At this time, the armored cruiser "Palop" was already dying from the heavy artillery hit by continuous hits, the hull had been tilted to the right, the hull was permeable to the water, less than one-fifth of the ship's side was still above the water, and the deck, bridge and central rotating battery were all caused by the bullets, spitting billowing smoke, and the surviving French sailors had jumped into the water to escape. The book is updated in real time DU(5) 8.сΟm

The armored cruiser "Malody", which desperately escaped from the line of death, also relied on the thick skin to be fast, and was hit hard by the 701 ship on the buttocks, but luckily it only turned over the entire aft deck, and the debris warehouse on the lower level of the stern also played a good defensive role, and the big bomb ignited the debris compartment, but protected the power system of the bilge.

A large number of damage control crews on the stern were busy fighting the fire, and the French troops on the battleship "Malody" were glad that the Chinese fleet had suddenly given up the siege on them, but now the battleship, which was faster than itself, gave up the pursuit, and quickly accelerated to the place where the fleet appeared in the distance.

"My lord, the lookout post confirms that the mainmast flag of the other side is the French," an officer hurried into the bridge of No. 501 and reported loudly.

"Continue to observe," Lu Han waved his hand, he was lying on the chart to check the surrounding terrain, now it is no more than 20 kilometers away from Keelung, and he doesn't know which tendon of the French made a mistake, so he took the initiative to run out, but now is obviously not the time to study the reason why the French came out, since the French came out, then prepare to do a big job

Qin Kai was naturally also surprised by such an encounter, the French obviously had some plans, and they happened to collide with the plans on their side...... He looked at the sky and the clock hanging, all of which had exceeded five o'clock in the afternoon, and with the speed of the ships on both sides, it would only take half an hour at most to quickly enter the distance of the jiāo battle, in that case, maybe he would be able to fight before dark.

This time the luck is calculated, in fact, it is really good, and it is crooked, and it actually intercepts the two new battleships of the French first, but the new battleships of the French seem to be far more advanced than the old ones, and the progress in speed and artillery is very significant.

Thinking of this, Qin Kai's anger towards the French was a little stronger, his current idea is very simple, and the requirements are not high, we are also feudal officials, so we can engage in industries in Guangdong and Fujian with peace of mind, slowly cultivate our own strength, and then dominate the Vietnamese territory, then even if you have money, guns and territory, but this first step depends on this Lu Gengtang

Lu Han was solemn at this time, this was the first time he commanded such a large-scale naval battle, and this battle was definitely a battle of life and death, and the opponent's fleet also had new warships with firepower and strong armor, which the French spies who were interrogated last time were not able to ask, and I don't know if the French still have any hidden strength?

At this time, the three sub-fleets of the Nanyang Naval Division have formed three longitudinal queues, and the transmission of fleet signals in this era actually has many restrictions, and the flag language is almost the only way, but the thick black smoke coming out of the big chimneys on each battleship is the biggest obstacle to the transmission of the flag.

Before the battle of Jiāo, the fleet did not use a long snake formation, but a number of longitudinal queues like now, and the flagship was in the middle of the queue, and then issued the battle order, the fleet changed the formation into a column to attack, and soon, he immediately made a decision to meet the French army in formation at a speed of 10 knots, and the fleet launched an artillery bombardment after the distance was 5,000 meters away, maintaining a distance of not less than 3,500 meters. The book is updated in real time DU(5) 8.сΟm

The flagship No. 501 was the pinnacle of the fleet, and the other warships of the Second Squadron followed at one time, followed by the Chaoyong and Yang Wei of the Third Fleet, while the 601 and 701 ships of the First Squadron pressed the formation and served as a guerrilla queue at the same time to deal with any unexpected situations that might arise.

Soon, as many as 11 warships of the Combined Fleet formed a long serpentine formation, turning to the front of the French fleet at a distance of two chains, and no doubt seizing the top of the "T" shape was enough to be justified in the daily polemics of the navy, so that all the main and secondary guns of the battleships could be used to attack.

However, Lu Han naturally understood that this advantageous terrain was undoubtedly the only choice for the commanders of the two fleets, and when the fleet was advancing at high speed, it would constantly change direction, and whether the fleet advancing at full speed would become the top of the T-shape or the vertical below it was definitely a difficult problem to test the commander. ,

The fleets of the two sides quickly approached, and on the 501 ship, which was the first in the fleet queue, Chen Ying had already accurately judged that the overall speed of the oncoming French fleet on the opposite side was 10.5 points, which was slightly higher than his own fleet, which made Lu Han quickly issue a new order, offset 18 degrees to the left, adjust the course, and intercept the French fleet.

7000 m ......

6000 m ......

5500 m ......

The 501 ship that took the lead fired the first shot, and in the first round, one was only more than 200 meters away, but it was not for the attack, but to force the French to adjust their direction and change their speed.

This round of shè strikes startled Miller, the commander of the French Far East Fleet, such shè strikes are definitely a deterrent, but the duel between this fleet and the fleet relied on the neat shè strikes and the number of guns, although in the previous unexpected encounter, he lost the "Palop", and the cruiser "Malodi" was injured in the stern, but did not lose the main combat capability.

