Luo Xuan stood on the deck of the "Humen", looking through the telescope in his hand, looking at the gray coast to the north. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At dawn, I couldn't see it clearly, but faintly, I could already see three black warships cruising along the estuary, and even the rice-shaped flags hanging there.

Although he had already received information that the seven warships of the US East India Fleet were docked in Edo Bay, Luo Jian still felt a pang in his heart when he saw it with his own eyes.

"I don't know if I can get it!" Luo Jian asked the chief of staff of the 5th Division next to him, the red-haired Irishman Carragher. Shire.

Carragher. Xia Er originally wanted Feng Yunshan to stay by his side as a naval military adviser, but unexpectedly, after Luo Xuan went to the open sea, he felt his lack of naval tactics, so he stubbornly sent Carragher. Charles asked for it and served as the chief of staff of the 5th Division, commanding the naval battle.

However, it is true that the Charles of the British Navy, who was born as a major in the British Navy, really had a set of naval warfare, and soon after arriving at the 5th Division, he trained the gunners of various warships, so that their gunnery speed increased a lot, and the hit rate was also much more accurate.

"Master Luo, in today's weather, the sea breeze is much stronger, and there is a layer of water vapor mixed in this wind, it seems that in the past day or two, there are signs of a storm coming. The division commander is also requested to pay attention not to go too far from the shore. Charles did not answer Luo Outline's words directly, but said something irrelevant in Chinese, which he was not very proficient in.

However, Luo Outline immediately heard the point!

"You mean to say that there is going to be a big storm? Forgive the Americans for not being able to escape? ”

"Hmmm! Not only that, but I am always worried that these warships of our 5th Division alone are no match for the US East India Fleet. However, this rare storm happened to be a great opportunity to defeat them! ”

"What!? Chief of Staff, tell Lao Luo that we have nearly 100 warships of the 5th Division, as well as 5 Western warships, why can't we defeat their 7 warships? Moreover, he also asked him to trick them to the shore and get rid of some of them first. "Luo Jian thinks that Charles is joking, the Americans, just seven warships, is it really that powerful?

"Division Commander Luo, it's not a question of the number of warships, but the overall strength. Naval warfare, the most important thing, is the firepower of artillery. Our Fifth Division, five Western warships, the largest flagship of the Humen, and the fifth-class warship, are all small artillery, even if there are a lot of them, in this wide sea battle, it is difficult to hit the opponent, and second, it is difficult to cause major damage to the enemy ship even if it is on mission. Charles explained.

"Other warships can play a certain role in inland water warfare, but in this naval battle, it is far behind. It can only be made up for by quantity. However, according to intelligence, the USS Mississippi, the flagship of the United States, is a giant third-class battleship with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons, which is much larger than an ordinary third-class battleship. Although the number of guns on the ship is small, they are all giant naval guns, ordinary warships, can not withstand its cannons, even our Humen, can not withstand a few shots. But our most is a 32-pound smoothbore gun, and for it, it's like tickling......"

Luo Xuan frowned.

It turns out that this is the case, just with the firepower of artillery, it seems that its own Fifth Division really does not have an advantage. However, fortunately, in addition to himself, he also has arrangements, and if he can succeed, he may ...... You can also get this giant third-class battleship!

Luo Xuan's heart is full of fire!

……..

It's already getting bright!

Perry couldn't have imagined that he would be captured by a group of Chinese! Moreover, the leader turned out to be a person he knew,----- a general hired on Hong Kong Island, and a Qing man who was along with the American missionary Williams---- Rosen.

I didn't expect this person to be the spy of the Taiping Holy Kingdom!

It turned out that Perry and Buchanan, leading the only remaining 40 or so American soldiers, finally broke out of the pursuit of Yue himself in the dark. Fortunately, on the way, he met Luo Sen, a Qing man who was said to be out looking for flowers and willows, and proposed that he knew the road and took them in the right direction----- in a dead-end courtyard.

More than 300 Chinese soldiers dressed in light green uniforms, armed with foreign guns, blocked the exit of the alley. It's a trap! A huge conspiracy! The damned Chinese have colluded with Yue himself, and besides, these hateful Chinese are even more cunning and insidious than Yu himself!

