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528 Sink the Ride the Wind

Everything that happened on the sea was so dramatic. Niu Duofu and the others thought there were two ordinary pirate ships opposite, but when they were close, they found that the two ships were very unique in style and were all foreigners.

The Lyra and Rome thought they were coming to a nosy merchant ship, but when they were close, they found that they were full of sailors with guns and ammunition.

The two ships were in conflict with each other, and their identities were completely revealed to the world. Niu Duofu certainly knew the war in Ryukyu, and he and his men also hoped to join the front line.

However, the Chengfeng channel did not pass through Ryukyu, but went directly north to replenish supplies from Kyushu. What's more important is that the Chengfeng has more important tasks, and there must be no mistakes in this ship's precious cargo.

But I never expected that I could not escape the war that should come. Sometimes I don’t force it. The flying scissors just arrived at the mouth of Bohai and encountered a French warship pretending to be a pirate.

"If these pirates were not regular soldiers, I would have my eyes drawn out for you... When will the pirates be so luxurious that they can use two identical warships? Damn, the pirates on the Atlantic Ocean are not so luxurious."

"I'm also a person who has been abroad. I can recognize the French's appearance... Brothers continue to fire. These pirates are pretending to be French..."

Niu Duofu's mind was very fast. Two frigates disguised as pirate ships were full of foreign faces, with fierce and accurate tactical actions. In addition, it has passed the Liaodong Peninsula and the waters of Jinzhou.

All the clues gathered together, and Niu Duofu immediately got the answer, "Damn, these two French warships want to sneak attack our industrial special zone, they are heading for Tanggu... Manfan accelerates, we will report to the villagers..."

At this time, Captain Kraft on Lyra also woke up from the shock of the attack. He yelled, "The only one who can afford such a good fly-scissor in Bohai Bay is Lotte. This is Xiao Lotte's ship, and it is also his soldiers... Chase and kill them all."

Captain Kraft pulled out his revolver, rushed to the bow and kicked the soldiers next to the sea girl, "Damn it, if you didn't make these women and distract everyone's attention, how could we suffer."

"Get up, work immediately, prepare for chain bullets, attack the sails of the flying scissors..." The group of soldiers were kicking the captain in a mess with their butts, and they all ran to work.

The three sea ladies tied to the cable are now covered in blood and staring at Captain Kraft with hatred, "The Buddha will let you go to hell... The Dragon King will swallow you..."

Kraft couldn't understand what the sea girl was saying, but he could feel the hatred. "Damn woman, we were attacked by a sneak attack. You dare to scold me. Go to hell..."

Three gunshots, three snowflakes bloomed between the sea girl's eyebrows. Captain Kraft's heart finally dissipated a little. "Come on, throw these three piles of smelly meat into the sea... Charge at full speed and catch up with the damn flying scissors."

Lyra was the most unlucky in this attack. He was the first to be shot. He was shot by the Clippers and was shot by the rifle like a heavy rain. Rome was lucky, but he was shot by a sail.

The Romans took the lead in adjusting their posture. Ten gun doors on the side were opened, and the ten cannons had been loaded with very primitive chain bullets.

"Fire..." With a command in the cabin, ten rotating black shadows flew towards the Chengfeng with a loud explosion.

Chain bullets, this is a very ancient naval weapon. The principle is very simple: two small number one shot puts are connected together with iron chains and stuffed into the cannon chamber together.

When the impact of the gunpowder explosion fires two shots, the two shots will quickly form a rotation force, flying towards the enemy ship like a meat grinding knife.

In the age of sailing ships, the masts were filled with cables for fixed sails, and chain blasts could easily stir the cables together and destroy the sails.

Ten black shadows spiraled towards the Chengfeng, and at this time, the experienced Captain Niu Duofu had already ordered the ship to advance in a zigzag manner to avoid the enemy's shells' pursuit.

Seven of the ten shells fell into the sea, with only three points hitting the sails. The huge rotation force entangled dozens of cables, and the sound of rope breaking in the air suddenly jumped.

Once the tightened cable was cut off, the sudden burst of force made the cable whip in the air like an iron whip. A soldier who could not dodge was thrust into his chest with a snap of the cable. People could see it very clearly, and the soldier's chest was sank three inches like the clay sculpture.

Tengteng... The soldier took three steps in a row, and then began to vomit blood in big mouthfuls. There were black blocks in the blood, which were all his internal organs shattered.

"Be careful... be careful to avoid... Damn it, brothers, who will go up and fix the cables, tie one and add military merits to the first level..." Niu Duofu roared sharply.

Xiao Letian's new army is so proud. If you say you are rewarded with silver, they may not have any enthusiasm, but if you say you have added military merits, all of these soldiers will go crazy.

What is military merit? Military merit is the cornerstone of promotion, military academy, and generals. Military merit is the guarantee of future titles. Military merit is even the support of future children and grandchildren. Military merit can even be exchanged for shares of Lotte Foreign Company when they are discharged from the army.

