The officers of the British Army in Hong Kong were more worried about the unicorn flag flying the ricorn flag that was approaching from the west side of Victoria Bay than the Governor-General, who had been kidnapped.

A few hours ago, three British gunboats, which had thought they were superior to the Song warship in terms of number and calibre, formed a formation in an attempt to drive it away from the waters near Lantau Island.

It is true that the only "Otto" 76-mm main gun on the "Brandenburg" class frigate is indeed a loss compared with the warships of this era that can easily carry 10-inch guns, and this kind of 3-inch gun is also a younger brother to the three gunboats used by the British army to detect smuggling and theft in terms of caliber.

The slender barrel of the "Otto" 62MK75 was really too small for the people of this era, so that the captains of these small gunboats made the decision to take the initiative after hearing the descriptions of the Great Song warship by the fishermen who had returned to port.

"Captain, the British's anti-smuggling ship is approaching!" The rough embryo of the F217 ship's observation department said to Marcos with an excited face.

Marcos received an order to drive the British surface ships away from the waters between Lantau Island and Hong Kong Island and to carry out mine-sweeping operations.

What Mu You thought of was that under this absolute disadvantage that the Far Eastern Fleet had avoided it, the small gunboats on the opposite side even pulled out of their posture and put on a battle that would kill you if you didn't leave.

"Yo ho, it's so steel, it's really Lao Tzu's Italian cannon is not noodles!" Marcos on the bridge saw through his binoculars three small gunboats heading towards him.

In fact, the British didn't want to be so steely, but the time interval between the time they received the news that Manila had been captured by the Great Song Dynasty and the appearance of the Great Song warships in the waters near Hong Kong was so short that they simply did not have enough time to prepare for war.

The defense of the western part of Victoria Harbour is reasonable, after all, John Bull had built a coastal defense artillery position in the early years in what was later called Battery Hill by Hong Kong people.

But on the east side of Victoria Harbour near Lantau Island, the British had no heavy fortifications other than a few observation posts on the heights such as Mount Davis.

Once the Great Song warships attacked from the east, they could only use the shore defense guns set up in Victoria Harbor to bombard them, but there were too many bottles and cans in Victoria Harbor that they had no time to withdraw, and the losses of this dozen were too great.

Forcing away the advance ships of the Great Song people and buying time for their own defense was a decision made by the three gunboat captains after discussion.

In the context of the Far East Fleet, they did not expect to be able to drag the Song people to their own side to build a fort east of Victoria Bay, but they had to buy a little time for the mines.

"I really think I'm the king of the sea, I'm not used to you! Kids, show our Italian cannons! "Marco, who has Boss Zhao's firing authorization in his hand, is really a powder pot that can be lit at a moment's notice.

Soon the British paid the price of blood for their contempt for the 3-inch guns of the Great Song Dynasty, and the main artillery department, which gathered the most "elite" of the F217 ship, immediately used shells to tell John Bull why this Italian gun had the nickname "AK-47" in naval guns.

At that time, the F217 ship was still nearly eight or nine kilometers away from the nearest British gunboat, and the reason why the British ship was so close was that in addition to the fact that the F217 ship had been focusing on minesweeping, it was more that Marcos wanted to scare off the British with the F217 ship full of nearly 5,000 tons.

The 76 mm "Otto" naval gun produced by the general manager of the company was used by the navies of 53 countries because of its compact structure and could be installed on various ships, including small ships such as patrol boats, so it was nicknamed "AK-47" in naval guns. Of course, it also has a series of similar characteristics to the AK-47 automatic rifle, such as good adaptability, high rate of fire, fierce firepower, large ammunition storage, and fast response.

Bang bang bang! A puff of white smoke rose from the bow of the F217, and golden-yellow shells bounced off the deck from under the turret's small 76mm urinary tube.

"Look, the warship of the Great Song people has fired!" A soldier at the British observation post at Mount Davis shouted.

"God! The rate of fire of that gate is terrifying, are the Great Song people doing magic!? Another soldier said.

Terrible rate of fire? Hehe, if these British buns nested in the mountains knew

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