The wind at the mouth of the Pearl River was fierce, and eight fireships took advantage of the wind to burst into flames at a distance of only half a mile, like a beacon on the sea at night, heading straight for a huge ship formation.

He couldn't see whether it hit the enemy ship or not, but he could see that the front half of the fire boat was pushed away by the battalion soldiers with a long pole, and the six-zhang boat turned into two three-zhang boats in a blink of an eye, and the front was lit and sailed towards the enemy ship, and several battalion soldiers were erected at the rear end.

It seemed that because the distance was too close, even if there was no sail in the back of the ship, it still couldn't stop the momentum by rocking the oars alone, and then the faint light of the front ship gradually moving away, Chen Mu finally saw the battalion soldiers on the stern of several fireboats jumping into the sea.

When the sea was illuminated by the fleeting firelight of the sailors' boats, Chen Mu could no longer see those sailors.

There were too few cannons, Chen Lan's cannons were too few, even with Wei Balang's fortune ships in the middle, there were only twenty or thirty side guns that fired together, but the Japanese fleet was blocked by ships blocking each other's firing boundaries, and although there were more gunboats, the number of shots fired was about the same.

The ships were only half a mile apart, and they had not even been able to fall out of the range of the shells of the Franco, in other words, at this time, ignoring the ups and downs of the waves at the moment of firing the guns, as long as the guns were aimed at, they would definitely hit the target.

The cannon roared loudly in front, and Chen Mu was not far behind, "Beat the drums, catch up at full speed, don't need to avoid it, get close to the left side of the Japanese and cross the Zeng Yi fleet!" ”

He had only one advantage - in the darkness of the night, the Wako could only detect that he was approaching within a hundred paces.

As for the light of a single cannon, even if a small boat at the end of a large fleet spotted him, there was no chance of informing the main ship.

They are busy with artillery battles, and who can care about getting behind the buttocks?

Running down the bow of the ship quickly, Chen Mu waved his arm to deal with Yuan and ordered: "The battle will start later, we will pass through the enemy's side, there is only one order, twenty-two Francos on the starboard side, one hundred and thirty-two shells, all of them will be hit on the Japanese ship, not a single one will be left!" ”

"Summons Deng Qianhu, go full speed, take advantage of the situation and don't fall in love with the war!"

Chen Mu is not worried at all that Deng Zilong will be stingy with ammunition, this Deng Ye's fanatical yearning for war exploits is far more than others, Chen Mu is only worried that he will rush into the ship formation because of the love war and directly jump into the gang with the Japanese invaders!

"By the way, put the boats down, send two flag soldiers to slowly row to save people, and tell the flag soldiers on the white ship of the iron rope that if they can get close to the enemy ship, they will directly let the boat crash over, jump into the sea and wait for the boat to come to the rescue...... No one will stay in this sea area after the war, so the boats that can still move are packed up and docked and waited! ”

They have too few ships, and their manpower is not too much for this battle, and they can't even take care of cleaning the battlefield, and Chen Mu doesn't care how much they can collect after the war.

His request to Zhang Han was to take the ship back, and the profits of the war did not belong to him.

Only Zeng Yi, only this living person can belong to him.

"Forward!"

"Forward!"

The bow drum roared, the thunder rumbled on the sea, the wind was raging, the waves were raging, and the sound of cannons in the distance came and went.

Behind him, the muscular drummers beat the war drums vigorously, the red silk of the triangular dragon inlaid with the red sun on the top of the mast was swaying straight in the wind, the small flags of each department shouted hoarsely to the oarsmen on the hull, and more than 30 large oars swayed vigorously.

Centipede boats, splitting waves and breaking waves.

"Light the torch!"

Fu Yuan dragged the sail rope and hung it on the side of the ship, the strong wind made him squint his eyes, and he could only see the fighting fleet in front of him getting closer and closer, and took advantage of the strength to swing back into the ship, and ordered the flag army in a loud voice: "The small flag and arrows are set, the palm thunder is hanged, and the gunner is ready!" ”

Fu Yuan is also a first-hand witness of the palm thunder at the city gate, and his Shangguan Chen Mu said that in close combat, the more closed the space, the greater the power of the palm thunder.

The long and narrow hull deck is in line with this situation, especially when Fu Yuan has long seen those big ships under Zeng Yi's subordinates who are lucky ships, but are covered with buildings like widows, as long as they can throw a palm thunder into it, the people inside don't expect to live.

"The guns are all here, listen to the order and then release it!"

Orders were passed from bow to stern, and even through the last small boat on the centipede ship to Deng Zilong's ship and the white ship that had been left far behind, the centipede ship was too fast to chase to the end of the Japanese fleet a hundred paces just between the commands.

"Turn the rudder, lean in! Hang on! ”

"Hold on!"

The centipede ship sailed at full speed more than twice as fast as a simple sailboat, because it also had sails, and although it couldn't last too long at full speed, it was enough for Chen Mu to travel three or five miles faster than the Japanese fleet.

Rumble!

There was a huge impact from the bow of the ship, and even though the flag army had already received the order to hold on, there were still a few unlucky ghosts who were shaken to pieces, and the stern of a four-foot boat had no time to avoid it, and was hit by the centipede ship moving at full speed.

The low hull was neither strong enough to withstand the impact of a large ship nor to balance in the waves, and the bottom of the ship was torn apart by the protruding ramming angles under the waterline of the centipede boat, and was crushed in the next few frictional collisions.

The wakakos who jumped ship early were not much better, and even the most seasoned sailors could not swim in the direction the centipede ship came from in a short time, and they could not even leave a trace on the ship when they collided passively with the big ship—although their blood stained the hull red for a moment, and then it was washed away by the waves.

All the attention of the Japanese was focused on firing at Chen Lan and avoiding the first few wrecks that had been ignited by the heavy oil, and they could only hear the dull sound of war drums behind them, and the first two terrifying centipedes were close to their sides.

The nearby warships shouted in a hurry, and even in the dim moonlight, they could see the monsters rushing out of the night, and they shouted to mobilize the pirates who were deadlocked on the starboard side, but it was too late.

"Raise the gun!"

Chen Mu raised his foot and stepped on the bow of the ship, and a shout from Fu Yuan came from behind him, and dozens of flag soldiers who were dodging under the side of the ship got up one after another, raised their bird guns and condescendingly aimed at the surrounding enemy ships, accompanied by military orders.

As for the boats that were rowing desperately to escape from the centipede boats, there was no need to waste gunpowder at all, and the heavy oars were like the beats of ancient warships, and the occasional heavy pause on the small boat was enough to sink them.

As soon as the two Francs were aimed at the heightened side of the Centipede Ship, they saw the 22 Francs on the starboard side, including the captured White Ship cannons, turn around, and then burst into flames.

What's even more excessive is that there are several rockets mixed in there!

Deng Zilong drove the boat to follow quickly, he had already seen the martial arts of the lucky boat, and he held back enough strength to teach these widows a hard lesson, and ordered loudly: "The right cannon is ready...... Well? It's okay! ”

He saw the corpses of the robbers strewn across the deck, the planks of the ship ploughed like a plough like a volley of artillery, and only the unfortunate ghost on the bow rudder covered his face and stumbled away with a terrible cry.

There were a few more claps from the centipede ship ahead, and the terrifying shouts came to an abrupt end.

The cannonball-encrusted mast could not resist the sea breeze, and with a creaking snap, it slowly toppled and slammed down on the deck.

Boom!