Chapter 704 Anti-ship Infantry (Please subscribe!)

Author: Linjiang Jun

Chapter 704 Anti-ship Infantry (Please subscribe!)

On the deck of each speedboat, there are eighteen shirtless, steel-boned, muscular men swaying the oars in unison to the low whistle.

Those sailing merchants have not lost their pirate demeanor, at least they can row so fast that they can fly.

In addition to the merchantmen, there were two Ming soldiers squatting on the bow of each speedboat.

They belong to the Ming Marine Corps. After that battle, they will have their own name in the history books of Europe: anti-ship infantry.

The person at the front is a squad leader of the Marine Corps. He is from Xinhui, Guangdong.

Because of his status as a member of Xinhui, he was not reused even if he graduated from the Ming Dynasty Imperial Military Academy.

Because of Li Dingguo's incident, Zhu Kezang didn't like Xinhui.

And tomorrow's night attack will deny the Xinhui squad leader the chance to counterattack!

According to the tasks assigned to him by the department, the twelve Malayan speedboats he will lead tomorrow night will come to lead the charge.

His goal was to break through the defensive line deployed by the Eight-Nation Allied Forces fleet at the entrance to the Great Strait, providing a channel for subsequent attacks by the Ming Dynasty armed merchant ships and Malayan speedboats.

As long as he takes the lead, not to mention getting promoted and making a fortune, at least he can impress everyone in the navy and make new recruits look up to him.

Now that the situation in China is stable, the Xinhui people cannot hold their heads high because of Li Dingguo's incident. They, the Xinhui people, can also contribute to the Ming Dynasty!

Just when he was thinking about how to revive the reputation of the new members, he suddenly discovered the enemy's defense line.

The fleet of the Eight-Power Allied Forces robbed some nearby fishing boats, built some rafts, and then connected them with ropes to form a defense line of fishing boats and rafts.

There was no one on those fishing boats except for the torches, because their sailors were hiding behind the galleys on guard.

The strength of those galleys cannot be underestimated. They are equipped with Fran cannons with slender barrels that can be loaded quickly. Each ship has at least fifteen guns.

The only weapons of the Ming Dynasty's merchant speedboats were in the legs of the marines.

The captain of the Marine Corps was full of confidence, "Brothers! Add oars and charge forward! The bounty will be doubled when you get back!"

"Got the order!"

Eighteen "Powerful Water Legs" worked together, and the speed of the speedboat increased as soon as it reached the east.

The pointed bow broke through the waves and quickly rushed towards the fishing boat defense line formed by the Eight-Power Allied Forces.

"Captain, would you please light a torch now?"

asked the boat's mate.

The reason why I asked for a torch was because they brought a bottle of fire oil.

That's not their secret weapon.

According to the plan, the Marine Corps' mission will clear obstacles for the subsequent fleet.

If you encounter an iron chain, burn the iron chain; if you encounter a pontoon, burn the pontoon; if you encounter a chain boat, burn the chain boat.

So those twelve speedboats brought a lot of burning oil bottles!

"No hurry, let them kill the galley first!"

If you ask for it, go for it big. If simply burning the fishing boat's defense line is meaningless, that Western-style galley is not the target of the Marine squad leader.

At that time, the team leader had already squatted down, holding a rope tightly with one leg and a Iron Fist rocket with the other leg!

The General Administration of Manufacturing of the Ming Dynasty called it: Shipbreaker shoulder-carried rocket.

That rocket with a very tall name looks very similar to the Panzerfaust anti-tank rocket of later generations.

The Panzerfaust anti-tank rocket launcher is a simple and practical weapon designed by the German army due to resource and financial constraints in the late World War II.

Its overall shape is very simple, just like an enlarged version of a leg grenade, and its manufacturing cost is well controlled, and the materials used in the entire rocket launcher are all low-cost.

Just when the squad leader was about to launch the shipbreaker, there was a sudden loud "bang" sound, and their speedboat had heavily collided with the fishing boat defense line of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces.

On the sea surface, the waves rolled up due to the impact,!

Some fishing boats were directly knocked over, and their speedboats also suffered heavy losses. There was no protection at all, and the bow of the boat was directly smashed.

Moreover, the entire hull of the boat was stuck in the wooden raft next to it.

The water splashed with pieces of wood, and the Ming Dynasty's "strong water legs" on the speedboat jumped off the boat and fell into the water. The sea surface was plopping like a dumpling.

However, the squad leader of the Ming Dynasty Marine Corps and his deputy did not dive.

Their goal was to approach and destroy the enemy's galley.

The two of them clung to a rope at the bow of the speedboat, trying to prevent themselves from falling into the water.

The fire oil bottle on the speedboat has been smashed, and the thick fire oil flowed out, and some of it floated on the sea. Some of it got on the enemy's rafts, and a fire was needed to set them on fire.

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"Dance with him!"

The squad leader roared angrily, then lifted up the shipbreaker with one leg, and then loosened the rope with one leg. Then he saw him kicking his legs, leaping high into the air, and jumping towards the raft not far away.

Then he carried the precious rocket on his back and ran forward on the rickety raft.

Boom boom!

There was a loud noise, and it turned out that the Western-style galley had discovered them.

The galley belonged to the Dutch East India Company, and they fired several cannons in the direction of the speedboat.

All the "Popeye Legs" in the boat were gone, leaving me feeling lonely.

On the contrary, the hot projectiles scratched sparks on the hull of the wooden boat, igniting the spilled fire oil.

With the help of the raging fire caused by the fierce fire oil, the squad leader of the Ming Marine Corps had a clearer view. According to his estimation, he was only thirty or forty steps away from the galley. It was completely dependent on the shipbreaker carrying the individual rocket on his shoulder.

beyond the range of the bullet.

It must be launched quickly!

Because he has now entered outside the enemy's fire coverage, whether it is a matchlock gun or the enemy's Fran machine gun, he will be shot at any time and die if he is unlucky.

He really didn’t want to enter the Martyrs’ Shrine so soon!

Thinking of this, the team leader tore off the yellow phosphorus cable on the tail of the Iron Fist rocket launcher, then put the rocket launcher on his shoulder, aimed at the Western-style galley battleship, and finally tore off the yellow phosphorus cable on the head of the rocket launcher.

So.

The auxiliary leg next to him is also doing the same action.

"Sir, two enemy infantry are approaching!"

Sailors from the Dutch East India Company had already spotted two marines carrying a rocket launcher.

The captain of the galley Dutchman heard the word infantry and thought he had heard it wrong.

"Infantry? He belongs to the emperor, I didn't tease him?"

"Sir, are you sure it's infantry?"

"Hahahahaha!"

"He took a look and found that he didn't recognize the warships of the Ming Dynasty at all. He probably recognized the ships of those Malacca pirates!"

"It's really funny to them. They actually sent infantry to pay for the wrong warship. Those pirates must be crazy!

The captain of the Holland Phnom Penh thought it was so ridiculous that he laughed out loud.

I originally thought that the Ming army was coming for a sneak attack, but unexpectedly, a group of "silly" pirates arrived.

At this time, the Dutch captain also found that his defense line was on fire!

"Damn it!"
Chapter completed!