Chapter 438: Ambush at Tiger Beach (Medium)
"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......"
Five shells whizzed.
Either it missed, or it was more than ten meters away from the nearest big ship, or it was overdone.
Anyway, there is an artillery expert at home, besides, Uncle Da also played with earthen artillery when he was young, and he knows that this first round of shells is only being debugged, and the rest will be troublesome...... In fact, it is similar to Uncle Da's guess: the earthen cannon is heavy, and to adjust the orientation or extension, several people have to pry it up with a wooden stake, and others will fill it, which is troublesome and slow. It's also a loss, otherwise, just after Uncle Da ordered the ship to stop just now, it would have been time to give them a few shots.
After a round of shells, Uncle Da knew that from loading the gunpowder bag and shells to ignition to the shells coming, it would take about a minute at the earliest, plus the other party needed to debug, and he would have about two and a half to three minutes.
He jumped up and shouted at the lookout on the main pole: "Give them a signal to all the ships to set sail and force me to rush over at full speed." ”
"Toot ~!"
The long and thick sound of bull's horns resounded across the river, and the people on the eight large ships were a little in disbelief by the sudden attack, and many of them were still staring at the source of the shells. Until the sound of the horn woke everyone up, they immediately ran to their respective posts...... I am very grateful to Peng Ziqing and his son for their strict training, otherwise, if it is still the rabble before, I am afraid that at this time, it will not be rushing back to the post in the desperate shouting of the boss, but panicking like a fly, and when he sees someone jumping into the river to survive, he will definitely follow suit, and when the time comes, Uncle Da will really have no power to return to the sky.
Everyone paddled together, and the big boat slowly retreated, and it took nearly three minutes.
"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......"
The enemy finally finished concocting it, and the cannon fire rang out at about the same moment, and the shells whistled, this time with much more precision than the last time.
"Boom!"
The first shell exploded on the splint at the stern of Uncle Da's flagship, and immediately blew out a large hole of about one meter in the plywood, but fortunately, there was no damage to the bottom of the ship and avoided flooding, but two sailors who were working at the stern of the ship were directly blown away and fell into the water, and the blood was immediately stained red. Several others were affected by the explosion and were injured to varying degrees.
The two shells in the middle, one shot flew away, but the other hit the hull of the other big ship, blowing out a small hole of about half a meter, and the river water immediately poured in, and the people in the cabin hurriedly blocked the water...... The last two shells, one dud, bounced off the hull deck a few times and fell into the water, and one miraculously hit the main pole of a ship......
"Leader Li, do we have cannons?"
Uncle Da shook his head with a gloomy face: This time, in order to be able to install all the equipment as much as possible, and in order to pursue speed, the earthen cannon on the ship was dismantled - Uncle Da promised them that a small steel cannon would be installed on the ship after a while, and when the first attack on the Wang family's fleet, it was defeated by Pete with a small steel cannon, and even the cottage was occupied, so they were excited and didn't care about the backward weapon of the earth cannon at all. In addition, I didn't expect that anyone would dare to ambush the Wang family, but now I have suffered a loss.
For a while, the two of them really didn't think of any good way except to drive the big ship as soon as possible and force it over.
Thanks to the training of Peng Ziqing's father and son, at least no one took the initiative to jump ship, but many people who were about to go ashore were aroused by the anger and picked up their guns to shoot over there.
"Bang! Bang! Bang......"
Unfortunately, the big ship was nearly a kilometer away from the cliff, and neither the effective shooting distance of Hanyang-made nor the Zhongzheng rifle could reach it. What makes people angry is that the gunfire is dense, but the other party doesn't care at all, plus the resistance of the woods, some people even ran to the edge of the cliff to look this way, and almost peed to show ridicule, causing everyone to shout and scold......
Just as Uncle Da was desperately shouting and urging everyone to paddle hard, a light machine gun suddenly sounded in his ears.
"Da! Da! Da ......"
Uncle Da looked back, but saw that Fang Hua was holding a light machine gun, shooting fiercely at it.
Maybe he felt something, Uncle Da quickly turned his head and picked up the binoculars to see the effect, but saw that the trees at the cliff had been shot one after another, and even found that two or three people who had just pointed at this side were falling to the ground, hurriedly crawling into the forest.
Such a scene made Uncle Da's heart skip a beat, and he roared in ecstasy: "Don't use fast guns, hurry up and go to the cabin to move all the light and heavy machine guns out of Lao Tzu, and greet these dogs well." ”
Light and heavy machine guns were the focus of this batch of weapons, and in order to avoid accidents, they were all concentrated on the flagship.
Everyone rushed into the cabin, and soon saw several people running out with light machine guns, and there were people carrying ammunition boxes behind them. The three heavy machine guns were carried by several people, shouting at the people in front of them to get out of the way......
"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......"
This time, because the opponent had already adjusted the trajectory, it only needed to reload the shells, and the rate of fire was much faster than before.
But at this time, everyone's mood is not the same as before: they used to shoot with a fast gun, but they couldn't hit it even if they aimed, which made people more and more angry, and they were really not sure whether they could escape; Now, not only can they fight back, but the key is that there is hope in everyone's hearts, and they are not so afraid of shells as before, even if two more large ships are injured by shells.
"Da! Da! Da ......"
