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Just when the Mawei Army was bombarding the fort, the Guangdong Navy Division really took the opportunity to open fire. A total of one hundred and twenty Hongyi cannons on the left side of the battleship roared at the Mawei battleship, although their Hongyi cannons are considered defective, but they are also the most advanced products of this era, and the maximum range can also be four kilometers, but the effective range is not good, only a little more than a thousand meters. The Mawei battleship was right in front of them, and more than a hundred Hongyi cannons were still unfortunate enough to be hit against the relatively dense Mawei battleship.

The shells roared and flew over the river of more than 1,000 meters, stirring up more than ten columns of water in front and behind the Baoding and Dingding, among which six solid shells hit four battleships, including the Baoding, and the Baoding target was also relatively large, and it ate two solid shells on the side side. But only one solid bullet killed the two sailor fighters, and the other hit the side gunwale, which was not damaged at all, so it did not cause much damage to the Baoding.

The queue of Hong Ding and Zhong Ding on the right also ate the excited shells, but the damage was not large, and a total of five soldiers were lost, but it was a coincidence that the front deck of the Zhong Ding was hit again at the part that was originally hit by the battery cannon, and the already broken deck could not withstand another bombardment, so the shells fell straight down the cabin, and continued to wreak havoc on the second deck, one gunner on the second deck was killed and two were seriously injured, and no less than five fighters were hit by the flying wood chips.

"Signal, form a V-shaped formation, and fire is at full speed. Bang them over for me! "Situ Gui is the commander of the detachment. Standing on top of the battleship's building, he quickly gave orders. This is not the time to hide in the cabin and rest. The order was quickly conveyed to the ships, and the warships, which had already practiced countless times, quickly set up their formations under the command of their respective captains, and at the moment when the formation was formed, the ships took the initiative to open fire, and the target was of course the Guangdong naval division not far away.

Although the Mawei Army formed a formation of only eight battleships, the number of artillery on the eight battleships was nearly twice that of the Guangdong Naval Division, and the artillery on the side that saved them had already reached all the artillery on the opposite side. The two hundred and forty cannons and the guns of the generals also let out their own roars, and two hundred and four shells whistled down on the enemy ships. This distance of less than 1,500 meters. It was the distance from which the guns on the battleship exerted their power, and in this first round of return fire, due to the haste in which the formation of the formation, only one percent of the shells fell on the opposing fleet. The twenty or so flowering bullets were not solid bullets, and each one that landed on the battleship would explode violently, and the iron pieces of iron bullets in the bombs were scattered and splashed in all directions, causing far more damage than solid bullets. What's more, every time a shell falls on the battleship, there will be a big hole there, and there is not a single thing like their solid shell that smashed on the third-class battleship of the Mawei Army and did not react. In addition to these injuries. At the same time as the Guangdong naval warship was shot, it also began to catch fire, although the fire was not big at the beginning. But they also had to detach some of their men to start fighting the fire.

After all, the two fleets are not of the same level, although the resistance to attack is the same, but it also depends on whether the means of attack are the same. Now the results are clearly different, so after the first round of shelling, the Mawei side has a clear advantage. The losses on the Mawei side were small, but they did not cause much damage to the other side. After this first bombardment, the Mawei battleship continued to advance, and the Cantonese naval division began to accelerate forward. But just now, since they fired more than a minute earlier than the Mawei Army, after the Mawei Army returned fire for a round, they were almost ready again.

On the side of the Mawei Army, the general cannon and the general cannon are different in caliber, and the operation is still about the same, at this time, the plain zhì of the gunners on both sides is reflected, and the movements of the Mawei soldiers are obviously much faster than those of the Guangdong side, and they are quite skilled. After a round of return fire, they immediately reloaded, adjusted the angle of fire at the same time, and when sparks came out from the guns of the opposing battleship, they also lit the fire signal on their side.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

The sound of artillery on both sides did not sound different, but the Mawei army was more dense on the side, after all, there were a lot more of them. The hit rate of both sides in this round of shelling was much higher, and because the distance was also shortened, about 30 percent of the shells of the Guangdong naval division hit, and a full 40 of them fell on the deck of the Mawei battleship, while half of the eight battleships in the V-shaped formation at the front fell on the battleships of the detachment that followed closely in formation. They hadn't fired a single shot yet, they had already hit a few shots, and they had to return it fiercely when the fleet staggered later.

No one could predict the trajectory of the shells, so this round of shells again brought more than eighty casualties to the horsetail fighters. Those killed or wounded in battle were quickly carried into the cabin. The medical team was also busy treating the wounded, cleaning wounds, stopping bleeding, suturing, and bandaging.

