Chapter 969: Dazed command

"Boom." The artillery bombardment was still going on. The Qin army's entire armored fleet was unable to fight back because the armored ships were equipped with machine guns instead of artillery. Even the armored ships equipped with artillery were abandoned because of the heavy artillery and high cost.

The range of the machine gun is not comparable to those of the artillery. Although the range of the old artillery is not that far, it is still far longer than the range of the machine gun. The Qin Army faced the Chu State Water Army's shore-based artillery attack. There is no countermeasure for a while.

"Fight back, fight back." The captain of an iron-clad ship named after the traditional surname of Qin State "White" shouted loudly.

"Machine gunner. Quick counterattack." The captain yelled.

"Where is the machine gunner?" the captain shouted.

And on the deck of the ship. The machine gun operator crimped on the deck.

"Woo." The shells roared past the boat.

"Machine gunner, get up. Hurry up. We have to fight back." a trainee officer shouted loudly. Speaking of this, he began to pull the machine gun operator into his combat post.

"Hurry up." The trainee officer shouted loudly.

"Boom." There was a loud noise. A solid shell directly hit the tail of the ironclad ship. A machine gun shooting platform was hit.

The machine gun operator inside was hit by a solid shell. The whole body was smashed all at once. Plasma is everywhere.

"Damn it." The trainee officer cursed loudly at the machine gun operator all the time. Because of such a **** scene, the machine gunner lost the ability to fight.

"We are going to counterattack now." The trainee officer shouted to another sailor.

"Enter the combat position. Hurry up." The trainee officer shouted.

"Yes, sir." A sailor replied, encouraging his courage.

"Install ammunition," the trainee officer said and entered the machine gun firing position.

"Wow." The sailor on the side was still a little nervous and picked up the ammunition chain. Because of the trembling hands, the ammunition chain made a rattling noise.

"Don't be nervous." The trainee officer looked at the sailor and said.

"Come slowly," the trainee officer said.

"Yes, sir." The trainee officer said.

"Install ammunition," the trainee officer said.

"Yes. Sir." The sailor at this time. Install the bullet chain slightly calmly.

"Kacha." The trainee officer pulled the bolt. Advance the bullet to the firing position.

"Start shooting." The trainee officer shouted loudly. Then pull the trigger.

"Tututu. Tututu. Tutu." The machine gun shot out a dazzling tongue of fire. But the bullets flying out became a beautiful arc into the Yangtze River.

"Damn it." The trainee officer stopped shooting at this time.

"Our bullets went into the water." The sailor said when he saw the trainee who stopped shooting.

"I know. We have to get close to fight back." The trainee officer said.

"But in that case, our ship will also be hit by the opponent." The sailor said.

"This, we must do this." The trainee officer said.

"The captain will not agree," the sailor said. Qin State is in order to train his own officers. Enriched a large number of trainee officers into the armed merchant ships. In this way, the State of Qin does not need to build a large number of ships of all kinds, and these trainee officers will be dispatched to them. The Qin Navy left a lot of military expenses. As for the sailors. The Qin State put the armed merchant ships of the Qin State into the reserve service. Thus. Sailors became reserve sailors. Qin State saved a lot of navy funds.

"Whether we agree or not, we must do this." With that, the trainee officer left the machine gun shooting position.

"You come to take over. Our ship will shoot as soon as it gets close to the target. Shoot at those luminous firepower points. Do you understand?" the trainee officer shouted loudly.

"Yes. Yes sir." said the sailor.

Soon the trainee officer disappeared on the deck. He will look for the captain to discuss the offense.

"Captain, we must be close to the shore. In this way, our machine gun can shoot at the Chu State Water Army artillery position on the shore." The trainee officer rushed into the cab and shouted loudly.

"Damn it, in that case, we will all be dead." The captain replied loudly.

"That's better than being passively beaten like this." The trainee officer said loudly.

"No. This ship is mine. I am the captain. I don't want to see my ship being hit." The captain replied loudly.

"We must launch an attack. Otherwise, the entire fleet will be over." The trainee officer shouted.

"Damn it, I'm the captain, you don't need you to teach me." The captain shot back angrily at this time. He was the captain here, but he was yelled at by a trainee officer. This is really incredible.

"We must launch an attack. Captain." The trainee officer suggested again.

