Chapter 2: The stormy waves of one hundred and fifty-nine Opium War 7

Originally, the Bighorn Fort was a lookout. The turrets there have not been new types of artillery, and they still use pig iron forts left before. The Bighorn Fort is more of the function of the Bighorn Fort is to confuse the enemy. Now, although the Bighorn Fort is lost, its mission has been completed well. Hui Luyao regretted that most of the soldiers guarding the turret were killed. He patted the shoulder of the newsman and said, "Thank you for your hard work, let's go down and rest first."

At this time, someone outside the door reported another report: "Master, the British began to attack."

This information made Hui Luyao alert. He went out to ask the Bingyong who was delivering the letter, "Tell me the details?"

"The British sent three warships toward the Tsim Sha Tsui Fort, and now they have started fighting."

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The sound of cannons rumbled on the sea, just like thunder rolling across the sky. When the whistling shells exploded, the nearby hills trembled. The surging air waves could break a small tree. The explosion of flowering bullets bloomed in the air with fireworks of death. The large-scale killing caused the nearby plants to be cut down in pieces. Hui Luyao walked out of the cement-made bunker to observe the thrilling bombing. Through the branches and weeds on the outermost layer of the bunker, the British ships in the distance burst out thick smoke with each bombardment, and the warships also shaking up and down the sea with the sound of shelling.

Information about the British fleet has long been sent to the coastal defenses. Hui Luyao judged the British local ships based on these information, the largest of which should be a heavy patrol ship for combat. This type of patrol ship is used for combat and has increased its firepower. Its total length is 43 meters and a capacity of 350 people. The two-layer gun deck is equipped with 5 to 56 guns. Its side side is equipped with ten long-barrel cannons, which can crush a 1600-meter-distance boat plate from 5 degrees. The other two frigates are a little short. The hull is 35 meters long and a capacity of 250 people. It is equipped with 30 guns, but the cannons of this frigate are mainly howitzers, firing 24 pounds of ammunition, with a maximum effective range of nearly two kilometers.

In Hui Luyao's indignant eyes, another old-fashioned fort exposed outside was shot. A black smoke rose up quickly, and the stone-made foundation collapsed. Fortunately, the soldiers had already been ordered to evacuate by Hui Luyao. Despite this, the green camp generals around Hui Luyao were still sweating. If General Hui had not ordered the evacuation, I would not know how many people would have died in this round of artillery bombardment.

Hui Lu Yao silently estimated the British artillery fire strike force, and it seemed that the firepower of a British heavy patrol ship and the Fujian-class warship built by China were almost the same.

At the same time, Yilu was also watching the Chinese defenders' forts easily being pulled out one by one by three warships, and his mouth was unconsciously smiling. The Chinese dared to compete with the great navy of the British Empire with this kind of power, and it was like a deer who dared to challenge the lion.

At this same time, in the backyard of the Governor's Office in Guangzhou City, in Deng Tingzhen's guest room. Lin Zexu was standing quietly in front of the big map on the wall with his hands behind his back, and his body seemed to have solidified. Compared to Lin Zexu's tranquility. Deng Tingzhen was circling around the room and asked outside the room from time to time: "Is there any news from Jiulong coming?"

The servant outside the door replied again, "Go back to Master, there is not yet."

Deng Tingzhen transferred the person he asked to Lin Zexu again: "What is Lin Zhongtang's chance of winning this battle?"

"It's hard to say, after all, the foreign land commander Yilu is an opponent we don't know. This military strategy says that only by knowing oneself and the enemy can we calculate the outcome.       "

Deng Tingzhen turned to the map. He looked up at Kowloon on the picture and asked, "Even if the old artillery is not good, will the new artillery produced by Northern Ordnance Industry Company not work?"

Almost as Deng Tingzhen pointed at the map with his fingers, the commander on the "Royal Saxon" on the sea in Kowloon was chanting the flags on the ship. As the order came, three more warships in the British warship array surrounded the other side of the Tsim Sha Tsui Fort. After pulling out more than a dozen exposed turrets, the British army relied on the ground information in their hands and believed that there were not many Chinese land turrets. So they sent two squadrons to approach the shore of Tsim Sha Tsui with clamping force, intending to knock it out at the same time as the defending turrets were pulled out of the dark turrets.

Hui Luyao calculated the scale in the telescope. The approaching British ship was already within one kilometer. He held the telescope with one hand and held it high with the other. He waved his head down and said, "Ignite."

Yilu saw it in the telescope. The shore was originally a dense forest, and suddenly there was a dazzling fire without warning. This shining light seemed to be playing hide-and-seek. It kept jumping in the telescope, from east to west. Yilu suddenly put down the telescope and looked to the shore from the cockpit. The green woods were completely covered by gunpowder, and the explosions continued like firecrackers. Yilu could boldly judge that the Chinese had arranged at least nearly a thousand forts on the shore.

Although the first shell hit rate was extremely low, the British ships approaching under such dense bombing were shot to varying degrees. One of them was ignited by a shell. For a moment, the unlucky frigate exploded and was instantly blown up. The ship was raised high and gradually sank into the sea.

The remaining five British ships had to choose between escape and counterattack, and two ships wisely chose to escape. Three warships began to pour shells out of their side and shot against the shore defense turrets. During the shooting process, these British ships skillfully controlled the ships to swim in order to avoid the attack of the turrets. However, the number of shore artillery was too large, and under the following second and third rounds of attacks, the three brave British warships began to be unlucky.

A louder explosion made Hui Luyao's heart tighten, and another cannon exploded. The quality of the artillery imported from France and the United States does need to be improved. This round of intensive fire has caused five 32-pound cannons to explode. Hui Luyao cursed fiercely: "Damn it. "I think he hated that his artillery soldiers did not die from the enemy ships, but died in the explosion accident.

Yilu looked at the coast that was still filled with smoke and felt a chill. Two of the six warships came back, and the other four were sank in the sea forever. The Chinese fleet with a large number of Chinese words, which were still numerous, was still unknown, and inexplicably lost four warships.

Yilu suddenly roared uncontrollably: "These damn Chinese people." He kicked the table beside him hard, and then stretched out his hands to brush the porcelain cup on the table to the ground. With the clanging sound, the adjutants around him were so scared that they quickly left the command cabin. But Elliot did not retreat. He said lightly: "Don't worry, China's coastline is so long, they can't defend every place so well."

Yilu gasped for a while and slowly calmed down and said, "The Chinese hid the turrets, but exposed some old turrets for us to bomb. I didn't expect that they had hidden so many turrets. As you said, I don't believe that the Chinese laid all the coastlines like this."

"I have a suggestion." After Elliot said that, he looked up at Yilu, and his eyes revealed his inquiry.
Chapter completed!