Become a feudal king from today - #922 - Chapter 934 Strategy

“Hahaha… I want to engage in a boarding battle with us. It’s a beautiful idea.” On the deck, Gong Ying looked at the coalition warships that were left behind and laughed heartily.

In exchange for the loss of six steamships and eight sail warships, he felt particularly refreshed.

“The other side’s naval general must be mad.” Song Xiang looked at the coalition fleet.

In this short naval battle, they were preparing to use their firepower advantage to attack the opponent.

After that, jump out of the opponent’s circle before it closes.

“It’s better to be mad. A general who loses his mind is more likely to make wrong decisions.” Gong Ying said.

After a pause, he said: “But the opponent’s general has two brushes, so he should not lose his sense of proportion. Next, let’s cruise next to their fleet and look for opportunities to sink a few more of his warships.”

Song Xiang nodded after hearing this.

at the same time.

The Formidable flagship, Malfoy was indeed so angry that he almost went crazy.

To him, this naval battle was like a fish being hooked but unhooked when he lifted the rod.

Looking at the Dasong fleet running to the side of the fleet, he wished he could command the fleet to rush over until they were all crushed.

But calming down, he retracted the idea.

Because if you do this, it will definitely become a cat and mouse chase.

The opponent’s twelve sail warships were all towed by steamships, so they might not be able to catch up.

And if they don’t pay attention, the Dasong fleet will inevitably continue to harass the fleet, and their warships will continue to suffer losses.

All in all, they were afraid that they would neither be able to capture Yizhou nor destroy the opponent’s fleet this time.

Thinking of this, he frowned and thought for a while.

After a long time, he made a difficult decision.

Evacuate to Malacca!

Malacca is the only way from the southern region of Dongtu to the sea of ​​Tianzhu.

Here a narrow passage was sandwiched between Stedam-controlled Jakarta and British-controlled Marais.

Currently, a large number of forts have been built on both sides of Malacca, as well as a large number of trench fortifications.

If they conserve their strength, they may be able to block King Yan’s fleet in Malacca.

But in this case, they would have to sacrifice the Luzon of the Francois.

“But Luzon’s sacrifice will be worth it. We need to hold off King Yan’s army, buy time to send more support to the West, and buy time to crack King Yan’s muskets and artillery.” Maful thought secretly.

Immediately, he waved his hand and uttered the word “retreat”.

The order was issued, and the coalition fleet turned around and headed towards the waters east of Luzon.

They will go around Luzon to Malacca.

At the same time, in order to prevent being pursued by King Yan’s army when retreating, it caused more losses.

Malfoy ordered the battleships to disperse and each battleship to retreat independently.

The movements of the Western-Turkish coalition fleet fell into Gong Ying’s eyes. He and Song Xiang looked at each other with expressions of both laughter and laughter.

They thought that the Westerners would continue to struggle with them or attack Yizhou.

But I didn’t expect them to run away like that.

Facing the fleeing Xitu warships, he immediately ordered a pursuit.

Most of the warships of the Western Turks were sail warships and were not towed by steam ships.

The twelve slowest sailing warships suddenly suffered disaster.

After a while of chasing each other, the battleship Dasong caught up with these battleships and sank them.

At this time, the remaining Western-Turk warships had already run far away.

Therefore, Gong Ying ordered the fleet to withdraw to the port of Wanghai City.

“Keep the general and His Highness safe, so that the General does not have to rush back for rescue, and let His Highness feel at ease.” Returning to the office, Gong Ying gave an order to his guards.

In response, the guard left.

At this time, Gong Ying looked at the sea chart on the wall, and a light seemed to shine on his face.

This naval battle gave him a deeper understanding of the battleship Dasong, which was armed to the teeth.

During the Battle of Japan, each of their warships had only three or five rifled guns.

But now all their warships have rifled guns.

The firepower is more than a little stronger than before.

Not to mention the Westerners, even if he faced a battleship of the same level, he would still be frightened.

“No wonder our navy only has 60 sail warships and 60 steamships, so His Highness has nothing to fear from the Western-Turkish coalition fleet.” Gong Ying said with a smile.

Then, he came to the window and looked at the generals talking and laughing in the city.

Although this naval battle was very short, there is no doubt that through this naval battle, he, his generals and soldiers all built up strong self-confidence.

From now on, the ocean will belong to them.

Three days later.

News of the Yizhou naval battle arrived in Yancheng.

At this time, Zhao Xu had just come out of the Military Division.

Glancing at the message sent by Gong Ying, he smiled, then frowned again.

This news is only one day away from the one sent yesterday.

In other words, the crisis in Yizhou was resolved in just one day.

Yesterday, his reply to Gong Ying was to let him contain the Western-Turkish Fleet, wait for other fleets to rush to help, and annihilate the main force of the Western-Turkish Fleet in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, the generals of the Western-Turkish Fleet seemed to be intimidated by Da Song’s warships and chose to retreat.

As a result, the Dasong Navy would have to work hard to find them and annihilate them.

Moreover, since they understand the performance of the Dasong battleship, they are probably more prepared.

This was the reason why he frowned after being happy.

While thinking about it, he returned to the palace.

When he came to the study, he set his sights on the Eastern and Southern Territories.

This time when Zhou Yi went south, it was not that he had not thought about the possibility that the Western Turks would abandon Luzon and attack Yizhou or even Jinghai instead.

But the reason why he agreed to Zhou Yi’s plan was because he firmly believed that the remaining warships could deal with any emergencies.

In fact, this is also true.

Moreover, before Gong Ying fought against the Xitu Fleet.

Small-scale naval battles occurred in the Ryukyu waters and the first-line island chains in the Japanese waters.

The battleships of Dasong beat the shit out of their opponents and fled.

These prove that for battleships, the range and power of cannon are the truth.

“After this battle, the navy of the Western-Turkish coalition must have switched from offense to defense, and will not dare to take any major actions until the next support arrives.” Zhao Xu looked at Luzon and Yajia, as well as the Australian mainland to the east of Yajia, ” But in this case, the sea area east of Malacca belongs to Dasong Navy, and these places will also belong to Dasong.”

After saying that, the corners of his mouth raised.

He believed that the only place the Western Turk Navy could go this time was Malacca.

Because this is the only place where they have the right location and people.

Anywhere else when fighting the Dasong Navy, the coalition fleet would be dead end.

However, Malacca is not impossible to get around.

But the prerequisite for bypassing it is to capture Luzon, Jakarta and Australia and establish supply points.

And there is no point even going around it.

Because it is impossible for him to attack Tianzhu directly.

After all, so many Marines need to eat.

It’s still not possible without a supply point.

Therefore, the strategy for the Eastern and Southern Regions can only be carried out step by step.