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The British fleet retreated, nearly 2,800 yards from the Sand Point Battery, before it stopped, adjusting its angle to arrange the flank linear formation. www.biquge.info At this time, the artillery of the Shajiao Fort really stopped firing.

Chai Wei gritted his teeth and shouted viciously: "Fire on Admiral Ben, and smash that fort with all the rage!" ”

As a result, the three warships, the flagship and the steam-armed merchant ship, opened fire in unison and fired at the Shajiao Battery.

However, because the distance is a bit far, it is actually a bit beyond the most effective range of the guns on the warship, so the accuracy is not high, plus the armed merchant ship is a shopping mall after all, although the speed is fast, the artillery hits a little farther, but the caliber of the artillery is not large, and the number of guns on the ship is not much.

Therefore, although the three warships kept firing, the actual power was not great, and it mainly relied on the firepower of the guns on the flagship "Telia".

But crucially, the "Telia" was taken care of by the rebel artillery from the beginning, resulting in the mainsail mast and foresail mast being broken, and the sails of the "Telia" floating in the air were swayed by the wind. This caused the ship's guns to shake visibly all the time, which was fatal!

If there is a slight shake within the effective range, the experienced gunner can still correct it by predicting it in advance, but if the range is far away, the gunner still habitually refers to the prediction of the previous effective range to correct it, and it will not be accurate, either off or close.

After more than ten rounds of shelling in a row, I was depressed!

The lookout sentry said that it was estimated that only two or three guns had been dismantled, and that the rest had either missed or had been blocked by deep ditches or bunkers in front of the batteries.

Such an artillery effect! Is this still the invincible Armada of the British Empire?

At first glance, I wanted to cry without tears: I can't spend it here all the time!

Fearless and helpless, he ordered to send an order to the commander of the Marine soldiers on the shore, Major Charles, to lead his troops to attack the fort two hours later!

He then ordered the warships guarding the damaged ships to return as soon as they reached the shore and attack the batteries together.

Half an hour later, Cha Wei commanded a fleet consisting of only the flagship, two fifth-rank and sixth-rank warships, a fast warship, and two steam-armed merchant ships, and approached the Sand Point Fort again.

Before it reached 2,000 yards, the cannon of the Shajiao Fort roared angrily, and more than a dozen shells were fired.

Fortunately, it was still far away, and the hit rate of the guns on the battery was not high, only a shell, which hit the fifth-class warship borrowed from the Americans, but due to the angle from the side, it was slightly damaged.

Soon, at a distance of 2,000 yards, at this distance, although the artillery of the opponent's battery will have a higher hit rate, all the main warships on this side of the fleet can hit the opponent very accurately, so it is still cost-effective for the British army.

That's why Cha Wei approached this distance at the risk of being hit by the enemy after destroying the artillery hidden on the shore.

However, he knew that the hardest and most dangerous thing was when the hull was reversed. The flagship, in particular, had an unusually hard time turning the angle because the mast was broken. At this time, it will have to withstand the unilateral blow of the rebel artillery.

Sure enough, there were more guns firing on the battery, and some of the guns that were closer in range and did not fire also began to fire wildly.

Obviously, the defenders on the battery have very strong command and battlefield judgment skills.

The British fleet swarmed up, trying to forcibly damage the battery with artillery superiority, and then send British marines to sweep the battery, but the other side saw through it.

When the fleet is placed in a sideways position, it is a continuous salvo of 100 guns, and with the firepower of the battery, I am afraid that it will not be able to parry.

Therefore, the defender on the battery gave the order to call in all artillery to bombard the British warship first, and took advantage of the time when the warship turned its orientation to rain down shells.

At this time, the lookout on the British flagship "Telia" was surprised to find that in the bend of the water on the northwest side of the fort, a wooden sailing gunboat had sailed out, flying the dragon flag with five stars on a red background.

He hurriedly shouted while signaling and informing the people on board, but forgot about the roaring artillery around him, and the people on board could not hear his shouts at all.

Fortunately, the surveyor saw his gesture and promptly informed the fleet commander, Rear Admiral Chawei.

It immediately occurred to Major General Chadam that it must have been the wooden sailboat that had been captured by those damned mobs.

Damn it! It turns out that these mobs are in league with this rebel!

Cha Wei suddenly became angry, and new hatred and old hatred surged over his head together.

He didn't care about the fort, and the order was about to adjust the position, and the intact steam-armed merchant ship surrounded it with the fast warship and the sixth-class warship, and used the speed advantage to capture or destroy the wooden sailing gunship.

The remaining flagship, with limited mobility, continued to position itself along with the fifth-tier warship and the armed merchant ship that had lost its steam power.

The number of artillery pieces in the Shajiao Fort on the shore has increased from more than 10 to nearly 30 at once, and although the accuracy of the increased artillery is very poor and the power is small, when put together, there is also a certain threat.

After three rounds of artillery fire, the British fifth-class warship hit two more shells, and the hull was damaged.

In addition, the armed merchant ship, which had lost its steam power, also broke its sail mast and basically lost power, and slowly swirled across the river by relying on the windward side of the side sail and tail sail.

Fortunately, at this time, the British flagship and the fifth-class warship had already turned their bearings, and Cha Wei hurriedly ordered a return fire and blew up the guns and gunners in the battery.

The British artillery was not comparable to the heavy artillery on the battery, and the accuracy of the British gunners was even more unattainable for the Holy Army. A round of dozens of shells whistled and hit the battery site, and then exploded, accompanied by clouds of smoke, mixed with flesh and blood, and the gun carriage flew sideways.

The guns on the turret immediately fell silent.

The fire of the flagship where Chawei was located was the most intense, nearly fifty heavy guns opened fire in unison, and the shells flew towards the opposite battery.

At this moment, more than 20 shells on the battery also bombarded each other, and even one shell collided with a British grenade in mid-air, and suddenly exploded, and a fragment of the blown up shell flew out of the distance, hitting an unlucky lookout, falling to the deck, becoming a pool of blood-red rotten meat.

Unfortunately, four or five shells were right on the fifth-level warship next to the flagship, and they hit crookedly. The British troops on the ship hurriedly tried to plug the hole, scooped water with wooden barrels and poured it out, and they were busy.

That's a warship borrowed from the Americans! At first glance, his face was already like a pig's liver, and he had never been so angry in the Far East seas.

He roared and urged the gunners to speed up their fire and ravage the damned rebels with their fire!

Under his persecution, the British artillery became more violent, and the battery was blown up into a cloud of smoke.

After another three rounds of shelling, only a few pieces of artillery were still firing at the Shajiao Battery, which originally had more than 20 artillery pieces.

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