Another violent explosion!

After the explosion, it can be clearly seen that a wide opening was blown out above the starboard waterline, a gunwalk was sunk in the gap, the barrel and the remaining part of the gun carriage were bolted by the eyebolts, and the rope hung it in mid-air, and the cannon was thrown in mid-air, sometimes thrown overboard.

Struggling to get up from the bridge, Liu Wenyuan, who was dizzy, grabbed his hat, threw it aside, and then shouted loudly.

"How's that, how's that?"

Thankfully, although the explosion of the arson ship caused heavy damage to the ship, the damage was mainly concentrated on the waterline, thanks to the combination of the sturdy ribs of the Western-style hull and the ship's planks, otherwise the result would have been devastating.

"Captain, a hole was blown up on the starboard side, the Eighth Artillery Group is gone, the Tenth Artillery Group has lost half of its people, and the first mate is organizing people to nail the board, as long as it should be able to hold back......"

Liu Wenyuan had already stood up at the shouts of the midship, he looked at the smoky sea, the sea was full of wrecks of arsonist ships, those arsonists who were still rampant on the sea, most of them had disappeared, but it meant that the danger was lifted - dozens of rushing ships had already approached with the wind, they were constantly attacking the fleet with artillery, and even tried to attack the formation that had become scattered because of the evasion of the arsonist ships in a plum blossom formation - although the attack of the arsonist ships did not have a decisive effect, However, hundreds of arsonists succeeded in breaking the battle line of the Second Cruise Fleet, so that the forty-three warships that survived the attack of the arsonists had to spread out to avoid the arsonists attacking from all directions.

Almost at the moment when the arson ship successfully tore apart the battle line of the loyal army, Shi Lang's originally solemn face finally showed a smile, and at the moment when the smile disappeared, he ordered in a cold voice.

"Unleash all the arsonist ships and attack the front team of pirates!"

Now it's time to punch the old master to death, a face-to-face attacker, with the advantage of firepower and the sturdiness of the hull, the loyal army easily sank as many as seven bird ships, and Shi Lang, who only had twenty-eight bird boats left, would give the other party another chance.

When Shi Lang ordered to release hundreds of sampans filled with powder kegs rowed by more than a dozen people to rush towards the cruising fleet, Zhang Di's side fell into a bitter battle, dozens of swarming ships, in the square of three or five ships, towards the lone ships to besiege the past, perhaps the size of the ship is not large, the board is not strong, but with the heavy gun on the bow and several fires on the side of the siege, the ships are actually in a situation of powerlessness to fight back.

Another burst of artillery bombardment made the hammer-like crackling sound ringing in Yan Fu's ears, as well as the cannons that were firing angrily, the dead sailors, and the wounds on his own body were drowned out in this noisy and furious battle.

The smoke around the warship was thicker, the flashes from the Qing artillery were closer, and the two sides were already very close. It could be seen that the Qing army was rapidly approaching them. The sailors on the ship were operating faster and faster—after the loss of some of the guns, they were added to other gun positions, and they worked hard without stopping, constantly firing at the approaching Qing warships. After a long period of shelling, the cannon body became hot, and after each shot, when the cannon wiped the chamber that was stained with water, a cloud of white smoke would rise, and the cannon body was so hot that the backseat of the artillery would jump and try to get rid of the rope every time it was shelled, and the rope would make a terrible sound.

At this time, the Qing artillery fired a round of grapeshot bullets, and they were greeted by a fierce musket fire from the musketeers—who had now reached a position close to engaging in broadside combat. Although the smoke obscured the view, they continued to try to inflict damage on the enemy with bullets.

Finally the smoke cleared, and the enemy was in front of them, the moment they could see the enemy on the ship. The musketeers on the mast immediately opened fire on the enemy ship, clearing the enemy deck of people, and the enemy's deck was full of people, her foredeck was crowded with people who were eager to jump into the gang, and more Qing troops, with gunpowder canisters in their hands, looked very generous.

"All the crew members are going to fight off the jumpers,"

Liu Wenyuan, who was standing on the back deck, gave the order.

"Grenades, throw grenades......"

At this time, Liu Wenyuan saw a midshipman shouting loudly on the deck, he took out a box of grenades, and threw grenades desperately at the Qing army's ship while shouting.

"Grenades!"

