After this shell smashed in, the cabin suddenly exploded, and it was not safe to hide here, and many people ran to the upper floor, "plopping" and jumping into the sea. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Through the light that came through the smashed hole, Zuo Wuwei saw the cannon deeply embedded in the wooden plank on the opposite side, round and smooth, the best cannon he had ever seen, still stained with meat crumbs and blood. Look at the cabin again, the trajectory where the cannon flies is full of mutilated corpses.

It has already smashed through the thick hull of the ship, and it can still hurt people, and the power of this cannon is simply appalling. Zuo Wuwei didn't have to guess, he also knew that this must be the Bofu thief he was going to exterminate. The sharpness of firearms is no longer enough to describe the other party, and the gap between the two sides in firearms is like heaven and earth.

On the board of the chief soldier, He Rubin saw that the big ship was getting closer and closer, and he couldn't take care of the commander's bearing and the demeanor of the chief soldier, and shouted hoarsely: "Turn the rudder!" Turn the rudder! Shelter me from this big ship! ”

The captain of the ship did not need his orders, and had already ordered his men to turn the rudder and turn to the left side of the fleet, so as to avoid the ships that were about to sink under artillery fire in front of them, and to escape from the artillery fire of the opposing ship.

Perhaps it was because he didn't want to die, after continuous firing, at this time, the barrels of the Caron guns on the Wuyi-class battleships had begun to heat and red, although the excellent materials ensured that there would be no risk of exploding, but many gunners were burned when loading the shells. The commander in charge of the gun ordered the barrel to be cooled down, otherwise the temperature of the barrel could detonate the gunpowder and cause an accident. The gunners panted like cattle to put down the heavy shells, carried a small bucket and used a brush dipped in water to scrub the gunpowder and fragmented residue in the barrel, and poured cold water on the outside of the barrel to cool down the barrel.

The temporary cessation of the shelling allowed He Rubin to escape the catastrophe. Although he failed to turn the bow of the ship in a hurry, he avoided the sinking ship in front of him and broke away from the queue from the left side of the fleet. When the ships in the rear saw that the Chinese military ship was out of battle, they immediately followed suit, and turned their rudders to follow behind.

William, who was commanding at the bow of the ship, shook his head regretfully. Although the opponent did not have the strength to fight back, there were too many of them. Even if you kill a pig, more than 300 pigs are placed there for you to kill, no matter how sharp the knife edge is, the blade will be curled, and no matter how strong the butcher is, he will be tired and half dead.

Looking at the ships that had escaped from the queue, and then at the ships that had fallen behind him and suffered heavy damage, William weighed it and decided to concentrate his fire and completely destroy the enemy ships that had lost power in front of him. Although he doesn't know the old Chinese saying that "it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers", he still understands this truth. Greed is not enough to chew, and your own ships are limited, so it is better to digest the immediate results than to rush to catch up with those ships that have escaped and give a limited blow.

As a result of this round of shelling, more than 100 ships were damaged to varying degrees, some of which had already begun to sink, and some of which could barely drift south with the wind. There are corpses floating everywhere on the sea, and occasionally people who have survived are still throwing themselves in the sea and crying for help.

According to the practice of the Western sea, those who have lost the ability to resist are to be rescued. William looked at the man who fell into the water calling for help, hesitated for a moment, and thought that his boss needed more people and soldiers, so he ordered a few sampans to be lowered for salvage, and the fleet turned around and shelled on another side.

The left gun emplacement, which had already been gearing up, began to roar merrily, and the incapacitated fleet was once again subjected to merciless shelling. Some of the officers and men were desperate to close their eyes and wait for death, and some jumped into the water, hoping for the miracle of survival in the undulating waves.

Zuo Wuwei's ship was relatively lightly damaged, and the captain laboriously made the boat go around the left side of the flotilla, avoiding direct contact with the big ship, and drifting southward downwind.

The officers and military ships, which were no longer able to move, became a natural barrier against the enemy's shells. Amid the earth-shattering cannon sound and billowing smoke, Zuo Wuwei's ship slowly drifted past the wreckage of the fleet, gradually leaving the big ships, farther and farther away.

The survivors of the ship celebrated and finally escaped the place of death. Zuo Wuwei was calmer, and he scolded: "Don't be happy too early." At this rate, after the thieves sink those ships, sooner or later they will be able to catch up with us, and we will have to find a place to dock in order to really save our lives! ”

He was the highest-ranking military general on the ship, most of whom were subordinates of his firearms battalion, and when he heard this, he calmed down and hurriedly urged the ship's boss to dock.

The captain of the ship said with a sad face: "Master, I also want to dock, but the rudder is broken, and only half of the sail is burned, so it would be good to be able to float down." At present, we can only drift wherever we want, and we can't go ashore until we run aground. ”

Hearing him say this, everyone couldn't do it, and could only hope for a piece of land to appear in front of them. But it backfired, and two hours passed, and there was still a vast sea ahead. The outline of the land was faintly visible on the right, but I could only watch it, and I couldn't get there.

I don't know how long it took for the sun to set in the west, and suddenly it began to rain again in the sky.

The captain of the ship said worriedly: "It's really a disaster. Look at this, there will be a storm, and even if the big ship doesn't catch up, we will die. "When a sailboat that loses most of its power gets caught in a storm, the consequences can be imagined.

Zuo Wuwei looked at the heavier and heavier raindrops, and said secretly in his heart: Am I so unaware that I am buried in the belly of the fish? It's really unwilling.

The ship fell into a deathly silence, and the officers and men stripped off their armor and sat down on the deck, waiting for God's decision.

At this time, the captain of the boat suddenly shouted excitedly: "There is salvation, there is salvation!" There is an island in front of you, and if you want to hit it, you can escape this storm by running aground on the beach. ”

Everyone was in high spirits and stood up one after another. Sure enough, a dark shadow appeared in front of him, and as the distance continued to close, it could be seen that it was an uninhabited desert island, not large, and it was estimated that the radius was only a few miles.

Luckily for them, the island was in the middle of the boat's drifting route, and without much effort, the boat crashed headlong into the beach, plunging its bow into the sand, and the ship shook violently, and it didn't move.

Led by the boss of the boat, everyone jumped off the boat, waded through the shallow water, and stepped on the solid ground. Everyone was so frightened that they were exhausted and lay down on the beach on the shore, letting the rain fall on their bodies, and they didn't want to move.

Originally, I thought that there were only these people on this island, but I didn't expect God to send them someone as a companion. Just as everyone was lying on the beach like dead fish, there was another loud bang in the wind and rain, and a boat ran aground not far away. When everyone saw it, it was actually their own people.

A group of people jumped down from the boat, saw that there was also a stranded boat here, and ran over this way. When the two sides met, they were still in the robes of the firearms battalion. escaped death, and a group of old men couldn't help but whiner and cry. (To be continued.) [The mobile app reader of this site is online! ] The reader supports free online reading and offline reading at the same time, and is a must-have reading artifact for novel reading lovers. Read novels for free, please pay attention to the WeChat public account zuopingshuji (press and hold for three seconds to copy) to download the mobile client!