The captured Qing army general always looked at the tall British sailors with muskets, trembling with fright, and begged for mercy again and again: "Uncles, okay, let the villain go!" ”

The captain of the privateer looked at the fellow and ordered the soldier: "This is a Tatar officer, take him to the big ship!" ”

A sailor signals the flag to the flagship Drake and moves closer to the flagship.

The Qing army commander always saw that there were several yellow-skinned and black-haired people like himself on the ship of the Xiyi people, but those people were also wearing Xiyi clothes and hats, and the Qing army commander could not tell whether those yellow people were Koreans, Japanese, or Annamite.

The privateer and the flagship were close together, and the Qing army escorted the general to the Drake.

"Get on your knees!" When the Qing army brought the general to Zhang Yukun, the two naval soldiers shouted.

Hearing the familiar Cantonese, and seeing the bright steel knife on his neck, the Qing army was so frightened that his legs weakened, and he knelt down. This Qing army always relied on the positions bought with money, on catching fishermen who violated the sea ban on going to sea, and on smuggling merchants, and he could still make some oil and water on weekdays, so how could he really work for the Qing court. This guy usually bullies ordinary people very well, and when he encounters a real navy, he is so scared that he pees his pants.

Zhang Yukun looked coldly at the general of the Qing army: "As long as you explain honestly, we won't kill you!" ”

"Heroes spare their lives! Heroes spare their lives! There is an eighty-year-old mother on the villain, and a nursing child below, so the hero should let the villain go like a dog! The Qing army knelt on the deck and kowtowed repeatedly, knocking his forehead bleeding.

"Then tell me honestly, where the Guangxi Navy Division is stationed, how many warships there are, and what type of warships there are. As long as you answer the official's question honestly, I will spare you from death! If you dare to deceive the official with a word, the official will chop you up and throw you into the sea to feed the fish! Zhang Yukun snorted coldly.

"The adults spare their lives, the villains don't dare to say it, the villain's family is in their hands, if they say it, the villain's family will die." The Qing army told the general company to spare again and again.

A soldier resting on the Qing army's neck used a little strength to put a little force on the steel knife on the neck, and the Qing army made the general neck ache and felt a stream of blood flow out.

Zhang Yukun and the two soldiers smelled a foul smell, looked down, and saw that the Qing army had wet the crotch of the general pants.

"Let's be honest!" Zhang Yukun said.

The soldier's hand was slightly forced, and the steel knife was embedded in the neck of the Qing commander, which made him feel very uncomfortable. The Qing army general was so frightened that he hurriedly agreed: "I said! I'll tell you all I know. ”

Zhang Yukun threw a Guangxi chart in front of the Qing army general: "Tell me everything you know!" The position of the sailors, whether there are batteries to defend or not, how many ships there are, and what ships are some! If you dare to make a mistake, you'll be chopped up and fed to the fish! ”

The Qing army always confessed everything he knew like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

Zhang Yukun found Albert and handed over the marked map: "That guy confessed just now, this Tartar's Guangxi Navy Division has more than 100 ships, but they are all small boats, and they are simply vulnerable." The more troublesome thing is that we have to enter Qinzhou Bay to destroy their sailors. Tartar has forts in three places: Jilong Mountain, Jianfeng Ridge and Tiger Shed, and this entrance to Qinzhou Bay, the narrowest point is less than two kilometers, and the batteries of Chicken Long Mountain and Tiger Shed can block us. ”

Albert frowned, thought for a moment, and made a decision: "As long as we move quickly and rush to the mouth of the bay immediately, the Tatar batteries have not had time to react, we will strike first and bombard their batteries, and we will definitely succeed in one fell swoop!" After destroying the fort, we will rush into the harbor and fight their sailors! ”

Zhang Yukun nodded and said, "Commander, I think so too, the sailors and forts here in Tartar are just decorations!" Our Zheng Jiajun has never been here, and the Tartars here haven't fought for many years! As long as we move fast enough, they may not react when we get close to the battery. ”

The fleet raised its full sails, rode the wind and waves, and sailed at full speed to Qinzhou Bay.

