Elgin's temptation came quickly, there was always a sense of impatience in it, and the time of Ergin's attack was also very delicate, when the morning fog was about to dissipate, there was no tailwind or smooth water, he just disguised the ship as an English merchant ship.

Merchant ships enter the port regardless of time period, and today's shipping is not punctual much, and if you want to ask for rich food at the wharf, you have to lean near the wharf day and night.

Liang Dazui is a new pilot, the condition of this family must be bad, otherwise how could he have been leaning on the dock for the longest time?

Although this Liang Dazui is new, this thing will come! The sailors around the water city, he got acquainted with it in a few days, and he has the most guys in his hands these days, which is eye-catching!

The familiar foreign shout sounded at the bow of the ship, and when the pilots were scrambling to step forward to get business, Liang Dazui, who usually rushed to the forefront, was in a daze with a black spot near the waterline of the merchant ship.

This black spot should be a patch, and the appearance of this black spot also means that this merchant ship has either been attacked by pirates, or is a warship, after carefully looking at it a few times, Liang Dazui suddenly took out a bamboo tube from his arms, pulled the hemp rope at the bottom, and a roar with colored light woke up the people in the morning mist.

"Enemy attack! Close the sluices! ”

The sound of angry shouts, accompanied by the sound of desolate trumpets, was not too loud, and the whole Pearl River Estuary became noisy.

"! It's finally here! Let's go, let's go to Humen! ”

The desolate sound of the horn, one after another, began in the water city in front of the Humen Fort. The time of a stick of incense. It was transmitted to the Guangzhou wharf. Yang Meng, who was discussing with Ding Taichen about the removal of foreign guns, frowned suddenly, and the time to come has finally come.

"Third master, the son of a daughter can't sit down!"

"Shit! This is the time to see the strength of the English fleet, how can Lao Tzu be absent?

It's not convenient to take you there, so you can sit in Guangzhou! You and Yu Biao coordinate the defense of Guangzhou, and Humen Dawan may not be able to stop the British fleet, twenty light warships. If you break through Humen, you can reach Guangzhou within an hour or two, and if Erjin fights with twenty warships, it will not be difficult to shell Guangzhou, at a critical moment! Nothing is something you can't give up! ”

After saying this, Yang Meng hurriedly left his yamen, got on a barge and went to Humen along the tributaries, fortunately there are many tributaries at the mouth of the Pearl River, otherwise he would go against the English warship, and Yang Meng's fun would be great.

There are more than ten miles of waterways across Humen! Yang Meng heard the sound of cannon gunfire rushing to the sky. There was a muffled sound mixed with the sound of the cannon, and Yang Meng knew very well what it was. The three giant cannons in Humen have all been used, I'm afraid that the front is not very good!

Coming ashore in the distance of the Humen Fort, Yang Meng took a general look at the situation, the morning fog was still lingering, coupled with the smoke of gunpowder, the visibility of the Pearl River Estuary was not high, and the warships in the river could only roughly see a little outline.

Within the range of the Humen Fort, there were constantly flowering shells exploding, looking at the smoky Humen front, Yang Meng knew that he had underestimated the intensity of the British battleship's artillery fire.

After ascending to the commanding heights of Humen, Yang Meng also had a general understanding of the situation on the battlefield, to tell the truth, such a scene was very bad, as a coastal defense battery, Humen was actually pressed and beaten by the British fleet, overlooking the entire battery, and the damaged gun emplacements were at least more than fifty.

Calculate the time when the horn sounds, and the time when he has already rushed to Humen by himself, but it is only an hour and a half, and with such a play, Humen can't hold it at all.

The main reason, Yang Meng also saw clearly at the commanding heights, that is, the smoke on the river, the morning fog has long dissipated, the fog of war caused by artillery hides the British fleet well, and many artillery pieces of the Humen Fort are blindly bombarding the river.

"Let Wu Yuanyou come up! Who is the keeper of the Tiger Gate? ”

The New Army accounted for only a quarter of the artillery of the Humen Fort, and most of the artillery here was still a militia regiment in Guangzhou, and most of the artillery was a militia regiment, which was undoubtedly an excuse, but the lack of combat experience of the New Army was also exposed.

