Chapter 370 Tonight, no one falls asleep

"Mr. Governor, I can't see clearly."

On the stone rock near Mawan, Chen Lingfei said regretfully.

As night falls, the light around Mawan is very dim and the visibility is less than five meters. Qianlijing can only see clusters of fire and cannons are firing. However, where the shells fall and how much damage it caused, it is impossible to see clearly. The rumbling sound of cannons is still coming, but I have no idea how effective it is.

"Go down!"

Zhang Zhun said lightly.

Since you can't watch the battle, you can only supervise the battle yourself.

Soon, Zhang Zhun's figure appeared on the beach near the battlefield. It was about two miles away from the battlefield ahead, and it was the base camp of this battle. The pirates' artillery bombardment also caused certain damage to the Hu Ben Navy. The solid bullets they shot would also be effective if they hit the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army. The wounded and martyrs were sent down, and the new forces were constantly replenished. As for the martyrs' bodies, they were temporarily stored on the beach.

From the mouths of the lightly injured, Zhang Zhun learned that the pirate's artillery technology is indeed quite powerful. The shells fell on two floating turrets, causing a certain number of casualties. The battle continued until now, and Zhang Zhun had lost twenty or thirty people. However, the shells caused only casualties, but it was nothing serious to the hull.

When the battle is carried out, there is actually no technology at all. It depends on the perseverance and persistence of both sides. Equipment does not represent everything in the army, and human quality is the most important thing. Whoever can grit the teeth and persevere until the end will be the winner! After this battle, the spirit and quality of the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army and Navy will be upgraded to a higher level.

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

Beside Zhou Zhengyu, shells fell from time to time.

Obviously, the pirates regarded this Ninghai as the target of the key attack.

"I, Zhouman, is honored!"

Zhou Zhengyu said fiercely to the people around him.

Immediately, he ordered a more violent counterattack against the enemy.

"Replace the ammunition type!"

"Chain bullet!"

Zhou Zhengyu shouted fiercely.

Aren’t you going to come up? Then come up!

Suddenly, someone shouted: "Commander Zhou, it seems that the pirates have retreated."

Zhou Zhengyu raised the thousand-mile mirror and used the flames of cannons to search for the traces of the pirate ship.

Sure enough, in the darkness, you can see that the pirate ship was indeed retreating outside. It turned out that because the sky was completely dark and there was no point of bounce, Sun Ronglu had to order to retreat. At the same time, he also needed time to consider how to deal with the chain bullets and grape bullets shot by the two monsters. At this time, he had not received any news of Lao Qi's ship sinking. Otherwise, he would definitely go crazy.

"Stop shooting."

Zhou Zhengyu frowned and immediately ordered.

He also couldn't see where the bullet point was, so he continued to fire the fire, and could only fire randomly, just wasting shells. Soon, Fuhai on Yang Guohua's side also stopped shelling. The sea surface, which was originally rumbling, gradually quieted down. The sea breeze blew, trying hard to blow away the layers of white smoke. The entire Mawan area, including Fushan City, was filled with the strong smell of gunpowder.

Both sides were reluctant to go to the ceasefire. Sun Ronglu was reluctant to retreat. The Hu Ben Navy had to continue to work hard. But there was no way. The black surface was pitch black and the visibility was very low. If there was no fire from the muzzle, it would be impossible to see five fingers. In this case, even if the battle was stalemate until the next day, there would probably be no results. Both sides were just fighting blindly.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, there will naturally be no moonlight, and the starlight will not be visible at all. The outline of the other side's pirate ship can be barely seen. The outlines of the two floating turrets can also be seen. However, if you can't see the bounce point, everything will be useless. Therefore, although both sides are reluctant, they have to stop the shelling.

The three Cangshan boats also retreated smoothly. It turned out that the two entangled Haicang boats on the pirates finally hung up their sails and successfully left the battlefield. As the distance between the two sides continued to widen, they escaped from the range of artillery. The fierce artillery battle finally came to an end.

Zhang Zhun soon took a sampan to the top of Fuhai.

