Chapter 156: Dismounting

In the English Consulate, Li Taiguo, the deputy consul and secretary for tax affairs, wiped the sweat on his forehead with the sleeve of his right hand, and ran to Midil with a panicked face, "Consul Midile, there are about 12,000 people coming down from the two warships. In addition to surging the consulates of various countries, and at the same time copying backwards, I guess they want to control the entire Puhai City. Moreover, the weapons they use are very similar to the rifles produced by Thunder Arms. Also, the caliber of the guns on their battleships was at least 400 mm or more, and the barrel was 50 times the caliber. It only takes one shell to destroy our consulate building. ”

"Did you send someone to inform the Tanggu fleet?"

To the ambassadors and fleet commanders who had been defeated but had signed a treaty and were anxious to get reparations, Midile asked anxiously and angrily.

"It was sent before they surrounded the consulate, it was my sixth aunt."

Li Taiguo nodded.

"Li Taiguo, you are very smart. I guess the Suzhou River has been blocked. Only the women of the Great Qing Dynasty will not attract attention. When it's over, I'll give you credit! Of course, I hope that people from other consulates will also send the news out. ”

Midile's gloomy face finally regained a trace of blood.

"Phew! Bang! Bang! Bang! ……”

Dense gunshots came from the direction of Puhai City, and each one sounded, like a hammer hitting Midile's heart, which made Midile tremble in shock. The palms of his hands were covered in cold sweat, and almost all his body was soaked, and the cold was swishing.

"The battle has begun."

In the room, the same thoughts flashed in the hearts of all the people. I was so nervous that I couldn't help but hold my breath.

The gunfire rang out for about half an hour before the sound gradually thinned out. For the people in the consulates of various countries, it is simply a kind of torment, and life is like a year.

On the Pujiang Yo-Ball, Ye Qingqing, Yu Hongluan, and Yu Qingluan, accompanied Isabel Lan Meili and Alice, returned to the familiar place, and couldn't help but take a few more looks. Hearing the gunshots getting more and more intense, at the instigation of Yu Hongluan, he asked, "Brother, is this a war?" ”

Ye Tan grinned mysteriously, "Keep it secret, you'll know soon." ”

At this moment, several soldiers moved a table, an induction cooker, and a few plates of beef carpaccolia, two plates of decapitated and shelled shrimp, a plate of small pieces of cabbage, two plates of soaked rice vermicelli, two plates of tofu cut into small cubes, two plates of fried bean curd skin, a plate of shiitake mushrooms, a plate of white radish cubes, a plate... A pot of fragrant hot pot, the base is two small hen pieces and 8 golden abalone, which is added wolfberry, tangerine peel, codonopsis, sand ginseng, white he, jade bamboo, red dates, dates, angelica...

As soon as he saw these things, Ye Tan's eyes lit up.

Waiting for the soldiers to turn on the power, Ye Tan grinned, adjusting the temperature while adding tofu, white radish, tofu skin... said: "Qingqing, Hongluan, Qingluan, Lan Meili, Alice, after taking the boat for so long, early in the morning, everyone is hungry." This is the natural food that I specially sent to the market to purchase, used to make hot pot, the original taste, come! Come! Come! Everyone watched while eating. ”

But he said that Midil was here, and after listening to the gunfire for half an hour, all his faces were gloomy and miserable, and he was terrified to the extreme.

Just when they were terrified, a young man with the appearance of a subordinate, with a pale face, stumbled in, and shouted loudly: "Consul Midile, it's not good! Oh no! Our pipes were smashed, all the cheating and money in it were confiscated, all the people in charge were killed on the spot, and all the smokers were arrested. Wu Yi came out to help, but was shot through the head. 108 of his men were shot and killed. Moreover, the entire Puhai City, from Chengjiawan to Tiesha, was controlled by them. Also, also, also, the Department of Customs * Tariff * has been occupied. ”

"Damn Gro! I had already informed them to return to defense, but they didn't believe it! Now our efforts are not only in vain, but also a prisoner. ”

Midile was furious and scolded through gritted teeth.

If the loss is not lost, it will not be counted. However, personal safety has become a concern in everyone's minds.

