Chapter 163: The Shelling of Hong Kong (Part II)

Li Zhongju and Tan Sitong used military binoculars to observe the effect of the first round of artillery shelling, and they found that although many shells fell on the enemy ships, they did not cause much damage. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Think about it, if you can sink a few ships in this way, then how should the British army fight the Zhenwu army.

Although it did not cause much damage to the British warships, it also caused a certain shadow to the hearts of the British soldiers, and at the same time caused a lot of impact on some ships, although this impact is not fatal, but this is enough, after all, the distance between the two sides is still a little far, if it is closer, maybe it can cause a greater impact.

Then a second round of shells began to fire, followed by a third round, one after another at the British ships.

The British battleship "Tyson" also began to erupt his anger at the Hong Kong battery, and many shells fell on the battery, but the consequences were negligible.

This is because the Hong Kong fort is unique, different from the Manchu fort, the howitzers of the Hong Kong fort are all built underground, to be precise, there are five meters of cement slabs and one meter thick steel plates above the howitzers, and there are holes in the middle that can shoot out of the shells, unless there are shells just shot down from the holes, otherwise it is almost impossible to cause substantial harm to the forts.

The shells of the British ships fell frantically on the Hong Kong batteries like angry beasts, and the sound was so loud that many of the soldiers of the 101st Regiment were a little flustered, but then they returned to normal.

The soldiers of the 101st Regiment immediately began to prepare for the next round of ammunition, and they had to fight until the last moment, and they could not disappoint the commander and regiment commander, and at the same time, they could not disappoint the common people of Hong Kong and even the Chinese nation.

Li Zhongju quietly observed the situation of the British fleet, and suddenly Li Zhongju found that a British ironclad ship was emitting white smoke, of course Li Zhongju knew what this meant, which meant that the British ironclad ship was completely scrapped, at least in this war, this ironclad was useless.

Of course, Tan Sitong also found out about the scrapping of the British ironclad ship, Tan Sitong was very excited, and at the same time, Tan Sitong immediately told the whole regiment the exciting news. The whole regiment immediately burst into cheers, and in an instant their passion soared, and all the soldiers did not need to be ordered by their respective commanders, they immediately shot with the highest enthusiasm.

This scene shocked Li Zhongju and Tan Sitong, but this is also reasonable. Because all soldiers know that what they are doing is not useless, but that they can pose a real threat to the enemy.

Compared with the excitement of the 101st soldier, the forward fleet of the British army had already fallen into deep thought, why the other party was able to cost them one ironclad ship, and since they could cost one, then they could be charged two, three, or even more.

This scene made many British troops on ironclads, cruisers, clippers, etc., all begin to panic, and they were afraid that this battleship that was broken by the Chinese would be them.

The fear of the British army and the passion of the Zhenwu army are in stark contrast, but the British battleships are not the ones that the Zhenwu army can inflict damage in minutes.

The British battleships were firing frantically at the Hong Kong battery base, and they were very worried in their hearts, if they couldn't take the opponent's battery in the shortest possible time, wouldn't that make the people of China extremely arrogant?

The commander of the "Tyson" 1 saw that he had ordered six rounds of shells to be fired, a total of almost a hundred howitzers, but it seemed that it did not have much effect, and even the other warships did not seem to work very well.

Captain No. 1 Tyson secretly thought that this was due to too few shells, and he did not think much about it, and he, like the rest of the ships, continued to direct the howitzers to launch artillery strikes at the Hong Kong battery.

Then the British ships fired all kinds of howitzers and smashed them into the Hong Kong battery, splashing dust all over the sky, and the sound was still extremely loud, which shocked the soldiers of the 101st Regiment and wanted to vomit.

But as soon as the 101st soldiers thought that they had destroyed a British ironclad ship, they immediately came to their senses and immediately attacked the British ship in high spirits. This kind of spirit is really not looking back until the south wall, which is of course very good, and this is the kind of effect you want.

The battle between the two sides is to shell each other, in addition to shelling, or shelling, they can only use howitzers to attack each other, otherwise you probably can't even touch the shadow of people with guns.

Li Zhongju looked at all this, and he was quite satisfied in his heart, although Tan Sitong was very anxious, he was a person who was good at expressing his feelings. However, at this time, Tan Sitong would not show his anxiety, because he was afraid of affecting the mood of the army, and then it would really outweigh the losses.

With a loud bang, bang! Another battleship emitted white smoke, Tan Si was very excited, and the rest of the soldiers of the 101st Regiment were also extremely excited, after all, they had once again damaged one of the enemy's battleships.

Of course, most of the shells fell into the sea, splashing more than a dozen feet of waves, and the fish in the sea had no luck at this moment and could only say goodbye to the world.

At this time, there were no seabirds passing in the sea here, and they all went around the bend, and they did not want to become live targets for the shells of the British soldiers. There is no shortage of intelligent animals in this world, and some of them can predict future disasters, for example, many animals have a certain premonition for earthquakes, and people can roughly judge the occurrence of earthquakes through the abnormal activities of animals.

Tan Sitong took the button to adjust the spiral angle of the howitzer fire from an artilleryman, and Tan Sitong immediately began to operate it skillfully, and Tan Sitong decided to shoot the cannon at one of the enemy's ironclad ships with his own hands.

Whoosh, a howitzer shell flew out, boom! A loud bang fell on the sea, and Tan Sitong's face was a little ugly. But it doesn't matter, immediately the assistant loaded the second shell, and this time Tan Sitong rotated the angle slightly to the right according to the angle of the last shot, and immediately fired the second shell.

Five seconds later, the cannonball landed on the ironclad ship accurately, but the ironclad ship did not seem to encounter much damage and could continue sailing, Tan Sitong then fired three shells in succession, and hit two more shots, and finally the ironclad ship was successfully destroyed by Tan Sitong.

Among them, the soldiers of the 101st Regiment also destroyed five ironclad ships, and Tan Sitong was shocked when he heard the news, and at the same time he was extremely happy and excited. (To be continued.) )