Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

Sure enough, in the afternoon of the next day, Heb assembled a total of eleven warships from Britain, France and the United States and began to approach the Dagukou Fort, ignoring the warnings of the Qing army.

When they were less than five kilometers away from the Dagukou Fort, Heb gave an order and the six warships in front of the eleven warships opened fire first, launching a fierce bombardment at the Dagukou Fort!

Suddenly, the Dagukou Fort was filled with smoke and flying sand and stones! The entire Dagukou was engulfed in artillery fire. Hebu sat proudly on the flagship, looking insolent.

However, Herb was too happy too early!

Just as Heb's fleet was getting closer and closer to the Dagukou Fort, suddenly, all the reed mats on the fort were lifted up, revealing dozens of heavy artillery. The Qing army quickly stuffed the shells into the gun barrels and then quickly ignited them!

Boom boom boom!

Continuous gunfire rang out, and dozens of shells were fired at the fleet like a flood!

Heb's face changed drastically! What's going on? What's going on? Didn't Comorel say there were only a dozen or so cannons at Dagukou? How could dozens of shells suddenly be fired?

However, at this time, it was too late for Heb to question Comerel. Dozens of shells exploded on the sea. The distance was close and the power was great. In just a quarter of an hour, more than 200 shells were fired from the Dagu Fort, and the warships were badly beaten before the British, American and French fleets could react!

Although the Qing army's artillery wasn't very good, they were so close, and the warships were such huge targets. With no preparation at all, how could they not suffer a great loss? In particular, just because the others' artillery wasn't very good didn't mean Liu Ye and He Zhengqing weren't. Both of them were proficient in artillery, and each of them operated the largest cannon and launched an attack on the fleet!

From the beginning to now, the two of them have fired more than a dozen shells, at least ten of which have landed on the warship! As for the other Qing troops, even if their artillery skills are poor, they can still hit a single one! A blind cat encountering a dead mouse can still hit a few!

It's okay for warships of large tonnage, but those ships with too small tonnage, after being hit by a few shells, will stick out their butts and slowly sink to the bottom of the sea!

Heb was furious on the flagship and kept giving orders, directing the navies of the three countries to launch a fierce attack on Dagukou. At the same time, he began to change the formation in order to increase the distance between the warships and facilitate the dispatch of the warships.

Unfortunately, Heb had overlooked one thing: relying on his flagship's strong armor, he had knocked down quite a few obstacles, such as chains and wooden stakes, but that was only in the nearby waters. There were still plenty of obstacles elsewhere, and other smaller warships didn't have the same powerful power to shatter obstacles with just their hulls! Consequently, the entire fleet could only line up in a straight line, huddled together.

Herb was really angry. If the fighting continued like this, the navy would suffer huge losses!

Herb roared, "Order the flagship to charge forward. The two giant ships, the USS Cordiff and the USS Minnesota, will separate and guard the two flanks. Open fire with all your might. We must suppress the firepower of the Dagu Fort!"

The flagship led the way, and the four main guns and eight secondary guns on the ship fired at full force, continuously pouring shells onto the artillery position. The naval military quality of Britain, the United States and France was far beyond the reach of the Qing army, especially in artillery battles, the gap was even greater. Although they were now relying on the geographical advantage to beat the enemy fleet miserably, they also knew their own suffering!

In just such a short while, more than ten artillery pieces at Dagu Fort had been destroyed!

He Zhengqing's eyes were filled with anger. This was really weird. These foreign devils were too accurate in their artillery fire!

He Zhengqing looked at Liu Ye standing aside and shouted, "Boy, what should we do now? Damn it, that battleship in the middle of them is too powerful. One shell from it is equivalent to three of ours, and it's incredibly accurate, almost as powerful as mine!"

Liu Ye was also extremely anxious at this time. If he could not take advantage of the advantage to repel or defeat the Western fleet, then his small artillery position would be in danger!

At this moment, British warships in the distance had begun to approach the mudflats, and teams of British troops had begun to line up, preparing to force a landing. Once the enemy's army landed at Dagukou, it would be even more difficult to repel the enemy's attack!

Liu Ye gritted his teeth and shouted, "Brother, come here, come here! I'll measure the distance for you, and you adjust the design parameters. Let's work together! Attack their flagship and severely damage it. Only by severely damaging their flagship can we force them to retreat!"

After all, the artillery of this era is too unfamiliar to Liu Ye, and he is far less proficient than He Zhengqing. Now he can only try his best to maximize his ranging ability!

He Zhengqing quickly ran over and began to nervously operate the cannon! Liu Ye nervously measured the distance on the side!

"Southeast, 815 feet away, four points to the left. Reload the shells immediately and fire!"

Liu Ye had already locked onto the boiler of the British flagship. At this time, the best way was to aim directly at their steam turbine. After a few shots, as long as it was hit, the boiler would explode and the entire warship would be scrapped!

"emission!"

He Zhengqing roared angrily, and with a loud bang, the cannonballs rushed towards the distant flagship like lightning!

boom!

boom!

With a loud bang, the shell landed accurately on the flagship. Unfortunately, there was still some deviation and it did not reach the flagship's boiler!

"Great!"

He Zhengqing was so excited that he almost jumped up and roared with all his might.

Liu Ye gave a wry smile. "Is this too good to be true?" Although we hit them, the shell didn't pose much of a threat to their flagship. It just started a fire. As long as the fire is put out, we can continue the battle!

Liu Ye shouted, "Brother, stop yelling! Hurry up and keep going! We must hit the smoking spot on the enemy warship. If we hit that spot, the warship will be scrapped!"

He Zhengqing was stunned for a moment, then realized that this might be the weak spot of the giant ship. Although he didn't know much about warships, he admired the brother beside him very much. He said, "We will fight the way he says!"

"One more time, southeast, seven points to the right, eight hundred and seventy-six feet!"

Four shells in a row all landed on the British flagship. Herb was completely panicked. Damn it! I was just mocking the Qing army's artillery technology, saying that it was taught by women with bound feet, and their artillery shells have become incredibly accurate! Damn it!