Just when the No. 3 and No. 4 boats were in full swing with the British, Ma Angelica quietly entered the attack position with the No. 1 and No. 2 boats. The sound of the motors was kept to a minimum on the two boats, and under the cover of the sound of gunfire, the British did not notice it when they reached a distance of a hundred meters from the warship.

Ma Angelica looked back at the Pyro and asked, "Are you all ready?" ”

The latter nodded vigorously.

After receiving the reply that the No. 2 boat was "ready", Ma Angelica looked directly at the brightly lit British warship and calmly gave the order: "Attack!" The motor roared, and the two motorboats rushed out like arrows from the string.

Because of the fierce battle on the port side, there were only two gun emplacements on the starboard side of the Cool, and everyone else went to support the port side. The final outcome of this battle proved that this negligence was fatal.

A distance of 100 meters is only a blink of an eye for a motorboat traveling at 80 kilometers per hour, and Boat No. 1 brushes shoulders with a warship at a distance of 20 meters. When the motorboat was parallel to the warship, the pyroist standing at the stern of the boat conjured a huge "fire sword" in his hand - a "long sword" more than ten meters long and composed of flames. As the jet ski passed over the starboard side, the "fire sword" swept across the starboard deck of the Cool, erecting a wall of fire three or four meters high on the side of the ship. The gunners on the starboard gun emplacement had just heard the sound of the motor, and before they could see the speedboat, they were surrounded by flames. A couple of unlucky guys turned into Burning Men and ran around screaming, then igniting any combustible objects they came across. Some of them, with only a small part on fire, fell on the deck, rolling back and forth trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies, but gasoline, which was used as an accelerant, prevented them from doing so. Some of them took off their clothes as soon as they saw the opportunity, and some even jumped overboard and into the sea.

Boat No. 2 followed Boat No. 1 twenty meters away to join the attack, and another "sword of fire" swept by, sweeping away several gunners who had escaped the disaster.

The two motorboats rushed out of 200 meters and began to turn around, and the fire on the warship behind them had already reflected the sea red, and from time to time there was an explosion sound, that is, the gunpowder on the gun emplacements had been detonated.

Looking at the burning warship, the burning man who jumped into the sea, Ma Angelica shouted: "Go back, enter from the direction of the bow, this bazooka attack." I hit the bow of the boat, and Yu Meiniang hit the stern. The two motorboats turned their heads and swooped down on the Cool again.

Colonel Ramsay came out of the cabin when he spotted the enemy on the port side, and he couldn't come up with a better way to see the gunners directing the aimless fire of the artillery. Then the sailors spontaneously lit up the dinghy to illuminate the sea, and some sailors joined the battle with rifles, and the Chinese's fast boats did not dare to be as blatant as just now. Before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, a fire broke out on the starboard side. By the time Ramsay found out, the fire was out of control. The scorching flames, the gunpowder that exploded from time to time, made it impossible for people to get close. Buckets of seawater splashed on it will not help, and it is a drop in the bucket to describe it as an idiom. Burning men scurried about, igniting everything they approached and everything that came close to them, and the dying, terrible screams made even the most courageous soldiers shudder at the sight of them.

Boat No. 1 approached the Cool again quickly, and when the motorboat passed by the bow, Ma Angelica, who had been carrying the bazooka, pulled the trigger. The flames had already reddened the sea and sky, and also illuminated the vision of the horse, and the rocket, with a bright tail, plunged headlong below the waterline of the bow, where it formed a small burial mound, and with a dull explosion, it seemed that the attack had been successful. A few seconds later, another dull explosion came, and it seemed that Yu Meize's attack had also succeeded.

"Did it work?" Yu Mei asked on the walkie-talkie. Ma Angelica thought about it, but he was not very sure, and for the sake of safety, he shouted: "One more shot!" ”

Colonel Ramsay's eyes were shattered, and he commanded the sailors in a desperate attempt to save his ship, but to no avail. Hearing the dull sound of explosions a few seconds apart, and clearly feeling the hull shake twice, he knew that the Chinese had more than just arson. Half a minute later he learned the result, the Chinese used rockets to open two holes in the bottom bulge, and the damage pipe was desperately repaired. But before these two holes could be plugged, the Chinese opened two more holes.

Desperate, all the men, sailors, officers, and Colonel Ramsay had a look of despair on their faces. They all understood that the Cool was no longer saved, there was fire everywhere, and the deck was about to turn into a sea of fire, although the sailors were still saving the fire, but their movements were noticeably sluggish. Some sailors secretly jumped into the sea with wooden barrels, and the officers saw it and said nothing. The first mate walked up to Ramsay, with tears in his eyes, and said silently: "Sir, the ship is no longer saved, give the order to abandon the ship!" ”

Ramsay's throat trembled, the order of "abandon-ship" was never spoken, and the fast cruisers of the Royal Navy were defeated by several fast boats of the Chinese, which was a shame for him and the Royal Navy. He had been on this ship for five years, and this ship was like his child, and now he could not make up his mind to give up his "child".

"Sir, you can't hesitate any longer, if you don't abandon the ship, the ship will sink." The first mate urged. At this time, the people on the boat clearly felt that the ship was slowly sinking, and some of the sailors who were still holding their posts looked at the colonel, waiting for his orders.

