In ten days, Yang Meng and Renlei agreed on the cooperation between the two, Renlei will resign from the military and act as the agent of Pan's firm in Millican, mainly to purchase arms and train technicians, and iron-hulled steamers suitable for inland rivers have also been added to the agreement.

And what Mires got was a whole shipload of smoke, and after this transaction was completed, None would become a Millican giant merchant, and his plantation in Millican would be of little value.

Ge Shiyang also took out a very immature lead bullet, with a delay success rate of 20%, although it was very low, but it could be used. Yang Meng and Pan Shicheng had seen the power of the new type of flowering lead bullet, and within 300 yards, the lethality of the new tiger squat cannon to the infantry was outrageous.

Yang Meng estimated that the power of this 20-centimeter-long cylindrical lead bullet was at least as powerful as an ordinary fragmentation grenade, but this cannon had a fatal shortcoming, that is, the firing frequency was too low, and the speed of two rounds in three minutes was too short for a distance of 300 yards.

But the power of the twenty-four-pound mortar cannon made Yang Meng very happy, even if this mortar cannon is a mortar, the power of the twenty-four-pound flowering shell, although it is not as good as the mortar, but the power is not much worse, if this thing can be mastered, it is definitely a good thing.

This mortar cannon is the same as the tiger squat cannon, the fatal shortcoming, but also in the firing speed, the chamber is cleared and cooled, so that the power of these two types of artillery is greatly reduced, but now, these cannons are still advanced, and Yang Meng has no tricks! There is nothing he wants, there are a lot of things in his stomach, but he can't do it, it's the same as nothing.

And Neveres also completed the first task very well, 5,000 rounds of 24-pound flowering shells, and 10 tons of black powder. It only took a week for this one. I got it from Hong Kong Island.

The matter in Guangzhou has probably come to an eyebrow. Yang Meng is also anxious to go back, according to his father-in-law Pan Shicheng, He Changling has reached the last moment, and the fall is only between this month or two, Yunnan is the foundation, and now is the time to go back and seize power.

Calculate the time. It's almost time for Wei Huozi to go to Guangxi, and he will take the fleet upstream, and in three or five days, he will be able to meet them, and the elder brother will not come out! If you dare to show your head, you will beat him to death with a stick!

The East India Company's arms and opium were loaded with more than 30 ships, and the goods needed by Yunnan were loaded with more than 50 ships, plus some sporadic goods, and it was another scene of hundreds of boats rushing to the bottom.

But this voyage. Yang Meng also pressed a boulder in his heart, and the real threat was not in the Elders' Association. It's the East India Company that pits itself, but I don't know what kind of means they will use against themselves.

Five 20-meter sand ships, which were exchanged for ordinary cargo ships from the Guangdong Navy, these five Qing warships are the guarantee of their safe return.

Ten small boats loaded with gunpowder were temporarily arranged by Yang Meng, looking at the rolling Pearl River, he always had a creepy feeling, his own things were too bad, not enough to protect himself, this is the cause of this feeling!

When the sky was bright, Yang Meng said goodbye to his father-in-law Pan Shicheng, and took a few sixteen or seventeen-year-old thin horses that could not be pushed off, and got on a warship.

"Ziqi, have you arranged all the manpower?"

Uneasy, Yang Meng was more careful, the goods are not important, the important thing is the people, in this fleet, in addition to a large number of prohibited goods, there are more than 200 English technicians, Wei Wu and Ge Shiyang's family are also all on the ship, and the ship carrying these people has a problem, which is a big trouble for Yang Meng.

"Third master, it's all arranged! Mr. Wei, Master Ge and those foreigners are all in our ship, and there are 100 swordsmen and 100 new troops on those ships, and they are in the middle of the fleet, so there should be no problem. ”

In the past two months of training in Guangzhou, Qin Ziqi has learned a lot from Yang Meng and Yang Fuliang, and the weak aura that he used to have had has been worn out most of it in these two months, and now this Qin Ziqi is a small achievement.

"Hmmm! Of the ten small boats, three in the front, five in the middle, and the remaining two followed behind us. ”

"Third master, let's take the lead! It's too dangerous to stay behind, just afraid of being plotted! ”

"You can't stop what you should come, please don't move if you shouldn't come, just do it! Walking in front is only afraid of being more sinister, in case the opponent blocks us one after the other, we can't run.

