Gang Jump!

In the naval battle, when the battle developed from long-distance artillery warfare to gang warfare, it was undoubtedly the moment when the battle was white-hot, although compared with the solidity of the warships of the Loyal Army, the Qing army's bird ships and boats were weak and vulnerable, and the few inches thick planks were not supported by the ship's ribs at all. But it was still stubbornly floating on the sea, and some of the Qing sailors on the wrecked ships tried to seize the warships of the loyal and righteous army through gang jumping, so as to avoid themselves from sinking into the sea.

Under this life-and-death struggle, although their attacks were repulsed again and again when the Qing army's sailors and soldiers carried out the jumping gang attack, they rushed up again and again, and groups of new members joined in, until the surging waves separated the two ships, and then it came to a temporary end.

And just when the sailors on the "Haizhou" just wanted to rush down to take a breath, there was another burning boat over there, and dozens of Qing sailors who had no way to retreat immediately howled and rushed over from the tattered bow, at this time, I saw the gunner on the port side directly pushed a cannon around, and then fired directly at the rushing army, which was originally intended to attack the mast of the Qing warship, when the chain bomb rotated and flew out, it was like a spinning razor, Spinning in the surging Qing army, under the impact of high speed, the iron chain between the two iron balls was as sharp as a razor, instantly cutting off the body of the Qing soldiers who were blocking the front, setting off a bloody storm in the crowd, and the entire deck was suddenly a blur of flesh and blood, and more Qing troops fell directly into the sea in the middle.

The second officer knocked down a Qing soldier with a short spear, and at the same time slashed at the rushing Qing army with a saber in his hand, and shouted loudly while cutting down the opponent.

"Quick, cut hook!"

A sailor rushed over, he desperately cut the ropes that were connected together, cut the hook rope of the jumping gang, at this time, the rear deck gun fired several rounds of grape shells one after another, sweeping the deck of the entire Qing warship, dozens of grape shells almost dismantled the surface of the warship, and broke its back mast.

If it weren't for the fact that the "Haizhou" was a sloop warship with less than 100 people, and there were not enough manpower to fire while resisting the jumpers, I am afraid that he would have used artillery to hit the Qing army from the bow to the stern of the ship when he carried out a longitudinal attack on the Qing army within a distance of ten yards, and the dense grapeshoe was enough to sweep the entire deck, thus inflicting heavy damage on the Qing army, but now it could not shoot a round, and after hitting several rounds of grapeshotfire to repel the Qing army's jumping gang, the two ships were silently separated as the hook was cut off.

After the separation, the sailors continued to throw grenades at the deck of the Qing army, until the Qing warship was burning, billowing smoke and explosions slowly sinking into the sea, and they stopped their grenade attacks.

And for the sailors on the "Haizhou", almost every one of them has a feeling of the aftermath of the disaster.

As the first mate, Zhao Jie, when he was fighting in the gang jump, as if he was blessed by the Buddha, he was not injured at all, as one of the few who was not injured, even as the first mate, he temporarily acted as a first aid and sent the wounded to the rear cabin on the lower floor - where the doctor's cabin was located, where all the wounded were treated.

Bringing a young sailor to the doctor, the young man's arm was almost cut off by the Qing army's knife, but even so, he still stabbed the Qing soldier to death with a dagger, and then even dragged the injured body and cooperated with his comrades to prevent the enemy from occupying the warship.

"First use a cloth tape to stop the bleeding, tie it tightly like this, and then hold it until I come over and bandage you later, first mate, how is the battle going now?"

The busy medic looked at the boy's injuries and then asked with concern, as there was still a rumbling cannon above his head.

"We repelled them, sank two Qing warships, and at least a hundred traitors fell overboard. However, there are still many ships of the Qing army, and it is estimated that they will make a comeback soon. How many brothers can still go up here......"

Looking at the sailors in the cabin who had bandaged their wounds, Zhao Jie asked.

"Thirty or forty,"

Li said, and then tied the tourniquet.

"You'll be fine soon, just lie here and rest for a while. First mate, how are you? ”

"I'm fine."

Saying that, Zhao Jie said to the wounded in the cabin.

