It was another ordinary morning, five 200-ton warships and three paddlewheeler sailboats of the Hantang Group's Haian Brigade appeared in the rivers around Nanjing City.

At this time, it is about ten miles away from Nanjing Chengyi Fengmen Wharf.

Since the fall of Zhenjiang City, Nanjing City has been rumored, how many times have you shouted that the wolf is coming, the wolf is coming, but the result is not.

It's really heart-wrenching.

However, when they did appear, the city of Nanjing was silent.

Ma Guozhu, the governor of Liangjiang, rushed to the city wall out of breath, and as soon as he counted his subordinates, there were seven or eight generals who had not yet arrived, and they were all Manchurian generals!

His heart suddenly became angry, and he ordered three more horn cannons!

During this period, Ma Guozhu, the governor of Liangjiang, said confidently: "We have a big killing weapon, and we must ke pirate magic." ”

The crowd listened in silence.

The captain of the Yangtze River fleet, He Maxiang, had previously sent a small warship to act as a survey ship to re-inspect the nodes of the main channel.

Captain Homer believes that he does not dare to easily trust the intelligence department with such highly professional information as hydrological data.

In fact, he already had the relevant hydrological data sent to them by the security intelligence department of the Hantang Group in advance, as well as the use of the wharf outside Nanjing, as well as the artillery layout map on the city wall.

He just wanted to verify it for himself.

The results show that the error is not large.

In order to avoid being seen as cautious, he strongly proposed to step up the construction of the maritime security intelligence department.

Captain Sun Yu sneered and said, "Otherwise, you can catch the Lord-"

Captain He Ma Xiang was not happy at that time, and said, "What about the Yangtze River Fleet?" I don't want to be in the office right now! ”

There is now a tendency in the security team that the original young veterans have begun to civilize, and there are those who like this, such as Captain Wang Cheng, and those who don't like it, such as Captain He Ma Xiang.

This response is the same in both the land and sea sectors.

In short, it is a matter of choice, unless specifically requested by the Department.

Captain Homer Elephant really didn't want to, he wanted to fight at sea for a few years, and when everyone else began to marry and have children, he didn't envy it at all.

After the attack on Nanjing City began, he felt his heart beating hard!

It's a thrill, a sense of purpose!

When he was about to arrive at the Fengmen Wharf in Nanjing, he saw in his binoculars that the Nanjing Tatar Naval Army had indeed stopped the so-called "Rolling River Dragon" on the river, trying to separate himself from the other party.

The water battalion of the Tartar Navy was full of cannons, and sailing ships came out one after another, and sure enough, as the intelligence said, the largest of them was no more than a hundred tons, and the smallest was a row.

They did not rush towards their own fleet, but as if they were afraid of being blocked in the water camp.

The fences of the water camp were wooden stakes that were deep into the river.

On the side of the stake were rafts connected together, and several small cannons were set up on them.

Captain Homer picked up the binoculars, glanced at it and put it down, he didn't have how many doors he ordered, the intelligence called it the "Wooden Floating Battalion", there were a total of nine small cannons of about three pounds, but what was it?

Lack of firepower, go to the river?

Now on that raft, dozens of Tartars were starting to get busy, as if they were the same thing, adding cannons.

Captain Homer gave the first command: "Go to the north shore and blow the chains apart!" ”

The herald sends the message to the signalman, who begins waving the signal flag.

On a ship near the north shore in the distance, three assault boats were lifted!

At this time, the wind is fierce, driven by a cold current from Siberia, the north wind is stronger than in late autumn, but the river is always the surface of the river, and it is too calm compared to the sea.

The north wind was strong, the sky was blue, and the sun was shining all over the world without hesitation.

In fact, they have planned it in advance, and it is all just a process.

Even, the personnel of the three assault boats had already been prepared, but they could not start hanging until they received an order.

There is no way, this is not a drill.

In the area on the north bank of the Yangtze River, there was originally a team of men and horses stationed there.

Dozens of wooden stakes had been laid on that side to involve the "Rolling River Dragon", but when the Yangtze River Fleet really appeared on the river, the team immediately organized itself and stood on the riverside to watch and see how the "Rolling River Dragon" would pass!

Then they saw a huge ship near them hoisting down three small boats at a rapid pace, and dozens of people were pulling off the ropes!

They were rowing fast towards their side, a bit like a dragon boat.

The commander who led the team was a little annoyed when he saw it, he looked down on me so much, more than 200 people! Dozens of people came directly? Hate me for waiting for no artillery!

"Everyone, wait until the pirates come ashore and kill with me!"

The crowd responded.

At this time, one of his attendants found that three windows had opened on the huge ship, and the muzzle of the black hole was sticking out!

The commander who led the team only then figured out that there were no artillery on their deck, which did not mean that there were no artillery!

"Spread out!"

