Chapter 330 Wolves waiting for prey!
At this time, Liang Pengfei was standing in a hidden command post of the Shajiao Fort, observing the British warships. Looking at the tall three-mast warships and even battleships, Liang Pengfei felt that his saliva secretion had accelerated a lot.
The golden light of greedy eyes is unbearable. Fortunately, there are not many people who can see Liang Pengfei's ugly posture, otherwise it will really affect the high-level image of this young master Liang.
"Young master, will they find any problems?" By Liang Pengfei's side, Bai Shusheng, who was used to Liang Pengfei's ugliness, asked nervously.
"Don't worry, we can't see the flaws of those hidden forts from our position, not to mention those foreigners, but I don't know how many warships the other side will use to attack. I hope these British guys will be more knowledgeable and don't play with battleships. Otherwise, if the precious warships are damaged, it will be It's a pity." Liang Pengfei stared at the warships with both eyes and didn't turn his head back.
Hearing that Liang Pengfei was so thinking about his enemies, a cadre behind him couldn't help but be speechless.
At this time, the British warships that had stopped moving began to move slowly again, but this time, as Liang Pengfei wanted, five three-masts of the fleet were launched from the fleet, slowly forming a shelling formation, relying on precise work, allowing the warships to approach the shore.
"Fire!" Wu Qianjin, who was hiding in the turret command post of Dajiao Mountain, gave the order. The Dajiao Mountain Fort he was in happened to face the British warships that went straight into the mouth of the Pearl River against the river. The front of the Dajiao Mountain Fort was 36 six-pound guns and 54 12-pound guns. Liang Pengfei arranged nearly one-third of the Artillery power, but all the 18-pound cannons and five 24-pound heavy guns that quietly arrived here from Crab King Island were secretly hidden by this vicious guy in case of the right time to give those damn Britons a hearty beating head-on.
And now, Wu Qianjin only ordered the six-pounder cannon to fire. Those six-pounder cannons were all the things that Liang Pengfei ordered to remove from the big boat. To be honest, this kind of artillery is difficult to constitute a serious agreement for the British three-masted warships. Although it is condescending and the range has been improved, the firing at this time is right. The British warships outside the range did not pose any threat at all, and even some artillery may not aim at all in panic. They fired directly on the beach under the Big Horn Mountain and hit a column of sand.
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This made Colonel Keane, the commander of the British squadron, almost laugh. Oh, my God, it's actually a six-pounder cannon, poor guy. Do they think our three-mast warship is made of paper, or can their small shells pierce a thick hull like ours?
"Okay, soldiers, attack the other side's forts and let them understand what artillery is." Colonel Keane nodded to the first mate beside him. With the order, the cannons that had long been ready were pushed out of the cannon windows one after another, and the deep muzzle of the black hole were all aimed at the Dajiaoshan Fort, which was shooting intermittently.
With the command of the artillery in the artillery deck, five three-masted warships opened fire in turn, and the dense artillery fired in order, and the cannons on the front side of the warship sprayed white flames and smoke in the direction of Dajiao Mountain in turn.
In just a short moment, five tall three-masted warships were shrouded in smoke. These three-masted warships are all so-called four-class or five-class warships of Yishui. They are all two-deck gunboats. The number of guns on the one-sided side of the ship is between twenty and twenty, and the five warships bombarded continuously, that is, nearly a hundred. Intensive bombing of artillery.
The Dajiao Mountain Fort is full of stone crumbs, broken tree poles and flying branches and leaves by the shells. However, the other party still seems to be not satisfied. The first round of the artillery has just ended. The first gun fired more than a minute ago was pushed out of the gun window and roared fiercely. Come on.
Liang Pengfei's expression is quite solemn at this moment. The other party's artillery is indeed excellent to the extreme. At least, it only took a little more than a minute to clean up the gun and then launch in just one minute. Such a launch frequency is absolutely frightening in this era. Warring.
At least, the best gunners under Liang Pengfei can be achieved, but there are less than 35 groups of such gunners, which is completely well-documented. However, Liang Pengfei is glad that most of the gunners of his warships have undergone strict or even harsh training, and are slowly moving towards the distance of every minute. Step forward.
Nowadays, the firing rate of ordinary gunners is about a minute and a half. Although it is not enough to reach the speed of this batch of British warship gunners, at least the gap is narrowing.
In the same way, the pirates of the Liang army, who thought they were invincible in the world, finally realized that in this world, these Westerners can dominate the world. In addition to having strong ships and cannons, they also have a large number of excellent naval soldiers, which is the most important thing.
