The Kunshan is a large clipper ship produced in the United States. It was purchased by Prussia but is actually the property of the Sino-German Foundation.
This is a classic clipper ship with a length-to-width ratio of 6:1. The slender and graceful hull can easily cut through the waves. When the speed exceeds 16 knots, you can even see the bow of the ship floating and dancing on the waves. Cutting the waves as easily as scissors.
This is the origin of the name of the clipper ship. This is the pinnacle of wooden sailboat design. If the Kunshan chooses to escape, the French warships covered with iron armor will not be able to catch up with it.
But today the Kunshan was unable to leave. They had to rely on their own strength to buy time for the main fleet to leave.
The cabin and deck were full of running sailors. In the warehouse where coal was stored, the sailors were pouring barrels of kerosene. More kerosene barrels were chopped with axes, and the pungent liquid was flowing everywhere in the cabin. .
The Kunshan's bow gun fired first, and the six-inch rifled gun fired high-explosive shells. The first hit exploded on the side of the Holy.
"God! What I said is right, there are Chinese people on this ship... The continuous attacks are not ghost ships at all, they are all caused by the Chinese!"
The distance was getting closer and closer, and Molière finally used his telescope to see clearly the figures of the Chinese and Prussians on the deck who were firing cannons on the deck. Everything verified his speculation.
France's industrial strength is not just a boast. The heavy steel armor specially made by the steel factory can easily deal with such a six-inch small-caliber naval gun. The explosion had no effect other than blackening the armor.
Molière sneered as he looked at the Kunshan's stubborn resistance. "The Holy and the Gauls attacked from both sides and tried to capture the clipper ship alive... I need a large number of prisoners of war and confessions. I must get the collusion between the Chinese and the Prussians." Evidence of a joint attack on British and French civilian merchant ships..."
"The Glory and the Piety continue to head west... The clipper ship must have been using flares to communicate with the big fish just now. If it were later, it might be too late..."
Don't look at the fact that Molière only brought four sail warships. Although these four warships were all defeated by Ryukyu, their combat effectiveness was doubled after being upgraded by the French arsenal, and most of the soldiers on them were from Ryukyu. Those who came back defeated were as filled with anger as Molière.
The two heavy cruisers savagely attacked the Kunshan. The 120-caliber cannon on the bow sprayed flames and tore the white sails of the Kunshan into rags. If it weren't for Molière's request to capture more prisoners and require a lot of confessions, the two warships would have focused their fire and blasted the wooden ship to pieces.
Sun Chu saw a blood-stained bandage on his forehead, and shrapnel almost scratched his temple. At this time, the Kunshan had lost power and could not escape even if he wanted to.
The gun and command sword given by the Prime Minister of Ryukyu are tightly held in his hand. The gun is a refined Colt revolver, and the sword is a retro Tang sword made by a Japanese master. The Tang knife had been unsheathed and the bullets had been loaded. In the cabin behind him, a group of foreign students and Prussian soldiers holding rifles were waiting in full formation.
Sun Chujian stared at the two warships getting closer and closer with red eyes. He lowered his voice and said, "You are not allowed to leave the cabin without my order. When the two ships intersect, follow my orders... With the enemy being outnumbered and we being outnumbered, we will definitely lose." , now we can only rush forward and fight close to the side, and use the most primitive hand-to-hand combat to end the battle!"
"Distribute grenades! Bring as many as you can... Remember to leave me a glory bomb at the end! Kill one to get enough, kill two to earn one!"
After all, the Kunshan is just a clipper ship. Although it is armed with a cannon at the bow and stern, it is not enough to fight against professional warships.
Soon all the white sails of the Kunshan were blown to pieces by high-explosive shells, and the rags rustled in the sea breeze like broken flags fluttering in the wind. The deck was littered with corpses, bloodstains, and the mess after the explosion. Except for a few casualties who were still shooting helplessly with rifles, the Kunshan was completely unarmed.
There was a sudden rejoicing on the Holy and Gauls, and the soldiers shouted slogans of capturing the Chinese alive and prepared to board the ships. Especially the first few officers had seen the injured Sun Chu in his officer uniform. The soldiers next to him subconsciously wanted to shoot, but the French officer slapped him aside.
"Stop! That's a big fish. It's more valuable alive than dead... Did you see the command sword in his hand? It's a Japanese samurai sword. The output is extremely low and it is completely handmade. Ordinary officers with no background have no right to wear it! "
"Everyone stop shooting... rush in and grab the alive ones!"
Boom...click, click, click...
The Holy, the Gauls and the Kunshan were now at a level with the three ships. The two warships from the north and the south almost scraped against the side of the Kunshan in parallel, and the sound of impact and wood chips could be heard far away.
The thick iron armor almost cut open the wood on both sides of the Kunshan. At this moment, the dead man in the bottom cabin of the Kunshan picked up the mine and slammed it on the ground. Flames suddenly jumped from the kerosene.
"Hahaha... It's time to die! Brothers, get on board! The fire started..." The roar was the signal, and Sun Chujian swung the long knife in his hand and shouted at the Gauls opposite.
"Countercharge! Counterattack! Kill..."
"Kill..." An overwhelming roar suddenly erupted from behind Sun Chujian, and the blue crowd rushed out from every hatch, and the bright bayonets dazzled the eyes of the French.
"Oh God! How dare the Chinese counterattack and charge back? Where did they get the courage..." Before the French officer could finish his words, more than a dozen smoking black lumps were seen flying over in the sky.
Boom boom boom... There was a violent explosion, and the deck of the Gauls was filled with flames, and broken limbs were flying everywhere.
Sun Chu saw that he jumped over the mast like a tiger and rushed onto the deck of the Gallic. The sword in his right hand flashed and blood arrows shot into the sky. The pistol in his left hand was dedicated to naming the enemy officers. Behind him, more than seventy soldiers formed a gun array with dazzling bayonets. A single assault tore apart the French's chaotic shock array.
This was simply a one-sided massacre. The French never imagined that these Chinese soldiers and Prussian sailors were not purely naval forces. Many of their tactics were exactly the same as those of the army, and they were even elite troops in the army.
Isn't this bullying? Who is covered with grenades in a battle on the sea? Could the man with the explosives wrapped around his waist be the legendary dead soldier?
There are also those small commandos that work in threes and threes and the bayonet formations composed of dozens of people. Could it be that they are the gun formations commonly used in the ancient cold weapon era?
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