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Chapter 398 Mortars can also wash the deck (first update, please subscribe)
Gunpowder smoke, blood, gunshots, gunshots, and shouts echoed in the black smoke. On the boiling river, dreadnought boats kept firing at the Brazilian warship like elves on the river.

The dense shells hit the ship's plank like raindrops. While the shells tore the ship's plank, in the bilge of the "Amazon", the sailors of the damage control desperately blocked the breach with canvas wood .

Although the sailors tried their best, the raging river made the Amazon slower and slower.What's more terrible is that when Nanhua's gunboat passed by his side, it would always accurately hit the ship with one round after another. In the continuous explosion, both sides of the "Amazon" were full of giants. Big and small holes.

Facing the frenzied influx of river water, the already overwhelmed "Amazon" even began to make people's voices. Facing the reality of serious flooding, Admiral Inacio directly ordered.

"Quick, grab the sandbar at full speed!"

In order not to sink, this is the only option. In the naval battle with the Paraguayans, many warships were forced to run aground on the sandbar.

"Let him go!"

After discovering the attempt of the "Amazon", Du Guofeng did not continue to stare at the "Amazon", but turned his target to the "Belmont" coastal defense ship. The dreadnought boats that formed the advantage surrounded the Brazilian warship in groups of three like wolves. It was a burst of violent output, but only for a moment, and the "Belmont" was severely damaged. The 20mm machine gun made more than [-] washbasin-sized gaps on one side of it, and more than a dozen gaps on the other side. Although the damaged tube was rescued by sailors desperately, the raging river almost submerged the bottom. cabin.In order not to sink, Captain Antonio could only command the warship to sail to a sandbar and run aground.

The same situation also happened on the "Jackitinia", a warship surrounded by three dreadnoughts, was constantly hit by artillery fire, and didn't even have a chance to grab the beach.In trying to rescue him, the coastal defense ship "Panaíba" had its rudder shattered by a 20mm shell as it tried to rush up.In the end, she could only remain motionless, just like a woman facing three strong men, she could only helplessly bear the violent output of the three dreadnought boats.

In the continuous shelling, the ammunition depot of the "Panaíba" was hit by shells, and the moment the powder barrel was detonated, there was a "boom", and the 1255-ton "Panaíba" exploded in a violent explosion. Torn apart.

Hundreds of Brazilian sailors didn't even have the time to jump into the water. In the violent explosion, they were blown into the sky together, and then fell into the muddy river. The lucky ones are there struggling to survive.

The surface of the river near the sunken ship was dyed scarlet in an instant. As for the "Excellence", it made a difficult U-turn during the siege and sailed towards the sandbar in the river. Facing the fierce artillery fire, the Brazilian sailors could only resign themselves to their fate. Became a ball, at a loss, waiting for an unknown fate.

On the smoky river, three surviving Brazilian warships made their way through the black mist towards the sandbar in a desperate attempt to run aground before sinking.And around them, the dreadnoughts that followed were like wolves, with no intention of stopping at all. These dreadnoughts were like hungry wolves, insisting on taking the prey with their bones. All the meat was torn to shreds.

When the dreadnought sailed at high speed, it would always hit Brazilian sailors who were struggling in the water, and the sailors who were hit sank to the bottom of the river without even struggling.

Although the "Amazon" was just stranded on the sandbar motionless, the Brazilian sailors on board did not give up resistance. While the gunners manipulated the 68-pound cannons to aim at the dreadnought speeding on the water with bullets, the sailors on board also Returning fire with rifles and machine guns.

courage!

These Brazilian sailors definitely did not lack the courage to fight. No matter they were black or white, they all shouted and responded to the attack of the Nanhua gunboat with their rifles.

Although the speed of the dreadnought boat is very fast, in the face of such a hail of bullets, there are always sailors who are unfortunately hit by bullets. When the gunner operating the machine gun is hit, he doesn't even have time to snort before falling down.

But other than that, the rifle bullets hit the steel plate of the dreadnought boat, except for a big drop of paint, it was like scratching an itch.

By eleven o'clock at noon, the battle had been going on for two hours. The three Brazilian warships stranded on the sandbar fought back at the Nanhua gunboat like a fort. Such a "fort" is completely useless.

Seeing that the casualties on the boat were increasing, Du Tianfeng immediately gave the order.

"Temporarily suspend the attack, keep alert on the periphery..."

A fierce battle finally came to an end. Both the Brazilian sailors and the Nanhua sailors had a chance to catch their breath. After sailing to safe waters, Li Tao seemed to be paralyzed from exhaustion. He sat down on the gun emplacement. There were brass bullet casings all around him, some of which were even stained with blood, and several dead sailors were lying there on the deck.

Victory is never free, sacrifice is always inevitable, and the leaden hull of the boat will be full of bullet marks.

"Gunner, do you want to follow Yan?"

"give me……"

When he wanted to raise his hand, Li Tao realized that he could no longer lift his hand. After two hours of fighting, his unicorn arm became useless.

Du Guofeng, who was standing on the command tower, looked at the exhausted sailors around him. The sailors with blood on their faces were exhausted all over their bodies.

"Sir, they're stranded now, it won't work with small cannons!"

Wang Huidong said loudly.

"Even if it's washing the deck!"

Small cannonballs can kill sailors by washing the deck, but they cannot sink the ship!As long as the ship does not sink, those Brazilians will definitely continue to resist.

"otherwise……"

At this moment, Li Tao, who was sitting on the gun emplacement and couldn't lift his arms, shouted loudly.

"Sir, let's use the mortar, this distance is just right!"

Mortar!
There were mortars on board, and Li Tao's suggestion made Du Guofeng's eyes light up. He stared at the 150mm mortar in front of the emplacement, and said forcefully.

"Then try shooting a few shots!"

The mortar gunner seconded from the army stood on the gun position at the bow of the ship, staring at the "Amazon" in the distance and adjusting the firing angle a little bit. When he was aiming, the helmsman tried to keep the gunboat as still as possible.

"Try it first!"

The ammunition hand on the side immediately stuffed a 35-kilogram shell into the chamber, and there was a muffled "boom", and the gunboat shook slightly the moment the shell whistled out.

A few seconds later, a puff of smoke exploded from the side sandbar of the "Amazon". The sudden shelling and rising smoke startled Admiral Inacio, who was discussing countermeasures with the officers.

"They actually have heavy artillery!"

Before Admiral Inacio came back to his senses, another shell roared in. Although many shells missed, some shells still hit the "Amazon".When the high-explosive shell weighing 35 kilograms fell from the air, it even directly smashed through the deck and exploded directly in the bilge. The power of the shell explosion was extremely amazing. It almost directly lifted the deck of the warship and blasted the sailors on the deck. up in the air...

(End of this chapter)