Section 469 Ambon Landing (II)

The natives were shielded and spear-wielding, and they were ready to fight.

When he saw the Chinese boat, he immediately whistled loudly and flew out with spears.

Spears were thrown all over the world, and the sky was darkened.

The island was rainy and damp, which was not conducive to bows and arrows, and they used throwing spears.

In order to prepare for the battle against the Chinese, the natives moved all the spears from the warehouse, and mobilized their families to urgently sharpen the spears.

Some of these spears were thrown in small boats, and some were stuck in the mudflats!

The shot hit the Marine's helmet and armor, unable to break through the defense, but also smashed everyone's grief.

The Marines returned fire with their muskets, but on the pontoons, moving to still, and even moving to moving, they did not just stand, but shouted and jumped around, and the hit rate of the muskets was not high in the first place, and now it is even worse.

Moreover, the sea was windy and rough, and the muskets were mostly wet, and they could not be shot.

Shells flew over their heads, from the support of the battleship, but the hit rate of the solid shells was really not complimentary.

The artillery roared, the fight was lively, there was no reality if there was a posture, the other side simply danced on the beach, and even writhed their ugly butts at us, they were wearing little bottoms, but we couldn't hit them with a gun and shot at them, so that the fire was dumb and the musket entered the water, so angry that the marines wanted to throw the useless burning stick into the sea.

The attacking dinghy was blocked by the natives, and they couldn't help but hesitate, not daring to attack the coast, and then several small boats on the left and right flanks of the battle line charged forward, and immediately encountered the opponent's spear shooting, inserting the dinghyg into a hedgehog!

The dinghy flipped over, several floating corpses were on the surface of the sea, stained red with blood, and the rest of the people abandoned their equipment, fled in embarrassment, and fled back to the back.

The three small boats piloted by the platoon of Sergeant Red and Second Lieutenant Qian Shiping slowed down, and everyone clenched their muskets in their hands, and their faces couldn't help but be grim, they were all waiting.

What are you waiting for?

Wait for the drums of the attack, or the gongs of the retreat.

Now when the offensive is unfavorable, when the war is unfavorable, depending on the decision of the army commander, once they make up their determination to attack, they will raise the drums of war, advance when they hear the drums, and those who dare to retreat will be killed!

The military discipline in the southeast province is strict, and it is definitely not a joke.

And the pause in the attack just now can be an excuse for everyone to gather and charge together to avoid forming a "refueling" style of play.

But when the drums of war are sounded, there can be no excuse, and that is to rush!

At this critical moment, the movement behind attracted the marines in the dinghy, and they turned their heads to look back and saw the cruiser with the port number "Kaohsiung No. 31" constantly speeding up and heading straight for the beach.

The water here is crystal clear, and the fish swim through the edges, as if they are swimming in the air!

It indicates that the water quality is super good, and at the same time the water is very shallow.

Therefore, the gunboats could not move forward, and the long-range projectile was very lethal on the beach, and it was better than nothing.

This cruiser rushes so much, the fate of running aground will await it!

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Time turned back to five minutes ago, Chen Yuxue, the female captain of the "Kaohsiung No. 31", saw that many men from the Marine Corps in front of her were gathered together, looking helpless, and the female captain smiled contemptuously: "It's really useless!" ”

She climbed to the top of the stern on her two long legs and took over the steering wheel.

She was the captain of the ship, and the helmsman did not dare to refuse it, so she reluctantly left the helm and let her handle the steering wheel.

With her command: "Raise the mainsail!" Kaohsiung No. 31 caught the wind, the sails puffed up, and under Chen Yuxue's manipulation, the speed accelerated, faster and faster, and rushed to the beach.

Break the waves and move forward, dragging out a long wave.

Seeing the coastline getting closer and closer to them, the officers and men on Kaohsiung No. 31 only felt passionate, and followed the captain to drive the battleship to the coast!

There are also people who slander in their hearts: "This is a beauty? No, it's a crazy woman! ”

The marines were stunned, and the commanders on the battleships behind them jumped straight to their feet, this long-legged girl, don't drag everyone into the water!

Five hundred meters offshore! Four hundred meters! Three hundred meters! Kaohsiung 31st shook violently!

Wipe the bottom!

Everyone's hearts beat with it, but Chen Yuxue's face did not change, and the ship continued to move forward.

Seeing the fierce appearance of the cruiser, the marines on its route rowed their boats out of the way one after another.

The hull of Kaohsiung 31 shuddered, but the wind blew it closer to the shore.

And the boatswain in its bilge stared blankly at the bottom of the ship, and cried out in tears: "Pump! ”

Suddenly, Chen Yuxue felt a sharp friction, and the speed of the ship decreased significantly, it was time! She slammed the rudder to the left and shouted with all her might, "Drop the sail!" ”

"Drop the sails!" Several roars shouted together.

The fore mainsail, mainsail and rear mainsail were cut off by the sailors on the mast at the same time, and three huge sails fell, almost submerging half of the deck, and some people were hit by the sails, even if they were wearing helmets, they were also smashed, and one unlucky sailor was even smashed by the thick sail rope and broke his head and arm!

Under the combined effect of the sail and the rudder, Kaohsiung No. 31 drew an arc-shaped trajectory, came to a beautiful side-shift, the posture was extremely beautiful, and then stopped, the starboard side was level with the coastline, less than 100 meters away!

The boatswain in the bilge mournfully retreated to the cargo hold on the upper floor, and the bilge below was already flooded too much to save, and he could not bear to see it, and sat on the deck with tears in his eyes.

Chen Yuansheng, the deputy captain of the gun compartment on the upper floor, was bright, he saw from the muzzle of the gun that the natives on the coast still did not know that death was coming, and they were still singing and dancing there, he shouted: "The cannon is in place!" Stick out the artillery! ”

The gunners put the cannon ready, reloaded, and aimed with frenzied action.

In less than a minute, the nine 12-pounder guns and five six-pounder guns on the starboard side of the cruiser were ready, and with Chen Yuansheng's order, the 14 guns fired a salvo, like a thunderbolt in the sky.

The shrapnel fired from the 14 guns turned the coast into a Senro hell, the white sand was covered with blood and flesh and bones, the remnants of the human body were like a sieve and blood gushing everywhere, and the natives on the edge fell to the ground screaming and rolling on the ground.

The location chosen by Chen Yuxue was the place where the natives gathered the most, and in one salvo, more than 300 natives were killed and wounded!

Such a violent blow made the natives fly out of the sky, and they couldn't imagine that there was such a powerful weapon in the world.

Something happened that stunned the southeastern army, and the natives left what they were holding, did not look back, and fled one after another.

In an instant, there was not a single aboriginal left standing on the beach!

Seeing this scene, the marines of the Southeast Army paddled hard and smoothly rushed to the beach, and the military flag fluttered to seize the beachhead.

"Our troops have taken the beachhead!" Hong Xiguan, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, reported to Governor Chen De.

Now there are nearly 3,000 troops on the beachhead, and the follow-up troops have landed one after another, and the positions are as solid as a rock!