The sun is setting, and outside Dongshan Island, the naval battle is also heating up.

"Fan, this ship is not working, change ships immediately!"

On the head boat with the flags of the four seas, Hessey raised Fan Liuxi in a loud voice.

"How did this battle go like this!"

Fan Liuxi angrily smashed the side of the boat with his fist, and his boat was entangled by the other party all the time, and he kept firing cannons from a hundred zhang away, not only was he beaten all over his body, but the boat was getting slower and slower. According to the sailors under the cabin, there were constantly small holes leaking, as if they had been hit by strange "olive bullets".

Maybe it was his fist that hit the luck switch, and a chain bullet with the resentment of being humiliated for a long time hit the opponent's mast, not only tearing down a large piece of sails, but also seemed to break the mast mechanism, and the boat running in front suddenly slowed down, causing Fan Liuxi and others to cheer loudly.

"Reach in! Washed them! ”

Fan Liuxi shouted loudly, the cannon on his ship has been destroyed a lot, and it can be seen from the battle situation just now that although the opponent's ship is small, the cannon is more powerful than his own, and the hard artillery battle is definitely not the opponent, so he is counting on the side.

The distance of sixty or seventy zhang was extremely difficult to get up, and under the fierce artillery fire that was incredibly fast for nearly a minute, just when Fan Liuxi and Hessey suspected that the ship was about to fall apart, it was finally close enough to fire a bullet to clear the other side's deck.

Broadside guns, deck guns, dozens of cannons blasted out of the sky, and I saw that the hull deck and even the surrounding water surface of the opponent's ship were washed by hail, and it seemed that no living person was standing up.

Seeing that the enemy ship was about 20 feet away, at least hundreds of people were crowded on the deck, wielding grappling hooks, spears, and short axes and waist knives, waiting to be on the side. The other side of the ship was so low that they didn't even use the lasso.

There were a few muffled bangs, and they waited for a few swarthy things, which smashed into the crowd on the deck, and when they saw that it was similar to the previous "olive bomb", they all laughed and laughed, it was time to set off the squib...... Then several flames of fire rose up, and countless pieces of iron were pushed out by the violently expanding gas, penetrating the human body and splashing with blood. There were wails on the deck, and in the smoke and blood mist, no one paid attention to another "olive bullet" that slanted through the ship's plank, throwing several people on the deck high.

"Come on, this fairy cannon is useless! End gun! ”

At the bow of the "Big Lady", the two gunners of the "Immortal Cannon" finally gave up, and the gunners who were lying on the ground dodging the shotguns lost focus and muttered to themselves: "How could it be? How can it be of no use at all? "The Anglo-Chinese navy is reluctant to engage in broadside battles, but only tries to avoid them, which does not mean that they are afraid. When the two ships were about ten feet closer, the sailors and the soldiers of the Fubo army who were lying on the side of the ship jumped to their feet, and under the command of the officer, sixty or seventy muskets were fired at the same time, knocking down a large number of the enemy gathered on the side of the ship.

After some more artillery fire, the two ships collided together, and the blood-red pirates swarmed up to face rows of muskets laden with bayonets.

If it was still Luo Wugui, who used to beg for a living at sea, he would have thrown himself into the sea to escape against his peers twice as large as himself. But what he is now leading is the Anglo-Chinese Navy, and in addition to professional training, the training of hand-to-hand combat has not been left behind. In addition, there was a team of Fubo troops who specialized in combat, and the crew and sailors were united into a battle group, and the pirates who jumped on board were not a serious threat except for sporadic casualties with throwing axes, shuttles, and short guns.

A blonde, blue-eyed European man was brave, first with a short gun, then with a slender bayonet, and the soldiers with spears and bayonets were not used to it, and were put down several times. Luo Wugui's eyes were quick, and he shot down from a distance, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw another pirate aiming at him, and then pulled out another short gun.

At the moment when the two pulled the trigger, their faces were clearly reflected in each other's eyes.

"Little Liu!?"

