Gunshot!

The rapid gunfire echoed continuously at the Hierness Fort. The Englishmen who woke up from their sleep hurriedly held swords and muskets, trying to retake the fort. When they rushed out of the barracks, waiting for them was a dense rain of bullets.

"Grenade..."

With a shout, a grenade was thrown into the narrow corridor. With a violent explosion, a scream came from the smoke. Before the smoke had dissipated, Zhu Shengwu rushed over first. The moment a figure flashed in front of him, he raised his hand and shot. In front of him was a team of English soldiers wearing breastplate. The brothers following him also rushed over. Before the two armies collided, the revolver guns in their hands became jubilant. In the dense rain of bullets, the English soldiers in the corridor became a group of them.

The battle that took place in the fort was a completely one-sided battle. Although the English reacted from the sneak attack, what was waiting for them were revolvers and grenades. Whether it was the dense rain of bullets in the former or the nearly devastating firepower of the latter in the enclosed space, the English had never experienced it.

This is not a battle of the same level at all.

It’s a technological crush! A comprehensive crush!

When the battle inside the fort started, the sailors on the fort were not idle either. They shook the torches and sent signals to the fleet. The chain of the river locked river was placed at the bottom of the river, and even the chain was cut off. The fleet that had been waiting for a long time immediately rushed past the fort and headed towards Chatham...

The so-called sneak attack fleet is actually just a dozen sloop boats, that is, the lifeboats on the ship. The sails were painted gray dinghys, and under the cover of twilight, it is difficult to see clearly. Compared to the rowing boats that the sailors were careful when raiding the forts, now they rowed very quickly, just like dragon boat racing. At this time, they had only one idea to arrive at Chatham before the British reacted.

After all, gunfire was already heard from the turret.

In fact, they don’t have to worry so much. After all, at this distance, no one will notice the sound of gunfire or grenade explosion.

Moreover, at Chatham Base, there were not many British sailors on those British warships. In this era, the navies of various countries were often not regular troops. Except for a very small number of sailors, only generals and officers were "reserved troops". As for ordinary sailors, they were often composed of temporary tyrants. Although there were many recruited sailors, more were ordinary people who were arrested tyrants, and even homeless people. Even many so-called warships were themselves "armed merchant ships".

In a word, the so-called Chatham Base is not so much a base as a dock, but just a "dock" with dozens of British naval ships. This base was specially built by Cromwell to strengthen his naval military equipment. Since he took office, as many as 48 new warships have been built here.

At this time, these warships were quietly berthing at berths. In fact, as early as last year, due to insufficient financial resources, the naval crew members had refused to go to sea to perform their mission without obtaining cash. After all, naval agents at the docks and ports would only provide food and other supplies to the navy when they received gold and silver coins. On these warships that had been idle for more than a year, the few sailors were either companions with rats in the hammocks, or with long spears and yawns, and some even fell asleep directly in a corner of the deck. As for the officers... the officers on duty were asleep in the cabin, and even hugged prostitutes in their arms. As for the senior officers, they were even far away in London, companions with their mistresses in their mansions.

The whole Chatham opened his arms to the commandos of the Ming Dynasty, and then lifted his skirt to reveal the place of bliss to welcome the arrival of these foreign guests.

When the rowing boat entered Chatham dock, there was no warning here at all. Dozens of mast lights on the warship were shaking in the wind. Although the sailors were very nervous, they still assigned tasks in a hurry and rowed boats toward the nearby British warships.

When approaching the British warships, at least for a moment, a thought emerged in Li Yunhe's mind, otherwise, rush onto the ship and tow these warships away!

Tow the boat away?

This idea just flashed through, not because there was no chance, but because there was not enough manpower. After all, when the strongholds were set up along the coast of Africa, hundreds of sailors had already been scattered in those strongholds, and then towed the ships away? Who will drive?

Yes, burn it!

"What a pity!"

When he picked up the incendiary bomb, Li Yunhe couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He raised his head to look at the warship in front of him, his eyes full of regret.

Although he felt extremely regretful, his movements were very skillful. The molten bottle was thrown directly onto the boat. The moment the molten bottle fell on the board and shattered, the moment the white phosphorus in the bottle came into contact with the air, the violent reaction ignited the gasoline. However, in just a blink of an eye, a ball of flame rose on the deck, and the flowing gasoline even flowed from the grid of the deck into the cabin, and the flames swallowed the cabin.

At least for more than ten seconds, the English sailors on the ship did not realize the fire. They did not wake up from their sleep until the flames devoured the entire warship. They screamed in horror and shouted.

But at this time, everything is no hurry.

Although the sailors used buckets to fill water to try to extinguish the flames on the ship, the water helped to increase the fire. With the help of the flowing water flow, the gasoline flowed faster and was sent to every corner of the ship by the water flow, and more places were ignited!

At the same time, while the flames were flying in the air, the sailors of the Ming Dynasty continued to sway the moor bottles towards the surrounding ships. Although the flames illuminated the darkness, the fires and chaos covered their actions. Even when they threw the moor bottles to the shore and ignited piles of wood and barrels of asphalt, no one noticed their existence.

It was not until the warships were completely swallowed by the flames and the sailors on the ship jumped into the water that they discovered those wandering enemies like ghosts.

"There are enemies on the water!"

"It was the fire they set!"

But waiting for them was the sword that slashed head-on...

Flames rose into the air, rising in Chatham like a summer bonfire. Even the officers and soldiers on the Ming fleet, who were miles away, could see clearly. Even as the plan's maker, Zhang Mingzhen could not help but exclaimed.

"I, my God...this, this is too smooth..."

smoothly!

It went smoothly beyond his imagination!

In fact, to put it bluntly, the British who were attacked were unprepared and had never thought that the Ming fleet did not "escape" to the Netherlands, but suddenly rushed to their doorstep. What they did not expect was that these Eastern people would violate the "naval warfare tradition". They did not even wait for the British to reorganize their fleet. Instead, they chose to send Marines to attack sneak attacks to occupy the fort, and sent commandos to directly burn their warships with moors. Those precious warships turned into piles of bonfires without a single shot.

Even when the bonfire burned, many English soldiers thought it had caught fire, but did not realize it was attacked.

By the time they fully realized it was too late.

"It's really...he's so smooth!"

The bonfire in the distance made everyone scream excitedly, and even Zhu Youbin cursed and sweared. Perhaps, at this time, only such swearing can vent his inner joy.

Before this, none of them expected that this sneak attack would be so smooth. After a moment of joy, looking at the cheering sailors on the warship, Zhang Mingzhen ordered loudly.

"Brothers, keep moving forward, let us teach those British people well, and teach them what the power of the Celestial Empire is to be inviolable!"
Chapter completed!