It's like a dragon boat race, ten boats go hand in hand, and when the boat is at full speed, the towing rope can be stretched up to a maximum of 20 meters, so each boat is 45 to 50 meters apart, which is equivalent to a mile wide, and if the towing is useful, it can basically clear a channel in a short time.

Whish and Berrant were so confident that they both lit their cigarettes and looked over expectantly, while the rest of the people gathered together, pointing and pointing at each other.

"Boom!" With a bang, a column of water suddenly burst out near the port side of the third boat from the left, and the splash hit the boat, but fortunately, there was no obvious damage to the hull structure, and after a violent shaking, it quickly regained its balance, and then a new towing rope was thrown down from the boat, and it continued to move forward.

"Boom! Bang! "From time to time, columns of water were lifted on the surface of the river, and each column of water indicated that a mine had been detonated, and none of the ships were damaged, which showed that the towing method was an effective method of mine clearance.

Wu Wenrong couldn't help but said: "The Black Flag Gang is really unjust, if you can think of it earlier, why is it that the whole army is wiped out?" ”

"Not bad, not bad!" Gilhang'a and Wu Jianzhang echoed each other, but what they thought in their hearts was that after the end of this battle, they should send troops to sneak to Hainan Island, and take advantage of the main force of the Black Flag Gang to copy his lair.

After all, Hainan Island is within the jurisdiction of the Governor of Liangguang and the Governor of Guangdong.

The two exchanged a tacit look. He smiled and smiled, and at this moment, the water in front of him. A large pickpocket boat in the middle rumbled and broke into two pieces, artillery. All the personnel were thrown into the air, and then slammed into the river, and the hull of the ship sank rapidly, disappearing in a few breaths.

It is clear that this minesweeper was martyred by mines!

"Not good!" In the Chen Village fleet in the rear, Chen Lao Er screamed badly: "This is the fifth child's ship, damn it, why is the fifth child so careless?" ”

The rest of the brothers were also full of anxiety. But fortunately, the hull was crushed and sunk, not a direct explosion, if God is safe, or someone will be lucky to escape, at this time, there are sailors on nearby ships jumped into the river to salvage, but the hope is extremely slim.

Chen Laosi said hatefully: "If the fifth brother has any mistakes, Lao Tzu and the Democratic Alliance will not be finished, in this life and this life." If you don't kill the Democratic Alliance, you will not give up! ”

Chen Lao Liu waved his hand and said, "Fourth brother, what do you hate the Democratic Alliance?" It is normal for the two armies to fight, and it is normal for there to be casualties. In fact, if the Democratic Alliance Army and our Chencun well water do not interfere with the river water, or do we provoke him first, and the great enemy is now, he does not release mines in the river, do you sit back and watch us land? If the fifth brother really has an accident, the real culprits are still Yingyi and the court, if he was not forced to sweep mines, how could the fifth brother hit a mine? ”

The brothers all thought there was some truth. They all sighed, and the beam had already been settled. There are also a lot of people on his own side, what else can he say?

Chen Lao Liu groaned slightly. He said: "A few brothers, I suspect that Lord Wu is likely to leak our previous words and deeds to the court, and the court has always preferred to kill three thousand people suspected of rebellion by mistake than let go of one, this matter has to be guarded against, I am afraid that when this battle is over, the court will attack me Chen Village!" ”

Ah Lao Er hesitated: "I, Chen Village, have served the court for many years, but I am just talking angry, so the court should not be able to distinguish it?" Besides, didn't Lord Wu swear to heaven and never leak it? Isn't he afraid of retribution? ”

"Retribution?" Boss Chen smiled bitterly and said: "Second brother, what you think is too simple, we are all living a life of licking blood with a knife, when are we afraid of retribution?" You don't deal with court officials for a day or two, don't you know what kind of virtue these people have? At the very least, the simple festival of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness cannot be applied to them.

And I see that Lord Wu sometimes grovels, sometimes full of official authority, obviously has a deep way of being an official, even if he does not report to the court, most of them will use this to coerce me Chen Cun to do things for him, alas~~ This time it is really planted, not only the life and death of the fifth child is unpredictable, but also the handle is let others take care of it, a little mishandled, Chen Cun's decades of hard work may be ruined, and what is more worrying is that the initiative is in the hands of others, we are just letting others fish for meat! ”

Boss Chen's face was full of gloom, looking at the surging river, in the whirlpool of great changes and great times, even if a small fishing village is fierce and strong, it is just a thorn, neither has the ability to control the current situation, let alone control its own destiny.

Even if Boss Chen was willing to give up his family business and lead the whole village to leave Nanyang, but Nanyang was not a happy land, and the white colonists openly and secretly supported the local aborigines to oppress and kill the Chinese, and sometimes even personally went into battle.

Dare to ask where the road is?

Boss Chen didn't know, and even after this battle, he was vague about what to do, where was the future of Chen Village?