"Wang Fengyou, the subordinate general of the Humen Fort, see the third master!"

Yang Meng's military order was given, and a general wearing battle armor with a fire-colored face half-knelt in front of him.

"Wang Fengyou? Are you from the New Army Artillery Battalion? ”

"Yes!"

"Damn it! How was this battle fought, and why didn't the artillery fire from the various batteries concentrate the attack? With such a random fight, is the ability that the new army artillery battalion teaches you to be blind? ”

The defense of the Humen Fort is not too high, the original fort in order to seek the mighty atmosphere, basically built in the Ming place, Yang Meng stationed in Guangzhou after what he did, nothing more than the original gun emplacement on the addition of a batch of new artillery, the new concealed gun emplacement, can only account for one-tenth of the total gun position of the Humen Fort, facing a fleet head-on, the weakness of the Humen Fort's insufficient defense is exposed.

However, this was not the main reason why the Humen Fort was pressed and beaten, and the ineffective response of the artillery guards was the main reason for the erosion of the battle situation.

"Third master, when the British fleet raided, there was fog on the river, and although the battery got the news, it could not accurately detect the location of the enemy ships, so it could only use the method of blocking the river!"

Wang Fengyou, the general of the Humen Fort, also felt a little aggrieved, from the beginning of the British fleet raid, Humen lost the opportunity, this battle will continue to fight, until the afternoon, this Humen Fort may not be able to be saved, this battle is a solid bag, in the face of Yang Sanye's questioning, Wang Fengyou's reason is also lacking in confidence.

"Let me ask you, you might estimate the range of this British naval gun?"

"Yes! Most of the naval guns should be within three miles! ”

"Good! And what about the tactics of the British warships? ”

"It should be the method of circulation, in terms of the movement of smoke on the river and the density of the gunfire of the battleships, the British warships should be a fleet of seven or eight warships, constantly moving in front of the Humen Fort.

Listening to the density of the cannons, the guns on the side of this battleship should be about twenty. ”

"Your basic skills are solid, but your strain is insufficient, since you know the range of the British ship's guns and the composition of the fleet, can't you be in front of the Humen Battery. Demarcate an area of shelling?

The surface of the Pearl River estuary. It is several miles wide. It is very difficult to hit the enemy ship after a long fire, and even if one or two shots are hit sporadically, it is difficult to inflict devastating damage on the enemy ship.

Based on your estimated number, in front of the Humen Fort, demarcate a compact area, concentrate all the artillery of the Humen, and shoot in clusters!

Presumably, you have also figured out the frequency of firing British artillery. A big flag was erected here, and all the artillery positions listened to the flag and fired, and when the British battleships bombarded Humen, all the artillery returned fire together, so that there was no target? Let's do it! ”

Slaughtering Wang Fengyou is too simple for Yang Meng, but it is unlucky to kill the general in battle, and after estimating Wang Fengyou's ability, Yang Meng knows that what he lacks is just experience. With this lesson, in the future, this king will be a friend. You can't be a good battery guard.

After enlightening Wang Fengyou, Yang Meng also discovered the disadvantage of lack of experience, such a disadvantage will affect the direction of the battle, if he didn't come by himself, even if Wang Fengyou can hold the tiger gate, the loss will definitely not be small, there is not enough adaptability, and when he arrives on the battlefield, it is the result of this lack of experience!

"Lord Ministry, why did you come to Humen in person?"

Wu Yuanyou ran to the commanding heights of Humen with a sweaty head, and when he saw Yang Meng, he naturally wanted to kneel and salute.

"Don't talk about this, what's the situation on the river? Is there an attack on the Great Bay side? ”

According to the prediction, this time the British army attacked Humen, it should still be mainly a trial, and landing in Humen should not be Ergin's choice, and his target should be Guangzhou.

"Due to the timely warning of the ministry, the mines in front of the wooden drainage city sank two warships of Yingyi, and after these two battleships sank into the river, they have blocked the river, and the seven wooden drainage cities were destroyed by Yingyi's warships three times, and now the mouth of the Pearl River is still under our control.

