The cannon roared on the surface of the Yellow Sea, and the shell bubbled up on the side of the target ship and disappeared. After the overwhelming artillery fire passed, Li Xiao saw the intact target ship.

"What a roll of your eyes, the boys are doing a good job. You are quiet, and there are several holes in the hull of the ship. It's not bad to get to this point in such a short period of time. The old fisherman kicked Chen Laohu, who had a strange expression.

"Yes...... The shells don't explode, don't you see? Chen Laohu's face was resentful, he originally wanted to show his face in front of the handsome, but now he exposed his buttocks. According to his vision, the target ship should be a pile of scraps of wood that drifts with the current.

"You're a loser, you won't live. The shells were filled with sand, and they exploded with wool. The old man seemed to be very angry and slapped Chen Laohu again. He and Lao Chen Fu are lifelong friends, and Chen Laohu is no different from his children and grandchildren.

"Sand?" It was Li Xiao who was shocked this time. This scene is very familiar, the bridge section in the Beiyang Naval Division. Could it be that there are also people in their own army who embezzle military funds and use sand to pass off as gunpowder? This is a big deal, and it needs to be asked.

"Handsome! These are training bombs, which are used for training on weekdays. Therefore, the shell head is loaded with the same weight of sand, and the training shell does not need to explode, so it is not loaded with sand. The weight is the same, the gunpowder is all made by the children, and it is not worth wasting it here. ”

“……！” Li Xiao has nothing to say, according to the standards of economics, there is no problem with the fishing old man doing this. There is also a cost to gunpowder, and almost no cost to the same amount of sand. The fisherman is right, and the training stuff doesn't need to explode. I just don't know whether the shells loaded with sand by the Beiyang Naval Division are training shells or real shells.

"This kind of small boat can't be sunk even if it goes down with a shot. If it explodes nearby, it can be tossed over by a wave. It's good that the boys have been training for such a short time. The old man nodded and expressed his satisfaction with the gunners under Chen Laohu.

With the praise of the old fisherman, Li Xiao finally had some confidence in his heart. After all, his two ships are facing at least seventy warships of the other side. Although the ships on the opposite side have a generation gap compared with Zhenyuan and Dingyuan.

But Li Xiao is afraid that the generation gap is not enough to make up for the huge number gap!

The two-ship fleet refueled the Huangdao wharf with water and coal, and plunged all the way south into the rough East China Sea.

Recently, the weather has been very good, and the sea has not been windy. Lookout balloons are raised on the Zhenyuan every day, fearing that the hot air balloon will be blown away by the wind, and the fetter rope will fall more than 300 meters. The soldiers on top of the hot air balloon are dressed in fur coats and hold binoculars in their hands to constantly observe the distance. The advantage of height allows Li Xiao to discover the enemy earlier. Although Li Xiao knew that this kind of discovery was actually of little use, Li Xiao still persisted.

It's also good to have an extra hour or two of preparation time against the enemy.

Follow the coastline all the way to the south, and soon come to the sea area of Zhoushan. This is where Lee Hugh and the English fleet had encountered, and now there is nothing on the surface of the sea except the rough waves.

After noon, news suddenly came from the lookout post above. On the Zhujiajian wharf ahead, many warships were docked.

Li Xiao felt his eyelids twitch a little, no wonder the main force of the England fleet was gone, it turned out to be docked here. This fucking has a permanent plan, there is such a group of people living on Zhoushan Island, so there will be a good life along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang in the future?

Who doesn't know that the so-called Royal Navy is a group of pirates at its root, and it is better to count on the world peace and human unity than to count on them to be influenced by the Bodhisattva of Putuo Mountain to put down the butcher's knife.

Without Zhu Jiajian's chart, Li Xiao could only calculate in his mind. Suddenly, Li Xiao made up his mind.

"Zhenyuan and Dingyuan are moving forward at full speed, and the hot air balloon is withdrawn."

"No!" Chen Laohu agreed, and led his men out of Jianqiao.

Ten strong men pushed the grab plate with great effort, and the fetter rope shrank inch by inch. The hot air balloons in the sky were also slowly retracted, and the copper bells of "dang" and "dang" sounded on the two ships, and the deck was immediately busy. The gunners quickly occupied the battery, and the men in charge of the ammunition were nervous about the scrutiny, fearing that a training shell would be brought up by mistake. The two front guns are already being loaded, ready to fire at any moment.

