Time: Around 3 p.m. on June 8, there are only a little more than 4 days left before the deadline for the complete end of this mission.

Location: Somewhere on the shore of the Pearl River Basin, Shiziyang Waterway.

Hu Biao, the commander of the team, was like a superior who came to guide the work.

While walking on the riverbank with his hands behind his back, he also asked various questions from time to time to many people such as AT, Guifei, God of Wealth, Righteous Keeper, Lao Tie and so on.

AT and others, on the other hand, are constantly standing up and answering the relevant questions they are responsible for.

"Now here on the left bank, how many guns are there, and how many calibers are there~"

Looking at the many artillery positions that had been built on the shore in a temporary smoke, and the large and small guns installed on wooden gun carriages.

After Hu Biao spoke, he asked an extremely critical question.

The reason why this is so critical is that they don't have much time to prepare.

With the river in front of them, they completely blocked it with sunken ships, wooden rafts, and iron cables; On the side of the Yin Army's fleet, it was only a matter of time before they found that their back roads were cut off.

After discovering such a thing, the Yin Army fleet must have dispatched the whole army as soon as possible, and first opened up the back road.

In this way, the number and caliber of artillery on the left and right banks of this section of the river are very critical.

Because the Yin army fleet is a strong horse, not only can it easily crush Daqing's sailors in artillery fire, but it also doesn't know how much stronger it is in terms of defense.

Not to mention anything else, if it is some Internet information that Hu Biao has read, there is no nonsense on it.

But I remember that in the First Duck Slice War, in the fleet of the Yin Army, which came from afar, there were three so-called third-class battleships.

The thickness of this thing is an astonishing two feet, or about 61 centimeters, at the key flank location.

When he saw this data for the first time, Hu Biao thought that he was wrong and regarded millimeters as centimeters; As a result, after a few closer looks, I found that it was really 61 centimeters.

Special! In this way, it is a thick lump.

And such a thick lump naturally has a strong defense, which can defend against all the firepower under the 24-pounder gun; It can be said that the whole Daqing. There are not many guns that can penetrate such a thickness.

The only thing that can be rejoiced in is that this kind of third-class battleship of the Yin Army has a draft of 6.7 meters.

If they didn't want to run aground, once the fight started, they could only send other smaller types of warships to take the lead to destroy the blockade line of Hu Biao and others in this section of the river channel.

It is really in the Yin fleet, the defensive power of other warships, even if it is not as exaggerated as a third-class battleship.

But even the last warship among them is not much stronger and exaggerated than the defensive power of the warships of the Great Qingshui Division.

If you want to damage, sink, and block them with the artillery on the shore, you really need a surprising number of guns, and the caliber must not be small.

No way! The task released by the system this time is too hasty.

Otherwise, even now, the two members of the equipment manufacturing team, Wolf Qing and Wu Shu, have all died in battle.

The only remaining member of Lao Tie can also use the lost wax method and mud casting method and some better materials to make some more advanced artillery and cannon shots, so as not to be so embarrassed......

After hearing Hu Biao's statement, the novice rookie of the righteous path stood up.

After taking out a small notebook in his hand, he looked at the data on it and reported it in his mouth.

Since experiencing the artillery battle of the Sifang Fort and the death of the wolf green brother in front of their eyes, these three novice rookies have grown at an astonishing speed:

"According to the standards and names of Daqing, there are currently 109 related artillery

Among them, there are 26 1,000-pound miraculous general cannons and 55 2,000-pound invincible general cannons.

There are also Wucheng Yonggu General Cannons, including 15 models of 3,700 catties, 9 guns of 4,400 catties, and 4 guns of 6,600 catties.

In addition, outside Yangcheng for a few days, he completely annihilated all the landing troops of the Yin army.

Didn't the people of Yangcheng capture a total of more than 80 artillery pieces?

Now 41 of them have been lifted, and these cannons are of better quality and more powerful in fire; All added together, and now we have 150 guns here on the left bank.

Unfortunately, although there are many guns, the caliber of the largest one is only 24 pounds.

The artillery made by Daqing, don't look at the name scary; It's not a big general, it's just a cannon of thousands of pounds.

Carefully calculated, the 2,000-pound invincible general cannon was replaced by the standard of the Yin Army, which was only an 8-pounder gun, which was the smallest caliber small cannon.

This damn Daqing, after one or two hundred years, not only has the craft of making artillery not grown at all; On the contrary, it is getting more and more pulled, and we are being bullied enough to choke, how is this called a broken thing? ”

Faced with the complaints of the righteous people, Hu Biao could only comfort him:

"Forget it, don't worry about Daqing Taila, otherwise the more you think about it, the more you can make people angry.

I had just come from the right bank, and after counting some captured Yin artillery, the number had reached 161; So when you add it all up, we have 311 cannons.

Considering the limited width of the river, the fleet of the Yin Army could not be used at all.