Liu Wenyuan then realized that before the gang jumping, grenades should be used to sweep the enemy's deck, when the gunners were close to shoot, the sailors were still more than 20 zhang away from each other, grabbed the grenade and threw it towards the Qing army's ship, a burst of grenades like raindrops fell on the Qing army's boat, and immediately exploded a cloud of exploding smoke, compared to the gunpowder canister of the Qing army, although the power of the grenade is small, but it can throw out twenty or thirty zhang, just an instant, hundreds of grenades were smashed into the Qing army's ship, The violent explosion stunned them in an instant, so that the Qing troops on the ship were blown into the sky by the fragments of the grenade before they could even react, and the gunpowder jar in their hands, which would have become an even more lethal weapon, was detonated by the flames of the grenade explosion, causing further damage to the fleet......

With a violent explosion, the enemy ship that seemed to be about to resist exploded in the burning, and then quickly sank to the bottom of the sea, and the close combat did not bring the imaginary advantage to the Qing army, but gave the ships of the loyal army fleet a certain advantage - their warships were stronger and could withstand most shelling, and the sailors on board would constantly throw grenades to kill and injure the enemy, although the Qing army also constantly tried to attack with gunpowder canisters and oil canisters, But each time, they were suppressed by the grenades thrown by the rain of farther away, not only could they not throw the gunpowder canister and the canister of fire and oil as they wished, and even the gunpowder canister and canister in their hands were constantly detonated by the grenades thrown on the ship, but brought more damage to their warship, so that the entire warship was completely plunged into a sea of fire.

Originally, it seemed that the warships of the Qing army sailors pounced on the ships with "five-point plum blossoms", this will no longer have the previous momentum, when the warships fell into the sea of fire, and the sailors abandoned the ships and jumped into the sea one after another, and the more deadly shells from the warships of the loyal army, the shells fired at close range continued to tear their gunwales, and the warships dragged the billowing smoke into the sea.

At the same time, there are still Qing warships besieging up, catching up with the boats, two-masted ships, although these ships are small, but with the advantage of numbers, and the battle line of the second cruise fleet has been divided, although the officers and men of the second cruise fleet desperately fired shells and attacked each other with grenades, but the Qing warships still kept approaching their warships, because both sides were small warships, so in the end the two sides still leaned together.

At the moment when the two ships were close together, there was a violent friction sound, and at the moment of collision, a burst of cheers broke out on the Qing warship, and the Qing troops who had been bombed by grenades in the past and had no power to fight back immediately waved their waist knives and threw ropes to carry out a jumping gang battle, and when they jumped onto the "Anqing", the swords in their hands shone in the sun. There was a burst of shouting in their voices.

Liu Wenyuan, who was in the stern of the "Anqing", saw a shirtless Qing soldier jumping over, and before he could stand firmly, he shot him with a short gun, and after the gunshot, the sailor fell, and then he pulled out the saber on his waist, at this moment a strange feeling filled his whole body, he felt a strength that he had never felt before, and even had a feeling of invulnerability,

"Kill them!"

Liu Wenyuan rushed towards the approaching enemy, who were trying to climb through the bow, and the main attack came from the bow. Just as he was charging, a platoon of more than a dozen musketeers stood on the bridge and fired and shot at the bow, knocking down more than a dozen Qing soldiers at once, but the Qing troops still continued to pour in.

At this time, Liu Wenyuan, who was holding a saber in one hand, had already rushed to the pass, and when the enemy's knife slashed, he first raised his knife to push and block, and then slashed the enemy hard. Around him, the sailors screamed, fighting with their swords, spears, and guns, and in this case, the shotguns fired by the large guns were more effective, enough to knock out two or three people in one blow, but in the midst of the scuffle, there was not much opportunity to shoot.

More Qing troops boarded, and then they rushed across the bow to the foredeck, swords and guns. The gang jumping battle is a battle of will, is completely chaotic without any rules, everyone in the gang jumping war, in fact, have been killed red-eyed, compared to the infantry army, the will of the sailors is more tenacious, but also more determined, although the attack of the Qing army sailors was repelled several times, but those sailors stubbornly nailed there, were beaten back, but more desperately squeezed together, trying to climb up again. They howled and screamed, their eyes were red, like wild beasts, and the sailors on the "Anqing" were also not polite, they desperately blocked each other, slashing with their knives and guns, and those musketeers who had no chance to reload were constantly stabbing their bayonets into the enemy's chest,

"Fire, don't stop, don't let the enemy ship approach ......"

Even when he was caught in a melee on the deck, Liu Wenyuan still kept giving loud orders, ordering the gunners to fight, while the gunners at the stern of the ship were still under the command of the first mate, constantly firing at the Qing warships that were trying to approach......