Chapter 47 The cargo ship is also the navy!
Continue to ask for the collection of passers-by!
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Jose. Soto stood on the deck in a daze. Although there were guards staring behind him, he still reluctantly looked at the Iquique Fortress in the distance, and he only felt that it was blocked.
Two thousand elite army soldiers and ten cannons did not attack the Iquique Fortress, which was only a few hundred Marines stationed. In the end, they were attacked back and forth by a group of yellow-skinned and black-haired guys who had never seen before, and the whole army was destroyed.
What's the matter?!
Where did these damn bastards come from? Why are their formations so scattered when they charge? Why do they like to bow and move forward like a thief sneaking into the village? Why do they lie on the ground, like a disgusting worm, twisting their buttocks and crawling?
There is also something like a "wine bottle". Why is it more powerful than a cannonball? Thinking of the "wine bottle" flying all over the sky, Jose. Soto shivered violently.
The most important thing is that this battle is too unfair to lose! Originally, this war was like a quarrel between brothers. Now they not only bring outsiders, but also hold knives. They are fierce and evil bandits, and they don't ask indiscriminately. When they come up, they cut indiscriminately. It's really too shameless and not chivalry!
Jose. Soto withdrew his eyes. The battle was over for him. He didn't know what he would wait for when the warship landed. It's just that he didn't know that in the fortress outside his sight, Zhao Long's mouth, who finished cleaning the battlefield, was about to burst with laughter. The intact seven 75mm army guns, hundreds of shells, and a large number of weapons and ammunition seized were simply a windfall.
As for the commander of the nearby fortress, Melino. With Japa's resentful eyes, Zhao Long thought he didn't see it. Who let you have fewer people? Naturally, whoever gets the clean of this battlefield will belong to whom!
You are unreasonable! Melino. Jappa looked at the cannon and shivered.
"Have you ever seen the reason of holding a gun?!" Zhao Long remembered Master Li's famous saying, but it was not a problem to be stared at by a foreign devil with a bearded look at the little widow. In the end, Zhao Long could only hand over the useless Spencer rifle and let Melino. Jappa used it to recruit militiamen, and gritted his teeth and took out two guns to supplement the fortress defense. Who made us friendly?
Oh, grandma!
Touching the gun barrel excitedly, Zhao Long's eyes turned to the sea. I don't know where Lao Long was. Why did he feel uneasy when he put the gun beside him? If you can move to the ship to hide, no one can take it!
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Long Guozhang naturally didn't know that Zhao Long would not be taken back by the Chileans for the sake of several cannons, and he was thinking about his good.
At this time, he was holding a telescope and drooling.
"Empire! Damn, it's so famous!" When an armed cargo ship flying the Chilean flag without any protection floated from the ocean in front of the fleet led by Long Guozhang, his eyes were straight: "Isn't this the soul of me?"
"Sleep." I took a drool again.
In fact, when he first arrived in the central sea area of Chile, Long Guozhang stared at the sneaky ship in a big circle, but he was flying the Chilean flag, which may be a "friend army", so he could only bear his surname and find a liaison officer with his colleagues. After repeatedly confirming that he did not belong to the navy, he let the one used to transport troops. The cargo ship and the cruise ship continued to go south to Tarcavano, and he took two armed cargo ships called Tianxing and Tianyong, and followed him slowly.
"Big boss, do it!" Liu Haitao stood beside Long Guozhang and looked at the freighter that suddenly appeared in front of him. He was the sixth in the family, so everyone called him Lao Liu. Unfortunately, the whole family died in the Sino-French War, leaving him. Seeing that he was also an angry master in the Beiyang sailor, he also escaped with Long Guozhang.
"Lao Liu, don't talk about it. Look at the caliber of other people's guns? It's much bigger than us. Boss Long dares to do it!" Another young man who spoke next to him was called Ji Rushan. He studied in Italy and joined Beiyang until he came back. The encounter was similar to Chen Ping. Rushan is like a mountain. It's full of mountains. Why don't you sink the boat? Therefore, he was not allowed to board the ship, and he had always felt that he was pregnant with talent, so he took off his beloved sailor's costume and returned to his hometown in Fuzhou.