Fuhai did not suffer any major losses, but there were some casualties, about ten people. The morale of the soldiers was very high. When Zhang Zhun saw them, they all had a winning smile on their faces. They won the naval battle just now. Of course they should smile. Especially those naval cadets, they basically strengthened their determination to stay in the navy.

Then, Zhang Zhun came to the top of Ninghai again.

Ninghai is the target of pirates' key attacks, and a large number of solid bullets poured out here. The casualties were slightly greater, and about twenty people were lost. However, the morale of the soldiers was fine. In the battle just now, in general, the Hu Ben Navy won the battle. After all, they had successfully sunk a pirate ship.

"I have extra good news to tell everyone!"

"We also sank a pirate's No. 3 blessed ship!"

Zhang Zhun said loudly.

The soldiers fighting in Ninghai, including Zhou Zhengyu, had not heard of the news yet. They couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard this and then applauded. They thought that the only one that sunk was a Haicang ship, but unexpectedly, there was still a No. 3 lucky ship that was killed.

Zhang Zhun briefly described the pirate ship being sunk, and made minor changes in the middle... The lucky ship did not hit the reef, and there was no problem, but was destroyed by the brave Hu Ben Navy soldiers with fierce cannons.

"Wow!"

"We are invincible!"

The face of every navy soldier was filled with the excitement of victory.

Especially those naval cadets, they couldn't wait to get out as soon as possible, drive their own warships, bravely attack the enemy, and create their own glory. In fact, their expectations did not take long. If everything goes well, in just three months, a large number of Cangshan boats will be launched.

"Our team is like the sun..."

Someone sang military songs loudly, and others immediately started singing loudly. Soon, the loud military songs rang out from Ninghai. When the soldiers on Fuhai next to him heard it, they naturally sang along with it. The soldiers on the sampan behind Fuhai and Ninghai heard it and sang along with it. When the soldiers on the shore heard it, they also sang along with it. The left-behind soldiers in the Quail Bay Military Port also sang along with it.

Finally, the whole of Mawan recalled loud military songs. Everyone sang military songs over and over again, as if they were never tired. The song spread throughout the Aoshan Guard, and the entire Lingshan Guard was the great good news that the two pirate ships were sunk. Many people were awakened by this good news, and many people fell asleep steadily after receiving the good news.

While the night was the soldiers of the Hu Ben Navy were busy preparing for tomorrow's battle. Although everyone was tired, they were very motivated. Everyone sang military songs repeatedly and worked hard. Everyone knew that tomorrow's battle would definitely be more intense. After dinner was brought up, everyone ate on the floating turret. After eating and drinking, they immediately maintained the cannons and stored more sub-cannon chambers.

A large amount of ammunition was sent up by a sampan to supplement the loss of the artillery battle. Roughly speaking, the artillery battle in one hour consumed thousands of kilograms of black gunpowder. The consumption of this naval battle was indeed not covered, and no matter how it was, it was a waste of money. Fortunately, his current wealth was quite rich, and Lingshanwei also had enough raw materials to produce black gunpowder, otherwise, he would be unable to continue!

Zhang Zhun couldn't sleep all night.

In the second half of the night, Zhang Zhun returned to Caidiexuan to visit Xue Zhidie's condition. Xue Zhidie's body still did not improve, it was cold and hot. If he had been awake and unconscious for a while, it was a while. Fortunately, he could still drink porridge, otherwise there would be a big problem.

This led to Ning Lingwei's opinion of Zhang Zhun. She blamed the main reason for Xue Zhidie's illness on Zhang Zhun's efforts to work hard, which led to Xue Zhidie's serious overdrawing of her spirit. Even if Xue Zhidie is strong, she is still a woman. How can she withstand such troubles?

Zhang Zhun had no choice but to admit Ning Lingwei's straightforward accusations. He had no choice but to ask Ji Yuqing to take good care of Xue Zhidie and make up for his guilt. Fortunately, Ji Yuqing is the one who knows the most considerate and there is no surprise.

Of course, Sun Ronglu couldn't sleep all night.