The brothers are also in a heavy mood, in troubled times, isn't it true that the fist is big? Chen Village's fist is big enough, not only the friends on the road look away from the wind, but even the governor of Liangguang and the governor of Guangdong have to talk to each other, but no one can figure out how Chen Village, Shunde, which was still dominating the southeast coast last year, fell into a desperate situation in a blink of an eye?

The four masters of Chen Village were silent, and on the Duke Wellington, everyone was also observing the sunken Chen Village pickpocket, Wu Wenrong was stunned: "Is this the ship of the fifth elder of the Chen family?" Yes, it's him, I saw him squeezed into the middle channel with my own eyes, I didn't expect it, the middle is not as safe as the outside, this is really the third watch of the king of Hades to take people, who dares to keep people until the fifth watch? Now I can only hope that Chen Lao Wu has not been blown up, and there may be a glimmer of life in the water. ”

Gilhanga said disapprerovingly: "The power of the explosion is so fast, even if it is not killed, there is a chance that it will be stunned, how can it be saved?" Lord Wu, please look, the river is turbid, the line of sight is not clear, the official estimates that he can't get it, this is good, the six brothers of the Chen family, one fold last year, and another fold this year, this is obviously too popular, even God can't see it! ”

Gilhang'a said cool words, looking like he was in trouble, Wu Jianzhang also put one eye up, and sneered: "This is self-inflicted sin and cannot live, when the lowly went to persuade him, Chen Lao Wu also claimed to cut off the head of the lowly and raise the banner of rebellion."

Wu Jianzhang seemed to have forgotten the oath he had made, and said the expressions of the Chen Cun brothers.

"Humph!" Gilhang's face sank suddenly, and he snorted coldly: "Chen Village is looking for death, and when this is over, this official will invite the court to bring Chen Village's traitors to justice!" ”

Wu Jianzhang hurriedly reminded: "Master Ji, Chen Cun is entangled with Guangdong officials, and I am afraid that someone will protect him, so he must give the court a detailed explanation, ask for the minister, put an end to interference, and personally handle the case of Chen Cun's rebellion." ”

"Haha~~ It's still thoughtful and thoughtful by Lord Wu!" Gil Hang'a was a little clear, pointed at Wu Jianzhang and laughed, after so many years in Chen Village, the profits obtained from shipbuilding alone may not be less than that of the Black Flag Gang, and there are other things that cannot be put on the table!

Wu Jianzhang also laughed with him, a governor, a Taoist, laughing happily, both of them had a dream of making a fortune, in fact, this was the norm at that time, the rich families of the Ming Dynasty could collude with the literati to grasp the right to speak, and indirectly control the government, but the rich families of the Qing Dynasty were sheep, and they were brushed over and over again.

Hui Shi was impatient to wait, and instructed the interpreter: "Go to Sue Chen Village, I sympathize with the casualties, but our army has limited time, order them to stop salvage immediately and send ships to fill the position!" ”

"Yes, sir!" The interpreter rushed to the stern of the ship and loudly conveyed Huish's order.

The Chen brothers' ship was about 400 meters away from the Duke of Wellington, and the voice floated faintly, and Chen Lao Er was suddenly furious: "Damn, the life and death of the fifth brother are unknown, and the foreigners still don't let him salvage, is it unreasonable?" ”

"Alas~~" Boss Chen sighed heavily: "I haven't caught it for so long, most of the fifth brother is more than lucky, just listen to the foreigners, we can't afford to offend, wait until this river is cleared, go back and search carefully." As he spoke, he waved his hand back.

Another boat sailed out and took part in the minesweeping.

"Boom, boom!" Fortunately, Chen Cun came up with a towed minesweeper method, otherwise all of them might not be able to sweep away, but even so, when there was no water column on the river, together with Chen Laowu's boat, Chen Cun folded six boats, not a single shot, not a single shot, more than 200 people died at the bottom of the river!

It was still a little uneasy, but Chen Cun's boat had already run back and forth on the river several times, and seeing that it couldn't be swept out, he had to order: "Order the small steamer to open the way with Chen Cun in front, and be sure to capture Baoshan Wharf within an hour." ”

The Daodao flag was played, the small steamer and Chen Cun's boat were tightly bound in the one-mile-wide river and gradually moved forward, Huishi's abacus was very good, if there were a few mines that missed the net, it would be a loss of a few small boats at most, he didn't dare to risk the battleship and frigate, and blowing up any of them was enough to cause an uproar in the parliament!

The British parliament authorized the East India Company to take retaliatory actions against the NLD forces, and a large part of the reason came from the sinking of the Hermes, in the sea power countries, warships are equivalent to a symbol of sovereignty, and sinking a warship is equivalent to a declaration of war!

The dense small and medium-sized ships in front of them drove in an orderly manner, and no explosions occurred, and Huish finally put his mind at ease and beckoned again: "Full speed ahead!" (To be continued) R655