C898 The Kunshan Battles (1/2)

The Kunshan was a large American scissor boat, purchased by Prussia but actually owned by the Sino-German Foundation.

This was a classic scissor boat design with a length and width ratio of 6: 1. The long and beautiful body of the ship could easily pierce through the waves. When the speed of the ship exceeded 16 knots, one could even see the bow floating above the waves, easily cutting them apart like a pair of scissors.

This was the origin of the scissor boat, the pinnacle of the wooden sailing ship's design. If the Kunshan chose to escape, then the French battleships that were covered in iron armor would not be able to catch up to it.

But today, the Kunshan could not just leave. They had to rely on their own strength to buy time for the Main fleet to leave.

The cabin and deck were full of fleeing sailors, who were pouring barrels of kerosene into the coal-fired warehouses, and more barrels of kerosene had been cut down by axes, and the pungent liquid was running all over the cabin.

The Kunshan's cannons were the first to fire, and the six-inch rifled cannon shot out the high explosive projectile. The first shot landed on the side of the Holiness, blasting open a flower on it.

”My God! I'm not wrong, this ship has Chinese figures... The consecutive attacks were not caused by ghost ship at all, it was all caused by the Chinese people! ”

As the distance between them got closer and closer, Molière finally saw clearly with his binoculars the figures of the Chinese people and the Prussian who were firing off cannons on the deck.

The industrial strength of France was not something to brag about. The heavy armor specially crafted by the Steel plant was not difficult to deal with with with these six inch small caliber naval gun. The explosion had no effect other than blackening the armor.

Molière sneered as he watched the Kunshan resist the attack from the left and right. I need a large number of prisoners of war and a confession. I need proof that the Chinese and the Prussian are colluding with each other to attack the English and French civilian merchant ship … ”

”Glory, Pious Ship continue to the west … Just now, this scissor boat was definitely using a signal flare to communicate with the big fish. If it was any later, it might not be too late … ”

Don't look at how Molière only brought four Sail battleship, although these four warships were defeated by the Ryukyu, their fighting strength had increased by multiple times after levelling up in the native French weapons factories, and most of the soldiers here had all been defeated in the Ryukyu, so all of them were filled with the same anger as Molière.

Two heavy cruisers recklessly attacked the Kunshan. The 120-caliber cannons at the bow of the ship were sprayed with flames, and the white sail of the Kunshan was torn into shreds. If not for the fact that Molière needed a lot of testimony to capture more prisoners, the two battleships would have exploded the wooden boat with concentrated fire.

Sun Chujian's forehead was bandaged with blood, and the bullet almost pierced his temple. By then, the Kunshan had already lost its power, and would not be able to escape even if it wanted to.

In the hands of the Ryukyu's Prime Minister, there was a spear and a command blade. The spear was a refined Colt left wheel and the blade was a retro Tang Sword made by a master craftsman. Tang Dao had already unsheathed his weapon, and the bullets had already been loaded. In the cabin behind him, a group of foreign students and Prussian soldier were waiting with rifles in their hands.

Sun Chujian stared at the two battleships that were getting closer and closer with reddened eyes. He lowered his voice and said, ”You are not allowed to leave the cabin without my order. ”In terms of firepower, if we fight against a large group of people and against a small group of people, it would definitely be a loss. Right now, we can only rush up close to the starboard and end the battle with the most primitive melee combat method!”

”Distribute the grenades!” Bring as much as you can... Remember to leave me a Glory last! To kill one is enough, kill two and earn one! ”

Kunshan, after all, was just a scissor boat. Although they had a cannonball at the bow and tail of their ship, it was not enough to fight a professional warship.