Seventy Hongdu Port Naval Battle 4
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Gradually, Chen Luosen felt that the sea water temperature was getting higher and higher, making him feel extremely uncomfortable, as if he was in a steamer and was cooked raw. The sea water rushed into his eyes, making him so spicy that he had to close his eyes and move forward.
The sound of the sea water flowing still echoed in Chen Luosen's ears, but he felt a harsh roar in his ears. He felt so uncomfortable that he couldn't help but want to float out of the sea.
But at this moment, the sea was burning with fire everywhere. He knew that once he surfaced, he would be burned to pieces. He could only rely on his own will to complete the task with a determination to die.
However, his body felt hotter and hotter, and it was very difficult to move his lower body, and he couldn't do it if he wanted to continue diving.
The next moment, a wave of heat rushed towards him, causing Chen Luosen to be so terrified that he could not find the north, but the ship that was so close to him began to turn and swept the waves up.
Chen Luosen could no longer bear the suffocation pain, and used his last breath of strength to jump up and floated out of the sea.
"call……"
Chen Luosen, who had just exhaled a breath of turbid air, suddenly felt ache from a pungent smoke. The surrounding temperature had exceeded the limit of the human body's tolerance.
“Ah~~”
He tried hard to open his painful eyes, but what he saw was that he was already in a sea of fire, and the sea surface where he was was boiling with bubbles.
When Chen Luosen saw his naked hands full of shocking blisters, he was so scared that he immediately exclaimed.
At this moment, the future of Annan Kingdom and the ideal of killing all the people in the Central Plains disappeared under the shadow of death, leaving only endless fear and heart-wrenching cry.
Chen Luosen was burned to death on the sea surface, and was buried with him, with hundreds of lives accompanying him. These frogmen ended the mission meaninglessly without even touching the Han warship. With their "belief ideals", they will be buried under this sea forever...
Gan Ziba looked at the wreckage of the twenty clutchs floating on the burning sea, knowing that he had defeated the Annan Navy again and defeated this small country that was ignorant of the sky and earth again.
The powerful industrial power made up for the disadvantages of the Han Dynasty naval soldiers with absolute advantages, and once again declared the arrival of a new era with overwhelming strength.
"Chain the port, don't let the ships of the Central Plains approach! Quick!"
Similarly, when Ruan Wenhe saw a raging fire in the distant sea, he realized that his strategy had failed again, and had to quickly order people to pull up the iron chains that sank into the sea again to block the approaching of the terrifying fleet.
"General, what should we do now?" Li Hong asked Ruan Wenhe with a sad face, "Another twenty warships have been lost. How should we explain to the king?"
Ruan Wenhe took a deep breath, tried to calm down his anxiety, and raised his hand and said, "I will explain to him where the king is. Now you don't leave Hongdu Port for a moment. Be sure not to let the enemy ships enter the port, otherwise we will be too late!"
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In the palace, Ruan Wenhe arrived as quickly as possible to meet Ruan Qingtong, reported in detail to him about the failure of the raid, and suggested that Ruan Qingtong quickly order troops from all over the country to come to Xintan to guard the capital.
When Ruan Qingtong heard the news, he kicked Ruan Wenhe to the ground with anger and cursed: "It's really worse than a waste! The Hongdu Navy lost more than half of it and still couldn't deal with the Central Plains Fleet? How did you lead the troops?"
Ruan Wenhe stood up and crawled at Ruan Qingtong's feet, crying: "The king is not the last general is incompetent, but the strength of the enemy ships in the Central Plains is far beyond imagination.
Their ships could shoot crossbow spears and stones hundreds of steps away. Our navy could not get close to them within fifty steps, let alone fight with them in blood!"
Ruan Qingtong said angrily: "I am the Annan Navy and dominate the countries in the southern land. Even the Tianzhu Navy was killed by our battle.
Now a mere Central Plains fleet that emerged from somewhere actually killed our navy? Ruan Wenhe!
How can you explain to the three million people in Annan when you lose? If the Myanmar Lao people knew that I was defeated by Annan, would they still be willing to attack Zhennan Pass?
In short, no matter what method you use, you must annihilate all the Central Plains naval troops here. My Annan royal family cannot afford to lose this person!"
Ruan Wenhe was speechless. At this time, Ruan Qingtong still cared about face issues. Do you know how crazy the Central Plains fleet was? Once they were allowed to enter Hongdu Port, Xintan would probably become a sea of purgatory fire.
Ruan Qingtong didn't know what Ruan Wenhe was thinking, but just sat back on his own throne and continued: "In short, the act of serving the king in the country is very important. Gu will never allow such a shameful thing to happen. Ruan Wen and you must capture the main general of this Central Plains fleet alive to Gu to meet him and retreat."
Ruan Wenhe wanted to persuade him again, but after facing Ruan Qingtong's resolute look, he had to get up and take his leave.
However, before Ruan Wenhe stepped out of the palace hall, Li Hong ran in with horror. When he saw Ruan Wenhe, he burst into tears and burst into tears: "General! I'm sorry for you!"
