Chapter 356: Victory
Originally, the attention of the British army was attracted by the battle on land, because there were fifty cannons left on the land, and the gunners were ready to open fire as soon as the Democrats seized it. "≤ Ding" ≤ dot "≤ small" ≤ said, www.
The artillery ignited the ammunition and exploded a large area, which was enough to bring heavy casualties to the Democratic Alliance army, but Chen Cun's sudden attack surprised everyone, and in an instant, the battle situation was out of control, and the small steamer was beaten into such a miserable situation!
Looking at the cannonballs flying in the sky and the majestic fire on the river, Huishi's body flickered, and a sense of despair permeated his heart.
There was a mess on the land, it had been completely defeated, and the river was also a mess, and there were also signs of rout, as if he couldn't take this reality, Huish was stunned, and Lambert suddenly shouted anxiously: "Open the cannon, go and hit the boat of Chen Village!" ”
There is only one gun in the bow of the ship, and the rest of the guns are unable to turn the muzzle upstream because the hull of the ship is parallel to the river bank, "Bang! With a bang, the bow gun fired, this cannon did hit a ship in Chen Village, but what is the use of a cannon? The other three frigates were lined up downstream, and they couldn't fire their guns.
Although the small steamer was firing, the cannon on the river was rumbling, and the fire was flashing, it was quickly inferior in terms of numbers under the sneak attack of Chen Village, and although the small steamer could hit the target, it could not sink the target in a short time.
The mortars of the Democratic Alliance Army kept spewing out shells, and in the blink of an eye, nearly 10 small steamers were shot, exploded, or caught fire, and each time one was hit, it meant that the combat effectiveness was reduced a little, and only about a dozen of the 50 small steamers were left to persist in fighting. Anyone can see that the little wheel is over. Annihilation is only a matter of minutes.
At this time, no one dared to expect the support of warships. The engines of the small steamer began to roar and slowly drove downstream, apparently preparing to escape.
Although the small steamer is a sail-steam hybrid, it starts slowly, while Chen Cun's boat, although it is an artificial oar, starts fast in an instant, interspersed with large pickpockets or fast crabs, and mortars fire shells at a jaw-dropping speed, how can the small steamer run a few hundred meters away before being hit?
As two small steamers were hit by bullets and caught fire. Finally, the first one waved the white flag, and then another, and more and more small steamers waved the white flag until all the small steamers raised their flags and surrendered.
At this time, there were only thirteen small steamers left, and the red single boat, which was not equipped with mortars, loudly commanded the small steamer to stop in English, and ordered the personnel on board to lay down their weapons. Accept surrender.
The strange tone of English came into his ears, and Lambert patted his head in despair, to this point, he no longer understood that the general trend had gone and he was really a soldier who had been in vain for decades. Continuing to fire cannons, even if they can sink a few red single boats, the price to pay will be to be besieged by the NLD ships that can fire curved cannonballs. One can imagine what it would be like to rain cannonballs on the surface of the ship. The little hot wheel has given the best interpretation!
"Mr. Huish!" Lambert shook Huiren's arm violently and said hurriedly, "Quickly retreat." Retreat to the sea, we can't give full play to the advantages of the battleship in the river, it's too much of a loss! ”
"Defeated? This one was defeated? As if he hadn't heard, Huish muttered to himself in a daze.
Defeat means losing a qiē, if it weren't for the fact that he was too greedy and forced Chen Cun to owe a huge debt, how could Chen Cun dare to secretly surrender to the Democratic Alliance Army? Even though the NLD forces are fierce, but without ships, how can they have a chance to launch a counteroffensive? The initiator was himself, and for a moment, Huishi's heart was filled with endless remorse.
It's not that he regrets blackmailing Chen Cun, but that he regrets blackmailing too early, and he should talk to Chen Cun about compensation after the war is over!
"Mr. Huish, go quickly, if you don't go, you won't be able to go, you see, they are throwing fishing nets into the river!" Huish was still in a daze, and Lambert screamed in horror again.
Hui Shi fixed his eyes and saw that the nearest dozen or so red single boats had approached about 100 meters, and they were throwing large groups of fishing nets into the river, and the fishing nets did not pose any threat to human-powered boats such as red single boats, but they would bring great trouble to the propeller boats.
Huish immediately shouted, "Turn the bow of the ship and retreat at full speed!" ”
The helmsman slammed the rudder, and the two tall and thick chimneys spewed out thick black smoke, but how easy was it for a behemoth with a displacement of nearly 6,000 tons to turn the bow of the ship. Even a frigate with a displacement of only one and a half thousand tons turned its head maddeningly slowly.
Everyone on the ship was extremely nervous, those with faith began to pray, without faith, their faces were pale, trembling, before on the sea, they still felt that the speed was like a turtle crawling on the red single boat, at this time it was extremely fast, and they rushed over, and many others walked quickly downstream against their hulls, obviously the target was the three frigates, and the scene was as if a group of lions had fallen into a more numerous wolf pack, and it was easy for people to have despair.
Although no shells were fired at the warship for the time being, there were voices of persuasion to surrender one after another: "You are surrounded, immediately stop and surrender, our Democratic Alliance forces treat the prisoners well, and reiterate once again, surrender immediately, and stubborn resistance to the end can only be a dead end."
