At this time, Liang Pengfei was standing in a hidden command post in the Shajiao Fort, observing those British battleships, looking at those tall three-masted battleships and even battleships, Liang Pengfei felt that his saliva secretion had accelerated a lot.

The golden light of the greedy eyes flickering is not forced, fortunately, there are not many people who can see Liang Pengfei's ugly appearance, otherwise it will really affect the tall and complete image of this young master Liang.

"Young Master, will they find any problems?" By Liang Pengfei's side, Bai Shusheng, who was already accustomed to Liang Pengfei's ugliness, asked a little nervously.

"Don't worry, we can't see the flaws of those hidden batteries from our position, let alone them gringos, it's just that I don't know how many battleships the other party will use to attack, I hope these Brits are more interesting, don't play with battleships, otherwise, it would be a pity if the precious battleship was damaged." Liang Pengfei stared at those battleships with his eyes, and he didn't look back.

Hearing Liang Pengfei think so much about his enemy, a cadre and staff officer behind him couldn't help but be speechless for a while.

At this time, the British battleships that had stopped moving began to move slowly again, but this time, as Liang Pengfei wished, five three-masted battleships were driven out of the fleet, and slowly arranged into an artillery formation, relying on accurate drilling, so that the battleships approached the shore artillery.

"Fire!" Wu Qianjin, who was hiding in the command post of the battery in Dajiao Mountain, gave an order, and the Dajiaoshan Fort he was in happened to be facing the British battleships that were going up the river and straight into the mouth of the Pearl River, and the front of the Dajiaoshan Fort was thirty-six six-pounder guns and fifty-four twelve-pounder guns, Liang Pengfei arranged nearly one-third of the artillery force here, but all the eighteen-pounder guns and five twenty-four-pounder guns that were quietly transported here from King Crab Island were secretly hidden by this vicious guy, In case of the right moment to give those damned Brits a hearty beating.

And now, Wu Qianjin only ordered the six-pounder guns to fire, those six-pounder guns are all things that Liang Pengfei ordered to be removed from the big material boat, this kind of artillery to be honest, it is difficult to constitute a serious threat to the British three-masted battleship, although it is condescending, the range has been improved, but at this time, the fire does not pose any threat to the British battleships outside the range, and even some of the artillery may not aim at all in the panic, and shoot directly on the beach under the Big Horn Mountain, hitting a pillar of sand.

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This made the commander of the British squadron, Colonel Keane, almost laugh out his big teeth. "Oh my God, it's a six-pounder gun, poor fellow, do they think our three-masted battleship is made of paper, or is it that their little cannonball can pierce a thick hull like ours with a single shot?"

"Okay soldiers, attack the other side's battery, let them understand what is called artillery." Colonel Keane nodded reservedly to the first mate beside him, and as the order was given, the guns that had already been prepared were pushed out of the gun window, and the deep muzzles of the black hole were all aimed at the Big Horn Hill battery, which was firing intermittently.

With the sound of the command of the artillery commander in the gun deck, the five three-masted battleships opened fire in turn, and the dense guns fired in order, and from the guns on the front side of the battleship spewed blazing white pipe flames and gunpowder smoke in the direction of Big Horn Mountain.

In just a short moment, five tall three-masted battleships were shrouded in gunsmoke, these three-masted battleships, all of which were so-called fourth-class or fifth-class warships, were all two-deck gunboats, and the number of guns on one side of the ship was between twenty-five and twenty, and the continuous bombardment of five battleships was the intensive bombardment of nearly 100 guns.

The fort of Big Cape Hill was full of stone chips and broken tree poles and flying branches and leaves that had been broken by those shells, but the other side still seemed to be not satisfied, and the first round of artillery had just finished for a dozen breaths, and the first cannon fired more than a minute earlier was pushed out of the cannon window again, and roared viciously.

Liang Pengfei's expression was quite solemn at the moment, the opponent's artillery was indeed excellent to the extreme, at least, it was able to complete the cleaning of the gun chamber and then fire after loading it in just one minute, it only took a little more than a minute, such a firing frequency, in this era, is absolutely terrifying.

At least, only the best gunners under Liang Pengfei can reach it, but there are less than thirty-five groups of gunners like that, which is completely well documented, but Liang Pengfei is fortunate that most of the gunners of his battleships have undergone rigorous and even harsh training, and are slowly moving towards the distance of one shot per minute.

Nowadays, the firing rate of ordinary naval gunners is about one and a half minutes, although it is not as fast as the gunners of this group of British battleships, but at least the gap is narrowing.

