Outside the mouth of Dagu, a large Western-style warship like a hill was on one side, and it was from Guangzhou that it passed through Xiamen, Fuzhou, Ningbo, and Shanghi, and finally arrived at the flagship of the Fifth Division of the Naval Division of the captured army, the "Exterminating Ocean". Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

On the deck of the warship "Exterminating the Ocean," only Feng Yunshan, Shi Dakai, Zuo Zongtang, Huang Yukun, Liu Shengbang, and others looked at the Dagu mouth in the distance, and the dense warships sailed towards the sea.

And Luo Gang, Carragher. The two Charles, as the commanders of the 5th Division, had already taken the "Keyang" to the front of Dagukou and led the 5th Division of the Naval Division to prepare to attack the Dagukou Fort.

Since the flagship "Extermination" became Feng Yunshan's fleet, Luo Xuan, as the commander of the 5th Division, and Carragher, the chief of staff of the division. Charles could only transfer to the "Keyang" and command the operation nearby. In fact, even if the "Exterminating Ocean" was not snatched by Feng Yunshan, Luo Xuan was not ready to use it as a flagship, because it was too big and heavy, with a displacement of 3,200 tons, and if there was no rising tide, it would be difficult to sail into the inland river.

Moreover, with the noble status of Saint Feng Yunshan, Luo Xuan naturally wanted to give up this safest warship to the Saint King to sit on.

"Holy King, there is Dagukou ahead." A young officer dressed in the uniform of the captive army pointed to the Dagukou Fort in the distance and respectfully explained: "As early as half a month ago, the sentry brothers of the 5th Division B had already gone to the Dagukou River several times to investigate, and they had a rough idea of the defense of the Qing Demon. ”

Facing the Holy King, the young officer was a little nervous, he was a staff officer of the 5th Division, and followed the chief of staff of the division, Carragher. After studying after Charles, he was sent by Luo Outline to explain to the Holy King and the Righteous King and others on the "Exterminating Ocean", and to coordinate and command the "Keyang" to cooperate with the actions of the entire fleet.

"The Qing Demon has a total of four forts at the mouth of Dagu, and the defenders are estimated to be about 2,000 people. There are a total of 100 to 200 fixed size guns in the fort, and it is suspected that the Qing Demon can temporarily place 1 or 200 cannons. There are three batteries on the south bank, one main battery in the middle, two batteries on the left and right, and one battery on the north bank. The main firepower was concentrated on the main battery on the south bank, which accounted for half of the firepower of the four batteries. The young staff officer slowly ceased to be nervous, but despite this, he took a deep breath and continued.

"The biggest threat comes from the main battery on the south bank. I learned from the Qing Demon guarding the fort that the main fort is equipped with 2 copper cannons of 12,000 catties and 2 copper cannons of 8,000 catties. In addition, there are 40 to 50 artillery pieces of 2,000 to 5,000 catties in the other three batteries, which will also pose a great threat to our warships. As for other artillery pieces below 1,000 pounds, as long as they don't directly hit the vital point, they don't have to pay too much attention to it. ”

As soon as he introduced it like this, Feng Yunshan had a bottom in his heart. In this way, it is not a big problem to win this big sale. Then he smiled and asked: "Can the 'Exterminating Ocean' enter the inland river and arrive at Tianjin City?" ”

The young officer hurriedly replied: "Some questions. The 'Exterminator' has a draft of 3 meters, and on the river of Dagukou, the Qing Demon has set up a barrage of sand, and large warships with a draft of more than 2 meters may not be able to pass. However, our naval division has more than 10 small and medium-sized armed steamships, steam frigates, and fast sailing ships, as well as nearly 150 small warships, which can easily break through the barrage and sand, and are specially prepared for inland river operations at the mouth of Dagu. ”

"After occupying the fort and dismantling the barrage, when the tide is high, a large warship like the 'Exterminating Yang' will be able to sail into the Zhigu River and go straight to the city of Tianjin." The young officer said with a smile: "At that time, the Holy King will be able to directly take the 'Exterminating Ocean' to Tianjin Fucheng, and it should have been conquered at that time." "He was very confident, and it seemed that the city of Tianjin could be easily captured by the captive army.

Feng Yunshan smiled: "Okay! The soldiers of our holy kingdom must have this self-confidence! The king waited to take this warship to the city of Tianjin. After saying this, Shi Dakai, Zuo Zongtang, Huang Yukun and Liu Shengbang and others next to him all laughed.

