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This made the commander of the French Navy, Rawell, a little panicked.

They only have a total of 2 warships and more than 200 naval soldiers, and they can deal with the small fishing boats of the rebel army and the inland water division like the miscellaneous army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but these sailors from the southern holy country are obviously the same as them, with Western warships coming from the sea. Moreover, he also heard that a year earlier, the fleet led by Rear Admiral Chawei, commander of the British Hong Kong Island Fleet, had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of these sailors.

However, looking at the "Joan of Arc" in front of him, Rawell was a little relieved!

The reason why Rawell led the "Joan of Arc" to the high was nothing more than to show off to the commander of the British fleet, Richard Ling, who was also serving in the Far East. happened to encounter the rebellion of the Shanghi rebels, and Rachel also advocated to help the Manchus to suppress it with all their might, and the confidence was his flagship: the "Joan of Arc".

This cruiser is already the second warship named after the "Joan of Arc". But Lady dares to assure that this will be a great warship worthy of the name of Joan of Arc. This fourth-class battleship, although still a wooden sailing ship, is very special: its side plank surface is covered with a layer of iron armor, although it is still powered by sails, but with a steam engine as auxiliary power, and on its frontal deck, a floating gun emplacement with 3 cm thick steel plate armor.

This makes this cruiser "Joan of Arc", although it is not yet an armored ship, but it already has some rudiments of armored ships, but the thickness of the steel plate is not enough.

Let this "Joan of Arc" teach these Qing rebels a hard lesson.

Rawell ordered the Joan of Arc to be placed in the middle of the estuary, facing the approaching enemy ships, and then opened fire.

The shells were fired in unison, and it has to be said that the "Joan of Arc" not only shot accurately and quickly, but also had a great power of the shells. In just two minutes, three shells were fired, including time to adjust the angle.

And the warship on the opposite side of the capture army only fired two rounds.

However, it is strange that the ships of these thieves did not bombard the "Joan of Arc", and the cannons fired were all hit on the fleet of Bo Chengsheng behind them.

A few rounds passed, and the ships of both sides had already taken sides. At this time, the captives had already lost six ordinary warships and could not continue the battle, while the Manchu Shimizu division had also lost four warships, all of which were seriously damaged and left the battlefield.

I have to say that the Western warships are indeed sturdy and wooden, and they have not been damaged by the five captured troops, the two French warships, or the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

However, Bo Chengsheng was a little unbearable. It seems that he only lost four warships, but he only has about thirty ships in total, and it is only two or three rounds.

So, Bo Chengsheng consciously or unconsciously ordered his fleet to withdraw a little to the upper reaches of the Huangpu River, so that the rebels and the French could fight each other.

The nominal commander of the naval division of the captive army was Lu Shunde, but in fact there were two Irishmen, Lu Ernan, chief of staff of the 10th Division, and Lu Sannan, deputy chief of staff.

When the two of them saw the small movements of Bo Chengsheng's fleet, they immediately noticed Bo Chengsheng's attempt, laughed, and reported to Lu Shunde: "Master, the Manchu fleet is about to flee backwards." Ready to let them escape for the time being, let's take prisoner the two French warships of this hot earl! ”

Lu Shunde was not accustomed to this Western-style warship combat method, using the flank to aim at the enemy ships, constantly swimming, and firing artillery at each other, so he had been learning, and almost all the command was given to Lu Ernan, and the entire 10th Division was commanded by him.

However, he had a lot of experience with capturing warships.

"Okay, do as you say! Wait a minute, let's surround these two French warships, lean in, and let Lao Lu lead hundreds of brothers to kill them on the ship and capture them alive! Let the French artillery work, haha! "Lu Shunde has been in the General Staff for a year, and he hasn't been on a warship for a long time, especially fighting on the water, and he hasn't encountered it for a few years, and his heart has long been itching and thirsty.

"No! You are the commander of the division, the commander-in-chief of this fleet, and you can't go into battle in person and risk your life! Lu Sannan reminded solemnly.

"Yes, Master, you can't be impulsive, in case of an accident, even the entire Tenth Division will be greatly affected." Lu Ernan also discouraged.

"Haha, two men, three men, you can be accommodating." Lu Shunde smiled slyly: "When you capture the French warship, defeat the Manchu Qing, and invade the concession, you will be given two bottles of daughter red each." ”

It seems that Lu Shunde has long figured out the temperament of these two Irishmen, and as soon as the four bottles of daughter red blank checks were issued, they immediately shut up the two.

At this time, Bo Chengsheng's fleet had completely detached itself from the battlefield. He didn't say hello, and quietly ordered the Manchu warships to sail towards the concession in the upper reaches of Whampoa!

Rawell is pleasantly surprised by the unscathed Joan of Arc! At the same time, an order was given to the fierce shelling of the rebel ships.

A lookout suddenly reported that the Manchu warships behind him had also run away!

What the? Rawell is furious, this damn Qing Dynasty official! I even threw myself away and ran away! Who should be the main battle, and who is helping from the side?

