It was in this battle that the water ghost of Kunigami Village became famous. This harpoon-wielding warrior was like a sea god possessed, killing everyone under the boat. The two-foot-long harpoon made him appear and disappear without anyone meeting him. Three sailors were stabbed to death in the sea.
Corpses floated upward one after another, and the people on the deck watched helplessly as the blood spread in the seawater, corpses appeared in front of their eyes, and there were even traces of sharks swimming in the distance.
"Quick, quick, quick... What are you looking at? Hurry up and jump down..." The captain of the Quick Walkers was going crazy now. He could guess what these Chinese people wanted to do with his heels. There was no second choice except to tie him up. choice.
Although the captain didn't know how these Chinese were going to light the fire, Europe already had very primitive triggering devices at this time, and God knows if Xiao Letian imported some.
"No matter what conspiracy these Chinese people have, you have to eliminate the hidden dangers...keep jumping down and surround them!"
The sides of the Quick Stepper were like dumplings being dropped, and the French sailors were falling down with a crackle. At this time, even the Wavebreaker could not sit still. Although they could not understand the situation, they also knew that the situation was urgent. At that time, many sailors went into the water.
At this point in the battle, the sailor wielding the harpoon could no longer hold on. After he stabbed the sixth sailor to death, the dying French sailor held on to the harpoon tightly. The exhausted Kunigami Village water ghost continued to fight. Can't get it back either.
The soldier swimming next to him flashed the dagger in his hand and stabbed him hard in the back of the heart. The nameless fisherman's whole body arched forward and his mouth opened wide as if he was shouting.
Blood spurted out from the wound and mouth. At the last moment before death, he turned to look at his brother. There was no fear of death in his eyes, but relief and encouragement.
Tears are salty, and they are also salty when dissolved in sea water. At that moment, the living water ghosts felt that the entire sea was filled with their tears. He stopped nailing it, let go and let the hammer sink to the bottom of the sea. His right hand was tightly holding the traction rope of the flintlock device. Looking at the French sailors surrounding him, he actually showed a sneer.
"Brother, don't go too far. Brother, I will go with you! Brother, I will avenge you!" His right hand suddenly exerted force, and the traction rope was suddenly pulled out of the wax seal. At that moment, the flint rubbed out a spark.
Before the seawater could pour in from the gap, the explosion was irreversible.
At that moment, there was a sudden loud rumble on the sea, and the entire hull of the Quick Walker was blown out of the water. White waves rose into the sky, and the entire battlefield screamed.
All the French were dumbfounded. They turned to look at the Quick Walker that was blown into two pieces. At that moment, people forgot about the killing and that this was a battlefield.
The flames of the explosion ignited the Quick Walker's gunpowder magazine, and a chain reaction occurred in mid-air. Boom, boom, boom... a series of explosions made the whole sea seem like a sun rising.
The sharks that were about to feed in the distance suddenly swung away in fear and disappeared into nowhere. What fell in the air were all carcasses and shipboard fragments.
The current Wave Breaker has gone crazy. The distance of fifty meters is neither far nor close. Although the power of the explosion could not destroy the structure of his ship, fifty meters was the distance where the shock wave wreaked havoc, and countless sails just caught the force of the shock wave.
In everyone's sight, the Wavebreaker seemed to have been pushed down hard by Poseidon's invisible big hand. The entire hull was almost at a 45-degree angle and was about to tip over into the sea.
Fortunately, the force of the shock wave was only one. When the main shock wave swept across the sea, the Wavebreaker jumped up from the sea like a loosened spring, and then slammed back to the sea.
It was this shock wave that saved the life of the Wave Breaker. Just as the two water ghosts were about to pull the traction rope, suddenly a shock wave from the sea hit them. They and the surrounding sailors were stunned, including the weak ones. He was knocked unconscious on the spot.
Of course, one of them would end up unconscious in the sea. The two water ghosts from Kunigami Village also lost their hammers at this time. They wanted to hold down the bag with both hands and then pull the traction rope. They didn't want to go back alive anyway. Let's die together.
But when they looked up, they found that the wooden strips holding the flintlock device had fallen off during the shock. Seawater had seeped into the flintlock device and the bag could no longer be lit.
The two water ghosts smashed a boat plank angrily, pulled out the harpoons from their waists, and counterattacked towards the surrounding French sailors.
Now the Beishan trenches have become a sea of cheers. Everyone on the battlefield jumped up and waved their middle fingers at the sea regardless of life and death, "Holy shit... Oh shit... Oh shit..."
This is the national curse that Xiao Letian taught the New Army, and then the New Army taught it to the people of Ryukyu. Now the people have given this middle finger to the French, and the evil spirit of massacre has finally emerged.
"Retreat... everyone retreat to the trenches!" Chu Zhao was still able to keep calm at the critical moment. He knew that the French would soon wake up from their shock, and then the angry French would definitely launch a revenge charge.
"Quick, quick, stop cheering, go back to the trenches!" The soldiers dragged and dragged these young militiamen back, and at the same moment, the French commander finally woke up from the shock, and he angrily shouted to the mainland The team ordered.
"Charge and avenge the Quick Walker! Damn barbarians, how dare you sneak attack our French fleet..."
