Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 132 The Destruction of the Qing Army Fleet

Half an hour later, Liu Sheng took the drone back.Deng Fei then started the propeller and slowly drove towards the bay.

Zhao Xin and Zhao Liang came to the main deck, first adjusted the muzzles of the two D30s to the horizontal direction, and then each of them mounted a "ZU-23" double-barreled anti-aircraft gun.

A dozen sailors squatted around the two anti-aircraft guns, with dozens of ammunition boxes full of shells beside them; beside each fort, four spare barrels were prepared. Because the rate of fire of "ZU-23" is too high, each barrel must be replaced in time after firing 100 rounds of shells.

The three platoons under Jiu Zang also came to the deck. They all squatted and hid behind the sandbag wall, preparing to shoot and kill the Qing troops on the wooden boat and on the beach when they attacked.

After arranging everything, Zhao Xin raised his hand to look at the time, and it will be six o'clock in 10 minutes.

At this time, Deng Fei in the cockpit turned the steering wheel of the steering gear, and the Raytheon headed west in the bay, and stopped steadily on the sea 500 meters away from the Qing army fleet.

Due to the slow speed, there is nothing else except the sound of wind and waves at this time.

Liu Sheng came to the bow with three sailors who had been waiting for a long time. They first pulled up the fixed pin of the anchor chain at the bow, and then pulled the lever to connect the motor with the drive shaft of the anchor chain; A red dial, begins to release the hawse brake.

Ten seconds later, "Boom!" A metallic sound came from the inside of the bow; a sailor turned on the switch behind the motor, and with the loud "boom boom boom" sound, the huge anchor chain was slowly lowered into the sea.

After putting in a section of anchor chain, Liu Sheng turned off the motor; the sailor in charge of braking hastily turned the turntable to tighten the released brake.Afterwards, a sailor separates the motor from the drive shaft of the anchor chain.

They are waiting for Deng Fei's order to drop anchor.

At this time, the whereabouts of the Thunder God could no longer be hidden, and the loud sound of the anchor chain turntable alarmed the Qing army sailors on the wooden boat.In the faint morning light, the sentries of the Qing army looked at the huge Thunder God not far away, dumbfounded, and forgot to even ring the gong to sound the alarm.

A few minutes later, Deng Fei shouted loudly in the walkie-talkie: "Drop the anchor!"

The sailor in charge of the brakes quickly turned the turntable, and with a few bangs of "Caracalla", the anchor chain began to slide rapidly.The billowing smoke and dust brought up by the rust in the friction was blown by the sea wind to the bow of the ship.

Ten seconds later, the anchor chain stopped sliding quickly, and the sailor in charge quickly tightened the brakes and pulled down a pull rod at the motor position to fix the anchor chain.

Liu Sheng would have already run to an anti-aircraft gun and put it in place, so that on the starboard side of the Thunder God facing the Qing army, there were three anti-aircraft guns that could fire at the same time.

At this time, there was already a sound of gongs on the warships of the Qing army.In fact, there was no need for the sentry to beat the gong, and the loud noise of the rapid sliding of the anchor chain had already woken up all the people on the beach; the Qing army camp two miles away also heard it.

"Quick! Hurry up and report to the commander! The enemy ship is coming!" A Qing army navy leader who reacted fairly quickly shouted.He turned his head and shouted at the other sailors: "Quick! Turn the muzzle over quickly! Get ready to fire!"

More than a dozen sailors rushed to the bow of the ship and began to push the two cannons with difficulty; other sailors ran to the cabin to take out the gunpowder barrels.

That's too late!Zhao Xin and the three on the Thunder God had already adjusted their direction and stepped on the launch pedal almost at the same time.

"ZU-23" is said to be a cannon, but the sound of firing is like the sound of a giant typewriter in rapid succession.Zhao Xin tapped the pedal lightly, and at least five or six shells were released.The shell casings were thrown out rapidly, and fell on the deck with a clanging sound.

As a series of red meteors spewed out from the muzzle, a ball of flames suddenly rose on several warships of the Qing army in the distance.Zhao Xin and the other three put their eyes on the scope, tightly grasped the handle of the cannon with both hands, and kept stepping on the firing pedal to start firing.

