Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

Mu Tingye was a military champion during the Shunzhi reign. He stood on the bow and looked through a telescope at the tragic scene on the fort. He was filled with anger and grief. These soldiers were the guardians of the Qing Dynasty, but they suffered such heavy casualties. He secretly vowed to make the enemy pay the price and avenge his dead brothers.

Afterwards, Mu Tingyu ordered the flagship to dock at the inspection dock at Wusongkou, preparing to go ashore to learn about the specific situation. At this time, the captain and the prefect Zhao Yu who had just arrived had been waiting at the dock for a long time.

"General, you must avenge our brothers! More than 300 of our brothers were killed or wounded in our artillery position..." The captain couldn't help but burst into tears when he saw Mu Yan'e. His voice was full of grief and helplessness, which moved people.

Mu Tingxie hurriedly stepped forward to comfort the captain and asked him what happened. The captain choked up and told him the scene at that time. It turned out that all this was caused by the huge and mysterious ironclad ship that broke through the customs.

Mu Tingye frowned and thought to himself: Ironclad ship, isn't this the ironclad ship that the Ministry of War recently issued a document to pay close attention to?

The document of the Ministry of War stated that as long as the ironclad ship did not take the initiative to attack, the naval forces, Han camps and Eight Banners along the coast should not take the initiative to provoke it. Because the ironclad ship has strong combat power, if the two sides clashed, it would probably cause huge losses to their side.

Mu Tingxi learned that it was not the ironclad ships that attacked the fort, but the merchant ships of various countries. Mu Tingxi knew these foreign merchant ships very well. When they hoisted the national flag, they looked like ordinary cargo ships, but once they took off the national flag, they became pirates, committing murder, arson, rape, looting, and robbing goods at sea.

According to the description of the fort commander, it seems that the gang of robbers was chasing and intercepting the ironclad ship, trying to capture the giant. The ironclad ship was trying to escape the pursuit and had no choice but to break through the barrier and flee to the inland river of the Yangtze River.

So, how to deal with this problem now? As a representative of hostile forces, ironclad ships are indeed not easy to mess with. Moreover, the multinational fleet attacking the fort is equivalent to declaring war, but we can't just sink or burn all the ships indiscriminately...

After listening to the report from the commander, Mu Tingyi's impulse and anger gradually subsided. He began to think that doing so might cause international disputes and even lead to a larger-scale war.

After all, these countries have huge fleets behind them, and once they are angered, the consequences will be disastrous. Thinking of this, his blood slowly cooled down, and the anger in his heart gradually extinguished.

Soon, Mu Tingye made a series of deployments: he issued an urgent order to the Chongming Navy, requiring the remaining warships to immediately gather from various islands and sandbars to Wusongkou and prepare for battle; he dispatched infantry and cavalry to track ironclad ships and multinational fleets along the coastline, and reported the enemy's movements every half hour by carrier pigeons.

In addition, Mu Tingyi also sent a special person on a fast horse to Nanjing, where the Governor-General's Office of Liangjiang was located, to report the current situation to Governor-General Fu Lata and ask for instructions on whether to launch an attack. Because they knew that these foreign warships were very powerful, if no effective countermeasures were taken, they would likely pose a serious threat to the Yangtze River coast in Jiangnan.

The Liangjiang region during the Kangxi period was very large, including the later Jiangxi, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, etc. This area was rich in resources, abundant in products, prosperous in commerce, and had a large population. It was regarded as one of the richest places in the Qing Dynasty, an important source of tax revenue for the country, and could be said to be the country's economic pillar, and no problems could occur.

At the same time, the Shanghai County Magistrate also sent someone to report the situation to the Songjiang Prefecture Magistrate Zhao Yu. He was well aware of the seriousness of this incident, and if it was not handled properly, it might cause greater trouble. Therefore, he hoped to get support and guidance from his superiors to jointly deal with this crisis.

At this time, a wonderful scene was formed on the Yangtze River. On the shore, there were Qing soldiers and cavalry "escorting" and behind them were fleets of many countries "seeing off". The ironclad ship No. 201 continued to emit thick black smoke, occasionally sounding loud whistles, and happily sailed towards Yangzhou Prefecture.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Wei Xiaobao could already see Yangzhou City from the bow of the boat, and the boat was about to dock.

After Wei Xiaobao looked at the Dutch ships that were always 5000 meters behind the Julong, he said to Captain Dong Qiang of Ship 201: "It's time to get rid of these tails. Let's use the newly installed torpedoes and try the effect."

"Yes, I will ensure that the task is completed." Wang Liqiang replied confidently.

As the order was issued, the sailors on the No. 201 ironclad ship quickly took action. They skillfully operated various equipment and prepared to launch torpedoes.

The torpedo equipped on the Julong is a 14-inch air-compressed straight-course torpedo. This type of torpedo does not require an internal combustion engine or electric motor. During the initial firing, the internal combustion engine inside the launcher drives the air pressure pump to inject high-pressure gas into the torpedo body, which then drives the propeller forward at a high speed. Under normal circumstances, at a depth of two meters underwater, the speed of this torpedo can reach 36 knots.

Due to design reasons, this straight-flying torpedo does not have the guidance capability to automatically correct its course and can only move forward at a pre-set angle and direction, but this also gives it greater stability and reliability.

It has an effective attack range of up to 20 kilometers and can be loaded with up to 50 kilograms of explosives, detonated by a triggered fulminate of mercury.

At this time, on the Dutch ship, Captain De Vries was anxiously looking at the ironclad ship ahead.

He found that the other party was sailing at a steady speed of six knots, while his own ship's maximum speed was only six knots. No matter how hard he tried to catch up, he could not shorten the distance of about five kilometers between them.

What made him even more uneasy was that the ironclad ship never seemed to show any signs of slowing down, which meant that the distance between them would not be shortened in the short term.

De Vries couldn't help but wonder: "Does the other party want to lead us to a farther place?" He frowned, his heart full of worry.

If we fail to catch up with the enemy and start a battle as soon as possible, it will be extremely difficult to capture this ghost ship.

However, facing the current predicament, De Vries did not have much choice. He could only continue to command the crew to do their best to try to close the distance with the ghost ship in front.

The gun ports of the galleon were all on the side. Not to mention that a distance of 5000 meters was beyond the range of the Red Cannon. Even if it could fire that far, the guns could not aim at the giant ship in front. This made De Vries so anxious that he stamped his feet but he could do nothing about it.