"Quick! Stop those boats!" an English officer shouted in a panic-stricken voice.
The sailors reacted and hurriedly attacked the small boat rushing towards their own warship. I saw water columns rising to the sky around a few small boats, and arrows falling towards them more like a heavy rain. The two boats were hit by cannonballs one after another and turned into pieces in an instant. Although the last boat suffered a serious damage, it still staggered into a large war ship. Boom! There was another loud noise, fireworks shot into the sky, and pieces of the warship and human body parts were lifted into the sky. The warship broke into two pieces and sank quickly.
At this time, a remaining Ming warship staggered into an English warship, and the sailors on the English warship screamed in surprise. The remaining Ming sailors roared and rushed to the English warships, slashing with swords and killing everyone on sight. For a moment, they only saw corpses on the English warships covered with blood. Some sailors tried to resist, but they were no match for the Ming warriors. In an instant, His head was chopped off immediately.
When the officers and soldiers on the surrounding English warships saw this scene, they were horrified and seemed at a loss. In the past few years, the English fleet had never encountered such a fierce opponent in the sea.
The English general ordered all artillery fire to be concentrated on the warship. After receiving the order, the gunboats immediately turned their guns and aimed at the warship. At this time, the English officers and soldiers on the warship were either killed or had jumped into the sea to escape. In an instant, there was a huge roar, and amid the billowing white smoke, countless artillery shells roared and flew towards the two warships that were close together! There was a loud crackling sound, the rafters collapsed, and sawdust flew. In an instant, the two warships were riddled with holes and began to sink!
The English general couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and looked up at the sea. Although more than a dozen of the opponent's warships were wiped out, our losses were no less than those of our opponents, and our military strength was clearly dozens of times that of our opponents! The English general couldn't help but feel a little crazy.
At this time, most of the merchant ships had been able to escape Conlun Island. Zhou Yang stood on the back deck of the Luo family's merchant ship, looking at Kunlun Island getting farther and farther away, feeling really unwilling to do so. He sighed and forced himself not to think about it again. Looking back, he saw dozens of Ming merchant ships all around him cutting through the waves and sailing eastward. He suddenly felt very relieved.
The English fleet annihilated the Ming Dynasty fleet on Kunlun Island, and immediately formed a landing formation and rushed towards Kunlun Island.
The fleet stopped two hundred steps away, and then all the gunboats bombarded key points on the island. For a while, the artillery fire roared, the walls of the island collapsed, and fireworks billowed. It's a sight that makes it hard to believe that anyone could persevere.
The English fleet prepared artillery fire for nearly half an hour, and then two thousand landing troops began to attack, and dozens of specially-made clippers rushed towards the shore.
The landing force was getting closer and closer to the port, and the English general looked relaxed. In his opinion, Conlun Island was already the territory of their Kingdom of England.
Suddenly, a huge roar came from the island. The English general was startled when he saw several huge water pillars rushing up from the middle of the landing force. A warship had obviously been hit and had stopped spinning in place. As a result, it was heavily collided with the warship following it. They collided and many sailors fell into the water. The English general frowned and murmured: "They also have artillery?!" Nonsense!
Fire and white smoke kept coming out from the middle of several cliffs on the island, which was obviously the location of the opponent's gun emplacement. The English landing force continued to rush towards the port despite the artillery fire of the Ming army, and warships were hit by artillery fire from time to time. It is a pity that the power of artillery in this era is limited. If the power of the artillery in World War I is half, one shot can blow up a warship. The English general ordered the gunboats to attack the opponent's artillery position. Amidst the roar of the artillery, countless artillery shells flew towards the Ming army's artillery position. However, the English artillery fire stopped for a moment, and the Ming artillery fire began to exert its power again. The English artillery fire seemed to have no effect. How much effect does it play?
More and more warships were anchored, but most of them rushed into the port. When the English general saw this, he thought he had a chance to win and shouted excitedly, "Okay!"
Nearly two thousand English landing troops jumped off the warships, boarded the harbor, and rushed upward. This port is located on the west side of Kunlun Island. To go from the port to the island, you must go between the two mountain ridges of the Jin Kingdom. This is a trumpet-shaped terrain. The port side is very large, but the exit into the island narrows rapidly.
The British troops rushed towards the island excitedly, everyone roaring loudly and scrambling to get ahead. Suddenly, more than a hundred enemies appeared in front of him. The English army was even more excited and charged more rapidly.
The more than a hundred Ming troops pushed out more than a dozen artillery pieces, and the muzzles of the guns were pointed at the oncoming crowd. The English officers and soldiers were in a state of excitement, and regardless of how many there were, they just kept charging, and everyone looked very crazy.
