…"Zhan Yazhou looked at his hand. [Read the latest chapter] From the time the second telegram was sent to now. It's a good day."
"You guys are so good at it!" Xi Yazhou cursed and felt relieved, only to feel that he was covered in cold sweat.
"Mate Le, send sailors to prepare to board the ship. Pay attention to safety!" He took off his helmet. There were several marks on it from being hit by hard objects. It seemed that this thing was still useful, otherwise his brain would have bloomed long ago.
As soon as my body and mind relaxed, I suddenly felt a pain in my leg. When I lowered my head, I saw that there was a large amount of blood on my pants. If I moved even a little bit, the pain would be severe.
"He was actually injured."
Hearing that Xi Yazhou was injured, Lelin quickly came over with the hygienist. Although Xi Yazhou has great doubts about indigenous health workers, he can't be picky now. The hygienist tore open his pants, and there was a bloody groove on his calf. The skin was torn and there was a lot of blood, probably caused by a fragment. I saw the hygienist skillfully using a pair of chopsticks to hold an alcohol cotton ball to disinfect him. Xi Yazhou couldn't help but think of the plot he saw in Bethune's book.
The hygienist looked at the wound and thought that nothing had entered the body, so he just put some medicine on it and bandaged it. No need to even sew. Xi Yazhou himself felt that his legs and feet were fine. I just didn't know if there was anything like tetanus on the shrapnel, and I felt a little guilty. Although the hygienist applied some medicine to him, he didn't know what the medicine was? Xi Yazhou knew that the Ministry of Health and the Biological Laboratory under the Agriculture Committee had jointly set up a pharmaceutical factory. They were not only producing traditional Chinese medicine reagents, but also preparing to manufacture Western medicines. He was very doubtful whether the things made in Shi Niaoren's pharmaceutical workshop were reliable. Xi Yazhou made up his mind. When I returned to Lingao, I went to the hospital for a check-up. At the worst possible outcome, I might as well get a tetanus or something like that.
Although he thought this, there was a determined expression on his face, although the alcohol stimulation when cleaning the wound made him grin a little.
The operation of driving the enemy into Juhua Island went smoothly. The boat did not operate at full power, but just followed the fleet in pursuit. The six pirate ships were desperate and desperately fled under the "pursuit".
The two fishing boats following them followed leisurely. The commander sent the fleet to Juhua Island according to the original plan. They could not be allowed to escape midway, so the pursuit was not urgent.
"Boss, those two "demon ships." Still behind” his subordinates reported in panic.
"The ghost lingers!" Gu Dachun spat. He had already run away, why were these Australians still chasing after him? Even for the officers and soldiers, the few ships and people on board left behind by Wang Cai are enough for them to claim credit and reward.
"It's okay! We will enter Juhua Island in a moment. No one can get past that chaotic bay formation except us." Gu Dachun saw that although the other party was chasing closely. But I won't be able to catch up with them for a while, so I can rest assured.
Gu Dachun personally drove the boat and was the first to rush into Juhua Island. This place was familiar to him. He knew clearly where there were rocks and where there was sand.
On the artillery position at Maotiaokou, Ying Yu saw through the telescope the fleet reported by telegraph a few minutes ago. Six single-masted or two-masted sailing ships were traveling at a very fast speed among the rocks, bays and waterways. His skill in maneuvering a ship even when it was dangerous was astounding to him. If it hadn't been for the ambush plan proposed by Dude, the navy would not have been able to pursue him.
Now the artillerymen have arranged four positions on the islets and rocks near Maotiaokou. There are ten artillery pieces in total, and the position he is in charge of is in better condition for Dude's personal survey: no matter how large it is, the terrain is flat, so the heaviest 1-pound cannon is deployed, which is controlled by Ying Yu himself. The headquarters is also located here.
Three days ago, the navy, under the leadership of Wang Dabeard, transported the disassembled artillery here on light ships, and then moved the artillery one by one to the islet based on the exploration situation. With the help of temporarily installed booms and pulleys, the sailors and artillerymen overcame difficulties and transported several tons of artillery parts and ammunition to the four reefs. Then build a good position on it and arrange the camouflage. Then the long wait began.
"Attention all gun positions!" Ying Yu saw the enemy ships getting closer and closer, and grabbed the walkie-talkie, "Get ready to fight!"
Ying Yu watched the direction of the ship closely, and they were getting closer and closer to the trap they had set.
These four artillery positions have woven a web of death in Maotiao Island. All terrain reference objects in this area have been carefully ranged and calibrated.
Gu Dachun looked around and saw that the two iron clippers did not follow him in. This made him breath a big sigh of relief.
"Humph, you're quite sensible! If you dare to chase in, I'm afraid you've hit the rocks by now." Gu Dachun is no longer worried about his own safety. The only trouble is how to reply to Mr. Zhu about this transaction. He is Big loss.
