Chapter 361: There is danger of being present underwater...

The strong explosion pushed the sea water, like a powerful and violent giant carrying the bow of the three-masted warship high, and then smashed it hard on the sea. Before the bow entered the water, a hideous hole directly above two meters appeared below the bow.

When the bow of the warship fell on the water and the surging waves splashed high around, almost all the people on the entire British colonial fleet who had no problems subconsciously turned their heads and looked towards the direction of Li Yumen.

"Warship turns, turn! Damn, what happened." Major General Ford widened his eyes and gave the order loudly, even spitting on the first mate's face without caring about his incompetence.

"High artillery. Could it be heavy artillery? It is impossible. We have sent infantry soldiers to patrol the shore on both sides of Li Yumen just now. If there are heavy artillery, they will definitely send us a signal." Colonel Henry's face was twisted into a bitter gourd that made people step on, and his voice was as sharp as a shrew who was scolding the street.

"It's not a heavy artillery. If it's a heavy artillery, the sound should be heard from both sides of the strait first." Major General Ford's first mate, Major General Patton, shook his head, and the warships drew standard round white lines on the calm sea of ​​George III Bay one after another. The high mast sails were all unfolded. The roaring wind allowed the warships to turn at full speed and pounced towards their way of coming.

Just after the turn was completed, from their right side, that is, the side of Hong Kong Island, there was a fierce roar of artillery. Major General Ford's expression changed again. "Who dared to attack our squadron? Could it be the French? Or the Dutch?" Major General Ford's brain spun rapidly, thinking about who dared to attack his squadron. However, he had never thought about the Qing Dynasty's navy or pirates. After all, the dense sound of artillery fire would definitely not be possessed by the Qing Dynasty's warships.

"Go forward at full speed and see what...my God!" Major General Ford's eyes almost popped out of his sockets, grabbed his collar with both hands, and screamed in disrespect.

He saw that Lieyumen ahead, the stern of Lieutenant Colonel Green's warship pointed straight towards the sky. The bow of the warship and the middle of the warship had been inserted diagonally under the sea. Moreover, the entire warship was sliding down to the sea at a very fast speed.

The sailors screamed and lay on the ship's body. The more clever ones had jumped into the water and swam hard towards the distance, fearing that they would be stirred up by the vortex that was sunk by the warship.

The explosion turned a three-mass warship into a dead fish about to sleep on the sea. This experience really hurt the hearts of the British people present. Even the dense artillery fire faintly came from one side of Hong Kong Island. Everyone seemed to be like lifelike wax figures, watching the three-mass warship disappear from their sight in amazement.

The British Army soldiers standing along the coast on both sides of Lei Yuemen were carrying out reconnaissance and patrol missions, and some even drew crosses on their chests, wondering whether they were praying for their unlucky naval colleagues or trying to soothe their fright.

Several rapid gunboats transformed by British armed merchant ships rushed to the front, and they soon arrived near the silent warship. They extended a helping hand to the companions who were floating and struggling on the sea, and loudly asked the terrifying sailors what had happened.

"I don't know, I really don't know what happened. Our warship was chasing the pirates of the Qing Dynasty to the east at an extremely high speed. However, when we were chasing the seas in the area where they threw the black iron balls, the strong explosion even almost pushed my warship to the sky. God, it was like the enemy buried a gunpowder depot under my ship." Lieutenant Colonel Green, who was wet, was sent to the deck of the flagship Lion in the shortest time. His mouth was a little blue. Since he had poured a large cup of brandy, his face still failed to return to normal. His trembling gums made his tone look so panicked.

"Enough, take Mr. Lieutenant Colonel down to change his clothes first, give him some wine and bread, and let him come to me after he recovers from his sanity." Major General Ford rubbed his eyebrows with a headache, signaling the sailor to take the lieutenant Colonel down to rest, who seemed a little scared.

A fast gunboat was slowly approaching the wreckage. The sailors on the deck called loudly and ran quickly, throwing cables to the distance, so that those companions who were still struggling on the sea could get rescue as soon as possible.

