After a loud sound of landslides and ground cracking, the water level in the Jinjiang River section where the Mongolian fleet was parked suddenly dropped and then suddenly rose, and a huge water column shot straight into the air dozens of meters high. After the water column and smoke, the Pili Army's self-destructed ship had no wood left, and the ships within twenty meters of the explosion point also turned into driftwood on the water. All ships within 100 meters of the explosion point were seriously damaged, and many even capsized and disintegrated. Shi Mo's ship also became torn into pieces. Fortunately, thanks to the protection of the steel cockpit, he only vomited a few mouthfuls of blood under the shock wave. The navy officers and soldiers who were on the same ship with him were not so lucky. The people outside the armored cabin all died of severe internal organ shock injuries.
At this moment, Huang Dagen and Le Quan'an were standing on the highest watchtower in Pengshan City. In the telescope, the results of the blasting ship were clearly visible. In this explosion, the Mongolian fleet lost fifty ships, most of which were large ships. This time Shi Mojianzhi led his army south, using a standard marching formation: more than ten scout ships at the forefront, followed by light warships, and in the middle were the main warships and Shi Mojianzhi's seats. ships, followed by baggage transport ships, and at the end are more than ten broken light warships. The blasting ship rushed into the center of the Mongolian fleet and basically destroyed the main Mongolian warships, including several artillery warships. At this moment, Shi Mo's heart was bleeding. Liu Heima and he had spent a lot of money to save these ships.
Taking advantage of the chaos after the explosion, the water village gate of Pengshan City slowly opened, and dozens of Pili Army ships filed out and rushed straight towards the Mongolian army fleet. Shi Mo pressed without wiping the blood off his chest and quickly ordered the ships to move from the front to the back and retreat upstream. The Mongolian army's baggage transport ships were originally in the rear team, but now they were in the front team. They could not move faster at all. In addition, the Jinjiang River was narrow, and the warships behind were eager to escape, and for a while they blocked this section of the river. Shi Mojian was an experienced man. He knew that the Mongolian fleet would not be able to retreat today, so he had no choice but to order the heavy transport ships to dock at the shore and let the faster ships go first. It took more than a dozen generals and soldiers under his command to stop the chaos.
The Mongolian army fled desperately, and the Perak army desperately chased, and the distance between them was slowly shrinking. However, the distance between the two fleets was originally three or four miles, and Shi Mojian only left many warships to block the attack, and the Perak army was unable to catch up for a while. The warships dispatched by the Perak Navy this time had both sails and oarsmen, and were much faster than ordinary warships. This type of ship not only has many sailors, but also carries light artillery. It is specially used for assault and pursuit of escaping enemies. It is nicknamed "Water Qingqi". Among the Mongolian army, only the scout ship can match its speed. Therefore, after chasing for about an hour, the distance between the two fleets has been greatly shortened, and the Mongolian rear team is already within the range of the Perak Army's artillery.
The Perak Army did not pay attention to the baggage transport ships docked nearby, because these ships were already out of their pockets, and also because the Mongolian sailors on the ships had completely escaped, and there was no longer any threat to the Perak Army ships. According to the orders of the staff, the remaining warships of the Mongolian army are the targets of the Pili army. At that moment, the light cavalry on the water chased the Mongolian warships, and when they encountered resistance, they were violently bombarded. Although light artillery paired with shotgun shells cannot cause damage to ships, its rapid rate of fire and wide spread can cause huge casualties to Mongolian soldiers. Based on a cannon containing hundreds of soybean-sized shotguns, a water cavalry can fire four to five hundred rounds of shotguns in a single salvo, rendering several Mongolian ships incapable of combat effectiveness.
The only trouble is the Mongolian army's fire warship. The improved range of the Mongolian military warships has been greatly improved, and the fire dragon it spits out is more than 20 meters long, which forced the Perak Army warships to stop and concentrate fire on them. It is said that the firepower of dozens of light ships firing at the same time was extremely terrifying, and the dozen or so fire war ships were beaten into sieves in one round. In order to protect against the artillery of the Perak Army, these fire warships of the Mongolian Army were also equipped with iron armor. However, due to cost and weight reasons, only a few parts such as the oil storage tanks and rudders had iron armor. Although the flying shotguns could not damage these important parts, they killed all the sailors on the fire war ship and became trophies drifting with the water.
