"Ahh It's flying! Hurry up, hurry up, drop the sails! Sail down! Kneeling down...... "After calming down for a while, Xu Liangzhi began to go crazy again, shouting at the boatman with his throat, and he took the lead in kneeling on the deck, and also pulled the eldest son to a hand, just kneeling down was not enough, and he had to press the eldest son's head to prevent him from looking around. The more you know, the faster you die.

The fleet that scared the Xu family's father and son to the ground was the main fleet of Jinhewan led by Hong Tao. After the Qiantang River Estuary and Wennan were separated, the fleet sailed northeast to the Liaodong Peninsula. This sea route is as smooth as the back garden for Hong Tao, who is accustomed to running the ocean, and it only took less than three days to come to the sea area of Lion's Mouth, which still has to slow down and wait for three salmon-class cargo ships, or it will take more than half a day.

Just escorting the grain fleet and providing supplies for the Southern Song Dynasty army, Hong Tao felt that it was not enough, since he wanted to play, let the Southern Song Dynasty court take a look at what the navy was, and by the way, it would also cause as many losses to Mongolia as possible, and if it didn't hurt it, it would not transfer troops back from the southern invasion battlefield. How can we hurt Mongolia's decision-makers? Quite simply, they are ports and cities in all the Mongol-occupied territories along the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea. Hong Tao planned to walk around the seashore, and all the ports and cities that were eye-catching, regardless of the nationality, would be burned down, and all the Mongolian officials and generals he caught would be hanged and their corpses hung on the ruins of the city, which would attract hatred. Once you have enough hatred, your brain will short-circuit, and maybe it will make the decision-makers of Mongolia come up with some stupid tricks, which will be fun. Even if they weren't fooled, they and Da Song would have nothing to lose. Where to start? Hong Tao studied the maps of Jin, Liao, and Song provided to him by Cixi for a long time, and decided to start with this Jinzhou, so the fleet came.

"Sir. Two cargo ships came out of the harbor under the flag of the Straits Company and are now sailing. The hapless navigator came over again and reported to Hong Tao what was ahead.

"Regardless of them, as long as they don't raise the sails, they don't care, a column, and follow the flagship into the harbor. Tell the boat behind. Keep an eye out for enemy fireships, the entrance here is very narrow, don't slow down, and keep up with the flagship. "No need to talk nonsense from the navigator, Hong Tao also saw the two cargo ships with copper coin flags, since they had lowered their sails and surrendered, and they were flying the flag of the Strait Company, Hong Tao did not intend to waste time on them. The attack is all you want to be sudden. Although it is said that there was no fixed fort in the port in this era, it can be a little sudden, and the details of the side branches can be ignored.

Hong Tao has been to Port Arthur in his last life, the port here is very much like a stomach, the entrance and exit is the Port of Arthur, like an esophagus, not only narrow, but also a corner. Easy to defend and difficult to attack. If forts were placed on the hills on both sides, it would be very difficult for foreign ships to rush in. But now there is no need to worry about the turret. It only needs to increase the speed of the ship and walk along the middle channel, relying on the huge body of the Golden River, no ship can stop its progress. As for those legendary fireboats, Hong Tao has seen the big cannibals, and he has also inquired about the Southern Song Dynasty, so don't care. That's what bullies slow boats. As long as the speed of the boat is high enough, those small fart boats will not even touch the hull, and they will be overturned by the waves set off by the big boats, and even if they do, it is useless, and the hardwood hull is not so easy to grasp. Unless they all have rocket engines on the back of their butts.

Lushunkou was not only a large military port in later generations, but also the main port of Liao, Jin and Mongolia in this era. After several dynasties and generations of construction, the facilities are very perfect, there are not only the water village used by the naval division stationed, but also the protection of the army stationed in Jinzhou on land, because there is not only a naval division military port and a commercial port, but also a small shipyard.

Due to the timely discovery of the enemy's situation, at this time, more than 10 warships of the Mongolian naval division had all left the camp and were forming a formation in the mouth of Arthur, preparing to block the entry of this unknown fleet. There were many more warships of different shapes and sizes emerging from the naval camp and assembling towards the fairway. A beacon fire was also lit on the mountain peak next to it, which should have alerted the garrison of Golden State.

"The state of preparation here is much stronger than that of Dengzhou, and there are not too many fools to command. Fifteen on the left side, lower the top sail and wing sail, starboard ready to meet the enemy! It was the first time that Hong Tao was really going to attack a military port, and it was a lie to say that he was not nervous, but he was not so nervous that his palms were sweaty. He didn't have any idea of a naval battle, it was nothing more than the difference between spending a few more shells and a few less, and what he was really worried about was on the shore. If the light destroys the port and the waterhouse here, and does not cause substantial damage to the city, it is a failure.

"Oh...... Oh......" As the sailmen on the mast busy, the fleet, which was moving at full speed, suddenly slowed down a little, and began to turn to the left about a mile from the Mongol sailors. The warships of the Mongolian naval division didn't know what this fleet was going to do, why did they suddenly stop rushing at the end, did they plan to turn around and escape? It seems that they are still afraid, and they have seen victory in this battle before they have even fought themselves, which is worth cheering! Isn't it morale to fight a war? Retreating, whether at sea or on land, can have a big impact on morale.