No one noticed that in the quiet sea water, a black iron ball that was not much smaller than a bucket was floating in the blue sea water that was only about two meters away from the water. Perhaps the explosion just now scared the creatures in the sea, and the swimming fish were panicked and ran around in the sea water.

The black iron ball floated there quietly, waiting quietly. The rapid gunboat slowly approached, and the wooden stripes on the bottom of the ship were clearly visible. There were also many shells and conchs attached. Some clever swimming fish were shuttled through the bottom of the ship, and from time to time they used their pecking between the shells and conchs on the bottom of the ship, looking for their food.

The sound seemed so dull and gloomy in the sea water. The bottom of the ship was getting closer and closer to the black iron ball that was swinging gently in the sea water. Finally, a shell on the bottom of the ship that was climbing on top gently hit the protruding tentacles on the black iron ball. Then a sound that seemed very crisp in the sea water, like the sound of iron sheets colliding with each other in the air.

The black iron ball seemed to suddenly stop swinging, and then, countless cracks appeared on the surface of the black iron ball, and a stream of flames gushed out from the cracks. The violent shock wave even made the fish in the distance slap hard by something, instantly solidifying its movements, and then slowly floated towards the water like a dead object.

This time, the British navy soldiers and the mercenaries who rushed to the deck to watch the fun were all frightened by the explosion that was so close that they all fell back.

They were still wondering what happened just now. Major General Ford and others who sank a solid three-mass warship into the seabed in a very short time were also frightened by the sudden explosion. Their eyes were neatly looking in the direction of the explosion. It was next to the three-mass warship that had just sunk, a fast gunboat actually broke fragilely from the middle, or a water column mixed with flames and black smoke, which clashed the hull of the fast gunboat, and rushed into the air directly from below.

Many of the things on the broken fast gunboat were lifted into the sky, including some sailors, and the broken human body. The thick earth, covered with flames and smoke, rushed high into the sky, and then spread out to the surroundings. The sea water scattered to the sea surface around, as well as the bodies and faces of the stunned British people.

The flames quickly dissipated without a trace, but the rising smoke was slowly rolling around and forming. After being filtered by the sea, the color of the smoke seemed to become whiter, just like the dead, pale faces illusoryly twisted and deformed in the sky.

The muscles on Macartney's face were twitching, and the corners of his eyes were twitching diligently, just like a sign of the recurrence of a stroke hemiplegia. His fingers tightly grasped the beautiful white tassel lace on the collar of his shirt. Even the tassel lace had been scattered from his collar by him.

Sidon grabbed the ship's side tightly, his mouth opened like a hippo who was preparing to undergo tooth extraction under the shadowless lamp. Even the nauseating wormhole on his back groove saw the light of the sun.

The violent explosion passed through Hong Kong Island again, quickly passed in the air, and then easily drilled into the ears of the British navy soldiers who were in trouble and desperately resisted the squadron who hoped to receive assistance.

However, they no longer had to tell where the explosion came from, because they were completely surrounded. Yes, the other party seemed to have already planned it. When the squadron had just passed by another peninsula of Stanley on Hong Kong Island, they almost fell off their chins. On the west side of the squadron, dozens of three-masted warships with shooting arrays were fired together. Yes, there were dozens of ships, which scared many strong-willed British sailors to the point of being so confused.

The shells were like storms that could not be blocked, and were quickly and fiercely poured on their hulls. The five warships, which were still in shock, had not had time to react, were severely damaged.

Yes, the starboard ship of the Mali warship sailing in the center of the squadron was almost completely destroyed, and the hideous wounds quickly swallowed up the surging sea water. With just one round of artillery fire, a three-masted warship sank towards the sea in despair.

The British navy fought back hard, but, during the time when the combatants who had opened arrived at the combat position, loaded ammunition, and opened the gun window, the second round of gun rain had already fallen above their heads again. It was like the hot summer, a sudden and refreshing rainstorm, but the word "门" was replaced by "门".
Chapter completed!