第一百七十八章 雪上加霜
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靠着工事和火力的绝对优势勉强打了一个开门红,吴超越先是派小划船上前灭火,尽可能保能利用的水上工事,然后才命令水师到彩头对自己很好的吴王庙港口屯驻,又十分小心的吩咐水师将士无事不得擅自上岸,全力保护战船,最后才领着赵烈文和王孚等人下船,与驻守在长江北岸的黄大傻、刘坤一和王国才等人见了面。
大敌当前,吴超越当然没什么召开酒会大宴走狗的兴致,仅仅只是下令犒赏了总算没打败仗的水师将士,然后就马上开了一个会,与众帮凶走狗讨论下一步的战术计划。
讨论的结果是众帮凶走狗纷纷建议只守不战,让太平军水师主动来打,凭借工事优势和火力优势象今天这么继续打。吴超越对此却并不满意,还向众人问道:“如果你们是长毛石祥祯,你们会不会还象今天这么打下去?傻乎乎的逆水逆风正面进攻,挨炮弹吃枪子还连还手都难,石祥祯会不会另想办法攻破我们的铁索防线?”
众人纷纷闭嘴,吴超越则又说道:“长毛今天之所以敢这么打,是因为他们不知道我们的水师马上就要赶到田家镇,觉得以他们的水师力量足以捣毁我们封锁江面的铁索防线,他们也确实差点就做到了。现在吃了措手不及的亏以后,长毛肯定不会再这么来正面猛攻了,我料定长毛必然会另生毒计,另外想办法来破坏我们的铁索防线。所以,我们如果把所有希望都寄托在那道单薄的铁索防线上,只会是坐以待毙。”
众将赶紧连连点头,都表示一定铭记抚台吴大人的教诲,吴超越又叮嘱了一通众将万不可轻敌大意后,然后才向刘坤一和王孚等人问道:“刘将军,王将军,我们中间就数你们的水战经验最丰富,以你们之见,长毛可能会用什么办法破坏我们的铁索防线?”
“夜袭。”刘坤一和王孚想都不想就异口同声回答,然后刘坤一又说道:“如果我是长毛的主将,我肯定会派出多支水师小队,连夜偷袭我们的铁索防线。夜深时我们的火炮打不准,最好的破解办法就是派出水师迎战,到时候长毛的小股船队有机会就斧劈锤锯,破坏我们的铁索,没机会就暂时后退另待时机,如果我们出动水师阻拦,他们还肯定会乘机诱敌,引诱我们的水师和他们打进舷战,发挥他们船多灵活的所有优势。”
吴超越连连点头,也是无比担心太平军水师会用这个办法给自己找麻烦,然而再当吴超越问起刘坤一有什么办法阻止这一招时,刘坤一却无奈的摊手说道:“抚台,这末将就真没办法了,水上战场最好的防御就是进攻,除非让我们的水师能打赢长毛水师,否则我们就永远没办法阻拦长毛这么做,长毛一次啃一口,总有一次能把我们的铁索防线彻底破坏。”
吴超越搔脑袋了,绞尽脑汁也想不出什么好办法收拾水面上的敌人,倒是厚道老丈人冯三保提出了一个比较靠谱的建议,说道:“吴抚台,我们为什么不向湖南水师求援?他们离这里不算远,只要他们掉转头来和我们联手,在水面上我们未必就打不过长毛水师船队啊?”
先看了老实憨厚的老丈人一眼,又看了一眼奸诈卑劣的帮凶参谋赵烈文,见赵烈文点了点头,吴超越忍不住也有一些心动,暗道:“应该去碰碰运气,反正我那个老不死的老师现在也被石达开抽得差不多了,让他元气大伤的水师和我联手,他还更有希望保住他的水师残部一些,这事对他有利,只要他的敲诈勒索别太过份,适当给他点钱粮报酬也没什么。”
拿定了这个主意,吴超越当即让赵烈文代笔做书,以携手破敌为名,邀请自己的理发匠老师把他的水师残部调回田家镇,与自军水师联手对付太平军的水师偏师,派人走南岸陆路急赴九江与曾国藩联系。
被刘坤一和王孚料中,当天夜里,太平军果然就派出了小股船队偷袭吴军的铁索防线,吴超越也被迫派出了小划船迎战,以火枪加手雷好不容易才打退了太平军的小股部队,期间还被迫使出了宝贵的掷弹筒,费效比很低的才取得胜利。然而太平军则屡败屡战,是夜先后三次发起偷袭,初出茅庐的吴军水师将士疲于奔命,辛苦万分。
次日,船只数量占据绝对上风的太平军水师又出花样,竟然又派出了一支船队猛攻吴军力量较为薄弱的半壁山阵地,守卫半壁山的曹炎忠全力迎战,吴军水师也被迫出动去救半壁山水面,然而激战到傍晚,收到太平军水师主动撤退的消息后,吴超越却突然醒过味来,跺脚骂道:“操!中了长毛的疲兵之计了!”
确实是太平军的疲兵之计,盯准了吴军水师船少兵少难以轮换的弱点,奸猾过人的石祥祯凭借太平军船只数量的绝对优势,派出数量大小不一的船队,不断偷袭或者猛攻吴军水师必救的铁索防线,让训练尚未成熟的吴军水师疲于奔命,穷于招架,削弱吴军水师将士体力的同时也打击吴军水师的士气斗志,吴超越虽然早早就看出了石祥祯的险毒用意,却苦于水师力量太弱,不敢发起决战求胜,只能是把水师一分为二,让忠诚号和仁义号轮流出击,保护唯一能阻止太平军水师和吴军水师打近舷战的铁索防线。
即便把本来就薄弱的水师分为两股出战,作用仍然不大,在太平军水师孜孜不倦的反复努力之下,吴军的六道铁索防线还是先后被斩断了四条,水上工事也被太平军水师烧毁捣毁了七八成,防线摇摇欲坠,薄弱到了十分危险的地步。
还好,就在第四道防线被太平军捣毁的那天傍晚,去和理发匠老师联系的信使终于风尘仆仆回到了吴超越的面前,呈上了理发匠亲笔的回信,还说吴超越只要理发匠老师提出的条件,已经突破太平军封锁重新汇为了一股的湘军水师就马上全部回援田家镇战场。
知道理发匠老师开出的条件必然十分苛刻,也早就做好了被敲诈勒索的心理准备,然而打开了火漆密封的书信仔细一看后,吴超越却鼻子就当场气歪了曾国藩竟然以湘军水师战船损失过多和大量熟练水兵闲置为名,要吴超越把‘忠诚号’和‘仁义号’这两条战船借给湘军水师使用,或者以六万银元的原价直接卖给湘军水师!
“慰亭,我总算是知道全天下谁最能趁火打劫了。”赵烈文也苦笑着冲吴超越说道:“知道你的水师薄弱,那怕连长毛的水师偏师都对付不了,也知道田家镇的水上防线一旦被长毛水师突破,你仅有的两条好船也很难保得住。所以就来了这么一手,逼你选择是把忠诚号和仁义号送给长毛,还是送给他。”
“老不死的!”
第一次辱骂老师的话直接骂出声音,结果报应也来得很快,帐外突然有一个传令兵飞奔进帐,向吴超越行礼说道:“禀抚台大人,我军营外来了一群人,为首者自称湖广道御史富阿吉,还是朝廷派来查办赵师爷的钦差大臣,要求立即与你见面。”
听到这话,吴超越和赵烈文先是对视了一眼,然后异口同声的叹气说道:“雪上加霜啊!”
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