"Li Hong? What are you doing?" Ruan Wenhe said in surprise, "Didn't I let you stay in Hongdu Port without leaving?"
Li Hong choked and said, "General, Hongdu Port... is lost..."
Ruan Wenhe's head suddenly turned blank, and even Ruan Qingtong, who was sitting on the throne, showed a look of shock. Other officials whispered and looked at Li Hong with suspicion on his face.
"How could this be? How is this possible!" Ruan Wenhe mentioned Li Hong, "Before I left, I had ordered people to block the port, how could it fall so quickly? Did you not obey the command and take the initiative to fight with the people of the Central Plains? How did I explain to you?"
Li Hong shook his head and said, "General, those Central Plains people know magic. The huge ship sailed near the Hongdu MTR cable, and then several loud noises were made on the ship.
The defenders guarding both sides of the port and the exit were immediately taken to the sea. Then countless small boats rowed to both sides and got off the ship a group of soldiers in iron-clad armor.
Many of them held a stick that would make us fire, and shot all our defenders. Then, dozens of fire-burning iron balls rose from the big ship.
It attacked the navy docked in the port. The iron ball exploded as soon as it touched the ground. The inside was full of tincture, which ignited all our ships. Now the remaining ships in Hongdu Port are afraid... they have all been burned..."
After hearing Li Hong’s story, Ruan Wen and I stood there dumbly for a long time without coming back to their senses. Ruan Qingtong asked, “Don’t there still be five thousand defenders in Hongdu Port? Even if Hongdu Port is lost, the people of the Central Plains cannot occupy the harbor so quickly!”
Li Hong knelt on the king's hall and said to Ruan Qingtong: "Report to the king, I don't know what magic tricks have been used on the ships of the Central Plains. Each of them is equipped with several iron pillars, which will make a loud noise to our shore defenders.
At least three or five people were killed with each loud bang. All the dead were covered with smoked blood holes all over our body. Our defenders were killed in just a quarter of an hour.
The soldiers were afraid of this magic and were so scared that they abandoned the guard and fled. In the future, there were less than 300 officers and soldiers who stood on the shore to resist the people of the Central Plains. Now they are afraid... "
Speaking of this, Li Hong stopped talking, and everyone understood that the meaning of his words was that the more than 300 defenders were also in danger.
Ruan Qingtong thought for a while and said, "Now, we will immediately summon the troops that can be used in the whole city. We must first regain Hongdu Port. Hongdu Port is of great importance and is related to our Annan national destiny. We must not fall into the opponent no matter what!"
Li Hong said: "Report to the king, the two generals Huang Teng and Ruan Yan have been notified in the future. They have led their troops to Hongdu Port."
Ruan Qingtong felt a little relieved. Now he finally understood that what Ruan Wenhe said was true. This army of unknown origin was indeed more difficult to deal with than imagined. He couldn't help but have the idea of summoning troops from all over the country to serve the king.
But he was unwilling to give up, because once he chose the path of serving the king, it would mean that the offensive in Zhennan Pass would have to slow down. Moreover, from time calculations, this army was most likely caused by the envoy sent to the Central Plains to negotiate with the new Han Dynasty king.
Ruan Qingtong didn't expect that the newly ascended Han Dynasty king had such a hot temper. He even ignored the etiquette of starting a war and started a war without saying hello. Aren't he afraid of making things impossible to turn things around?
However, it is too late to think about this now. The most important thing is to solve the current predicament first. Xintan cannot be misunderstood. It is related to the dignity of the royal family, so Hongdu Port must be recaptured at all costs.
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At this moment, Gan Ziba's fleet had successively entered Hongdu Port one after another, and the officers and soldiers on the ship had also landed and began to clean up the battlefield.
In this battle, the warships of Annan Hongdu Navy were wiped out, and the navy officers and soldiers suffered more than 8,000 losses, and they won completely with zero casualties.
Gan Ziba looked at the still burning ship, and his mouth was filled with a despicable smile from time to time.
"Sanbao, it's hard for you. As soon as you joined the army, you asked me to participate in such a war. Are you afraid?" Gan Ziba asked Zheng Sanbao with a smile.
Zheng Sanbao said: "The wolfish ambition of Annan's small country encouraged Myanmar and Laos to repeatedly invade our hometown in Lingnan. It is not hiding the general. My subordinates wish that this disgusting country will disappear immediately!"
"Hahaha..." Gan Ziba laughed with satisfaction, and then said to him meaningfully, "I am very pleased that you have this enlightenment. When the battle situation here stabilizes, I will ask you to find an opportunity to avenge you!"
"I am satisfied with following the general to kill the enemy's subordinates, and I dare not ask for too much." Zheng Sanbao said modestly.
Gan Ziba patted Zheng Sanbao on the shoulder: "I said that if you want to avenge you, you must avenge you. Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to exasperate your anger for the people of Lingnan. Wait. This opportunity will come soon. Go and set up defense first, and there will be another battle to fight soon."
Chapter completed!