The shipyard has a huge boiler, which usually provides power for the shipyard's steam forging press, and when necessary, it provides power for the defense system, and the shell of the boiler is riveted with pressure-resistant steel plates, and ordinary blows are impenetrable, but this cannonball hits the root of the pipe that transports steam outward from the furnace, and the pipeline can't help but blow the steam with huge pressure on the spot, throwing the pressure reducing valve on the pipeline hundreds of feet away, and the pressure that is out of control explodes instantly, causing a big explosion, the large shell is flying in the air, the boiling boiling water is poured down, the furnace is full of red coal, and the shipyard suddenly becomes a hell。

The workers in the factory were killed and wounded, countless soldiers were killed and wounded, and the soldiers exposed on the city wall were also smashed, missing arms and legs, fortunately, there was still a soldier in the hiding cave, and the shipyard was not injured, and there was still the capital to resist, but seeing that the huge boiler had collapsed in half, many grizzled soldiers were terrified and felt that there was no way to fight this battle.

The city defense weapons of Wuchang Shipyard represent the highest level of science and technology in Central China, and the technical content of steam cannons and steam repeaters is not worse than that of Liguo Iron Works, but as soon as the boiler is finished, these weapons are suddenly useless, and Li Guo naturally understands this truth, but he promised Zuo Mengeng that he must hold on until the reinforcements arrive, and he must not retreat at this time.

A few small soldiers tiptoed and prepared to slip away, but he slashed them and shouted: "Whoever dares to run away will not be spared!" "Seeing his blood-red eyes is a ruffian, and I can't help but be afraid.

Liu Ziguang, as a former slave of the iron factory, naturally knew the use of boilers in weapons, he immediately ordered He Renlong's cavalry to charge and attack the city, He Renlong did not say a word, drove the army to attack, but rushed halfway, and suddenly shot out from the city wall, a large group of thistles terrestris, all over the way of the charge, the war horses were caught off guard, the first wave was caught off guard, and the first wave fell, and the back could not contain the horses' hooves and fell to the ground, and the city wall shot crossbow arrows again, this time it was a spear-thick foot pedal bed crossbow, although it was not as powerful as the steam crossbow, it was enough for the cavalry to drink a pot.

Seeing the heavy losses of the brothers, He Renlong couldn't bear it in his heart, but the war is like this, there are no immortals, Liu Ziguang is also anxious, the defense of this shipyard is too strong, it is comparable to the Liguo Iron Works, it must be uprooted, otherwise there will be endless troubles, he ordered the artillery to continue to fire and suppress, and said to He Renlong earnestly: "The momentum of the left army has been lost, at this time, we must seize the city in one go, success or failure is here." "He Renlong didn't know the importance of the shipyard, where a large number of armor, weapons and heavy equipment were stored, and it was difficult to make a difference with only tens of thousands of soldiers on the other side of the river, he personally led the troops to attack it, and the artillery fire of the death camp concentrated fire on the main gate of the shipyard, and the city gate was finally opened by twenty shells, and the soldiers on the city wall shot the arrows in the crossbow slot on the bed, and the warehouse where the arrows were stored was blown up, and they had no strength to resist the enemy's invasion, but Li Guo didn't think so, he picked up a spear and shouted: "Brothers, if you have a seed, you will fight with He Renlong!" There were many brave men among the thieves, and when they saw that the generals were desperate like this, a sense of pride also surged into their hearts, and they pulled out their weapons and stood with Li Guo, facing the surging cavalry without fear.

The gate of the shipyard has been broken, at this time it is too late to block it, so you can only fill it up, fortunately, there are a lot of spears in the shipyard to deal with the cavalry, which is quite effective, after all, the cavalry of He Renlong is worse than the quality of the Manchu cavalry, and even has the ability to shoot arrows on the horse, so you can only rush up and cut people with sabers, and the people on both sides collide together and start a desperate fight, Liu Ziguang is here while watching and shaking his head: "The level is too poor." After a cigarette was smoked, the gap in the city gate had not changed hands, Liu Ziguang really couldn't tolerate it, threw away the cigarette butt and said, "Brothers, it's time for us to go." With that, he picked up a long gun with a bayonet on it and walked to the front of the line.

The artillery carried not a lot of shells, and besides, there was still a big battle to fight in the future, and they couldn't be consumed here, so they simply dropped the cannons, put on all the bayonets, and followed Liu Ziguang to start a white-knuckle assault.

Thousands of people fought fiercely near the gate of the shipyard, but in Liu Ziguang's view, it was a rural crop handle, holding farm tools, gathering people to fight, don't look at it very loudly, but it was far from reaching the tragic level, compared with the intensity of the previous Manchu Qing attack on Jinan, it was basically fighting separately, catching and killing, and there was almost no decent tactical coordination at all.

