In the previous life, hundreds of celebrities from all walks of life who had been kidnapped by Wang Feng had been kidnapped, and there had been many terrorist attacks, and the low cost had brought great benefits, perhaps related to the experience of the agents in the previous life, Wang Feng in this life still prefers kidnapping and ransom, and even if it is necessary, he will not hesitate to engage in terrorist activities.

After all, what is on his mind is the fate of the entire nation, not the life and death of an individual, not to mention that if he wants to engage in terrorist activities, he will also engage in foreign activities, and the life or death of foreigners is none of his business.

After thinking about it, Wang Feng smiled slightly: "Sister Xuanjiao, I will be cautious, and the premise of building a ship is that we control the entire southern Jiangsu, you can rest assured." ”

Hong Xuanjiao knew that Wang Feng had not given up his mind of kidnapping the old and weak women and children in Chen Village, so he had to persuade helplessly: "If you really want to kidnap, it is best to choose the rainy season, the heavy rain will help cover up the traces, and try not to cause human life, so as not to be difficult to clean up." ”

"I know!" As soon as Wang Feng nodded, there was a loud noise around him, and the water waves were surging violently, it turned out that the steam engine was finally hoisted out of the water!

The main structure of the steam engine is the boiler, cylinder and flywheel, of which the flywheel and boiler are more or less damaged, mainly from the pulling damage caused by the huge tearing force when the hull breaks, although this has long been expected, but to Wang Feng's delight, the cylinder is intact, the cylinder is only a group, none of them are damaged, and some other parts are basically intact, such as pistons, crank connecting rods, spool valve steam distribution device and governor!

This meant that only minor repairs were needed to the boiler and flywheel, and the steam engine could not only be reused, but also imitated.

Zhou Xiuying couldn't help but be surprised: "I haven't seen this guy clearly until now, it's so big, it's all made of iron, it weighs at least tens of thousands of catties, no wonder it can drive such a big ship, Yingyi's ingenuity is really amazing." ”

Wang Feng was obviously in a good mood and said patiently: "We Chinese are no worse than any race in terms of mental dexterity, but we have been castrated by the Manchu Qing, but we will gradually chase it back." As he spoke, he waved his hand: "Bring the steam engine ashore first, be careful, don't fall back into the water!" ”

"Yes!" Nearly 100 people jumped into the river.

Although the steam engine is hoisted by 30 poles, the water has buoyancy and can reduce the weight of the poles, and if it is forcibly fished out of the water, I am afraid that the rods will all break, and the steam engine will fall back into the river.

Therefore, the soldiers dived underwater one after another, forcibly stuffed dozens of sturdy logs prepared in advance into the bottom of the steam engine, and tied up a raft on the spot to lift the steam engine out of the water.

This is not a fantasy, there is a formula, in general, the carrying capacity of a raft is about two-thirds of its own weight, and as the area increases, the carrying capacity will increase accordingly.

The river seemed to be boiling, the soldiers shouted their trumpets, a scene in full swing, the 150 boats participating in the battle were also slowly drifting downstream, and on the opposite side, the Qing court's red single boat also found more than 100 small fishing boats going downstream.

As Hong Xuanjiao judged, this fleet was indeed led by Huang Kaiguang, he was appointed as a battalion officer by the commander of the Guangzhou Navy Division, with jurisdiction over 20 ships, each ship is equipped with a sentry officer, which is equivalent to the captain, and each ship is divided into oarsmen, oarsmen, cabin captains, foremen, and gunners, according to the number of hulls, but more than eighty percent are oarsmen and oarsmen, and the proportion of gunners is very small.

Huang Kaiguang looked at it and muttered to himself, "Could it be a bandit?" How can there be bandits in the mouth of the Yangtze River? According to the latest information, the bandits captured Zhenjiang, but how dare he go down the river? Aren't you afraid of the British gunboats? ”

The sentry officer is a native of Chen Village, a black and thin capable man, others call him Chen Laosan, at this time, Chen Laosan took over and said: "Lord Huang, we are waiting for the order of the Governor and Lord Futai to rush to the aid of the Lord, isn't it just to quell the rebellion of the bandits, at this time there are bandits, although there are many boats, but they are all small fishing boats, and they are two or three cannons to the death, what is the use of this?" Our army's naval warship also crashed and sank him, so please make preparations for the battle as soon as possible, and make the first contribution since the northward advance, so as to boost the morale of the army. ”

"Hmm~~" Huang Kaiguang looked at it for a while, nodded, and asked, "Chen Laosan, do you want to line up?" ”

Huang Kaiguang's so-called formation is to line up the battleships in a straight line and bombard them with broadside guns, which can have the effect of continuous killing, which is a classic tactic in the era of galleys and sailboats.

Chen Laosan said without thinking: "Lord Huang, please see, the ships used by the bandits as a precursor are full of firewood, and they will definitely be used as fireships, if the battleships are lined up, the target is obvious, and the movement is not flexible, so it gives the bandits the opportunity to release the fireboats in a concentrated manner, if it is really surrounded, it will be very troublesome to deal with, it is better to disperse the whole army and dodge on their own, the river is so wide, what can the bandits put after the hundreds of fireboats are released?" ”

"Good!" Huang Kaiguang waved his hand violently: "Order, all ships disperse, interspersed with battles, and use more broadside artillery fire to hit the enemy, so as to destroy the bandits!" ”

"Yes!" With the wave of the horned whistle flag, the twenty boats quickly dispersed, and the oarsmen were all full of strength, paddling their oars at high speed, and rushed upstream.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the small boats in front of them to ignite the skyrocketing fires one after another, and the smoke was billowing on the river, which was amazing at first glance, but in fact, due to the wide river, the fire boats were very scattered, and the red single boat could calmly pass through the gap.

Huang Kaiguang sneered: "The bandit technique stops here!" ”

Two or three miles apart, Ding Daquan dragged up a soldier who swam back from the fireboat, and also sneered: "The Qing army is nothing more than relying on the speed of the ship, today Lao Tzu will teach him a lesson, and give an order, the whole army uses the fireboat as a cover, approach carefully, and release mines by itself!" ”

One after another, the flags were raised, and the small fishing boats were in groups of threes and twos, seemingly out of order, tightly attached to the back of the fireboats.

The distance between the two armies is getting closer and closer, and the bow of the red single boat swings sharply to avoid the slowly floating fireboat, Chen Laosan said easily, but because the water flow between the two ships is squeezed, there will be an adsorption effect, so it is approached, and it is not easy to hide, not only the helmsman needs to take the direction, but also the crew needs to hold a long bamboo pole to open the fireboat.

Two zhang away from the bow of the ship, a fireboat was pushed away, but the smoke enveloped the bow of the ship, "cough~~" After Huang Kaiguang coughed violently, he scolded and said: "Fucking dog bandit, shoot this official, shoot a few shots to open his eyes!" ”

To tell the truth, Chen Laosan felt that it was very inappropriate to blindly open fire, you must know that the gun on the bow of the ship was still an old-fashioned Hongyi cannon, which had the advantages of long range and great power, but the rate of fire was extremely slow, especially in the bumpy ship, the loading was more affected, and there was at least a window period of three or four minutes for a cannon shot, and the boats that sent the bandits were all small fishing boats, and the target was small, and it was difficult to hit with one hit.

Just like the hole card, it is not called the hole card, the same reason, the cannon only did not play, it has a deterrent effect, played out, and the bandit went to scruples.

Chen Laosan persuaded: "Lord Huang, do you want to wait any longer?" It's more certain to be closer. ”