Between Donghai Island and Luo Dousha, the fleet led by William finally got his wish and found the endless fleet of officers and soldiers. William licked his lips excitedly www.biquge.info like a shark meeting its prey.

The two opposing sides soon approached. Seeing a large group of ships as tall as a city wall approaching them, the first few lucky ships panicked and deviated from their original route, trying to avoid each other.

"Want to hide? It's too late. ”

William shouted an order to get the fleet between the opposing fleet and the coastline. The purpose of this was to prevent the enemy from scattering along the coast before being shelled, and as long as they were not allowed to approach the shore, the opposing ships would not break away from the group unless absolutely necessary.

Going alone to the vast sea was undoubtedly self-defeating, leaving the fleet without authorization, and rarely being dealt with by military law, the officers and soldiers on board did not know that they had not yet started the war, and they had already fallen into a dilemma.

More than 300 ships sailed in a way that was connected from end to end, stretching for miles back and forth, and He Rubin in the middle did not know what was going on at this time.

After completing the maneuver and smoothly inserting into the middle of the flotilla and the coastline, when the "Yazhou" at the rear also entered the predetermined position and lined up with the officer flotilla, William gave the order: "Fire!" ”

The herald desperately waved the small flag in his hand towards the boat behind - a pre-agreed signal. The right gun windows of the five Wuyi-class battleships were all opened, and the gunners, who had already been in position, lit the fuses of the Caron guns.

"Boom, boom, boom", a continuous cannon sound, the muzzle of the cannon sprayed flames, and the solid spherical shape weighing 32 pounds was fired at the enemy ship that was close at hand.

He Rubin's proud Hongyi cannon fired 5 or 10 catties of cannons, which was not worth mentioning in front of nearly 30 catties of cannonballs. The roaring shells smashed the cabin and the hull, and the officers and men standing on the deck were also unlucky enough to be hit by the shells, and before they had time to shout, they smashed half of their bodies directly into the air.

The roaring cannon finally alarmed He Rubin on the Chinese military boat, and he stood up suddenly: "This is the sound of cannons!" Where did the cannon sound come from, could it be that someone tried the cannon on the ship without authorization? However, he immediately denied this speculation, his familiarity with artillery far exceeded that of ordinary officials, and it was naturally not difficult to judge that this level of sound could not be produced by a 5-pound cannon of Hongyi.

He rushed out of the cabin and leaned on the side of the ship to watch what was happening at the cannon fire ahead. He was stunned by the scene in front of him: about two miles ahead, a tall group of warships was walking side by side opposite his side, and from time to time flames erupted from the side close to him, apparently firing cannons. The flotilla in front was under intensive artillery bombardment, and the flames were in the sky, and thick smoke billowed to the sky.

Although He Rubin was known for being good at artillery, he was limited to land, and this kind of sea shelling was unheard of until the "Yangming" arrived close to reconnoitre, and he still believed that naval warfare was nothing more than fire attack and jumping gangs, and artillery played an auxiliary role at best. This method of combat was beyond the scope of his cognition, and he was stunned for a while, not knowing what to do.

A group of staff members immediately came to the side of the ship, and when they saw this scene, their faces were as white as earth, and they could not even say a complete sentence.

William's fleet moved slowly, the Caron guns on the right continued to fire, and the gunners didn't care about anything, just repeated the process of firing, resetting, scrubbing the breech, loading, and firing.

The panicked officers and soldiers began to try to escape this terrible shelling, but after the shelling, the ship not only killed and injured many sailors, but also damaged the side of the ship to varying degrees, and even the waterline part was also shot, and the seawater slowly poured into the hull.

Zuo Wuwei's boat was in front of He Rubin's boat, he was an expert in using cannons, and at a glance he knew that this was not a 5-pound or even 10-pound Hongyi cannon, but probably a giant cannon that could hit 20 catties or even 30 catties. It was precisely because he knew how to do it that he was even more frightened, 30 catties of cannons, what a cannon this must be! If it is replaced by a lucky ship like your own, a few shots will go down, and this recoil will not overturn the ship?

The other party has such a sharp weapon, and the other side has no power to fight back, how can this battle be fought? He thought about it, but there was no way to deal with it, and his hands and feet were cold.

It didn't take long for the other party's big ship to come near the ship he was on, and the loud roar almost broke his eardrums. A ship in front of it was bombarded by artillery fire, sawdust flew sideways, the cabin was shattered, and a shell happened to hit the bottom of the main mast, which "Kerala" fell, killing several officers and sailors on the deck. The two sides continued to stagger and walk, and the big ships behind the other side continued to shell the ship, and Zuo Wuwei saw with his own eyes that the huge black cannonballs smashed several large holes in the side of the ship, and the sea water poured in, and the hull began to roll sideways, and the officers and soldiers who were standing unsteadily fell into the water one after another, fluttering and shouting for help.

Zuo Wuwei watched in amazement as the other party's lead ship slowly approached his ship, the tall hull made him only look up, there were many square windows on the side of the ship, and the gun emplacements were set in them, constantly spraying flames.

Seeing that he was stunned, the soldiers on the left and right pulled him off the deck with all their might, and hid in the bilge. In this case, it is too dangerous on the deck, and diving is not a good idea, and there is still a chance to survive only by hiding in the bottom cabin.

The pitch-black cabin was already packed. Seeing the tragic situation of the ship in front of them, the people on board learned to behave, except for some hot-headed people who jumped into the sea, the rest of them squeezed into the bilge, expecting the thick hull to withstand the shelling of the other side.

Amid the sound of cannons and the noise in the cabin, someone folded his hands and shouted indiscriminately: "Buddha of Rulai, Great Compassion Guanyin Bodhisattva, Mazu Niangniang...... Please bless me, I don't want to die...... This cannon is so fucking scary......"

Although it was pitch black in the cabin and he couldn't see, Zuo Wuwei could also hear that this was a Fujian general under him, and he was quite brave in battle on weekdays, but he didn't expect to be scared like this. If it was usual, he would have to scold him, but at this time, he felt that there was no reason to blame the general. This kind of artillery fire was like a landslide, and even the garrison of the firearms battalion, which he was accustomed to seeing artillery, was shocked, let alone others.

The gods and Buddhas in the sky didn't seem to work, in the loud noise, the hull of the ship shook suddenly, a cannonball pierced the hull, with scattered sawdust and hull fragments flew into the cabin, in the darkness I don't know how many people were swept down, a burst of iron bullets hit the flesh and blood "poof" muffled sound, accompanied by a series of screams, until it touched the other side of the cabin did not stop. (To be continued.) ==This site novel book chasing artifact is on the shelves! All novels are updated at the speed of light, so that fans don't have to wait in agony and don't miss any wonderful chapters! Bookworm must-have! Pay attention to the public WeChat account zaixian (press and hold for three seconds to copy) to download this site reader!