More importantly, military merit is the pride of soldiers. When you walk in front of the prime minister, the prime minister has to give you a thumbs up.

"Don't fight with me, I'm the best in sailing techniques..." A group of sailors like monkeys climbed up the mast, carefully avoiding the swinging cable, and took the opportunity to grab the strength and use the old cable to start fixing it on the mast.

However, they underestimated the despicableness of the French. Just when most of the cables were fixed, the Lyra had adjusted the shooting angle. The angry Captain Kraft, whose facial features were deformed, pointed to the Wind and "loaded grape bullets... and killed those sailboats."

Boom boom boom boom, a fire on the sea surface was filled with smoke, and a dark cloud composed of grape projectiles rushed towards Chengfeng. The unexpected sailor was immediately beaten into a sieve.

"No..." Niu Duofu roared. He never thought about how this group of French devils were so insidious. "Don't worry about the sails, the left rudder is thirty, the big zigzag advance, and throw them away with speed... As long as you return to Tanggu, victory is ours."

Grape bombs are the killer weapon in naval battles. This thing is actually a larger shotgun. With a volley, tens of thousands of lead bombs can be formed into dark clouds to rush towards the enemy, which is extremely lethal to the sailors on the deck and masts.

The soldiers on the Chengfeng were all treasures of the Prime Minister. If one dies, he will feel sorry for Xiao Letian. Niu Duofu would rather throw a boat than lose his life. What are you waiting for if you don’t run away at this time?

A chasing battle of anger at the Bohai Sea was immediately staged on the Bohai Sea. A flying scissor ship advanced in the front, and the two frigates behind were chasing for life. And was there a cannon firing? No matter how accurate the head was, it looked quite scary.

The three ships all suffered sail damage to varying degrees, but in general, the sails of the Cheung Wind were even greater, which can be seen from the speed of the ship. The heavy frigate could actually run at the same speed as the fly-scissors, which shows how much the sails of the Cheung Wind were.

The Bohai Sea is not big, and it won’t be used for a whole day from Tanggu to Jinzhou, let alone now that he is running away with his life. After the twenty-hour pursuit race, the Chengfeng had already seen the entrance of the Haihe River from afar and the fort at Dagukou.

"We're home, we're home... send a flag-speaking signal to the Special Administrative Region, send a signal to the Dagukou Fort... The French call..."

At the same time, the crowds of people on the docks of Tanggu Industrial Special Zone also saw the flying scissors flying from the east. With the good eyesight, they recognized it at a glance, "It's the Chengfeng... The Chengfeng of Lotte Foreign Company, beloved, how did this be done? The sails were broken, what flags did they say?"

"This is the Chengfeng... Two French warships behind our ship disguised as pirate ships and attempted to attack Tanggu. Please prepare for battle... Please fire the Dagukou Fort immediately... The French warships came here..."

The sailors in the crowd held a telescope and began to translate the flag language. After waiting for a period of flag language to be translated, the defender Liu Lang and Tietou Tuo also ran over.

"It's broken, Chengfeng Huo doesn't know that the war has begun here... I send a flag to Niu Duofu, let Chengfeng Huo flee north... and avoid the Dagukou Fort."

Liu Lang's reminder woke everyone up like a flash of lightning. The crowd on the dock shouted and waved his hands, "Go north... and dodge the Dagukou Fort... the Qing Demons are all crazy..."

The Dagukou Fort was built during the reign of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty and was specially expanded during the Daoguang and Xianfeng periods. Currently, there are more than 60 artillery guards with nearly 10,000 people.

When Meller first attacked the Special Zone, he also thought about mobilizing the artillery from Dagukou to bomb the Special Zone. However, when he saw the cannon on the spot, he was stunned. These more than 60 cannons were the oldest cast iron red cannons, and the muzzles could only make limited angle adjustments to the sea.

Dagukou is on the south bank of Haihe River, while the Special Administrative Region is on the north bank of Haihe River. Unless these bulky artillery can adjust the angle of 90 degrees and then the muzzles rush north, they will really be unable to do anything to Liu Lang and the others.

In desperation, Meller could only use the Empress Dowager's special order to mobilize more than 3,000 people from the Dagukou Fort defenders. He also knew that the group of defenders was so close to Lotte Foreign Company, and probably had been fed by Xiao Lotte with silver. They could not really attack the Industrial Special Zone.

After doing it all the time, Meller began to mix sand into the personnel affairs of Dagukou Fort and stuffed his own hard-core direct lineage into it. Unexpectedly, these direct lineages actually played a big role today.

"Damn, what are the boats on the sea doing? You... come here to translate it for you..."

When Meer's confidant heard that it was Xiao Letian's merchant ship, and the one chasing French ancestors behind him, his eyes turned red, "Be good, the opportunity to make a contribution, get promoted and make a fortune... The young men, load the shells and sank the ship... What's the name? Oh, by the way, Chengfeng..."

"Fire the cannon, blow the Shen Chengfeng..."
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