Chapter 451: Shelling of Golden State
This shelling frightened the sailors of Dongjiang Town, and when they saw that Changsheng Island really dared to open fire, they honestly lowered their sails and dropped anchor one by one, not daring to make the slightest hostile move.
The news of the raid on Jinzhou by the Sea Shark Warship of Changsheng Island reached the city, and Mao Chenglu was anxious after hearing it.
"How is it good? How can this be? At the beginning, I said that I couldn't take Liu Xingzuo in, but this time, people came to the door. Once our ships are wrecked, we will be trapped in Golden State! Mao Chenglu was so anxious that he spun around in place, losing the excitement of defeating Zonomu and beheading the head of the real slave who stepped forward.
Zhang Pan on the side pondered for a moment and said, "The general doesn't need to worry, things haven't reached the worst yet!" ”
"Not in a hurry?" Hearing Zhang Pan say that he was not in a hurry, the green tendons on Mao Chenglu's forehead burst out.
He came to Zhang Pan and said, "Changsheng Island has blocked the harbor, how can you not be in a hurry?" Are you in a hurry to let them sink all our ships? ”
Zhang Pan arched his hand and said, "General! If Zhang Dou's fleet on Changsheng Island blocks the harbor and fights when they meet, it is to put you and me Dongjiang Town to death.
Now it's just blocking the harbor and sinking a sea ship to demonstrate to us! The next thing is up to us to deal with it, as long as we can negotiate with Changsheng Island, things will still have a turnaround! ”
After listening to Zhang Pan's analysis, Mao Chenglu felt that it was very reasonable. He immediately ordered: "Zhang Pan! The matter of negotiating with Changsheng Island will be left to you with full authority, and you must be careful not to fall into the prestige of Dongjiang Town! After giving the order, Mao Chenglu turned around and left.
He didn't want to deal with Changsheng Island anymore, and the last time he bought guns, he was so tormented. This time it was a more tricky negotiation, so it was naturally better to throw it to Zhang Pan.
After Allen sank a sea of sea in Dongjiang Town, he was waiting for Jinzhou City to send negotiators, and the threat of force had been reached, and the next thing was to settle the matter at the negotiating table.
As Alan expected, it didn't take long for a bird boat to be taken from the port. There were no soldiers on board, all sailors.
The white flag flying high on the bow of the ship indicates the purpose of the ship. When the bird boat docked the Sea Shark No. 1 battleship, a middle-aged military general came up on the bird ship.
This man came to the Sea Shark battleship, and was undaunted by the sailors arranged by Allen. He stood still on the boat and said loudly: "Dongjiang Town Staff General Zhang Pan is here, which one is the commander of the Changsheng Island Naval Division?" ”
Allen stepped forward, made a European aristocratic salute and said, "Hello General Zhang! Jeju Island Viscount Allen greets you and takes a seat! As soon as Alan stretched out his hand, a long table was placed on the deck behind.
Zhang Pan was not polite, strode to the table and sat down, and said, "Viscount Allen led the fleet to block Jinzhou Bay and sank my Dongjiang Zhenhai ship. What the hell are you going to do? Isn't Zhang Dou afraid that my Dongjiang Town will sue the imperial court, and the crime of rushing friendly troops is not small! ”
After listening to Zhang Pan's questioning, Alan did not get angry at all. Calmly said, "No! No! No! I think General Zhang misunderstood, Alan had already said it just now. I am the Viscount of Jeju Island, and I have nothing to do with Changsheng Island. You must figure this out, and please don't confuse General Zhang! Alan opened his eyes and said nonsense, not blushing at all.
Zhang Pan's face was ugly because of Allen's shamelessness, and as soon as Allen said this, he cleaned up his relationship with Changsheng Island.
The crime of shelling friendly troops and fighting friendly troops is not established, and if Dongjiang Town wants to make a fuss about Allen's artillery, Zhang Dou can push it cleanly.
Zhang Pan took a deep breath, calmed down and said, "Then Viscount Jeju Island, why do you want to attack my Dongjiang Town, aren't you afraid of my Dongjiang Town's retaliation, aren't you afraid of the Daming Water Division?" ”
Hearing Zhang Pan's continuous questioning, Allen said with a smile: "General Zhang misunderstood, just now it was just Allen's battleship testing the gun, but your ship accidentally sailed to the shelling site. Misunderstand! It's a complete misunderstanding! ”
"So after you have finished the artillery test, can you lead the fleet to retreat?" Zhang Pan didn't want to listen to Allen continue to talk nonsense, so he asked directly.
Alan continued to maintain the etiquette of a gentleman, bowed slightly and said, "No! I think General Jang misunderstood, the test gun of the Jeju Island fleet has not yet ended, just now it was only the secondary gun shooting, and then there is the main gun shooting, please wait patiently! ”
Hearing that Alan was going to continue to test the gun, Zhang Pan couldn't sit still. Get up and say, "Stop! You have to stop! Otherwise, my Dongjiang Town will not stop with you! ”
Alan didn't respond to Zhang Pan's threat at all, and said softly: "If you want me to stop the shelling, it's okay, and ask General Zhang to agree to Allen's few small conditions!" ”
Zhang Pan's heart moved, knowing that the meat drama was coming. Slowly sat back in the chair and said, "Mingren doesn't say secret words, if there are any conditions, please ask Alan to bring it up!" ”
Alan smiled and said, "Good! First, hand over the golden state to Jeju Island. Second, send Liu Xingzuo back to Changsheng Island. Thirdly, it is enough to compensate Jeju Island for certain losses! ”
Zhang Pan sneered again and again after listening to it, and he didn't agree to any of these three. Jinzhou was brought back by their Dongjiang Town with all their lives, and they would never give it away.
It is even more impossible for Liu Xingzuo to defect to Dongjiang Town to return Changsheng Island, otherwise will anyone defect to Dongjiang Town in the future?
As for compensation, it's a joke, if Dongjiang Town takes out the money, wouldn't he be afraid of Changsheng Island, and wouldn't he be able to raise his head in front of Zhang Dou of Changsheng Island in the future.
"Viscount Allen, none of these three Dongjiang Towns can be agreed." Zhang Pan said with a sneer.
Zhang Pan's answer was expected by Allen, if he could easily agree to such a condition, what would he do!
He snapped his fingers in the air, and immediately a herald ran to the mouth of a pipe and gave a loud order: "24-pounder gun ready!" The target is five miles away at the head of the Jinzhou city wall, a round of shooting! ”
Then Zhang Pan heard the noisy sound of people coming from below the deck, and he quickly got up and said, "Viscount Allen, you are provoking Dongjiang Town and Daming." If you don't stop, just wait for the imperial army to encircle and suppress it! ”
But Alan still sat firmly in his chair, and had no intention of stopping the order. Soon the sound of ready-to-prepare, plea for firing came from the artillery deck.
Alan still sat on the chair and said lightly: "General Zhang! Have you considered my conditions? ”
"Nope! Dongjiang Town must not agree to such conditions! Zhang Pan still said stubbornly.
"Fire!" Alan spat out two short words and was lowered to the artillery deck by the herald.
In an instant, the hull of Sea Shark No. 1 was for a while, and the ship shifted a little throughout the day. A cloud of smoke erupted from the side of Jinzhou City, and a cannonball hit Jinzhou City in the firelight.
Zhang Pan got up from his seat and ran to the side of the ship to observe Jinzhou City. I saw a cloud of dust rising from the city of Jinzhou, and a large piece of the city bricks on it was blown away, and cracks were exposed on the rammed earth.