"Brothers, don't be stunned here, we are all on the ship now, and if we don't repel the enemy, we will all die by then! Quick, get up there, keep fighting......"

As sailors, from the first day they got on the ship, they understood a truth - either live together or die together, the warship is a floating coffin, on this coffin, everyone, whether it is the captain or the sailor, is equal, if you want to live, there is only one choice - to fight and let the enemy sink into the sea!

The wounded sailors, though some of them were reluctant to try to dodge, but in the end, they went up to the deck, which was once beautiful and neat, but it would have been completely ruined, with debris of wood everywhere, and holes in the masts and sails, and almost as soon as these sailors got on the deck, they were called to help by the brethren of the gunners, and although they were all a group of wounded soldiers, their participation made the gunners a little faster.

However, the smoke around this sea area was so thick and dense that the sailors on the "Haizhou" could hardly see anything, and now only nine of its guns could continue to fire, and the other three guns were all destroyed in the naval battle, and now two of them were lying on the deck on one side, and their gun carriages were destroyed in the naval battle and had lost their effectiveness.

After a brutal gang jumping battle on the "Haizhou", this will be the entire deck of the people a lot less, also affected their artillery fire, but although the firepower has weakened a lot, but still continue to fire at the shadow of the ship in the smoke, in the smoke, each warship maintained a steady roar, the gunners still like training, with accurate artillery fire to attack the nearby enemy warships, the Qing warships are full of holes, and finally blast them to pieces.

On the deck of the "Haizhou", when Zhao Jie took the time to go to the stern bridge, he saw that the number of people on both sides could only form a sparse longitudinal line, and there was no longer the original crowded gun crew around each gun. Some were wounded, and everyone on deck looked haggard and gray-faced, and most of them were weak at this time, their strength had been exhausted, and they had done their best in the previous fierce battle, and they had managed to keep their warship.

"Captain! Captain ......"

Zhao Jie, who came to the stern of the ship, noticed that he didn't see the captain at all, and just as he shouted to the captain, he saw a midshipman running over and saying.

"The captain is dead!"

The captain is dead!

died on the bridge, and if it weren't even for the rank on the uniform, Zhao Jie wouldn't have recognized the captain at all - his head was cut in half by a shell.

Now, looking at the captain who had been dead for a long time in a pool of blood, Zhao Jie couldn't help but secretly rejoice, glad that the brothers did not fall into a panic because they did not have a command, which eventually led to the defeat of the battle, and the officers successfully organized waves of resistance and successfully broke up the enemy's attack.

"In accordance with the Navy's operational regulations, I am now taking over as captain......"

As the highest-ranking officer on the ship, in the face of the death of the captain, Zhao Jie immediately announced that he would take over the position of captain, and then he immediately gave the order to set sail and continue the battle.

On the gun emplacement of the "Haizhou", the gunners kept firing shells, and the smoke from the muzzle shrouded the entire warship in smoke, in fact, the entire battlefield was filled with thick smoke, which included the gunpowder smoke from the muzzle, and more smoke was the smoke produced when the wreckage of the warship was burning, and the billowing smoke enveloped the entire battlefield.

And on this already boiling ocean, the battle has not stopped, and even more intense, although one after another warships continue to sink into the ocean, but the warships of the Qing army are still constantly trying to attack the nearest warship to them.

Watching the situation at sea, Zhao Jie constantly ordered the helmsman to adjust the course, move closer to the nearest friendly ship, and re-form a battle column with it.

Not only the "Haizhou", but also other "Xuzhou", "Yingzhou" and other lone warships are all trying to break through the enemy's siege, and then move closer to the friendly forces, and once two warships form a line, they will immediately sail to the nearest friendly ships that are under siege, so as to rescue the friendly ships, it is by virtue of this active regrouping, so that the situation on the battlefield is changing little by little, and all this, for the Qing army and sailors on the battlefield, is equivalent to a disaster, With the sinking of the naval warships one after another, the Qing warships on the sea have lost their numerical superiority, and even in terms of numbers, the number of ships of the Zhongyi Navy has slowly gained an advantage because of the small losses, and with the resumption of the battle line, it has further fully exerted their firepower advantage.

After three and a half hours of naval battle off the coast of Keelung, the situation finally turned in the direction originally expected......