Rampage!
There was no need to even fire a cannon. The "Taiping" that rushed through Jiaoshan went all the way, hitting the corners with strong steel, and directly hit the fast crabs, long dragons, and sampans of the Hunan Navy. Once upon a time, relying on the small boat,
The targets were also small, and they were moving as fast as flying. The sampans and crabs became targets in front of the steamship. The thin hull was shattered upon impact, so that Xiang Yong on the ship didn't even have time to evade.
The man took the boat and sank into the river. It was said to be invincible along the way.
On the third day of June, the "Taiping", which was traveling at high speed, finally arrived at Mufu Mountain. At this time, the navy led by Peng Xueshuai entered the mouth of the Jinling moat. Zeng Tietong had already built a camp at Yuhuatai. Although they had learned that Li
He led troops to reinforce Jiangning, but knew nothing about the "Taiping".
At noon that day, when the "Taiping" arrived at Mufu Mountain, it was discovered by Xiang Yong. The sound of a cannon broke the tranquility on the river. For the Hunan Navy, which had not seen the Changmao Navy for a long time, the next battle
It was completely beyond their expectation.
They were almost dumbfounded as they watched the dark foreign ship rushing straight towards them. Hundreds of sampans on the river, and Xiang Yong on the long dragon, all manned the light foreign cannons on the bows and aimed at them.
Shooting from this foreign ship - In the past few years, the Hunan Navy has relied on more than 600 foreign cannons purchased from Guangdong, relying on which it has won numerous naval battles in Xiangtan, Yuezhou, etc.
In the end, the Taiping navy was completely driven out of the Yangtze River, and its troops were even divided on both sides of the Yangtze River, preventing troops on the north bank from crossing the river to reinforce Tianjing.
Seeing that the ocean ship sank a long dragon in one stroke, Chen Laohu on the sampan immediately raised the bow cannon.
"Quick, fire quickly..."
After lighting the fuse, a moment later there was a "boom" from the cannon. At the moment when the cannonballs roared out, before he could react, he watched helplessly as the cannonballs that hit the foreign ship actually bounced away.
There was a dull sound like a bell, echoing on the river. Although the Hunan Navy navy swarmed up and launched a siege on the "Taiping" with foreign cannons, the next scene made them all dumbfounded.
.The shells that hit the ship were all bounced away. The bounced shells even hit the sampan on the river, directly punching a big hole in the sampan.
"Oh my God, what kind of ship is this?"
Just when the Xiang brave men were wondering if they were being blinded, the Gatling guns on both sides of the bridge began to fire with joy, and a round of lead bullets as thick as a finger fell like raindrops on the sampans and multi-oar boats that were swarming up.
On the fast crab boat, the bullets directly cut Xiang Yong's body into two pieces. The small sampans were all covered in blood. After the bullets penetrated Xiang Yong's body, they hit fist-sized holes on the boat.
holes, in the blink of an eye, dozens of ships sank.
At the same time, the huge 10-inch cannon was also aimed forward under the control of the gunner.
"put!"
Following the gunner's muffled roar, the deafening loud noise even spread to Tianjing City, to Yuhuatai, and to Peng Xueshuai's ship on the riverside.
Accompanied by this loud noise, thousands of walnut-sized iron shotshells flew out of the muzzle and roared forward. The shotshells swept across the ships in front of the "Taiping" like raindrops.
The young sampan was even directly beaten into a honeycomb, and what was even more tragic was Xiang Yong on the boat. His body was torn into pieces by huge shotguns. The man and the boat sank into the river in the blink of an eye, but only on the surface of the river.
A pile of broken wood and corpses floating in bloody water were left behind.
It was just a shot, and in the blink of an eye, on the water a hundred meters in front of the Taiping, the ship sank and people were killed. This scene shocked everyone, not to mention those Xiangyong, and even those on board the Taiping.
The gunners did not expect that the power of this cannon was so powerful.
Xiang Yong, who had never expected that the long-haired cannon could be so powerful, did not even dare to get close to it anymore. All the Xiang Yong on the ship were so frightened that they were already discouraged and weak before they even fought. The officers on the ship had no choice but to suppress them.
He held his position and commanded Xiang Yong to maneuver the ship to meet the enemy. But the next moment, the armored gunboat rammed into it without any scruples.
Collision, heavy artillery bombardment and machine gun fire, even though the Hunan Navy had hundreds of sampans, Kuai Crab became a target on the river. In the blink of an eye, the small boats that were hit were torn apart, and the boats and the people on them were
Xiang Yong was sent to the bottom of the water together.
"Crash! Crash!"
The rampaging "Taiping" completely ignored the shells of the Hunan Navy. As for the bullets fired by Hunan Yong from foreign guns, they couldn't even scratch the itch.
From Staff Mountain to the Qinhuai River, the sound of cannons and drums was like thunder and lightning in summer. Facing such a monster that rushed out of nowhere, the Hunan Navy, which was evacuated from Xiangtan and showed its prestige in Yuezhou, was completely indifferent.
Losing the domineering momentum of the past, even if they wanted to escape, they didn't know where to run, so they had to retreat all the way.
"what's going on?"
Seeing this scene, Peng Xueshuai was angry and anxious, but he had no idea what to do. He was startled by the sound of cannons. As soon as he got out of the cabin, before he could figure out why he couldn't get back, he saw a group of Hunan Navy sampans scurrying on the river.
, there was only one foreign ship on the river, rushing straight towards this side.
"Don't you know how to fire a cannon?"
The furious Peng Xue pulled out his knife, stood on the bow of the ship, and shouted loudly.
"Play the drums and plant the flag!"
Then he shouted:
"Anyone who has held this flag will be killed immediately! Charge up and fire..."
There was no need for him to charge at all. Before the gunner on the ship could adjust the gun position, the foreign ship rushed straight towards Peng Xueshuai's ship, even though the foreign ship did not recognize the word "Peng" on the big ship.
The character is Shuaiqi, but other people know him!
The fast-moving "Taiping" did not slow down even after it rammed and sank several sampans one after another. Under its impact, the sampans turned into pieces of wood and floated on the river. Although Peng Xueshuai saw it with anger and regret,
But I also realized that this ship seemed different.
So why is it that when the cannon is fired, it is just like scratching an itch and is completely useless?
What's even more terrifying is that it keeps hitting and sinking sampans blocking the ship one after another into the river. The "Taiping" running at full speed makes waves on the river, and the steel ramming horns are in the river.
Under the sun, there was a cold and harsh light.
"Bang... click."
The next moment, Peng Xueshuai's ship was hit and broken in the middle by the "Taiping". It was directly disemboweled and the hull was stabbed by the collision angle. The keel was instantly broken, and the river water quickly flooded into the broken part.
cabin.
At the same time that Xiang Yong, including Peng Xueshuai, was thrown down, he, like the others, fell from the deck into the river. People sank faster, and the boat sank even faster. The broken boat at the head and head disappeared in the blink of an eye.
, the Xiangyong who lost their footing and fell into the water held the broken wooden boards and struggled to swim in the bloody water, wailing and shouting loudly.
"Why, how could this happen..."
Peng Xueshuai, who was holding a piece of broken wood, looked at the strange ocean ship in astonishment, his eyes full of doubts.
He could never figure out why the ship was neither afraid of bombardment nor gunfire.
Finally, when the strange-looking ship passed by him, he finally saw clearly this foreign ship that was running rampant in the Yangtze River like a crab.
The stunned Peng Xueshuai murmured.
"Iron, iron...this ship actually has iron armor!"
This chapter has been completed!