Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 301 Sweet Harbor Situation - Juhuayu Naval Battle ([-])

Xi Yaya looked at his watch. It was exactly 20 minutes since the second telegram was sent.

"You guys are so damn close!" Xi Yazhou scolded, and felt relieved, only to realize that his whole body was covered in cold sweat.

"Mate Le, send the sailors to prepare to board the ship, pay attention to safety!" He took off his helmet, and there were several marks of being hit by hard objects on it. It seems that this thing is still useful, otherwise his brain would have blossomed.

As soon as he relaxed physically and mentally, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his leg. Looking down, his trousers had already been stained with a large amount of blood.

"It's actually hurt—"

Hearing that Xi Yazhou was injured, Le Lin hurried over with the hygienist.Although Xi Yazhou has great doubts about the aboriginal health workers, he can't be picky now.The hygienist tore open his trousers, and there was a blood groove on his calf. His skin was ripped apart and he bled a lot, probably caused by some fragment.Seeing the hygienist skillfully disinfecting him with an alcohol cotton ball between a pair of chopsticks, Xi Yazhou couldn't help but think of the scene he saw in Bethune's novel.

The hygienist inspected the wound and thought that nothing had entered the body, just put some medicine on it and bandaged it up, and there was no need for stitches.Xi Yazhou himself felt that his legs and feet were fine.It's just that I don't know if there is something like tetanus on the shrapnel, and I feel a little guilty.Although the hygienist applied some medicine to him, he didn't know what the medicine was?Xi Yazhou knew that the Ministry of Health and the biological laboratory under the Agricultural Committee had jointly set up a pharmaceutical factory, not only making traditional Chinese medicine reagents, but also preparing to manufacture western medicine.He doubts whether the things made in Shi Yanren's pharmaceutical workshop are reliable or not.Xi Yazhou made up his mind to go to the hospital for a check-up when he returned to Lingao, or even get a tetanus or something...

Even though he thought so, his face showed a resolute expression, although the stimulation of alcohol made him grin his teeth a little while cleaning the wound.

The operation to drive the enemy into Juhua Island went smoothly. The fishing boat did not run at full speed, but just followed the fleet. The six pirate ships fled desperately under the "chasing".

The two fishing boats following behind followed unhurriedly. The commander sent the fleet to Juhua Island according to the original plan, and they could not be allowed to escape midway, so the pursuit was not urgent.

"Boss, those two 'demon ships' are still behind—" the subordinates reported in panic.

"Hidden spirits linger!" Gu Dachun spat, he had already run away, why are these Australians still chasing after him?Even if it is the army, the few boats and the people on them just left are enough for them to ask for credit and reward.

"It's okay! We'll be entering Juhua Islet in a while, and no one can get past that chaotic bay ecstasy formation except us." Gu Dachun felt relieved when he saw that although the other party was chasing closely, they would not be able to catch up with them for a while.

Gu Dachun personally drove the boat, and was the first to rush into Juhua Island. This place is familiar to him. He knows where there are reefs and dark sands.

On the artillery position at Maotiaokou, Ying Yu saw in the binoculars the fleet that was telegraphed a few minutes ago, six single-masted or two-masted sailing ships, sailing between the reefs, bays and waterways at a fast speed. This kind of boat maneuvering skills made him speechless. If it weren't for the ambush plan proposed by Wu De, the navy group might not be able to chase in.

Now on the small islets and reefs near Maotiaokou, the artillerymen have arranged four positions, a total of ten artillery pieces. The position he was in charge of was investigated by Wu De himself—the conditions are relatively good: the area is large and the terrain is flat, so The heaviest 12-pound cannon was deployed, which Ying Yu personally controlled.The headquarters is also located here.

Three days ago, under the leadership of Wang Dahuzi, the navy transported the disassembled artillery here by light ships, and then moved the artillery to the islet one by one according to the exploration situation.With the help of temporarily installed booms and pulleys, the sailors and artillerymen overcame the difficulties and transported several tons of artillery parts and ammunition to the four reefs.Then build a good position on it and arrange a camouflage.Then began the long wait.

"Attention all gun positions!" Seeing the enemy ship getting closer, Ying Yu grabbed the walkie-talkie, "Get ready to fight!"

Ying stared at the direction of the ship more closely, and they were getting closer to the trap they set.These four artillery positions intertwined a net of death at Maotiaokou, and all terrain reference objects in this area were carefully measured and calibrated.

Gu Dachun looked back and saw that the two iron clippers did not follow in, which made him greatly relieved.

"Huh, it's still sensible! If you dare to chase in, I'm afraid you've hit the rocks now." Gu Dachun is no longer worried about his own safety, the only trouble is how to reply to Zhu Sanye—this time, he But it's a big loss.

The sea breeze gradually increased, and the waves began to surge.