"Kill!" The battlefield was filled with the angry roars of the French. They opened fire while charging up the hillside. Countless young and strong militiamen who retreated were knocked down, and counterattack gunfire rang out in the trenches.
Jin Sanshun and Lin Zhen were so excited that they couldn't find the north. They were the first people to propose making homemade mines. Now they can achieve such great results, which is exciting enough to think about.
"Shoot...kill these big noses...Spencer fires, don't forget that this is a weapon donated by our Jin family!"
"Shoot, everyone shoot. The method I, Lin Zhen, came up with really works. If I say it can sink, it can sink..."
"Lin Zhen, shut up, I thought of this first!"
"You farted, I thought of it first, and I also stole the flintlock device from the laboratory..."
"Shit, I broke the glass in the laboratory!"
These two living treasures were actually in the mood to quarrel at this time, which brought a bit of relaxed smile to the extremely desolate battlefield.
When all the soldiers and militiamen jumped back to the trenches, the French charge also weakened. They charged from low to high, and the defenders still had trenches, and we lost artillery cover. This kind of suicidal attack could be Not what the French want.
Although these commanders and soldiers were very angry, they still acted in strict accordance with iron military laws. After leaving more than a dozen corpses, they alternately shot, covered each other, and retreated to Kunigami Village.
The battle has come to an end, and both sides have entered the stage of licking their wounds. The Quick Walker, which was blown into two pieces on the sea, has slowly sunk to the bottom of the sea. The corpses and debris spread on the sea are shocking to those who look at it.
The Wavebreaker has now lost its combat capability. Just after the overturning force, all the artillery and debris in the entire ship were moved. Many artillerymen were even killed by the moving cannon.
The deck and cabin were filled with the wails of the wounded and the cries of the weak. In this chaotic state, let alone fighting, it was probably impossible to even protect themselves.
If the Ryukyu Kingdom sends a group of navy at this time, even the most primitive hand-to-hand combat sailors, as long as they stick to it and fight a side battle, the battleship can be captured based on the condition of these sailors.
Xiang Ying, who was in the Beishan trench, also saw the clues. He stood on the highest rock with a telescope and watched the Wavebreaker slowly spinning on the sea. He patted his thigh anxiously.
"How good would it be to have a warship in hand now? How good would it be to have hundreds of brave sailors in hand? As long as we rush up to the bow, we can capture this warship... Damn it, damn it!"
Just when Xiang Ying patted his thigh anxiously, a melodious horn sound suddenly sounded from the west of the sea, that is, on the left side of the trench. The sound was so familiar that even the little beauty Cai Bixia heard it.
"It's our navy! It's the navy trained by my father! They are finally here..."
Yes, the Kingdom of Ryukyu does not have a navy. Over the past year, Xiao Letian allocated countless funds to buy ten small clipper ships, and then asked American engineers to convert them into warships.
Xiao Letian and Cai Hao never thought that these ten warships could be used on the battlefield, because these ten small clipper ships were not qualified to be used as merchant ships, and they were basically purchased at scrap prices.
Although it is not used in combat, it is still rich and abundant as a training ship. Xiao Letian knows that a navy is not created out of thin air, nor can it be accumulated by just spending money to buy the best warships.
The navy has always been a game played by the elite. A qualified sailor can't even think of setting sail without three or four years of training. As for the artillerymen, if they don't fire six to seven hundred rounds, they can't even think of getting on the battleship to control the artillery. .
Captain, first mate, second mate, third mate, pilot, driving assistant, steward, radio operator, bosun, first mate, second mate, carpenter, cook... There are so many types of technical jobs on the warship that you can't even imagine.
If ironclad ships enter the order in the future, there will be more technical positions. Chief engineer, second engineer, second engineer, third engineer, engineer assistant, electrician, chief engineer, machinist...even oilers and fitters must be equipped.
Such a talent gap cannot be trained in one day, so these ten flying shear ships have one purpose, which is to train talents. The more, the better.
Of course General Cai Mao knew how high the combat effectiveness of the training ship could be, so when the war just started he ordered the fleet to set off north and hide in the reef area in the northern waters.
This reef area is located right between Naha Port and Kunigami Village. It is a place where small ships cruise, where heavy ships are sad, and where French warships also have to stay away.
Sometimes the second-generation officials are still very useful. If Xiang Ying and Cai Bixia had not come forward personally at the most critical moment, no one would be able to mobilize these ten warships.
During Xiang Ying's journey north, when they passed the path on the cliff of Beishan, it was Cai Bixia, the sharpest-eyed person, who discovered the fleet. It was at her request that ten clipper ships separated out. Three ships came to support the Kunigami waters.
Who said that the second generation of officials are all playboys? In this battle to defend Ryukyu, Xiang Ying and other second-generation officials made great contributions.
Note: An additional update has been added. An additional update has been added due to vomiting blood! It’s not that Xinjing doesn’t want to add more, but historical themes are very difficult to write, and it’s impossible to write too fast. This difficulty cannot be avoided, and I hope book friends will understand.
In addition, it’s not like Xinjing has never added updates before, but after adding updates, book friends’ reactions were just like that. Not to mention subscribing and giving rewards, they didn’t even leave comments...
Alas... I won’t say anything anymore, let’s just read the book.
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