There was thunder of joy. [Full text reading]

Different from the first time when they first engaged, after seeing the rushing figure of the lightning strike ship, the sailors of the coalition forces cheered and their eyes were full of tears. There's no way not to be excited, I've been pressed and beaten for so long, and I finally see the dawn of victory.

In fact, just like those hesitant maritime merchants on the left, the pirates on the right are also numb, it's not that they don't want to fight hard, but if they rush up stupidly and are hit as a target, this can also be called desperate?

The Chinese army's forward and successive succession did not bring encouragement to the friendly troops, but hit their morale, the enemy did not even scratch the oil skin a little, no matter how brave you are, no matter how tragic you look, it is useless.

This is the disadvantage of too high a degree of secrecy, but fortunately, it did not cause too bad results, and after holding it for so long, the emotions were released at once, and the morale of the coalition forces was also greatly boosted.

Even the most wavering maritime merchants on the left flank turned to wait and see, and some even stared at Wang Hai with ill-intentioned eyes, wondering if they could betray the other party to ask for merit. Although Wang Hai did not reveal his identity as an undercover agent, his behavior can also be called a defection, and he is still shaking the morale of the army, and it should be impossible to be arrested as a traitor.

Wang Hai himself actually didn't care much about it, he stared at those lightning strike ships, eager to jump into the sea, drag those ships, or drive the boat forward to block them. It was true that he had never fought a regular naval battle, but he had heard of it, and knew the power of fireships, which were best suited against large ships.

"The gunboat is running fast, it should be able to dodge, right?" Wang Er muttered blankly.

"......" Wang Hai wanted to say yes, but he knew no. The ship also had sails, and there was nothing of weight on it except for two dead men, and the sulfur was not very heavy, as could be seen from the high bow of the ship.

Of course Wang Hai didn't know, this thing was a bit similar to the windsurfing boards of later generations, and moving the center of gravity backward was also conducive to increasing speed, he only knew that this thing was fast and flexible, unless they were sunk in advance, there was no way for the gunboat to escape this catastrophe.

"If only those flywheel battleships were nearby......," Wang Hai grabbed his hair with both hands, his eyes full of despair.

"Quick, let the rear cabin sell some strength, we have to hurry up and go to the rescue!" It's not just Wang Hai who thinks so, there are other people.

Lu Xiaosi stomped his feet and trampled the deck with a bang, while shouting loudly, he took every precaution, but he still didn't get it, the enemy actually used such a trick to come out, it was so shameless, it was obviously stealing from our Hou Ye's skills, but he used it to deal with Hou Ye, is there any shame?

He is too stupid, Hou Ye just asked the Clippers to avoid the enemy's edge, and wait until the victory to pursue, but he didn't say that he would not let himself participate in the war, what he needs most at this time is his own clippers, even if he can't sink those thunderbolts, at least he can help the gunboats block? Isn't that what the Clippers do?

He was remorseful and hateful, and like Wang Hai, he longed to jump into the sea.

"Fourth general, the enemy's clippers have also moved, and they have blocked us, what should we do?"

"Fight with them!" Lu Rending's nostrils are big, panting heavily, at this time, he can only be desperate, just a few ships that can be saved.

"Whoa." The sailors were also anxious, and they had already left their fears of the bed crossbow behind, and they were all red-eyed, just waiting to come forward to fight.

"I aimed and hit, why did I miss it again? Get out of the way, Ben will come in person! In the gun cabin, Wu Yongjian couldn't be calm, he didn't know what a fireboat meant, but as the sharpest weapon on the ship, the artillery should destroy all the enemies who would attack in the future.

However, it backfired, and the gunboats fired all kinds of guns, causing water columns on the sea to rise in all directions, but not a single enemy ship was hit, so he was so anxious that he just jumped to his feet, and finally simply pushed away the artillery on the gun emplacement, and personally checked the guns and aimed.

The gunner who was pushed away by him was a little unwilling, and the gunner who was scolded by him was also very wronged, but no one refuted or complained, everyone could understand the anxiety in Wu Qianhu's heart, and at this critical moment, everyone's mood was the same.