"Sail down!" he ordered.If sails are used here, the speed of the ship is not easy to control, and it is easy to hit the rocks.Fortunately, Maotiaokou is not far ahead, and the towering and rugged reef has appeared in the field of vision.There are several dark sands here, which are always changing. Gu Dachun exerted 12 points of energy and firmly held the rudder.

At this moment, he saw a burst of flames emanating from the reef not far away, and then there was the sound of cannons.

With the first shot fired by Ying Yu himself, the cannons in each position were fired at intervals of several seconds, so that the observers could accurately judge the landing point of the artillery.The ship of Gu Dachun, who was leading the way at the front, was shot intensively. A grenade fired by a 12-pound howitzer hit the deck directly, and the wood chips flew randomly, and there was a burst of crying on the ship.Gu Dachun was hit by a hot piece of iron during this shelling and died.

"Pay attention to correcting the target!" Ying Yu observed the landing point of the shells with a telescope. This is really an excellent hunting place: the maximum distance between the various reefs serving as artillery positions is less than 500 meters, and the smallest is only nearly [-] meters .The waterways here are narrow, and there is almost no room to turn around. The maze that the pirates used to escape has become their desperation instead.After the artillery fired a few shots, they quickly made corrections based on the landing point and the surrounding reference objects, and the artillery shot became more and more accurate. Although the white smoke during firing affected the observation on the position, it should be done sooner. Hidden observation posts were arranged on the adjacent reefs, and walkie-talkies were used to transmit the location of the shells.

After the smoke dissipated, the sea area of ​​Maotiaokou was already in a bleak state. All six ships were shot and caught fire. The out-of-control ships crowded together, and some had already run aground.The decks and poops of many of the ships had been battered by shells, and others were burning.Bodies and debris from ships floated on the sea.A broken mast bobbed on the sea with its sails still burning.The whole scene is terrifying and spectacular.Ying Yu didn't care about the outcome of the battle—it was already doomed. What he cared more about was, which shell would do the most damage to the enemy ship?

The result is as he estimated, the effect of the grenade is much better than the solid bullet for the common ships in the Chinese waters.Because these ships are rarely made of hardwood, and even if they are, the thickness of the hull is relatively small. The grenade filled with black powder can easily blast the ship plank, which is much more effective than the solid round bullets that simply open holes in the hull. It is also much better at killing people.

The shelling lasted for 10 minutes, and Ying Yu ordered to stop the shooting. The six ships that rushed into the ambush circle were all paralyzed on the sea. From the beginning to the end, none of the ships had time to fight back, and the rain of shells destroyed them almost instantly. All resistance.

"Send the sea soldiers to search for it?" Someone suggested.

"It's too dangerous." Ying Yu looked at the burning ship, "According to the telegram of the big whale, there are three ships with cannons, and I don't know how much gunpowder is on them. It's not a joke if it is detonated. Wait. It will be over in a while." Then he gave another order, "Let the sampan rescue the pirates who fell into the water at a safe distance, and catch them as long as they can swim to the side of the boat."

By the time the sailors finally boarded the stranded wrecks, they had scooped up about forty survivors from the surrounding area.There was no booty worth mentioning, and the Navy stripped the ship of all iron.

According to Xi Yaya's request, Ying Yu fished up all the dead bodies floating on the deck and in the sea, let the captives identify which ones were the leaders one by one, and then chopped off the heads and put them in boxes filled with lime.This medieval approach made Ying Yu very uncomfortable.

Calm was restored on the sea.The Whale is at sea, repairing masts and rigging damaged in battle.The sailors washed the deck. In order to reduce the burden, part of the sandbags on the ship had been discarded, and the deck looked much empty.

Eight men on the Whale were killed and 20 wounded in the battle.The corpses of the dead were wrapped in white cloth and placed one by one on the deck beside the side of the ship, with a cannonball tied to the foot of each corpse.

"It's a pity that we don't have a national flag yet, otherwise we should give each of them one." Xi Yazhou said with emotion.Although there will be casualties as long as there is a battle, it is still a bit sad to see the soldiers trained by the traversers die in battle.

"Blow the horn!" As the mournful bugle sounded, the corpses were thrown into the sea one by one, and all the sailors and artillery saluted together.

The two fishing boats came back from Juhua Island. Seeing that the big whale was being buried at sea, the fishing boats blew their whistles one after the other.

"Report!" The signalman ran over and saluted: "Yu No. [-] sent a semaphore: 'Salute to all the commanders and fighters on the Big Whale!'"

"The answer: 'Salute to all the glorious naval officers and fighters!'" Xi Yazhou said,

Two fishing boats, one behind the other, escorted the big whale and sailed towards Lingao.Behind him was the black smoke of the pirate fleet still burning in Juhuayu.

(End of this chapter)