This kind of talent even Chen Ping often talked about how Long Guozhang could give up, so after the last time he went back, he quietly contacted him. The two hit it off and hooked up together.
Hearing Ji Rushan's words, Long Guozhang was so angry that his beard straightened up and shouted, "Gunnie, what boss, did you think this was in Beiyang? Call me officer, or commander!"
Within waiting for the two to respond, Long Guozhang narrowed his eyes and patted his thigh, "Dry! You two go back to Tianyong, listen! If anyone wants to pee his pants later, I'll feed him to the shark first!"
"Yes, Commander!" Ji Rushan and Liu Haitao's eyes lit up, and at the same time, they hurriedly saluted and ran to the gangway excitedly.
The first war was another armed cargo ship of Chile, a regional naval power. It was false to say that it was not nervous. Fortunately, although the other side was large, there were only two guns. On my side, there were eight 37mm hand-pulled machines, and two were sixteen. Even if one side shot, there could be eight guns at the same time, and 37mm artillery. It's faster, and there should be no loss in terms of firepower.
However, what makes Long Guozhang really decide is not the firepower, but the special cargo ship under his feet.
When ordering the two ships at that time, Chen Ping told the Yankees vaguely that his fleet would often enter and exit dangerous areas and encounter pirates. The straight Uncle Sam directly protects the key parts with a four-inch thick steel plate. Anyway, it is not a warship, so Americans don't care, as long as the customer is satisfied.
Satisfied, of course satisfied. The four-inch thick steel plate focuses on protection. Even if it encounters a smaller warship, it can resist for a while. No wonder after Long Guozhang got the ship at that time, he immediately asked to build ten or eight ships for emergency, and then was kicked into the river by Master Li to take a shower.
Maybe he felt that there was something wrong with the two ships behind his buttocks. When Long Guozhang had just made up his mind, the "Empire" suddenly made a big turn and went quickly in the direction of the Chilean coastline
"Would you like to run?" Looking at this situation, Long Guozhang knew that he was running in the right direction and quickly ordered, "Qiyu! Order Tianyong to speed up, seize the T position, block it, and don't let it run away.
With the flag, the Tianyong beside it began to accelerate. I have to say that the Yankee's ship is still very strong. Even if it is covered with a layer of steel plate, the speed still reaches 15 knots, which is much faster than the old wooden steam cargo ship Empire in front.
Long Guozhang guessed right. In fact, the Empire had already found these two cargo ships flying the British flag. He thought that the other party was just passing by, but who would have thought that he had been far behind his buttocks and suddenly felt bad.
The Empire is an old-fashioned wooden steam cargo ship belonging to the Political Axe Army controlled by President Balmaseda. After the war, the Political Axe Army, which knew that its strength at sea was weak, immediately converted the cargo ship into an armed ship, which was specially used to feed the northern troops.
At this moment, seeing the two hanging ghosts behind the buttocks began to accelerate, and the speed was obviously faster than himself, the Empire finally couldn't help it, and the 75mm army gun temporarily installed in the stern immediately roared.
"Boom."
The Empire took the lead in firing. The 75mm army gun soon smashed a column of water around Tianyong. Because the range of the 37mm rapid-fire gun was not enough, Tianyong could only take a snake-shaped evasion while rushing with gunfire, hoping to seize the T position as soon as possible.
At this time, Tianxing also began to accelerate. Unlike Tianyong, Tianxing leaned directly against the tail of the Empire, trying to form a parallel contact with the other side, giving full play to the speed-fire advantage of the 37mm gun.
Although the Empire was modified from a transport ship, the commander was obviously a veteran. He saw that Tianyong was faster than himself. If he was on the original route, nine times out of ten, the other party would block it. He quickly ordered the left rudder, turn right, and prepared to drill out of the gap between the two ships.
"Gunnie! I look down on people so much that I just want to get over it. I really think that men are cabbages!"
"Let me tell you, the cargo ship is also a navy!"
Long Guozhang patted his thighs straight, and he was also in charge when he was in Beiyang! What's more, the training ship is used frequently and goes to sea more often. Compared with other tubes, other tubes and several foreign instructors often use their own ships to train sailors. Therefore, in addition to having no actual combat experience, they have rich navigation experience. At a glance, they know what the Empire wants to do when they want to turn the other party. How can they do it?