He had just shouted a sentence when he heard "Boom! "Boom!" "Boom!" Three cannon shots, followed by "Woo! "Whew!" "Whew!" Three strange chirps-

He saw the three cannon windows flash with fire, and after a little white smoke was emitted, the whining sound flew over their heads!

"Haha, didn't hit!"

The crowd began to gather around again, waiting for the pirate who dared to come ashore.

The commander of the team held the hilt of his sword and laughed loudly, but the shells had gone into their barracks, only to destroy the tatters.

It turns out that everything is a rumor, and it says you so badly! Now I understand the Governor's intention of telling me not to believe rumors and not to spread rumors, and I almost fell for it!

He was about to make a halberd finger and curse a few words, when he suddenly heard a series of explosions in the barracks, and everyone looked back blankly, the barracks of more than 200 people, in a few breaths, it was all over!

"Whew!" "Whew!" "Whew!"

Everyone definitely didn't look back at the giant ship again, and ran directly, because the commander who led the team ran away first!

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Three explosions sounded behind them in a row, and they ran faster.

An officer on the battleship put away his AK47 at this time, thinking to himself, I still don't believe it, there are really soldiers who are not afraid of being bombarded!

He could have shot, but looking at the group of tartars in tattered clothes, he knew in his heart that they could never be soldiers who were appreciated by their superiors, and they were not local soldiers - if the second round of artillery fired, they did not run, then for the safety of the security guards who came ashore, he would have really shot.

Within 200 meters, they really have the same target!

Three assault boats rushed to the north shore, and dozens of security guards jumped out of the boat and headed straight for the stakes.

The North Shore is empty.

The battleship continued to fire shells at the fleeing crowd, and the explosions continued, but none of them were killed.

The captain who led the team threw off his fast boots, and he didn't look behind at all, he escaped with his life first!

"Run, run! I already knew that those rumors were true, otherwise, otherwise, where would it be worth the Governor to send someone to mention and mention! ”

That's not interesting, Captain Homer put down the binoculars, that Gatling gun crew didn't get practice!

The security guards who came ashore neatly laid grenades at the wooden stakes.

Many scary-looking blockades that don't require specialized explosives can be solved with a few grenades as long as they find their soft underbelly.

Because of a really tight lockdown, there must be a good foundation. Looking at the surface, the "Rolling River Dragon" is an arm-thick iron chain, which scares people to death, but its base is a wooden stake.

One point of breaking, all over.

Sure enough, there is no defying common sense.

The arm-thick iron chain sank to the bottom of the river in the explosion, only showing the pull of the south bank, and only about a dozen meters of the river surface.

The Yangtze River fleet began to go to the so-called "wooden floating camp".

The nine guns on the "Mufu Battalion" opened fire first.

At this time, the artillery on the Yangtze River fleet did not even open the gun window, because no orders were given.

Captain Homer had to accept the reality that the equipment under his command was all left over after the upgrading of the Haian Brigade.

There is no way to do this, the Yangtze River Fleet, listen to the famous, but only the standard of the river fleet.

You can only play the rest of the Haian Brigade, which is gratifying and much better than the level of Taiwan's river fleet. They don't have a 200-ton class yet.

After the nine guns on the "Mufu Battalion" were fired, those shells fell into the river without exception, and there were quite a few of them, exactly nine waves.

Then the Tartars on top turned and ran, they couldn't stand the feeling of five huge ships coming towards them!

They are not stupid at all, the few shells just now made them understand that these giant ships are all flowering shells!

Moreover, they are skillfully adjusting the sails, and if the sails are large, they can change the angle at will in the river breeze!

Run after a shot and never stop!

None of the warships that rushed out of the Nanjing naval camp met the Yangtze River fleet, nor were they prepared to line up any battle line, but shamefully fled upstream, so they would not wait for death on the "Mufu Battalion".

What is this "Wooden Floating Camp"? Long rows of rafts!

Captain Homer gave the order: "Launch the incendiary bomb!" ”

His herald ran to the signalman with a "whoosh", this was all known in advance, and it turned out that he had to wait for the order!

The burning and bombing of the Yangtze River Fleet soon entered the Nanjing Water Camp, and suddenly the barracks of the Water Camp began to burst into flames, and the so-called "wooden floating camp" burned up like paper.

Captain Homer tried to observe the city of Nanjing with a telescope, but the air disturbance caused by the burning flames made it difficult for him to see clearly.

He put down the binoculars and thought, fortunately, there is only one batch of such incendiary bombs, and it is difficult to preserve them, and it is better not to use them on wooden ships.

He then ordered: "Act as planned!" ”

Under the banner of the signal man, the five battleships separated.

They swooped down on Shuiximen, Hanximen to the west, Yifengmen to the northwest, Lion Rock, and Shence Gate and Yuemiao Mountain to the north, where they were to force their landings in order to form an arc encirclement of Nanjing.

On the shore, there is not a single soldier.

The gates of Nanjing City were all closed.

Thanks to the support of old friends Yezhongye, Silver Alliance leader Guozhiyin, and Ling Buxu.