"Dad, why are they running? Why don't we go back to Jinzhou......" Xu Liangzhi's eldest son still didn't listen to his father's words, and secretly raised his head and tilted his neck to look at the sea. Seeing that this fleet with the rat flag rushed to the end but turned a corner, he couldn't help but be a little suspicious of what Daddy said just now, what kind of palm thunder! What five thunders hit the top, it's all rumors. It's nothing more than relying on many sails, big boats, and fast speed to scare people, and when it comes to real knives and guns, it's still better than a well-trained sailor.

"Let's take a look again...... Could it be that I'm wrong? Xu Liangzhi raised his head and looked at the situation on the sea, and he also had some doubts in his heart, after all, he had heard about the ferocity of this fleet, and he was not sure, but out of caution, he still did not act immediately.

"Boom...... Rumble...... Boom ......" Before Xu Liangzhi's eldest son could say the second sentence, a series of loud noises suddenly came from the sea. Countless clouds of gray smoke suddenly erupted from the hull of the large ship that had just turned its hull sideways, mixed with orange fire, as if countless dragons were breathing fire. What surprised the Xu family even more was that a splash appeared in the group of Mongolian naval warships a few hundred meters away from the big ship, as if something had penetrated into the sea. At the same time, a three-masted sand ship seemed to have been blown to the top by five thunderbolts, and even the side of the ship was shattered, and the splashed broken planks beat the sails into a sieve, and then it tilted to the left, and capsized with the sailors and officers on board.

"Bear child! Don't look around, don't look around, you have to listen! Five thunderbolts are coming! Bow your head, bow your head, if you are not afraid of death, jump into the sea and see, don't bother our masters! "Now Xu Liangzhi really believes it, those are not rumors, they are true! 100% true! It's happening right in front of my eyes. Since he believed it, he still had to carry out the order he had just given, and he had to give his disobedient son a big slap in the face, as if his eldest son could be seen by God.

However, this time few people listened to his orders, and even his son only covered his red face and insisted on kneeling on the deck with his neck twisted to look at the battlefield, because this kind of scene had never been seen in their lives. The big ships with white sails turned their bodies sideways one after the other, and then a cloud of smoke and fire erupted from the side of the hull. In a series of muffled thunders, the sand boats and building boats of the Mongolian sailors in the middle of the waterway were all like swings, one after the other was shattered, and they sank in various postures.

When all these five big ships rowed in front of the waterway, less than half of the more than a dozen Mongolian sailor warships that were originally blocked in the middle of the waterway could float, and none of them were injured. Even worse were the officers and men of the sailors on the ship, many of whom sank with the ship before they had time to escape. Those who were lucky enough to stay on the deck were even more unlucky than sinking to the bottom, covered in blood was already the lightest, many of them were missing arms and legs, and the screams could even be heard by the Xu father and son a mile away.

"Let the No. 2 ship B2 go over and see what the two ships of the Straits Company are doing, if they are serious merchant ships, let them go, and if they are fraudulent landings, they will use guns to destroy the ships." Taking advantage of the time when the fleet adjusted its course, Hong Tao issued a new command to the navigator. He has already figured out the combat effectiveness of the sailors here, as before, there is no threat, the next step is to enter the port and land, and before that, all the ships outside the port must be cleared. The last three cargo ships responsible for carrying horses also have 80 mm cannons, which is enough to deal with such a slow cargo ship, even if they are accidentally approached by the opposing ship and enter the broadside battle, there are Mamluk axe men on board. Those humanoid meat grinders could not move on land, but standing in a row on the ship, no one could fully set foot on the deck unless they were too tired to lift an axe, Hong Tao was convinced.

After the first round of shelling, the fleet did not turn around, but turned the rudder to the right and rushed straight into the harbor. There is no need to think about the few broken ships on the waterway, and when passing by, you will use the 135 guns on the port side to do another round, and you don't have to waste the 155 guns of cannonballs, they will all be reduced to pieces. Now Hong Tao's target is the Mongolian Sailor Water Village, which was built deep in the waterway, and the cannonballs are reserved for it, to see if its log walls are strong, or if the 155 mm solid cannonballs have strong penetration. As for the remaining dozen or so small warships of the Mongolian naval division, they are not worth hitting with cannons at all, the targets are too small to fight, and all those that can be sunk will be sunk, and those that can't be hit will be let them be at will, as long as they don't try to get close to their own fleet. Otherwise, there are 80mm cannons filled with small iron balls waiting on the deck, although that thing won't do much damage to the hull, but it is a spirit to hit the people on the deck. A cannon sprayed out was a twenty-degree fan surface, and no one wanted to dodge more than fifty iron chestnuts, and they were specially prepared to deal with those small boats that planned to get close to the big ships. (To be continued.) )

PS: PS: It's the New Year, as a storyteller, there is only one red envelope that can be sent, which is to tell a little more! This chapter is my New Year's greetings to everyone, from the Chinese New Year's Eve to the seventh day of the new year, every day at noon on time......

There are also those overseas book friends, I wish you good health and smooth work in our own New Year, and we can toss them hard outside...... Turn your thoughts into motivation!!