The Dawan shipyard was not attacked, and there was no counterattack there, did the ministry think it was appropriate? ”

After listening to Wu Yuanyou's report, Yang Meng's mood relaxed a little, he was in defense, and it seemed that there were some omissions! Mines are a good thing, if you can develop some, you can also contain the fleets of the great powers, right?

"Fair! Where is the militia to which you belong now? ”

Although it was expected that the British army would not land lightly, preparations still had to be made thoroughly.

"There are 15,000 in Dawan, 7,000 in Humen, and 7,000 people in Humen, and they have now been sent to defend everywhere."

"There's no need for this, it's just to increase the casualties, just let them withdraw to a place where the British artillery is difficult to reach, if the fort is short of manpower, it's not too late for your people to go up, go down and make arrangements!"

After the last battle, Wu Yuanyou has undoubtedly become a lot more advantageous, at least compared to the Wang Fengyou just now, this Wu Yuanyou's response is quite decent.

"Third master, it has been properly placed, when will the cannon be fired?"

As soon as he thought that Wang Fengyou was indecent, his eyes jumped in front of Yang Meng.

"You are the guard of Humen, you don't know how Lao Tzu knows when to fire the cannon, use the things you learned in the artillery camp in actual combat one by one, look at the damaged artillery positions, they are all caused by your Wang Fengyou's poor response!

Next, you do things, Lao Tzu watched, and see if you have learned this ability in the belly of a dog, get out! ”

For the new army, Yang Meng has high hopes, but Wang Fengyou's appearance is really suffocating, for Wang Fengyou, Yang Meng can be regarded as understanding and generous, whether he can take charge alone, it depends on his expression later.

The frequency of attacks by British gunboats is very high, and in this short period of time, Yang Meng carefully distinguished according to what Wang Fengyou just said, the shelling just now should be caused by a fleet, the smoke on the river surface is too large, even if you use a telescope, you can only see the smoke stirred by the battleships, and that area is too large, not to mention seven or eight battleships, even for thirty or forty battleships, that area is also a little wide.

Next, what I saw was the connection between the fleets, Yang Meng counted the time approximately, and in a quarter of an hour, the cannon sound on the river sounded.

This is a little faster than the U-turn of the fleet just now, and it seems that the British warships are also very afraid of Humen's firepower! Otherwise, if this connection is closer, with three fleets, it will be possible to form an uninterrupted firepower pour.

With Yang Meng's enlightenment, the statue of Wang Fengyou was also enlightened, and when this fleet turned the bow of the ship to fire again, the cluster fire of the Humen Fort also poured into the smoke.

"Hit!"

Although the tearing of the wooden planks could not be heard, the explosion of the flowering shells was different from before, and the only explanation was that a batch of shells hit the British battleship.

"Turn the ship's guns around, the two fleets rotate, damn it! This Ergin is still tempting! Let Wang Fengyou come for a trip! ”

After a deep groan, Yang Meng also discovered the strangeness of the British army, although this battleship hit the battery, although it is not easy to be hit when it moves, but the firepower will also be limited, with the level of the British army, it should be possible to predict the location of the gun position of Humen.

Moreover, the distribution of the gun positions of the old Humen Fort, the British army is also clear, for the British army, they have an advantage in intelligence and the situation, and if they do not exert their strength to destroy most of the gun positions in Humen, I am afraid that the British will test the number of Humen heavy artillery.

"Third Master!"

"It was a good fight just now, it should have hit the British warship, and the British army came here to try the main thing, so according to the area just demarcated, the artillery of Humen was divided into three waves, and the fire was non-stop!

You make some minor adjustments according to the range of the British artillery, and in addition, send a few people to the shore to observe and report the battle situation with flags, which will also help you make some adjustments. ”

Since Erjin wants to be tempted, Yang Meng has no need to hide it, in the artillery battle just now, Yang Meng also found a problem, although the flag language has already been used in the new army, but Wang Fengyou still used the herald to communicate just now, it seems necessary to strengthen the use of flag language in the army. (To be continued......)