Chapter 117: Night Attack (2)
Under the dark of night.
The icy water crackled against the boat.
The boat drifted with the current, up and down, like a fallen leaf, floating in the vast sea, looking so small and helpless.
"Shhh
Wang Changsheng seemed to sense something, and immediately made a gesture to ask everyone not to make a sound, and the boat was suddenly silent.
The wind whined, intermittently, erratically, like a ghost crying in the dark night, very terrifying.
What's more, the waves hit each other, making a rattling sound, and everyone couldn't hear why.
Wang Changsheng listened carefully, and seemed to catch some subtle differences, such as the sound of waves crashing on the shore, but it was slightly low.
"Childe, I dare to assert that the enemy ship is around here." Wang Changsheng whispered, his tone was very affirmative.
"In what direction?" Yang Bo asked.
"This... It's hard to say. Wang Changsheng was embarrassed.
Yang Bo patted him on the shoulder, indicating understanding, it doesn't work if he doesn't understand, he didn't hear anything, he could only trust Wang Changsheng's intuition.
"Where's the gunner?" Yang Bo asked in a low voice.
Two people in the darkness also answered in a whisper, getting up and approaching Yang Bo.
When the two of them came over, Yang Bo leaned over, "Stay for a while, I will shoot a signal flare, once the signal flare is in the sky, you two will open your eyes wide, look for the target, find the target, as long as it is within the range, immediately fire." ”
"Flares?" He Qifeng was puzzled: "Then won't we be exposed?" ”
"It's okay, we were too cautious in our previous plans." Wang Changsheng took over the conversation and said, "You think, our ship is small, we can't see them, and they can't see us." ”
According to the original plan, if the attack was successful, when the boat withdrew, Yang Bo would fire a signal flare, and the boat would not return the same way, but retreat to the swampy area south of the Black Rock Cliff, where there was shallow water, even if the enemy ship found it, it could not pass, someone was on duty there, and once they saw the signal flare rising into the air, they would light a bonfire to indicate the direction of the boat.
Yang Bo wanted to use the signal flare as a flare to detect the enemy ship, obviously changing the plan temporarily, and the risk was still very great, but after weighing the pros and cons, Yang Bo still decided to give it a try.
"Remember, one is time, the signal but the time to stay in the air is only three or five breaths, and you only have three or five breaths to find the target, and the second is that the rockets have to be spared, there are only three, and the primary target is the Burisem."
Both gunners nodded heavily, and Yang Bo added, "Try to hit the waterline." ”
The purpose of hitting the waterline is to sink the enemy ship, and if it is hit above the waterline, it will inflict heavy damage on the enemy ship at most, but it is impossible to sink it.
However, in the current environment, it is fortunate to be able to hit, and it is obviously demanding to only hit the draft line, so Yang Bo does not make special requirements.
Yang Bo pressed the signal flare into the drum of the pistol on the left side, and everyone was so nervous now that they didn't dare to make a sound.
"Phew..."
Suddenly, the signal flare drew a white line in the dark sky, and with a bang, it exploded in mid-air, and a ball of light appeared in the air, emitting a dazzling white light, and the surroundings were suddenly as bright as day.
"Mother, Burrisham"
Someone exclaimed, but the body was trembling, and suddenly, a black behemoth appeared in front of him, which was terrifying.
The distance of the Burisham is less than 100 meters, which is too close.
Its massive body was on the left front of the boat, and the bow of the boat was diagonally facing his starboard side, and out of the Azi Burisem near the stern, if the boat had rowed less than a hundred meters further, it might have grazed the butt of the Burisem and rowed past.
The opening of the cannon run on the side of the ship is clearly visible, but the gun port of the cannon run is not visible, and it is estimated that the gun barrel was retracted at night.
"Boom, boom."
At such a close distance, the two gunners naturally did not hesitate at all, and opened fire one after the other.
Two huge explosions came, and between the lightning and flint, Yang Bo saw that two big holes were punched out of the Burisham, one was located in the tail of the Burisham, and the other was located in the middle of the Burisham, but unfortunately, neither of them hit the waterline, and the middle one was slightly sided, in Yang Bo's opinion, under such a blow, the Burisham could not be sunk.
"Hit, hit.."
The two gunners were cheering, and everyone jumped up and high-fived in celebration, and the boat was jubilant, but the boat shook very much.
If it were to shake like this, the boat might capsize.
"Climb down, climb down." Yang Bo shouted: "We have to leave, the sooner the better, what about the pulpher?" Boating, fast. ”
The pulppers, suddenly woke up, this is already a place of right and wrong, the Dutch reacted, the distance is close, take a shot, it's not fun, hurry, the farther the better.
Yang Bo touched the side of the ship, came to the two gunners, punched each of them in the chest, and then gave a big bear hug, excited, "Good job, I will give you the first credit." ”
He Qifeng watched from the side, but Xiao Jiujiu was cheering in his heart, and under the ecstasy, Yang Bo and the others did not pay attention.
Until the flares in the air had burned out, the Burisham did not fire.
