The powerful explosion pushed the sea water, like an infinitely powerful and violent giant carrying the bow of the three-masted battleship high, and then smashed it down on the surface of the sea, and before the bow entered the water, a hideous hole directly more than two meters above the bow appeared under the bow.

When the bow of the battleship fell to the surface of the water, and the raging waves splashed high in all directions, almost all the people in the British colonial fleet who had no ear problems subconsciously turned their heads to look in the direction of Lei Yue Mun.

"The battleship turns, turns! Damn, what the hell is going on? Major General Ford's eyes widened, and he gave the order loudly, not even caring about his own gaffe when spit sprayed on the first mate's face.

"Heavy artillery? Could it be heavy artillery? No way, we have just sent infantry to patrol on both sides of the Liyu Gate, and if there is heavy artillery, they will definitely send us a signal. Colonel Henry's face was contorted into a bitter gourd that was trampled on, and his voice was as sharp as a shrew scolding the street.

"It's not heavy artillery, if it's heavy artillery, the sound should be heard from both sides of the strait first." Rear Admiral Ford's first mate, Rear Admiral Patton, shook his head, and the battleships drew a series of standard round white lines on the calm waters of George III Bay, and the tall sails were all deployed, and the howling wind allowed the battleships to turn at full speed and pounce on their way to the Carp Gate.

No sooner had they completed the turn than from their right, the side of Hong Kong Island, there was a fierce roar of artillery, and Major General Ford's expression changed again. "Who the hell would dare to attack our detachment! Could it be the French? Or maybe it's the Dutch? Rear Admiral Ford's brain spun rapidly, thinking about who would dare to do something to his detachment, but he didn't just think about guessing from the sailors or pirates of the Great Qing Kingdom, after all, that kind of dense artillery fire would definitely not be something that the warships of the Great Qing Kingdom could have.

"Full speed ahead and see how it goes...... My God! Major General Ford's eyes almost popped out, and he grabbed his collar with both hands, and screamed out of frustration.

He saw in front of him at the Carp Gate, where the stern of Lieutenant Colonel Green's battleship was pointing straight to the sky, the bow of the battleship and the middle of the battleship had sunk into the sea, and the whole battleship was sliding down towards the surface of the sea at a fairly rapid speed.

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The sailors screamed and lay on the hull of the battleship, and some of the clever ones had jumped into the water, swimming towards the distance with all their might, lest they would be stirred to the bottom by the whirlpool raised by the sinking of the battleship.

The explosion turned a three-masted battleship into a dead fish that was about to sink to the bottom of the sea, and this experience really hit the hearts of the British people present. Even the dense artillery fire that faintly came from the side of Hong Kong Island seemed to intrigue them, and all of them watched in amazement as the three-masted battleship disappeared from their sight like lifelike wax figures.

The British Army soldiers who were on reconnaissance and patrol duty on both sides of the Liyue Gate maintained the same shock, and some even drew crosses on their chests, wondering if they were praying for their hapless naval colleagues or trying to soothe their own shock.

Several fast gunboats, converted from armed British merchant ships, rushed to the front, and they quickly reached the vicinity of the silent warship. He reached out to his companions who were floating and struggling on the surface of the sea, and loudly asked the frightened sailors what was going on.

"I don't know, I really don't know what's going on, our warship is chasing those Qing pirates to the east at a very high speed, but just when I caught up with the sea around the black iron balls they cast, the strong explosion even almost turned my battleship upside down, God, it's like the enemy has buried a powder magazine under my ship." Lieutenant Colonel Green, who was covered in [***], was sent to the deck of the flagship Lion in the shortest possible time, and his face was still not back to normal after being poured a large glass of brandy. The trembling gums made his tone seem so panicked.

"That's enough, take Mr. Lieutenant Colonel down to change his clothes, give him some wine and bread, and then let him come to me when he comes to his senses." Rear Admiral Ford rubbed his brow with a headache and motioned for the sailors to take the frightened-looking lieutenant colonel down to rest.

A fast gunboat was slowly approaching the location of the wreck, and the sailors on the deck shouted loudly and ran quickly, throwing the cables into the distance, so that those who were still struggling on the surface could be rescued as soon as possible.