As Albert expected, when the fleet arrived at the mouth of Qinzhou Bay, the Qing troops on the shore were gathering people to gamble, or drinking outside, or visiting kilns. Since Li Dingguo left Guangxi, the sailors here have never fought again, and it can be said that the vigilance is relaxed.

After Kong Youde committed suicide with his whole family, Kong Youde's subordinate general Lian Guoan served as the governor of Guangxi and held the power of Guangxi. But because Li Dingguo had been driven to Yunnan, the Qing army here had nothing to do all day, and the sailors were even more relaxed.

Originally, Guangxi's sailors were just a decoration, usually used to enforce the sea ban, bully the common people, arrest smugglers, etc., and if they really want to fight, it is absolutely vulnerable.

The captured Qing soldier escorted him to a privateer, and two soldiers took knives around his neck and told him to lead the way. Because the navy of the Nanyang Company is not familiar with the hydrological situation in Qinzhou Bay and is not familiar with the depth of the water, if it enters rashly, it is easy to run aground or run aground.

"Be honest! If you dare to play any tricks, Lao Tzu will cut you with a knife and throw you into the sea to feed the fish! A soldier put a knife on the neck of the Qing army commander and asked him to lead the way.

The fleet approached the Jilongshan Battery, and only a few soldiers on duty were on the battery.

"Damn, they're eating, drinking, and merrymaking all day in the city, and we're a few recruits out of luck! Stuck here every day! A Qing soldier scolded indignantly.

A recruit who looked like he had just joined the army said, "A few big brothers, we have paid our salaries and also gone to the kiln. ”

"Pop" an older Qing soldier knocked a chestnut on the recruit's head: "Just those few military salaries, they have to be deducted from them, where is there enough for you to go to the kiln?" I haven't seen the military salary for a few months! It's good that they can go outside to get some oil and water, and just a few of us watch the fort every day! ”

The green battalion soldiers of the Qing army, those who have a way to tie up with the officials, go to the departments with oil and water to make extra money; There is no way, so they rely on running rampant in the township to do evil, knocking and extorting to make some money. And those recruits who are not farts can only honestly nest in the barracks and watch their families, eating food worse than pig food every day.

While he was talking, someone suddenly shouted: "Fleet! Ship! Big ship! ”

Several other Qing soldiers looked out to sea and saw a large fleet approaching the battery.

"What a big ship! It's as big as a mountain! One of the soldiers opened his mouth wide in start.

Before the words fell, I saw a fire jump out of the giant ship like a mountain, and then white smoke came out of the giant ship.

When the sound of the cannon reached the fort, the shells had already smashed firmly on the top of the Qing army's fort. The solid shells that landed on Fortress Hill bounced continuously, causing the ground to roll up a burst of flying sand and rocks.

Another volley of artillery sounded, and a row of shells from the siege mortars on the cruisers smashed into the battery.

"Boom" a shell just hit a fort gun, and suddenly sparks splashed, the bronze cannon was smashed and flew up, the wooden gun mount was suddenly shattered, the female wall of the fort was also smashed to pieces, and the flying gravel flew in all directions, and one of the egg-sized stones hit a Qing soldier, and the Qing soldier's brain burst on the spot.

The fleet was getting closer and closer, and after the siege mortars on the deck, all the guns on the side of the ship were opened, and nearly two hundred cannons were pouring deadly shells into the batteries at the same time.

The cannon roared, the smoke filled the air, and the artillery batteries covered the battery like a sea of falling shells.

One solid shell after another landed on the ground, bouncing back and forth on the ground, around the female wall, and between the gun emplacements, piercing through the walls and smashing the items behind them, carrying all kinds of debris, raging on the battery.

The large and small artillery of the Qing army on the fort were smashed to pieces, and none of the Qing troops left behind could stand firmly.

Closer, the fleet fired flowering shells at the battery.

Nearly 200 shells roared down, and although the explosion rate was only 40 percent, 50 or 60 shells of nearly 200 shells exploded, and the battery was suddenly blown up to the sky.

In fact, this chicken coop mountain fort is just a decoration, there are only some old-fashioned tiger squat cannons and small cannons such as general cannons on the fort, and it is okay to deal with pirates.

The fleet quickly rushed past the entrance to the bay, leaving behind the smoke-billowing Jilongshan Battery.

