Become a feudal king from today - #919 - Chapter 931 Danger or opportunity?

“But if Luzon is rescued, we will only be exposed to the Dasong Navy and face a head-on confrontation, which is quite disadvantageous to us.” said Stanton Rear Admiral Fan Xire.

Major General Fo Langji said hurriedly, “Even so, if Luzon is lost, Dasong will gain a foothold in the southern region of Dongtu, and the muzzle of the gun will be pressed against your heads.”

Luzon is related to Franco’s interests, so he naturally wants to win the support of the coalition forces.

Many generals fell silent upon hearing this.

It’s a real conundrum for them.

Not saving Luzon is a problem, but saving Luzon is also a problem.

Maful held his pipe in his mouth and paced back and forth, glancing at the sea chart from time to time.

After a long time, he made a decision, “We can’t save Luzon, nor can we sit idly by. The Dasong warships heading south this time include thirty steamships and sailing warships. This is at least half, or even more than half, of the Dasong Navy’s strength. ”

During the Battle of Japan, they determined that Dasong had twenty-four steamships and forty-eight sailing warships.

It was now less than a year before the naval battle, and combined with the reconnaissance situation, he judged that the number of warships in the Dasong Navy had expanded again.

“Should we save him or not?” Quevedo’s voice was filled with dissatisfaction.

He is also an admiral, but he is not convinced at all by Mafuor.

If it weren’t for the fact that Britain was the strongest in the East, he would really not want to work with the British.

“Don’t be so anxious, Quevedo.” Mafuor blew out a smoke ring, “The Dasong fleet is heading south to Luzon. We will take the opportunity to seize Yizhou and cut off their retreat. In order to save Yizhou, they must go north to reach At that time, we concentrated all our efforts and set up an ambush circle in the Yizhou waters to wait for them. “

After a pause, he continued, “But in order to prevent all the remaining Dasong navy from rushing to protect Yizhou, we need to send several small teams to make a false shot.”

After that, Mafuor marked three points on the chart.

Surprisingly, there are three places: Jinghai, Qingcheng and Laicheng.

These three places are all the locations of Taisong Shipyard.

Among them, Jinghai drew the largest circle.

“Although I don’t like you very much, you responded very correctly.” Quevedo said.

At the moment, the number of coalition warships clearly exceeds that of the Great Song Navy.

In this way, their warships will be abundant.

It is enough to send twenty ships to Jinghai, five ships to Qingcheng, and five ships to Laicheng.

The other generals also nodded.

Although Colombia is eager to resolve the crisis in Luzon.

But it is obvious that if the Dasong Navy cannot be defeated, this crisis cannot be completely resolved.

Agree on next strategy.

Mafuor assigned tasks to the generals of various countries.

The fleets of Franji, Stein, and Sam were responsible for feigning attacks in three places and holding back some of the Dasong battleships.

The remaining warships went straight to Yizhou.

The next day.

The warships of Franji, Stein and Sam were the first to set off.

Three days later, Malfoy personally led the remaining warships to Yizhou.

“May God bless us.” As the battleship set off, Malfoy crossed himself on his chest.

This time, including Sam’s country, they have 70 steamships and 144 sail warships.

The size of the navy far exceeds that of Dasong’s fleet.

Moreover, they were confident that the sophisticated Xitu Navy was better than the newly established navy of Dasong in terms of training.

It was just because some warships were left to garrison the colonies to deal with emergencies.

This time he only concentrated fifty steamships and one hundred sailing warships.

But even so, these advantages made him believe that this force was enough to destroy the Dasong Fleet.

However, they also have obvious disadvantages.

In the Battle of Japan, the artillery range and power of the Yanwang battleship were superior to them.

Moreover, the artillery also used explosive ammunition.

For them in the West, this also set a precedent for naval warfare.

Therefore, in order to deal with King Yan’s battleship, they also carried explosive bombs this time.

However, since the blooming ammunition cannot withstand high chamber pressure, its range is destined to be inferior to that of the Dasong Fleet.

To solve this problem, we decided to adopt close tactics.

Now, he hopes the tactic will work.

Then, they will be able to completely annihilate King Yan’s fleet in this naval battle.

On the way to Yizhou, they encountered the Franji warship that came to ask for help.

Knowing that the Yan King’s fleet was besieging Manila, Malfoy smiled faintly and simply ordered the Franji warship to join his fleet and head towards Yizhou.

During the voyage, they also encountered a reconnaissance ship from the Dasong Navy.

Malfoy ignored it and continued to rush to Yizhou at full speed.

At this moment, he believed that Franji, Stedam, and Sam had already restrained some of Da Song’s warships.

Even if they were discovered, Yizhou’s Dasong Navy would not be able to notify their warships back in time.

In six days, they arrived at the east of Yizhou.

It is only one day’s sea journey from Yizhou.

At this time, the Dasong Steamship in charge of the investigation rushed back one day in advance and delivered the news to Gong Ying.

Yesterday, Gong Ying sent people to send the news to Yancheng and sent people south to deliver it to Zhou Yi.

At the same time, he dispatched twelve sail warships and twelve steamships stationed in Yizhou to prepare for the enemy.

Mafuor’s deception was successful, and Gong Ying sent eighteen sailing warships and eighteen steamships to deal with the Western-Turkish warships that broke into the island chain.

When he learned that the main force of the Western-Turkish coalition warships was heading towards Yizhou, it was already too late.

“Forty-eight steamships and seventy sail warships, you just want to capture Yiyi Prefecture. It’s simply wishful thinking.” Gong Ying looked at the chart on the wall at Wanghai City Office with a disdainful smile on his face.

According to time calculation, if the target of the Western-Turkish Alliance fleet is Yizhou, it will arrive today.

But he wasn’t worried about it at all.

Because after the Japanese were pacified, Yizhou became the outpost of the Marines heading south.

Except for the Marines stationed in Japan and Ryukyu, all the other Marines are here.

It was impossible for them to capture Yizhou.

Therefore, the only thing to worry about is that the fleet under his command can deal with nearly ten times the number of enemies.

After all, warships are cavalry on the sea.

Even if Yizhou cannot be captured, due to its maneuverability at sea, it can land at any point in Yizhou and cause damage to the coast.

This is what he doesn’t want to see.

“Retreating without a fight is not my style, Gong Ying. Even if I can’t defeat them, I still have to hold them back and wait for other warships to come to my rescue.” Gong Ying slapped the table and made his decision.

The Battle of Japan established the Dasong Navy’s psychological advantage over the Western and Turkish warships.

In front of their cannons, the Xitu warship was as fragile as a piece of paper.

“Hmph, as long as you take the initiative to show up, you lose.” Gong Ying’s eyes narrowed.

The fleet went south to lure out the Western-Turkish fleet.

Although the Western-Turkish Fleet did not go to Luzon, its appearance in Yizhou also exposed the location of their main force.