"Stop talking. You are a trainee officer. You are in the navy establishment, and we are armed merchant ships, armed merchant ships, you know. We merchants are also armed men, and this ship is not of the navy." The captain shouted loudly. .

"Then you are also the reserve of the navy. You are a member of the Qin State." The trainee officer shouted loudly.

"You get me off my merchant ship." The captain shouted angrily at this time. For this dangerous move by the trainee officer. It made the captain feel dangerous. In his opinion, these trainee officers were real navy. The original purpose of armed merchant ships, which they did not understand, was to engage in transportation and earn high profits. And they also have to avoid greater losses, such as the loss of this ship. The entire fleet will lose guarantees.

In order to avoid such a big loss. Especially after the merchants lost these armed merchant ships. They will have nothing. The military will not provide any compensation for such armed merchant ships. The reason is that they are private ships, not the state, and the state is not obliged to provide such compensation. The most important thing is that they are armed merchant ships, privately armed, and warships are the regular national defense forces. These are two different meanings.

"Boom." There was a loud noise. A shell directly hit the cab. The captain, chief mate, pilot, and trainee officers were all shot.

"Damn it." The trainee officer reacted first.

"Sir. You have nothing to do." A sailor pulled out the trainee officer from an iron plate.

"Damn it," the trainee officer cursed.

"The captain died in battle. What shall we do?" the sailor asked.

"The captain died in battle? Oh." The trainee nodded.

"And the first officer." The trainee officer asked at this time.

"Where are they?" The sailor nodded as he said.

The first mate's lower body was pressed under a large iron plate. There was still bleeding under the iron plate, and there was still some minced meat in the blood. The upper body of the first officer is still intact.

"Now, you are our captain." The sailor said with a glance at the tragic death of the first officer. The captain was pressed down by a large iron plate, as to what kind of cruel situation. The sailors didn't have time to think.

"Oh." The trainee officer glanced at the tragic first officer and nodded.

"I, can our ship still move?" the trainee officer asked at this time.

"It can barely move, and the rudder can barely work," said the sailor.

"Well, let's get close to the shore, concentrate our firepower, and shoot fiercely at the positions of the artillery." The trainee officer said.

"Yes, Captain," said the sailor.

"Hurry up," the trainee officer said. With that, he tried his best to stand up. His left arm was seriously injured. The blood went straight out.

"One of Qin's ships was sunk by us. We hit many ships." At this time, an officer quickly reported on horseback.

"No, let our artillery continue to shoot." At this time, a navy officer asked Xiang Yan.

"No. We must withdraw the artillery immediately. The people of Qin will not be hit so easily. We should accept it as soon as we meet." Xiang Yan made an accurate judgment based on her own judgment. He believed that the sudden firing had caught the people of Qin by surprise. The Qin armed merchant ships hit by the violent artillery fire temporarily lost the ability to counterattack. They had no idea that the other party would ambush the artillery against them.

The Qin State armed merchant ship was caught off guard, but they still had the ability to fight back, but they were temporarily caught in a chaotic situation. Unable to organize an effective counterattack. Xiang Yan's thoughts were before the Qin State launched a counterattack. Take appropriate measures immediately. Get out of the battlefield. Once Qin State counterattacked. It will pose a huge threat to the artillery force that has just been built.

"General. We can completely annihilate Qin's armed merchant ships." The officer suggested.

"Retreat immediately, quickly." Xiang Yan directly issued a firm order.

"Here," the officer said, arching his hands. He immediately withdrew to communicate the order.

"Boom. Boom." Qin State "White." Armed merchant ship. Braving the artillery shells fired by the Chu State navy forces, they quickly approached the shore.

"A ship from the State of Qin is approaching." The artillery of the Chu State Marine Corps apparently also noticed the brave actions of the armed merchant ship.

"Aim, hit." The artillery shouted loudly at this time.

"Adjust the direction. Aim." The gunners began to adjust their gun positions in a hurry, and they wanted to directly bombard the ship that was approaching them.

"Retreat. Retreat. Quick, retreat immediately." This time. A messenger waved the command flag in his hand and shouted loudly.

"What?" The Chu State navy gunners were suddenly confused. They did not understand why such an order was suddenly issued.

"What should we do?" This time. The gunners were at a loss. They didn't know whether to continue to adjust their artillery, or immediately pack up their artillery and take their artillery out of the battle. Such contradictory orders. All of a sudden, the gunners felt very at a loss. They don't know what to do.