Chapter 181:

The first to see the flag bearers of this team of warships, waving all kinds of flags in their hands, the drummer below also banged the giant drum, and the rapid drumbeat meant that the enemy was attacking.
Zhou Baihu, who was originally sitting in the command cabin and waiting to take down the cargo ship, was able to stun him immediately with the commander who asked the master to ask for help.
Class A's footsteps were messy, and the tom and the tom stepped on the panic.
With the sound of a footstep rushing, someone rushed into the command module and reported: "Adult, ship, many ships!"
In fact, without reporting, Zhou Baihu had already got up and rushed to the window. This third-level command module has a very wide line of sight, and can take a bird's eye view of the entire sea, and sees a fleet of warships that are less than a nautical mile behind their ships.
At the center are two medium-sized black-and-white ships, surrounded by small vessels. These ships are in a messy category. Anyway, Zhou Baihu saw eagle ships, net shuttle ships, sand ships, etc., and a few strange ones. Paddle steamer.
Zhou Baihu laughed immediately, where was the fleet, and obviously he didn't know where to pull some fishing boats. Just because of the large number, at first glance, it is a bit scary.
"What a fuss! These fools also deserve you to be scared like this!" He scolded, throwing the clairvoyant in his hand to his subordinates.
Sure enough, after seeing the soldier, he smiled embarrassedly: "The subordinate also heard the warning and thought it was an enemy attack."
As the flag bearers and drummers who watched the sea and were responsible for communicating various instructions, they found that the enemy's situation was naturally a warning, but it was only hindered by the use of drums and flags, so they could only express a simple meaning.
However, so many ships are enough to make people cautious. Ants bite elephants and kill their masters in a fist. It is not that they have not happened on the battlefield.
Zhou Baihu soon had an order for his subordinates to contact people on another warship, one to deal with cargo ships and the other to meet the enemy.
He is not afraid of this fleet, and does not mention that these ships are a group of people, just because this warship under his seat is a large warship, equipped with more than a dozen French Franc cannons, it is enough to face these The ship rolled into slag.
Besides, he still has companions. After another warship can take off the cargo ship, he will come to help him.
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The battleship in Dinghai was still in the command cabin. Xie San saw two warships on the opposite side. The black muzzle on the side of the ship, the muzzle at a glance, some scalp numbness: "You really want it, our firepower is not as good as them. "
Xue Tingyan was a little annoyed: "It's such a time, what else do you want to think about? Isn't it eye-catching?"
"There is no cargo on that cargo ship."
It's just a way to lure the enemy.
"Hidden this time, isn't it next time?"
Xie Sanyusai.
He is good at playing with people and shopping malls. When he comes to this vast sea, the two armies confront each other, and there will be shells in a moment. If he loses, he will lose his life, so even if he has always been as stable as him, he ca n’t help but worry. Messy.
"Even if you really win, do you really want to ..."
He was interrupted by Xue Tingyan: "Don't talk, come."
Xie San followed his gaze and saw that the huge towering warship had already approached this side.
Xue Tingyan had gone to the window, his face as usual, but his cheeks twitched twice, his rear molars clenched tightly, and he looked at the warship with a stern gaze, full of light that was bound to get.
"If you pray that I win, you must also win, otherwise we will all die."
With a rapid drumbeat, Xue Tingyan's first naval battle officially began.
Although most of the earth and sea ships are now equipped with firearms, which can be hindered by the wind direction and distance, in fact, the artillery has a limited head.
But what can be called a warship is a hull exposed above the horizontal line through a special process. It is not a whole ship board, but a group of many pieces. It is covered with iron sheet for protection, and is equipped with a boatman, which is damaged and replaced in time.
Therefore, it is very difficult to count on a few guns to sink a warship.
At present, most naval battles are mostly in this mode. First, they bombard each other at a distance, and use the power of shells to destroy the sails of the other party, and the turrets and gunners of the hostile ships.
Obviously, the other party's warship was fighting for this purpose, and when they came on the head, they heard the sound of guns.
All the soldiers and boatmen on the ship tightened their scalps. They couldn't see the opposite situation except listening to the drums and watching the flags.
The hurried drums sounded one after another, the helmsman at the bow and stern tightly gripped the rudder, and the sailor in charge of the sails also firmly grasped the thick rope in his hand, and was obliged to change the direction of the boat at any time.
I only heard the sound of the gun, but did not feel the vibration of the ship. I heard the sound of falling water, which means that the other party was empty. At the same time, the gunners here have loaded the shells, and they can ignite and release them at any time after the order.
Xue Tingyan came to the observation deck regardless of his own safety. This is the widest and highest position of the entire battleship.
This position is the standard bearer.
Those who can serve as flag bearers are old soldiers who are proficient in naval warfare. At least they can temporarily control the whole situation even if the Lord will not issue a command.
There are five standard-bearers, one for each match, and three for alternates.