Hui Shi turned a deaf ear, in his expectation, the Democratic Alliance was so greedy that they wanted to capture the warship, this is an opportunity that can be used, as long as the bow of the ship is successfully turned, it will soon be able to run at full power, and quickly escape, even if it is a few shots, it doesn't matter, the small steamer is not durable, but the battleship of several thousand tons is much stronger in the ability to be beaten!
The bow of the boat slowly moved towards the center of the river, and Hui Shi smoked a cigarette at a faster speed than the mortars fired by the Democratic Alliance Army, which showed the anxiety in his heart.
The British soldiers did not dare to shoot rashly, and they did not even dare to do the action of ending their guns, for fear of provoking the kind of shells that would turn around.
At this moment, the hull of the ship suddenly shook slightly, and then stopped, and everyone was in their hearts, and sure enough, the chief engineer came panting, and shouted in despair: "Mr. Huish, the engine has stopped, it must be that damn fishing net wrapped around the propeller!" ”
Suddenly, everyone's face was like ashes, and a military ship that had lost power could only be demoted from a lion in the wolf pack to a fat buffalo, and if in normal times, it could send someone into the water to slowly untie the fishing nets, but at this time, it was just wishful thinking.
Huish's pipe was unsteady, his arms trembled, and he swore that the news brought by the chief engineer was the worst news he had heard so far this year, not one of them!
Lambert also leaned up and asked, "Mr. Huish, the ship can't move, what should we do?" Will it fight to the death, or will it surrender to the NLD forces? ”
Huishi's face was full of struggle, in fact, he didn't know that he didn't have the capital to fight hard at all, and what was the use of the ship's guns if they couldn't hit?
It's just that surrender is such a strange word, if he surrenders, it will not only be him who will be ruined, but also the fate of the East India Company.
The following urgings came one after another, and became more and more severe, more and more impatient: "You have no choice but to surrender unconditionally, not only you, but also those three frigates can not escape, our Democratic Alliance Army has always had a tradition of preferential treatment of prisoners, and stubborn resistance can only bring disastrous consequences to you, I order you, immediately lay down your arms and surrender, otherwise our army will carry out a devastating blow to you, do not force us to cast mines"
Huishi looked at the sound of the voice, and sure enough, on the surface of the warehouse, there were a few gray mines, and when he turned around, the fifty land cannons on the shore were also obtained by the Democratic Alliance forces, and they were pushed to the river bank in the rapid green tide.
"Mr. Huish, look ahead!"
Hui Shi turned his head violently, the three escort ships actually stopped in the middle of the river and did not move, obviously entangled in fishing nets, one of them was hit by two shots, the sails were blazing, and the merchant ships in the distance began to flee, but the Qing Green Battalion, which was very close to the merchant ships, also mutinied, snatched the merchant ships, and then raised the white flag.
I heard that the current commander-in-chief of the Democratic Alliance Army, the head of Jiangsu Province, is still from the Jiangning Green Battalion, so it is not surprising to surrender the Democratic Alliance Army, not to mention that the Green Battalion has been forced to clear mines, if it were not for the Democratic Alliance Army to release water, it would almost be blown up!
"Alas~~" Hui Shi sighed heavily, until now, unless he was martyred, he had to surrender to the Democratic Alliance, and the Democratic Alliance believed that he believed that he had given preferential treatment to prisoners, and the hundreds of people who were captured by the Democratic Alliance Army at the beginning were not abused.
Huish waved his hand with difficulty: "Put down your weapons and fly the white flag!" ”
"Plop plop!" Gilhang'a, Wu Jianzhang and Wu Wenrong both legs were weak, and they fell to the ground with their butts, the British surrendered, or they could have a way to live, but they were certain to die!
"Long live ~~" suddenly, the Democratic Alliance broke out in the earth-shattering cheers, this battle, captured four large British warships, everyone can hardly suppress the excitement, at the same time the significance of this battle is incomparable, this is a frontal battle to defeat the British, after the baptism of the world's most powerful military force British Army, from then on, the Democratic Alliance Army's position in southeast China will be unshakable, the prestige of the Democratic Alliance Army will resound all over the world, of course, the only regret is that there are a large number of Indian soldiers in the British army, not a pure white army.
In the midst of the alert of the red single boat carrying mortars, the remaining boats rowed one after another, and the soldiers threw hooks and climbed towards the boat, and soon, the British flag on the bridge was lowered, and the bright red flag of the Democratic Alliance Army was raised instead, and the post was fluttering!
From the land to the water, there were cheers again, many soldiers knelt in the mud and burst into tears, Yang Shuijiao was also in a mood, hugged Wang Feng, and cried: "Wang Feng, we have won, woo woo~~"
Yang Shuijiao's face was flushed. Wang Feng took advantage of the situation to kiss a small bite, and stretched out another hand to Zhou Xiuying.
Zhou Xiuying's rare pretty face turned slightly red, and she didn't have a seizure this time, but obediently leaned her body over, for the sake of victory, take it as a reward! (To be continued......)
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