Boom, boom, boom... there was a huge roar, and the eyes on the Ming Dynasty were rolling. The English general standing on the flagship in the distance saw his own soldiers rolling down. The momentum of the charge was instantly dampened, and he couldn't help but be confused. He was far away, so he couldn't see clearly. In fact, the British army was hit by concentrated fire from artillery shells! At this distance, more than a dozen artillery pieces fired with scattered shells. The barrage was absolutely unavoidable and extremely violent. In an instant, the two or three hundred people at the front were either dead or injured. The momentum of the charge suddenly increased. Frustration!
Corpses were strewn on the ground, and the wounded were rolling and screaming on the ground. The originally aggressive British army suddenly changed into this appearance. Their morale was suddenly plummeted, and everyone was at a loss.
At this moment, shouts suddenly erupted from both sides, and hundreds of Ming soldiers were divided into two teams and rushed in from the left and right. The English army became even more panicked, and they were all spinning around like headless flies.
In an instant, Wang Gu led his warriors into the enemy's thicket, wielding swords and guns to kill with great ferocity; flesh and blood flew everywhere in the crowd, and every English warrior fell in a pool of blood. The enemy's ferocity far exceeded that of the enemy. Beyond their imagination, they felt as if they were being invaded by a pack of tigers and wolves, it was simply unstoppable. The brave English warriors fought back hard, but fell to Yan Yun's sword and gun one after another.
The English troops were panic-stricken and felt that they could no longer resist, so they turned around and fled. Daming covered the ground and killed his opponents all the way, panicking like a bereaved dog.
The English soldiers in the distance were all stunned when they saw this scene, and they didn't know what to do for a while.
Seeing that our own troops were driven to the shore like sheep by hundreds of opponents, there was another round of killing. The entire shore was covered with corpses, and the sea water was dyed red. Hundreds of lucky ones escaped into the battle. The boat escaped.
The English general was furious, but also slightly shocked. The English army, and the entire Western army, had never really fought against the Ming army. They thought that the Eastern army was easy to deal with, but they did not expect that the Eastern army was so fierce and powerful! The opponent's fleet was like this before, and now the opponent's army is like this! It seems necessary to adapt the view of the Eastern Army!
The English general thought for a while and decided to suspend the attack. The fleet retreated a few miles to rest, and at the same time dispatched patrol boats to patrol around the island.
That night, a scout ship came to report that the terrain on the east and south of Conlun Island was suitable for landing. The English general immediately formulated a plan to attack on three sides at the same time. He passed the order and ordered the fleet to be divided into three teams and arranged on the south, west and east sides respectively, preparing to attack simultaneously at midnight.
At the same time, Wang Gu stood on the high point of the island, thinking about the enemy's attack strategy. At this time, the night was just right, and a bright moon hung like a huge jade plate in the night sky, illuminating the entire sea surface with sparkling light.
I saw that the enemy fleet in the west was divided into two teams and deployed around the island to the south and east respectively. Wang Gu frowned and murmured: "You damn golden-haired ghost is not stupid at all. You know you should be surrounded on three sides!" After a moment of thought, he immediately called the headquarters of the Association and called several of his officers to give detailed instructions. After a while, several officers took the order and left.
The night is getting darker and darker, and the bright moon is gradually rising. At this time, the moon is cold, the wind is clear, and the waves are sparkling. It is very pleasant to enjoy the night view of the sea with a beautiful woman. However, Kunlun Island at this time was a battlefield of blood and fire. Although the fighting had stopped at this time, the air was still filled with the nauseating smell of blood and the breathless tension.
The British army was divided into three teams and surrounded Kunlun Island on three sides. They were ready to go. Each team was making final preparations before entering the palace.
Suddenly, rumbling artillery fire broke the quiet night, countless flames billowed on the sea and islands, and the huge sound of the artillery was like a monster roaring and screaming, which was thrilling. Two-quarters of an hour later, a thousand English troops rushed out from each direction on the south, west, east and west to attack Conlun Island. There was silence on the island, and there was no counterattack from artillery fire. It was so quiet that people felt frightened and uneasy.
The landing troops came to the shore and jumped out of the boat one after another. The large group gathered on the shore and waited for orders, while the small group went ahead to search and move forward. This is to learn from the lessons learned during the day, for fear of falling into the opponent's trap again.
Not long after, the team that had been exploring the path came back. None of the exploring teams found anything unusual, not even the west side that was ambushed during the day. The English officers and soldiers were very excited and said that the Ming army must have been afraid and had fled. Three teams of soldiers and horses advanced towards the interior of Kunlun Island. Although everyone thought that the Ming Army had most likely escaped, but after seeing how powerful the Ming Army was, no one dared to be careless. The soldiers and horses moved forward cautiously, and the exploration team was always exploring the way ahead. .
