Chapter 39 Beginning of the War - the first wave of attacks
On the twenty-fifth day of April in the eighth year of Xianfeng, mango was planted. Sunday, June 6, 1858.
When the sun leaps out of the sea, the two war machines rumble into action.
After a night's rest, the Royal Navy detachment began to make final preparations for battle, and Colonel Ramsay listened to the first mate's report while enjoying coffee and bread. After drinking all his coffee, the colonel gave the first order. "All in place, ready to anchor!"
The special investigators who had not slept all night and had fed mosquitoes all night also discovered the movements of the British, and Han Jialang instructed his subordinates while observing with a telescope. "Report to the headquarters that the British are on the move."
Ma Angelica, who had already gotten up, was standing by the radio, and after receiving the report, they also began to give orders, "The special investigation team continues to monitor, and other combat units are on standby." The canteen brought breakfast to the soldiers who had been waiting for the night all night, and everyone sat on the ground and enjoyed soy milk, fried dough sticks, steamed buns, and steamed buns. In order to let the soldiers have a good meal, Master Jian Fan tried his best to get flour and pork, and announced that after the battle, everyone would be treated to a big meat dumpling. The decision caused a thunderous uproar in the camp.
A sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl sat in a tent and ate breakfast with soy milk and fried dough sticks. There was a sound of footsteps, and the little girl looked up and saw four or five people entering the tent. The first was the commander Ma Angelica, who walked up to the little girl and touched the latter's head. "Fanfan, are you ready?"
The little girl named Fanfan writhed and got rid of Major Ma's "claws". "I hate it, messing up people's hair, uncle."
Major Ma, who has always regarded himself as "Little Brother Ma", was not angry, but just looked at the little girl with a smile. Shen Xing, who came in behind, put on a kind smile when he came in, "Fanfan, I'm going to go on a mission in a while, do you have any other requirements?" ”
"I'm going to eat McDonald's!" Fan Fan seriously gave Political Commissar Shen a problem, and he suddenly put Shen Xing in mid-air and couldn't get up.
"No problem, when you come back after completing the task, I'll let Master Jian do it for you." Ma Angelica took over the topic, "Are you going to eat fried chicken thighs?" Or a hamburger? Or apple pie? ”
"After the revolution succeeds, we will open a McDonald's for you, so that you can eat enough every day!" Nanren hugged Fanfan in the back and joked with her. "Eat more now, you will have the strength to do things after a while, and I don't know when I will be able to eat lunch yet!"
Time passed quickly in the joke, and after eating breakfast in two bites, Nanren took her to change clothes. The same wetsuit is worn on two people, each with its own merits. Nanren is twenty-seven or eighteen years old, which is the best time for mature women, and the convex and backward curls are very attractive; And Fanfan, who is still underage, can only be regarded as Lori, half a head shorter than Nanren, maybe he had good nutrition in the past, and he also has a certain scale on his chest, which fully meets the standard of "Tongyan Jux". Usually wrapped tightly and still can't be seen, but now it is delicate against the backdrop of the tights, and when she changes her clothes and walks out of the tent, it causes a group of "ghost animals" to howl incessantly.
Several chiefs escorted the two female frogmen to the beach with a platoon of soldiers. The weather at the end of the fourth lunar month is already very warm, and the maximum temperature during the day can reach . When the sun comes out, I don't feel cold when I swim in the water. The two of them swam twice in the sea, adjusted to the water temperature, and then sat on the beach wrapped in towels, waiting for the news from the front. Shen Xing seized the time to check the timing device he had made again to ensure that nothing was lost.
At 10:23 a.m., the special reconnaissance team sent back the news that the British warship had lifted anchor and was heading for Shenzhen Bay at a speed of two knots. And Nanren and the little girl Fanfan, who were the first attack waves, also brought equipment to a rubber assault boat, and they also went with the boat to do backup.
At 10:52, the special reconnaissance team reported that the British fleet crossed the Rotten Kok Tsui and entered Shenzhen Bay close to the south shore, and the assault boats here also started their motors and sailed towards the sea.
At 11:15, the observation post at Lau Fau Shan reported that the British fleet had been spotted, and that the assault boat had also entered a small bay near Tsim Bi Tsui in Deep Bay, less than three kilometers away.
