With the help of the gunners, he pushed the cannon to the square window, took out a small "clairvoyant" only four inches long from his arms, looked at the target to be hit, estimated the distance, put away the "clairvoyance" and bowed down to aim behind the mountain, and kept shouting: "Fix the position in front of the cannon and do not move, and the rear position is deviated by one point to the right, then by one point, and then by half a point, and it is too much to move back by two centimeters...... Okay, let's fix the position left and right. The muzzle of the pen www.biquge.info the gun was raised by two points, and it was slowed down...... Slow down, go higher, stop. Why hasn't the order been given to open the cannon, no, the enemy ship is a few feet closer, and the cannon is raised again...... Rise, rise again...... Okay, stop. ”

At his shout, the two gunners in front of the cannon who were shaking the screw were so tired that they could barely breathe, and the sweat soaked their clothes.

After this cannon was aimed, the sentry commander couldn't take a breath, and ran to another cannon to check, only glanced at the Wangshan Mountain, and said to the flag head of this cannon: "This can't be done, the muzzle of the cannon is too low, and the Zi Yi that hits out will cross the enemy ship and hit behind it, when you aim, you must first estimate how far the enemy ship is, and then aim according to the method that you usually teach you, you will not make a mistake, and you can save a lot of money for the bureau owner." ”

As he spoke, he took out his "clairvoyance" and said to the flag head: "Take out your 'clairvoyance' and see it clearly." Now the enemy ship you are going to fight is about 30 to 40 zhang long, and your gun muzzle should be raised by about 6 centimeters, and every time the enemy ship approaches 3 to 5 zhang, the gun muzzle will be raised by 1 centimeter. Remember? Okay, aim again for yourself. ”

Sentry Commander Wang Mazi returned to his gun position, and after adjusting the height of the gun muzzle, the order to open the gun also came. He jumped a few feet away and ran into the protective room with a four-inch plank on one side, and without thinking, he ordered: "Everyone retreat behind the guard, and fire the cannon." ”

A moment after the shout of "open fire" above, the hull of the gunboat shook violently, and the sound of two guns firing was only heard.

After a while, the people on the lookout first shouted: "I have hit, I have hit two enemy ships, and both ships are on fire." Oh my God, this 'howitzer' is simply a thunderbolt from the sky, and one of the boats began to sink, and the people on board jumped into the sea. ”

The shouts on the lookout made the guards watching on the deck inexplicably excited, and suddenly burst into cheers: "Divine thunder, this is our divine thunder." ”

Eventually, these continuous cheers evolved into one word: "Divine thunder!" Divine Thunder! Divine Thunder! ”

The rest of the gunboats also began to open fire, and suddenly the river exploded into columns of water, and some shells missed, but many of the Mongol ships still hit.

The cheers on the upper deck alarmed the gunners who were still hiding in the protective room on the main deck, and without Wang Mazi's order, these proud gunners all rushed to the side of the cannon at this moment, pulled the cannon back according to the method of daily training, cleaned the gun chamber by themselves, wiped the small holes of the lead, filled the gunpowder, installed the sub-kiln lead, and were busy.

No order was received to stop firing, but a little more than half a quarter later, the second two guns were fired again.

After the second shelling, Zhao Er ordered: "Raise the signal flag and send the order to the small warship, bypass the back road of the enemy ship from the left side, be sure not to let a thief ship slip through the net, if anyone dares to escape, all of them will be laid into the sea for me to feed the fish." ”

Turning his head to Li Xiang, who was watching the battle with a telescope, he asked, "Childe, do we go up and capture the thief ship?" ”

Li Xiang held the binoculars and didn't put them down, and replied: "I see that the enemies on these ships have not yet tasted the power of the artillery fire, and if they don't rush forward first, they need to defeat their arrogance more to make them afraid and dare not resist, and save our soldiers some damage......

Before he could finish speaking, a shout rang out from the enemy ship, which had already approached more than 30 feet, and dozens of arrows were fired at the gunboat.

"Ahh Screams rang out among the convoy of gunboats.

"No, one of our people was wounded by an arrow. The son of a bitch dared to hurt the escort team that I had trained with great difficulty, and I won't be surnamed Li if I don't destroy you. Such a sentence flashed in Li Xiang's mind, and he reacted immediately, shouting fiercely: "Zhao Er, order the cannon to continue firing, and the tiger squat cannon will sink the enemy ship that shoots arrows at us and hurts people, and lean up to shoot the thieves who fall into the water." ”

"Order!" Zhao Er immediately shouted loudly after answering: "Your Excellency has an order, the cannons continue to shoot at the enemy ships in the distance, and the tigers squat at the approaching thief ships, and the first wave fired three blows in a row, sinking them." ”

The herald leaned over and said: "The commander has an order, the cannons continue to fire from a distance, and the tigers and cannons will fire three shots in succession to sink the enemy ships that dare to shoot arrows at us." ”

For a time, dozens of tiger squatting guns on this side made a non-stop "boom" sound, and not only did a column of water rise on the river surface of the four enemy ships that rushed ahead, but each ship was also hit by one to three shells.

The gunners of the navy army originally thought that the Tiger Squat Cannon was already extremely powerful in the last test, but now that they look at it, their power is not comparable to that of the cannon at all, and several enemy ships that have been hit by several people have been blown up, and none of those thief ships have been sunk.

was so anxious that Zhao Er jumped to his feet and scolded: "A bunch of stupid people, a group of stupid cows." Won't you put the tiger squat cannon flat and hit its side, it will be difficult to make a few holes and it will not sink. ”

The herald was also anxious when he saw this situation, and at this time, he didn't care whether the commander was giving orders or not, and shouted and passed down according to Zhao Er's words: "A bunch of stupid people, a group of stupid cows, put the tiger squat cannon flat and fight, make a few holes in their boats, and sink them." ”

These words were transmitted to the main deck as an order, and the angry gunners immediately adjusted the muzzle of the gun, and almost flattened the gun before firing three more shots.

From the "clairvoyance," it can be clearly seen that the four thief ships that were in a hurry to turn around and flee had just turned their hulls halfway and faced the cannon ships with the largest bomb area. Seeing that the ship was not dead, the Mongolian Tartars jumped into the sea one after another, trying to swim away before the ship sank, so as not to be carried into the bottom of the river by the whirlpool caused by the wreck. Even the wounded thieves struggled to crawl to the side of the boat in an attempt to escape for their lives.

Although the other two thieves did not enter the water from the hole, many of the boatmen inside were also injured and could no longer paddle and escape, so they stopped there and waited to be shot.

Zhao Er excitedly ordered: "Let's lean over and kill all these Mongolian Tartar animals, and we can't let one escape, so as to avenge the injured brothers." ”

The gunners on the main deck shouted with excitement, and their hands and feet were constantly clearing, reloading, and firing guns. Many of them were engaged in naval battles for the first time, the first time they had killed the enemy with artillery, the first time they were able to shoot at the enemy to their heart's content, and their emotions could not be suppressed, and they were completely immersed in extreme euphoria, ignoring the choking smoke that caused them to cough incessantly. (To be continued.) )