The progress of the three teams was very smooth. An hour later, the fastest-moving southern landing force arrived at the island's administrative center and lit a bonfire to report to the general on the flagship. The English general couldn't help but feel a burst of joy when he saw the agreed signal.
The attendant next to the general smiled and said: "There was no fighting, the enemy must have escaped." The general nodded with deep understanding.
After the southern landing force came to the island, the eastern landing force and the western landing force arrived one after another. I saw the light of the torches on the island flickering, as bright as the stars. The English troops at sea heard the noise and cheers on the island from a distance, and they were very excited. Many people stood on the boat and shouted loudly towards the island.
Boom! Suddenly, a huge explosion shook the entire night sky and the entire ocean. In the dark night, only huge orange flames were seen rising from the island. For an instant, the ears could not hear any other sounds, only a buzzing roar was left; The English soldiers looked at the horrific scene like a volcanic eruption in horror, and they all froze there.
The huge explosion lifted countless pieces of earth and rocks into the sky and threw them far away, falling into the sea like raindrops. There was a loud banging sound, and the entire sea surface seemed to be boiling. The English soldiers who came back to their senses shouted loudly and dodged around, and the scene was chaotic.
When the rumbling noise gradually faded away and the smoke gradually dispersed, I saw that the not very high mountain peak that originally stood on the island had been cut off in half! The general's eyes widened and he exclaimed in shock: "This, is this what happened?"
At this moment, as if in response to his words, bursts of fighting cries came from the island, like the sudden appearance of wolf howls, which was thrilling. The general's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition came over him.
The three thousand British troops who landed on Conlun Island originally thought they had occupied Conlun Island, but they didn't expect that the mountain suddenly shook under their feet. In an instant, a violent explosion collapsed half of the mountain and took away almost a third of the British troops. life. The English soldiers who were lucky enough to escape were dizzy and confused, and for a moment they didn't know what happened. At this moment, there was a sudden sound of killing all around, and the sturdy soldiers of the Ming Army rushed out of the darkness like tigers and wolves coming out to hunt in the night!
Before the English army could react, the Ming army rushed into the middle. The sound of slashing with swords and guns was heard, and under the moonlight only flesh and blood were seen flying everywhere! When the English army came back to their senses, they felt that the Ming people in front of them were simply demons who came from the dark hell to the human world to collect lives. They dared to fight and ran away in panic! The Ming army was chasing and killing from all sides, and there were Englishmen running everywhere. There were killing figures everywhere. There were screams and the sound of slashing with swords and axes. Blood was flying all over the sky under the moonlight. Kunlun Island seemed to have turned into a Shura hell!
The Englishmen on the boat stared at the island with wide eyes. Although they could not see clearly, the tragic sounds continued to reach their ears. They could only feel that their comrades on the island were in a bad situation. They could not help but feel frightened. No one knew what to do for a moment. manage.
The English fled to the shore and scrambled towards the ship. The strong ones pulled the weak ones off the ship, and the uninjured ones pushed the injured ones into the sea. There were shouts and curses, and the scene was very chaotic. Suddenly, a hail of arrows flew in, and many of the Englishmen on and off the ship were shot down. The English were even more panicked. The English who had already boarded the ship did not care about their colleagues who had not yet boarded the ship, and quickly sailed away from the shore. The Ming army rushed to the shore and mercilessly killed the English who could not escape. The English were chopped down like pigs and sheep in the blood of the sea. The screams continued. The English who had escaped by boat looked at the moonlight. The comrades who were mercilessly killed below, listening to the miserable screams, were frightened and ashamed, but they were also glad that they finally escaped.
The chaotic night was over. An English officer ran to the English general and said with a pale face: "General, our three thousand landing troops have lost more than two thousand people!" Although the English general had expected it, he was still surprised when he heard this number. . The English general had crazy thoughts in his heart, and wanted to kill all the Han people on the island with a thousand swords! Calm down and think about countermeasures, but you don’t know what to do for a moment!
In the next few days, the British army tried various methods to attack Conlun Island. However, the result was the same every time. They lost troops and generals, but failed to make any progress. As time goes by, the English people's contempt for the Ming army has disappeared without a trace, and the awe in their hearts has become stronger and stronger. They just feel that those Ming people are simply bloodthirsty demons, so terrifying. !
Just when the English were at their wits' end, their main fleet arrived.
Nelson, commander of the English Navy, stood on the deck of the flagship and saw that his forward fleet was still stranded in front of Conlun Island, and it seemed that Conlun Island had not yet been captured. Nelson couldn't help but frown, feeling very annoyed.