Nanren and Fanfan jumped into the sea with oxygen cylinders on their backs, and the two underwater thrusters were also lowered at the same time. Shen Xing handed them two "gifts" for the British, and instructed: "After loading the things on the rudder of the warship, open the safety and tighten the timer to the fullest, and the timer will be twenty minutes, which will be enough for you to swim to a safe place." Nanren made an ok gesture at him, put on his diving goggles, held the respirator, and grabbed Nanren's shoulder when he walked: "You have to pay attention to safety, if you really can't leave, don't force it, I'll pick you up in a while." Political Commissar Shen's mother-in-law directly got a roll of Nanren's eyes, and the latter turned around to find the right direction, and swam towards the target with Fanfan holding the propeller one by one.
At 11:33, the British warship turned north at Shaqiao Village and slaughtered towards the Navy Pier, six kilometers away.
With three kilometers to go and the coastline visible to the naked eye in the distance, Colonel Palazzi ordered the sails to slow down and prepare to switch to steam power. This created conditions for Nanren and Fanfan. At this time, the two had already caught up with the Palm Tree that was walking behind, and while slowing down, Nanren pointed to Fanfan, and then pointed to the Palm Tree, signaling the latter to go there to install it, while she herself swam to the Cool in front.
The thrusters were traveling at five knots per hour, and Namin quickly caught up with the Cool. At a distance of 100 meters, she turned into a stealth state, and there was no industrial pollution from the original time and space, and there was no large-scale siltation in Shenzhen Bay, with an average depth of more than 10 meters. Nam Ren remained at a depth of one meter and approached the flagship Cool.
The blue water was like amber in the sunlight, and the underwater view was not bad, at least twenty meters away, and the huge body of the Cool with a displacement of 800 tons was even more conspicuous.
Royal Navy Second Rank Seaman Martin is standing by the stern of HMS Cool, draining excess water into the sea. He caught a cold last night on duty, and the water arrow he shot was a little yellow. "Bah! What is it? The sailor of the second class accidentally saw a dark figure swimming towards him in the sea a few dozen feet away. For a moment, Martin thought he was dazzled, but the shadow was getting closer, and he could even see its writhing hind limbs. "Kraken! There's a Kraken! Martin shouted, picked up the rifle next to him and fired a shot at the shadow. The shouts and gunfire alarmed the nearby sailors, who saw Martin with a rifle dancing and shouting "Demonic!" I couldn't help but look at each other. Boatswain Sean stepped forward and grabbed him by the collar, "You bastard! Are you dreaming? If you shout again, I'll throw you into the sea!" ”
While they were in the midst of the commotion, there was a loud noise not far away, and the sailors of the Cool saw a grave appear in the stern of the Palms, and the hull of the ship shook noticeably, and then they saw the sailors on board like ants on a hot pot. The sailors on the Cool were dumbfounded, and Sean was the first to understand and shouted, "Damn it! The Palm Tree is under attack! "But where is the enemy? There are only two warships on the sea, and this place is far from the coast, so it cannot be shore artillery. Suddenly, he thought of Martin's words, and it was too late to ask for a report. He pushed several sailors around him, "Get in the water!" Get in the water! There are Chinese under the water. Several sailors immediately took off their trousers, drew their swords, and jumped into the sea with a few thuds.
When Martin picked up the gun, Nanren spotted the other party's movements at the same time, and dodged the bullet in an emergency manner, and then rushed forward and got into the bottom of the Cool Ship. Suddenly my heart was about to stop beating, and as soon as I calmed down my nervous emotions, I felt a shock wave coming from the sea. "Damn! Why did it explode in advance?! Nanren cursed secretly in his heart, the copycat is unreliable, claiming to be timed for twenty minutes, and after looking at his watch, it was only ten minutes since he broke up with Fanfan. She couldn't help but feel a little depressed, she was worried about Fanfan's safety, and worried about the completion of the task. But there was no time for her to think about it now, and as soon as she gritted her teeth, she swam towards the stern.
She had not swam far before she saw several figures jump into the sea, and it was clear that the British did not intend to let her complete the task easily. A British sailor landed right in front of her, and before she had time to think about it, she released the thruster, drew her dagger from her waist, and touched it from behind the sailor. The poor sailor had not seen the situation around him clearly, but felt a cold neck, and the strength of his whole body quickly disappeared with the blood loss from the wound, and then he fell into eternal darkness.
