——The entrance to the Liao River

In later generations, a city called Yingkou will emerge at the entrance of the Liao River. Now, it is still a barren river beach. There is no other people in the entire entrance except for a few fishing villages to walk here.

A fleet appeared here from the storm and began to turn to find the best angle to enter the Liaoshui River.

"It's very windy and rainy, be careful not to deviate from the channel. It's troublesome to strand here!" Zhang Bo, who used a rope to fix himself on the command tower, lowered his telescope and shouted loudly to the generals on the side.

"Commander, don't worry, we have so many waves coming through, and will we capsize in this small ditch?"

"The riverbed of Liaoshui is very shallow, be careful!" Zhang Bo felt a little relieved after watching the fleet enter Liaoshui smoothly.

At this time, heavy rain fell, wind and rain. Although the waves in the Liao River were not as big as those in Shanghai, they were not small. Once the operation was wrong, there were many people who capsized in the river.

Thanks to the heavy rain, the water level was raised, which allowed these large ships to enter the river safely.

"Order each ship to follow the navigation ship! Pay attention to the changes in wind direction and the angle of the sails! Pay attention to keeping distance between each ship!!"

Because the wind direction is to go south at this time, and the ship needs to go north, it is a boat sailing against the wind, so it requires the method of sailing against the wind by sailing with the word "zhi" to make the boat go against the wind.

Many people do not understand why boats can walk against the wind. Simply put, the sails and boats are just not parallel, but have angles. Let the wind blow to the sails. The angle can be used to resolve the wind, so that the wind becomes a thrust A perpendicular to the sails and a thrust B parallel to the sails, thereby achieving thrust against the wind.

This method requires the crew to have high control over the wind direction and sails, but as long as you master it, no matter you are in the east, west, south, north, and will be my helper wind!

In the fishing village near the entrance to the sea, some fishermen stared at the incredible scene on the water. The more the south wind blew, the faster the ship was walking north, which scared some fishermen who had never seen such a wind-snatching boat and kowtowed directly, thinking that such a fleet should be the fleet of the Sea Dragon King.

——The west coast of Liaoshui

Guo Jin, Huang Xu, Zhou Zhan and others gathered together. In front of them, there was an exquisite military map, and the three of them discussed and argued from time to time.

"Zhang Bo has entered the Liaoshui River, and it will be at most two hours. It should be raining at that time. It is inconvenient to use firearms. Both of your divisions are firearm soldiers. Let's leave the main attack position to our 12th Army!" Zhou Zhan said with a patted his chest for your good looks.

"Zhou Zhan, don't talk about your spear here. I will teach you your spear? Our guards army not only knows how to use firearms, but will definitely not lose to your 12th Army when fighting in hand-to-hand combat!" Guo Jin immediately began to show off his qualifications.

Everyone knows that this battle is related to the success or failure of the Liaodong war, and no one wants to act as a feint in such a critical battle.

Ma Chao sat aside and watched these people arguing. He was carrying cavalry, but he couldn't be the main attack anyway.

Moreover, he is a Northwest cavalry general, and he really has no experience in crossing the river....

"Forget it, I think the three of us should not fight. After passing the Liaoshui River and Liao Tunnel City, Gongsun Du is in the city. It is better for anyone to catch Gongsun Du first and write a war report to the general, who is the main attacker? How about?" Huang Xu saw that he could not get a result in a fight, so he simply said.

Guo Jin and Zhou Zhan looked at each other and said in unison, "Yes!"

It was soon afternoon, and the fleet led by Zhang Bo appeared in everyone's sight. The Hebei Army naturally cheered and moved the earth, while the Liaodong Army was almost stunned.

Where did this fleet come from?

But even if there is a fleet, are you still preparing to sail on land?

"Commander, there is a wooden bridge on the water that blocks the way!"

Zhang Bo took the telescope and looked into the distance, and found that there was a wooden bridge blocking the front.

“The landing point is north or south of the bridge?”

"One is in the south, and two are in the north. There are camps on the east bank of the Liaoshui River. There are camps on the east bank of the bridge, and there are many crossbowmen."

"Well, it seems that these crossbowmen blocked our army's way. It would be a pity if the bridge was destroyed. In this way, let the warships get off the anchor and aim at the camp on the east bank, and the transport ships go to the west bank to pick up people, send a signal to the west bank, and let them prepare to cross the river!"

When the order was issued, the fleet was divided into two waves, one lined up by the wooden bridge, and the other rushed towards the west coast, as if they were preparing to pick up people.

Gongsun Du also had to report that a fleet of ships was coming on the water. He came to the city and looked at the Liaoshui River. He found that there was indeed a fleet, but the fleet did not dock and attacked. Instead, it stopped in the middle of the river, not knowing what to do.

"All gun positions are ready!!! Fire the gun!!!"

From Gongsun Du's perspective, I saw only one warship after another spitting out white smoke, and then the camp on the east bank of the wooden bridge was suddenly hit by something. No, not just one, but a lot of tents and fences were hit everywhere, just as if an invisible god was punishing them.

What's going on?

"fire!"

"fire!!"

"fire!!!"

Zhang Bo shouted while waving his arms, as if he could add a little power to the shell.

The way they were like an armed parade, they were almost bored and vomited. Now they finally had something to do.

In each round of volleys, hundreds of shells were smashed into the Liaodong Army's camp. Although these were solid bullets, the seemingly solid camp was fragile in front of these solid bullets. If someone unfortunately bumped into these shells, it would be even worse.

What does it mean to fly a limb and leave a body? If you die, you will never have a complete corpse...

Moreover, unlike Yuan Shao's army who already had some knowledge of firearms, the Liaodong army had almost 0 knowledge of artillery, which made them almost 0 patiently in the face of artillery. Many people were even scared by this mysterious attack and lay on the ground. No matter how the officer kicked and beat him, they did not move.

"The brothers of the navy have arrived and cross the river!!"

There was a loud drum sound in the Hebei military camp on the west bank, and the gates were wide open. Soldiers who had been preparing for a long time came out one after another and rushed to the east bank along the wooden bridge.

Although there are also generals of the Liaodong Army who want to stop the Hebei Army, as long as Zhang Bo finds signs of sergeants, they will immediately shoot in a wave, ensuring that you are dying of ecstasy and kneel down and beg for mercy.

The transport fleet on the other side was also filled with sergeants and began to rush to the east bank. The Liaoshui, which was regarded as a natural danger by Gongsun Du, was like a small river at the doorstep in front of the Hebei Army, which had completely controlled the water control power.

The Liaodong Army on the east bank, which had already experienced a sharp decline in morale because of the backflow of rain, saw the Hebei Army coming like a wolf or a tiger, and many people threw their hands, threw down their weapons and turned around and ran away.

I have been soaking in the water for a long time, and I still have to fight to the death?

What a joke?
Chapter completed!