"Uncle Wugui!?"

A puff gun rang out, and both men were shot and fell.

While the two ships were engaged in a fierce battle, the wingman "Second Grandmother" protected the outside of the "Big Lady" and used her body to block the last few boats that surrounded her. Fortunately, the latter few ships were not as many as this head ship, and they were so bold that they were bombarded by the fierce artillery fire of the "second grandmother", and they did not dare to fight fiercely.

At that moment, the officers and men of the "Big Lady" counterattacked the pirate ship and turned it all over the world

The flag tore down the mast, and when Luo Wugui, Fan Liuxi, and the foreigner were urgently injured and treated by the ship doctor, the sunset had already sunk. The remaining three intact pirate ships turned around like lost dogs.

In the cabin, the pungent smell of blood enveloped Luo Wugui and Fan Liuxi, and the two looked sideways at each other, with extremely complicated expressions in their eyes.

Fan Liuxi swallowed and said: "Uncle Wugui, my father suffered such a catastrophe, and you still worked for them with peace of mind!?" You're my brother! Knowing what happened to Fan Sihai from Fan Liuxi's mouth, Luo Wugui sighed: "My friendship with your father is not just a friendship. Back then, your father said that he was four and I was five, and his son should be six, which is the origin of your name, and he regarded me as a member of the clan, but ......"

Luo Wugui shook his head: "Your father's business, I believe in the official family and the imperial court." You should believe it, you shouldn't ...... it."

He pointed to the Europeans lying on the other bed: "In collusion with the Spaniards, you do this, the nature of the matter has changed, you know?" ”

Fan Liuxi said hatefully: "Why did it change!?" What official family, what imperial court, is different from the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty? If you act as an eagle dog for the court, I can't borrow the power of foreigners!? ”

Luo Wugui just shook his head, he also made up for reading and reading in the navy, and he couldn't say any big truth, but he felt that what Fan Liuxi said and did was just the old theory, and it didn't match the current situation and the court he worked for.

Thinking that Fan Sihai's matter is very light and tricky, such as his son Fan Liuxi colluding with the Spaniards and making enemies of Yinghua, Luo Wuguixin said, Xiaoliu, your father should have been fine at first, but now that you are doing this, can your father still talk?

Now this court, what it does and what it creates is completely different from before. Your Uncle Wugui and I are willing to serve as this little captain in the navy, don't you just feel that this court can accommodate people like yourself, and you can make yourself feel that you are in the midst of everyone, and your father is in the same mind when he votes for the court? Why are you still thinking with your old head?

There was a wail, it was the cry of the wounded on both sides, and on the "Big Lady", the crew threw the bodies of both friend and foe into the sea with expressionless faces. Although it is not far from Dongshan Island, the navy is like this, and everyone who dies on board has to be buried in the sea.

Fan Liuxi's head boat is slowly sinking, and the "Big Lady" is also unrecognizable, Fan Liuxi's men have nearly 200 casualties, Luo Wugui's side has fewer casualties, and the two boats together have nearly 100 people. The cause of this bloody conflict was Fan Liuxi's incomprehension of what happened to his father Fan Sihai and his distrust of the Anglo-Chinese country.

Therefore, he colluded with the Spaniards, avoided the western part of the South Sea, where the navy was strong, and came to the waters of Fujian, intending to threaten the British and Chinese with force, and introduced the whole matter into a more turbulent wave.

At this time, in Huangpu, Guangzhou, he had not yet received the battle report outside Dongshan Island, and Bai Yanding finally went to find Xiao Sheng, who was reporting to the emperor in Huangpu.

This is not a dispute between industry and commerce and Confucianism, nor is it a distinction between axioms and utilitarianism. The things of the old days must be integrated into the trend of the day, and this threshold must be crossed after all. In the final analysis, it is the old account, and the question of whether it is counted today or not, and how it should be calculated.

"Let's go, the official family is studying at Whampoa Academy, and they should be talking about this matter, you follow me."