Perry, Buchanan, and the others immediately understood, but it was to no avail. As he led the American soldiers to prepare for confrontation, he just wanted to make a move, when a volley of bullets came over, which frightened Perry and Buchanan, and they didn't dare to act rashly, so they honestly ordered all the soldiers to throw down their muskets and raise their hands in surrender.

"Rosen, I didn't expect you to be a rebel in Guangzhou! What is your purpose? Do you know that if you do this, the United States will not spare you! Perry asked with a fierce voice as he twisted his hands behind his back.

"Remind Your Excellency, Your Excellency is now a prisoner of my Taiping Holy Kingdom, although my Holy Kingdom does not like to kill prisoners, but it is okay to make an exception occasionally. Therefore, for the sake of friends, Luo reminds you that it is better to cooperate obediently! Rosen's face was filled with a victor's smile, "Our Holy King is very fond of the East India Fleet led by Your Excellency, and would like to invite Your Excellency to lead your fleet to join the Holy Kingdom. Luo Mou dared to guarantee that Your Excellency and the soldiers would be treated favorably by the Holy King! I don't know ......."

Before Rosen finished speaking, Perry burst into a rage and scolded: "Don't think! Perry was not only a rear admiral of the United States of America, but also a citizen of the United States, and would never turn his back on the United States. You wait for the lowly yellow-skinned monkey, and you also want us noble hundred people as subordinates, it's really wishful thinking! I don't dare to do anything to me, I advise you to let me go as soon as possible, maybe I will forgive you and your bullshit Saint King. ”

"Dare to speak wildly, insult the Holy King, come here, give Luo Mou a palm!" Rosen yelled. Several soldiers of the begging army next to him couldn't hold it back for a long time, so they immediately stepped forward and held down Perry, opened their bows left and right, and slapped them more than ten times, with great force, and immediately slapped Perry's mouth with blood and his cheeks swollen.

Perry had been so insulted that he wanted to be angry.

However, Rosen asked one of the soldiers of the captive army to take out a sharp knife and said, "If you insult the Holy King and the Holy Kingdom again, you will cut off his tongue." I don't know what to do, and it's useless to keep my tongue. ”

When Perry heard this, he didn't dare to insult him anymore, no matter how arrogant he was.

Buchanan, who was on the side, saw that Rosen had no intention of killing Perry and himself, so he plucked up his courage and said, "Mr. Rosen, it is absolutely impossible to make the entire East India Fleet surrender to you. Even if General Perry agreed, the rest of the soldiers would object. It is better not to fight this idea, so as not to hurt the peace between your army and our United States. ”

"It was your American warship that provoked you and hurt your peace!" Rosen said solemnly, "If you refuse to join our holy kingdom, then this is how it is said. ”

"Perry, commander of the U.S. Navy's East India Fleet, led his troops to attack the vassal state of the Taiping Holy Kingdom for no reason. The Taiping Holy Kingdom issued a warning and demanded that the East India Fleet withdraw from Edo Bay, but Perry not only did not listen, but brazenly attacked. Later, he was defeated by the Taiping Shengguo Naval Division, and the commander Perry and the adjutant Buchanan were both killed. ”

"How? Your Excellency Perry, Mr. Buchanan, is this explanation satisfactory? Rosen smirked, "I believe your government will not be at odds with a trading partner who can bring him great benefits because of some stupid fleet commander." At the same time, our Taiping Holy Congress will take the initiative to open several ports of this country to trade with your country, and presumably, your country will accept this compensation. ”

Buchanan's face turned pale and he stared at Rosen in horror: "You, you devil! Instead, he asked, "Why did Ben listen to you?" ”

"It's simple. How you are going to make Ben obedient, we are going to be good! This is not your concern. Luo only wanted to know the options of Mr. Buchanan and General Perry. ”

"I, I... Mr. Rosen, please let me think about it! Buchanan was not confident, he didn't know if what this Lawson said was true or not.

Perry pinned his head to the side and simply ignored it.

With a wave of his hand, dozens of soldiers stepped forward, pulled out their swords from their waists, and said coldly to the forty American soldiers who were also tied their hands behind their backs: "Soldiers, have you joined the Holy Kingdom?" If so, the Holy King will arrange for his family to be brought to the Holy Kingdom to settle down. If you don't want to, then Luo can only express regret and send you to God. ”

The soldiers looked at each other, and then they were horrified when they saw the next move of the begging army.