After Shi Dakai met with the Holy King from Haikou, Ningbo, he led a group of Shi brothers to follow the Holy King to the sea. He originally thought that he was used to water battles, but he didn't expect that after a few days of turbulence on the sea, he actually vomited, and it wasn't until he got used to it after a few days.

However, when he saw the endless and magnificent sea, Shi Dakai felt his insignificance for the first time. He suddenly felt that the thrilling inland river in the past had become like a bathtub, and his previous pattern was too small.

At this moment, he fell in love with the sea, which opened his horizons. For the first time, he knew that the world he lived in was so big! And the warship can be like a mountain!

He was amazed when the Holy King pointed to the oncoming sailing ship and told him why he had seen the mast of the sailing ship first, not the ship! It turned out that the allusion written in the first issue of "Nanfang Daily" turned out to be true, the world I live in is a huge sphere, and most of the surface of this sphere is the ocean.

These surprises hit his nerves. Shi Dakai seems to have opened a door, a door to a new world! It wasn't until he was about to enter the coast of Shandong that he calmed down in his heart.

He just wanted to follow the Holy King and see how to defeat the Qing Demon Jingshi in one fell swoop with a huge fleet of sailors and witness this historical moment.

And Zuo Zongtang, who followed Feng Yunshan all the way, was no better than Shi Dakai. He was even more touched!

Zuo Zongtang is a must-see for every issue of "Nanfang Daily", under this influence, he already knows that this world is roughly suitable for the appearance, but these are far less than seeing the sea with his own eyes, watching the sunset and sunrise, the ebb and flow of the tide, and the impact of coming.

The Holy King always said that his pattern was not enough, and now, Zuo Zongtang finally realized this. I believe, it won't be in the future, there is a tiger in the chest? No, with the sea in his chest, let him make waves?

The rest of Huang Yukun and Liu Shengbang, as well as the two hundred palace guards, were also shocked. And the most worth mentioning is that there are 800 cadets in the second phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, which is completely a metamorphosis!

From the excitement and excitement at the beginning, to the shock and contemplation at the back, and finally to the openness and excitement of the state of mind. It can be said that more than half of the 800 students have chosen to join the sailors of the Holy Kingdom, determined to become the general tide maker who rides the wind and waves and gallops on the sea!

Originally, in the Whampoa Military Academy, they only learned the knowledge of written and oral transmission. It was only this time that they saw the real sea, and the world was so wonderful!

It turns out that the earth is really round! It turns out that there really is a monsoon at sea! It turns out that the earth really has a magnetic field, and the north arrow always points to the north.

It can only be said that they have benefited a lot this time. The so-called reading 10,000 books is better than traveling 10,000 miles, which is true.

However, in addition to the 200 guards of the royal palace who remained on the warship "Exterminating the Ocean" to protect Feng Yunshan, the other 800 Whampoa cadets, under the arrangement of Bai Huihuai, director of the Political Department, have all joined each warship in batches to become a trainee sailor and soldier to observe and assist in the offensive battery landing battle of the captured sailor officers and soldiers.

These trainees were assigned homework by the school, not only to operate the guns of the ship in the same way as the officers and men of the warship who were captured, but also to learn various operating skills of the warship, to adapt to various positions, lookouts, surveyors, gunners, first mates, sailors, etc., and even the captain of the ship. It is believed that through this actual battle, they can learn a lot of practical war skills, as well as the courage to fight, and how to cooperate with others to fight.

At this time, the fleet of the naval division had already entered the mouth of Dagu, which was only four or five miles away from the south bank. Led by the warship "Keyang", the fleet temporarily stopped.

A staff officer, accompanied by two soldiers of the captive army, rowed a small boat, followed the nearest waterway, came to the place in the fort, aimed at the fort, and shouted loudly: "The Holy King has an order, you must wait for the Qing demon to surrender unconditionally to our captive army within two hours, and hand over all the forts at Dagukou, otherwise, I will send a hundred ships together, and you will die without a place to be buried!" ”

The chief general of the Dagu Fort was the deputy general of the Dagu Association at this time, and he was a bannerman. He led the people to stand on the earthen dam in front of the main fort, looked at the small rowing boat in the middle of the river, and said to the guerrilla Dekui next to him: "The Cantonese thieves still fantasize about letting us sacrifice the fort and take the fort without blood? What wishful thinking! Have you already sent a letter to Tianjin Fucheng asking for help? ”

Guerrilla Dekui replied: "When I found out about the thief soldiers, I had already sent them!" My lord, are you going to fire and blast out this screaming thief? ”

Da Nian had a gloomy face: "Order all the soldiers of each battery to fire again after two hours, and it would be good if you could delay for two hours to let the reinforcements hurry!" ”