In the same way, those pirates of the Liang family army, who originally thought they were invincible in the world, finally realized that in this world, these Westerners can dominate the world, in addition to their strong ships and guns, they also have a large number of excellent naval soldiers, which is the most important thing.

"It would take at least two years, or even longer, for such a group of gunners to be trained." By Liang Pengfei's side, Brother Li Paoge made his own judgment as one of the best artillery commanders in the Liang family's army.

"You're right, General Li, such a gunner really needs a lot of actual combat and countless exercises to be trained." Lieutenant Commander Juan, a Spanish naval officer who had defected to Liang Pengfei, made a very pertinent assessment: "This British colonial fleet is definitely the elite of the British Navy. ”

"Then, I'll let all these elites feed the sharks at the bottom of the sea, or become instructors in the navy under Lao Tzu." Liang Pengfei panted like a bull, gritted his teeth viciously and swore fiercely. For Liang Pengfei's mind full of greed and **, his subordinates feel very reasonable, anyway, all kinds of talents who serve the old Liang family and are hired by the old Liang family are available in any country, if you count them, I am afraid that there are several more countries than the eight-nation alliance that invaded China back then. Even a few more British naval officers would not be a problem, but would have created a kind of competition between them and those of Spain and the Netherlands.

Well, those Dutch naval officers who were newly captured by Liang Pengfei chose to cultivate naval talents for Master Liang in the face of sweet dates and sticks, otherwise, Liang Pengfei didn't mind chopping off the limbs of these Dutch naval officers who bullied the Chinese in Nanyang and hanging them on the beach to feed the fish.

You must know that those Spanish naval officers who have been determined to become the founding fathers of Liang Pengfei will definitely compete with these Dutch in secret, and Liang Pengfei will only welcome this kind of competition, as long as they don't focus on group fights but on teaching urgency, and don't play with knives to kill people, Liang Pengfei will not care.

The Big Cape Hill battery was barely able to fight back under such heavy artillery fire, and was initially able to return fire between British fire, but their six-pounder guns were really not much of a threat, and the gunners barely took aim, except for a few that happened to hit the British ships, which was almost more like a clumsy show.

This made the British seem extremely relaxed, and Major General Ford even had the leisure to light a cigarette and smoke it up, this kind of cigarette is said to be produced in Guangzhou, if Guangzhou is occupied, Major General Ford does not mind letting the army go by and loot the cigarette factory in Guangzhou, and get a few more boxes of this damn expensive cigarette.

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"That's amazing......" Little Staunton exclaimed. This war scene really made the little boy feel that his heart was beating faster, and the freckles on his face took on a darker color because of the excitement.

Liang Sanhuai squinted his eyes and looked at the Dajiaoshan Fort that looked like a mess, although the Dajiaoshan Fort was bombarded by the British warships' extremely fierce artillery fire, it seemed to be miserable, if you were careful and patient, you could find that the overall structure of those forts had not suffered any serious damage.

Liang Sanhuai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was able to look around leisurely, with his understanding of the insidious and vicious surname of Young Master Liang, Liang Sanhuai would not believe that Young Master Liang's resistance was only so little.

The current bleak situation can only show one thing, Young Master Liang must be playing some kind of conspiracy again, trying to lure these British Yankees into suffering. Therefore, Liang Sanhuai is not worried, he just hopes that Young Master Liang can perform more excitingly.

After several rounds of heavy artillery fire, the other party's counterattack has become weak, Colonel Keane shook his head very boredly, such a defensive battery, for the British Empire's Eastern Fleet, which often conducts artillery battles in colonial fortresses, is simply an appetizer just served, and the other party is already ready to settle the bill and leave, this feeling makes Colonel Enkean feel that he should save a little shells just now.

"Let the battleship come up another three hundred yards, and then prepare to lower the boat and carry out a landing battle." Colonel Genetic's order was quickly carried out, and the five battleships, after drawing a beautiful arc on the sea, began to move forward.

"Okay, let the No. 2 gun position prepare, and wait for the opponent's battleship to reach our accurate firing range, and then attack, all the twelve-pounder guns are wound to Lao Tzu, aiming at the opponent's mast to hit." Hiding in the hidden command post, the unscathed Wu Qianjin laughed twice and gave a new order again.

The order was soon followed by the heralds to the various concealed gun emplacements, and the gunners sprang into action, carefully protruding the muzzles of the guns from the firing ports covered by foliage.

The twelve-pounder guns, nearly twenty more than the six-pounder guns, were all aimed and ready, and they were waiting for the opposing warship to approach little by little, like wolves patiently waiting for their prey to enter their encirclement.

(To be continued)