The aft deck was even more chaotic, with two rows of twin twenty-four doors requiring forty-eight rockets. The loaders have a lot to offer!

Almost at the same time, Zhujiajian Wharf was also busy. The lookout posts of the British army also discovered Zhenyuan and Dingyuan. The smoke from the chimney reached into the sky, and there was no way to hide it. The sharp whistle sounded throughout the entire Zhujiajian Wharf, and groups of people were flustered like ants.

"Mr. George, what's wrong?" Wu Sangui rushed out of the courtyard while getting dressed.

"Two strange ships came to the sea, and smoke came as if they were on fire. It's too far away to see the flag. George spread his arms, and two Indian servants began to dress him in a double-breasted naval uniform.

"Two ships on fire?" Wu Sangui glanced into the distance, and could faintly see the pillar of smoke in the sky.

This is not good in naval warfare, and they can find each other at a good distance. This gave both sides equal ample time to prepare, and before George could give the order, the two English warships cruising off the coast of Zhujiajian sailed over.

Inside the telescope, the battleships of England are getting clearer and clearer. In the eyes of the same two English ships, the figures of the two ships Zhenyuan and Dingyuan are also clear. The two captains gasped at the same time, they had never dreamed of such a large ship. Did you encounter the legendary Noah's Ark? But there is only one legendary Noah's Ark, and here ...... There were two equally large ships.

Sweat immediately began to permeate their heads, for they could clearly see that neither ship had sails. The black smoke didn't seem to be on fire, but coming out of the high chimney.

What kind of ship is this? The two senior captains of the Royal Navy can't say why!

"Turn the rudder, turn around!" The task of the vigilant ships is to be on guard, and although the two ships in front of them do not see the muzzles on the side chords, their huge bodies are full of coercion. They had decided to retreat, and it was time to report to the commander of the fleet, Lord George, rather than rush forward and go to war with these two strange ships.

The maneuver of a sailboat is very troublesome, requiring not only a change of rudder, but also a series of sails. By the time their ship crossed the sea in a semicircle to complete the turn, the two giant ships in the telescope were already a circle larger.

"Oh! Buy Ga, what ship is so fast? They don't have sails! The first mate put down the binoculars and exclaimed.

"Damn, how could they be so fast." The captain was also shocked.

"Hang the sails, go full speed, go full speed." A roaring command came from Jianqiao.

At this time, the corners of Li Xiao's mouth already showed a cruel smile, dare to besiege Lao Tzu's younger brother, first recover some interest, and open up with you two unlucky eggs.

"What is the maximum range of the front main gun?"

"Six thousand three hundred meters!" Zhao Shizhen, who knew most about artillery, stood up.

"Ranging!" Li Xiao calmly ordered.

"Seven thousand meters!"

"Full speed ahead." The bows of Zhenyuan and Dingyuan suddenly accelerated, and the bow plunged into the sea, and then jumped out with the smashed seawater. A large ship as tall as a mountain increased its speed in an instant.

"Oh God! What kind of ship is this, how can they run so fast without sails? "The captains of the two English warships were so shocked that their jaws fell to the ground.

"Cross the hull, quick! Across the hull! At this moment, the two of them understood at the same time that they were all scum at the same time, and it was impossible for them to fight these two strange huge warships. Chivalry, they could only cross the hull and bombard it with a large number of cannons on the side chords. Even if you are killed, you have to fight to the death.

Just when they nervously adjusted the hull of the boat, ready to fight to the death. Li Xiao issued another order: "Ranging!" ”

"Four thousand eight hundred meters!"

"Front main gun fire!" According to normal theory, the closer the distance, the easier it is to hit.

There was a huge roar on the foredeck of the battleship, and the telescope in Chen Laohu's hand was clenched tightly. The gunners of the front main guns have fired more than thirty shells so far. Whether he can start and hit, he really has no bottom in his heart.

The cannonball smashed into the English battleship with a sharp whistling, and the shell fell into the sea less than ten meters from the English battleship. Chen Laohu was in the telescope and saw a huge column of water rising into the sky. Looking at the water column, it is higher than the Dingyuan.

