1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 162 Unexpected "Visitors" in Jianye City

"What the hell are you doing in a daze!" Liu Tou was the first to wake up, and shouted loudly, "Hoist the sails, hoist the sails!"

Seven or eight sailors ran to the midship in a panic and pulled up the sail vigorously.

"It's too late, paddle!" He Qing said calmly: "Everyone go paddle!"

It takes at least five or six minutes to raise the sails, and then it is necessary to adjust the direction of the sails, catch the wind, and after everything is done, the big western ship is probably approaching.

"Yes! Yes! Yes...don't go to get the sails! Come and paddle!" Liu Toujing He Qing reminded, and then yelled at the sailors to paddle quickly.

"It's time, you're still dragging the fishing net!" Seeing the three sailors still dragging the fishing net vigorously, He Qing cursed.

"Throw away the fishing net!" Liu Tou was a little panicked when he saw the big western ship getting closer.

Seeing the three sailors pulling the fishing net, He Qing felt a little at a loss, grabbed a knife from the ship's side, pulled it out with a sound of "Cen", and cut the fishing net with three strokes.

"All to paddle!"

Captain Anthony Goldstein of the St. Lawrence was overjoyed when he spotted a fishing boat.

There are fishing boats, which means that there are ports and piers nearby, so the pirates' dens are here.

In the binoculars, the small fishing boat was preparing to escape in a panic.Well, let it escape and lead us to their port.Maybe we can put some pressure on them.

"Fire, let them move a little faster!" Captain Anthony Goldstein ordered with a smile: "Be careful, don't scare them too much!"

"Boom! Boom!..." Two shells landed near the fishing boat, which made the sailors on the boat even more flustered, and their paddling movements became stiff.

"Don't panic, follow the rhythm!" He Qing was also a little scared, where the hell is the Western ship, the enemy of Hanzhou?Looking at the posture, it must be a three-story gunboat with thirty or forty guns. The few "Breaking Waves" that are currently docked in the dock for maintenance will have to be abused when they go up.I just don't know if the forts at the pier can deal with this big ship.

"Where to shoot?" Zhang Jiawen was half lying on a recliner on Fort No. 1 with his eyes closed.Suddenly hearing the sound of artillery in the bay, he jumped up.

"I don't know," replied one of the gunners blankly.

"I don't know? You don't know how to climb up to the observation tower to take a look!" Zhang Jiawen kicked over in anger.

The gunner quickly ran out and boarded a nearby watchtower.

"Assemble! All assemble!" Zhang Jiawen yelled loudly regardless of the gunner who was checking the situation: "Be alert!... Artillery is ready!"

More than 1 gunners in the entire No. 40 Fort immediately rushed to their respective gun positions, and the loaders struggled to carry gunpowder and various shells from the ammunition depot.

"Captain, a large western ship is chasing one of our fishing boats in the bay." The gunner who was observing the situation from the watchtower ran back.

"Only one big Western ship?"

"Only one!"

"Could it be that the Portuguese are here?" Zhang Jiawen said to himself, "It's so contemptuous to dare to come with a single boat!...Then I must keep you here!"

Captain Anthony Goldstein watched the fishing boat darting away toward a gap and ordered the sailors to follow.

He Qing watched the big western ship following behind unhurriedly, and immediately understood that the other party wanted to discover the port of Jianye City through his own fishing boat.

His mouth moved, but he still held back his words.A large western ship, presumably Jianye City should be able to handle it.

"Attention, the enemy may have turrets!" Captain Anthony Goldstein said loudly: "Navigator, pay attention to the changes in water depth at all times!"

The fishing boat had already sailed to the depths of the bay, where the bay began to become narrow, with tall mountains on both sides, if forts were set up, the ships that rushed in would suffer huge losses.

After driving for a while, a wooden trestle bridge appeared in the telescope, and the other party's port has arrived!
"Don't worry, shoot when you get closer!" Zhang Jiawen walked behind several gun emplacements with a stumped foot, and said loudly: "Everyone listen to my orders!... Let's give it a surprise in a while !"

Only 700 meters away from the pier, the "St. Lawrence" was not attacked.

"Don't they have a turret?" Captain Anthony Goldstein was a little puzzled, and ordered the sailors to go a little further.

600 meters, still no movement.Doesn't the enemy even have a 4-pounder?

"Go on!" Anthony Goldstein ordered.If the enemy really doesn't have a fort, you might as well rush to the pier and shell the enemy to let them appreciate the power of the Spanish navy.