Xue Tingyan stared closely at the opposing ship. When the hull of the opponent finally reached the best shooting distance, he waved his hand.
Soon the main flag bearer waved two flags in his hand and followed the drums not far below. When the drum sound came into the ears, the dark red shells were ejected from the third and fourth blastholes on the port side.
The opponent's warship is not stationary, but like the warship here, walking in a zigzag. This is a necessary mastery of the two armies in the naval battle, and the direction of the ship can be adjusted at any time to attack, but also to avoid.
Big ships have the advantages of big ships, and they also have drawbacks. The biggest disadvantage is that when you hit the other party, you cannons and mosquitoes. When others hit you, the attack surface is much wider.
So Guo Juwei's warship was hit by two guns.
It's a pity that these two guns weren't good enough, neither hit the sails nor hit the fort. One hit the opponent's hull, causing it to sway with the buoyancy of the water, and another hit the deck, causing a chaos on Class A.
Before the chaos had cleared up, it was the two artillery strikes on the west side of Class A, but another warship in Dinghai also launched an offensive.
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After the initial crossfire, the situation on the sea was chaotic.
The two warships in Dinghai were in a state of pinch, but they were not close to the battle, just harassing Guo Juwei's ship not far away. In fact, it is still mainly hiding, running while hiding. If Guo Juwei's ship catches up, the chased is responsible for running, and the one behind concentrates on firing.
Guo Juwei turned his head and hit the warship that opened fire at the rear, but the one who ran back turned to attack. Dinghai's ship didn't seem to want to board the other side, it seemed to want to consume the other side's shells.
After going back and forth for a few rounds, it became clear that Guo Juwei's warship had gone.
"Fight, beat me hard!"
After a round of indiscriminate bombardment, Zhou Baihu finally calmed down and ordered: "Look at one and force the port."
But it was too late at this time, because I didn't know when, the small ships that had been wandering in the distance and dared not get close had already come up quietly.
These ships are slender, with a sharp iron collision angle at the forefront, and they hit Guo Juwei's warship in a flying state, just like a nail stuck on the top. After the collision, I saw the second half of the ship immediately detached. With the escape of the rear ship, after a series of explosions, the front ship had ignited a blaze.
This ship is a serial ship. It looks like one ship is actually two ships. It is specially used to attack large ships.
Because of this attack, Guo Juwei's ship was already messed up, and the ship was leaking everywhere, yelling the boatmen to repair it, but so many wounds could be repaired.
At the same time, the artillery of the two warships in Dinghai arrived again, causing ghosts to cry and howl.
Taking advantage of this chaos, a small boat approached again, but this time it was thrown close to the iron claw to hook the ship's side. The soldiers and soldiers of Ding Haiwei cleverly climbed onto the ship with ropes. Because there were too many people, and Guo Juwei's ship was already messed up, they were hardly obstructed.
The enemy is chaotic without war, but one-sided situation.
On this occasion, the two warships in Dinghai also approached.
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On the other side, Guo Juwei's other warship is almost in the same position as here.
The two cargo ships ran in front of them almost teasingly, apparently not running fast, but approaching the warship and suddenly accelerating.
Running faster than a rabbit, it doesn't seem to be full of cargo.
They traveled side-by-side, sometimes separated, and occasionally put a cannon to harass, angering people, but because of the large amount of cargo on them, the other party did not dare to fire.
Just chasing two runs one by one, these three ships gradually sailed away from the sea, and it was too late when Guo Juwei's ship responded to the fraud.
Dinghaiwei's warship had swallowed his companion, and he came in a fierce manner.
At the same time that they were furiously fighting back, the two cargo ships chased by them suddenly changed their faces suddenly, from little white rabbits to hungry wolves.
Then they discovered that the other party was playing a pig and eating a tiger.
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At the same time as the battle was in full swing, the two warships Dinghai was chasing were in a bad situation.
Almost chased and run away, and the smoke on the ship was filled, obviously it was not bad. The only thing that is thankful is that because they are going downwind, with the help of wind, they run faster than usual.
With several artillery noises, the hull swayed violently, and the soldiers in Class A were thrown up and flew down. There are screams and screams, like a world of purgatory.
"Sir, our ship has missed several places, and the boatmen can't fix it anymore." A black and grey soldier was in a hurry to report.
Geng Qianhu clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Don't panic, we have a spare ship on board, and Master Xue said, he will come to meet us soon."
"but……"
"Don't be any more, go to order, go forward at full speed, and go there. When we lead them to that place, we will win."
The soldiers nodded fiercely and turned away.
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The two ships not far behind hanged behind like cats and mice.
In fact, the ship in front had slowed down, and they could catch up with them at their speed. Unfortunately, at this time, they didn't really want to catch up with the other party's heart.
"Adult, I haven't seen how the ship sinks into the sea. This broken ship is quite stubborn. It's all broken like this, even if it doesn't sink." A young military general scolded.
