In the past, there were still many people who felt a little unimpressed that Xiaotian built the fort so strongly, but today, when they encountered the Spanish gunboats, they found out how wise Yu Xiaotian did this, if he hadn't done it, it is estimated that the fort would have been destroyed by the Spanish naval guns at this time!

The artillery battle continued to rage, and everyone in the battery was either blackened by the smoke of gunpowder or dusted by the dust, but no one cared about this at all, and the cannon was constantly reloaded and reset, and then fired.

A 24-pounder cannon had fired more than 20 shells in a row, and when the cannon opened fire again, the gun commander called for a halt to reload.

Sun Baoqiang shouted loudly and asked why he stopped firing the cannon, and the artillery commander shouted hysterically in the sound of the cannon: "Commander Sun, the cannon is too hot!" According to the requirements, it is necessary to stop firing the cannon and wait for the gun body to cool down before continuing to fire! ”

Sun Baoqiang realized that the fierce shelling just now had lasted for a long time, the cannon was too hot and it was easy to have an accident, and the loaded medicine bag was likely to be ignited by the hot barrel as soon as it was loaded into the barrel, once that was the case, it would be a big accident, the cannon would accidentally fire in the fort, and the inside of the fort would cause great casualties.

So he had to reluctantly agree to suspend the launch, but waiting for the cannon to cool down naturally, and it takes too long, and it is forbidden to pour water directly, the cannon is made of pig iron, and when it encounters cold water in high temperatures, it will cause cracks in the cannon body, which can easily cause an explosion accident.

Therefore, they did not dare to pour cold water on the cannon body, so they could only wipe the cannon body repeatedly with a damp cloth to speed up the cooling speed.

At this time, the lookout post that had been on the top of the fort suddenly rushed into the fort and shouted to Sun Bao: "Commander Sun, the fleet of the Ganlasi people has sailed out of more than a dozen small boats, and there are many people on board, it seems that they want to get close to our Peace Island!" ”

Sun Baoqiang hurriedly turned around and ran to the observation window, looked outside, and really saw that on the sea filled with gunsmoke, there were more than a dozen small boats appeared in the enemy fleet at this time, under the cover of the smoke of gunpowder, the boats were full of some soldiers of the dry wax people, who were rowing hard, rushing towards Heping Island, and there were three other small boats, walking in front, and the boats kept coming out of the billowing smoke, obscuring people's sight, and hiding these small boats in the smoke screen.

But through these thick smokes, it can still be vaguely seen that these small boats are heading towards Heping Island, Sun Baoqiang's heart beat violently a few times, but it immediately calmed down again.

A rare trace of a hideous smile appeared on his face, and he turned around and beckoned Feng Twelve over, and shouted to Feng Twelve, "Look at it!" The Dry Wax People want to send troops to grab our forts! You might be able to stop them? ”

Feng Tshi's ears were a little buzzing from the roar of the cannon at this moment, and he couldn't hear it very clearly, but he still roughly understood Sun Baoqiang's words, and quickly went to the observation window to look out for a while.

After seeing this, Feng Twelve turned his head and replied with a shout at Sun Baoqiang: "Commander Sun, don't worry, we are not afraid of how many times they come!" If you have the ability, let them come, let's kill as many as we want! ”

Sun Baoqiang nodded with satisfaction, Feng Twelve, this guy is a fierce general, bold and belligerent, and has a strong ability to control, he should become a good player in the war camp in the future, after this incident has passed, there is no suspense about this guy's promotion.

So he bared his teeth and smiled, "Good! That's up to you! Pause the fire! Let the cannons rest, cool for a while, and beat these rabbit cubs for a while! ”

The cannons in the turret, which had been ringing incessantly, soon began to stop, but the personnel did not rest there, and the soldiers immediately began to check the weapons on the weapons racks of the battle station, and the flintlock pistols were removed, passed in the hands of the soldiers, and the final inspection was done, and after the inspection was correct, they began to reload and prepare for firing.

At this time, the cannon also began to cool down and prepare for the next hurried fire, and some soldiers were ordered to put out some grapeshot and scattered shells from the lower ammunition depot and put them on the shelves next to the gun emplacement, ready for the gunners to use.

As for the villagers, they also began to prepare cold weapons such as knives and guns, and in addition, various types of grenades from the ammunition inventory were also put on the fort, which could be thrown at any time.

However, you have to be careful when using grenades in the battery, only a few strong and powerful grenadiers are in charge, and the province accidentally detonates this guy in a small space, and then the battery will be lively.