Our Royal Highness, if the opponent is really powerful, we will abandon the ship and go ashore! ”

Before leaving, Yang Meng considered countless scenarios of being attacked, and only after the warship hall could he calmly withdraw from the palace. Whether it is arms or opium, or Ge Shiyang and Wei Wu, it is not as important as his own safety.

Those people or objects may not be able to get them again if they are abandoned, but if they lose their lives, whether they can live again is not up to Yang Meng himself.

"I'll go down and make arrangements, do you need to inform Yang Fuliang there?"

"No, you don't! Just let him guard the fleet. Wait a ......, inform Yang Fuliang, if someone attacks us, let him remember what the power is, if we go back alive, these attacks on us, those who have an old nest will be copied by me! Whoever can find a family will be destroyed by me!

Let him remember this, go back to Guangzhou, and let him take the people from the coastal defense battalion, in the name of the Yang family, to destroy these bastards who are secretly calculating Lao Tzu! ”

While Yang Meng was instructing, nearly a hundred cargo ships also slowly sailed into the Pearl River channel, and the beginning was extremely smooth, but the chill on Yang Meng's body became heavier and heavier.

The first day of the voyage was uneventful, but the next day when the sun was rising, the fleet was stopped.

"What are you stopping the boat for?"

The ships carrying cargo were all with more than 30 sailors, and the people did not stop the ship, and the ship suddenly stopped, which made Yang Meng realize that trouble was coming.

"Third master, there is a big ship that capsizes and blocks the main river, are we changing lanes?"

Qin Ziqi's reply made Yang Meng even more convinced that someone had to deal with him on the way home. Capsized? What kind of calf? The waterways of Guangzhou are calm, and other cargo ships are not like the Yang family's day and night, and the early morning is the time when the boatmen are most awake and physically strong. Capsized at this time. That's a bit of a bad plan!

"No change! On the spot at the head of the fire docked. Ten mortars and twenty three-pounder cannons were carried out, set up on the shore, and Yang Fuliang was instructed to hold the goods, and we tried the means of the opponent on the river. ”

Overturned a big boat to block the road, this trick brother will not be able to do it, and the mastermind behind the scenes is quite clear.

For half a day, most of the Yang family's cargo ships were moored near the burning head. And the ten small boats carrying gunpowder also went to the place where the water was downstream, and the rest was to see if the opponent would not take the bait.

The five sand boats that Yang Meng was on also chose the wind direction and were ready to fight against the enemy. The rest of the men also made a group of small boats on the small pier where the head was burned, and prepared to meet in hand.

The other party also relied on his own strength, and slowly pressed up, the smallest of the eight sand boats was also twice the size of the Yang family's warship, and these sand boats were definitely sea ships.

The biggest sand boat. It is forty or fifty meters long, and it is full of people. It seems that this battle is difficult to fight.

Without waiting for Yang Meng to give the order to meet the enemy, there was a cannon sound from the eight passages, and a muffled roar, wasn't it a twenty-four-pounder mortar cannon?

"! The damn East India Company even thought of this. Let's settle the account when it's time to face the scene!

Ziqi, let our ship move forward, let's rush up and create an opportunity for the boat loaded with gunpowder. Otherwise, these ships will not be saved. ”

The eight sea ships also used flowering shells, and they landed behind the Yang family's five inland river sand boats just after a shot, and they were only a few dozen meters away from the cargo ships docking.

If the average ship was hit by a cannon, it would be better to say that there were 10 tons of gunpowder and 5,000 brand-new flowering shells in their own fleet, and if these ships were hit, the result would not be difficult to imagine.

The five inland river sand boats of the Yang family, as well as dozens of small boats, hula-la-la, pounced on the eight sea boats, and the mortars on the sand boats were constantly adjusting the amount of charge, and the shells continued to explode near the two fleets, making huge splashes.

"Third master! The boat is ready, so you should disembark! Leave it to me here! ”

An artillery battle is no better than a hand-to-hand battle, this cannonball has no eyes, if it hits the third master's ship, the result is not acceptable to Qin Ziqi.

"What a word! If you catch up, you have to get on, give the order, lean over at full speed, and prepare for melee combat. When the war starts, shoot the bullets in the gun and pounce on them! ”

The few twenty-four-pounder mortars on the opposite side made Yang Meng's mortars almost a waste. Who would have thought that the cargo ship behind would become a weakness, and the ten tons of gunpowder and five thousand rounds of flowering bombs would become a burden to Yang Meng.