Liu Ziguang led three hundred firecrackers to kill quickly, and joined the battle group, and the battle situation changed greatly, generally speaking, the exchange ratio of hand-to-hand combat is one to one, especially in the case of close combat effectiveness, but the guy in the hands of the death battalion is not a burning stick, that is a fire gun, the fire gun people don't fight with you at all, when the chest is a shot, no matter how thick the armor you are wearing, it is also useless, you can knock you to the ground, and then come over and poke you hard with a bayonet, who can stand it, a person who has seen the past, Li Guo's brothers will lie down, those soldiers who do not believe in evil will rush over with iron shields, but there are still grenades, and a dozen or so people in the front row threw grenades together, and these shield soldiers were blown upLi Guo was unwilling to personally lead people to counterattack, so he insisted on taking his life to fill in the death camp, the soldiers threw the long guns, took out the short guns, and shot them continuously, Li Guo was hit by a bullet on the spot, and the blood was pierced through the blood, and the soldiers desperately pulled him down, and persuaded hard: "General, go quickly, I can't stand it." Li Guo killed red eyes and was unwilling to retreat, but was dragged away by his own soldiers, there were still several boats parked on the dock, they jumped on one and drove in the direction of Hanyang, in order to be afraid of people chasing after them, they cut the cables of several other boats, and the boats went down the river, and there was not a single boat on the dock.

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As soon as Li Guo left, the resistance of the shipyard immediately collapsed, and the soldiers had no will to fight anymore, they threw down their weapons and surrendered Liu Ziguang and He Renlong's troops entered the shipyard at the same time, and He Jun searched everywhere to hunt for the remnants of the enemy, Liu Ziguang's people looked everywhere for machinery and equipment and materials that could be used, Liu Ziguang picked up a fragment of the boiler wall with rivets on the ground, and said with emotion: "The riveted one is not as strong as the welding." At this time, he suddenly heard the voices of countless people shouting for mercy, and when he looked up, it turned out that He Renlong had gathered the captives and made them all kneel on the ground to kill, no wonder he was angry, and more than 500 of his brothers were killed and wounded in this battle, and many horses were killed, and ten battalions were killed, and one and a half battalions were defeated.

However, Liu Ziguang did not approve of killing prisoners, and he immediately shouted to stop this kind of behavior, because many of these prisoners were craftsmen from shipyards, and they belonged to high-level skilled workers, so how could they be killed casually.

He Renlong didn't know Liu Ziguang's identity, thinking that he was at best a member of the Qianzong, and now that the shipyard had broken his own great achievements, it was time to come out with some prestige, so he said dissatisfiedly: "Ben will kill a few prisoners, what kind of honorable officer will not even care about this." Liu Ziguang said: "General He wants to kill the soldiers of the Chuangzi battalion, but the craftsmen of the shipyard can't kill me." "He Renlong was furious, and it was the armed workers of the shipyard who killed and injured a large number of his subordinates with a steam crossbow just now, and he was looking for these people to settle accounts." At the moment, he said strongly: "What if I just want to kill you?" Liu Ziguang said: "I use these people, I say I can't kill them!" "Everyone has just fought a bloody battle, the mood is unstable, seeing that the two main generals have a dispute, the soldiers immediately swords and guns to He Renlong, there are many soldiers, and immediately surrounded the death camp, but the death camp is not afraid, holding the fire gun to form a hedgehog shape, there are ten fire guns aimed at He Renlong, as long as Liu Ziguang gives an order, it can be beaten into a hornet's nest, He Renlong knows the power of this weapon, and also feels that it is not appropriate to infight at this time, just want to make a reconciliation, Liu Ziguang laughed first, a general style who didn't care, so He Renlong also laughed with him, the two of them finished laughing, and at the same time ordered his subordinates to put away the weapons。

"General He is bent on avenging his subordinates, Ziguang admires it very much, but these workers are really useful, killing them, this shipyard will be completely abolished, why don't General He sell me face, I buy these lives with three hundred taels of one life?" Liu Ziguang first put forward the conditions for concessions, three hundred taels per person is really a very suitable price, rather than killing, it is better to sell it to Liu Ziguang as a personal favor.

He Renlong was not stupid, and immediately accepted this proposal, he instructed his subordinates to screen out the prisoners, and the Chuangzi battalion was pulled to the river, and the workers were all left, in fact, this also saved the lives of many soldiers in the Chuangzi Battalion.

"The general's name is called Ziguang? Don't know what the honorific surname is? He Renlong asked politely.

"Don't be noble, my surname is Liu." Liu Ziguang replied.

"It turned out that the Marquis of Zhenwu was rude to the human dragon." He Renlong then thought that this person was the famous No. 1 general of the Ming Dynasty, and hurriedly lifted his robe and knelt down, and Liu Ziguang was of course kind to appease.

There is no boat on the dock, there is no way to cross the river to pursue, so he can only wait for He Renlong to tell Liu Ziguang, Zuo Mengeng does not have Zuo Liangyu's warrant, it is difficult to mobilize the army on the other side, wait until they are coordinated, at least tomorrow, it is already noon, it is better to go into the city to meet He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, by the way, with some wine and rice, Liu Ziguang readily agreed.

The death camp left some people to continue to search for valuable things, and others followed Liu Ziguang into the city, and at the same time sent people to take Hou Sui, Liu Zhijun and others from the station to the city to officially take over Wuchang City on behalf of the imperial court.

One shows that Liu Ziguang is just a cerebellum that has been opened to increase his reaction ability, and his brain is the same as that of ordinary people, he is just the body of an ordinary interstellar infantry, not a god, let alone the kind of middle-aged talent with superior intelligence, let's not imagine how wise this person will be.