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Lin Weiye visually measured the distance and said regretfully: "About 600 meters, for the Caron gun, this distance is a little farther, if it is projectile, the accuracy is not good, it is too waste of ammunition." The cannon has a low trajectory, and there is no problem with firing at this distance, but the number of guns is a little less. ”

According to his design, the Wu Yi class placed 10 32-pounder caron guns and 4 12-pounder cannons on each side, which had obvious advantages in close-range naval battles, but it was a bit reluctant to carry out the task of bombardment on the opposite shore.

However, the five ships got together, and there were 20 guns on each side, which exceeded the number of the A-Niang shoe batteries on the right, and as for the power and accuracy, the two sides were not on the same level.

The 12-pounder guns began to fire, and most of the shells landed on the beach in front of the battery, setting off a column of yellow water with mud and sand.

"When the situation stabilizes, both the gunners on the ship and on the land must be uniformly trained and master the systematic ranging technology, and the artillerymen are playing professionally, and the current gunners are really ...... standard," Lin Weiye shook his head.

Despite not hitting the battery, it frightened the defenders of the battery. Chen Qian looked at the water column in front of the fort in horror, and his legs were a little weak. There were so many cannons in the belly of the opposing ship, no less than the battery, and it seemed to hit farther. He couldn't decide whether to continue to hold on to his command or go down and hide first.

But soon he won't have to think about it.

After the correction, the hit rate of the second round of shelling was greatly improved, the shells hit the battery one after another, and the big Franc cannon and the fire cannon, which had gradually stopped firing because of the heat, were hit by solid shells and broken in two, and the gunners were either knocked to the ground by the cocked barrels or smashed by the shells. Before Chen Qian could run, he was hit through the stomach by an impartial cannonball, flew a few meters away, fell heavily to the ground, and his intestines spilled all over the ground.

After the third salvo, the battery had completely lost its resistance, thick smoke covered the entire battery, and from time to time explosions were heard - the gunpowder of the defenders was hit by shells and exploded.

Several sampans carried the convoys ashore, and when they reached the fort, they found that the rudimentary fortifications had collapsed, the broken guns were crooked, and the corpses were lying everywhere. In the distance, figures disappeared into the mountains, and the surviving defenders fled.

Several still intact guns were filled with gunpowder and blown up, and after the defenders' stockade was set on fire, the A-Niang shoe battery was completely wiped out.

The rungs on the left side of the battery were even more unbearable, and after a few shots, not even a single living person could be seen on the island.

After solving the fort in Humen, the fleet pulled anchor and set sail, sailing upriver along the Pearl River, without stopping along the way except for adding a little fresh water in a few fishing villages. The purpose of this operation is to be a quick word, and it is necessary to take advantage of the fact that the government is completely defenseless, and directly smash Huanglong and take it by surprise. If the government reacts, even if it is besieged and harassed by Xiangyong and civilian ships, it will put the fleet in a dangerous situation, not to mention that if a supply line is not established, they can starve to death if they are hungry.

The long-standing officials of Guangzhou apparently did not expect a fleet to come from the sea, and the target was still the city of Guangzhou. It is not that there are no examples of pirates rushing inland in history, and when the Jiajing Dynasty was rampant, dozens of pirates landed on sampans and dared to attack the prefectures and counties. However, it is also a coastal place, and it is still a small county town in Fujian. At least until the fifth year of Chongzhen, no pirate dared to travel thousands of miles inland to offend Guangzhou, which was fortified with high walls.

Therefore, when a strange fleet anchored at Baietan, southwest of Guangzhou, and a murderous team led a cannon to pose under the city, the defenders of the city gate thought they were dreaming.

Qiongzhou does not produce horses, and for a long time, the escort team can only carry out the transportation of artillery on behalf of the livestock and use manpower to pull it. The mountain artillery is okay, a few people can carry it and run, but with the field artillery of the artillery truck with a total weight of 2,200 pounds, it is enough to choke. In order not to affect the battle plan for a quick battle, only 10 mountain guns were brought to protect the mortar guns.

The 10-inch mortar cannon is actually not light, and the base is more than 1,000 catties. Fortunately, when the firearms battalion was captured, he accepted dozens of oxen and horses pulling carts, loaded the mortars into the wagons, and finally transported them to the outside of the city.

Xia Nan sighed, everything is easier said than done, originally thought that bombarding Guangzhou City was a very easy matter, but he didn't expect that just transporting these mortars would take a lot of effort. If Guangzhou had a force with a quick response and good combat power, and took this opportunity to attack, it would be quite passive.

He sighed here, and the defenders at the gate were dumbfounded. What is this pulling cart and transporting artillery, it can't be that he has lost his mind and gone crazy to fight Guangzhou City, right? This is not Jiangsu and Zhejiang, where the Japanese are rampant, nor is it northern Shaanxi, where the displaced people are rampant, and it is not Liaodong, where the Tatars frequently knock on the gates, and the Dutch red-haired ghosts have invaded, nor have they ever been to Guangzhou—where did this group of people come from? Besides, is it that such a few people swaggering to set up cannons outside the city gate are treating the defenders as dead people?

Seeing this, the general on duty at the city gate was extorting money from the people and merchants who entered and exited the city gate, and felt that he had been greatly insulted, suspended the glorious work of collecting protection money, and led a group of soldiers at the city gate to rush towards this group of blind people with great vigour.

Seeing the officers and soldiers of less than 100 people, Xia Nan's eyelids didn't move. Huang Hansheng commanded a hundred escorts to line up, lined up in two rows, and methodically loaded ammunition.

The general's original intention was to scare these crazy guys and make them retreat, rather than really trying to attack the opponent's team of hundreds of people with a few dozen people. Unexpectedly, the other party unhurriedly took out the bird gun, showed the posture of starting a fight, and "groaned" in his heart, things didn't seem to be quite right.

More than a mile of road is not short, but it is not long, and it is there after beating the chicken blood and rushing it. The general shouted at the brothers, but he hesitated in his heart, and his pace gradually slowed down, but it was too cowardly to retreat at this time, so many ordinary people outside the city gate and the officials on the city wall looked at it. He couldn't help but regret it, he knew that this group of people was not afraid of officers and soldiers at all, and they had birds, so they would not be strong.

Before he could make up his mind, the soldiers in front of him had already entered the range of the Qionghai rifle. "Crackling" There was a burst of gunfire like popping beans, and the soldiers who rushed to the front fell one after another.

"Mom......" The soldiers fled back faster than when they came, their main business is to collect protection money, fighting is not a strong point, they will get dizzy when they see blood, let alone be shot.

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