In addition, throwing grenades must be used in an open place at the top of the turret, otherwise if the shot is unstable and the ignition grenade is not thrown out of the window, it is likely to hit the window and bounce back into the turret, which will be a disaster.

The fleet artillery of the Spaniards is still very violent, constantly bombarding the battery, although the battery is built quite strong, but some parts are still damaged, but this time the battery is lucky, the weak part is not much shot, there is no collapse, so it seems that the battery was hit by the masonry flying around, but the main structure is still quite complete, there is not much damage inside, only a few places after the heavy artillery shells, there are some cracks, but there will be no problems for the time being.

There were about ten or so small boats, each carrying 15 to 30 Spanish soldiers, and under the hard work of the sailors on the boat, they finally passed through the thick smoke on the sea surface and appeared on the shore of the island of peace.

At this time, the batteries on the island of Peace had temporarily stopped firing their guns, but the batteries on both sides continued to bombard the Spanish fleet, but at this time they also noticed the movement of the Spaniards trying to land and seize the batteries, so they turned their guns to these small boats and began to fire at them.

The cannonballs whistled and landed near these small boats, setting off a cloud of waves, the waves continued to impact the boat, making the small boat up and down and turbulent, the infantry and sailors on the boat were also very nervous, the small boats they made were not those big ships, it didn't matter how many cannons the big ships were, but if their small boats were hit by a cannon, even if it was a small cannon, they couldn't stand it, they would be broken up on the spot, and if they were killed on the spot, if they fell into the water, they wouldn't even have a chance to save them at this time.

So these people, one by one, were pale, lying on the boat as low as possible, rowing desperately with their oars, and struggling forward on the surface of the sea that was constantly rising.

Fortunately, their targets are small and very flexible, and it is not easy for the cannons to hit them, often after the cannons lock on to them, by the time they open fire, the boats have already rowed a certain distance, so although the batteries on both sides continue to fire at them, but under the cover of the small boats that are discharging, they still cannot accurately hit these boats.

These landing boats finally reached the edge of Peace Island in a shaking way, and just as they were about to arrive at Peace Island, the smoke screen could no longer provide them with effective cover, and they were completely exposed to the front of everyone in the fort.

The place where the Heping Island Fort was built was very close to the sea, only less than 70 meters away from the sea, because the effective range of the artillery in this era was still too close, and the battery was in the front, which could make the artillery control a wider sea, and in addition, if the enemy wanted to force a landing, he had to be exposed to the sea before landing, and for a period of time, they could not enter the dead end of the battery's heavy artillery.

In this way, they will have to withstand the heavy artillery fire of the battery for a period of time, and in this case, they will have no protection against the attackers at all, and they will suffer heavy losses, and before they can get close to the battery, they will probably be disabled.

The Spaniards also saw this, so their commander screamed wildly in the boat, brandished a Western-style command knife, and ordered the soldiers in the dinghy to attack the battery as soon as they docked, not to stop at the beachhead.

Sun Baoqiang and Feng Twelve were also always paying attention to these Spaniards who were trying to attack Heping Island, seeing that they were already approaching the shore, out of the cover of the thick smoke, and the distance was also quite close, Feng Twelve shouted to Sun Baoqiang: "Commander Sun, you can fight!" Even if it's a scattershot, it's enough to reach them now! ”

Sun Baoqiang really wanted to see the scene of the musket volley, but he would not miss the opportunity to kill a large number of enemies because of this, so he nodded and said: "You can arrange this, you can fight when you need to!" Beat them to death, and see if they dare to come and trouble us!" ”

After hearing this, Feng Twelve turned around and shouted to the crews of each gun in the battery: "Load grapeshot!" Aim for Lao Tzu! ”

There is no need to explain what grapeshot is, the gunners immediately began to reload when they heard the sound, and the townsmen rushed to help push the cannons and push the cannons to the gun doors after they had finished loading, while the gunners immediately took over and began to adjust the cannons, aiming at the small boats that were already approaching the shore.

It is indeed a bit difficult to bombard these small targets with solid shells, but after changing to grapeshot, this thing is a dozen large pieces, and the spread of 100 meters away is already very large, and the hit rate will be much higher, and the grapeshotfire is not too small, so it is most suitable to hit such small targets.

As the prepared password sounded, Feng Twelve immediately shouted, "Fire!" ……”

(It's a mess today, and the record is almost thirty-nine degrees!) I almost forgot about the update, the update was a little late, everyone forgive me! In addition, thank you for the reward of the nail in the chrysanthemum and the Hulu snoring brothers, it's not easy to code words! Not even a single Sunday sick day! Hehe! ）