The alarm bell rang on the Qi army's position in the Crab Bay, and countless soldiers emerged from the barracks and rushed to the gray defensive positions above the crab claws. The eight huge cannons distributed on both sides finally revealed their true face. Usually, they were all hidden in the tall cement warehouse. Until this time, two iron doors were slowly pushed open, and hundreds of soldiers shouted and pushed the cannons along the two rails. The long cannon barrels protruded out on the cliff and pointed to the sea.

There was still nothing above the sea, but in the sky, two airships were buzzing and roaring, flying straight over the Crab Bay. Countless crossbow arrows shot out from the ground, but just as the people of Qi knew very well, the Ming army also knew the weapons and equipment of the Qi army. How far could the Qi people fly? The Ming army knew clearly in their hearts that the height of the airship was exactly the position that the strong crossbow could not reach.

The Qi army had no other way to such an enemy hanging high in the sky except to sigh.

But what was unexpected was that the Ming people's airship did not launch an attack, but just hovered in the air for a week and flew away from left and right.

When the airship comes, the enemy's warship will naturally come.

At noon, the Ming Dynasty Dachu battle formation finally appeared on the sea surface. Behind them, more dense ships of various types were also moored one after another.

The two airships flew past the Crab Bay as if no one was around, flew to the Dachu, and then slowly landed down.

"Guan Zhen, General Su, our navy attacked Crab Bay head-on, and the army's plan to land and attack by detour cannot be implemented." Zhou Li took off his blindfold with some worries and fell heavily on the table, looking at the huge sand table in the war room with some annoyance. "There was no information on this aspect before, and it seemed that it was a change made after Xu Junsheng took office."

"What has the Air Force discovered?" Suqian asked.

"This time, the Qi people made a great move. They dug the embankment of the two tributaries of the Honghe River. At this moment, these areas have become a country with tidal flats everywhere and muddy hard to move. Even if our army lands, it is difficult to move forward. It is said that it is a baggage, and even if the army is lightly advanced, it will not work. If you want to avoid this area, you have to go around for hundreds of miles. On the road of detour, Qi people have set up heavy troops. If we dare to go around, we will fall into their siege." Zhou Li shook his head and said, "Xu Junsheng is desperate this time and will destroy such a great land."

"In this way, it's only a way to attack Crab Bay?" Suqian was so depressed that he punched the table with a heavy punch. To create such a large muddy land of muddy flats, how many people would need to be mobilized to move. How much loss would be? This was something that no one had ever expected before the war.

"If you attack with force, attack with force." Guan Zhen held the helmet and said, "Your Majesty also said, "Your Majesty must not underestimate the Qi people. Such a huge empire will naturally be born with talents. At this moment of life and death, what else can they not bear to bear?"

Suqian nodded slowly and said, "General Guan is right. If you want to conquer Qi, you always have to fight bad wars and hardships. So start with Crab Bay. General Zhou, all our five thousand people in the Lu Army will follow your order."

Zhou Li bowed to the two of them and walked to the sand table with his will.

"Two people, if you can't go around and attack, you can only fight head-on, but this Crab Bay is really easy to defend but difficult to attack. According to the information from the National Security Bureau earlier, because there is no navy to resist us head-on, the county magistrate of Laizhou declared that countless cement triangular cones and countless ships loaded with mud and sand and stone have been sunk in this bay. Not to mention large warships, even merchant ships with a slightly deep draft cannot dock, so we can only send small boats to transport soldiers into the bay. In this way, there are many ways for the enemy to deal with them. There are not big boats, and they don't have small boats yet. The water village still has a lot of strength to deal with small boats. More importantly, the number of people we can send at one time is very limited."

"In addition to sending a small boat into the bay, we attacked the left and right crab claws." Suqian looked at the two steep ridges on the left and right and said in a deep voice, "Along the bay, the navy and marines are responsible for attacking the left and right crab claws, and our land division is responsible for."

"In this way, casualties may be very high." Zhou Li sighed: "Our navy can only provide artillery fire support, and the other party has arranged artillery on the two ridges. The improved catapult also poses a certain threat to us."

"In this world, there is a giant like Qi who can easily conquer a country, and it is impossible to sacrifice it without sacrifice. The Western Army under my command are all heroes who are not afraid of death, so let's try this dangerous obstacle. Before the New Year, we must establish a foothold here so as not to delay the strategic plan of the entire army."