At this time, news came that the forward general Horatio had failed in his attack on Kunlun Island and had lost thousands of troops, but Kunlun Island was still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Nelson could not tolerate the incompetence of his generals and decided to punish him, so he ordered the flag officer to fly the flag to the forward fleet and ordered Horatio to report to the flagship.
The flag officer flew a signal flag towards the forward fleet, and soon after, a small boat was seen coming from the front. After the rescue, the boat came to Nelson's flagship, got close to it, put on and lowered the rope ladder, and Horatio and an deputy climbed up Nelson's flagship through the rope ladder.
The two people walked into the cabin under the guidance of an officer. They saw Nelson sitting at the top and bowed together: "Generalissimo!" They did not hear the generalissimo's words. They only felt silence in the cabin, and the two couldn't help but feel uneasy. , sweat dripped from Horatio's temples.
"I heard that you led a powerful forward fleet to attack the mere Conlun Island for many days. Not only did you fail to destroy the enemy and capture the island, but you also suffered a lot of losses, which greatly dampened the majesty of our Great England Navy!" Nelson spoke with a tone like Sanjiu As cold as the cold weather.
Horatio's heart tightened and he quickly said: "Generalissimo, please listen to my explanation. In fact, it is not that we are greedy for life and fear of death, we have tried our best! But the enemy is much more powerful than we previously expected! For many days in a row, We attacked the island many times, but we were unable to gain a foothold every time. The enemy counterattacked like tigers and wolves, and our army suffered heavy losses every time!"
Nelson knew this subordinate well and knew that he was a very competent general with a courageous and tenacious character, and that he was honest and not hypocritical. Therefore, after listening to his explanation, he did not doubt that he was lying. The situation was a bit shocking. Frowning, he asked, "Are you telling the truth? Is the Ming Army really so powerful?"
Horatio did not dare to hide anything, so he told everything about the past few days, especially the battle on the first day.
There was a buzzing sound in the cabin, and all the generals were whispering. Although everyone knew who Horatio was, they still didn't believe Horatio's words. They would never believe that there would be such a terrible opponent. A very burly general with a golden beard that looked like a golden lion king came out, bowed to Nelson and said: "Generalissimo, I don't believe Horatio's words! How can there be such a terrible enemy in the world? It is clear that Horatio himself is incompetent, but he Then the responsibility for the failure will be placed on the enemy!" The man who spoke was named Hood, who was also an important general in the English navy and had always been at odds with Horatio.
Horatio was furious when he heard the other party insulting him, and shouted: "Hood, how dare you insult me!"
Hood sneered and said unceremoniously: "You have failed so disgracefully, why don't you allow me to talk about it?" Horatio was furious, but he did hit a wall in front of Kunlun Island and wanted to refute. But there was no way to refute it.
Hood felt greatly relieved when he saw Horatio looking as miserable as if he had eaten a dead fly. He had never felt so comfortable since the two men fought. He turned around and bowed to Nelson: "Generalissimo, I am willing to lead the army to attack Conlun Island. I can take Conlun Island in just one day! I will never be like that coward!"
Everyone's eyes fell on Nelson's face. Although Nelson knew Horatio's character very well, he still couldn't believe what Horatio said. He just thought that letting Hood lead the army to attack would at least allow him to see the opponent's combat effectiveness and combat characteristics. As soon as he thought about this, he nodded and said: "Okay, you go attack!" Hood was overjoyed and said loudly: "Please ask the Generalissimo to see how I, Hood, slaughter those Ming barbarians!" Horatio was a little worried in his heart. He was worried about the passing of the Ming army. After many days of onslaught, our side may no longer be able to withstand the onslaught of Hood's new force. At that time, he would certainly be ridiculed by Hood and unable to hold his head high, and I am afraid that the Generalissimo would also blame himself for his poor offensive performance.
The main fleet of England entered the position, and immediately Hood led his fleet to take over the position of Horatio's fleet and assumed an offensive posture.
Hood ordered his gunboats to bombard several key points on the island. Although he boasted in front of Nelson, he did not dare to be careless. Although Hood had been fighting Horatio for many years, he still knew his opponent's capabilities very well. Since he couldn't take the island with many days of fierce attacks, the enemy must not be simple. In fact, Hood's request for a fight in front of Nelson and his boasts were not just a moment of bravery, but a cunning act. Even though Hood looked like the Golden Retriever Lion King, he actually had a lot of hidden agendas. He speculated that the enemies on the island must be really powerful, but after many days of Horatio's strong attack, they must have been greatly weakened. At this time, if I concentrate my strength and attack fiercely, I have a great chance of defeating the enemy and occupying the island in one fell swoop. At that time, he was so prosperous, but Horatio couldn't hold his head high.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
