The artillery of the experimental artillery regiment was constantly shelling the opposing warship, and it didn't take long for more than a dozen 100-mm front-loading rifled guns to join the shelling.

It is true that the 75-millimeter guns and other guns in these rifled guns cannot directly penetrate the main armor of the opponent's ironclad ship and explode deep into the enemy's ship because they fire high-explosive shells.

However, the charge of high-explosive shells is also large, and after this shell hits the enemy warship, although it cannot cause any damage to the main body of the enemy ship, it can greatly damage the facilities and personnel of the bridge and deck.

In addition, the rate of fire of the rear-loading guns is very fast and the number is large, which is like a machine gun sweeping the deck.

And the contemporary ironclad ships, but not really all iron cans, in fact, except for the waterline hull, the armor of other parts is also very weak.

More importantly, most of the warships under Shao Bing's command that can fight deep into the Qiu River are ordinary inland river warships of several hundred tons, and the leading one is only more than 1,000 tons, and this protection capacity is actually limited.

Moreover, even if it is an ironclad ship, in fact, very few ships are built of steel, and the hull is generally mainly wooden, and then the armor belt is laid with wrought iron armor.

The gun emplacements on many battleships were basically unprotected in the open air, and the gunners had to brave enemy fire to load and open guns on the deck.

The above-mentioned protection methods are very sufficient if they are for the era of front-loading smoothbore guns, because the combat distance of warships in the era of front-loading smoothbore guns is generally about 300 meters to 500 meters, and the shelling is mainly aimed at direct shooting, and the killing and wounding of the enemy army also relies more on large-caliber solid shells.

But now they weren't hit by front-loading smoothbore guns.

It's a rifled gun's blow, and it's a breech-loading rifled gun.

Not to mention the accuracy of the shot, the cylindrical shell charge is still very large, and the explosion is very powerful.

In particular, the six 150-millimeter howitzers were very powerful.

When another 150-millimeter shell landed on the enemy's flagship, it not only overturned the bridge and other superstructures almost completely, but also caused a large fire, causing a large number of casualties.

That's not the point!

The key thing is that a group of middle and senior admirals of the Navy who commanded operations on the bridge were also collectively reimbursed!

Even though the enemy ships could continue to move, in fact, the officers who commanded the battle on the bridge were almost dead and wounded, and the gunners on the deck gun positions who were ready to fight were also suffering heavy casualties.

In this case, even though the thousand-ton flagship continued to move forward with fire and billowing smoke, there was no doubt that the situation of the thousand-ton battleship was already quite bad.

On the land fort, Tian Yaping saw this scene and immediately shouted loudly: "Quick, aim at their flagship for Lao Tzu!" ”

With Tian Yaping's order, more shells fell on the battleship, which was already on fire on the upper deck.

Soon, you can see a lot of sailors diving directly into the water!

Although the battleship is not yet silent, there is no doubt that it will be finished.

After concentrating fire on the enemy's 1,000-ton flagship, Tian Yaping ordered the artillery to continue shelling other enemy warships.

These battleships could not withstand the blow of 150 mm guns.

Even a seventy-five-millimeter shell can cause a lot of damage.

Soon, another river warship of about 500 tons caught fire, and the sailors jumped into the water and fled for their lives.

Other battleships were also more or less damaged.

And at this time, these warships have not fired a single shot from beginning to end!

At this time, many of the opponent's warship actions were also chaotic, some battleships continued to rush forward, while some slowed down, and some even turned directly.

It is clear that the other side has lost its unified command.

At the other end, Lin Ziran also put down the binoculars!

The experimental artillery regiment did not disappoint him and successfully stopped the enemy fleet.

Next, it's up to your engineer troops.

"Now the artillery unit is already stopping the enemy fleet, let the engineering unit speed up, at all costs, be sure to build the pontoon bridge today!"

Wu Guanlin said: "Don't worry, my lord, for our engineering troops have made thorough preparations in advance, and the preparations in all aspects are very perfect, as long as they are not attacked by the enemy fleet, then the pontoon bridge can be built quickly!" ”

Lin Ziran didn't continue to speak, he also knew that the engineer unit had already started to prepare.

Moreover, it has also carried out many times to build pontoon operations, and when crossing the Dingjiang River before, it was to build a pontoon bridge to pass, and the relevant experience and preparation work are relatively perfect.

After all, these engineer units under Lin Ziran's command, like many other troops under his command, are not pure recruits, but mainly veterans.

Strictly speaking, of the 100,000 troops under Lin Ziran's command, less than 30,000 were newly recruited and trained soldiers by Lin Ziran, and the rest were basically veterans of the original feudal towns.

Therefore, there is a basic tactical literacy that should be there.

In the past, surrender was a bit cheaper.

However, since Lin Ziran rectified these surrender troops and adopted the method of only using surrender soldiers and not surrendering officers, although the veterans are still those veterans, the appearance of the troops has been completely new.

After all, in an army, the officers are the backbone, the sergeants are the branches, and the soldiers are just leaves.

The quality of officers and senior non-commissioned officers is the foundation for embodying the quality of an army.

The same goes for this sapper unit!

In order to quickly build a pontoon bridge on the Qiu River, an independent engineer regiment directly under the command and three divisional engineer battalions became the backbone of the pontoon bridge.

In addition, there are plenty of ordinary soldiers to help!

The strength of the large number of people is very obvious at this moment, and the pontoon bridge is quickly formed under the busy green of many people.

At this time, the artillery of the experimental artillery regiment also began to turn its guns and bombard the enemy positions on the other side of the Qiu River.

As for the Luo Hai fleet, they had already left behind three civil war warships that were still burning with thick smoke and retreated!

In the future, they will definitely organize more and larger ships to break through again.

But now they are retreating.

And taking advantage of the period of time when the enemy fleet retreated slightly, the Luoan garrison did not dare to relax at all, and the engineer troops and ordinary soldiers went into battle to lay pontoon bridges one after another.

At the same time, a large number of rafts, bamboo rafts, small wooden boats, and other boats that had been prepared for forced crossing the river were also pushed into the river, and the soldiers climbed into these simple boats and began to row towards the opposite side with all their might.

At ten o'clock in the morning of the same day, when the pontoon bridge had not yet been successfully built, some infantry units of the Second Division under the command of the Luo'an Garrison had already forcibly crossed the river in a large number of rudimentary boats.

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