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Mawei Port arose in the Tongzhi period, when Zuo Zongtang was the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, he wrote to the imperial court, advocated the construction of the navy, built the Mawei military port, accumulated ten years of work, only to complete the project of Mawei seaport, and the Fujian Navy Division was also completed, becoming the 'door' household of Gongwei Southeast Sea Frontier.

Niter!

Sino-French war, due to strategic mistakes, the court is weak, yes Zuo Zongtang's ten years of work, ruined, today's Fujian Navy has existed in name only, just more than a dozen dilapidated backward ships, 30 years, almost never purchased a few new warships, empty name, no fact!

On the ninth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the sky has not yet brightened, and now the defense of Mawei Military Port has begun to tighten, in order to protect the southeast 'gate' household, Yuan Shikai 'draws' out the 'elite' soldiers, protect Fujian, the general who presided over Fujian's defense, and officially Yuan Shikai's henchman Zhao Zhi'an.

Mawei Harbor has even set up new sentry posts to keep watch day and night.

At this time, the Qing army on the watchtower, followed by the lights on the lighthouse, saw shadows in the distance, and warships appeared.

One, two, three......

Oh my God, there are more than a dozen of them!

The two Qing soldiers were so frightened that they almost 'peed' and 'pants', the enemy attack, it must be the enemy attack, at this point in time, so many warships came at once, it must be the fleet of the Republic of China, no other fleet will come to Mawei at this time!

One of the ringleaders yelled: "Hurry, hurry, immediately release the flare, there is a situation!" ”

Immediately, one after another flares with a sharp whistling sound rose into the sky, lighting up the sky that had not yet been massive!

The entire Mawei Military Port was all 'chaotic' at once, and the Fujian Navy Fleet in the military post was now on guard day and night, not daring to relax, after receiving the signal, they hurriedly reorganized the ships, rushed out of the Mawei Military Port, and prepared to meet the battle, and the Qing troops on the surrounding forts also immediately took action and prepared to fight!

In the distance, it was the Chinese naval fleet led by Liu Xiaochan!

Liu Xiaochan looked at the signal flare in the sky, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Liu Xiaochan shouted: "Order, with Zheng He's ship as the base, the fleet is lined up in a goose-shaped formation, ready to fight!" ”

Thirteen capital battleships immediately launched their formation.

At this time, the Fujian Navy Division had also rushed to the periphery of Mawei Harbor, and more than ten warships lined up and rushed towards the Huaxia Navy fleet.

Liu Xiaochan shouted: "Order, fire!" ”

The Baoding ship and the Jiangning ship behind Zheng He's ship took the lead in firing their guns, and eight 'doors' of 285 mm Krupp heavy guns opened fire instantly, and the shells drew a beautiful arc and pounced on the Fujian naval division!

The Fujian Navy Division is an old iron-boned wooden warship, with only two ironclad ships, and it is also a battleship purchased with the Beiyang Navy Division, which is already old.

In the face of the sharp artillery of the Chinese fleet, they looked so dazed and helpless.

It was also thirteen warships, but there were already hundreds of shells falling in the formation of the Fujian Naval Division, and the Fujian Naval Division had only 'fired' more than 20 shells in total, and the 'firing' speed of the cannons alone was far from the opponent of the Huaxia Fleet, not to mention the power of the shells and the speed of the battleships.

Just as the 'exchange' began, the two battleships of the Fujian Navy Division had already been hit the deck by several heavy guns, and as the explosion sounded, huge gunpowder smoke and fire rose into the sky, and the two battleships lost their combat effectiveness in an instant!

Meng Xianghai, the commander of the Fujian Navy, was so frightened that his soul was scared, I rub it, when did the navy of the Republic of China become so powerful!

Meng Xianghai shouted: "Order, the whole army should fight, attack!" ”

The warships of the Fujian Navy Division no longer dared to attack on the spot, and all of them started one by one, trying to reduce the accuracy of the shells, but even so, it was not of much use, compared to speed, in front of the naval fleet of the Republic of China, the speed of the fourteenth and fifteen knots was the speed of a snail!

Under the command of Liu Xiaochan, the thirteen battleships began to sprint with all their might, and they didn't even use shells, facing the wooden warships, just by relying on the heavy armor, they could directly sink the warships of the Fujian Navy Division without being scathed!

This is the difference in strength, in just over two hours, the Fujian Navy Division was either divided and surrounded, or directly hit and sunk, it was too miserable, the Fujian Navy Division was able to maintain its combat strength, there are only six warships left!

Meng Xianghai's face was pale, is this still a fleet, is this still a Chinese fleet, even the navy of the ****** British Empire, but that's it!

Meng Xianghai shouted: "Withdraw, order, immediately withdraw to Mawei Harbor, hurry up, it's too late, ******, we all have to sink into the sea to feed the fish!" ”

The remaining warships began to flee in panic, and in the midst of artillery fire, they fled back to Mawei Harbor in embarrassment!

At this time, the thirteen warships of the Huaxia Fleet, like giant sharks on the sea, flaunted their might back and forth, and several warships sailed directly to the military port and began to 'fire' shells on the shore!

As the distance pressed in, the batteries near Mawei also began to return fire, and the two sides launched a fierce battle on the sea surface of Mawei Harbor!

From dawn to sunset, the Huaxia fleet fired at least three or four thousand shells at Mawei Military Port, and the entire Mawei fell into a sea of fire, and three of the twelve batteries had been completely destroyed by the fleet, and the Qing army was also frightened, it was too powerful, and the naval firepower of the Republic of China was too strong!

The Mawei defenders have begun to show faint signs of collapse, they can't hold on, and even the forts that they have worked so hard to build have been blown up, how can this battle be fought?

At this time, Zhao Zhi'an led the new army of the Tenth Town to rush all the way to support, and under Zhao Zhi'an's strict constraints, he barely held the Mawei Military Port.

Immediately after the two sides, there was another big battle, which lasted until the evening, and Liu Xiaochan, who had achieved brilliant results, ordered to return and prepare to fight again tomorrow!

Thirteen warships slowly withdrew in a northeasterly direction.

After this battle, Zhao Zhian really saw the strong strength of the Republic of China, which is not the strength of the Western powers!

After this battle, the Fujian Navy Division has really lost its combat effectiveness, only five warships remained, and two were heavily damaged, twelve forts were destroyed by the heavy artillery of the other fleet, and the remaining eight also had a certain degree of damage, as for the Qing army, the casualties were countless, at least nearly a thousand people were killed in the battle, and hundreds of people were injured!

On the other hand, after a whole day of fighting, the Chinese fleet was able to retreat from the 'door' of their own home, and their shells fell on other people's warships, and even other people's armor couldn't help it, it was simply tickling others, and only a few 'doors' of Krupp heavy guns imported from Germany could pose a little threat to others, and the others could not be put on the table!

Zhao Zhi'an wiped the sweat on the 'door' of his head and shouted: "Hurry up, send a telegram to Lord Yuan!" Say