Chapter 112 Encounter (2)
Gradually, the frigate squeezed through the cracks between the two enemy ships with difficulty. The soldiers on the deck were clearing out the enemies who were lucky enough to jump onto the warship. The desperate enemy jumped into the sea without hesitation, hoping that they could escape their lives because they knew that the imperial warships that escaped from the encirclement were definitely not something their wooden sailboat could deal with.
The frigate that broke out of the encirclement quickly opened the distance from the enemy ship, and the projectiles poured out by the desperate enemy hit the steel armor and made a "bang, snap" sound.
Chen Xiaoyi looked at the wounded on the deck and his comrades who had already died, with red eyes and shouted: "All artillery soldiers, come back to their combat posts immediately. It's time for us to take revenge."
"Yes." Whether it is a complete warrior or a wounded wounded person, as long as they can move all their troops to their posts, they will turn their anger into bombs and send their shameless enemies to their God.
"Boy Meng Fei, are you okay?" Captain Chen Xiaoyi found Meng Fei slumped on the ground at this time, and asked with concern that he was injured.
"Captain, I'm fine, but I'm a little exhausted." Before Chen Xiaoyi could say anything, he said again: "Don't worry, Captain, just rest for a while. I can continue to fight. I'm just helping to drive the warship, and have not fired shells to the enemy to avenge my parents. The opportunity is rare."
Chen Xiaoyi stepped forward and helped Meng Fei up, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Boy, I scared me. I don't want to lose such an excellent helmsman as you. If you can help your brothers break through the enemy's encirclement, you have made great contributions. The enemy you kill is to avenge your parents. You should rest first."
"The captain I can do, I will not delay the next combat mission." Seeing the captain asking him to rest, Meng Fei said anxiously.
"Really possible?"
"Of course, I'm an excellent captain who has been tested in the storm."
After seeing that Meng Fei was indeed fine, Chen Xiaoyi shouted: "Order, keep the distance between our ship and the enemy ship about 800 meters, use our equipment advantage to fly kites and drag them to death. Remember that the accuracy of their artillery after exceeding this range will be reduced to nearly zero. How are the preparations for each artillery position?"
"Report the captain, the port gun position is ready."
"The starboard gun position is ready."
Although many positions were vacant, the original comrades fell into a pool of blood on the ground. The soldiers supported by anger made 200% work and quickly completed all the preparations before the launch.
The three complete warships at the entrance of the bay and a Spanish warship still emitting thick smoke knew that they had no hope of escaping with their speed and no hope of fighting. They could only fire shells after shell to the frigate that gradually distanced the distance, and the sound of the cannon seemed so weak.
"Steel gun fire."
With Chen Xiaoyi's order, one after another, roaring sounds sounded, arousing the rage of the soldiers and smashing them hard towards the enemy ships.
The enemy ship, which had been injured before, was too slow and was first hit again. Several shells not only took away a large number of enemies' lives, but also caused a fire to ignite the superstructure of the entire warship. The fire gradually expanded with the wind. The enemies who had given up on their own ship jumped into the water one after another, trying to swim towards the shore not far away.
The frigate quickly changed direction again, maintaining a distance of about 800 meters from the enemy, and the cannon on the right roared again.
Perhaps today, the God of the Europeans also stood on the side of the Chinese Empire and ignored the constant prayers of the people on the remaining three warships. The second round of artillery accurately hit one of the enemy ships. The powerful artillery directly destroyed the right side of the enemy ship. The huge gap was blown out, and the sea water surged in. In the blink of an eye, it had already tilted on the sea surface and gradually sank.
The panicked sailors rushed out of the cabin and jumped into the water, hoping to stay away from here before the warship sank. The sea water had been dyed slightly red by blood, and prayed that no sharks appeared in the water.
"Captain, look at the remaining two warships seem to be looking for white flags." He looked at his hands with a telescope and noticed the abnormalities on the decks of the remaining two enemy ships, reminding Chen Xiaoyi.
"Is there any? It seems that there is no? Anyway, I haven't seen the white flags hung from the enemy ship."
Captain Chen Xiaoyi denied, and then ordered the ready gunners: "The gun position on the left side, fire the gun."
"Boom, boom."
The results of the third round of artillery bombardment were not excellent, and only brought minor damage to the enemy ships. Most of the shells fell into the water and exploded fat fish. Obviously, they suffered a disaster of undead.
Seeing the frigate turning to prepare for shelling again, the sailors on the decks of the remaining two warships began to panic. They hurriedly pulled out a white cloth and hurriedly hung the flagpole.
"captain?"
The officers and soldiers looked at their captain one after another, waiting for his order to attack again.
Chen Xiaoyi held up one hand and was about to order the attack to continue. Seeing everything in front of him, he sighed and said helplessly: "We China have always been a country of etiquette. Since we surrender, let's forget it."
"Why……"
Many of the soldiers who heard this sighed at the same time.
"Go forward immediately to surrender, pay attention to the enemy's counterattack before death, and if there is a slight resistance, kill him or her."
Chen Xiaoyi also understood the soldiers' thoughts. Since the establishment of the imperial army, there has never been such a huge casualty, and it has set a precedent for the fleet. This is definitely a great shame for them. However, military rules are military rules after all, military rules. Military people take obedience as their duty and cannot do whatever they want based on their own ideas. They can only order the soldiers' attention to divert their attention, hoping that there are enemies who are blind to them to vent their anger.
"There are also sailors who fall into the water. If you can save them alive, you can save them. If you can't save them, do you understand?"
"yes."
It was not until this time that Chen Xiaoyi had time to consider the casualties of his soldiers and hurried to the infirmary.
"How is it? Are there any statistics on the casualties?" Chen Xiaoyi, who watched the doctors and nurses busy performing surgery on the injured soldiers, bandaging the wounds, and approaching the doctor's chief, asked impatiently.
"At present, 27 soldiers have been confirmed to die, 12 are seriously injured, and 33 are slightly injured and unable to fight, excluding those who are still on duty outside."
After hearing this, Chen Xiaoyi punched hard on the wall, and the red blood slowly flowed down his arm.
"I really deserve to die. If I could be more rigorous, I might not have had such an encounter."
Chapter completed!