I don't know if it hit the gunpowder barrel, but a huge explosion suddenly occurred at the bow of a Qing army warship.The shock wave from the explosion lifted the two bronze cannons off the deck, one fell into the sea, and the other hit the deck of the nearby warship.

In the flames, except for the sailors who jumped into the sea covered in fire, the sailors at the stern were screaming and fleeing in all directions.Soon, as more than a dozen shells hit the hull of the ship again, in the flames of the explosion and the splashing of wooden boards, the whole ship was actually split into two pieces, and soon sank to the bottom of the water.

At this time, Pegasus rushed to the coast and several Baturu guards were stunned.

On the surface of the sea, streaks of red light shot out from the big white ship, and the roar of the anti-aircraft guns echoed in the strait.On several warships with their backs facing the sea, the sterns of the ships were battered by shells; the sailors on the deck suffered heavy casualties, and the Qing army had no time to fight back.

After only a cup of tea, most of the warships of the Qing army in the bay were ablaze.

Behind a boulder not far from the shore, Fukang'an, who heard the news of the Hubei people's attack, and a dozen personal guards were hiding here, holding up binoculars to observe.

Looking at the big white boat in the distance, Fukang'an was shocked.He had never seen such a scene, and he could not understand it at all.

"Is this the big ship of the Oros people?!"

He noticed that this ship was different from the British or Dutch galleons he had seen in Guangzhou. There were only two white masts on the bow and poop; and there were no densely packed artillery portholes on the ship. .The location where the flames are breathed is on the main deck.

But this cannon is too fierce!The momentum is like thunder!As long as the warships he led were shot, none of them would catch fire and explode!

"What kind of guns are these?!"

At this time, several shells suddenly struck, and the boulders hit were full of flames, and stone chips were scattered.A courageous guard poked his head and took a look. On the stone facing the sea, a large pit was still emitting green smoke.

"Master! It's too dangerous here!" Several guards said one after another.

Fukangan put away the binoculars with a shocked face, and muttered to himself: "How could this be? How could this be?"

"Master, withdraw!"

Several guards saw that Fukan'an was still talking to himself in a daze, they winked at each other, set up Fukan'an and retreated.

As soon as they helped Fukang'an to the horse, they heard intensive gunshots from the mountains to the north and east of the barracks. The "bang bang bang bang" shooting sound was continuous, like popping beans!
Fukang'an, who was sitting on the horse, was shocked, and said in a broken voice: "Oops!"

This gunshot was by no means his own musket. The matchlock guns equipped by the Qing army had a short sound when firing, and there was no such a big movement at all.

Fukang'an yelled, beat the horse and quickly returned to the gate of the camp.I saw that the Eight Banners Valiant Riders in the camp were lying on the ground, hiding behind obstacles.The corpses of dozens of Han Army shotgun soldiers fell on the open space in the camp.

"Master! Come down quickly! It's dangerous!"

A familiar voice came from beside him. Before Fukangan could see who it was, he was dragged off the horse by that person, making him dizzy.Before he came back to his senses, there was a burst of "cracking" gunshots, and a dozen guards behind him were shot and fell off their horses.

When the man dragged him to the back of a gun carriage, Fukan'an finally saw that it was Hai Lancha.

"What's going on?!" Fukang'an yelled.

Hai Lancha's head was covered with grass clippings, and his face was cut by something, and the fleshy skin opened a long finger-width gash, bleeding blood.

"We were attacked by surprise!" Hai Lancha gasped heavily, not caring about the blood dripping from his face, he probed for a while, and then continued: "I felt something was wrong when the strikers didn't come back in the morning. I was thinking of sending more people, but it happened that something happened in the south. You asked me to send the fowlers there, but as soon as the assembly started, the thieves started firing guns.

handsome!Something is wrong!I have fought in Laohai for so many years, and I have also waded through the camp of the Burmese, but I have never seen such dense musket fire!With this style of play, how many musketeers they have to have! "

Fu Kang'an said with a wry smile: "It's useless to transfer it, it's impossible to hit it at all. The big ship of the Hubei people is more than a mile away on the sea, even our cannons can hardly reach it."