The hit rate of the Mawei battleship was still stronger than that of the Guangdong Naval Division, with a hit rate of 40 percent, and nearly 100 shells fell on the Guangdong Naval Division's warship. The Guangdong Navy Division has a total of eight main warships, and there are only five converted armed merchant ships, and the others are old-fashioned Haicang ships, Guangzhou ships, and so on, although they are not small in size, they can't withstand such an explosion, except for the eight main warships in front of them, which are in better condition, and there is an armed merchant ship, three Guangzhou ships, and three Haicang ships in the back that began to burn violently. The strictest were the two Canton ships and the three smaller Haicang ships, which were already on the verge of falling apart, and they could not withstand a few shells. In this way, the Guangdong naval division is equivalent to the loss of a quarter of the warships at this moment.

Every time the cannon was fired, the hull of the battleship shook violently due to the countershock force of the artillery fire, and at this moment, it was already about to be divided between life and death. Situ Gui grabbed the barricade behind the shipbuilding and stabilized his body, and at the same time ordered loudly: "The guns of each ship continue to prepare, and the musket team prepares separately!" Everyone else is in place! ”

After the order was given, the horsetail soldiers on the deck each stood in their familiar positions, which had been fixed for a long time after many trainings. Twenty musketeers stood on each side of the ship, and were to shoot the enemy during the staggered period between the two ships. Some of the fighters quickly lifted out the Thunderbolt rocket box, which was not lethal, but it could burn the sails of the enemy ship and greatly reduce the maneuverability of the enemy ship.

At this moment, Shang Zhixin was also in a hurry, his sailors were obviously no match for the Mawei fleet, and he understood it from the time he found out that the Mawei Army was using flowering bombs. But at this time, it is useless to say more, and he can't surrender like the Geng family kid who is eight or nine years younger than him. I still have a chance, I can take this opportunity to break out of the encirclement, enter the sea and hide south to Leizhou. If Guangzhou can't hold it back, he will surrender Wu Sangui. Anyway, even if you die, you won't surrender to the Geng family.

"Artillery ready!" Shang Zhixin still roared loudly. The fleets of the two sides are getting closer and closer, and they can almost see each other's faces from the battleship.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

At a distance of two hundred meters, although the artillery was not ready, the fighters on the eight battleships in the V-shaped formation in front had already begun to raise their guns and shoot. Three hundred men and three hundred guns poured a large number of bullets on the Guangdong Navy Division on the opposite side, and even if the hit rate was not high, there were still soldiers of the Guangdong Navy Division falling. The bullets hit the deck of the battleship, making small holes one by one, and in the process of hitting the people, they were getting closer and closer, and the Mawei Army was still shooting, and the Guangzhou Navy could only be beaten passively, but there were no long-range weapons that could match.

"Whoosh~Whoosh~Whoosh~"

"Whoosh~Whoosh~Whoosh~"

"Whoosh~Whoosh~Whoosh~"

The two armies were getting closer and closer, and the Thunderbolt rocket boxes began to come in handy at this time, and one after another spewed rockets with tongues of fire, bringing out thick smoke, flew towards the enemy ships on the opposite side. Each of the eight warships in front of it fired only two large Thunderbolt boxes, for a total of sixty Thunderbolt rockets. This thing is not a new weapon, it is equipped on the warship of the former Ming Naval Division, but after the experts of the scientific research base added a tail to the back of the rocket's butt, the stability and accuracy of the Thunderbolt rocket's flight have been greatly improved, although it cannot be said that it refers to that and there, but at least after launch, it can fly in one direction, instead of flying aimlessly like in the past.

The sails of enemy warships are not small targets, although sail warships generally put away most of the side sails and auxiliary sails in naval battles, they still retain a certain number of mainsails, so the target is much larger than artillery. Although most of the 480 Thunderbolt rockets of the eight warships fell into the sea, at least 30 of them hit the target, of which the two third-class battleships at the forefront of the Guangdong naval division won the bid, and about 50 or 60 of the others were shot onto the side and deck of the ship, but they did not cause any effect.

"Extinguish the fire, put out the fire quickly!" Shang Zhixin and the captains of the Guangdong sailors on the ships were shouting loudly to extinguish the fire, especially Shang Zhixin, who wanted to rush out quickly, but when he saw the sails on fire, it felt like the flames had burned directly to his eyebrows, and he was very anxious.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

At this time, the guns on the opposite Mawei battleship spat out tongues of fire again, and one shell after another fell straight towards them, and at this time, even without Shang Zhixin's order, all the ships of the Guangdong Navy Division began to counterattack. But this time, the battleships of the Guangdong Naval Division, which had been severely injured, could not stand it even more, and every warship was on fire, except for the eight main warships that were still moving forward, the other armed merchant ships, Guangzhou ships, and Haicang ships all lay down, and several Haicang ships were directly cracked and turned into a pile of broken wooden planks floating on the river. (To be continued......)

PS: Today, my little cousin had a parent-teacher conference during the winter vacation, and it was delayed all morning, but today there will still be more than 6,000 words, brothers and sisters, rest assured!