"Boom!"
This time, the gunners carefully adjusted their muzzles and calculated. After a series of shots, all the French speedboats were hit.
This kind of speedboat only weighed a few hundred pounds. A single cannonball would directly turn it into pieces.
"The four cruisers, Gulis, Heliya, Soni, and Essente, will be responsible for attracting the main force of the Earth Army's artillery. The Baja and Lavisse will be responsible for covering the landing of the army.”
The sudden accuracy of the cannon fire confused him, but Snoopy immediately gave the order to attack.
This time, their goal was to quickly take down Jilong Bay. As a naval base, they were afraid that there would be new changes if they were to stay here for a long time.
Once the army landed, they would be able to flank the highlands and take them all.
The four cruisers were more than enough to deal with these cannons. Even the number of main cannons they had was about the same as the number of cannons on the mountain top.
But when the artillery battle began, Snoopy realized that he was wrong.
He thought that it would be a one-sided suppression, but he did not expect that the two sides would fight back and forth.
On one side, stone chips flew and yellow dust billowed. On the other side, huge waves surged and the cannons collapsed under the bombardment of the cannons. Amidst the monstrous waves, the cruiser was also hit and thick smoke billowed, forming a beautiful scene of artillery battle.
"Bastard, why are these people's cannons so powerful? Did they also develop the Flowery Bomb?" Awesome was stunned.
In his impression, the Qing army mostly used bronze muzzles and solid bullets, which were surprisingly powerful.
However, this time, they had obviously used the Flower-Opening Bullet, which was completely unexpected.
In fact, this was indeed the case in history.
While the other countries were already developing all kinds of explosive bombs, the Beiyang Navy was still using solid shells.
As for the Flowery Bomb, not only did it contain gunpowder, but it also contained metal plates, steel balls, and other lethal fillings.
In history, in order to suppress the Westernization Faction, Weng Tonghe and the other Qingliu factions not only restricted funding, but they also did not allow the Beiyang Navy to import spare parts. In this way, Beiyang's blossoming bullets were shot one less, and before the Dadonggou battle, Dingyuan Zhenyuan's boxing was divided into three blossoming bullets, which was almost the same as this predicament.
However, it was completely different now. The Track and Field Robot Bureau could not only make their own flower bullets with picric acid, but they could also make armor-piercing bullets with tungsten bullets.
Although the quantity was not much, and the tungsten content was not high, it was domestically produced. The problem of purity and quantity would eventually be solved.
At this time, the French army had already begun to land. The Super Warriors and the Yuanwu gunships quickly fought, but they were obviously not a match for the Baja and Lavis.
The two 1250-ton wooden gunboats couldn't even deal with the Lalavis, let alone the Baja.
"All of you, f * cking work harder. I'm going to kill that big guy today.”
Li Dongqiu was an old cannoneer. Before he joined the army, he didn't even have a name. He was the third in line and everyone called him Li Saner.
However, even though he was illiterate and had been a soldier for decades, he was still a vice-captain. However, he was extremely accurate in firing cannons and frequently killed French warships.
"Boom!"
The Frenchman began to notice this and launched a volley of shots. Many shells landed around his running position.
These cannons had been in disrepair for a long time. They had only hastily tidied them up, so they were not considered sturdy at all.
"What did you say? Buy girls? What kind of woman are you buying?"
An artillery officer asked his adjutant loudly. His ears were buzzing and he couldn't hear what Li Dongqiu was saying.
Li Dongqiu lost interest in continuing to speak when he saw the expression of the seller. The artillery battle was very intense. Both sides sent artillery shells back and forth crazily.
He was already in a very dangerous situation. If he was hit by a few more shots, it was very likely that the turret would collapse.
The wall had already cracked, and the inferior lime powder fell down.
"Fire! Beat him up!"
Li Dongqiu wiped away the lime powder on his head and shouted while gesturing to continue firing.
Old Li felt that he was just a boor. He did not know anything about loyalty to the country or settling down. All he knew was that he had to send all the shells out and hit the French warships.
He was a man with a gun. He could not lose to the artillery of the foreign devils. Otherwise, he would not be able to swallow this anger.
"Captain, the barrel is too hot. It's about to explode!”The deputy whispered into Li Dongqiu's ear.
The quality of the cannon barrel was the same for the Ministry of War. Even the Krupp cannon needed to cool down after firing a certain number of shots, let alone Li Dongqiu who was risking his life to use it.
The continuous high-intensity firing had already caused the barrel's Wendon to reach a terrifying level. It needed to be cooled down, and it was very likely that the barrel would explode.
"Water, water it!"
Li Dongqiu shouted loudly. He had already turned around to look for the wooden bucket, but there was no one inside.
The enemy had already come up, and the cannons were still suppressing them.
"I don't care. If the chamber explodes, so be it.”Li Dongqiu gritted his teeth and continued firing.
"Good! Two more shots and this big guy would sink!”Li Dongqiu couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The opponent's speed had already been slowed down by him. It was only a matter of time before he sank.
"Boom!“
Just as he was about to fire the cannon that was about to burst into flames, a loud bang came from his side. The originally shaking cannon finally could not hold on anymore. Large pieces of cement fell directly. In the loud bang, the entire cannon collapsed. It was already a miracle that those who could climb out alive...
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