"Luo Shan, is there any other news?"

Li Taiguo glanced at Midile cautiously and asked.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Luo Shan nodded hurriedly like a chicken pecking rice, and said with palpitations: "They seem to have known for a long time, and they used bombs to serve the black old scum (abductor) in the south of the city, the old scum of Qianchuan and the wilted old scum in the north of the city, and a whole 103 people." Everyone was blown into palm-sized pieces, red, green, and green, and I could see that I vomited out the bile and acid water on the spot. ”

Besides, Ye Qingqing, the first time she ate such a novel hot pot, her little hands were fanning one by one, her jade nose smelled the aroma one by one, she closed her eyes intoxicated, and then couldn't wait to pick up a pair of chopsticks, scoop up a small piece of chicken and put it in her mouth, regardless of the steaming heat, she grinned on the cold air, chewed a few times, and the residual sweet taste made her look at Ye Tan in surprise and said, "Brother, it's so delicious, why didn't you take it out earlier?" ”

Ye Tan picked up a thin slice of beef, brushed it a few times in the hot pot, then dipped it in the sauce, and said, "You're in a hurry." Come and try this. ”

After speaking, put the beef slices with sauce into Ye Qingqing's bowl.

"Instructor, the artillery observation post sent a message."

Bai Xueyan came out with a stack of telegrams, handed it to Ye Tan and said.

Ye Tan took the telegram and glanced at it, then handed it to Li Haipeng and said, "Inform the battleship Puhai of 9 406mm guns and let them fire according to this coordinate." ”

"Triple salvo?"

Ye Tan shook his head, "No, they're not worth the price, it's too wasteful, just make a shot!" ”

Far away in Tiesha, Chengjiawan, Putuo, Baoshan, Jiading, Huating... In nine places, a large number of suspicious Qing soldiers, looking at the Han * people who were just dressed differently and holding different weapons from a distance, at first thought it was long hair, but then the hair was so short that they almost turned into bald donkeys, so they put away their uneasy hearts. But they didn't know that in Pujiang, sixty or seventy kilometers away, a 406-millimeter cannon had already aimed at them.

In order to increase the firing range, Ye Tan not only increased the turret height, but also improved the propellant. The maximum range has been increased from 44.8 km in the previous life to 83.5 km. The elevation angle of 30 degrees becomes 45 degrees.

Li Taiguo, who was hiding in the consulate, withdrew his gaze from Luo Shan and raised his eyes to look at the battleship. Suddenly, his pupils shrank. Watch the giant cannon on the battleship move slowly. Almost at that moment, I was paralyzed with fright. Fortunately, he was quick with his eyes and hands, and he held on to the windowsill with one hand.

At this moment, the battleship suddenly let out a "Boom! Bang! ...", like the fury of thunder, was deafening. Li Taiguo swore that he had never heard such a terrifying cannon sound in his life. Its own state-of-the-art Napoleonic field artillery, if it doesn't match it, it's like setting off firecrackers, it's not worth mentioning at all.

The sound of the cannon also frightened Midile and the servants to the ground, and their hands trembled with fear.

After the sound of the cannon, there were large craters 40 meters long, 26 meters wide and more than 5 meters deep in those nine places. The people who had just stood on it were gone, only the heat still rising.

The Qing soldiers, who were lucky not to die in the distance, were still so frightened by all this in front of him that they sat on the ground paralyzed, their eyes were dull, and their pupils were out of focus, almost like being stupid.

Even the Tigers in the distance gasped. Although he already knew the power of the ship's guns, he was so frightened by the huge crater in front of him that his face turned pale and his mouth was dry. They were all secretly glad that the shells did not fall from their heads.

Ye Tan, who was eating beef hot pot, as if this had never happened, diligently brushed beef slices and Jiwei shrimp for several women.

Before long, Bai Xueyan came over with a walkie-talkie with a complicated expression and handed it to Ye Tan.

"Hey, it's me. It works great! Each of your teams will be rewarded with 10 gold coins. ”

After Ye Tan finished speaking, he handed the walkie-talkie to Bai Xueyan with a comfortable expression.