His boat had passed the most dangerous period, the vast sea was back to darkness, and even if the Burrisem reacted and began to fire, it was only a bluff blind hit, and it was difficult to hit the target.
And his boat, which has already hit twice tonight, is a satisfactory result, and the price paid is only two rockets, and it will be a great victory until everyone returns safely.
At last there was a cacophony of shouts from the Burisham, and Yang Bo seemed to be able to see the expression on Captain Drenthe's face, shocked, angry, but unable to do anything about it.
This is Yang Bo's favorite part, annoyed and angry, but helpless.
In other words, it was Yang Bo, in fact, it was the same, I didn't know where the enemy was, and this battle couldn't be fought.
In fact, in this generation, both Chinese and foreign, limited by technical conditions, very few naval battles take place at night, the sea is vast, where to find the enemy, both sides can not find the enemy, this battle cannot be fought.
Of course, the night attack on someone's harbor is another matter.
It's easy to understand that even a modern ironclad ship, if the ship suddenly loses power at night, the power goes out, and people are on board, what can they do? In fact, there is only so much that can be done.
The Burrysborn took two shots, and the situation is not getting better, hehe.
Yang Bo smiled, smiling a little proudly.
People get carried away when they say it, and this is quite appropriate for Yang Bo tonight.
"Enemy ships .." Someone is exclaiming.
It was the Cofin, and Yang Bo, like everyone else on the boat, had almost forgotten about the Cofin.
However, then again, even if he hadn't forgotten, it was estimated that the situation would be similar to that of the moment.
By this time his boat had passed the stern of the Burisham, and was about to paddle a little further, so that he could search for the fire on the shore and begin his return.
The boat almost ran headlong into the Slash of the Cofien, a small reconnaissance ship that was much easier to start than the Burisham.
When the Burisham was attacked, it was on the other side of the Burisham, and the Burisham was a behemoth, just blocking the view of Yang Bo and the others, so they found no trace of the Cofeen.
Since the attack had taken place on the left side of the Burisem, the Cofien had to go out to reconnoitre, and it happened to collide head-on with the small ship that was about to escape.
The two ships were so close that they were almost within reach.
"Turn the rudder, turn the rudder.." Yang Bo said urgently: "Rowing quickly, fast, fast, fast.."
Fortunately, the Cofien seemed to be so ignorant of the boat that no one fired a shot or cannon at Yang Bo's boat at such a close distance.
At this moment, He Qifeng suddenly stood up, carrying a bazooka on his shoulder, obviously about to be launched?
Yang Bo hurriedly stopped: "The wind is rising, the distance is too close, you.."
Before Yang Bo could finish speaking, He Qifeng had already pulled the trigger.
"Boom..."
He Qifeng fired the last rocket, hitting the bow of the Cofin.
A huge explosion came instantly, and out of instinct, Yang Bo hurriedly held his head in his hands and prepared to get down, but he was pushed back as if he had been pushed back, and he suddenly fell on the deck.
It was a wave of heat from the explosion.
The explosion left a hole under the bow of the Cofin, and this time, it really hit the waterline, and the displacement of the Cofien was just over a hundred tons, and the damage was enough to make it sink quickly.
But the wood fragments from the explosion also caused trouble for Yang Bo's boat, and several people were injured by the wood fragments.
"The wind is blowing.."
Yang Bo hurriedly got up and shouted angrily, obviously to blame He Qifeng.
"Childe, it's not good." Wang Changsheng exclaimed, "The wind is falling into the water." ”
Yang Bo was shocked and leaned out of the boat, but he couldn't see it really, but at this moment, he heard someone shouting: "Brother, save me." ”
"It's broken." He Qifeng was really thrown into the sea, this cold day, the temperature of the sea water is very low, no matter how strong the body is, it can't last long, not to mention He Qifeng's ability to swim in the water also makes people suspicious, and I don't know if he is injured.
You have to save people, and you can't wait to save them.
Yang Bo couldn't help but say, took off the fox fur on his body, plunged into the sea with a fierce man, and desperately swam towards the place where He Qifeng fell into the water.
It was pitch black everywhere, people were in the water, and their vision was greatly restricted, Yang Bo vaguely saw a white shadow, so he swam there, and shouted anxiously: "Wind, where are you?" ”
"Reach out." Yang Bo shouted frantically.
"Brother.. I.."
He Qifeng's voice, Yang Bo turned his head to look, only to see a hand exposed on the water, but his body was sinking, Yang Bo was about to turn around, but He Qifeng's arm was stretched out from behind him, and he hugged his waist tightly.
He Qifeng had obviously lost consciousness, Yang Bo was his last straw, hugging Yang Bo's waist, he refused to let go, completely driven by the survival instinct.
But this is the worst case scenario for Yang Bo.
Not only could Yang Bo fail to save people, but even he himself began to sink.
His eyes widened, but what he saw was a black whirlpool, driven by a powerful force, his body was slowly swept into the whirlpool, and began to spin, and faster and faster, his consciousness blurred, and the terrifying death was devouring his life little by little.
Vaguely, Yang Bo seemed to feel that someone was poking him with something sharp, and he subconsciously reached out to grab it.