The sea wind gradually became stronger and the waves began to surge.
"Lower the sail!" he ordered. If we use sails here, the boat will be difficult to control and it will easily hit the rocks. Fortunately, Nekokawa Hikaru is not far ahead. The towering rocks had already appeared in the field of vision, and there were several dark sands that were constantly changing. Gu Dachun mustered all his energy and held on to the cabin pole firmly.
At this moment, he saw a ball of fire emerging from the reef not far away, and then the sound of cannons was heard.
After Ying Yu personally aimed and fired the first shot, the cannons from each position were fired one after another at intervals of a few seconds, so that the observers could accurately judge the impact point of the artillery. Gu Dachun's ship, which was leading the way at the front, came under concentrated fire. A grenade fired from a howitzer hit the deck directly. Wood chips flew everywhere, and there was a sudden cry on the ship. It was during this shelling that Gu Dachun was hit by a piece of hot iron and died.
"Pay attention to the correction target". Ying Yu used a telescope to observe the impact point of the artillery shells. This was really an excellent hunting place: the maximum distance between the various reefs serving as artillery positions was less than 100 meters, and the smallest was only nearly a hundred meters. The water channel here is narrow and there is almost no room to turn. The maze that the pirates have always used to escape has become their desperate end. After the artillerymen fired a few shots, they quickly made corrections based on the impact point and the surrounding reference objects. The artillery fire became more and more accurate. Although the white smoke during the shooting affected the observation on the position, the earlier they should have fired in other places. Hidden observation posts were arranged on the nearby reefs, and walkie-talkies were used to communicate the impact points of the shells.
After the smoke dissipated, the sea area of Maotiaokou was already in a bleak state. All six ships were hit by bullets and caught fire. Ships that had lost control were crowded together, and some had run aground. The decks, masts and terminals of many ships had been damaged by shells, and some were burning. Bodies and fragments of ships floated on the sea. A broken mast was floating on the sea, its sail still burning. The whole scene is horrifying and spectacular. Ying Yu didn't care about the outcome of the battle, which was already a given. What he was more concerned about was, which shell would do the most damage to enemy ships?
The result was as he expected. For common ships in Chinese waters, the effect of grenades was much better than that of solid bombs. Because these ships are rarely made of hardwood, and even if they are, the thickness of the hull is relatively small. Grenades filled with black powder can easily explode the ship's planks, which is much more effective than solid round bullets that simply make holes in the hull. The anti-personnel effect is also much better.
The bombardment lasted for a full twenty minutes. Ying Yu ordered the firing to stop. All six ships that rushed into the ambush circle were paralyzed on the sea. From the beginning to the end, no ship had time to fight back. The rain of shells destroyed them almost instantly. All resistance.
"Send marines to search for it?" Someone suggested.
"too dangerous.
Small. Ying Yu looked at the burning ships and said, "According to Big Whale's telegram, there are three ships with cannons. I don't know how much gunpowder is on them. It's not a joke if they explode. Just wait a little longer." Then another order was given, "Let Duban rescue the pirates who fell into the water at a safe distance. Just catch them if they can swim to the side of the boat. "
When the sailors finally boarded the wreckage of the stranded ships. They had picked up about forty survivors from the surrounding area. There was no loot worth mentioning, so the navy removed all the iron on the ship.
In accordance with Xi Yazhou's request, Ying Yu picked up all the corpses floating on the deck and in the sea, and asked the prisoners to identify one by one which ones were the leaders, and then cut off the heads and put them in boxes filled with lime. This medieval approach made Ying Yu very uncomfortable.
Calmness returned to the sea. The Whale is anchored at sea, repairing its mast and rigging that were damaged in the battle. The sailors were washing the decks, and some of the ship's sandbags had been discarded to lighten the load. The deck looked much emptier.
In this battle eight men on board the Whale were killed and twenty wounded. The bodies of the fallen were wrapped in white cloth. One by one they were placed on the deck beside the ship, with a cannonball tied to the foot of each corpse.
"It's a pity that we don't have a national flag yet, otherwise we should give each of them one." Xi Yazhou said with emotion. Although there will be casualties as long as there is a battle, it is still a bit sad to see the soldiers trained by the time traveler die in battle.
"Blow the trumpet!" As the mournful bugle sounded, the corpses were thrown into the sea one by one, and all the sailors and artillerymen saluted together.
The two fishing boats came back from Juhua Island and saw a burial at sea on the Great Whale. The fishing boats sounded their whistles one after the other.
"Report!" The signal soldier ran over and saluted: "Huang No. 1 came with the signal: "Salute to all the officers and men on board the Great Whale""
"Answer: "Salute to all the glorious navy officers and men! "Mu Yazhou said,
Two light steamers. Escorting the big whale one after another, they sailed towards Lingao. Behind him is the black smoke of the pirate fleet still burning on Juhua Island. ! ~!