So we have a considerable numerical advantage in a small area in battle, and in terms of artillery preparation, it is almost enough. ”

Subsequently, Hu Biao asked again: "In terms of manpower, how are you preparing now?" ”

This time, it was the turn of a veteran bird, AT, to stand up and answer lightly: "A total of 1,027 combatants have been recruited, and a cannon has at least five people to operate, which is basically enough."

Just before you came over, the allocation of personnel and gun emplacements was completed.

Preparations will begin at the meeting, and they will be trained in loading, aiming, and firing; However, time was limited, so they could only barely learn how to operate the cannon.

In terms of speed and accuracy after firing, don't expect too much. ”

Hearing this, Hu Biao muttered a sentence of 'special' between his mouth.

Of course, this is not scolding AT, but there are still many professional gunners in the green army, who have survived a series of previous battles.

In the battle with the Yin Army, Daqing's officer ran fast.

As a result, these gunners fired a few cannons, and even heard the sound of the Yin army's cannons, so they directly spread their feet and ran away, can they unfortunately survive.

What's more critical is that Daqing originally had an army of 17,800 people in Yangcheng.

As a result, yesterday, after the Yin army fleet carried out a devastating artillery bombardment on the Yangcheng Shamian area, it immediately retreated back more than 200 miles.

Now that the army is estimated to have retreated to the Shaoguan area, none of the professional gunners in it can be counted on.

After bursting out with a foul language, Hu Biao said helplessly: "When loading and firing, the speed should be slow."

As for the aiming thing? Ten guns are grouped into a group, and the test fire is carried out first, and several muzzle angles and shell landing points are locked, and they are switched as needed during the battle.

When the fight started, the natives such as the old bird and the saliva wei took care of it again; After all, the artillery in this year is still aimed directly, and the difficulty will not be too great. ”

Hearing Hu Biao's such a non-reluctant, AT could only nod his head and say that he would do it later.

Subsequently, Hu Biao asked the next question: "Is the silver enough?" In terms of logistics and support, there are no problems with these, right? ”

The God of Wealth, who is responsible for these aspects, opens his mouth in the face of these problems:

"Lao Hu, the 50,000 taels of silver you gave me first were almost used, but the concubine contacted the people from the Thirteen Lines of Yangcheng, and after selling some man-made diamonds, she sent 60,000 taels of silver this morning.

He also said that if there is a shortage of silver in the future, just let people bring a sentence to the past, so you don't have to worry about silver.

And when you have a lot of money, things are easy; In addition to the fighters, I hired 3,000 men to help build the gun emplacements.

In addition, the reserves of grain, langzhong, Chinese herbs, gunpowder, cannonballs, etc., are also quite sufficient, so there is no need to worry. ”

After hearing this, Hu Biao let go of the worries in his heart after taking a deep breath.

Because at this time, everything they can do is basically done; It's not that there is no better way to do it, but I don't have time to do it, so I just don't think about it.

The rest depends on when the Yin fleet gets the news, and then kills it here, can they block it when the time comes?

If it can't be blocked, everything will naturally be Hughti.

If they can block it, of course, they will carry out the next plan, they will launch a general attack on the Yin army, and let these bandits destroy the whole army.

Regarding such a point, Yang Dongli is taking Lao Hei, Yunqing, and Yuanhai to prepare in Yangcheng.

It is also a coincidence that just after this brief inspection of Hu Biao, and he was about to give some instructions, there was a loud sound of horses' hooves.

Lao Hei was desperately whipping, and an Arab horse that had been captured from the Yin army a few days ago galloped all the way.

rushed to everyone's side, and Lao Hei hurriedly grabbed the war horse.

After opening his mouth, he said a short but heart-piercing news to everyone: "The latest battle report, in the morning, the Yin army fleet once again carried out a large-scale artillery bombardment of Yangcheng.

Areas such as Zhuangyuanfang, Daxin Street, and Shishu Street are now completely in ruins.

Although we notified the evacuation of the relevant areas in advance last night, there are still seven or eight hundred people who are unable to leave their homeland, and there are many lucky people in such an artillery bombardment~"

Hearing such bad news, everyone sighed and said nothing.

For they don't seem to have any other way than to sigh.

Only Hu Biao was silent for a while, and suddenly he roared under the angry dantian.

Thanks to the perennial cultivation of the "Jade Maiden Heart Sutra" and "Dragon Elephant Prajna Gong", the internal strength of this product has almost reached the level of Hao Datong and other low-ranking personnel among the Seven Sons of Quanzhen.

For a while, the loud voice came far away, not only the seven or eight thousand people on the left bank of the Pearl River, but all of them were clearly audible in their ears.

Even the people on the right bank of the Pearl River could barely hear clearly:

"I just received the news that this morning, the yin people and ghosts fired artillery to level half of the small urban area of Yangcheng, and seven or eight hundred old and young people do not know whether they are alive or dead.

