Poof!

The violent explosion prevented Klaus from standing on his feet, and he fell into the sea.

After a few mouthfuls of seawater, Klaus coughed violently and cried out for help.

It's just that the British troops on the ship have been in a mess, and a large amount of seawater is pouring into the stern of the ship, which is slowly sinking into the sea, causing the bow of the ship to rise high, and everyone is trying to escape for their lives, how can they care about Klaus's life or death.

The guns roared, and the battle was still raging.

As the flagship of the British Fleet, the Nelson will naturally be valued by the East China Sea Fleet, and more firepower will be hit.

Klaus screamed a tragedy, and one shell after another exploded in the sea, setting off a huge wave that knocked him over and over again. The sound wave of the explosion in the sea water was even more ferocious, shaking him dizzy, and his mouth kept being poured into the seawater.

Can this Nima be more violent?

Klaus cursed bitterly in his heart, and was knocked over by the waves again and again, and the bitter and salty sea drank his general's belly several times, and he was so uncomfortable that he wished to die immediately.

However, in the end, Klaus still did not die, because a large group of British officers and soldiers jumped into the sea, and Major General Marin, who was also thrown into the sea, accidentally found Klaus and quickly swam over to take Klaus away.

As the flagship of the British fleet, the Nelson was suddenly hit by Fish Radium, causing the ship's hull to sink rapidly, which frightened the British commanders of the other ships.

Due to Claus's Luoshui, the flagship command of the Nelson was paralyzed, and the other British ships could not be commanded for a long time, and the tactical formation could not be changed.

Soon, the other British ships were intimidated by the powerful artillery fire of the East China Sea Fleet, did not dare to fight again, and retreated one after another.

The nearby British ship Arthur passed by the Nelson, spotted Klaus and the others, and quickly lowered the sampan. At the risk of being destroyed by artillery fire, bring Klaus and Marlin and the others back to the Arthur.

At this time, Klaus also wanted to raise the flagship command flag to continue the battle, but it turned out that the British fleet had been scattered, and all ships were fleeing for their lives, ignoring the fleet command flag raised by Arthur.

"Fack! ()"

Klaus was furious, and as soon as he cursed, he couldn't help but start vomiting seawater, and he vomited so much that his bitter gall was about to come out, and he suddenly fainted.

Marin took over the command and knew that he was defeated. If the battle continued, the losses would only be greater, so the order was given to retreat.

Lin Jiyun also discovered that the battle formation of the British fleet was completely disorganized and was retreating, so he immediately ordered the whole fleet to pursue.

However, this change was too fast, and the original defensive formation, with ten shallow heavy turret ironclads in front, was a solid line of defense to block the British fleet's attack, but now it has become an obstacle to the pursuit of the East China Sea Fleet.

When the shallow-water heavy gunboats, which were as slow as snails, gave way one after another, the ships of the British fleet had already completed their U-turns. Fleeing at full speed, the East China Sea Fleet, which relied only on sails as power, was obviously unable to catch up with the British fleet, which was a mixture of sails and steam engines.

"Poor Kou Mo Chase!"

At this time, Li Weiguo spoke, and Lin Jiyun suddenly went down the steps. Carrying out Li Weiguo's order, the East China Sea Fleet stopped the pursuit and cleaned up the battlefield.

"Congratulations to my king, defeat the British fleet again. A victorious start! ”

"Congratulations to the prince!"

……

After defeating the British fleet again, Li Weiguo and the generals were relieved, saying that they were not nervous at all, which was false. Especially when the British fleet is desperate to attack, although ten shallow water heavy gunboats are extremely powerful, but after all, the number is too small, as long as there are a few minutes, the British ships will rush to the front to launch a bayonet battle at sea, then the 305 mm main guns will be too close to play a role, but the British ship's small-caliber waist guns can play a fatal blow.

Without the threat of shallow water heavy gunboats, the remaining 22 wooden sail battleships of the East China Sea Fleet alone, even if only a few British ironclads rushed over, would be enough to completely annihilate the East China Sea Fleet.

