On the blue sea, blue waves are rolling and seabirds are flying.
The sea breeze blew and my cheeks hurt.
Li Zhen stood on the deck of a large ship, looking at the sea with a serious expression.
Huang Shihai stood nearby and saw Li Zhen's expression, thinking that it was because of the coming war that Li Zhen was a little serious. Little did he know that Li Zhen just saw the sea and sighed. China's territorial waters were completely lost in the Qing Dynasty. This was what caused Li Zhen to
The reason why Li Zhen feels so heavy. There is still a long way to go before Li Zhen can change his current weakness.
Lu Shaochuan said nothing and looked at the situation with a long-tube telescope.
This telescope is Lu Shaochuan's treasure.
Six months ago, Lu Shaochuan led his brothers to attack a British merchant ship, killing and wounding three hundred brothers. They defeated the British merchant ship, captured a few foreign guns, and obtained a long-barreled telescope. The telescope was his military exploit and he always hung it on his waist.
Take it out and look at it from time to time.
Lu Shaochuan squinted his left eye slightly and stared at the telescope with his right eye without blinking, paying attention to the situation at sea.
"There is a situation."
Suddenly, Lu Shaochuan exclaimed, put down the telescope in front of his eyes, and said, "General Li, a British merchant ship is coming."
Li Zhen perked up and said, "Show me."
Lu Shaochuan handed the telescope to Li Zhen. After taking it, Li Zhen carefully observed the situation in the distance. In the telescope, he could clearly see a ship approaching. The British flag was still hanging on the ship, and there were other things on the deck.
There are many foreigners.
This ship was probably a British merchant ship transporting opium.
Li Zhen returned the telescope to Lu Shaochuan and said: "Big boss, immediately let the other two warships go back behind the British merchant ship and cut off the British merchant ship's retreat. We attacked from the front and back and stopped the British merchant ship in one fell swoop."
After a pause, Li Zhen ordered again: "Zhu Wu, Guo Rou, each of you will lead ten special forces to the two warships to help direct the battle."
Zhu Wu and Guo Rou are both outstanding among the sharp knife special forces.
Lu Shaochuan listened to Li Zhen's words and did not refuse. He asked Zhu Wu and Guo Rou to enter the two large ships with ten soldiers respectively. After a while, the two warships anchored at sea sailed quickly and detoured to cut off the British merchant ship.
road.
Li Zhen ordered again: "Shihai, prepare to fight."
Huang Shihai immediately returned to the cabin and went to the gun port in the cabin to take command.
Lu Shaochuan said: "General Li, I stayed on the deck and had nothing to do. I went to the fort below and aimed at the British merchant ship."
Li Zhen nodded, Lu Shaochuan turned and left
In fact, Lu Shaochuan only had two gunners under his command who could fire at the opponent's merchant ship. These two men had been assigned to the other two ships, each commanding a fort. The big ship Li Zhen and Lu Shaochuan were riding had two cannons.
Even if Huang Shihai goes down, Lu Shaochuan will still have something to do.
Li Zhen stood on the deck and continued to observe the situation.
The distance between the two sides has shortened, and they can now attack with cannons.
Li Zhen seized the fleeting opportunity and ordered: "Send the order and fire."
The order was passed to the cabin. Lu Shaochuan and Huang Shihai quickly loaded the shells, stood at the stern of the gun facing the barrel, raised their thumbs to the position of the British merchant ship, and carefully aimed at the merchant ship moving ahead. After confirming the aim,
The two of them lit the fuse one after another.
"Bah! Bah!"
The fuse burned, and a huge roar suddenly erupted.
Two cannonballs flew out from the muzzle, rotated forward, and shot towards the British merchant ship with a sharp whistle. The first cannonball landed on the mast of the British merchant ship and exploded. The explosion of the cannonball caused the mast to break, and the upper end of the merchant ship became bare.
, and fires broke out all around. The second shell fell on the deck, and after the explosion, it set off waves of heat, directly blowing up the bodies of the people on the deck. Even if there were survivors, it was already horrific.
Two cannonballs rocked the British merchant ship.
At this time, the British flag no longer existed and was blown away by the cannonballs. Seeing the artillery attack, the captain of the British merchant ship felt heavy and immediately changed direction, preparing to quickly get rid of the big ship in front.
"Captain, sorry, there are two enemy ships behind the battleship."
The deputy captain ran to the captain's cabin with a worried look in his eyes.
"Kick! Kick!"
The captain took two steps back after hearing this, with a look of horror on his face, and murmured: "We finally sold opium once, why did we encounter pirates? Damn it, damn it, it's a pity that we don't have artillery, otherwise we could have fought back.
Already."
The vice-captain said: "Captain, what you are thinking about now is not the issue of counterattack, but the fact that the big ship is going to sink."
The captain looked indignant and said: "Damn it, don't they know this is a merchant ship of the British Empire? I want to file a complaint with the Ali Kingdom."
"boom!"
Another cannonball fell on the ship, and the huge explosion caused the ship to shake violently.
The vice-captain couldn't stand still and fell directly to the ground. The captain was also in a panic and managed to stabilize his body. The vice-captain said feebly: "Mr. Captain, if you don't raise the white flag to surrender, we will sink to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish."
.There are hundreds of crew members on the ship, please consider their lives."
The captain sighed and waved his hand: "Go ahead and surrender."
The deputy captain heard the sound of nature and hurriedly left the captain's cabin, asking the crew to hoist the white flag and surrender.
After Li Zhen saw it, his face showed joy.
Immediately, Li Zhen ordered the soldiers to use flags to notify the ships where Zhu Wu and Guo Rou were, so that the ship where Guo Rou was on could be moored behind the British merchant ship to frighten the British merchant ships, and he also had Zhu Wu's ship on the ship approach quickly to accept the surrender.
Lu Shaochuan came to the deck from the cabin and said: "General, let's take a small boat over to see the situation of the British merchant ships."
Li Zhen nodded in agreement and ordered Huang Shihai to stay on the ship.
Next, Li Zhen, Lu Shaochuan and ten soldiers got off the big ship and took a small boat towards the British merchant ship. The rowers were extremely proficient. The boat was very fast and quickly docked under the British merchant ship. They waited for them to drop down and climb on.
Li Zhen, Lu Shaochuan and ten soldiers climbed up the ladder and soon boarded the British merchant's ship.
Zhu Wu had already brought people on board and tied up the captain and deputy captain.
There were piles of opium stacked on the deck.
Li Zhen glanced roughly, his expression already stern, and his eyes were flashing with a faint murderous intent. The opium in front of him was not a few kilograms or dozens of kilograms, but hundreds of kilograms. As long as the British businessman resold it,
If you go, you can not only get free money, but also harm the Chinese people.
Li Zhensen's cold gaze fell on the British captain and asked in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, Captain, the Ali Kingdom asked you to transport opium, didn't they send someone to escort you?"
After hearing this, the captain looked confused and puzzled.
Immediately, the captain said: "Mr. Consul did not ask me to transport the opium. I transported it myself."
Li Zhen's heart skipped a beat and he was a little confused.
The news from Gu Lina said that the Ali Kingdom asked British merchant ships to transport opium, and the British merchant ship was in front of him. Li Zhen believed that Gu Lina would not lie to him, but why didn't the situation match? Could it be that the captain was lying?
Li Zhen shook his head and didn't think it was the case either.