The eighteen brand-new light machine guns equipped with the Baojing Regiment, plus the original three of the Flying Shark Village, roared together, and in an instant, the cliff where they hit was full of bullet marks, and no one dared to come forward at all.
"Poof! Scold! ......"
The addition of three heavy machine guns seems to announce the dream of the other side to bomb the shipwreck team this time, but is that really what the blocker is capable of?
Seeing that the other side didn't even dare to shoot the shells, everyone was overjoyed, and while continuing to strafe, they paddled together.
But at this moment, I saw a burst of gunfire suddenly coming from the forest on the right, and the bullet hit the hull of the boat, sending out a "Duh! Duh! Duh! The ground was muffled. At this time, the crew was only guarding the cliff, and did not think much about it behind them, and more than 20 people were immediately hit by surprise...... It can be seen that the other party's intention was to wait for Uncle Da and others to be forced to get off the boat and escape on the river beach on the right under the bombardment of the cannon, the ambushers hiding in the forest at the other end of the river beach suddenly beat randomly, and then, the cannon extended to the river beach, which not only played the effect of pinching back and forth, but also aggravated the panic of Uncle Da and others, in that way, it would be really dangerous for Uncle Da and others. And for the other party, maybe they can still grab this batch of equipment.
The plan was good, but they didn't count the birds circling in the first place, exposing the ambushers on the cliffs. I didn't expect Uncle Da and them to have so many light and heavy machine guns, and under the suppression of firepower, they had to expose the ambushers in the forest in advance. In vain, he tried to delay Uncle Da and others here to accept the baptism of artillery fire.
"Drag the wounded into the cabin......" Uncle Da saw that the ground was full of wounded screams and rolls, and angrily pointed to the forest on the right, roaring: "Those who take light machine guns will shoot at the woods, and the heavy machine guns will continue to suppress the cliff side, and the rest of the people will row hard, raise the mainsail, and force me to rush over." ”
Relying on the numerous light and heavy machine guns and the cover of the hull, the fire suppression on the left and right sides can be achieved, plus the big ship has come to the deep water and set sail, the speed is immediately faster, and the flagship takes the lead, and soon rushes through the Tahu Beach.
Uncle Da is worthy of being a veteran of a hundred battles, and knows the importance of this batch of equipment, but the light and heavy machine guns are all on his big ship, so when the first big ship comes to the bottom of the cliff, he immediately stops the ship, and risks the big ship to the right bank, so that the light and heavy machine guns are greeted on the cliff to cover the safe passage of the rest of the big ships.
The earthen cannon cannot be fired directly below the horizon - that would cause the shells to fall out of the chamber. But the other party was really vicious, and the shells couldn't hit, so they greeted them with fast guns and light machine guns, and even threw stones down...... At this time, the other party obviously gave up the idea of seizing the ship, but was determined to kill and injure the crew as much as possible, and even hoped to destroy one or two large ships.
One side relied on the geographical advantage, and the other side relied on firepower, and the two sides fought half a catty.
Watching the subordinates who risked shooting at the cliff on the deck, they fell to the ground from time to time, either dead or wounded, and were quickly pulled into the cabin by other crew members, leaving dazzling blood stains, and soon dyed the entire splint red into blood red, Uncle Da, who was thunderous, had already fired at the cliff with a light machine gun.
"Boom!"
There was a loud noise that made everyone look at it, but they saw that the stern of the last big ship was hit by a huge boulder, and the stern of the ship seemed to have been bitten by a giant beast, and a large hole was opened.
Immediately, three or four men on the big ship ventured to the stern, and when they saw it, they immediately yelled: "Oh no, the rudder has been broken......
As they shouted, the big ship immediately lost its sense of direction and slowly drifted on the water.
The big ship was full of bullets, 50,000 rounds, and there was no room for error. The loss of the rudder not only greatly delayed everyone's departure from this dangerous place, but more importantly, if the big ship was allowed to drift on the water like this, the final result would be two: either it would hit the cliff and sink, or it would run aground in the shallow water to the south. These two fates are not acceptable to Uncle Da: if it sinks, it is better, and it is a big deal to salvage it afterwards, but if it runs aground, it will be troublesome, and if you want to save the crew and 50,000 rounds of ammunition, it is equivalent to being dragged here, allowing the enemy to flank the front and rear, which is a huge danger to the entire fleet. But if you don't save it, can't you give 50,000 rounds of bullets to the other party in vain?
Uncle Da thought like electricity, and hurriedly ordered: "Pull the boat over and drag the big boat away with a rope." ”
Then he asked a few people to shout in unison.
Seeing that other big ships were about to come, he hurriedly shouted and urged them to go first, and wait for the meeting to be safe.
The personnel on the south bank of the other side also rushed to the shore and struck hard at the two big ships, making it more difficult for the two ships to connect.
Soon, the two ships ventured closer, and then, while firing back, they connected the two ships with a large rope thick as their wrists, and that's it, at the cost of five dead and nine wounded, and the big ship was smashed with countless stones everywhere, and even the main pole was a little crooked...... If it weren't for the fact that the big ship had barely sunk, Uncle Da would probably have ordered the ship to be blown up.
When the last two large ships sailed at a rapid speed, gradually moving hundreds of meters away from the cliff where the earth cannons were hidden, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the enemy's last killer move came......
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, a stream of water rose into the sky, rising more than ten meters high, mixed with several wooden planks and several corpses......