Soon after, the Pinnacle Ridge and the Tiger Shed on both sides of the fleet were also attacked.

On these two forts, although the Qing army had already reacted, the Qing soldiers who were in a hurry had not even had time to move gunpowder and shells out of the warehouse, and the overwhelming shells had already fallen on their heads.

"Bang" A red-hot solid cannonball smashed through the thin female wall, shattering the stones, countless fragments flew out, and three Qing soldiers were hit by the rubble and fell down screaming. After the shell penetrated the women's wall, the residual momentum was not reduced, and it continued to bounce repeatedly on the ground, smashing the Qing artillery on the two gun emplacements.

A cannonball landed on the ground, hit the solid stone ground, and bounced off with rows of rubble, just enough to hit a Qing soldier, smashing the guy's entire head.

A barracks that had been hit by multiple shells in a row finally could not hold up and collapsed with a bang, turning the ground full of broken bricks and rubble.

The fleet destroyed the batteries on the left and right and rushed into the Qinzhou Bay.

At this time, the Qing army's sailors already knew that the enemy was coming, but they did not get on the ship to meet the battle at this time, but fled in all directions. Because the Qing soldiers saw the huge ships like mountains, and saw the three forts being smashed like eggs, and then looked at their own small ships, the largest of which was no more than a hundred, how could they fight against the "giant cowards"!

Although there are more than 100 warships in Qinzhou Bay, most of them are small boats that cost between 5 taels and 30 taels of silver, and there are no cannons on them. Several large ships that were built at a great cost of "huge sums of money" were only a little more than 100 materials, with a displacement of about 50 tons, and only two small cannons on board.

The fleet rushed to the gate of the Qing army's Shuizhai gate, and the siege mortars of the cruisers and the bow guns of the privateers were aimed at the wooden gate of the Shuizhai.

"Fire!" Albert gave the order.

Dozens of shells whistled and smashed towards the wooden gate of the water village.

Sawdust flew everywhere, and the gate of the wooden fence could not withstand the ravages of dozens of shells, and in the blink of an eye, it was smashed into pieces and scattered on the sea.

Eighteen battleships turned around in unison, starboard side aimed at the water wall, and nearly two hundred cannons opened fire at the same time.

The towers, towers, and walls were all shattered in the rumbling cannons. The red-hot cannonballs also set the wooden buildings on fire, and a raging fire ignited on the shore of the water village.

Thirteen privateers with a shallow draft rushed into the water village and aimed their guns at the Qing army's large and small warships that were neatly parked in the naval division camp with their two side guns, and the red-hot shells continued to smash on the Qing ships.

Since the Qing army's sailors ran out, the ship was unguarded. The shells landed on the ship, ignited the planks, and soon after, a raging fire broke out.

One after another, the Qing warships began to catch fire, and soon, the entire naval battalion was burned to the ground. The flames licked the large and small warships of the Qing army, and the fire became bigger and bigger, gradually devouring the Qing army's sailors.

The flames soared into the sky, thick smoke obscured the sky, and the entire port of Qinzhou was shrouded in smoke.

The fire grew stronger and stronger, spreading from the burning Qing fleet to the Qing barracks on the shore. Wooden fences, wooden walls, and barracks of the same wood were set on fire. A fire ignited the gunpowder that the Qing army had placed in the barracks, making a crackling explosion. Looking at the battleship on the sea, I saw a few mushroom clouds rising from the sea of fire, and some Qing soldiers who had not had time to escape from the barracks flew into the sky in the sound of explosions.

After destroying all the warships of the Qing Army Naval Division in Guangxi's Green Camp, the naval fleet of the Nanhai Company did not immediately evacuate, but aimed at the Qing Army shipyards, barracks, blacksmith shops, gunpowder workshops and other important targets on the shore.

The fierce shelling destroyed all the targets within the firing range, and the entire Qinzhou Bay was ablaze with screams and shouts.

Albert took out his pocket watch and glanced at the time, and in less than two hours, the entire Qinzhou Bay had been beaten to pieces, and the Qing army and naval division of Guangxi were all wiped out. He nodded in satisfaction and gave the order to retreat.

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