As their compatriots, what should we do? ”

Under Hu Biao's question, the scene suddenly fell silent.

About ten seconds later, Huang Ashan, who was already very regretful in his heart, signed up for the job of operating the cannon because of the head in his head.

Suddenly, the skull rose again.

Pulling it, he yelled out of his throat: "* His yin and ghostly mother, kill them to take revenge~"

The voice fell, and a few uncles and nephews from Huangjia Village, such as Luo Yaqiang, also shouted: "* His mother, revenge~".

Eventually, a tsunami-like voice sounded on both sides of the Pearl River: "Revenge, revenge ......"

******

That night, late at night.

Outside Yangcheng, in the waters of Baietan, in the southwest, the Yin army fleet was moored, and it was surrounded by the flagship 'Maliana' in the middle.

Charlie Elliott, who is currently in the luxuriously renovated captain's cabin, has changed into a comfortable set of silk pajamas.

Lighting a fine Havana cigar in your hand and enjoying yourself with a bottle of fine red wine from the Bordeaux region in front of you.

At the head of the bed not far away, the uniforms that were clean, scalded, and even had some incense were neatly arranged.

In short, everything around him was outrageously luxurious compared to the sailors who slept in cramped, hot cabins.

But Charlie Elliott thinks it's a matter of course.

He believed that only by resting and relaxing himself could he better command the fleet of the Great Yin Empire and win one brilliant victory after another.

For example, in a day or two of shelling, Yangcheng, an ancient city in the east, could be turned into a ruin by indiscriminate bombardment.

In this way, the anger and strength of the Great Yin Empire are also well displayed in front of these ignorant natives.

So Charlie Elliott's mood at the moment is already quite good.

But at such a time, the door of the room was knocked on outside, and then a voice sounded outside:

"Lord Elliot, I'm Billy, the second mate of the ship's vigil.

I have a very important matter here that I need to report to you immediately. ”

Frowning, Charlie Elliott opened the door of the room, although he didn't say anything, but he had already decided in his heart that if the other party couldn't give him a suitable reason.

So this second officer, Mr. Billy, should be prepared for the worst job and go to work.

Such a mentality became more and more intense after the other party entered the room with a young man whose hands were tied from behind and drenched in water, and trampled a few dirty footprints on the luxurious carpet under his feet.

It's just that after a while, he can't care about this little thing anymore.

for when the wet young man entered the door, he immediately spoke; The English in my mouth sounded a little strange, but I could barely understand it.

It is precisely in this way that Charlie Elliott hears an extremely bad news:

"I've seen the Yin man, my master asked the villain to risk death to report, and the rebels in the Xuange camp sank in the river with many boats in the Lion Ocean, and the river was stopped by wooden rafts and iron chains.

In addition, on both sides of the river, a lot of artillery was arranged. ”

"What do they want to do? Block the retreat of the Great Yin Fleet, and then starve us to death in vain? After hearing this, Charlie Elliott muttered quietly in his mouth.

Although such a possibility is extremely low, it still makes Charlie Elliott feel bad.

Then after turning around, he asked the young man in front of him:

"Well, this gentleman, I don't know what to call you, what made you risk being killed by the sailors of the night watch, and sent us a message."

After hearing such a sentence, the wet young man first lost a flattering smile.

Then, he said in his mouth: "Master Yinren, the little one is called Ma Gui, the master of my family, Master Sun, is a loyal partner of the Great Yin Empire.

Since the dog officials of the imperial court banned the duck slice business, Master Sun suffered huge losses.

Our grandson is looking forward to the victory of the Great Yin all the time.

So after getting the news, I asked the little one to come over and report the news as soon as possible, everything is for justice and justice; It would be better if the duck slices were cheaper in the future~"

What a loyal partner of the Great Yin Empire is just a second-class duck slice seller.

However, after hearing the above statement, Charlie Elliott has actually believed sixty percent of the statement.

has made a decision in his heart.

For this reason, he said to the man who called himself Ma Guiqing:

"Well, sir, I'll let someone confirm that; If confirmed, you and your lord will be rewarded handsomely. ”

Wait until the second mate and leave with the green man.

He commanded the adjutant who lived next door and had already gotten up:

"Send a Minglun sail warship and take a look along the river; If you find out that everything is true, tell the captain not to entangle with the young man, just come back immediately~"

About six hours later, Charlie Elliott's room door was knocked on again.

After opening the door, the adjutant said with a solemn face: "Your Excellency, our retreat is blocked. ”

After hearing this, he glanced out the window at the faintly glowing sky, and Charlie Elliott gave an order: "Let the boys get up and have breakfast at once."

Half an hour later, the fleet set off to open the Pearl River channel.

Let those ignorant young people know that in the face of advanced civilizations and the powerful fleet of the Great Yin Empire, all their efforts are a joke......

PS: Relatives' birthdays, go out for dinner, the next chapter is a little later.

(End of chapter)