"Oh God! This damn Qingren! Turning back and seeing the Manchu warships that were rapidly retreating, Rachel shouted loudly: "Quick, quick, collect the artillery, and we will go back to the concession wharf." Don't play with these Far Eastern monkeys! ”

I have to say that Rawell prides himself on his noble status and is a French admiral in the Far East, and even the French minister to China, Bourblon, does not look at it, let alone these rebels of the Qing Dynasty.

From the beginning to the end, Rawell did not think that there was anything wrong with him ordering French warships to shell the warships of the Qing rebels, and in his opinion, at most, ceding the mouth of the Huangpu River so that the rebel warships could enter the inland river to attack the Qing army, it was already a great gift.

As for whether the warships of the Qing rebels would attack him, he didn't think about it at all!

Do you still need to think about it? Forgive these yellow-skinned monkeys and do not offend the French Empire.

Even the Qing Kingdom, which claims to be the center of the world and the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, is afraid of itself like a tiger, not to mention that it is just a rebel army.

However, the next moment, Rawell's eyes widened, and his eyeballs were about to pop out!

The rebel warships swarmed up, and the five warships led by them were even outflanked from the side, blocking the back road for the "Joan of Arc" to retreat.

Immediately afterwards, another warship, the "Gorbai", was also surrounded by more than a dozen small warships. Despite the fact that two of the ships were knocked on their sides by the "Gorbai", the speed of the "Gorbai" was also reduced. At this time, these warships clinged to the side of the "Gorbai", although it was much lower than the "Gorbai", but one by one the ropes were thrown, and then, hundreds of sturdy men with swords diagonally across their waists grabbed the ropes with unusual flexibility, climbed onto the "Gorbai", drew their waist knives, and slashed and slashed.

On the other hand, the "Joan of Arc" saw several warships surrounding it firing at the deck of the "Joan of Arc" one after another, breaking the two masts and sail ropes at once, and the speed of the "Joan of Arc" slowed down suddenly.

As a last resort, Rawell ordered the coal to be added and the steam engine turned on the highest gear. But I was shocked in my heart: This rebel army really dared to attack my French idea? What a guts!

"Raise the flag and protest to them! Ask the leader of this group of rebels to come out to me, and I will negotiate with him to pay for the damage!" Rawell yelled at the captain of the Joan of Arc.

Three minutes later, the captain came running and replied: "The other side is very familiar with our European flag, and he told us to surrender unconditionally." Otherwise, the artillery will be fired in unison, and the vegetable oil will be poured on fire and we will all be burned. ”

"Bastard! Damn it! Rayel was furious, and being threatened by the yellow-skinned monkeys in the Far East was the most intolerable thing for him: "Leave him alone, let's withdraw to the concession!" ”

The captain was ordered to leave.

But the next moment, something happened to Rawell's surprise: on four warships, a catapult actually threw a clay pot full of vegetable oil over. Suddenly, the "Joan of Arc" was full of broken vegetable oil, and as long as there was a little spark, a fire would ignite and burn the "Joan of Arc" clean!

A chill rose in the heart of Lywell.

"General Rawell, the other party said that he was ready to shoot a torch and fire a few cannons! Finally, are we willing to surrender? The captain looked at Earl with a blank eye.

"These guys are really ruthless. Fall! Say to them, "We will come down!" Rawell didn't want to die, he thought about temporarily humiliating the yellow-skinned monkeys, and when he had the opportunity in the future, he would double the humiliation!

On the other side, the "Gorbai" is also nearing the end of the fight. Lu Shunde, whose head was wrapped in a yellow scarf, cut off the neck of a foreigner with a knife, and the rest of the foreigners threw away the foreign guns in their hands one after another, prostrate on the ground, and begged for mercy.

Lu Shunde personally led the brave and strong, slashed with cold weapons, and captured the "Gorbai".

At the same time, the "Joan of Arc" on this side also gave up escaping, and more than 100 French soldiers, led by Rael, took the initiative to walk out of the deck, shaking white cloths, and surrendered to the begging army.

"Spicy hungry for you? What a ghost name! Looking at the French naval commander Rachel who was escorted over, Lu Shunde smiled contemptuously: "Lao Tzu doesn't care what spicy and full order you have, or you are hungry, if you dare to fire at my captive army, you must have the consciousness of being killed!" ”

He ordered his own soldiers to tie up Rawell firmly and stake him on the flagship.

Both French warships were captured by the captive forces.

Lu Shunde's face was full of joy, and when he saw that the two captured warships were not badly damaged, he directly asked people to repair the damaged masts and sails earlier, and prepared to merge the two warships into the 10th Division again.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and it was almost time to besiege the Qing army with the Eighth Division.

Therefore, Lu Shunde asked the 10th Division to leave a regiment of troops to quickly clean up the battlefield, seize supplies and take prisoners, and he personally took the French admiral Rawell and led the rest of the 10th Division's warships to continue to advance to the upper reaches of the Huangpu River.