"There are such things!" Chen Yuxue's astonishing move amazed the officers and men on the ships, but they couldn't envy her.

For them, especially the captains, the warship is their life, and the people are on the ship, and the ship is dead.

Just as soldiers regard their muskets as partners and even wives, muskets are more loyal than wives, and captains are equally devoted to warships.

Knights love war horses, captains love warships, like Chen Yuxue's almost self-harming attack, each captain asked himself, they can't do it.

Warships must be properly preserved and used to exert their combat effectiveness.

If an ordinary captain does this, even if he helps the Marines land, the other captains will seriously smack him!

This kind of practice is unscrupulous and undesirable.

Yes, the Marines are blocked, but the Navy can't beat up the guys they eat to help the Marines, because it doesn't come to the critical moment and it can't attack here, so let's change to another place.

Thinking of such a sacrifice of naval warships, the captains would only stand in the way when the enemy's arsonist ship rushed towards their boss's battleship.

Human life is valuable, and battleships are also important, and in the event of an accident, the resignation of the captain is a trivial matter, and damaging the warship of the consul and affecting the reputation of the navy is not something that anyone can easily take responsibility for, unless it is ...... A woman with a halo like Chen Yuxue.

What her husband paid for, she damaged, and others had nothing to say.

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Kaohsiung No. 31 served as a battery, covering the successful landing of the marines and completing the combat mission, but the people on the warship became listless from the initial excitement, because the warship was stranded on the beach and could not move, and the bilge was full of water, which could not be repaired at all!

Deputy Captain Chen Yuansheng and Captain Chen Yuxue complained: "Captain, are you planning to change from the Navy to the Marine Corps?" ”

Chen Yuxue said happily: "Good idea, tell the brothers to prepare the muskets, and we will land and fight!" ”

Chen Yuansheng was taken aback: "You really want to!" ”

A speedboat approached and sent the order of the fleet, Chen Yuxue sneered and said, "Look! Chen Yuansheng took the official order and read it, and the order in it sounded magnificently, first commending Kaohsiung No. 31 for his great achievements, and then requiring all officers and men on the ship not to leave the warship without permission, so as to support the landing fleet.

Then there was a personnel transfer, with Chen Yuansheng temporarily acting as the captain of the Kaohsiung No. 31 cruiser, and as for Chen Yuxue, she was ordered to report on Fang Cai's combat experience on the Nanhai No. 2 battleship, so as to sum up experience.

"Congratulations, sir, it looks like you're going to be promoted!" Chen Yuansheng smiled and said: "If you are promoted, I will be the captain!" ”

"Your words hurt your feelings a little, as if I was blocking your way." Chen Yuxue feigned anger and said: "Don't worry, I will rise step by step, and you will always be my deputy!" ”

Chen Yuansheng's face darkened when he heard this, but after thinking about it, it was really fast to follow this eldest lady to be promoted!

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Chen Yuxue took the speedboat to Nanhai No. 2, just in time for the meal, she was ushered into the ship's restaurant, and Governor Chen De first stood up and applauded: "Welcome our heroes!" ”

The senior officers in the restaurant stood up and applauded together, Chen Yuxue was young after all, which made her feel cramped and uneasy.

Chen De asked one of the officers on the right to sit with the other officers, so that Chen Yuxue sat on her right hand, and on the opposite side was Hong Xuguan, as a sign of her respect.

During the battle, alcohol was not allowed, and everyone replaced wine with tea, so Chen Yuxue was asked to make this cup.

Chen Degui is the governor, and the food he eats is mountain delicacies and sea vegetables, and now he stews the Buddha jumping over the wall to eat, which is the stew of fish maw, fish maw, sea cucumber, fish lips, scallops and other precious seafood, everyone gets a piece of the pie, and eats a feast.

Eat well, but don't waste it, everyone eats cleanly!

As the boss who wears it, Yan Changwu will definitely not tolerate the phenomenon of "Zhumen dog meat stinks, and there are frozen bones on the road", he can't finish eating, he takes the lead in packing, and no one dares to laugh at him, this is the benefit of having hundreds of warships.

China's magnates have always been extravagant and extravagant in order to show their glory and wealth, and top magnates like Yan Changwu have done the opposite, not only not being ridiculed, but also being praised by everyone.

If you don't accept it, you can't do it, people have a lot of arms!

After eating, everyone drank tea and chatted, Chen Yuxue then explained her actions, and finally proposed: "In the past, when we attacked the enemy's port, we were all straight and thin docks, and the firepower of the warships controlled the docks, so that the marines and the army could calmly board the docks. Just as now when our marines rush to the beach, the battleships cannot provide them with fire support, we should build shallow gunboats, and the important thing is to use shotguns! ”

Chen De nodded and said, "That makes sense!" "Tell the staff officers around you to write it down and prepare to build a shallow water gunboat.

Most of the people present are senior officers, and everyone discusses the construction of shallow water gunboats, which must be Chinese-style sailing ships, because it has a shallow draft on the flat bottom, and there is no need to open the walls of the ship to open the gun holes, and 6-pounder guns are placed on both sides and the bow of the ship, which is enough for shotguns!

Others suggested that it could also be equipped with large-caliber toad mortar guns, the precursors of mortars, to fire a kind of artillery shells that were loosely structured, disintegrated in the air, or fell to the ground and bloomed, so as to kill and injure the enemy troops defending the shore.

The toad mortar cannon is mounted in the middle of the ship, mounted on rails, and can even rotate 180 degrees.

You say a word to me, with relish, and some officers are in a hurry, and have already drawn a structural drawing, which only needs to be further detailed, and can even be used to build a shallow water gunboat.

Just as he was about to enter the port, an officer came in and whispered a few words to Chen De, and suddenly Chen De said with a smile on his face: "Everyone! ”

Everyone stopped talking and listened to him announce: "Our army has routed the defenders outside the city of Ambon and occupied the city of Ambon!" ”

No matter how cultivated the senior officers here are, they can't help but cheer loudly like small soldiers!

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After landing, the 3,000 Marines marched down the beach toward Ambon, pushing 2-pounder (40 mm caliber) guns, light enough to be carried in small boats and armed with shotguns.

5,000 natives, led by officers, went out to meet the Southeastern Army on the vast sandy beach outside Ambon.

The golden banner was shining brightly, and it was really made of gold leaf, and it was the royal expedition of Sudan Abdullah Harrig.

This battle is about his fate, and he must not take it lightly, he cannot put his fate in the hands of others!

The aborigines recovered from the shock of being bloodied by Chen Yuxue's shotgun earlier, regrouped, and the optimistic people quickly put the panic behind them, and played drums all the way, shouting and shouting, and their morale was strong.

Only Abdullah Harriq and the other nobles were not happy, and they did not feel a headache when they saw the enemy armed with firearms.

The people at the bottom didn't know about it, but the people at the top knew the power of firearms, and these Chinese troops were afraid that it would be difficult to deal with.

Sure enough, before they could fight, a series of shells flying from the sea had already fallen on the natives, smashing them to death and wounding, and before the big battle began, blood had already been seen!