Chapter 330 Wolves waiting for their prey!
Chapter 330: Wolves waiting for prey!
At this time, Liang Pengfei was standing in a hidden command post in the Shajiao Fort, observing the British warships. Looking at the tall three-masted warships and even battleships, Liang Pengfei felt that his saliva secretion had accelerated a lot.
The golden light shining with greedy eyes is unaware of it. Fortunately, there are not many people who can see Liang Pengfei's ugly appearance, otherwise it will really affect the tall and complete image of this young master Liang.
"Young Master, will they find any problem?" Bai Shusheng, who was already accustomed to Liang Pengfei's ugly behavior, asked nervously.
"Don't worry, we can't see the flaws of those hidden turrets from our position, let alone the foreigners, but I don't know how many warships the other side will use to attack. I hope these British men will be more tactful and don't use battleships to play. Otherwise, it would be a pity if the baby warship was broken." Liang Pengfei stared at the warships with his eyes tightly, and said without looking back.
Hearing that Liang Pengfei was thinking about his enemies so much, the cadre and generals behind him couldn't help but feel speechless.
At this time, the British warships that had already stopped moving began to move slowly again. However, this time, as Liang Pengfei wished, five three-masted warships were driven out of the fleet and slowly formed into artillery formations. Relying on precise operations, the warships approached the shore cannon.
"Fire!" Wu Qianjin, who was hiding in the command post of Dajiao Mountain, issued an order. The Dajiao Mountain Fort he was in was facing the British warships that were moving upstream and heading into the Pearl River Estuary. The front of the Dajiao Mountain Fort were thirty-six six-pound cannons and fifty-four twelve-pound cannons. Liang Pengfei arranged nearly one-third of the artillery power here, but all the eighteen-pound cannons and five twenty-four-pound cannons that quietly arrived here from King Crab Island were secretly hidden by this vicious guy in case the right time gave the damn British a refreshing blow.
Now, Wu Qianjin only ordered the six-pound cannons to open fire. The six-pound cannons were all things that Liang Pengfei ordered to remove from the large boat. To be honest, this kind of cannon is difficult to pose a serious threat to the British three-masted warships. Although it was condescending and the range was improved, the firing at this time did not pose any threat to the British warships outside the range. Some artillery may not even be aimed in panic, and directly shot on the beach at the foot of Dajiao Mountain, hitting a stream of sand columns.
This made Colonel Keane, the commander of the British squadron, almost laughed. "Oh, my god, it's actually a six-pound cannon, poor guy, do they think our three-masted warships are paper-made, or their small cannonballs can penetrate a thick hull like us with one shot."
"Okay, the soldiers, attack the opponent's turret, so that they cannons are understood." Colonel Keane nodded reservedly to the eldest mate beside him. With the order issued, the artillery that had been ready were pushed out of the cannon window, and the deep muzzles of the black hole were aimed at the Dakoo Mountain Fortress that was shooting intermittently.
With the command of the artillery commander on the artillery deck, five three-masted warships opened fire in sequence, and dense artillery fired in sequence, and the cannons on the front side of the warship spewed blazing white tube flames and gunpowder smoke in the direction of Dajiao Mountain in turn.
In just a short moment, five tall three-masted warships were shrouded by gunpowders. These three-masted warships were all so-called fourth-level or fifth-level warships in one water, all of which were two-deck gunboats. The number of artillery on the side of the ship was between twenty-five and twenty. The five warships were bombarded continuously, which was the intensive bombardment of nearly a hundred artillery.
The Dajiao Mountain Fort was filled with stone chips that were broken by the shells, broken tree poles and flying branches and leaves. However, the other party seemed to be unsatisfied. The first round of artillery had just ended for only ten breaths. The first cannon fired more than a minute ago was pushed out of the cannon window and roared fiercely.
Liang Pengfei's expression seemed quite solemn at this moment. The opponent's artillery was indeed extremely outstanding. At least, it was able to clean the cannon chamber and then load it in just one minute and then launch it. It took only a little more than a minute. Such a launch frequency is definitely terrifying in this era.
At least, Liang Pengfei's best gunners can be achieved, but there are less than thirty-five groups of gunners, which is fully documented. However, Liang Pengfei is glad that most of the gunners on his warship have undergone rigorous and even rigorous training and are slowly moving towards the distance of one shot per minute.
Nowadays, the firing rate of ordinary naval gunners is about one and a half minutes. Although they still cannot reach the speed of this group of British warship gunners, at least the gap is narrowing.
