Turbulent Times Chapter 1064: Naval battle without suspense

It was not until the Goguryeo fleet sailed out of the Xingjiao shallow sea in large numbers that Shen Guoer found the opportunity to send a warning to Wang Junlin with a white-bellied sea eagle.

Almost at the same time, the sentry ship sent by Wang Junlin also discovered the enemy.

The sentinel ship is a specially made mother ship. When the enemy is detected, the beacon on the mother ship is lit to send out a warning signal to make the child ship separate from the mother ship. Scouts and sentries can quickly escape in the child ship.

After confirming that Goguryeo really attacked the nearby Baengling Island first, Wang Junlin dispatched 2,000 of the 3,000 naval forces on Dami Island. In order to intercept the Koguryo navy coming across the sea, it first resisted the wind and then went against the current, and when it rushed to the waters north of Baengling Island, it happened to stop the Goguryeo navy and a large number of troop carriers at a distance of more than 30 miles north of Baengling Island.

The Goguryeo people were obviously prepared for this scene, and the 10,000 sailors rushed towards the 2,000 sailors like crazy. The purpose was to cover the civilian ships transporting 20,000 infantry troops to Bailing Island.

Facts have proved that in water warfare at sea, the size and strength of warships are too different. When one side has a strong long-range attack capability and the other side can only fight in succession, it is like ten thousand rabbits meeting two thousand ships. Although there were occasional rabbits who stomped an eagle to death, they could not change the overall situation on the battlefield.

In just half an hour, Goguryeo's 10,000 sailors collapsed, most of the ships were destroyed, and the remaining 3,000 sailors fled desperately to Bailing Island in warships.

But after half an hour, most of Goguryeo's 20,000 infantry troops have landed on Baengling Island. Considering that there are only 3,000 people on Baengling Island, Wang Junlin did not plan to hold the beach. Goguryeo landed on the island.

And Wang Junlin, who personally led the 2,000 sailors from Dami Island, resolutely gave up the frightened 3,000 sailors, and led the remaining 1,700 sailors to the last five More than a thousand civilian ships transporting the infantry easily buried them in the sea.

In this battle, more than half an hour before and after, Goguryeo lost more than 7,000 sailors and more than 5,000 infantry. In the end, about 3,000 sailors and nearly 15,000 infantrymen landed on Bailing Island.

In this way, the Goguryeo army still has the upper hand. There are 3,000 troops on Baengling Island in Wang Junlin, and less than 2,000 troops on the sea.

Baeknyeongdo, the largest island in North Korea in later generations, covers an area of ​​53 square kilometers. There are several peaks on the island with an altitude of more than 200 meters, the highest of which exceeds 400 meters. It is summer at this time, and the vegetation on the mountain is dense , Under the blowing of the sea breeze, there are waves of green waves.

The coast in the north of the island is mostly rocky, and there is a large flat area in the northwest.

Hundreds of Goguryeo craftsmen were cutting down trees on the side of the mountain, surrounded by tents, even Wang Junlin didn't know that the 20,000 Goguryeo infantry was actually led by Yuan Gaisuwen.

Yuan Gai Suwen stood on a hill, looking worriedly at a group of fishing boats that were docked. When they got off the boat, some people just lay on the ground and did not move. They had to rely on other partners to lift them up before they could walk.

Infantry is different from sailors. Most of them get dizzy as soon as they get on a boat, and their combat power is greatly damaged when they go ashore. Therefore, even though 15,000 infantry and 3,000 navy officers and soldiers were successfully landed on Shangbailing Island, Yuan Gai Suwen's expression was heavy, and he did not dare to order the attack on Bailing Island immediately based on the original prison city. The rebuilt city and the two castles on both sides.

However, in Yuan Gaisuwen's view, as long as they break through the newly built city, they will surely win this battle.

Cui Shengjun beside him also had a sad face. He was entrusted with a heavy responsibility this time, commanding 10,000 sailors, and he was defeated in just half an hour. Now he is very worried that he will be liquidated by Prime Minister Yuan Gai Suwen. Behind Cui Shengjun stood a handsome soldier, who was inseparable from Cui Shengjun.

At this time, they heard exclamations from the other side of the mountain, and then there were many armored soldiers running towards various high places at the foot of the mountain. The two looked at each other and hurried back to the top of the mountain. Pointing to the northwest and yelling, Yuan Gai Suwen looked in the direction of their fingers and opened his mouth slightly.

There are dense sails on the sea in the distance, that is the navy that defeated them, just saw the other party stop, and didn't want to rush over now.

Watching this scene, Cui Shengjun was shocked, thinking of the long-range attack capabilities of the opponent's navy warship, he quickly shouted: "Get away from the sea and run inside."

The Goguryeo soldiers who had just landed on the island and escaped from death, were carrying food, ordnance, etc. from the boat like a beehive that exploded, leaving everything behind and running towards the center of the island.

On the Wanshi ship, Wang Junlin stood at the bow. Including his ship, there were nearly fifty ships lined up in a line, and the catapults on each ship had already started throwing stones.

Countless rocks the size of an adult's head smashed into groups of stone chips on the coast of Bailing Island. A wave of catapults killed dozens of people, but there was a lot of screams, which frightened the Goguryeo people a lot. They thought they would be safe after landing on the island, and they didn't want the other party's catapults to attack so far.

At this moment, on Wang Junlin's big ship Wanshi, Du Haiwa, the best naval officer trained by Nie Xiaoyu in terms of navigation skills, who has been promoted to captain, is aiming at the densest crowd with a plank. where the distance is estimated.

The measuring board he used was also made by Nie Xiaoyu. It is a square board with twelve scales engraved on both sides, and there is a pendant at the opposite corner of the angle formed by the two sides. There are no more than 20 people in a series of navy generals who have learned to use it, among them Du Haiwa is the one who is the most proficient in learning and the most precise in operation.

Du Haiwa stood upright on the bow, put the board in front of her eyes, followed the uppermost side of the board with her eyes, and aimed at the Goguryeo army on the beach of Bailing Island in the distance. With an inclined angle, the pendant forms an angle with the side close to Du Haiwa, and a small triangle is separated on this side. This triangle is the key to the distance measurement of the board. Du Haiwa's own height and distance The target is a large triangle, and the small triangle formed by the plank is the similar triangle of this large triangle.

Du Haiwa quickly measured the length of the diagonal side, calculated the ratio based on her height, and then used her own board side length to get the distance to the target according to the ratio.