Martin witnessed the whole process not far away, a female kraken with black skin, a large forehead, red hair, and two tails, killed the first-class sailor Andy with a knife. Seeing Andy clutching his neck in vain, blood spurting desperately outward, the son of a Manchester steelworker was terrified. He threw away the knife in his hand and swam towards the sea, and as soon as he got out of the water, he cried and crawled to the gangway. Colonel Ramsay, who had rushed to hear the news, saw a stream of blood floating, and then a panicked sailor came out of the water, he knew that something was in trouble, so he ordered more sailors to go into the water to deal with the Chinese.
Not every British sailor was as timid as Martin, and a few sailors who saw Nanren surrounded her from all sides. The female frogman knew that her two fists were invincible to her four hands, and she dived to the bottom of the sea with a somersault. The British sailors had neither diving goggles nor oxygen cylinders, and they needed to surface for air after staying underwater for less than a few minutes, so they could only watch Nanren slip away.
Ramsey listened to the sailors' reports and knew that there were Chinese trying to plant bombs underwater, and the Palm was their wounded. This Chinese has the ability to move underwater for a long time and is agile, and the sailors simply can't help him. Colonel Ramsay had no choice but to let the sailors dive into the water in turn to prevent the Chinese from planting bombs. As for why the Chinese's bombs can explode underwater, he has no time to study.
Nam Jin dived to the bottom of the sea and found the thruster, which made it even more convenient to have this operation. She stayed at a depth of five or six meters and swam back and forth looking for opportunities, but the British were very well guarded, keeping a dozen or so people underwater at all times, and lighting torches to light them, so that Nanren had no chance to take advantage of it. After another ten minutes of delay, Nanren knew that there was no chance, and he was afraid that the smell of blood just now would attract sharks, so he had to leave in a huff.
Unbeknownst to Ramsay, the frogman was gone, and he ordered the sailors to guard the plane, urging him to get out of the dangerous waters as soon as possible. At this time, the lookout post reported that the Palm Tree sent a flag and reported the damage: the rudder was completely damaged, the ship could not turn, and the explosion also opened a small hole in the stern, although the damage pipe was very hard to rescue, but the situation was out of control, I don't know how long it could last, the captain asked for permission to abandon ship!
The Palm Tree carried not only three hundred army troops, but also four field guns and a large number of baggage, and Ramsey weighed it and did not want to give up these things. So he ordered the Palm to find a way to run aground, and the Cool would cover it.
Fortunately, the Palm's boiler had already started to ignite at the time of the explosion, and its screw was fortunately slightly injured, and after twenty minutes it finally began to stumble. The Cool followed and headed north of Shenzhen Bay.
After the explosion occurred, Shen Xingshi asked the assault boat to dispatch to respond, although he only heard an explosion, he couldn't care so much. As soon as he approached the battlefield, he began to search for two frogmen with a telescope, and after ten minutes or so he found a distress signal. It was the smoke pipe that the two men carried with them, and it was used after leaving the range of the British, so that they could be easily spotted by the person who answered them, and they were pulled into the assault boat when Shen Xing was a few minutes later. The British also found out about the situation here, but the distance of more than two thousand yards, as well as the speed of the assault boat, made Ramsay choose to ignore it directly.
After getting on the boat, Nanren grabbed Shen Xing's collar, hit Sanlu with a knee and scolded, "What kind of jb thing do you bastard?" Isn't it twenty minutes? Why did it blow up in just a few minutes? You want to kill us! ”
The person next to him hurriedly grabbed Nanren, and Fan Fan also explained: "Don't blame Uncle Shen, I forgot to tighten the clockwork!" Nanren snorted at this time, and Shi Shiran let go of his hand.
Shen Xingshi curled up, and it took a while to slow down, and he didn't care about the "sexual" damage he received, so he hurriedly asked about the effect of the bomb attack. Fan said that it was done according to his explanation, and Nan Ren directly threw the unused bomb back to him.
Shen Xing picked up a telescope and observed the two ships, and then reported to the command. "The first wave of attacks was not entirely effective, only one of them was damaged, and its rudder was destroyed; The other one is intact and asks for a second wave of attacks! ”