"It will take at least two years or even longer for such a group of gunners to train." By Liang Pengfei's side, Li Gunge made his own judgment as the best artillery commander in the Liang family's army.
"You're right, General Li. Such a gunner really needs a lot of actual combat and countless exercises to be trained." Lieutenant Colonel Juan, the Spanish naval officer who had defected to Liang Pengfei, made a very pertinent evaluation: "This British colonial fleet is definitely the elite of the British navy."
"Then, I will let all these elites feed the sharks at the bottom of the sea, or become the instructors of my navy." Liang Pengfei gasped like an ox, gritted his teeth viciously and swore. For Liang Pengfei's mind full of greed and desire, his subordinates feel that it is very reasonable. Anyway, now there are all kinds of talents who serve Lao Liang's family and are hired by Lao Liang's family in any country. If you count it, I'm afraid it's more than the Eight-Nation Alliance that invaded China. Even if there is one more group of British naval officers, there is nothing wrong with it. Instead, it can create a good competition between them and those Spanish naval officers and Dutch naval officers.
Well, those Dutch naval officers who were newly captured by Liang Pengfei chose to cultivate naval talents for Master Liang in front of sweet dates and sticks. Otherwise, Liang Pengfei did not mind chopping off these Dutch naval officers who bullied the Chinese in the Southern Ocean and hung them. Feed the fish by the sea.
You know, those Spanish naval officers who have been determined to become Liang Pengfei's founding fathers will definitely secretly compete with these Dutchmen. For this kind of competition, Liang Pengfei will only welcome, as long as they don't focus on group fights but on teaching urgency, and don't play with knives to kill people. I will take care of it.
Under such a fierce artillery attack, the Dajiaoshan Fort had almost no counterattack. At first, it was able to fight back between the British artillery fire. However, their six-pounder guns were really not a big threat, and the gunners hardly aimed, except for a few shots that happened to hit the British army. Outside the ship, it is almost like a clumsy performance.
This makes the British people look extremely relaxed. Major General Ford even has spare time to smoke a cigarette. It is said that this kind of cigarette is produced in Guangzhou. If it occupies Guangzhou, Major General Ford doesn't mind letting the army loot the tobacco factory in Guangzhou by the way and get more of this damn expensive cigarette. A few boxes.
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"That's awesome..." Xiao Sidang exclaimed with such an amazement. This war scene really made the little boy feel that his heartbeat was accelerating, and the freckles on his face showed a darker color because of excitement.
Liang Sanhuai narrowed his eyes and looked at the Dajiao Mountain Fort, which looked in a mess. Although the Dajiao Mountain Fort was bombarded by the extremely fierce fire of the British warships, it seemed to be very miserable. If you were more careful and patient, you could find that the overall structure of those forts had not been seriously damaged. Harm.
Liang Sanhuai was secretly relieved and could look around leisurely. With his understanding of Master Liang's sinister and vicious surname, Liang Sanhuai would not believe that Master Liang's resistance was only one.
The current desolate situation can only explain one thing. Master Liang must be playing some tricks to attract these British to suffer losses. Therefore, Liang Sanhuai is not worried. He just hopes that Master Liang can perform more wonderfully.
After several rounds of fierce artillery fire, the opponent's counterattack had become weak. Colonel Keane shook his head boredly. Such a defensive fort was simply an appetizer for the British Eastern Fleet, which often carried out colonial fortress artillery battles. The other party was ready to settle the bill and leave. This feeling made Colonel Enkien feel that he should have saved a little cannonball just now.
"Let the warship lean up another 300 yards, and then prepare to put down the boat and launch a landing battle." Colonel Gene's order was quickly executed, and the five warships began to move forward after drawing a beautiful arc on the sea.
"Okay, let the No. 2 gun position be ready. After the opponent's warship approaches our precise shooting range, we will attack. All the 12-pounder guns will be chained to me and aim at the other party's mast." Hiding in the hidden command post, Wu Qian, who was unharmed, smiled twice and gave a new order again.
This order was quickly reached by the messengers along those passages to various hidden gun positions. The gunners acted quickly and carefully stretched out the muzzle of the gun to the firing mouth covered with branches and leaves.
Nearly 20 more than the number of six-pounder guns, the twelve-pounder guns are all ready to aim. They are waiting for the other's warships to approach little by little, as if the wolves are patiently waiting for their prey to enter their encirclement.
(to be continued)