Because quantity is useless in the face of absolute quality.

Li Weiguo watched the whole process of the naval battle, and also discovered this fatal weakness, fortunately, at the critical moment, Holland's submarine was powerful, and it miraculously sank the Nelson, the flagship of the British fleet, which made the command of the British fleet fail, gave up continuing the attack and finally retreated.

In this battle, the British Asian Fleet again lost six warships, including the flagship Nelson, which had a displacement of more than 7,000 tons, which can be described as a heavy loss. In addition, six British ships were heavily damaged and withdrew from the battle, and the other British ships were also damaged to varying degrees.

On the side of the East China Sea Fleet, ten shallow heavy turret ironclad ships made great contributions, sinking three British warships and severely damaging the other five. The twenty-two wooden sail battleships in the back only severely damaged one British ship, while ten of their own battleships were severely damaged to varying degrees, after all, the wooden battleship only needs to be hit by a single blasting bomb to cause heavy damage, which is a hard wound and cannot be changed. In contrast, the armor protection of ironclad ships is much easier in this regard, and the huge advantage of armor is already very obvious, occupying an overwhelming advantage.

This is the inevitability of ironclad ships replacing wooden warships, and the general trend of naval warfare history is unstoppable.

Similarly, a new star of naval warfare emerged in this battle, that is, the submarine Holland, which only had a displacement of more than 100 tons, carried only four fish and radium developed overtime, and sank three British warships, including the British flagship Nelson, which influenced the entire naval battle in one fell swoop and rewrote the history of naval warfare.

Before this, naval warfare was always a one-on-one battle of bayonets with the cannons of giant ships on the water, but now with the emergence of submarines, you can carry out a sneak attack under the sea surface, stabbing a knife in the back, this new type of naval warfare weapon, as soon as it appears, it will become famous in the world.

At this time, Lin Jiyun had already dealt with the task of cleaning up the battlefield after the naval battle and came back to report to Li Weiguo.

"Under the wise guidance of the prince, the minister led the East China Sea Fleet to defeat the invasion of the British Navy in one fell swoop, and I have come to repay the prince!"

"General Lin doesn't need to be modest, you commanded this battle well, defeated the invasion of the British Navy, and sank six British ships, which can be described as a great achievement, this king is very pleased, and then ordered the General Staff to give you and all the officers and men of the East China Sea Fleet the due reward!" Li Weiguo laughed and won the naval battle, which was a joy from the bottom of his heart.

"All the officers and men of the East China Sea Fleet thank the prince for the award!" Lin Jiyun said happily, but then frowned again, and suddenly said: "However, the East China Sea Fleet under the command of the minister only sank three British ships, including the British flagship and the other two British ships, which is not the credit of the minister and the East China Sea Fleet. ”

"Didn't you sink it?" Li Weiguo was stunned for a moment, feeling that Lin Jiyun didn't seem to be very happy.

Li Weiguo did not know that the Holland submarine had sunk the British flagship and two other British ships. After all, Li Weiguo, as the supreme leader, insisted on watching the battle, but many officers and soldiers still guarded him, blocking most of the view, while the Holland submarine was fighting behind enemy lines, which was invisible to ordinary people.

But Lin Jiyun discovered that as the commander of the fleet, Lin Jiyun's eyes were very good, and the slightest change on the battlefield could not escape his eyes, and the Holland submarine was very hidden when it sank the first British ship. Lin Jiyun also thought that his own warship had hit the enemy ship, and applauded it. But the inexplicable explosion of the second British ship, Lin Jiyun obviously felt that something was wrong, and then when the stern of the Nelson was hit, Lin Jiyun immediately understood that there was still a force attacking the British fleet, and combined with the situation that the Nelson suddenly and inexplicably fired a volley of fire to the rear before the Nelson, he immediately determined that there must be a force that was helping the East China Sea Fleet attack the British fleet.

