In this era, there were already bombs. The armies of the western powers were equipped with such cannons.
However, because the Qing court's own equipment was relatively backward, and the firearms purchased from abroad were not the most advanced, their artillery still used solid shells.
Therefore, when they were bombarded by the explosive shells of the Flame Dragon, the Xiang Army on the north and south banks were immediately dumbfounded!
Not only were their cannonballs slow to fire, but they also needed to aim carefully in order to use kinetic energy to hit the enemy ships. The enemy's cannonballs could be thrown, so they only needed to hit their positions.
Thus, despite having the advantage in numbers, the Xiang Army's artillery fire was not as dense as the Flame Dragon's.
On the contrary, the Xiang Army on the shore suffered heavy casualties in a very short period of time under the fierce bombardment of the Flame Dragon's cannons.
The shells fired by Flame Dragon produced a large number of high-speed shrapnel when they exploded. These shrapnel were as fast as bullets. They were almost fatal!
Not only that, but the high temperature and powerful shock wave from the explosion of the large-caliber howitzer could also be used to kill the enemy.
As a result, it was common to see several or even dozens of Xiang soldiers being sent flying by the shockwave of the artillery shells landing on the ground. They would be sent flying high into the air before falling heavily to their deaths!
The performance of the Xiang Army was worthy of being a strong army of this era, even though they had suffered heavy casualties under the fierce artillery fire of the Flame Dragon.
They still didn't collapse. Many cannons fired at Flame Dragon in the middle of the river and hit their targets.
Bang!
With a loud bang, a cannonball smashed into the high freeboard of Flame Dragon.
The huge kinetic energy caused the entire warship to shake slightly.
"He hit it!"
"Great, I hit it!"
The cannoneer who fired the cannon shot and hit the Flame Dragon jumped up happily when he saw that his cannon shot had hit the enemy ship!
However, in the next second, they could not laugh anymore!
Flame Dragon, which was hit, was neither sunk nor caught on fire. There was not even a single wound on it.
"Damage control, report the damage!"
After confirming that he had been hit, Lin Yu quickly called the damage control personnel on the ship and asked them to report the situation.
"Captain, the enemy's six-pounder hit the left side of the ship. The kinetic energy of the shell was not enough to penetrate the armor. It didn't even leave a bullet mark and was bounced back by the armor of the warship!”
The manager's answer made Lin Yu feel at ease!
He almost forgot that he was standing on a battleship that was equipped with tens of thousands of tons of armor and hundreds of millimeters of thick armor belt!
As one of the battleships with the best defensive capabilities during World War II, the Bismarck was able to survive the siege of an entire fleet of the Royal Navy.
Its outstanding protective properties could be seen from this!
The Xiang Army's cannons were small in caliber and weak in power. Moreover, they did not have specialized armor-piercing bullets. It was impossible for them to penetrate the armor of the Flame Dragon.
"You still dare to fight back? Blast!"
Although the Flame Dragon was not injured, Lin Yu was still very angry.
Not only did the enemy not surrender, they even dared to fire at me!
How could he tolerate this!
For a moment, Flame Dragon's firing speed increased, and its firepower output increased by a large margin.
This time, the small and medium-caliber secondary cannons that had been bought previously also joined the battle.
There were nearly 100 small-caliber sub-cannons on the Flame Dragon. The main purpose of these sub-cannons was to defend against air.
However, in this era, all countries did not have an air force, so they instantly changed from an air defense force to a fire suppression force.
Although the caliber was small, their firing rate was abnormally terrifying. The 37mm dual anti-aircraft artillery could fire up to 300 rounds per minute. The shells that were fired were like a rain of bullets, destroying everything in their path!
The firing rate of the 20mm anti-aircraft gun was even more terrifying. Although the explosive power was not great, for ordinary soldiers without armor protection, this thing was like a reaper of death. It was too sharp!
After hundreds of anti-aircraft cannons joined the battle, the firepower of Flame Dragon was raised to a whole new level.
If the Xiang Artillery Army on the shore could still hold on before, then at this moment, they witnessed their own attacks being ineffective against the enemy, and the enemy's attacks being destroyed.
Under such a double blow, they finally could not hold on any longer and collapsed. They began to be completely defeated!
"Haha, this is great. Just blast it like this. There are enough cannonballs!”
Seeing the Xiang Army on the shore being utterly defeated, Lin Yu laughed heartily, feeling extremely happy.
This battle was awesome. The system reward was directly linked to the number of enemies killed.
Therefore, the more enemies they destroyed, the more rewards they would receive.
However, he was also secretly glad that he had brought along a battleship when he transmigrated. If he didn't have this battleship, he would have had no choice but to avoid the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Xiang Army.
How would they dare to openly confront them here?
Ding! System Notification: Congratulations to the Host for successfully completing the mission of rescuing the prisoners of war. The Host is rewarded with 1,000,000 taels of silver, 1000 Mauser 1888 rifles, and a 5,000-ton transport ship!
At this moment, as the Lu Battle Team rescued the Taiping Country soldiers from the prison, the system's mission reward was also given.
Lin Yu immediately entered the system warehouse and placed the landing ship at the place where the marines had landed. This way, they could bring the prisoners back and retreat safely.
"Hurry, hurry up!"
"This way!"
On River Heart Island, the marines who were retreating with 3000 prisoners of war saw a huge transport ship parked by the sea before they reached the beach. The crew on the transport ship was waving at them to board the ship.
Not only did the system reward him with a transport ship, but it also provided him with a full crew.
Otherwise, Lin Yu would have to find people to drive these ships, which would waste a lot of time.
When the captives and the soldiers of the Marine Corps boarded the ship, the transport ship met up with the Flame Dragon. Just as they were about to retreat, Lin Yu suddenly received a message.
According to the captured Taiping soldiers, their general, Li Xiucheng, had been taken away by Zeng Guofan!
Hearing this, Lin Yu finally understood.
No wonder the system gave such a high reward for rescuing Li Xiucheng. It seemed that the difficulty of rescuing this guy was not lower than the main mission!
Looking at the Xiang army's flag fluttering above the camp on the south bank, Lin Yu felt conflicted. Should he save Li Xiucheng?
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