcement fleet that Hassan Keyin would dispatch. And Sun Shangxiang himself, who was sitting on the guardrail of the ship's command platform at this moment, was shaking his feet a little bored.
After obtaining Lu Ren's consent before, she was sent here by Zhou Yu to prepare for reinforcements. Sun Shangxiang was still a little unhappy about this, because she wanted to attack the fortress on the south bank of the Strait of Hormuz as a storming force, but was later persuaded by Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu clearly told Sun Shangxiang that this time it was a large-scale operation of Lu Ren's army, and if you Sun Shangxiang brought Jiangdong's children to mix in Lu Ren's army, it would be too much inconvenience, so don't cause this trouble. With the current strength of about 5,000 troops and the corresponding number of warships of Sun Shangxiang and the children of Jiangdong, the most suitable position is to intercept the reinforcement fleet that rests for reinforcements.
Sun Shangxiang has always believed in Zhou Yu, so he honestly brought 5,000 Jiangdong disciples to his current position. Her ship was equipped with a telegraph system, so as soon as the battle on the south bank began, Lu Ren immediately sent a telegram to Sun Shangxiang after receiving the news from Gan Ning, asking Sun Shangxiang to prepare for reinforcements, and Sun Shangxiang naturally did so.
It's just that the reinforcement fleet that rested in peace went out to sea with such thoughts, and the road was slow, and the result really made Sun Shangxiang and others upset, so that in the disappointment, he even took off his shoes and let the two barefoot girls dangle around the guardrail. And the children of Jiangdong are already familiar with the temper of their lord Sunda, and it is not strange at this time. Occasionally, a few people who had a little free would go to admire the beautiful feet of Lord Sun Dajun, but they were glared back by Sun Shangxiang's female guards.
There is little gossip, when the lookout on the high platform loudly reported that he had found the reinforcement fleet that was resting, Sun Shangxiang, who was already upset, immediately jumped off the guardrail, and didn't even bother to wear the shoes handed over by the female guards, so he directly ordered loudly on the high platform: "Order the fleet, withdraw ten miles successively!" ”
Some people may say, aren't you Sun Shangxiang upset? So after the appearance of the resting reinforcement fleet, shouldn't it be immediately rushed over to kill and kill? But why did he order the fleet to retreat ten miles?
To put it bluntly, Sun Shangxiang's task is to send reinforcements, and in the plan set by Zhou Yu, Gan Ning and others for Lu Ren, it is a very important part to annihilate all the remaining maritime mobile forces in the aspect of rest, because once all the sea mobile forces in rest are lost, it means that rest will lose all of its maritime strength, and then Lu Ren's navy can do whatever it wants in the coastal areas of rest without hindrance, which is of great significance to Lu Ren's next strategy of resting in peace. In modern terms, this means to control absolute sea dominance.
And the current situation is that it is only a matter of time for Lu Ren's army to take the south shore of the Strait of Hormuz, so for the rest of the reinforcement fleet, there is no need for Sun Shangxiang to simply intercept it to buy time and space for the attacking troops, but to convert it into eating the remaining living force of the rest fleet as much as possible, that is, to completely encircle and send reinforcements, so Sun Shangxiang has to consider how to eat them, not to block their way.
Sun Shangxiang is usually more nervous, but Sun Shangxiang has been here with Lu Ren for so long, and he still learns a lot. Therefore, don't look at Sun Shangxiang's annoyance of waiting before, but in fact, Sun Shangxiang analyzed that the resting fleet is likely to be the kind of mentality that does not dare to respond to the battle in an all-round way from the message that the resting fleet is so slow.
People with such a mentality, as soon as they appear in front of them, if they rush up immediately, the biggest possibility is that these people will immediately turn around and slip away. If you can't catch up here, or if you chase too quickly and end up in the artillery fire circle on the north shore of peace, won't you mess things up by yourself? Especially the latter, Lu Ren and Zhou Yu have repeatedly told Sun Shangxiang to be careful about the land-based artillery fire circle on the north shore. Even if Sun Shangxiang is nervous, she still keeps in mind the words of Lu Ren and Zhou Yu, the two people she respects the most.
