Chapter 335: Forced to Sweep Mines

Wu Jianzhang's head and face were sweaty, and even his vest was wet with a small piece, in Guangdong, there are many fishing villages that go to sea to make a living, why can Chen Village stand out? Building a good boat is certainly one aspect, but more importantly, including Chen Laosan, who was shot by Wang Feng, the six brothers are all ruthless people, and the rivers and mountains of Chen Village are fought along the coast of Guangdong, such a person will not consider the consequences at all when he kills people.

Wu Jianzhang's heart hung in his throat, for fear that there would be others to follow, but fortunately, Boss Chen waved his hand: "Don't scare Lord Wu, Lord Wu is also forced to do so, for the sake of today's plan, how to escape this catastrophe, I don't know if Lord Wu has a way?" ”

Wu Jianzhang hurriedly wiped his sweat, but he also knew that this was only temporary, although Boss Chen put on a good face, he was actually forcing himself to find a way, if he couldn't take it, he would be the first to die.

Except for Boss Chen, the eyes of the other four brothers were full of coldness, and Wu Jianzhang had to grit his teeth: "Heroes, Yingyi's artillery is sharp, how sure are you that you can follow under Yingyi's artillery?" Fear is not enough? So according to the official's opinion, it is better to give it a go, after all, the Black Flag Gang has already swept most of the river, maybe there are not many mines left, and it is not impossible to even sweep them all. ”

Chen Lao Er sneered and said, "Lord Wu, why don't you say this to foreigners?" After all, don't you still tell me Chen Cun to send me to death? My village has always been loyal to the court, and when we are in danger, the court betrayed us, which is really chilling! ”

"Poof!" With a sound, Ah Lao Wu simply pulled out his waist knife, pointed at Wu Jianzhang and said, "What are you talking nonsense about?" Heng Zhi is a death, let Lao Tzu cut off the dog official's dog head first! ”

"Plop!" Wu Jianzhang's legs were weak, and he sat on the deck with a butt, shouting in a trembling voice: "Stop." Could it be that you Chen Village are going to rebel? Killing the court officials is regarded as tantamount to rebellion, and it is to punish the nine clans!

You have fallen into such a situation, you have been forced by foreigners. What's the matter with Guan Benguan? Even though the court has the heart to protect your Chen Village, its troops are weak. How can we subdue the foreigners when the armament is backward? How can you indiscriminately kill innocents?

Take a step back and say, even if you kill this official, it is nothing more than a temporary anger, but your family is still in Ah Village, do you ignore the lives of the old and weak women and children in Chen Village? You're about to put the knife away, and this has never happened. You can also swear by the sky and never mention it to anyone, otherwise the sky will thunder and you will not die! ”

This is Wu Jianzhang's last chance of life, forcibly widening his eyes, looking directly at Chen Lao Wu, sure enough, perhaps thinking of his family who stayed in Guangdong, Chen Lao Wu slammed his steel knife into the deck, hugged his head and shouted: "Damn." The big living person can suffocate to death with urine, and he wouldn't have come if he knew it! ”

The battleships of the British, not to mention the five large warships, one by one. The two guns of the big pickpocket were overturned, who can stand this? And the small steamer was not a vegetarian either, and the performance of the guns was far superior to that of its own ship.

In addition, because the small steamer is a sail-steam hybrid, it saves the oarsmen and is equivalent to increasing the combat personnel, on the other hand, half of the people on their own ship are rowing, and in addition to firing cannons, there are only about a dozen people who can shoot. How can this battle be fought?

If there is a clash with the British, the whole army will be wiped out within half an hour. And the British were nothing more than a few small steamers sunk, and the losses were not even broken.

Not to mention the consequences of doing it. Not only will he die, but his family will also be affected, and Shunde Chen Cun will be removed from the world from now on!

But it's all here, is it useful to regret it? Will foreigners allow themselves to retreat?

The atmosphere in the cabin was suffocating, and Wu Jianzhang said boldly: "Everyone, hurry up and get an idea, the patience of foreigners is limited!" ”

"That's it!" Boss Chen sighed very aggrievedly: "Let's fight, what does it mean to bet on God, come here"

"Big brother and slow!" Boss Chen was just about to order the whole army to advance, but Chen Laoliu, who had not squeaked, waved his hand to stop him.

"Huh?" Everyone in the warehouse looked over.

Wu Jianzhang actually had a bold face, and scolded: "Chen Lao Liu, what do you mean? Are you going to kill the whole village? ”

Chen Lao Liu glanced at Wu Jianzhang with disgust, and then arched his hand: "Big brother, brothers, the matter has come to this point, this thunder has to be swept and swept if it is not swept and swept has to be swept away, the sixth brother is not to stop it, but the method of clearing the mine needs to be considered."

The Black Flag Gang minesweeper is to use bamboo poles to paddle in the water, and the price paid is the total annihilation, which shows that the mine is easy to detonate, and the effective range is within two zhang, then, can we improve it, use the boat to tow heavy objects such as iron and lead, and move forward at full speed, when the heavy objects can move below the water surface, the same can be minesweeped, as long as the distance of the heavy objects into the water is controlled two feet away from the ship, there should not be too many losses. ”

Chen Lao Liu's idea is already similar to the modern minesweeping method, of course, the minesweeper still has a certain danger, after all, the horse is driving at full speed, it is very likely to collide head-on with the mine, but no matter what, it is better than the blind minesweeper of the Black Flag Gang.