In Fort No. 1, several signalmen all turned their heads to look at their captain of coastal defense, waiting for his order.

At 500 meters, the "St. Lawrence" seemed to hesitate for a while, and then moved forward cautiously.

450 meters!
"Fire!" Zhang Jiawen ordered loudly.Then several signalmen turned around and shouted loudly: "Fire!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." More than a dozen cannons of different regulations sounded almost simultaneously, and thick smoke rose from the No. 1 Fort at the pier, and the entire ground shook violently.

Under the terrified eyes of all the sailors of the "St. Lawrence", at least three shells hit the hull hard.Below the side of the ship, three large holes were instantly pierced.Thankfully, all above the waterline.

"Enemy battery! Straight ahead of the pier!" shouted the lookout. "There are at least a dozen guns! . . . 18-pound guns!"

"Turn! Get out!" Captain Anthony Goldstein ordered loudly.The cunning pirates tricked us into sailing so close before firing!
Many sailors of the "St. Lawrence" began to adjust the sails in a well-trained manner, and tried hard to turn the direction in the narrow bay.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The pier battery fired another round of salvo.This time, two shells hit the hull of the "St. Lawrence", flying debris and knocking four sailors down on the deck.

"Damn it! This group of pirates must have marked the shooting range in advance. The artillery was so accurate!" Captain Anthony Goldstein cursed in a low voice.

The "St. Lawrence" drew a curved arc in the bay, and when it was close to the coast, it turned around and sailed towards the open sea.At the same time, it did not forget to fight back violently towards the pier.

At this moment, battery No. 1 at the wharf fired another salvo, and four shells hit the midship of the "St. Break a big hole.

"Change the chain bomb!" Zhang Jiawen held up the binoculars to observe the shooting effect.At this time, he suddenly realized that if he knocked down the mast or sail of the enemy ship, perhaps he could capture this large western ship.

The "St. Lawrence" began to flee at an accelerated speed. Although there were more than 30 artillery pieces on board, it would be too stupid to confront the coastal defense batteries.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The enemy ship fired another volley from Chuanka's artillery, smashing the wharf's gravel into pieces.Fortunately, all gun positions are under half-cover protection, except for one unlucky guy who was hit by gravel on the shoulder, no personnel were lost.

When the gunners saw the enemy ship fleeing in embarrassment, their confidence was greatly increased, and they began to charge, reload, shoot, and clean the barrel in an orderly manner according to the usual training.

As the "St. Lawrence" gradually moved away from the bay, the shooting effect of the dock turrets became worse and worse. In the end, only 12-pounders and 18-pounders were left to shoot.The pier battery did not stop firing until the ship was out of range.

"What's the situation?" Hearing the roar of the fort on the pier, Yu Fukun immediately rushed over with a group of marine soldiers.

"A large western ship broke in, and it bombarded our fishing boat in the bay." Zhang Jiawen said.

"Can you tell which ship it is? Dutch? Portuguese?" Yu Fukun asked.

"I can't be sure. The other party didn't hang a sign. But what is certain is that it is not the Dutchman's ship."

"The Portuguese came to the door?" Yu Fukun couldn't help feeling a little worried, "Then what's going on in Xinxiangbao?"

Everyone thinks that the enemy ships that broke in belonged to the Portuguese. They may have discovered Xinxiangbao and were angry with Hanzhou for wantonly occupying their Timor Island, so they sent ships to Xuanwei to take revenge on Hanzhou.

"Send Feiyu 1 over there to have a look, and send some ordnance over there." Qi Tian only learned about this on the afternoon of the shelling at the pier, and immediately discussed with Yu Fukun to urgently support Xinxiangbao.

Three days later, "Flying Fish 1" carefully arrived at Xinxiang Castle with some gunpowder and building materials.

The city wall of Xinxiang Castle has been built, and seven or eight cannons have been erected on the top of the city.A tall watchtower was built at the bend of the river, from which you can see the coast outside the dense forest, which can be used as an early warning for Xinxiang Castle.

"We haven't seen any Portuguese ships in Xinxiangbao!" Chen Dalang couldn't help being very surprised when he heard people from Hanzhou mention whether the Portuguese had discovered and attacked Xinxiangbao.

"Then maybe it's Portugal who made a mistake and broke into our Jianye City." Chen Dalang was not worried at all about Portugal's discovery of Xinxiangbao.Even if you find out, if you don't leave thousands of people under the city, you can't touch the top of Xinxiang Castle.

(End of this chapter)