Therefore, now Sun Shangxiang ordered the fleet to retreat ten miles, and his intention was nothing more than to let the resting reinforcement fleet come over a little more, and in this way, he could also buy more time and space for his fast warships to go around and block the retreat route of the resting reinforcement fleet.
It is said that on the unobstructed sea, Sun Shangxiang's fleet should have discovered Sun Shangxiang's fleet at the same time as the rest reinforcement fleet, but this involves the tactical level of both sides and related equipment.
The tactical level here refers to the means of reconnaissance on both sides. Of course, it is easy to be spotted when your fleet is parked there, but if there are only a few small ships passing by, it is not easy to be seen. Therefore, the information that Sun Shangxiang's lookout saw was actually the reconnaissance boat in front of it that sent a signal to Sun Shangxiang's fleet after discovering the reincarnation of the reinforcement fleet, and Sun Shangxiang ordered the fleet to retreat ten miles immediately at this time, which naturally departed from the effective field of view of the reincarnation reinforcement fleet. As for the reconnaissance boats, they don't have to worry about them, they have their own means to prevent the reinforcement fleet from being discovered so easily.
And tactical equipment. There was a naval battle at Caliheit before, and Lu Ren, as the victorious side, captured a large amount of related equipment from the navy that rested, and the telescopes equipped with the rest were naturally indispensable. It's just those telescopes, Lu Ren here, but all the better lookouts or captains, captains and the like, can't look at them after trying them.
To put it mildly, although Wan'er is engaged in these things in Anxi, how can the production technology of Anxi, which is similar to "halfway home", be compared with Lu Ren, who has been investing a lot of energy, manpower, and material resources for many years? To put it bluntly, if the standard of the resting telescope is a quadruple mirror, the standard of Lu Ren's head is basically eight times and twelve times, and even sixteen times in some specific circumstances. (PS gossip,The bottle doesn't play chicken.,I didn't buy an account at that time.,TX's is a mobile game again.,The bottle is not a low-headed family.。 )
But don't underestimate the usefulness of this small telescope in the sea and battlefield. Whichever telescope is better can let the other side detect the enemy's movements first, so that they can take the first step to take relevant actions, and then they can win some initiative. This has to be put aside in modern society, and when countries engage in military competition, don't they all attach great importance to the system of seeking the enemy? And radar, satellite monitoring or something, to put it bluntly, isn't it an N-fold upgrade of a telescope?
No longer nonsense, it is precisely because of these advantages that Sun Shangxiang took the first step to discover the rest reinforcement fleet and made relevant actions, but the rest fleet did not know anything about the existence of Sun Shangxiang's fleet, and at this time it was still slowly moving to the war zone outside the east bay. But no matter how slow this reinforcement fleet goes, as long as it is still moving forward and does not turn around and retreat, then it will eventually come to a position that Sun Shangxiang wants.
After receiving the message from the reconnaissance boat again, Sun Shangxiang, who had been waiting for a long time and was upset, and everyone had been pacing dozens or hundreds of laps on the deck of the command platform barefoot, finally breathed a sigh of relief. But because he had waited too long, Sun Shangxiang was extremely dissatisfied and stomped a few times on the deck, and then ordered loudly: "Forward Clipper, attack at full speed!" First give Miss Ben to cut off the retreat of the reinforcement fleet in peace! Miss Ben said today that she couldn't let any of the twenty warships that came out of peace go back!! ”
After shouting these words and changing his tone, Sun Shangxiang jumped to his feet and shouted loudly: "Give Miss Ben another order to each boat, rest this shrunken turtle There are only twenty warships this time, and with the combat effectiveness that our Jiangdong children have now, if we can't even take these twenty resting warships, or even run away by them, it will be a loss of face for our Jiangdong children!" ”
Everyone drank and received the command. For them, many times, their face, or their honor, is much more important than life, so at this time, no one wants to lose this face.
After Sun Shangxiang finished shouting these words, he looked at the energetic Jiangdong disciples, finally nodded with satisfaction, and casually said to the female guards beside him: "Go fetch water!" ”
"Fetch water?"
Sun Shangxiang pointed to her bare feet: "Miss Ben wants to wash her feet!" After a while, do you want Miss Ben to go to war barefoot? ”
The female guard soldier looked at Sun Shangxiang's black feet now, and couldn't help but ......