However, things often do not depend on human will, and torpedoing with primitive artillery is an impossible task in itself. Not to mention the artillery of this era, even if you use the machine guns of the World War II period to hit the torpedo, whether you can hit it or not depends on the character, the speed of the mine strike boat is of course not as fast as the torpedo, but it is much more flexible and mobile than the latter, it is reasonable to miss the hit, and it is strange if it hits.

"Master Hou, hurry up and let the ship speed up, sacrifice a few boats, block the pursuers, and retreat to the port with the main force, maybe this ship has not only something to ignite, maybe there is also gunpowder." Dai Ziyu worked hard to fulfill his duties as a staff officer, this was the best way he could think of, as long as he kept a few warships, this battle would not be lost.

"No need, don't worry, since Ben Hou expected it in advance, of course there is a way to deal with it." Xie Hong touched his chin and smiled, it was really not a matter if the secrecy work was done too well, it made everyone so nervous, Fourth Brother Lu seemed to have the intention of returning to help, and the gun cabin was also noisy.

Brother didn't plan to keep it secret, but just prepared that kind of thing just in case of emergency, who knew that the shipwright in Jiangnan was so powerful?

The ancestors of China were really powerful, not only invented the prototype of the torpedo fireship, but also after getting the hint, they could also transform the fireship into the current one, which was too powerful. If my brother hadn't crossed over, he might not have been able to withstand it, you know, in the naval battles between China and the West at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army won several times, and it was almost the same.

"Is there a way to deal with it? But Hou Ye, those ships are almost in front of you...... "Dai Ziyu is very dazed, guard against the fire ship, the most important thing is not to let it get close, after getting close, it will be too late, Hou Ye, you are too leisurely, is it time to sigh?"

"It's only useful when it's in front of you." Xie Hong laughed and said loudly: "There is a law, there is a break, pass the order down, pull the lightning net!" After thinking about it, he added: "In addition, send a message to General Lu Si, so that he should not be in a hurry, stand still, and prepare to pursue the remnants of the enemy." ”

"Whoa!" Lu Renjia went in response, he was the captain of the flagship and the deputy commander of the fleet, and the lightning protection net was a piece of equipment that the captains and relevant personnel of each ship only knew, so he had to go and do it himself.

"Lightning nets?" Dai Ziyu heard a lot of new terms today, and from the cheers of the other party, he knew that the name of the new fireship was called the lightning strike ship, and then he heard a lightning protection net, these two things are really right.

"Well, it's a mine net, which is specially used to protect against torpedoes." Xie Hong nodded, not explaining much, because with his order, the gunboats had already moved.

"Wow!"

On each side of the ship, three thick chains suddenly appeared, which were originally hanging from the hull of the ship, and no one noticed, but then they were driven by the winch and slowly rose from under the water.

At first, it was perpendicular to the deck, and as it ascended, the angle became smaller, and when the angle was reduced to about forty-five degrees, the other end of the chain also emerged from the water, and a net was tied to that end.

This is not an ordinary net, Dai Ziyu looked down the deck and saw it clearly. Behind the net, criss-cross the same iron chains, and the net itself is not a normal hemp rope, but a wire.

It was obviously an iron net, and it was not used for fishing, the net was too heavy and rose slowly, and it was hard to imagine that a fish would be caught unless it was a dead fish.

After the lightning net was pulled up, it was in two and a half circles, and the hull of the ship was tightly protected in it, as if a big fish was placed in a big bowl, and if you wanted to eat this fish, you could only put chopsticks from above, and it was impossible to move along the tabletop.

"Mr. Dai, do you understand?" Xie Hong pointed to the lightning protection net, but still did not explain.

"I understand...... Dai Ziyu looked at those lightning protection nets dumbfounded, without explanation, he understood at a glance that the only function of this thing is to protect lightning ships and fire ships, that is to say, Hou Ye once again anticipated the enemy's opportunity, and he expected it so accurately, "Hou Ye's magic plan, his subordinates are really convinced." ”

"The main thing is that Mr. Dai's suggestion is very timely." When he first heard Dai Ziyu describe the tactics of fireships, Xie Hong thought of torpedoes, and then carried out them according to the idea of anti-torpedo, so he remembered the anti-torpedo net, this thing anti-torpedo is not very powerful, because the explosive power of the torpedo is too strong, but the anti-primitive torpedo is still very useful.

