Chapter 547: Uraga Waterway (Page 1/1)

The flagship's guns were orders, and the ships opened fire in turn, firing an earth-shattering attack on the distant batteries.

None of the first rounds of shelling hit, and the shells did not know where they hit. The Changxing army was not discouraged and continued to shoot at the battery.

The Japanese on the battery were dumbfounded, the enemy's artillery was too powerful, and they hid out of their range to attack.

Although the two rounds did not hit, the closer and closer landing point made the people tremble. The Japanese on the fort decided not to be beaten passively anymore and began to return fire with 12-pounder cannons.

The artillery battle between the two sides was hot for a while, and you and I fought back and forth. The Changxing army did not hit the fort until the fifth round, and the iron balls of more than 20 catties smashed on the fort and the bricks and stones immediately collapsed, and the fort, which was still firing from time to time, immediately fell silent.

The vibration of the shells was like an earthquake, and the gunners above were unsteady. All of them fell to the ground, which caused a heavy psychological blow to the Japanese people.

The Changxing army used it for two hours to destroy the first battery, not because the gunners did not work hard enough, but because this kind of artillery needed a column of incense to cool down every time it fired, otherwise the gun chamber would overheat and there was a risk of exploding.

So after each firing of the gunners, in addition to spending a lot of time resetting the gun, the rest is to cool down the gun.

Because the Changxing army was outside the effective range of the Japanese artillery, the opponent did not hit a single shot in two hours, allowing the Changxing army to easily pull out the first nail on the Puga waterway.

The second fort was re-remembered by the Changxing army, and it took an hour and a half to successfully take it. When attacking the last two more batteries, the Changxing army ran into trouble.

The position of the last two batteries is too special, one side of the battery is on a cliff, and the other side of the battery is not very high, but there is a natural gentle slope in front of it, and if you want to attack any battery, you have to bear the blows of the batteries on both sides.

The Japanese gunners also seemed to have been beaten with blood, and two Moby Dick warships were damaged three miles away. If it weren't for the injuries in non-important parts, the Changxing army would have lost two warships.

Looking at the fort that was constantly arrogantly spitting out shells, Zhang Dou glanced at the dim sky, and ordered in a low voice: "Retreat to the open sea!" "It is true that it is getting late, which is not conducive to the battle of the Changxing Army at all. In case of a sneak attack by the opponent's fireship, the Changxing army will definitely suffer heavy losses.

In the dark of the night, small sampans appeared in the Uraga waterway. Rowing silently towards the depths of the waterway, although the Changxing army had the advantage in the daytime confrontation, it could not stop the shit luck of the Japanese people.

Zhang Dou decided to send a small team of men and horses to attack the fort, so that the battleship could not risk confronting the fort again.

Lan Guitian took the initiative to undertake the task of attacking the fort on the left, where the terrain was dangerous, and it was necessary to climb a cliff nearly ten zhang high.

The turret on the other side is relatively gentle, and you can follow the path all the way to the top. They drove quietly in the dark night, for fear of being discovered by the Japanese on the fort.

Maybe it was the carelessness of the Japanese people, or maybe it was to repel the enemy, the Japanese relaxed their vigilance, in short, the Changxing army reached the bottom of the battery very smoothly, and according to the prior grouping, the soldiers of the Changxing army began to advance to the left and right.

The figures on the top of the mountain swayed, and from time to time there were Japanese people with torches passing by, and the soldiers of the Changxing Army cautiously advanced towards the top of the mountain.

Lan Guitian even picked up a bundle of ropes and climbed towards the top of the cliff, and when he was halfway through, more than a dozen torches were thrown down from the top of the cliff, which instantly illuminated the bottom of the cliff.

The hundred soldiers of the Changxing Army hiding at the bottom of the cliff suddenly showed their figures in the dark night, and suddenly more than 20 Japanese people with big bows shot at the soldiers of Changxing Road under the cliff.

The batteries on the opposite side also dropped torches on the path, and the iron gunners and archers fired at the Changxing army on the path. For a time, many people in the Changxing army were recruited, and two people rolled down to the shallows.

Fortunately, Lan Guitian was in a special position at this time, in the recess of the cliff, and the Japanese people on the top of the mountain did not see Lan Guitian dressed in black.

The Changxing army at the bottom of the cliff could not attack the top of the cliff at all, so they could only flee on the sampan and row towards the fort on the other side.

At this moment, the large cylinder cast by the Japanese people themselves played a role, and they shot at the sampan of the Changxing Army on the water.

Fortunately, it was late at night, and the moon in the sky was also covered by dark clouds. The hits of the Japanese on the fort were not high, and they only hit a sampan and landed on the opposite bank.

But the Changxing army that went ashore was not having a good time, not only had to withstand artillery fire from both sides, but also had to lie down across the shallows and attack the battery on the path.

On the path, the Changxing army was shooting at the Japanese and covering the attack of their companions. However, the path that allowed only one person to go up and down caused a lot of trouble to the Changxing army, and several attacks were in vain, and five people were injured and rolled into the shallows.

Lan Guitian clung to the protruding rock on the cliff, and his body was tightly attached to the cliff and did not dare to move.

If he is discovered by the Japanese now, there is no possibility of escaping at all, and the best outcome is to fall to his death. So he was careful even with the sound of his breathing, listening carefully to the sound of the cliff top.

It wasn't until the Changxing army below boarded the sampan and rowed to the opposite side that the shouts of the Japanese people on the top of the cliff stopped.

Lan Guitian only breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and the Japanese finally focused their attention on the other side. The people on the opposite fort did not notice him, and he calmed down his nervousness on the spot and continued to climb to the top of the cliff.

He cursed the cunning widows in his heart, and he must have discovered them early. Waiting until the moment they began to climb before launching an attack, the Changxing army, which often sneaked up on others, actually made the Japanese people calculate, so how could Lan Guitian swallow this breath.

Every time he moved his body, he had to be careful, for fear of being discovered by the widows on the top of the cliff. By the time he reached the top of the cliff, he was already sweating profusely.

Lan Guitian carefully stuck his head out of the cliff, but what caught his eye was a pair of feet wearing straw sandals.

The moment he saw these feet, Lan Guitian was almost so frightened that he let go and fell. It seems that this Japanese man was all focused on the battle for the opposite fort, and he didn't notice a person coming up at his feet.

Lan Guitian carefully retracted his body back to the bottom of the cliff, his heart beating violently, and he opened his mouth wide and panted slowly.

Just as he was calming down the frightened feelings, the widow on the top of the cliff actually picked up his clothes and began to release water.

Lan Guitian, who opened his mouth wide, was drenched, and a few drops of liquid splashed into his mouth. If it weren't for the fact that he still had some sense, Lan Guitian wanted to immediately go to the cliff in the sky and fight to the death with the other party.

After the water was discharged, the widow convulsed vigorously before turning and walking back. Lan Guitian heard the other party's footsteps and slowly showed his head.

Seeing the back of the Japanese people, he carefully climbed to the top of the cliff. For fear of making any noise to alarm the Japanese people, fortunately, the fort kept firing cannons, covering up a lot of Lan Guitian's voices.

Lan Guitian walked a few steps to keep up with the footsteps of the Japanese people, and the Japanese people in front of him seemed to sense something.

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