"Stupid! Reload, hurry up, you didn't hit. Chen Laohu shouted by his neck, and the gunners on the foredeck were busy loading. The shells of the front main gun were too heavy, two shirtless strong men were pushing them with carts, and the other two guys were smearing oil on the shells. This will make the shells slippery and save a bit of effort when loading.

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Xiao's mouth, and Chen Laohu didn't understand how terrible it was to miss a bullet in the near future. When a shell explodes in the air, the surrounding air expands rapidly to produce a shock wave, which can cause damage or injury to objects or people. If an explosive of the same quality and performance explodes in seawater, the impact force produced is 800 times that of air.

At this time, the warships were not made of steel, and Li Xiao wanted to know how hard the wood in the underwater part of the battleship could be.

The draft of the sailboat is not deep, it is only four or five meters. But it's deadly!

The moment they saw the column of water rising into the sky, the two captains breathed a sigh of relief. Listening to the sound of the cannonballs whistling, their souls were almost scared away. Before their souls could return, the battleship shook violently under their feet.

The planks below the waterline were not even dented, and they were washed into pieces of wood by the high-pressure seawater. The crew of the lower cabin didn't even have a chance to scream before they were swallowed up by the sea water that sprayed in.

The power of the near-miss bomb was too great, and a large hole with a diameter of six meters was directly pressed into the side of the ship. The sea rushed in frantically, and the hull of the ship poured so quickly that even the captain in the captain's room could feel the sinking of the ship.

"Put the dinghy and abandon the ship! Abandon ship! The captain and first mate shouted frantically. They all knew that the ship had no salvage value.

Chen Laohu was also dumbfounded, he obviously saw that the shell did not hit. But how did the other party's ship break a big hole!

"Speed up and leave them alone. These two ships will sink on their own! "Li Xiao did not order an additional attack, and the shells were also very expensive, so there was no need to waste them on the battleship that was going to be sunk.

The two battleships were moving at full speed, as the huge battleship sailed past the escape boats of the English. The huge waves set off by the warship directly overturned the escape boat, and all the people on board fell into the icy water.

On the Zhujiajian wharf, everyone saw the scene of the open sea. George almost didn't believe his eyes, the other party just killed two warships with a single shot? What kind of ship is this? What kind of cannon is this? How powerful is it?

"It's Li Xiao, it must be Li Xiao who is here. Order all ships to go out at once, or we'll all die here. Wu Sangui reacted the fastest, such a big ship must have been brought by Li Xiao. In Wu Sangui's eyes, Li Xiao wouldn't be surprised even if he dragged the moon down, let alone just two boats as big as mountains.

"All ships, hoist their sails and leave the harbor." Although he disagreed with Wu Sangui's words, George felt that he had one hundred and three warships in his hands, and even if the ants grinded the elephants, they would grind these two huge warships to death. Li Xiao is also a human being, and his warship is also made of wood, so he doesn't believe that it can't be sinked.

More than a hundred battleships were scared away by two battleships, which would seriously damage the honor of the Royal Navy. In the future, it will be known how George is still mixed up in the Royal Navy.

The Royal Navy was well-trained, and although things were rushed, they hoisted their sails in a very orderly manner, and the ships began to leave the harbor one after another and sail out to the open sea, like knights to face the unknown enemy.

Li Xiao took Zhenyuan and Dingyuan to move forward at full speed, and pressed towards Zhujiajian Wharf like a mountain. When he was more than 8,000 meters away from Zhujiajian Wharf, Li Xiao suddenly ordered loudly: "Turn the rudder." ”

The strong helmsman turned the rudder with all his strength, and the battleship drifted hundreds of meters on the sea before completing the turn. All the English ships were stunned, they were ready to sacrifice themselves like knights, but the opponent turned around and seemed to be about to flee. What the hell is this way of?

"Aft deck, rocket launch!" Anyway, rocket artillery is also an uncertain thing, and while the warships in the port are densely packed now, the probability of fighting can also kill a lot.

After a perfect U-turn, the rocket launchers on the rear deck were aimed at the Zhujiajian pier. Li Xiao's ignition order was given, and thick smoke and flames erupted from the tails of the rows of rockets. One by one, the points of light rushed into the sky with tail flames, and then smashed down with a roar.

Time was too short, and the number of warships leaving the harbor was limited after all. More battleships were still raising their sails, and whistling rockets were falling from the sky. Almost instantly, Zhujiajian Wharf became a sea of fire.