The Yang family's luck today is obviously not very good, two sand boats were hit, one was blown in two, and the other sank more than half, fortunately, there are many boats on the Yang family's side, and many of those who fell into the water were rescued.

However, the Yang family's artillery, which was hastily drilled, only hit one boat, and it was still the largest sea ship in the opponent, a sea ship of more than 40 meters, which could not be sunk with one shot, except for killing and injuring some of the opponent's manpower, the power of the mortar cannon was not brought into play at all.

"Take out the Tiger Squat Cannon, keep the distance of two hundred paces, and try the power of the new cannon."

An order was shouted out by the ship in a loud voice, this battle is really not very good, the water war relies on shouting, Yang Meng can be regarded as the only one!

Five tiger squat cannons nailed to square wood were lifted out, the recoil of this cannon is not large, the three-foot-long hard miscellaneous wooden square bar, plus the weight of the gunner, can drag the recoil of the tiger squat cannon, as for nailing it on the deck, that is, there is nothing to look for, a cannon and a transposition, isn't that looking for death?

The other party is obviously a master of naval warfare, and the villains on the mast are constantly gesticulating, and the eight sea ships also want to distance themselves from the messy fleet of the Yang family.

"Get closer, adjust the muzzle, and destroy their sails for Lao Tzu first."

Two warships were sunk, there were more than 100 people on them, four mortar cannons and twenty tiger squat cannons, this loss was not small, and Yang Meng's head was also stretched.

Three sand boats, 30 new-type Tiger squat guns, 30 rounds of newly developed lead bullets, and a distance of 300 meters, these Tiger squat guns also started their first actual battle.

Half of the lead bullets exploded halfway and fell into the river, and most of the lead bullets that hit the boat could only cause the other side to exclaim, and the few shots could cause a burst of howls. As for the target of the Tiger Squat Cannon, the sails of the opponent's sea ships were not hit by a single shot.

During this period, Yang Meng's ship, because of frequent orders, also suffered a few small cannon shells, the bilge was already flooded, and there was a cannonball, which hit not far from Yang Meng, which frightened Qin Ziqi and pounced on Yang Meng's body.

"Get down! I can't die for a while! You climb up and your fart? Let those cubs target Lao Tzu and fight again. Can a few cannons scare people to death? ”

Lack of practice! The rumbling artillery around this time frightened most of the new troops of the Yang family, who have no actual combat experience! Yang Meng is also powerless in this regard, artillery battle, where to find a suitable opponent?

Looking for foreign devils to practice? That's purely itchy, find yourself to practice!

The heart-rending shouts reached the two surrounding sea ships, and the advantages of the Yang family's fleet were also brought into play. What are the advantages of the Yang family?

That is the boatmen who operate the boat, these boatmen are forty or fifty-year-old old boatmen, who have been begging for food on the Pearl River for many years, and they are so familiar with the water potential of the Pearl River waterway that they can no longer be cooked, this is the advantage of the Yang family.

Between the two fleets, the distance of two or three hundred meters was maintained for more than 20 minutes, and all the newly made buckshot was exhausted.

"Reach in! Kill them all! ”

On the three sand boats, the shouts that sounded at the same time made the small boat that hesitated behind have the backbone, and Yang Meng gave several contradictory orders at the same time, first to pounce up, then to save people, and then to wait for the artillery fire on the sand boat.

These contradictory orders are not without benefits, most of the people on the two sand boats that were sunk were rescued, otherwise most of them were landlubbers of the Yunnan New Army, and few would not survive.

"Gather all the lead on the ship for me, and throw the lead into the powder keg before you get on the ship later, and give them a hard shot!"

Yang Meng can't command water battles, but close combat is his strength, eight sea ships, each ship has at least one powder keg, and eleven warships are directly covered in the white smoke of rising gunpowder.

"Finish the bullet in the gun, on!"

After a burst of gunfire, the two fleets began to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

In the smoke, the double-shot muskets were out of sight, and a stray bullet hit Yang Meng's chest directly, the power of this bullet was not small, and Yang Meng retreated several steps, seeing this situation, Qin Ziqi's face turned white with fright.

The third master didn't wear the inner armor, and his inner armor was still wearing it on himself!

"The Third Master ......"

"! It scared me, I had to get a few steel plates from Qiji, otherwise I would have hung up! ”

This shot was too accurate, and it was hitting Yang Meng's newly made armor, and if it went up or down, it had to be painted. (To be continued......)