Due to the occupation of Nanjing by the Taiping Army, and then the repeated wars, the busy waterway of the Yangtze River in the past suddenly became deserted, especially at night.

However, in the early morning of 13 May, on the dark surface of the river, there were two flat boats slowly rowing downstream, because each of the mines was extremely large, and there were eight mines in it, and the small fishing boat could not hold more than 15 at all, Wang Feng and the others only took two boats to advance.

Sheng Xuanhuai shrank in the corner of the cabin, both excited and nervous, and from time to time he glanced at a mine placed beside him out of the corner of his eye, as if it would explode at any time!

Wang Feng said lightly: "Sheng Huaixuan, in this world, the most profound and basic law is the law of cause and effect, the so-called cause must have effect, any bomb will not explode for no reason, the bomb is made by us, we have mastered its law, this is the cause, with the cause, as long as you have a sense of awe and operate in strict accordance with the regulations, you can naturally control the result, you say, what else is there to be afraid of?" ”

"Oh!" Sheng Xuanhuai's face flushed, and he said, "It's that I'm too nervous, I'll pay attention to it in the future." ”

"Hey~~" Hong Xuanjiao sighed helplessly, and then blamed: "You are a person, you always talk at length, I don't even know what you have in your head, Xuanhuai is just a child, can you use such a lesson?" Okay, do you see if it's Hermes in front of you? ”

On the shore three or four miles ahead, a huge black shadow appeared in the line of sight, and the dotted lights outlined the general wheel corridor, which was obviously the Hermes, but Wang Feng still looked at Ding Daquan.

Ding Daquan clenched his fist excitedly: "That's right, that's it!" ”

Wang Feng nodded, put a wooden plank into the river, three or four zhang later, the plank has drifted without a trace, but the trajectory of the water can be roughly deduced, so, Wang Feng whispered to the boat on the side: "Everyone be careful, stay close to me and listen to my orders, don't make any movement!" ”

"Yes!" Lu Dayou hugged his fists.

Except for the gentle sound of paddling, both boats were quiet, and as they approached, everyone was more or less nervous, after all, they were so impressed by the huge cannon of the Hermes that once discovered, the British would be able to beat themselves to pieces with just one shot!

Hong Xuanjiao turned her head and asked with a smile: "Wang Feng, your ghost is a little affectionate~~ Will someone be on it?" If you blow her up, will you be in pain? ”

"This" Wang Feng hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head firmly: "Impossible, Alice is a civilian, why stay on the warship if you have nothing to do?" She should have slept with a pillow on the comfy bed in the consulate! ”

"Humph!" Hong Xuanjiao suddenly snorted lightly: "I'm quite concerned, you really don't have good intentions towards that ghost woman!" ”

"Sister Xuanjiao!" Wang Feng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with an embarrassed smile: "Alice is innocent, our purpose in fighting the British is not to kill innocents indiscriminately, but to warn them not to stretch their hands too long and not to try to interfere in the war between us and the Qing court." ”

"It's beautiful!" Hong Xuanjiao asked again: "Alice is innocent, but the people on the ship are not innocent?" How many of them have the blood of the Chinese on their hands? ”

Wang Feng said as a matter of course: "When you become a soldier, you must have the consciousness of dying at any time." ”

Hong Xuanjiao lost an angry look and stopped talking, Wang Feng also looked ahead, concentrating on calculating the distance.

Soon, the two small boats dived to only about a mile away from the Hermes, Wang Feng immediately waved his hand to stop, in fact, the further forward he was, the bigger he grasped, but Wang Feng didn't dare to get closer, who knows if there was a sentry patrolling the bow of the ship?

The Changxing sandbar is basically straight on the Yangtze River, and at the top, where the Hermes is moored, there is a protrusion hundreds of meters long, which makes the river flow slightly outward, and the consequence is that if the mines are released on the spot, it is likely to pass by the Hermes and eventually be washed into the sea.

Wang Feng had a headache and said: "No wonder the British would anchor here, there is really no one in the world who is a fool!" After shaking his head, he commanded: "Sister Xuanjiao, you and Xuanhuai stay on the boat, and the others will go into the water with me." ”

"Wang Feng, what are you going to do here?" Hong Xuanjiao hurriedly asked.

Wang Feng said his considerations.

"That's just as well." Hong Xuanjiao nodded: "I'll go with you, my water nature is not necessarily worse than yours, Xuanhuai is young, so stay on the boat and watch the excitement." ”

"Oh!" Sheng Xuanhuai did not insist, and responded honestly.

Wang Feng beckoned slightly, slid into the water silently, picked up another mine, and slowly swam forward.

Including Hong Xuanjiao, fourteen people followed Wang Feng with great caution, and the extra three stayed to accompany Sheng Xuanhuai.

At this time, everyone's palms were sweating, especially the faint sound of conversation coming from the bow of the boat ahead.

"Damn it, this damn British devil, he doesn't sleep in the middle of the night, and he stands on the bow of the ship and drinks the northwest wind?" Wang Feng scolded in a low voice, roughly estimated the distance, there were still more than two hundred meters, so he gestured and whispered: "Spread out, just here, put one every dozen!" ”

Everyone dispersed, Wang Feng took the lead in releasing mines, and after a while, one after another, the mines were slowly rushed downstream by the current, at this moment, everyone's breath was tightly chosen, and their eyes were even more unblinking, although the mines quickly drifted out of sight, but they were all staring at the Hermes in front of them.

Especially Hong Xuanjiao, who was hooked into Wang Feng's arms without knowing it, and stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around Wang Feng's neck!

“What？ What？ ”

“Oh~~mygad！ Watermine! ”

“fu~~ck，me！”

Suddenly, there was a terrified scream from the bow of the ship, and the alarm bell rang through the sky, and there were people who ran with messy footsteps, shooting indiscriminately into the darkness, and picking up bamboo poles to try to remove the mines.

"Boom!" A mine was hit by a bullet, stirring up waves three or four feet high, although the fragments killed two British soldiers, the rest of the people were relieved, but this breath did not spit out of their chests, and with another loud bang, another mine exploded against the bow of the ship!

Wang Feng and the others, who were two hundred meters away, could see clearly that a thick crack had been blown out of the bow chord, and several British soldiers were directly lifted into the sky!

"Good!" Hong Xuanjiao couldn't suppress the agitation of her heart, her body tightened, her arms lifted, and she let her wet chest stick to Wang Feng's face!

Wang Feng was thinking about whether to protest, and the third mine exploded right next to the previous explosion, and immediately blew the crack into a big hole, and the pitch-black river water poured into the hole, and the bow of the ship sank significantly.

"Fry another one, damn it, fry it for Lao Tzu!" Lu Dayou clenched his fists tightly and shouted hoarsely!