As night fell, the sky gradually darkened.

The sea breeze blows, with a hint of saltiness.

Battleships stopped at sea, like fierce beasts, exuding a terrifying aura. On the sea below the flagship, there were calm waves, and a small boat was moored. The boat is not large, and can accommodate more than 20 people at most. Bulon and Bao Ling sat in the boat, with several guards sitting next to them. The two fished in a small boat, leisurely, and did not feel the pressure of war.

In the small bucket next to Bao Ling, there were already small fish.

Bouron was much worse, catching only three fish.

At this time, it was already evening. Bulon and Bao Ling lost interest in fishing, packed up their fishing rods, and climbed up the ladder that had been lowered from the flagship. When they came to the deck, their own soldiers prepared deck chairs, fruits and other edible things for the two of them.

The chef on the flagship came and took the fish he had caught.

Bouron took out a cigarette and lit it, took a puff of his cigarette, and said lightly: "Your Excellency Bao Ling, Adams and Rawell have left with their troops for a few days, and they have not come back yet, I think we should send someone to inquire." ”

Bao Ling smiled and said: "Adams just replenished the ammunition, indicating that he is still at war, don't worry." ”

Bouron nodded, changed the topic, and said: "When I came to Shanghai, I heard that Li Zhen copied the home of Yang Nengge, the former Shanghai Daotai, and also copied the home of Yang Fang, the richest man in Shanghai. Just these two families already have hundreds of millions of taels of silver. There is also the silver piled up in the Shanghai treasury, which is even more attractive. If we take Shanghai, we will really make a fortune. Not only did we get a huge benefit for the empire, but we also got a lot of money out of it. ”

Bao Ling said: "You have been in China for so many years, and you have not made much money? ”

Bourron's eyes narrowed, he looked up at the hazy sky, and said, "No one will set off to make more money, and I am no exception." As long as there is money to be made, I am more than happy. ”

Bao Ling shook his head and said, "At a certain point, the money is useless. ”

Bueron had an intoxicated expression, opened his arms, and said loudly: "You don't understand! ”

"Report!"

While Bao Ling and Bulon were talking about money, a soldier suddenly came running to report it.

Bao Ling asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The soldier held a spherical object in both hands and said, "Mr. Minister, this is a round ball floating in front of me when I just collected the ship, and I salvaged it." There are also a couple of bumps on it, I don't know what they are. ”

As he spoke, the soldier reached out and prepared to press it.

"Wait!" Bao Ling hurriedly stopped.

The soldier's hand stopped in the air and asked, "Mr. Minister, is there any problem?" ”

Bao Ling said in a deep voice: "This ball is a bit weird, I'm afraid there is a mystery in it, you wait a minute, let's step back." After speaking, Bao Ling pulled Bouron back, and retreated to the cabin, which was already more than ten meters away. At this time, the soldiers on the deck gathered around and looked at the spherical thing in the soldier's hand.

When the soldier saw the order, he retreated and reached out to press it.

Bao Ling raised his eyebrows, and suddenly something similar sounded, shouting: "Don't press!" ”

Unfortunately, it was too late for Bao Ling's words, and the soldier's hand pressed on the bulge.

"Boom!!"

The explosion sounded, and the soldier with the mine was blown to a bloody blur and died instantly.

The rest of the onlookers were blown out and collapsed on the deck. Some people were killed directly, some people were blown unconscious, and some people's flesh and blood were blurred and difficult to identify.

Bao Ling stomped his feet again and again, and said loudly: "Why didn't I think of it in time? ”

"What's that?" Bouron asked.

Bao Ling replied: "This is a bomb, specially for warships. ”

Historically, when the British army was engaged with the American army in Philadelphia, they encountered explosives in small beer kegs. The small beer barrel was drifting on the water, and it did not meet the British warship, but it was picked up by the British soldiers, and then suddenly exploded, killing many soldiers. Even if the British army was not equipped with mines, it was a vague impression that Bao Ling was well-informed.

Failing to stop the soldiers, Bao Ling felt extremely uncomfortable.

The sound of the explosion woke up the rest of the soldiers.

One by one, the soldiers ran out, with curiosity on their faces, but they still quickly took the wounded soldiers for treatment and disposed of the dead soldiers. Bao Ling and Bouron walked out of the cabin, looking at the tattered deck, a haze between their eyebrows. It's not easy to suddenly encounter a spherical bomb that will explode.

"Oh no, there are a lot of bombs floating around the flagship."

At the edge of the ship, the shouts of soldiers were heard.

Bao Ling hurriedly ran to the edge of the ship, and with the light from the ship, he looked at the sea below the ship, and found spherical bombs floating over. Bao Ling's pupils widened, goosebumps appeared on his skin, he felt his scalp tingle, and shouted: "Immediately set sail, send orders to all warships, and retreat to the sea." ”

"Boom!!"

Bao Ling's voice fell, and he felt an explosion from under the flagship.

The battleship shook, and Bao Ling fell on the deck in a hurry, grinning in pain. As the warships set sail, waves of ripples were set off on the sea. As a result, more and more mines floated over and headed for the battleship.

At this time, it was already evening, the tide receded, and the dense mines accompanied the tide, and they were scattered on the sea. Densely surrounded the battleships, and crashed into them, and then exploded. The power of a mine is not great, but the explosion of dense mines makes the battleship at sea unable to survive at all.

The flagships of Bouron and Bao Ling were hit by mines one after another, and the battleship was damaged and began to leak.

The same was true of the rest of the battleships, all destroyed.

The flagship was jolting and shaking, and the soldiers could no longer stand still on the deck.

Seeing this, Bouron suddenly became anxious and shouted loudly: "What the hell is going on, what's going on?" Why are there so many bombs suddenly on the water? ”

In fact, Bullong had already guessed that this must have been done by Li Zhen.

Bulon cautiously ran to Bao Ling's side and asked; "Your Excellency Bao Ling, what now? The battleship was damaged, and if we left the battleship and took a small boat, we could only flee to Shanghai. If you flee to the sea, it will be a dead end. ”

Bao Ling said in a deep voice: "The battleship is damaged, and it is impossible to retreat, so it can only enter Shanghai." ”

Bour Long looked serious and said worriedly: "Li Zhen destroyed our warship, and he must have prepared a countermeasure a long time ago. We took a boat to Shanghai, but it was also difficult. ”

Bao Ling said: "Shanghai is not only Li Zhen, but also Adams and Raywell. ”

The two knew that if they stayed on the battleship, they would definitely die, and if they did not get off the ship, they would surely sink with the battleship, so they hurriedly ordered the soldiers to take out the small boat on the battleship that was ready to escape. Small boats were lowered to the surface, and many of them were blown up after being lowered due to the floating mines, but some of them survived.

Bao Ling and Bouron did not disembark immediately, but first ordered a few soldiers to enter the escape boat and use wire nets to stop the drifting mines before disembarking from the flagship.

At this moment, the warships entrenched in the sea lost their value.

Everyone didn't have time to think about the loss and just wanted to get out of this place quickly.

ps: two of the three watches;