"Hahahaha~~" Boss Chen was relieved and laughed: "Sixth, with you, it really deserves the nickname of Xiao Zhuge , okay, just do as you say, Lord Wu, please go back and ask Yingyi for an hour of preparation time for my Chen Village, if this is not allowed, then I can't say it, my Chen Village can only fight a fish and break the net!" ”

Wu Jianzhang also thought that the method proposed by Chen Laoliu was feasible, so he patted his chest and said: "Lord Yang is just worried about the stagnation of the war, and it is inevitable that he will be a little anxious, it is not unreasonable, heroes, please rest assured, I, Wu Jianzhang, will definitely fight for you an hour of preparation time and say goodbye!" With that, he hurried out of the cabin.

After another fifteen minutes, Wu Jianzhang returned to the Duke of Wellington and said Chen Cun's Jianyì, Hui Shi hesitated slightly, then nodded in agreement, after all, he forced Chen Cun only to clear the mine, if Chen Cun is all dead and the thunder is still not cleared, then who will sweep next? Send a small steamer to sweep? You know, there were also some British troops on the small steamer.

Although he claimed that he could withdraw his troops at any time and sign an armistice agreement with the NLD forces, in fact, this was not feasible at all, and the key point was that although the East India Company had captured Burma, it did not benefit from it, but instead carried a heavy burden on it.

In the eyes of the British, Burma was actually a barren place, and the reason for the outbreak of the war was only because the British thought that they had been humiliated by the Burmese, and the customs of the Burmese-speaking areas were very different from those of the Indo-speaking areas, so it was impossible to adopt the Indian management system.

You know, the East India Company has always been a money-making opportunity for Britain, and now there is a loss, which has not been seen in a hundred years, when Keynesianism has not yet appeared, and governments around the world regard the deficit as a flood beast, lest they avoid it, and for a while, abandon Burma and dissolve the East India Company are said to be in the British mainland, and the East India is under great pressure.

If this war is unsuccessful, the face will be small, and the huge military expenditure consumed in vain will also make the East India Company's already stretched finances worse, and the idea of the Indian Governor Ramsey is to defeat the Democratic Alliance army, occupy Susong Taichang, and then extort a sky-high ransom from the Qing court to make up for the huge financial deficit, so it is impossible for Huishi to retreat without a fight anyway, and he can't bear the consequences!

At this time, Chen Cun came up with a mine-clearing method that sounded effective, and Huishi could only squeeze out an hour of precious time for Chen Cun to prepare.

In the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, there were many warships, and in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, it was empty and uncoordinated, and in the long wait, an hour was finally over, and Chen Cun first sent a few boats to sail to the cleaned waters.

"Huh?" In Baoshan City, Yang Shuijiao sighed lightly: "It turned out to be Chen Village?" Are they so great? Aren't you afraid of death? ”

Wang Feng said disapprerovingly: "There is a demonstration of the annihilation of the pirates in front, who is willing to sweep mines when they are full?" If you want to look at me, it must have been forced by the British, Chen Cun did not come out of the horse, could it be that the British played in person? ”

"No wonder it's been delayed for so long!" Lu Dayou took it over and said: "Commander-in-chief, the British must have used all kinds of threats, and Chen Cun must also be resentful, this is a good thing, as long as Erhu and Alin can successfully capture the old and weak women and children of Chen Village, it should not be a problem to persuade Chen Cun to have a fifty or sixty percent certainty." ”

Sheng Xuanhuai reminded worriedly: "The certainty has increased, but if Chen Cun is wiped out in the minesweeping, then wouldn't Division Commander Chen and Captain Ding run away in vain?" Do you want our Democratic Alliance Army to raise a group of children and women? ”

"Sheng Xuanhuai, look!" Yang Shuijiao stretched out her hand and pointed: "The ripples on both sides of the Chen Cun boat, isn't this the minesweeping equipment mentioned by Wang Feng?" How could he be wiped out? It's just that where did he get his minesweeping methods? ”

As the speed of the ship became faster and faster, it could be clearly seen through the telescope that there were two ripples on both sides of the ship, one on the left and one on the right, which was obviously a towed minesweeper.

"What's going on?" Sheng Xuanhuai's face was full of puzzlement and looked at Wang Feng.

Wang Feng waved his hand and said: "The towing method of mine sweeping is not complicated, it is just a matter of wanting to get it and not imagining it, there are many talents in the world, it is normal to think about it, there is no need to be entangled, come, let's take a good look, how many boats will Chen Cun lose, or whether it can sweep away the mines in the deep water area." ”

"Hmm!" Everyone nodded, put on the binoculars, and looked over.

The towing object used by Chen Village is to hang three to four heavy objects on the end of the long cable, one every other foot, after several rounds of back and forth, the depth of the towed object can be guaranteed to be in a zhang of water depth.

The Daodao flag was played, and Ah Cun sailed out a few more boats, and made up ten of the original boats, shoulder to shoulder, and headed upstream together. (To be continued)

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