Weddell stayed at the mouth of the Pearl River for days.

The light-sailing ship Anne returned, and it went deep into the mouth of the Pearl River for several days, going deep into the Toudaotan, 15 miles from the city of Guangzhou, measuring the depth of the water and marking along the way, and making clear the surrounding terrain and hydrology, as well as the defensive arrangements of the Ming army.

The people of the Ming Dynasty had already sensed that something was wrong with it, and Chiron hurriedly reported to his superiors: "The British fleet has bad intentions. ”

But the boss just wants to save trouble, and doesn't want to make things big and cause trouble for himself, and the Celestial Empire is a godly country, and he doesn't take other people's reconnaissance of himself seriously at all. replied to Kailong: "The barbarians only have four ships, what else can they do?" If he wants to hide from a typhoon here, let him hide, it's okay. ”

Kailong is in a hurry, he, the official of the Ministry of Rites who is in charge of foreign affairs on the front line, knows best what these Westerners are, the more connived, the more arrogant, these people will only be obedient if they fight.

But he is only a civilian official, and he has no soldiers in his hands, so there is really nothing he can do in the face of this situation.

August......

Weddell's fleet finally moved and sailed towards the Humen Battery.

Chiron hurriedly boarded the fort, only to see four British warships stopped not far from the fort, and also released barges, which were surveying the nearby waterways.

Is this still worth it?

This is the Humen Fort, the gateway to Guangzhou, a military important place, and the West has also measured the waterway here, how can you bear it? There's no way to endure it.

Chiron's face darkened, and he ordered loudly: "Fire!" Warning shots, drive them away. ”

The military attache of the artillery battalion of the Humen Fort said in a low voice: "Lord Kai, these Western ships are full of cannons on both sides, and the four ships together are incomparable, if we fire at them, we may not be able to beat them." ”

Chiron turned his face dark: "Is this a question of whether you can beat it?" The enemy has already run to the side of the military base to measure, and if we don't do it, the next step is that the enemy scouts will swagger into the barracks and count our soldiers one by one. ”

Military Attaché: "That's right! ”

The contest between countries is not as simple as "if you can't beat it, you won't fight."

This is not the world of cultivation, as soon as he saw that the other party was higher than his own cultivation, he immediately knelt down and shouted to his seniors, spare your life, don't kill me, I can be a dog for you.

The bloody nature of a soldier does not allow the enemy to step on the soles of his shoes in his face.

Chiron: "If you can't beat it, you have to fight it!" Our Ming Dynasty will never allow the barbarians to run rampant, and we will open fire, and the first three artillery shots will be fired to show our attitude. ”

The artillerymen gritted their teeth and opened fire!

"Boom, boom!"

Three warning shells flew out and landed on the water far away from the British ship, sending up three white columns of water.

Weddell couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that Da Ming actually dared to open fire, and then laughed: "Hahaha, the dwarfs are really angry, hahaha, it's a war, fire at them, and knock down this broken fort for me." ”

Weddell's four galleons immediately dispersed and surrounded the Humen Fort.

"Fire!"

“fire！”

The artillery of both sides roared at the same time, and the roaring artillery rang out continuously.

The cannonballs grazed through the air, whistling towards each other.

Then came the sound of the boards shattering......

Weddell's four ships were quickly damaged, but this damage was nothing, the British warships at this time were very strong, and the British sailors were not very good at fighting, they had only recently defeated the Spanish Armada and made a name for themselves in the whole world, and it was time to forge ahead.

The shells did not deter the British sailors, and the few sailors who were killed and wounded took it as usual, continued to load the barrels with shells, and fired wildly at the Humen Fort.

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The cannonball smashed into the female wall of the fort, the mud and stones flew everywhere, and occasionally a shell flew into the fort and hit a piece of artillery, dripping with blood.

Soon, the fire of the Humen Fort was suppressed. The British shells kept flying up, so that the artillerymen did not dare to raise their heads, the action of loading the shells stopped, and everyone hid in the corner.

Chiron was protected by two of his men, hiding under a low wall.

The cannon roared, and his orders could not be issued at all.

One of his subordinates yelled in his ear: "Lord Kai, no, the British have too many cannons, and our batteries can't withstand it." ”

Kailong looked around and saw that the entire fort had lost its combat effectiveness, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The Humen Fort is a fort built by the imperial court with a lot of money, and there are a total of 44 cannons here, which is really not a small number, compared to the guns on the four British battleships, it is not necessarily less.

But......

Although there were many guns on the batteries, there were not enough gunpowder and matching shells. The artillerymen lacked training and the will to fight, and as soon as the fight began, many of the artillerymen were afraid of being hit by shells, and they hid far away, and they could not bring into play the combat effectiveness of the batteries at all.

Chiron had no choice but to look up to the sky and sigh: "How is this good? ”

"My lord, don't sigh, retreat."

His men dragged him out of the battery, and all the artillery was evacuated.

Humen Fort...... Fall.

Weddell saw that the Ming troops in the fort had withdrawn, and couldn't help laughing: "Ceasefire!" Go to a hundred sailors and bring all the cannons in the battery to our ships. ”

A group of British sailors, triumphantly ashore, swaggered into the battery, and carried the cannons inside to the ship, and nine of the cannons had been smashed or crushed by the falling stone wall, so the British removed thirty-five cannons that were still intact—

"Report!"

A messenger flew into Zhoushan Dinghai Harbor and jumped to his feet on the dock: "I have an emergency military situation, an emergency military situation, has Jiang Jiaoxi returned?" ”

The sailors on the dock shook their heads: "Jiang Jiaoxi is rectifying the sailors in Dengzhou, and he hasn't come back yet." ”

The messenger was anxious: "How is that good?" Who's there? Is there anyone who can fight? ”

"Why?" An older child walked over, it was Shi Lang, and Zheng Sen also followed beside him.

It turned out that Jiangcheng stayed in Dengzhou to rectify the water division and build the Dengzhou water village.

But Shi Lang and Zheng Sen returned to Zhoushan Dinghai Port.

The two of them were still young, and they could not devote all their time to official duties, and they had to study more in the maritime school so that they could reach higher heights in the future, so they immediately returned to Zhoushan Dinghai Port after the matter of Phi Island came to an end, just in time for the messenger to come.

As soon as the messenger saw Shi Lang, he hurriedly jumped over: "General Shi, it's good that you are here, a big event, something big has happened." ”

Shi Lang: "? ”

Messenger: "The British came with four ships and bombarded the Humen Fort, removing the thirty-five cannons from the fort. ”

As soon as these words came out, Shi Lang was shocked, and Zheng Sen was also shocked.

"The British have made a move against our Ming Dynasty?"

"Damn it!"

The two older children were furious: "Kill their dogs." ”

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