Wu Yuanyou fought a lifetime of naval battles, never encountering a defeat, how many vicious pirates were wiped out in his hands, and he had enough confidence to annihilate the Han fleet.

Liang Guoding, the flagship commander of Qian, saw Admiral Wu Yuanyou standing at the bow of the boat for an hour, went back and brought a cup of tea, walked over slowly, and said: "Your Excellency, you don't have to worry, the Han army sailors are all composed of some people, not long ago they were still fishing on the water, how can they fight a naval battle, the morale of the brothers is high, just wait to teach the Han army a lesson, these cattle coaxed green battalion land division to see, how much stronger our sailors are than them!" ”

Wu Yuanyou reminded: "Don't despise any opponent, the Han army can cross the Yangtze River must have something extraordinary, I have also seen the Hunan army sailors once, in the second year of Xianfeng, they came to Guangdong to collect cannons and warships, and I noticed them." ”

Liang Guoding disagreed, the mountain people of the Hunan army were no different from the Han army, half a catty against eight taels, it was strange that they could win.

Wu Yuanyou put down the binoculars and ordered: "Order all the warships to slow down and move forward in battle formation!" ”

Liang Guoding looked at the calm sea, and really didn't see any signs of war, so he turned around and said a few words to the standard-bearer.

Wu Yuanyou stared nervously ahead, he had a hunch that the Han army would be waiting for him here.

"Prepare for battle!" Liang Guoding looked at the row of black dots in front of him, shouting vigorously, and his heart was greatly excited.

The two sides are getting closer and closer, and the masts of the other side can be clearly seen.

Liang Guoding smiled and reported: "General, the other side only has sixty-eight warships, and we have the upper hand before the war starts, and this Han army is giving us credit." ”

Wu Yuanyou said solemnly: "Pass the order." Less than two miles away, no artillery is allowed! ”

"Yes!"

Liang Guoding turned around and shouted a few words to the opposite flag bearer.

"Boom, boom!"

"Boom Boom"

Wu Yuanyou watched the front camp being shelled, and his face changed. There were still three miles away from the Han fleet, and their cannons could hit so far. Immediately ordered: "Full speed ahead!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom" Wu Yuanyou's flagship has entered the range of the Han army, and water columns rise from time to time on the sea on both sides, which are shells falling on both sides and exploding.

"Boom!" A cannon rang out, and the flagship cabin was hit.

Liang Guoding was shocked and angry, and commanded the gunners to open fire with all his might.

Bai Gui was sleeping in the cabin, and was awakened by the sound of cannons, and before he could react, a cannonball seemed to explode in his ear, panicking. I ran out of the cabin without putting on my shoes.

"What's going on? This...... So fast! Bai Gui stared at the fierce battlefield in front of him and said to Wu Yuanyou: "General, retreat!" What do you do here? The short-haired cannon is coming! This is the flagship, for command! ”

Wu Yuanyou said to Bai Gui: "My lord, I still rest in the cabin!" ”

"Boom!" Two more shells landed on the bow of the ship and exploded.

Bai Gui looked frightened, and said in a trembling voice: "How can this official be in the mood to rest, this short-haired cannon hits so far, I see that our shells are all exploding at sea, and they can't hit short-haired!" ”

Wu Yuanyou looked at the Han fleet that was moving sideways while firing the cannon, and slammed down the guardrail. explained: "The Han fleet is in a straight line, while our fleet is generally figure-eight, which is not superior in firepower, and the artillery of the Han army is comparable to foreign artillery. It's a little more powerful than us, and it's hard to tell the winner for a while! ”

Unable to win quickly, Bai Gui came up with the idea of escaping. said: "Whether our army can temporarily retreat, it seems." Shorthair has been prepared for a long time, and our army will stay any longer. Isn't it self-defeating? ”

Wu Yuanyou couldn't cry or laugh, and said helplessly: "My lord, now that the two sides are fighting, if our army retreats, it will inevitably suffer huge losses and morale will drop greatly. ”

Bai Gui exclaimed: "Then we can only fight here, if we can't destroy them, we won't be able to leave." ”

Wu Yuanyou paid attention to the battlefield and nodded copedly.

Bai Gui looked at the unfathomable sea, he was ready to throw himself into the sea, and secretly told himself that he must not be captured alive by the short-haired captive, he was a Manchurian, and the thieves would not let him go.

