Spike Island is not big, with an area of ​​only 18 square kilometers and a population of only more than 600. The bloody battle this night has scared the local people. When the French first landed, all the islanders fled south.

More than 600 Prussian fishermen and farmers were traveling with their families, wrapped in their only precious goods and wealth, and they started to cross the strait in a fishing boat.

The so-called strait is actually only more than 2,000 meters. Standing on the shore, people can see the terrified compatriots surrounded by the mainland. This war has already alarmed the residents of the mainland's towns, Eisensi and Vettemond. These terrified people reported to Wilhelmshaven's garrison and rushed to the beach to try to rescue their compatriots.

More than 40 fishing boats were traveling back and forth in the strait, and people cried loudly. Seeing the homes on the distant islands turned into seas of fire, everyone was as if the end of the world had come.

Prussia in this era was too poor. In order to get rid of its weak state and break through France's suppression, the entire Prussia has become a super chariot, and all the people are betting on the fate of the country.

Even these poor fishermen who were far away from the political center and borders once took out limited money to buy the country's war bonds!

There was nothing in the small packages in their hands. Some of them were just a few pieces of bacon, cheese and a few war bonds covered with oil.

The broken wooden houses on the island are already their entire property, and they don’t know how to survive after this war.

It is already summer now, and in an autumn they can’t save enough money and raw materials to build wooden houses. What awaits them is the long and painful winter!

The women and the children began to cry while the men looked at the powerful landing French troops with hatred. If they had guns in their hands, these men would definitely attack the enemy!

But just when they were most depressed and desperate, there was a sudden loud sound of cannons on the sea, and the French army, which had just shown their power, suddenly became turbulent.

People stood up and looked northwest desperately, and soon they saw the legendary battleship that was killed through the formation!

"Is our navy fighting back? A warship opened fire at the Frenchman! He was rushing towards Spicke Island..."

"I've been shot! Those French guys' warships have been shot! God, French guys' warships are on fire...exploding!"

The joy of revenge made these fishermen happy. They jumped on the fishing boat and raised their fists excitedly, almost overturning the fishing boat!

These simple fishermen thought it was Wilhelmshaven's Prussian Navy that had been dispatched. Although they all knew that warships were anchored in Wilhelmshaven, before the war began, the area around Wilhelmshaven had become a military restricted area.

They don’t know how many warships and how many garrisons there are in Wilhelmshaven!

But these are not important anymore. What is important is that the counterattack has begun. The weak Prussian navy is finally no longer silent. Finally, he dares to challenge the powerful French navy!

Not only that, the navy also fought very well. The French fleet could not find the north by fighting a warship, and several warships were sunk!

People forgot to escape, and looked at the distance excitedly, letting the heavy rain wet them all but they didn't know it was cold!

"It's so helpful! Our warships have begun shelling the landing French troops!"

"Fire the gun... and blow them to death! I'll kill these French guys... I'll let you burn our house, I'll let you steal our things and blow them to death..."

Every shelling of the Zhiyuan can be exchanged for the cheers of these Prussians. Amid the cheers, they have regarded the Zhiyuan as the warship of their own country.

However, when more and more explosions and flames occurred on the beach, the fire illuminated the flag of the Zhiyuan. Although these had little knowledge of the fishermen, they were still literate under the nourishment of Prussia's national compulsory education.

When the strange Chinese square men appeared in front of them, these people were stunned!

"No... This warship is not ours, the pattern on the flag is very strange..."

"God! I guessed that must be the Chinese square man! It's our allies!"

The Prussians watching the battle were all stunned, and everyone was filled with thoughts!

The Allies were avenging them, and these people were filled with gratitude, but none of the Prussian warships appeared in the entire war, which made them feel extremely ashamed!

"What are our warships doing? What are our warships doing? God, why do we have to let our allies fight alone..."

Boom... There was a loud noise in the distance, and fire and smoke rose from the Zhiyuan, and the hearts of these Prussian people trembled as a result.

It was as if that shell exploded into their hearts!

"Where is our army! Where is our army! Damn, what about the pride of us Prussians? Why did we become deserters? How could we become deserters..."

How many people are so popular that they wipe their tears, their faces are extremely bleak!

At this moment, the French army on the shore suddenly burst into an excited shout, and the French guys who had just been bombed like their grandson jumped and shouted at the sea ghosts.

The fishermen may not be able to see it. At this moment, the Zhiyuan had used up all his good luck and his propeller had fallen into the sand.

When the Zhiyuan broke through the cruiser battle formation, it was already too close to the beach. The sailors in the bottom cabin could even hear the sound of the bottom of the ship rubbing against the beach.

Although there are not many reefs on this beach, it does not mean there are no stones in the sea!

During the 20-minute artillery bombardment, the warship slowly drove northeast along the island coastline. The heavy propellers stirred countless mud and sand on the seabed, and also stirred up many stones.

The tiny stone propeller was broken directly, but now he encountered a huge undersea reef, and the blades of the propeller hit the reef with a bang.

The entire reef was smashed to pieces, and a large piece of the propeller was also jumped off, and then the propeller was completely trapped in the mud and sand.

The crankshaft is constantly driving kinetic energy, while the propeller is buried too deep, and it cannot rotate even if it is stirred by mud and sand.

The two horizontal steam engines fought desperately with two axles, but the two propellers were buried in the mud and sand, and there were many large stones in the mud and sand.

At this moment, the two steam engines increased the horsepower to the maximum and could not drill the transmission shaft. The engineer in the wheel room pulled his neck and shouted, "Reduce the pressure, reduce the steam pressure... If this continues, the transmission shaft will be broken!"

"Relieve the pressure, the propeller and transmission shaft are stuck, so you can't use brute force..."

There were running engineers everywhere in the bottom cabin, and everyone realized that the last moment had arrived!

Xiang Ying also heard the news from the bottom cabin from the brass call pipe. This time he did not give an order, but just sorted out his military uniform in the heavy rain and touched his waist.

"Old friend! You have six bullets in total. Let's kill a few more... But the last bullet is left for me, so let's sleep in this sea together!"
Chapter completed!