Some of the Mongolian ships that were overtaken were forced to surrender, while others abandoned their ships and fled to land. A few people resisted and were killed by shotguns and grenades. The Pili Army showed no mercy to these people. After chasing for half a day, more than 200 Mongolian ships heading south this time were destroyed and injured, and more than 90 were captured. Only about 20 scout ships and several light warships were captured due to their high speed. , Fortunately, Shi Mojian only escaped back to Chengdu. This time the Mongolian army suffered heavy casualties. Among the 1,500 sailors of the navy, more than 400 were killed or wounded, more than 500 were captured, and only more than 300 escaped. A destroyed ship can be rebuilt, but experienced sailors need long-term training. As for food equipment, kerosene, gunpowder and other supplies, they all fell into the hands of the Perak Army.
The top brass of the Perak Army were extremely satisfied with the outcome of the battle, but the naval brigade personnel, including Le Quan'an, were not satisfied. Ouyang Xuan and others mainly look at the problem from a strategic level. Before this battle, one of the three battalions of the navy brigade was pinned down in the Jinma River section between Guankou Village and Xinjin City to prevent the secret agent Huoli from taking the opportunity to cross the river. The other battalion stayed in Pengshan City and could only be sent One battalion headed for Jiading. It was too difficult for this battalion to capture Meizhou and disperse the enemy navy besieging Jiading. This time the Mongolian navy in Chengdu was severely damaged. Not only the naval camp stationed in Pengshan could go south, but some naval forces could even be transferred from the Jinma River section. The main force of the navy brigade marched south to Jiading. Not only could they easily capture Meizhou, they could even completely wipe out Liu Dal'er's navy in Jiading. In Ouyang Xuan's view, the actual significance of this battle goes beyond that. After completely crippling the Sichuan Army and Navy, it also laid the foundation for the Perak Army to seize Chengdu and even the entire Western Sichuan Plain in the next step. He has asked the staff to start formulating a battle plan in this area.
Navy brigade personnel such as Le Quan'an mainly consider the problem from a tactical level. They believed that this time they had the advantages of time, location, and people, but they failed to completely annihilate the Mongolian navy, especially when Shi Mojian only escaped. It was a pity. In their view, the Mongolian navy was far inferior to the Perak Army in terms of ship quality, personnel quality, and weapons and equipment, especially when the Mongolian fleet was suddenly attacked by a blasting ship and the formation was seriously disrupted. In the past, the naval brigade would have been satisfied with this battle and even proud of it, but the letter Yu Zhu sent back from Liuqiu let them know that there are mountains beyond the mountains and there is a sky beyond the sky.
Yu Zhu wrote in a letter stating that the current strength of the naval fleet of Liuqiu Company is not only incomparable to the naval force of the Coastal Construction Department of the government, but also cannot compare with the strength of Pu Shougeng and other large merchants, and even cannot compare with the great pirates of Japan and Korea. , whose strength is only similar to that of Shandong's Han army prince Li Fen and others, and belongs to the third and fourth ranks. According to Yu Zhu, if the navy of the Coastal Construction Department is an elite warrior, Pu Shougeng's strength is that of an ordinary soldier, and the big pirates of Japan and Goryeo are minzhuang, Liuqiu's navy can only be called half-sized. son. You must know that the Liuqiu Navy was established on the basis of the Liao Nilu Battalion, the most elite navy brigade. It also bought many giant ships and recruited many experienced sailors. Its strength has far exceeded that of the Western Sichuan Navy Brigade.
In Yu Zhu's words, the Mongolian navy in western Sichuan can only be called babies. Now Zhan Baobao cannot win completely, which gives Le Quan'an and the navy brigade a serious sense of crisis.
