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Chapter 82 Sweet Harbor Storm - Juhua Island Sea Battle II
Xi Yazhou looked at his watch. It had been exactly 20 minutes since the second telegram was sent to read the full text.
"You guys are still right," Xi Yazhou cursed. He felt relieved and realized 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.
"I'm 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. Seeing 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 novel.
The hygienist looked at the wound and thought that nothing had entered the body. He just put some medicine on it and bandaged it. No sutures were needed. 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 it was. Xi Asia knew that the Ministry of Health and the Biological Laboratory under the Agriculture Committee had set up a pharmaceutical factory together. They were not only producing traditional Chinese medicine reagents, but also preparing to manufacture Western medicine. He was very doubtful whether the things made in Shi Niaoren's pharmaceutical workshop were reliable. Xi Yazhou made up his mind to go to the hospital for a check-up when he returned to Lingao. In the worst case, he would have to 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 to drive the enemy into Juhua Island went smoothly. The fishing boat did not operate at full power, but just followed the fleet in pursuit. The six pirate ships were desperately trying to escape under the "chasing".
The two fishing boats following behind 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 are still behind -" his subordinate reported in panic.
"The ghost is still lingering." Gu Dachun spat. He had already run away. Why are these Australians still chasing after them? Even if they are officers and soldiers, the few boats and people on them that were just abandoned are enough for them. Please take credit and reward me.
"We are about to enter Juhua Island soon. No one but us can get past that Chaotic Bay Formation." Gu Dachun felt relieved when he saw that although the other party was chasing closely, he would not be able to catch up with them for a while.
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 that was as smooth as a dangerous ship impressed him. If it hadn't been for the ambush plan proposed by Wu De, the navy would not have been able to pursue him.
Now on the islets and rocks near Maotiaokou, the artillerymen have arranged four positions, with a total of ten artillery pieces. The position he is in charge of was personally surveyed by Wu De - the conditions are relatively good: the area is large and the terrain is flat, so The heaviest 12-pound cannon was deployed, which was personally controlled by Ying Yu. 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, grabbed the walkie-talkie and "prepared 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. All terrain reference objects in this area have been carefully ranged and calibrated.
Gu Dachun looked back and saw that the two iron clippers did not follow him in. This made him breath a big sigh of relief.
"Hmph, if you still dare to chase in, I'm afraid you've hit the rocks now." Gu Dachun is no longer worried about his own safety. The only trouble is how to reply to Mr. Zhu - for 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 speed of the ship will be difficult to control and it will easily hit the rocks. Fortunately, Maotiao Pass is not far ahead, and the towering and rugged rocks are already in sight. There were several dark sands here, which were constantly changing. Gu Dachun worked hard to hold on to the rudder 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.
As Ying Yu personally aimed the first shot, the cannons from each position were fired one after another with a few seconds interval, 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 12-pound 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 correcting the target" and use telescopes to observe the impact point of the artillery shells. This is really an excellent hunting place: the maximum distance between the various reefs serving as artillery positions is less than 500 meters, and the smallest is only nearly 100 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 artillery fired a few empty shots, they quickly made corrections based on the impact point and surrounding reference objects. The artillery fire became more and more accurate. Although the white smoke during the launch affected the observation on the position, the sooner the artillery fired, the sooner they fired. 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. The ships that had lost control were crowded together, and some had been stranded. The decks, masts and sterns 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 - this was already determined. He was more concerned about 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.
"It's too dangerous." Ying Yu looked at the burning ships, "According to Big Whale's telegram, there are three ships with cannons, and I don't know how much gunpowder is on them. It's not a joke if it explodes. Just wait. It'll be fine in a while." He then gave another order, "Let the sampan rescue the pirates who fell into the water at a safe distance, and pick them up as long as they can swim to the side of the ship."
When the marines finally boarded the wreckage of the stranded ships, they had picked up about forty survivors from the surrounding areas. 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 deck. In order to reduce the burden, some of the sandbags on the ship had been discarded, and the deck looked much empty.
In this battle eight men on board the Whale were killed and twenty wounded. The corpses of the fallen were wrapped in white cloth and placed one by one on the deck beside the ship. A cannonball was 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: "Yu No. 1 sent a signal: Salute to all the officers and men on board the Great Whale."
"Answer: Salute all the officers and men of the glorious Navy." Xi Yazhou said,
Two fishing boats, one behind the other, escorted the big whale and sailed towards Lingao. Behind him is the black smoke of the pirate fleet still burning on Juhua Island. ,.