The previous battle made Sun Ronglu feel very depressed. He rushed north excitedly. He thought he could beat Zhang Zhun, but unexpectedly, he was beaten by Zhang Zhun in turn. By accident, he actually lost a Haicang ship! What's more terrible is that this Haicang ship was sunk by Zhang Zhun with cannons! After fighting at sea for so many years, Sun Ronglu felt that he had never been so unlucky!

However, his bad luck was not the same! Originally, Sun Ronglu thought he had just lost a Haicang ship. This made him very depressed. However, even more bad news came, and Lao Qi's lucky ship also sank! This bad news was like a bolt from the blue, giving Sun Ronglu a blow. When he received the news, Sun Ronglu even had a brief deafness, and it took him a while to wake up.

"Where is Lao Qi?"

"I'm going to kill him!"

"I'm going to kill him!"

Sun Ronglu's eyes were red and she yelled in anger.

"The seventh brother is gone!"

"Maybe he died in battle!"

The subordinates answered carefully.

"I……"

"Lao Qi, this waste..."

"My lucky ship...my lucky ship..."

Sun Ronglu felt that he was dizzy and almost fainted. He murmured and repeated a few monotonous words, as if he was in a state of dismay. Finally, he tried his best to calm down and accept this cruel reality.

"well!"

Sun Ronglu sighed helplessly.

The next battle seems to be difficult to do!

He lost a Haicang ship and a lucky ship, and his combat effectiveness was seriously affected. In tomorrow's battle, he only had eight ships to fight. In terms of the number of warships, they still had the upper hand. The problem was morale. The war relied on a force, which was morale. If this force was gone, everyone would have no intention of fighting.

The battle just now had a great blow to the morale of the pirates. Especially the sinking of two ships, which was a catastrophe for the sailors! Why did the pirates go north so actively, and aren't it to seize Fushan City and seize the wealth and women here? Looting is the most basic motivation for the pirates to fight! As long as they take Fushan City, the pirates can do whatever they want.

It turned out that the pirates thought that it would be no big problem to take Fushan City from the sea. After all, there was no decent naval power in Zhang Zhun's hands. However, the target now seems to have become a bit far away! Through the battle just now, even the stupidest pirates noticed that it was obviously not easy for them to deal with the two monsters. Zhang Zhun could sink two of their ships, since he could sink three, four or even more!

Things that were almost certain to be successful suddenly became full of risks, and the morale of the pirates would of course be greatly affected. Wealth is something outside of the body after all, and you have to have life to continue to enjoy it! If your life is gone, even if someone takes over Fushan City and successfully burn, kill, loot, what is the relationship with you?

Lao Qi's death was also a big shock to the remaining pirate captain. Lao Qi is not an ordinary pirate. He has followed Yang Tiansheng all year round. When Yang Tiansheng and Zheng Zhilong and others established a base in Japan at the end of the Wanli period, Lao Qi was already Yang Tiansheng's subordinate. In more than ten years, he had experienced many ups and downs and participated in many fierce battles. Lao Qi was fine. As a result, he was in this unknown Mawan. Even the captain like Lao Qi was killed in battle. Who dared to say that his luck must be better than Lao Qi?

Sun Ronglu wanted to bypass the trouble and attacked differently, but found that the damn Mawan had not a big estuary, and this was a bottleneck. If an outside fleet wanted to enter the shipyard that destroyed Zhang Zhun, he had to enter from here. In other words, the two monsters blocking the way must be destroyed. Otherwise, it would be useless to say anything.

Of course, walking from land is not bad. There are a lot of places to land directly on the coastline of Fushan City. However, with the experience of the last time, Sun Ronglu never thought it would be a good idea to walk from land. Therefore, tomorrow's battle will still start from the front.

"I hope there will be a good start tomorrow!"

"God bless, Amen!

Sun Ronglu, who had never believed in evil, actually drew a cross on his chest and prayed very devoutly. Because he often contacted the Florians from the West, many pirates learned this way of praying. Many pirates believed that Western gods were more effective than Eastern gods.

Another woman named Yang Yinghan who also asked the gods for blessing tonight was also a woman named Yang Yinghan. However, the one she prayed for blessing to the gods was not herself, but Zhang Zhun.
Chapter completed!