Colonel Ramsay looked at the faces around him that had been burned by smoke and turned black, and saw the desire for survival in those anxious eyes, so he had to choke up and say, "Abandon ship!" As he spoke, two lines of tears ran down the Colonel's cheeks.

One after another, the sailors jumped into the sea and swam towards the shore. Ramsey stood at the stern of the ship, looking at the mast, the sails, and the cockpit slowly engulfed by the flames, motionless. The first mate persuaded beside him: "Sir, let's go!" As long as the people are still there, we can rebuild the boat! When Ramsey heard this, a glimmer of light flashed in his godless eyes, "You are right, as long as the people are still there, we can defeat the Chinese again." After wiping away the tears from his eyes, the colonel strode to the side of the boat and got into the dinghy with the help of the sailors.

The Cool slowly sank into the sea as it burned, and from time to time explosions rang out, and when its deck was level with the sea, the sinking momentum stopped. And several masts were also completely burned, and they looked like several towering fire trees from a distance.

23:48 The Royal Navy's Far East Fleet fast cruiser "Cool" sank on the east coast of Shenzhen Bay.

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The Army, which was digging waterways on the beach on the shore, had long since stopped its work and watched the grand "fireworks display".

The raging fire had made the Navy despair as well as the Army, knowing that the only transport to leave the area was gone, and that the vast majority of the population had no hope of returning to Canton safely by land. Wood threw the shovel and sat on the ground with his head and butt in his hands, his fingers digging deep into his hair, his eyes staring at the great burning tree slowly turning to ashes, and the hope in his heart slowly turning to ashes. The surrounding army soldiers were also depressed, and some young soldiers actually cried "whining".

Ronald's heart was also miserable, originally thought it was an easy armed **, declaring the force of a United Kingdom to the arrogant Chinese, but in the end it was defeated. Now that he can't fight and fight, and he can't withdraw and withdraw, he may become the first British army colonel-level officer captured by the Chinese, and this "first" is really not something worthy of glory, and will even become a stain on his military career. Thinking that this stain will accompany him for the rest of his life in the future, and that the medals, promotions, knighthoods, and general ranks will be lost to him, Ronald only feels that the sky, the sea, the beach, everything around him has become black and white.

The sailors on the Palm Tree didn't know if they were lucky? Or is it unfortunate? As soon as I entered Shenzhen Bay, the rudder was damaged by a Chinese bomb, and a large hole was blown up in the bottom of the ship, which was considered unfortunate; In the end, he was forced to run aground, which was even more unfortunate. The Cool not only escaped the bombs, but also the siege of four Chinese fast boats, and its good fortune made the sailors of the Palm envious and jealous. But now it seems that it is not good luck not to be hit, and it will only make you suffer more in the later years.

The Cool suffered sixty or seventy casualties in several attacks by the Chinese, while the Palm Tree had only a few wounded, and the sailors had to sigh the good fortune of the Palm Tree.

Ramsey boarded the Palm and took over command from the captain. Although the warship cannot move now, the guns on the ship are still intact and can be used as a fortress. Moreover, the water depth here is only a few feet, and the Chinese's fast boats should not be able to come and go freely in such shallow places, and if they are replaced by infantry to attack, the colonel will ensure that they must know the power of the Royal Navy.

Ronald also boarded the Palms, and he needed to communicate with Colonel Ramsay about the subsequent actions. He thought that the admiral would be depressed by the sinking of the ship, but what he saw was a naval soldier with a resolute gaze and a calm expression.

"Colonel, what are we going to do next?" Ronald threw this thorny issue to Ramsay, and the lieutenant colonel had no hope of winning or even getting out of here, and he was ready to surrender. However, it is up to Ramsey to decide, after all, the latter is the commander of the operation.

"Lieutenant Colonel, although our current environment is difficult, we should not be discouraged and have confidence in victory!" Ramsey saw that the lieutenant colonel was depressed and cheered him up, but this did not resonate with the latter. "I've decided to go on the offensive after dawn tomorrow!"

"Go on the offensive?" Ronald subconsciously asked rhetorically, and then secretly thought: continue to attack? What to attack? How to attack?

"Yes. You should also see that the Cool has sunk, and we have no way out, we can only win this battle, otherwise our environment will be even more difficult. The implication is that if you can't win this battle, you have to be a prisoner if you don't die.

"But what are we going to attack? All our artillery has been destroyed by the Chinese. "After several battles during the day, Ronald has seen the power of the Chinese's continuous muskets. He had already understood that without artillery cover, the infantry storming the Chinese's positions was tantamount to death.

"I will have the Palm provide artillery support to cover the army's breakthrough of the Chinese positions."

"And then? Where do we go? "Ronald secretly thought, it is impossible for us to attack the main base of the Chinese, right? If so, it would be better to surrender to the Chinese!

"Then we headed south. Come and see," Ramsay said, pointing to the map on the table in front of him, "let's go south along the seashore and then to the Kowloon Peninsula." ”

"Aren't there Chinese there?" Ronald looked at the map, the distance between the two places is not far, if there are no accidents on the road, it can be reached in half a day.

"General Spintozi is attacking the Chinese there, and when we arrive, we can attack them from north to south. Even if you can't completely annihilate the Chinese, you can withdraw to Hong Kong Island. Ramsey knows the reality can't go this way, but that's the only way he can do it.

"Alright! I'm going to make arrangements and get the Army ready. Ramsay's words gave Ronald hope again, and he decided to fight for the sake of future honor, status and wealth.