Liu Feixiang has been very excited since he boarded the new ship.

It was as if he had married a beautiful girl and they were together every day.

How much did he like it? He, who was originally most afraid of learning, began to humbly follow the engineers to learn the basic functions of the new ship.

He suddenly found that all the experiences he had accumulated before seemed useless.

Warships can maneuver on the sea surface as they wish. Even the naval guns can rotate.

New battleships make naval battles easier.

"Captain, four Annan warships have been spotted ahead." At this time, the lookout man standing on the mast shouted.

Lookouts generally choose sailors with strong skills and excellent eyesight.

You also need to be careful and responsible in character.

"Okay, prepare your guns..." After Liu Feixiang gave the order, he immediately climbed up along the grab handle on the mast.

He raised the telescope in his hand and looked at the river ahead.

Sure enough, there were four Annan warships heading this way.

But they are all old-fashioned wooden warships.

"Slow down to five knots and keep going."

The reason for slowing down is because Liu Feixiang has already seen that none of the four enemy ships can harm the "Guangjia".

So what else is there to say, just get started.

Slowing down can increase the time for the "Guangjia" to be in contact with the two enemy ships. This can also give the gunners more time to perform.

The muzzles of the front and rear main guns were adjusted to both sides.

Wang Erhu stuffed a warhead weighing hundreds of kilograms into the barrel, and then packed the propellant into a columnar shape.

The whole process was like flowing water.

The main gun requires twelve soldiers to operate it. They have different responsibilities and are commanded by a gunner and an assistant gunner.

The reason why a deputy position is set up is because the mortality rate of this position is relatively high.

Because they were traveling in the opposite direction, the two sides met quickly. The front main gun of the "Guangjia" opened fire first.

Although it did not hit the opponent, the huge water column produced by the explosion still frightened the four Annan warships on the opposite side.

The two warships behind had already begun to turn around.

They were originally going downstream, but after turning around, their speed dropped instantly.

Two other warships rushed towards the "Guangjia", seemingly trying to hold the "Guangjia" back.

The "Guangjia" broke into the middle of the opponent's two warships alone.

"Boom boom boom..."

I don't know which side the sound came from.

The two Annan warships were instantly torn apart.

Judging from the tragic state of its disintegration, it is estimated that it is difficult for anyone to survive.

The two enemy ships that escaped were not spared.

The front main gun of the "Guangjia" quickly sent them to meet the river god.

Zhao Liewen ordered the army to disembark five miles downstream of Hanoi City.

An Annan army of 2,000 men rushed over quickly, seemingly wanting to block the convoy's landing at the river.

However, before they even got close to the river, they were instantly disabled by the fleet's artillery.

The remaining remnants fled all the way to Hanoi City, bringing with them the fear of the escort.

Panic spread throughout Hanoi.

The warships of the Chinese army have strong firepower and strong iron-clad warships. They are stronger than the copper-clad ships of the Annamites.

Moreover, the fleet also brought with it an unknown number of land troops.

Now the city of Hanoi was in a state of chaos. Naturally, the dignitaries tried their best to escape from the city.

There were also some local gangsters who took the opportunity to rob.

The only main force in the city was the Shengjie Army. This army sent by the central government did not bother to maintain law and order in the city.

After all, the few government officials could not maintain law and order in the city.

The number of victorious troops was not large, and they were simply unable to protect the entire city.

The fleet arrived on the wide surface of the Red River and bombarded the city to the west.

Although it is not so exaggerated as to blow open the city wall instantly.

But heavy shelling increased the chaos in the city.

After all, the Shengjie army came from the capital. They stood on the city wall and did not retreat.

The fort next to the city wall was the focus of the fleet's attack, and it was now a sea of ​​fire.

Rockets and artillery shells are thrown in for free.

Although most of the Third Fleet are old warships, mainly old lock ships and Guangzhou ships, after transformation, some ships were equipped with steam power, and almost all the artillery on the ship were replaced.

Therefore, the firepower of the Third Fleet is adequate. It is an entire fire support fleet.

On the Guangjia, Liu Feixiang's face was covered with sweat.

The gunners even took off their shirts, and each of them was blackened by the black smoke of gunpowder. They looked like they had just ascended from a coal mine.

"Captain, the front main gun is about to cool down and cannot continue to run." At this time, the gunner of the front main gun, Zhao Dayou, came to report.

"Hurry up and cool down. Send a few people to the secondary artillery to support them."

Artillery is a physical job. By now, many people are seriously exhausted. At this time, no manpower can be wasted.

"Chief of Staff, are you ready to attack by force? If we wait for the warships to blast through the city wall, I'm afraid it will take a while." Zhang Ming asked.

The two of them had moved to a troop carrier in the rear, with a panoramic view of the battlefield in the distance.

The tall Hanoi City Wall stands on the bank of the Red River.

Towering turrets and forts, bursts of smoke and dust from the explosion of artillery shells, and debris flying everywhere.

Annan had contact with foreigners earlier than the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the founding emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty, Ming Ming Emperor, was relatively open-minded and took the initiative to learn from foreigners.

This can be seen from the architectural style of Hanoi City.

Some Western diamond fort structures can also be seen in the shape of the city.

"The strongest city can't stop internal breakthroughs." Zhao Liewen's face was full of confidence.

Even the people around him became relaxed.

Although Zhao Liewen came from Dong Liang's side, he was able to command the generals in the army because of his own ability and personality charm.

"Does the chief of staff have other arrangements?" Zhang Ming said.

"It's not that I have other arrangements, it's the head of state who has already made arrangements."

…

Now the highest-ranking official in Hanoi City is a eunuch named Nguyen Ping An, who was a supervisor sent by Nguyen Phuc Thié and also the eunuch guarding Bei Qi.

"Pull all the troops in the city to the city wall." Ruan Pingan felt that the enemy troops outside the city were shelling so fiercely that they must be launching a general attack.

So he quickly sent people to the city to shake people off.

However, there were only a few police officers left in the city to maintain law and order.

There was no other way, so the officials in the city had no choice but to go door to door to recruit young people.

When defending the city, recruiting strong men inside the city is actually a relatively routine operation.

Under normal circumstances, cities with empty troops will make such arrangements.

Of course, people are quite resistant to such things even though they know the dangers.

But today, the officials in the city were surprisingly successful in recruiting people.

Especially in Hoan Kiem Square in the city, many people actively signed up to defend the city.

This made the officials of Hanoi City very proud, thinking that they were good at governing the place and that the people would support the government like this.

The infantry of the escort army had begun to dig trenches outside the city, and artillery positions had been arranged.

Army artillery and naval artillery cooperated to attack the city, and explosions occurred one after another.

Zhao Liewen wanted to make the people in the city feel constant pressure.

Ruan Pingan is actually not a straw eunuch.

He was able to be sent here by Nguyen Phuc Thi as the supervisor of the Victory Army because he had some real abilities.
To be continued...