Thank you for the reward of Emperor Zhao Xian, who is not Zhou Zhizishan, I really have superpowers, and I sent the country to Emperor Zhao Xiandi!

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On the other side, the three British warships pursuing the wooden sailing boats had already entered the firing range. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The steam-armed merchant ships and the sixth-class warships opened fire in unison, while the fast warships still approached the wooden gunboat at a rapid pace, and then made a beautiful turn, right on the side against the wooden gunboat.

Perhaps it was the Holy Army's new takeover of the wooden sailing gunboat, which was very unskilled in its operation, and finally made four uneven cannon shots, but all of them hit the British warship. The wooden sailing gunboat itself, however, was hit by five shells from the British at the same time, the mast was broken, and the hull was damaged.

Fortunately, the Holy Army had already taken precautions, and this wooden sailing gunboat was not originally used to fight against the enemy, but only to seduce British warships.

It turned out that Chen Yucheng, who had always been cunning, saw that no one in the Holy Army would operate this British warship sent by Wu Chongyao, so he came up with a ghost idea.

He was overjoyed when he saw that there was a river called Taiping Waterway in the north of Shajiao Fort, which connected to the main river of the Pearl River. Originally, it meant that it was safe to walk through this waterway, but he understood that this waterway was the waterway of the Taiping Holy Army.

He collected more than 100 civilian fishing boats, as well as more than 10 red schooners, along with the British warship, which were hidden in the Taiping waterway.

When the British warship turned its angle at the most critical moment, let the wooden sailing gunboat appear and fire at the British warship indiscriminately, and sure enough, the invincible British commander, who had always been proud, was enraged and ordered to take the captured warship back.

If it was an ordinary naval battle, I was afraid that this wooden sailing ship would either be sunk, or it would really be captured by the British army. But it was such a terrain, and I just met a holy army general like Chen Yucheng.

I saw that the wooden sailboat that had lost its sail mast and should not be able to move, but slowly moved, and the speed became faster and faster, and it hid in the bay of the Taiping Waterway behind the fort.

It turned out that Chen Yucheng had more than ten long thick ropes tied to the wooden sailboat, the other end of a few thick ropes tied to a few horse-drawn carriages on the shore, and the other few tied to the larger civilian boats in the inlet. As soon as the British warships approached, they fled into the bay.

However, even so, the wooden sailboat was hit by a good shell, and the hull was damaged, but fortunately it had little to do.

The three British warships that were deceived into the vicinity of the river bay also entered the artillery range of the Shajiao Fort and a Jiuzai Fort on the other side of the river bay, and they were still very close.

Suddenly, more than 10 shells rushed towards the British warships on the river, and the British warships saw that they could not evacuate quickly and that they had no unified command, so they also opened fire to bombard the batteries.

After the second round of artillery bombardment, it was the British warships that fired fiercely, and the Shajiao battery was completely muted, and only three or four medium guns remained in the small Jiuzai battery.

The sails of the three British warships, steam-armed merchant ships, were damaged, and the gun decks of the sixth-class warships were blown apart.

Just as the British army was preparing to completely destroy the Jiuzai Fort, a large number of small wooden boats drove out of the river bay, and a swarm of civilian boats, fishing boats, red single boats, etc., headed towards the British warships.

Remembering the experience of the wooden sailing gunboat captured by the mob, all three British warships immediately retreated.

At this moment, two of the shells fired from the Jiuzai Fort were in the middle of the steam-armed merchant ship's powered paddle wheels --- exposed by the steam engine.

Suddenly, the steam-armed merchant ship slowed down, while the other two warships had left the water at the bay, and when they realized it, they looked back and saw that the armed merchant ship had been besieged by small fishing boats like ants.

Even if more than a dozen shells were fired and four or five small boats were sunk, what effect could it have?

The holy army on the red single boat, set up a sampan, and leaned over. The British soldiers in the armed merchant ship immediately opened fire with foreign guns, and for a while, the soldiers of the Holy Army could not even board the ship.

At this time, several holy soldiers used the iron anchors on the red single boat to throw them at the armed merchant ship, and hooked them into the exposed oars. As a result, the holy soldiers on the small fishing boat did the same, and they put the ropes in their hands out of a certain part of the armed merchant ship, and then with all their might, they actually dragged the armed merchant ship into the river bay waterway.

In a short time, the armed merchant ship was stranded alive in the bay, unable to move. The British on the ship also wanted to throw some of the cargo in the cabin, as well as the artillery, into the river, trying to reduce the weight and make the hull float so that they could escape, but the dense holy army around them would not let them succeed, and as soon as they appeared on the deck, dozens of shotguns and spears were fired, and they died on the spot.

In desperation, dozens of British soldiers in the merchant ship took off their white underwear as white flags and hung them out!

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Here, when he heard the news that the steam-armed ship had been captured, he was originally furious, but he calmed down!

Who knows, these damn rebels, there are so many people, ambushed in the river bay. Use that captured warship to lure yourself.

Now, the only warships that can fight are this flagship, a fast warship, and another sixth-level warship. The fifth-class warship was a little leaky and could not be navigated, and like the other two warships that were seriously damaged, it had to be towed back to Hong Kong Island.

Fortunately, the armed merchant ship, which could only spin on the water, should be able to barely walk and fight after re-hoisting its sails.

Thinking of this, he angrily glanced at the damn Manchu Qingshui division in front of him, just now the British warships and the rebel batteries were fighting hotly, those Manchu Qingshui divisions were good, casually fired a few shots, and then hid to the side to watch the excitement.

At that moment, he sent an order to order the sixty or seventy red single boats of the Manchu Qingshui Division to continue to attack the Jiuzai Fort. Otherwise, the British warships did not help and returned directly to Hong Kong Island.

Feeling the anger of the British, Admiral Wu Yuanyou had no choice but to order the Qing army to shell the Jiuzai Fort.

At first glance, I saw that the Shajiao Fort had not fired much artillery, presumably, the large artillery with a long range had been completely destroyed, and the short-range artillery should not be too much.

He sent a messenger to order the British troops on the shore not to wait for the appointed time, to attack immediately and occupy the Sand Point Fort!

Soon, the battle had begun on the side of the battery, and the sound of guns resounded on the east bank.

Apparently, it was Major Charles, who had already directed the marines to attack the battery from behind and on the sides.

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Directly east of the Sha Kok Battery.

The battle has begun! It was Bai Gui and the others who rushed to the fort first and the holy army on the fort were firing.

It is said to be shot, but in fact it is shot!

When Bai Gui and other 300 Qing soldiers escaped, all the weapons were abandoned, and there were foreign guns from the foreigners behind, but they shrank far behind, and did not attack the holy soldiers of the fort, but let the more than 1,000 soldiers temporarily hired on Hong Kong Island rush to the front, and they put a few shots in the back from time to time.

The mercenary Yong only had more than 100 shotguns and dozens of foreign guns, and the rest were armed with knives and spears, and even because the temporary organization was in a hurry, there were three or four hundred people armed with hoes, iron forks and other tools, which made the British soldiers who followed behind very surprised: Is it here to fight, or is it farming?

At the beginning, the mercenary Yong had never been on the battlefield, and he didn't know what to do, so he was stupidly shouted by Bai Gui's own soldiers and rushed to the fort.

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