A soldier beside him laughed carefully: "Master, you can rest assured, let's have two more guns, it will definitely sink."
Another calm-faced soldier interjected: "Adult, the commander makes the adult lead the man alone to chase another warship. Are we quick to make a quick decision?"
His words were interrupted by the warriors who were all face-to-face: "The commander made the wise heroes, and the High Wyatt is our premier warship. Dealing with a small warship is undoubtedly a cannon against mosquitoes. It is a breeze. Things, you rarely say something unhappy here. "
Obviously, this young military commander agrees with this statement, and he nodded and said: "Rare command makes adults interested, let's not defeat his interest. Recently, adults are full of anger, everyone is in danger, let adults vent Let it out, so as not to put fire on our heads. "
This is true. As Zhoushan became colder, He Wei had no good looks for many days. He was already grumpy. Recently, Guo Juwei's people did eat his ribs.
Hundreds of adults have spoken, and a small flag is naturally only for listening. Just when the soldier who was good at flattery pointed at a ship not far in front and was greeted by a young general, the hull suddenly shook violently.
Is it a shot? But what kind of gun can cause such a big shock?
The young general was planning to ask someone to ask, a soldier stumbled into the command module staggeringly, said: "Admiral, sir, our ship hit the reef!"
These words made people unconscious, and the adult stepped forward and kicked the person to the ground, scolding: "Touch your mother's reef, where is the reef from this place?"
But there is no reef here, it does not mean that there is no other things, to know that this piece was used to be filled with a huge rock wreck. Because the waterway is filled, there has been no people here, that is, those who have been dug by the Dinghaiwei, and only this commercial ship passes by.
Fill in? Dig? Ding Haiwei?
At the moment when the young military general's face was stunned, the soldier said with a sad face: "It really hit the rock, because the gap is too large, the boatman can't repair it at all. Chen Zongqi let his subordinates inform you and be ready to abandon the ship at any time.
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A battleship not far behind the ship, also in the command cabin, the two general flags were talking in a whisper.
"How did Zhao Baihu stop there?"
"Is it that Zhao Baihu doesn't want to chase it, this credit is for us?"
A middle-aged military general who was not far away drinking tea laughed: "Zhao Baihu is young and vigorous, so don't tease him."
"But the boat over there really stopped." Someone whispered.
"Oh?" Sun Baihu put down the teacup and came to the window, and someone immediately respected the clairvoyance.
Sun Baihu took over and looked over there. Through the sight of a small party, he could only see the soldiers on the deck looking frightened and running around. Is it what happened?
"Go closer and see." Sun Baihu said solemnly.
After receiving the order, someone immediately went down to order, and as a drumbeat sounded, it represented full speed.
As soon as the ship could be seen close to the naked eye, there was a sudden rush of horns across the opposite side. Unfortunately, the meaning of the horn is unclear, which makes people puzzled.
The flag bearers were waving flags frantically, and Sun Baihu read word by word: "Don't get close, there is a reef."
Following his words, there was a sudden violent shaking of the hull, and all the faces in the command cabin were white.
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Ten nautical miles away from here, the High Wing finally caught up with the warship in Dinghai.
After some battle, the two ships took over, and Guo Juwei's men successfully boarded the ship.
A hundred households under siege shouted loudly: "He Wei, you are the imperial court commander, but you will attack the officers of the same company in broad daylight. world."
This remark caused a lot of sarcasm. Guo Juwei's soldiers were all ridiculed. He was dressed in a black face and red cape. He was entoured by a group of people, and he smiled unbearably: "That's because you can go back. to make."
"Don't you--" This man was shocked and wanted to say something. He listened to the commander and congratulated him: "We are besieging pirates, but not officers of the same company."
As he said this, the hundred households howled, but fell to the ground and died.
Seeing that hundreds of adults were killed, the people of Dinghaiwei immediately fell into the headless situation of dragons. Someone suddenly threw the weapon in their hands to beg for mercy, but it was a merciless butcher knife.
Seeing this, no one wants to beg for mercy, knowing that today is a mortal battle.
In this case, pulling one back is not a reward, and killing one more is profitable.
At this moment, a horn sound came from afar.
Commander He looked up and saw countless warships lined up on the sea line, and the ship in the center was Guo Juwei's warship.
He grabbed the clairvoyance in the hands of his subordinates and looked at it, just in front of the person standing on the bow of the ship.
This man has a gentle face and wears a half-year-old green robe. The sea breeze blows its big sleeves, and the inexplicable floating meaning is completely inconsistent with the current scene. The other person smiled in the corner of his mouth, seeming to know that he was looking at himself, suddenly raised his hand and swiped across the neck.
"It's your turn."
Apparently the other party's lips just opened and closed slightly, but Commander He understood the sentence.
His face went dark on the spot.