Immediately order the left full rudder, ready to take advantage of the opportunity that the other party needs to bypass the stern of the Tianyong, stick it directly from the faster Tianxing, make a parallel posture with the other party, and then let the Tianyong turn around and attack the other party.
As the two sides turned the rudder almost at the same time, the faster Tianxing quickly formed parallel to the Empire. In an moment, the two cannons that hit Tianyong turned around and began to bombard Tianxing.
"Fire, come to my mother!" Long Guozhang jumped and said, "Let Tianyong speed up and catch up!"
When the Empire entered the range of the 37mm gun, Long Guozhang decisively issued a shooting order. The long-prepared sailors overturned the baffle. In an moment, four rapid fire dragons spewed out from the port side of the Tianxing. The wood chips on the wooden deck of the Empire with dense bullets and rain flew across, and black smoke rose everywhere.
On the one hand, the caliber is large and powerful, and on the other hand, the speed is fast and the firepower is dense. Both sides are armed ships modified from cargo ships. You and I am very happy on the sea.
At this time, after the Tianyong commanded by Ji Rushan pulled out a huge arc water pattern on the sea, it finally turned the bow and began to catch up. When the commander of the Empire saw this scene, he knew that he must kill the freighter next to him immediately, otherwise he would wait for the Tianyong to catch up and play everything.
How can Long Guozhang satisfy him? After all, in terms of quality, the Empire is just a wooden steamboat. It is slow and has no steel plate protection. If it is allowed to run in front of him, it will not be embarrassed by Zhao Long's gang. He directly ordered the Tianxing to accelerate, do not fight, and use the speed to block the other party's route.
Knowing that it was difficult to escape, the commander of the Empire also accepted his fate. The gunfire became more and more fierce. Relying on two 75mm guns hiding behind the temporary armor, he fired continuously, especially a shell, almost hit the bridge of the Tianxing and smashed a huge one on the front deck. The crater.
Long Guozhang's face turned green, but there was nothing he could do. In terms of fire strength, the 37mm gun was much worse than the other side, so he could only give full play to the advantage of the speed of fire and smash the shells and drown the other party.
Fortunately, the Tianyong finally caught up at this time. In the case of left and right attacks, the Empire finally couldn't hold on, and the two 75mm guns were also beaten into mute by the dense rain.
In the end, the Empire is not a warship after all. Whether it is a temporary steel plate or the army's 75mm artillery, it can only last for a period of time under fierce rapid fire. Seeing that there is no way to go, a large group of soldiers in political axe uniform suddenly surged up under the deck of the Empire, trying to hold guns. Resist the approach of Tianxing and Tianyong.
Long Guozhang was naturally rude. The artillery was adjusted, and the Empire was raised with a white flag in just a few strokes.
Seeing the white flag, Long Guozhang finally calmed down, shook his stomach, immediately let the other party surrender, and hurriedly sent people to board the ship to check and collect weapons. However, with the end of the cleaning of the battlefield, the things in the cabin immediately made him shiver.
It turned out that the Empire's mission was to transport a batch of newly bought arms to Antofagast, so the cabin was full of guns and ammunition, especially 20 neatly arranged 75mm army guns.
Fortunately, these cannons are all in a loose state, if they are all piled up on the deck...!
Fortunately, Long Guozhang was stunned for a moment and woke up. A huge sense of joy instantly wrapped his whole body. God, this is France's latest army gun. The guards have drooled a lot at it, especially Zhao Long. Due to the lack of heavy fire support, he had to bring all the grenades on this expedition, but the grenade was no better than shells. Until they landed, Long Guozhang was still worried.
But it's different now. With these 20 guns, even in the face of the upcoming battle of Antofa Gusta, there is a means to reach the other party, instead of filling it with human life.
So after moving all the cannons to Tianyong, Long Guozhang immediately ordered Ji Rushan to lead Tianyong to Yijik to look for Zhao Long's main force and hand over the artillery and shells to them.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Long Guozhang smiled and ordered to continue south. He stood on the sieve-like deck of the Empire and breathed deeply. With this battle, the sailors were not in vain.
At this time, the young master should also negotiate with the Chileans about the purchase of warships, right?
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PS: Chile, the name of the cargo ship Imperial, not fabricated.