It's just that Lin Jiyun didn't know at all because of the participation of the Huolan submarine. Li Weiguo was listed as an S-level secret and did not tell anyone, including Lin Jiyun.

I only heard Lin Jiyun say: "Lord Wang, I don't know which unit sank the British Navy flagship and the other two British ships?" Whether it is a friendly and neighboring unit of our army. I want to see it! ”

At this time, Li Weiguo realized that the Holland submarine had already participated in the war, and even sank three British warships and made a great contribution.

Li Weiguo smiled. said: "Before the start of the war, the king temporarily made a decision to let Holland drive the newly developed submarine to fight, and the battle broke out. This king forgot about it, and he didn't expect that Huo Lan had made a great contribution. ”

Not only did Lin Jiyun not know about this matter, but even the generals and officers of the General Staff around Li Weiguo didn't know about it, and they all looked at Li Weiguo with curiosity at the moment.

"Submarines? What's that? ”

Seeing that everyone was confused and had curious expressions on their faces, Li Weiguo gave them a brief explanation.

Lin Jiyun was surprised: "I can't imagine that there are still warships in this world that can sail underwater!" ”

"Chen has seen Huo Lan, this person seems to be the designer of Jiangnan Shipyard, never thought that this person was so powerful, and the submarine was actually designed by him?" Li Jun seems to know more than Lin Jiyun, after all, as the chief of staff of the fleet, he is originally subordinate to the China S.H.I.E.L.D., and when he deals with some S.H.I.E.L.D. colleagues on weekdays, he can more or less know some information.

Although Holland designed submarines, more guiding advice was provided by Li Weiguo.

Obviously, Li Weiguo needless to say, naturally someone will help him take credit.

I only heard the chief of the guard, Zhuang Jiuxia, say: "Huo Lan does know how to design submarines, but without the wise guidance of the prince, it is impossible for him to build a submarine that can be used in actual combat so quickly." ”

"The prince is wise and powerful!" A group of officials immediately looked at Li Weiguo with admiration.

Li Weiguo smiled bitterly, he was used to hearing such words, but he didn't wear it for thousands of years, knowing that his subordinates were patting him, but he still felt very comfortable.

"Since the prince has such a sharp weapon, why don't you let the ministers open their eyes, if they knew that there were submarines to help in the war, the ministers would not have to be afraid!"

Although Lin Jiyun said this, he could still hear his displeasure, after all, as the commander-in-chief of the naval fleet, he didn't know such a sharp weapon as a submarine, so he naturally had to complain about Li Weiguo.

However, Li Weiguo is not angry, as a soldier, he is a bloody man, who has no temper, if the soldiers are all temperamentless little daughters-in-law, then it is not called the army, I am afraid that as soon as I arrive on the battlefield, I will kneel for the enemy.

Li Weiguo suddenly smiled and said, "Since you all want to see this king's new weapon submarine, let's take a look together!" ”

Li Weiguo nodded, and everyone was immediately overjoyed.

However, soon a piece of news came, which immediately made Li Weiguo worried.

"The report to the prince knows that the submarine was seriously damaged, and Mr. Holland was injured and unconscious."

"Bastard, this king has repeatedly told Chen Cheng that he wants him to protect Mr. Huo Lan, how can he let Mr. Huo Lan be injured? What about Chen Cheng? Let him get over! ”

"Returning to the prince, Chen Cheng and others are also injured and are currently being treated in the fleet hospital, and one of the submarine crew members died."

Li Weiguo was shocked, how could he be injured? There was still one person killed, could it be that the submarine was sunk?

"Take this king to the fleet hospital quickly!"

Li Weiguo's nervousness also attracted the attention of other officials, which showed that Li Weiguo attached great importance to Huo Lan, and they were all thinking in their hearts, as long as it was a person or thing that the leader paid attention to, they would pay special attention to it, and they would follow Li Weiguo together.

