"The slightest thing is noisy, and it is imperative to decide as soon as possible whether to pursue or repair. If there is a problem, everyone should raise it and discuss how to solve the problem, instead of arguing like a shrew, if the quarrel can solve the problem, then the world will be unified a long time ago. ”

"You just raised it, and now we have two main problems with the pursuit, one is that we don't know anything about the situation in the city, and we don't know where the pirates will ambush us."

Yuan Chonghuan listened to Zhu Cihong's words, and hurriedly said: "So my subordinates feel that in order to avoid unnecessary losses, we should rest in place first, and wait for the situation in the town to be clear, and then carry out the next step of the operation." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled after hearing this and said, "What the Elemental said is right, if we advance rashly, if we fall into the ambush of the Japanese Bandits, it will cause us great losses. Then Zhu Cihong's tone changed and asked, "But have you ever thought about the elements, we are not prepared now, and they are prepared?" With less than a quarter of an hour to go before the Japanese retreat, will the Japanese be ready to resist? We are now only occupying the gate of Longwan Town, Longwan Town is still in the hands of the Japanese Invaders, if the Japanese Invaders use the people in the city to threaten us to withdraw our troops, do you say that we will withdraw or not? ”

"It's... This..."Yuan Chonghuan was suddenly stopped by Zhu Cihong's series of questions, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

"Qi Long and Wang Yong, you advocate pursuit, this is no problem, but just now Qi Long also said that the enemy has heavy artillery, if we rush to pursue and the personnel are too dense, one shot will cause us great casualties. Besides, there are definitely more than 5,000 pirates in the city now, and there are about 500 of the pirates we encountered outside the city. I'm afraid there are three thousand people who have just besieged Qi Long! ”

After hearing this, Qi Long hugged his fists and said respectfully: "Back to Gongzi, there should be more than 1,600 enemies killed by our department. ”

Zhu Cihong thought for a while and asked, "How many people do we have combat capability in our hands now?" ”

Wang Yong hurriedly replied: "Returning to Gongzi, we still have more than 2,600 people who have combat capabilities. Seventy people were seriously injured and temporarily incapacitated, and more than 120 people were slightly wounded, barely capable of fighting. ”

"Leave more than 200 men and their wounded brothers at the city gates, and don't let the pirates cut us off. The remaining 2,400 soldiers were divided into two routes, one led by the elements and set off from the left, and the other led by Qi Long from the right, fighting from both sides to try to control Longwan Town in our hands as much as possible. ”

In addition, he sent someone to order Liu Qingyuan to launch an attack on the Japanese from the rear of Longwan Town in half an hour. Liu Qingyuan sent 1,000 men and horses to make a feint attack on Longwan Town, and the main force was to find a place to hide in the rear, and when the reinforcements of the Japanese invaders arrived, they directly attacked their reinforcements. The Flying Tigers sent out 200 people, each with 10 grenades and 30 rounds of ammunition, to support Liu Qingyuan. I'm going to let all the reinforcements of those Japanese robbers come and go. ”

After hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly said, "Childe's words, the troops in our hands are too tight, and without knowing the details of the enemy, I'm afraid that our people will have some difficulty." In addition, the enemy still has heavy artillery, and no matter how fast our guns are, the range of our guns is not as far as that of the enemy's artillery, and although the accuracy of the enemy's strong bow is not high, if there are too many of them, it will also cause some losses to our personnel. ”

As soon as Yuan Chonghuan mentioned the heavy cannon, Zhu Cihong had a flash of inspiration in his mind and asked, "Qi Long, if the cannon is fired, can it be fired again until the cannon body is cool." ”

Qi Long hurriedly said: "Yes, Gongzi, if the cannon body is not cooled down, there will be a danger of exploding the bore if it is forcibly fired, and once it is exploding, it will cause great casualties to us." ”

After hearing this, Zhu Cihong said confidently: "If you want to cool down the cannon body quickly, you only need to pour water directly into the gun chamber, and at the same time pour water on the gun body outside, the heat conduction of the metal is very fast, and the heat capacity of the water is large, and the temperature of the gun will drop in a while." ”

Qi Long and the others were directly stunned after hearing this, what "heat conduction", what "heat capacity", what does this mean, I have never heard of it!

Zhu Cihong saw that everyone was still stunned, and hurriedly explained: "You should all know that blacksmiths strike iron, blacksmiths must first burn the iron red, and then forge it after it is red, and after the forging is completed, it will finally be put into water to cool, otherwise it will be put down, and I am afraid it will not cool down for three days and three nights." The iron of the blacksmith is the same material as the iron of the artillery, and the iron can be cooled down as soon as possible by using water, and the cannon can naturally be used as well. ”

After hearing this, Wang Yong clapped his hands violently and said excitedly: "Yes, why didn't I think of it?" The temperature of the gun body can be lowered as quickly as possible by using water, and after the temperature of the gun body is lowered, it can be fired again, so that the frequency of the fire will be three to four times higher than before. The enemy fired two shells, and we have already passed six shells, so that we can suppress the enemy even if the enemy is ahead of us in the number of artillery. ”

After hearing this, Qi Long frowned and said with some concern: "The problem is that none of our subordinates can fire artillery, so we can't train on the spot." The most important thing is that the total number of shells coming here is only twenty-four, and according to the frequency that Wang Yong just said, it is not enough to fight for a long time. When there are no shells, no matter how high the frequency of firing is, it will be useless! ”

After hearing this, Wang Yong patted Qi Long's shoulder fiercely, and said confidently: "I thought something was wrong!" When I was in Shanxi, I was one of the best gunners. These twenty-four shells were enough for me to hold the pirates up. ”

After hearing this, Zhu Cihong said lightly: "Since this is the case, let's act quickly." If we wait for the pirates to react and take the people of the town as hostages, we will be passive. In this operation, if conditions permit, capture as many prisoners as possible, in the hands of the pirates, there must still be my Ming people, and when the time comes, we can exchange the prisoners for my Ming people. ”

After hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan said with some embarrassment: "Childe, wouldn't such words be a return to the mountain?" ”

Zhu Cihong said confidently: "What are you afraid of, if you can capture them once, you can capture them a second time." Besides, do you think that the Japanese can be compared with our people in the Ming Dynasty? In my eyes, it is better to kill ten Japanese than to save one of my people. ”

Yuan Chonghuan saw that Zhu Cihong was so determined, and he didn't want to say anything more, so he hurriedly retreated and reorganized his men and horses to prepare for the attack.