Yang Ming ordered to turn around to block the pursuing enemy ships, already prepared to die. At the same time, Xu Zifeng's other heavily damaged warship also turned around, with the same intention as Yang Ming.
Two ships stood between the British and French warships and Lu Shaochuan.
Lu Shaochuan looked at the battleship where Yang Ming and Xu Zifeng were, pointed in the direction of Yang Ming and Xu Zifeng, and shouted: "Quickly, turn me around, fight back, and fight the foreigners. Even if I die, I can't abandon myself."
Brothers!"
"Turn around! Turn around quickly!"
Lu Shaochuan roared so loudly that his voice became hoarse.
Zhao Fa stopped the soldiers from sending the message and ordered them to continue to retreat. He pulled Lu Shaochuan and said seriously: "Battalion Commander, the foreigners deliberately set a trap and we fell into the trap. Now that Yang Ming and Xu Zifeng are staying to delay time, we are still
There is a chance to withdraw. If we fight back now, the entire army will be destroyed. You should think twice before doing so."
Lu Shaochuan raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Zhao Fa, have you forgotten what happened back then? When we were fighting with Wang Long, you were almost killed by Wang Long, but Yang Ming used his back to block you.
I saved your life with one knife. Now that Yang Ming is staying here to save us, how can you remain indifferent? Is your heart made of stone?"
"I am doing it for the overall situation and for more brothers."
Zhao Fa also became angry and fought back loudly.
Lu Shaochuan yelled: "What a bullshit situation, my brother is going to die, can you just watch him die? If you are the man in charge, come back with me. Even if we die together, eighteen
He will still be a good man after this year."
When Zhao Fa heard this, he immediately showed hesitation.
Reasonably, Zhao Fa told him that he should immediately avoid the British and French fleets; emotionally, Zhao Fa also wanted to fight back.
Two options kept swirling in Zhao Fa's mind.
"You two, have you considered the ideas of Company Commanders Yang and Xu?"
Suddenly, Zhu Wu's voice sounded, and Zhu Wu shouted sternly: "Yang Ming and Xu Zifeng took the initiative to stay in order to buy more time for the other brothers to retreat. You are chattering here, and you exchanged your lives for Yang Ming and Xu Zifeng."
The time you came here was wasted, do you still have a conscience? If you are a man, you should leave immediately and stay useful so that you can avenge your dead brother later."
When Zhao Fa and Lu Shaochuan heard this, their bodies suddenly froze.
It makes sense to go or not to go.
Seeing that the two of them had difficulty making a decision, Zhu Wu shouted decisively: "Retreat, retreat toward Shanghai, don't go back to Butterfly Island." There were pursuers behind him, and the appearance of the foreign fleet needed to be reported to Li Zhen, so Zhu Wu ordered to rush toward Shanghai.
go.
The four warships moved forward quickly at full speed.
Yang Ming looked at the four ships going away, breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to look at the darkly approaching British and French warships.
"Fire cannons to block enemy ships!"
Yang Ming held a gun and shouted suddenly.
In an instant, the four cannons on the ship opened fire with all their might.
Xu Zifeng also ordered to fire artillery to meet the attack. Unfortunately, Xu Zifeng's warship suffered the most violent attack. The battleship's mast, deck, and bow were all blown up, and the hull was severely damaged. It had begun to tilt and sink, and it was still unable to fire its guns.
Yang Ming looked at the gradually silent ship, feeling depressed, and shouted: "Fire, fire!"
"boom!"
A cannonball roared over, landed on the edge of the ship's side and exploded.
The battleship rocked, and Yang Ming slipped and fell to the ground. Regardless of the pain in his body, Yang Ming stood up and shouted: "Cheer up and follow me to kill the enemy. Today we will sacrifice our lives for our country, and tomorrow we will have brothers."
We take revenge."
"Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy!"
On the battleship, the soldiers shouted loudly. These people are Yang Ming's old brothers and are extremely loyal.
"Report!"
A soldier hurried over, looking panicked, and shouted loudly: "Company commander, there are no cannonballs on the ship, so we can't fire cannonballs to stop the enemy ship."
The corner of Yang Ming's mouth twitched, but he didn't expect that there were no more cannonballs at the critical moment. He grabbed the side of the ship and looked at the approaching British and French warships. The cannonballs fired just now, although they did not sink the other's warships, they also destroyed the six frontmost warships of the other side.
After being hit, it was difficult to continue the pursuit, but there were still more than a dozen warships galloping across the sea.
"what to do?"
Yang Ming felt heavy and thought about how to resist!
At this moment, Yang Ming was not allowed to think.
Yang Ming took a deep breath and shouted: "Drive over, ram the enemy ship, and die together with the enemy."
At the critical moment, Yang Ming ordered to rush over.
The warships ran at full speed and rushed towards the allied warships running at the front.
This move frightened the officer of the allied warship at the front to tremble. For foreigners, life is the most important thing. When a warship loses its power, it should raise the white flag and surrender. Now when a warship encounters it, it rushes towards it desperately.
, immediately panicked. Especially the officer on the first battleship shouted: "Fire, hurry up, sink the opponent!"
"Hurry up and fire!"
The officer was so anxious that he yelled again, extremely anxious.
"Boom!"
Cannonballs flew out one after another, rushing towards the battleship where Yang Ming was.
As the shells were fired one after another, Yang Ming's battleship was hit continuously and was already devastated. When the distance between the two battleships was less than 20 meters, the power system of Yang Ming's battleship was damaged. Yang Ming saw both sides
He was so close but unable to move forward. He stamped his feet in anger and shouted: "Brothers, the battleship can't rush through. Pick up the gun in your hand and shoot the enemy."
Yang Ming aimed his gun at the soldiers on the battleship ahead, pulled the trigger and fired.
The other soldiers followed suit and fired,
"Bang! Bang!!!"
Continuous gunfire sounded, and everyone was making the final blow.
Although the actions of Yang Ming and the other soldiers were stubborn resistance, they won the praise of Bao Ling, the British Minister in China. Bao Ling stood on the flagship deck, looking at the people who still refused to surrender, and said: "Your Excellency Bourlon, these pirates
His strong spirit is admirable. From this point of view, Li Zhen is also a powerful person. If most people in China were like this, no one would be able to conquer this ancient country."
Burron nodded, his expression solemn.
Bao Ling added: "Although the Chinese people's spirit cannot be destroyed, such people are in the minority after all."
Adams was not in the mood to discuss this and said directly: "Mr. Bao Ling, Lu Shaochuan escaped with the rest of the pirates. We have to speed up to catch up, otherwise they will escape."
Bao Ling sneered: "Escape? Where are they going to escape?"
Adams didn't even think about it and replied: "Of course I'll run away back to my hometown."
Bao Ling said: "After the warships of the British and French allied forces arrived in Shanghai, it was impossible for Lu Shaochuan to gain a foothold on the sea. If he stayed on the sea, he would only end up being wiped out. Now, Lu Shaochuan has only one way, and that is to return to Shanghai. We
If we take the opportunity to kill them, we can not only prove that Li Zhen killed A Liguo and Aitang, but also kill Li Zhen and threaten the Qing emperor. Isn't this great?"
Russell said: "What about the Chinese on the other side?"
Bao Ling said: "They resist to the death, but I believe there are always some people who are afraid of death. These people are evidence that we threaten the emperor. Defeat the opponent and capture some people to imprison."
"clear!"
Russell found an officer who could speak Chinese and asked the officer to recruit people who fell into the sea.