"Then you can't just be beaten like this!"

Fukang'an cursed viciously, and then said to Hailancha with a fierce look in his eyes: "Gong Hai, let's hit everything we say! Even if we lose, we must know the depth of the thief!"

Hai Lancha wiped the blood on his face with his sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Let the shotgunners attract the opponent's firepower first, and I will lead 500 people to go around from the south!"

"Haigong! Success or failure depends on one move! You go to call people, and I will organize shotgun soldiers and artillery to counterattack!"

Hai Lancha said viciously to a guard next to him who was shot in the arm: "The commander will leave it to you! If I lose, you can take the commander and flee to the west of the mountains! Remember to bring a few Kulkazi Hunters, they know the way!"

The guard gritted his teeth to hold back the pain from the wound, and replied resolutely: "Junmen, don't worry!"

Hai Lancha nodded, and grinned at Fukang'an: "Marshal, I'm leaving!"

Looking at the back of the other party going away, Fukang'an's heart felt hot, but his throat was tight and he couldn't say a word.He boasted that he had fought for many years without a single defeat.Who knew that such a big somersault would happen in the bitterly cold place outside the pass!In the future, the government and the opposition do not know what kind of words will come out.

Fukang'an felt regretful and ashamed when thinking of his father reprimanding him for being a "Zhao Kuo" who was quick to break the car and talk about war on paper when he was alive.If I had known that after disembarking yesterday, I should have gone straight to the bandits' camp regardless of the exhaustion of the whole army!Careless!
The blood of the royal family and nobles is rushing in his body, and his proud background makes him never bow his head and hide like a cowardly rat!
Thinking of this, Fukang'an reached out to touch the treasured sword at his waist, but it was empty.He didn't care to look for it anymore, turned around and pulled out the knife from the waist of the injured guard; then he stood up abruptly, and while running quickly, he raised the knife and shouted: "Soldiers! Fight back, follow me!"

Seeing the coach like this, a group of Qing soldiers who were hiding behind various obstacles with their heads in their arms, suddenly burst into excitement, shouted and rushed out with weapons, covering around Fukang'an.

"Marshal! Under the bid, I listen to your orders!"

"Master! How do you say to fight?!"

Fukang'an pointed the long knife in his hand and ordered: "All the cannons are concentrated on the thieves in the east! The pikemen approached and shot the thieves on the northern hillside, covering the charge of the armored soldiers! We will fight the thieves in close combat!"

"Under the bid, please obey the general's order!" All the co-leaders and assistant leaders responded loudly, calling their subordinates to prepare.

On the hillside on the east side of the Qing army camp, Wang Yuanfang led two companies to guard here; to the north were the other two companies led by Wu Siyu.They walked very hard on the mountain road that night. More than a dozen soldiers' feet were sprained, and two soldiers' ankle bones were broken.In the end, Wang Yuanfang had to send Heng Ji and several soldiers to send the wounded back the same way.

It was past six o'clock when they reached the attacking position at last.Hearing the sound of guns and explosions from the south, Wang Yuanfang didn't care about letting his soldiers rest up, and immediately ordered to aim at the Qing army camp and start shooting.

In a hurry, these soldiers who had driven half the way in the mountains and forests were tired and thirsty. When they heard the command from the officer, they quickly suppressed the bullets, raised their guns and fired at the Qing army camp.As a result, after fighting for a long time, not many Qing soldiers were killed, and Wang Yuanfang, who was observing through the telescope, was so angry that he was half dead!

He immediately called a messenger and ordered: "Tell Huji! Tell the soldiers not to worry, aim and fight again!" After speaking, he found another company commander, Sheng Haizhou, and made the same explanation.

After a while, the speed of firing on the ground slowed down significantly.The soldiers raised their guns to look for the target, and then lightly pulled the trigger after aiming.

Through the binoculars, Wang Yuanfang suddenly saw a fair-looking thin man running out with a knife in his hand. Just as he was about to order the soldiers around him to shoot, the thin man dodged and disappeared behind a big tent.Wang Yuanfang searched back and forth for a long time but didn't see it, so he ignored it.

(End of this chapter)