"Then it's decided." Zhou Li thought about it and made a decision, "Then let's attack together."

Crab Bay fell into silence, and the Ming army began tense pre-war preparations. Because the prior plan was completely disrupted, they now need to readjust the plan. Hundreds of transport ships began to activate various materials in order to free up more ships to carry out landings.

The troops on both sides were silently waiting for the moment when the battle began.

By midnight, the roar of the airship broke the silence of the night.

The two crab claws in Crab Bay were brightly lit, becoming the best target for airships to fly at night and attack. After flying over Qijun's position, the two airships began to drop bombs downwards.

Several bombs landed on the defense line, and the sound of a blast of explosions rang out immediately.

Because of the lack of necessary countermeasures, the Qi army could only silently endure the Ming army's air bombing. The Ming army even directly shut down the steam engine in the air, allowing the wind to float slowly over the Qi army's position, and throwing a bomb down from time to time.

It is not certain to say how much damage these attacks can cause, but it keeps Qi Jun's spirit in a state of tension, and it is inevitable that he will not sleep all night.

It was not until the sky was getting bright that the two airships flew back to the sea again. But after just a moment, they soared into the air again.

But this time, it was obviously different, because behind them, the Ming army's Taichu combat formation was divided into two groups and began to approach the front. Behind them, dozens of ships carrying soldiers followed them slowly.

The Qi army general Zhu Ruofan stood on the top of the main fort above the left beam, standing with a knife straight there watching the approaching Ming warship. Across the entire line of defense, the drums that were preparing for battle rumbled throughout the world.

Five miles and four miles, Zhu Ruofan stared at the huge warships, and then he saw a ball of fire coming out of the huge cannon gun gun on the largest Ming army warship. He could almost see the huge projectile flying out of the muzzle. Until this time, he heard the loud noise. Almost at the same time, eight huge cannons began to roar on both sides of the crab claws.

In order to make the artillery's range longer, the Qi people could only make the artillery larger so as to load more gunpowder. The gun body was completely cast in bronze, which also made the quality of these artillery more reliable. However, each huge cannon body weighing more than 10,000 kilograms also made them extremely inconvenient to move. Zhu Ruofan saw huge fire lights coming out of his position and heard the soldiers screaming shrillly, and also saw the cannons on his position making waves of more than ten feet high above the sea.

He felt very regretful in his heart that if there were not only eight gates on his position at this time, but eighty gates, that volley would definitely cause trauma to the Ming army.

Zhou Li on the Dachu was moved when he looked at the huge waves stirred by the enemy's artillery fire. If he hit the warship, it would inevitably cause serious trauma to the warship.

"The warships are far apart, pay attention to the enemy's ballistics and landing points, and scatter the boats and accelerate." He issued an order loudly.

The Da Chu moved slowly, and the main gun on the head of the ship was looking for the enemy's artillery position. After a moment, it roared again. Compared with the Ming army's artillery rate, the Qi's artillery was far inferior. When the Da Chu fired the second gun with their powerful gun, they were still busy cleaning the barrel. The artillery barrel was too long, making cleaning the barrel an extremely dangerous and difficult task.

The second shell of the Dachu landed more than ten meters to the left of a Qi army artillery. After a loud bang, several Qi soldiers who were cleaning the shells fell down together, and blood came out of their eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Even through the thick cement wall, the other Qi soldiers in the artillery room were shocked to fall to the ground, with their ears buzzing.

The Qi army knew very well that they could not compare with the Ming army at all in the density of artillery fire, and artillery was a life-threatening thing for them. Therefore, when building the artillery, thick steel and concrete walls were built on three sides, even the top cover, leaving only the front-fire side to minimize the threat of the Ming army's artillery fire to him. It has to be said that such a stupid method is still very useful. The Ming army wanted to destroy their artillery, unless they were lucky enough to explode, the shells flew directly into the cannon door, but the chance was too small.

At such a distance, only these eight artillery in the Qi army could pose a threat to the Ming army's warships, and the firing rate was extremely slow, which was not a big threat to the Ming army's warships. They opened the distance and moved forward step by step. Kunling took the lead. After the main gun on the head of the ship was fired three times, they had approached about about the distance from the Qi army's position. Kunling warship turned the rudder and pointed its side string at the Qi army's position on the left crab claw. Dozens of artillery opened fire immediately.
Chapter completed!