Seven merchant ships, three gunboats snatched from the Japanese Navy, and ten ships were almost in a line formation, and on the vast sea, they rushed at full speed towards the devil's five-volume light cruiser and the remaining two gunboats.

In terms of quantity and overall tonnage, Wu Ming and his team still have an advantage, and the only disadvantage is that the seven German merchant ships are not equipped with ship-based artillery.

However, fortunately, Wu Ming and the others also carried a batch of Type 92 infantry guns and brought them with the merchant ships, although the power was not comparable to the shipborne guns on the devil gunboats and light cruisers.

But it's better than nothing, after all, there are more ants and you can bite the elephant.

Due to the annoyance of Yambian Shigeyama Daisa, the three warships of the devil were also advancing at the fastest speed, and the range of the light cruiser was far beyond that of ordinary gunboats, and when the two sides were still at least two or three nautical miles apart, several shipboard guns on the cruiser Goliang opened fire one after another.

Shells were enveloped in the firelight, dragging long scarlet tails through the blue sky, whistling towards Wu Ming's ships on their side.

Due to the long distance, and the artillery sighting system of this era did not have advanced functions such as radar and infrared locking, the shells fired by the five quantities did not hit the target.

Hit the sea where Wu Ming and his ship were advancing, and under the violent explosion, they brought up several waves more than ten meters high.

Some splashes even splashed on the deck of the gunboat that Wu Ming and they controlled, Wu Ming stood in the control room, staring at the front with a walkie-talkie in his hand and said: "All ships pay attention to avoiding enemy artillery fire, continue to move forward at full speed, all ship-borne artillery and Type 92 infantry guns are ready to fire, once they enter the firing range, first hit the two gunboats of the devil, cut their wings, and finally deal with the cruiser of the devil!" ”

Wu Ming's order was conveyed, and the officers and men of the dragon teeth and the German sailors on each ship acted according to the order, and soon they were within the effective range of the gunboats.

The two devil gunboats, which had already been prepared and were also moving forward quickly, fired at each other almost at the same time as Wu Ming and the other three gunboats.

The Type 92 infantry guns on the other seven merchant ships also opened fire, but due to the gunners' lack of experience in firing ships on bumpy seas, and the fact that the Type 92 infantry guns were improvised on the ship, they lacked effective fixation and aiming devices.

The bombardment of these seven merchant ships basically failed, and it did not play any substantive role, but more to fuel the momentum of its own side.

At least, the two devil gunboats were frightened by the sound of several cannons on this side.

In the first salvo, both sides did not hit the target, and the shells fell into the sea, splashing waves more than ten meters high, and soon the light cruiser Wuliang also opened fire.

Under the deafening sound of shelling, several powerful high-explosive armor-piercing shells roared towards the ships of the Dragon's Tooth Column under the influence of the firelight.

A merchant ship was unfortunately hit by one of the shells, and in a violent explosion, the deck was ruthlessly torn apart.

Some of the dragon tooth soldiers above who were responsible for operating the Type 92 infantry cannon were also knocked to the ground by the blast wave, and some people were directly lifted away and fell into the sea.

The sailors in the cabin were also shaken by the shaking of the violent shock wave, and the wolves were unbearable.

The entire merchant ship immediately stopped moving forward and burst into flames, from which billowing black smoke rose into the air.

"Commander, a merchant ship has been shot!" A soldier came to Wu Ming and said loudly.

Wu Ming turned a blind eye and said: "Don't be distracted, continue to attack, and sink those two devil gunboats for me!" "It's not that Wu Ming doesn't want to rescue his comrades and sailors on that merchant ship.

Instead, he understands that at this juncture, only by defeating the enemy first can he calmly save people, otherwise he may be hit all and the losses will be greater.

"Yes!" The soldier had to take a red look at the burning merchant ship, answered loudly, and continued to return to his post, attaching his anger to the cannonball, and pouring it down on the devil ship.

On the fifth volume, the navy junior said to Yasube Shigeyama with some excitement: "Sir, we have successfully hit an enemy ship!" ”

Kangbian Chongshan had been holding a telescope all the time, closely observing the battle between the two sides, he glanced at the merchant ship that was on fire and smoking, and couldn't help but nod happily and said: "Yo Xi, well done, order all the guns to continue firing and sink it completely!" Don't give the people of China any chance to come to the rescue! I'm going to make these hateful and cunning Chinas pay a terrible price! ”

"Also, sue the gunboats No. 028 and 029 to stop the three gunboats that have been snatched by the Chinese with all their might, and do not let them approach our flagship! After the Wuliang has sunk all the other merchant ships, join forces with them to clean up those three enemy ships! ”

The Navy Shaozo hesitated a little, and said: "Sir, it seems that in my humble opinion, should we destroy those three gunboats that pose a threat to us first, and then deal with the other merchant ships of China?" ”

Kang Bian Chongshan shook his head and said: "From a tactical point of view, what you said is right, but, after all, those three warships are the warships of the empire, and they are precious strategic materials for the empire with few resources, and we can't destroy them lightly!" Kill the other merchant ships of China first, and isolate the three gunboats they have taken.

It's better to be able to wound them, and then kill all the people on the warship! Recapture the warships that belong to us. ”

The reason why Kangbian Chongshan changed his mind and did this was naturally his plan, and now his reconnaissance detachment has sunk one gunboat, and if he loses three more gunboats, it will be a really heavy loss.

I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it when I go back, so he decided to do so.

Navy Shaozo thought for a while and said: "Sir, if this is the case, there is a way to annihilate the people of China, please immediately send a telegram to the headquarters of the 1st Fleet, asking them to send naval aviation to rush to reinforcements, as long as there is the support of aviation fighters, it will be easy to destroy this water force in China!" ”

Kang Bian Chongshan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately nodded and said, "Yo Xi, this method is good!" Immediately send a telegram to His Excellency the Commander, saying that we have encountered a water force in the waters of Linhai Town, and asked for aviation support! ”

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While the two sides were engaged in a fierce exchange of fire on the sea, Qiao Youhua finally rushed to the dock of Linhai Town with the main force of tens of thousands of dragon teeth, more than 2,000 dragon tooth warriors and thousands of prisoners brought by Wu Ming, hundreds of local young men and the crew brought by Adru.

They are all busy and busy, transporting all kinds of equipment and materials brought by the fleet to the shore in batches.

Seeing this, Qiao Youhua immediately ordered tens of thousands of dragon tooth warriors to quickly step forward to help, and with so many warriors joining, the speed of transportation was naturally greatly accelerated.

Adru, who had been busy assisting the officers and soldiers of the Dragon Tooth in directing the transportation, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Qiao Youhua coming, and ran over as if he had seen a savior, beckoning to Qiao Youhua as he ran: "Commander Qiao, Commander Qiao, you are finally here, great." ”

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