After half an hour of fierce fighting, Liang Guoding concluded: "Our army lost eight warships, and the Han army did not lose a trace of it. ”

Wu Yuanyou was silent for a moment and said, "There are still a few foreigner gunboats in the Han fleet, damn foreigners!" Command the rear battalion fleet forward! ”

Liang Guoding exclaimed: "My lord, the rear battalion defends the retreat of our army and intercepts the pursuing soldiers, if they are thrown into the battlefield, how can we retreat?" ”

"Presumptuous! The war is changing rapidly, and if the fighter plane is delayed, the official will behead you to sacrifice the flag. Wu Yuanyou's face turned pale, and he continued to order: "Let the left battalion continue to bite the tail of the Han army, and all the artillery fire is aimed at the middle of the Han army, I will interrupt their formation!" ”

"Yes!"

Tang Zhengcai looked at Smith with admiration, and since the start of the war, except for a few warships that have been grazed by cannonballs, not a single warship has been sunk, but the Qing army has sunk several ships.

"Colonel Smith, after holding out for half an hour, reinforcements will arrive in our army!" Tang Zhengcai cheered up the foreigners.

Smith said proudly: "Your Excellency, you have also seen that the Qing army still uses the old tactics, in my opinion, they are vulnerable, if the ship is the navy of the British Empire, we should be cleaning the battlefield now!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Fierce artillery fire poured around, Smith hurriedly raised his binoculars and exclaimed, "Speed up, change formation, oh my God!" The generals of the Qing army must have gone crazy to concentrate their artillery fire together! ”

Tang Zhengcai looked at the few warships behind him that were being hit and gradually sinking, and instructed left and right: "Order Cui Apu to attack in advance, I would rather let the Qing army run away, and I don't want the fleet to lose another warship." ”

"No, no, no! Hold on a little longer! Smith pointed to the Qing fleet and shouted: "In another half an hour, they will completely enter the ambush circle, I think we can hold out until that time!" ”

Tang Zhengcai explained: "The purpose of our army is to make them lose their combat effectiveness and be unable to harass the coast, not to completely annihilate them, I will not do anything to kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800!" ”

Smith emphasized: "The Qing army is scaring us, they won't do it all the time, otherwise I can annihilate them all without reinforcements!" ”

Tang Zengcai smiled and said: "Dear Smith, if we and the Qing army are both defeated, it will be the pirate's turn to call the shots on this sea, I don't think this is the kind of result you want!" ”

Smith suddenly nodded his head: "Okay, I'm a soldier, and obeying orders is my accusation." ”

Cui Apu got the signal to attack, looked at the dense boats around him, and said loudly: "Brothers, the time for revenge has come, everyone light torches and rush!" ”

"Rush!" The pirates stood at the bow of the ship, waving their weapons, but they were still accustomed to engaging in broadside combat.

Liang Dingguo looked at the pirates that suddenly appeared around him, was shocked, and reminded Wu Yuanyou: "General, we are surrounded, let's withdraw!" ”

Wu Yuanyou said angrily: "Ask Sha Wuzai what is going on!" For what pirates will come! ”

Sha Wu Zai was also surprised, he proposed the strategy of letting the pirate brothers help in the war, but Wu Yuanyou refused, and he also informed the pirate brothers that they would come here for nothing!

"Big brother, this is Ah Pu and them! Looks like they're coming against us, what's going on? Are they crazy? ”

Sha Wuzai looked at the battlefield in front and said: "The defeat of the Qing army is decided, quickly change the flag of pirates for the warship, let's stop playing with them, continue to be pirates!" ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers on the ship took off their uniforms, lowered the dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty, and raised the skull flag used by Sha Wu Tsai when he was a pirate.

"Boom, boom!" Sha Wu Tsai's fleet quickly aimed at the target and opened fire on the surrounding Qing warships.

Liang Guoding cried with a sad face, looked at Wu Yuanyou and said: "General, Sha Wuzai is reversed, and he has raised the flag when he was a pirate again." ”

Bai Gui's legs were weak, and with the last glimmer of hope, he asked Wu Yuanyou, "Lord Wu, can we still retreat?" This official doesn't want to die at sea feeding fish, today's war is completely a conspiracy, short-haired collusion with pirates, foreigners, and traitors, this is a trap. ”

From time to time, there was the sound of artillery in front of the "boom, boom, boom", and every few cannon shots, a warship on their side was silent.

Wu Yuanyou watched the front camp, left camp, and right camp gradually surrounded by Han troops and pirates, and said weakly: "Order the rear camp to retreat, let's retreat too!" (To be continued......)

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