The Fleet Hospital is a sea hospital ship, converted from a steam cruise ship, with a general displacement of about 5,000 tons, on which a large number of hospital medical equipment and medical personnel are placed, and are specially responsible for the treatment of wounded officers and soldiers in naval battles.

Of course, there are medical guards on every warship, but because of the limited conditions, the medical guards can only simply deal with some external injuries, especially when the battle breaks out, once a large number of naval officers and soldiers are injured, they basically have broken arms and legs or body bleeding, and the medical soldiers can only temporarily deal with it to save the lives of the wounded, and once the battle is over, they will be quickly sent to the nearest hospital for formal treatment.

Obviously, the sea was too far away from the landing hospital, and many seriously injured people died before they could be sent to the hospital.

At present, the East China Sea Fleet has only one sea hospital ship, named Hua Tuo.

At this moment, warships were constantly approaching around the Huatuo, and many small boats were coming and going, sending the wounded one by one for treatment.

Although the battle lasted less than an hour, it caused more than 20 officers and men to be killed and more than 100 officers and men wounded to varying degrees in the East China Sea Fleet.

"Hurry up and spread the word, just say that the prince is coming, let the dean come to greet the king!"

Zhuang Jiuxia just called a little nurse when Li Weiguo waved his hand to stop him.

"Don't alarm the dean, he must be rescuing the wounded and sick, and directly take this king to find Huo Lan, Chen Cheng and others!"

Zhuang Jiuxia then told the little nurse again, the little nurse was not very old, she looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, and when she saw Li Weiguo arrive, she was in a daze and looked very nervous.

Zhuang Jiuxia was suddenly furious and wanted to curse, but Li Weiguo waved his hand again to stop it.

"Little nurse, what's your name?"

"What did the prince ask you?"

"Okay, what are you yelling, don't frighten people!"

Zhuang Jiuxia was helpless and glared at the little nurse who was in a daze.

The little nurse looked very nervous, and immediately knelt down and said: "Slave-slave-maid-call-ah--Ling, see-see-see-see--king-prince!" ”

Li Weiguo was tired when he heard this, but he still helped Ah Ling up and said very softly: "Ah Ling, you don't have to be nervous, this king is just here to comfort the wounded, you just lead the way in front!" ”

Originally, Li Weiguo just wanted to visit Huo Lan, after all, Huo Lan was too important, related to the future of China's submarine industry, Li Weiguo was very worried that Huo Lan would hang up. But at this moment, he suddenly saw so many wounded people on the ship, if he only went to visit Horan, it would be too cold for the hearts of the other soldiers.

Li Weiguo has always treated everyone equally, and he used to visit the injured soldiers after every war, although this time it was an emergency, but Li Weiguo's final imperial tricks played a role, requiring him to lead by example and be careful everywhere.

"Yes!"

Ah Ling nodded, bowed lightly, and then led the way in front, her face was very excited, it was a great honor for her to be able to lead the way for King Wu, and she could brag and show off in front of her sisters in the future.

Under Ah Ling's guidance, Li Weiguo led a group of generals and officers to visit the injured officers and soldiers from ward to ward, and received bursts of warm cheers from the officers and soldiers.

Ah Ling is also very smart, he heard Zhuang Jiuxia shouting Huo Lan's name at the beginning, and guessed that Li Weiguo's focus was to visit Huo Lan. Now in the East China Sea Fleet, because of the war with foreigners, since the second Yapian War in 1860, there has been no foreigner's name in the fleet, and just now, there was indeed a foreigner who was carried over, Ah Ling guessed that person was Huo Lan without thinking about it, so he took Li Weiguo to see Huo Lan first.

At this moment, the dean rushed to greet Li Weiguo with a large group of doctors after hearing the news.

"See the prince!"

"Everyone's done a great job! No need to be polite! ”

Li Weiguo said with a smile, his eyes fell on the dean who was the leader, and he was shocked.

"How could it be you?" (To be continued.) )