Similarly, the pirates of the Liang family army who originally thought they were invincible finally realized that in this world, these Westerners could dominate the world. In addition to having strong ships and powerful guns, they also had a large number of excellent naval soldiers, which was the most important thing.
"It will take at least two years or even longer to train such a group of gunners." Beside Liang Pengfei, Brother Li Pao made his own judgment with the most outstanding artillery commander in the Liang family army.
"You are right, General Li, such a gunner does require a lot of practical combat and countless practices to be trained." Lieutenant Colonel Juan, the Spanish Navy officer who had already rebelled and participated in Liang Pengfei, made a very pertinent evaluation: "This British colonial fleet is definitely the elite of the British Navy."
"Then, I will let all these elites feed the sharks under the sea, or they will become the instructors of my navy under my command." Liang Pengfei panted and sweared viciously. For Liang Pengfei's heart full of greed and desire, his subordinates felt that it was very reasonable. Anyway, the various talents that were now serving the Lao Liang family and hired by the Lao Liang family are of all kinds of countries. If we count it, it would probably be more countries than the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China. Even if there were more British naval officers, it would be fine. Instead, it would create a healthy competition between them and the Spanish naval officers and Dutch naval officers.
Well, those Dutch naval officers who were recently captured by Liang Pengfei tactfully chose to cultivate naval talents for Master Liang in front of sweet dates and big sticks. Otherwise, Liang Pengfei would not mind chopping these Dutch naval officers who bullied Chinese in Southeast Asia and hung them on the beach to feed fish.
You should know that those Spanish naval officers who were determined to become the founding fathers of Liang Pengfei would definitely compete with these Dutch people in secret. Liang Pengfei would only welcome such competition. As long as they don’t focus on group beatings but on teaching urgent matters, Liang Pengfei would not care about it if they didn’t play with a knife and killed someone.
Under such fierce artillery fire, the Dajiao Mountain Fortress had almost no power to fight back. At first, it could still fight back in the gap between the British artillery fire. However, their six-pound guns really did not pose much threat, and the gunners almost did not aim. Apart from a few accidental hits the British warships, it was almost like a clumsy performance.
This made the British people feel extremely relaxed. Major General Ford even had the time to lit a cigarette and sucked the clouds and spit out the mist. This cigarette is said to be produced in Guangzhou. If Guangzhou is occupied, Major General Ford would not mind letting the army rob the tobacco factory in Guangzhou and take a few more boxes of this damn expensive cigarette.
"So amazing..." Xiao Sidangdong exclaimed like this. This war scene really made the little boy feel his heartbeat was accelerating, and the freckles on his face showed a darker color due to excitement.
Liang Sanhuai squinted his eyes and looked at the seemingly disheveled Dajiao Mountain Fortress. Although the Dajiao Mountain Fortress was bombarded by the extremely fierce artillery fire of British warships, it seemed very miserable. If you are more careful and patient, you can find that the overall structure of those turrets has not been seriously damaged.
Liang Sanhuai secretly breathed a sigh of relief and could also look around leisurely. With his understanding of Master Liang's sinister and vicious personality, Liang Sanhuai would not believe that Master Liang's resistance was only a little bit if he was beaten to death.
The current miserable situation can only tell one thing. Master Liang must be using some conspiracy and tricks to attract these British men to suffer losses. Therefore, Liang Sanhuai was not worried, but just hoped that Master Liang could perform more excitingly.
After several rounds of fierce artillery fire, the opponent's counterattack became weak. Colonel Keane shook his head bored. Such a defensive turret was like an appetizer just now, and the opponent was ready to check out and leave. This feeling made Colonel Keane feel that he should have saved some shells just now.
"Let the warship lean up for another three hundred yards, and then prepare to put down the boat and carry out landing war." Colonel Gene's order was quickly executed. After drawing a beautiful arc on the sea, the five warships began to advance.
"Okay, let the No. 2 gun position be prepared, and after the opponent's warship approaches our precise shooting range, then attack. All the twelve-pound guns are mounted on me and aimed at the opponent's mast." Wu Qian, who was hiding in the hidden command post and was unscathed, laughed strangely twice and issued a new order again.
The command soon arrived at various hidden artillery positions through the passages. The gunners quickly moved and carefully extended the gun's gun's muzzle out of the shooting port covered by branches and leaves.
Chapter completed!