He is calm here, but the generals of the coalition army are about to fall out of their eyes, you can expect the enemy to take the lead, but you can't expect this to the point! Isn't that bullying?

The first few mine-striking ships had already crashed into the anti-mine net, and as a result, of course, they were rebounded. If a large ship crashes into it, it may be able to smash this thing flat, but with a lightning strike ship similar to a small sampan, then don't even think about it, no matter how fast it is.

The man who piloted the lightning strike ship was worthy of death, and the one in front was frustrated, and the one behind was not discouraged, and one after another raised the speed and collided, hitting the iron net thumping.

After finding that the impact was ineffective, he actually took out the dagger directly and tried to cut the iron mesh, which was of course impossible, it was barbed wire, and it was almost the same with a hacksaw, and this kind of spare self-killing dagger would not work at all.

After a while, the boats behind also caught up, and they didn't bother to collide, but kept their speed around, and hundreds of lightning boats formed several circles, like a group of piranhas surrounding a few fragrant roast suckling pigs, but they couldn't find a place to put their mouths.

"What should I do?" Slashing and colliding didn't work, the gunfire of the gunboats began to extend to the fleet in the distance again, the dead soldiers were in a hurry, these people were all killers raised by the family, no one was afraid of death, but if they couldn't complete the task, they would die, and no one was reconciled.

"Just detonate it, maybe you can blow up a road!" Someone started to get angry.

"It's useless, there are chains behind the iron fence, and one will definitely not be able to explode." There are crazy ones, there are old ones, and some people have raised objections.

"Otherwise, what else can I do, a few more ships, but if I bomb one place, I don't believe it......" Before the ruthless one finished speaking, he heard a warning sound around him: "It's not good, hide!" ”

"Boom!"

Of course, the Royal Navy on board would not watch them meet here, and so, the earth-shattering thunder came again. The soldiers of the Marine Corps are not as good as the Guards, but at such a distance, they can still ensure the accuracy.

The ruthless one also got his wish, and the lightning strike ships that attempted to break the net by leaning on the edge of the lightning net all turned into a ball of flame, and the ignition and gunpowder inside were detonated at the same time, which was much more powerful than a simple earth-shattering thunder.

However, the old man's opinion was also correct, the lightning net was indeed damaged, but the damage was insignificant, and the breach could allow a fish to pass through, and the boat would not have thought about it. Iron wire is like this, even if it is broken, it is still broken, and the best tool to deal with this thing is a vice.

The woe of the dead is not over. Those who lean on the inner circle are hit by the earth-shaking thunder, and those earth-shaking thunders will not be blown up if they turn around in the outer circle, and if they want to deal with such a high-speed moving target, they have to pull people from the baseball team in the capital.

However, the soldiers of the Marine Corps were not out of the question, they showed their ability to take care of their homes, opened their bows and arrows one by one, and then a rain of arrows spilled out.

These people are all from the Xuanfu border army, and they all have a few unique skills in their hands, and there are not a few marksmen. In the past, it was not used at sea, the range of bows and arrows was limited, neither as good as thunderbolts nor as good as cannons, and the power was a little low, and if the arrows did not hit people, they would be of no use at all. Moreover, a clipper like the flywheel battleship is still shaking badly, and it is unstable under the feet, and it is impossible to shoot accurately in the hands.

Now these problems do not exist at all, a ship with a displacement of a thousand tons is nothing in later generations, let alone a battleship, even among destroyers it is considered small, at most it is a large gunboat. But in this era, it is already very exaggerated, the Bohai Sea was originally known for its calm waves, and the naval battle was carried out in the coastal sea, and when the cannon was not fired, the ship was still very stable.

The border soldiers are accustomed to shooting Tartars on horseback, and now there is no pressure to deal with a few dead soldiers driving boats, and it seems that the chaotic rain of arrows is very good, and in a miserable scream, more than half of the lightning strike boats have become headless flies, and only a few lucky ones who are far away have escaped.

However, even if they escaped, they didn't have the courage to step forward again, and the dead soldiers were not sent to death in vain.

"It's over......" The same judgment surfaced in everyone's minds, Liang Cheng sat down in a daze, he was no longer able to continue to command, in fact, it made no difference whether he commanded or not, although there was no communication, but everyone in the coalition realized the end, and the general trend was gone.

(To be continued)