No one noticed that in the quiet water, a black iron ball not much smaller than a bucket was floating in the blue water that was only about two meters above the water.

The black iron ball floated there quietly, quietly waiting, the slow approach of the fast gunboat, the wooden stripes at the bottom of the ship were clearly visible, and on it, there were also a lot of shells and conch clinging, some dexterous swimming fish were shuttling at the bottom of the ship, and from time to time they used their pecks to look for food between the shells and conch at the bottom of the ship.

The sound seemed so dull and gloomy in the seawater, and the bottom of the ship was getting closer and closer to the black iron ball that was gently swinging in the sea water in the surging of the sea, and finally, a shell on the bottom of the ship that was clinging to it gently hit the protruding tentacles on the black iron ball, and a sound that seemed very crisp in the sea water was heard, like the sound of iron sheets hitting each other in the air.

The black iron ball seemed to suddenly stop swinging, and then, countless cracks appeared on the surface of the black iron ball in an instant, and streams of blazing flames gushed out from those cracks, and the violent shock wave even made the swimming fish in the distance seem to be slapped hard by something, instantly froze the action, and then, like a dead thing, slowly floated towards the surface of the water.

This time, the British Navy soldiers and the mercenaries who had poured onto the deck to watch the excitement of the British Army were all frightened by the imminent explosion.

Still wondering what kind of situation had just happened, Rear Admiral Ford and the others, who had sunk a sturdy three-masted battleship to the bottom of the sea in a very short time, were also frightened by this sudden explosion. Their eyes looked neatly in the direction where the explosion came from, and it was next to the three-masted battleship that had just sunk that a fast gunboat actually broke fragile from the middle, or rather, a column of water mixed with flames and black smoke collided with the hull of the fast gunboat, and flew directly into the air from below.

Many of the various things on the disconnected fast gunboats were lifted into the sky, including even some sailors, as well as mutilated human bodies. The thick earth, the column of water wrapped in flames and gunsmoke rushed high into the sky, and then burst out towards the surroundings, and the sea water poured scattered on the surrounding sea, as well as the bodies and faces of the stunned Englishmen.

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The flames soon dissipated without a trace, but the rising smoke was slowly rolling into shape, and after being filtered by the seawater, the color of the smoke seemed to become whiter, like the dead, pale faces distorted illusory in the sky.

The muscles of Macartney's face twitched, and the corners of his eyes twitched diligently, like a precursor to the recurrence of a hemiplegic stroke, and his fingers grasped the beautiful white fringed lace on the collar of his shirt, which he did not even notice had been chipped in the collar.

Staunton gripped the ship's side tightly, his mouth open like a hippopotamus preparing for a tooth extraction under a shadowless lamp, and even the disgusting wormhole on his back molars saw the light of the sun.

The sound of the violent explosion swept over Hong Kong Island again, resounded swiftly through the air, and then easily penetrated into the ears of the British sailors of the detachment, who were in distress and desperately resisting in the hope of receiving assistance.

However, they no longer had to distinguish where the explosion came from, because they had been completely surrounded, yes, the other side seemed to have planned it a long time ago, and when this detachment had just passed through the southernmost point of Jute Kok, another peninsula on Hong Kong Island, what made their jaws almost drop their jaws was that on the west side of Jute Kok, dozens of three-masted battleships that had been lined up to shoot at the array opened fire together, yes, dozens of them, At that time, many strong-willed British sailors were directly frightened to the point of insanity.

The cannonballs poured swiftly and ferociously on their hulls like a storm that could not be stopped. The five warships, which were still in a state of astonishment and had no time to react, were severely damaged.

Yes, the starboard hull of the battleship Mari, which was sailing in the center of the squadron, was almost completely destroyed, and the hideous wounds soon engulfed the juicy sea, and with only a round of artillery fire, a three-masted battleship sank in despair towards the sea.

The British navy fought back, but by the time their open combatants arrived in combat positions, reloaded their ammunition, and opened their gun windows, a second round of artillery rain had already fallen on their heads. It's like that hot summer, a sudden hearty rainstorm, but the word storm was replaced by a bullet word.

(To be continued)