"Tick...... Tick ......"

Several warships remembered the shrill sirens one after another, and Song Tao picked up the microphone next to him and shouted: "Counterattack, counterattack...... Casualties and damage were reported on the ships. ”

Van Bit also shouted: "The boilers of each ship will immediately make fires, hang their sails and sail at full speed." The gun compartment is in place, the gun compartment is in place, adjust the state by itself, free fire, free fire ......"

As soon as the enemy's artillery fire had stopped, he and several captains and co-captains began to organize the officers and men of each ship into a combat state. The four long-barreled 75-mm mountain guns on each ship were uncovered and the gun windows on the side of the ship were opened. The gun non-commissioned officer shouted all kinds of passwords loudly, and the soldiers' movements had already been tempered, and within a few minutes they were in a state of imminent battle, and even the shells were loaded, just waiting for the commander's password.

However, the fog on the sea surface was too great, and the sighters faced the faint shadow of the sail a few hundred meters away, and they could not achieve a precise strike at all. However, the opponent can concentrate a large number of artillery to fire scattered bullets, and the chance of hitting can be greatly improved.

Now the other side is turning the hull of the boat, and once they are adjusted, the second round of scattered bullets will inevitably be overwhelming. All ships in the Far East are equipped with second-generation naval gun firing commanders developed by military factories, and compared with the first-generation commanders, the error has been reduced a lot, and the operating speed has also been greatly improved.

The twelve long-barreled 75-mm mountain guns of the six battleships opened fire one after another after adjusting their condition, but? The effect was unsatisfactory, after all, there was no dual-stable aiming system of modern naval guns, and in the face of such a foggy environment, the hit rate of artillery shelling suddenly dropped to the lowest point. None of the twelve shells of the first round of the fleet hit.

Fortunately, the guns of the Far East were extremely fast, and they immediately reloaded the shells, and then a second round of shells was fired, which may have been everyone's nervousness, or it could be extremely unlucky. The second round of shelling was also completely empty.

The gunnery officers and gunnery officers of the ships simply pushed their aims aside and went into battle to take aim themselves. Liu Shouyou came up step by step from a sailor, a boatswain, an artillery squad leader, and a gun non-commissioned officer, and no matter which one of them had the best professional ability in the post, especially during the period of the artillery squad leader, his artillery shooting results were among the best in all previous assessments.

His eyes were pressed against the scope, staring at the shadow of the sail that loomed in the fog in the distance. Now this state can only be shot by experience. Now the wind and waves on the sea surface are not small, and the amplitude of the sway and pitch is relatively large, even if there is no fog, the level of the aiming hand will be very tested in this sea condition. He can only calculate the error on his own, and now to put it bluntly, he can aim by feeling.

Liu Shouyou locked the aiming point, and when the horizontal datum reticle of the naval gun commander coincided with the horizontal gauge, he shouted violently: "Fire the gun......"

"Boom...... Boom ......", two hot cannonballs whistled and rushed towards the fog opposite, one of which missed again. It swept over the opposite ship, but another shell hit the bow of the enemy ship.

"Ah...... Hit the ......"

The officers and soldiers in the gun compartment cheered loudly, Liu Shouyou turned his head and roared angrily: "Shout a fart, continue to load, this cannon did not hit the key part, the hull of the enemy ship is still moving, hurry up......"

After Liu Shouyou hit the enemy ship, he gave great encouragement to the officers and men of the ships in the Far East. With several rounds of constant shelling from naval guns. Shells also hit enemy ships in the fog on the opposite side, but only one shell hit the critical spot. This caused the enemy ship to ignite a raging fire, and although several other shells hit the enemy ship, they did not cause fatal damage to the enemy ship.

The impact of the fog on the advanced naval guns equipped with the Far Eastern Fleet was too great to make a precise strike at all. Seeing that the attack effect of the guns of each ship was not good, Van Bit picked up the microphone and shouted: "Each ship will send sailors and form a temporary artillery squad." Scatter shots with the front-loading guns of the gun bays. ”

Song Tao stood on the deck of the Pioneer with a telescope, constantly observing the situation around the fleet, and he found that the fleet was surrounded by more than a dozen sailing ships of unknown nationality. The other party definitely had a plan, otherwise there was such a big fog on the sea, how could they be assembled without a communication system. It must have been waiting for them to pass through the waterway. Wait for the appearance of the fleet, and then inflict a surprise blow on them.

"Comrade Commander, the Enterprise has killed three people and injured twelve people, three of whom are seriously injured, and the sails, sail trusses, rigging, and sail gear are damaged......"

"Comrade Commander, the Exploration has killed two people and injured nineteen people, the rear mast was swept off by the opponent's chain bullet, the steering wheel was damaged, and the sails, sail booms, rigging, and sail gear were damaged, and Yan Zòng is hurrying to repair ......"

"Comrade Commander, three people were killed and 24 people were injured, six of them were seriously injured, the middle mast was broken, and the sails and sail trusses were damaged, and they are rushing to repair ......."

"Comrade Commander, three people were killed and seven were injured on the Seeker, the chimney of the steam unit was damaged, and the mast, sail, and sail boom were damaged and are being ......repaired."

"Comrade Commander, the Seeker killed four people, wounded nine, the foremast was broken, the steering wheel was damaged,

As the ships reported the casualties and the damage to the ships, Song Tao and the others all had gloomy faces, this time the losses were too great, the total casualties of the ships in the fleet were nearly 100 people, and the ships were damaged in different ways. The bracket where Song Tao was located also killed one person and injured five others. The sails and booms were messed up with chain bullets, but fortunately the mast and steering wheel were not damaged.

There was a loud bang of "......boom", and a violent explosion suddenly sounded in the fog in the distance, and Song Tao shouted: "Good fight, who hit it?" I'm going to give him credit......"

Li Shaojie shouted from Song Tao's microphone: "Report to the commander, this cannon was fired by Liu Shouyou, the gun non-commissioned officer of our Discovery." Commander, how's the situation with the Pioneer? ”

"The Pioneer is in good condition, you sue Liu Shouyou, and I will give him credit when I go back. Let the ships beat me hard, and when the steam boiler unit has a fire to warm up, we will rush out and extinguish these bastards. ”

After he finished speaking, he whispered: "Among the casualties of each ship, are there any employees of the company?" ”

The captains of each ship reported the situation of the company's employees to Song Tao, and there was only news that a few company employees of the Admiralty were slightly injured.

Song Tao is now waiting for the steam boiler units of each ship to finish preheating, and then start the steam engine and rush up to destroy these bastards. And he also wanted to catch a few live mouths and ask who was calculating them.

He thought that it might be the French, but he immediately overturned this judgment, if the French wanted to move them, why wait for them to go to sea, it would not be safer to attack them at the docks. Moreover, France does not currently have interests with the Far East, they are in France with Guò and Jeanne's family, as well as De. The Marquise de Rambouillet has established a very good relationship, and there will be no conflict between them for at least two years. (To be continued......) R1292