However, among the 10 existing warships in the entire fleet, except for the battleship "Kaisheng", which is slightly poorly armored, the others are all serious armored cruisers, and although the number of battleships on the opposite side just now is slightly larger, four of them are old cruisers with iron-hulled wooden hulls, and four are very outdated coastal defense ships.

The difference between the old breech guns and the new breech guns in terms of speed and power is that Rear Admiral Miller is sure enough to deal with two or three old old battleships with one ironclad cruiser.

The warships of the two sides approached quickly, but Miller found that except for the ironclad ship in the bow of the ship, which was firing guns, the other warships did not follow the attack, and now this distance was still too far for the main force of the French fleet equipped with 170mm-240mm heavy guns, and he immediately ordered to abandon the effort to occupy the position of the "D" top shè, follow up in the same direction in the direction of the angle, shorten the distance and immediately launch a full-scale attack. ⑤???? Read the latest chapters of the book

The French fleet cautiously closed the distance, at a distance of 5000 meters, the Qing fleet had at least 9mén or more heavy artillery launched sporadic attacks, although the landing points were scattered very open, and there was no very lethal shè attack, which made Rear Admiral Miller immediately decide to quickly close the distance to 4000 meters, which is suitable for French artillery.

However, at a distance of 4,700 meters, Rear Admiral Miller received a heavy blow, and in the third round of artillery bombardment of the opponent, the cruiser La Perlouse was actually hit in the bow, and the direct consequence was that the rotation of the main gun in the bow was hit, causing the muzzle to be unable to rotate, and it was obvious that La Perrouse lost half of its combat strength.

Major General Miller had a black line on his face, but at this moment, it was impossible to change tactics, and the advantage of the opponent's artillery shè was obviously underestimated by himself, and he gritted his teeth and ordered to deflect the direction again, try his best to enter the best shè strike distance, and give the Chinese a taste of the power of French heavy artillery.

Braving the artillery of the Nanyang Naval Division for 5 minutes, the French ushered in the fourth round of shelling of the Nanyang Naval Division, but the result was exactly the same as the previous shelling, and this time, the French finally found an opportunity to launch a counterattack, and this time the French artillery bombardment achieved unexpected results.

The shells fired by the cruiser "Fellers" hit the battleship "Dengyingzhou" with great accuracy, and nearly 180 shells could not be withstood by the wooden hull, and the next moment the shells that pierced the side chord hit the lower cabin, and the subsequent explosion made the stern of the "Dengyingzhou" rise with billowing smoke.

This made Lu Han, who was commanding the fleet to occupy the advantageous position at full speed, also surprised, since the formation of the Nanyang Naval Division, it can be said that it has experienced a hundred battles, but so far there is no history of a battleship being sunk, this can not but be said to be a proud capital, but now seeing the high flames and black smoke rising from the ship of Deng Yingzhou, this injury is not light.

However, what made him feel a little relieved was that the soldiers on Deng Yingzhou were carrying out rescue in an organized manner, which showed that although the cruiser Deng Yingzhou was heavily damaged, the command system was still operating normally

However, it is obvious that Lu Han's estimate is a little too optimistic, and after counterattacking with all his strength and two rounds of artillery, the mutual shè of the two sides has achieved nothing, but the Deng Yingzhou, which is in the middle of the team, hung a red sè warning

Wan Dafu has long since lost the appearance of being a pipe belt at this time, he is the old man of the Nanyang Naval Division, and he was considered a good person when he was with the old commander in the early years, but how can he be comfortable and happy when he is now in this pipe, he has long regarded himself as a real officer of the Nanyang Department, and today he has made a lot of efforts to make contributions. ,

Thousands of calculations, he didn't expect that he could be so unlucky, the first person in the entire fleet to be hit by the cannon would be himself, when he felt the explosion under the hull of the ship, he completely broke out, and personally led this subordinate to rush into the bilge to check the situation At this time, the bilge had already ignited a fire, and more than a dozen soldiers were really desperate to bring water to extinguish the fire.

However, this wooden-hulled battleship was a big torch, especially in the high temperature of the explosion, and the cabin was filled with thick smoke, and the choking people could hardly breathe, which immediately stumped the generals who rushed to fight the fire

Wan Dafu also understands that this rush in, but it is a matter of nine deaths, the sailor in the military training has a special mén to explain the content of damage management and disaster relief, this smoke-filled cabin, is undoubtedly the first danger of the fire fatal killer list, but, this is his life of the warship, the two years of southern and northern wars, although most of them have been out of escort, fighting bandits, but he has already made up the pride that the ship is in the people.

"Follow me on the ship of our Nanyang Sailor must not sink" The consideration of the danger is complete, and at this time it is completely out of Wan Dafu's mind, and his roar from the bottom of his heart makes all the things facing this thorny situation burst out with fearless fighting spirit.

Wan Dafu was the first to rush in, and the shè strike officer immediately followed......

Lu Han was also very concerned about the situation of the "Deng Yingzhou" at this time, but it was obvious that his estimate was a little too optimistic, and after counterattacking four rounds of artillery with all his might, the mutual shè of the two sides was fruitless, but the Deng Yingzhou, which was in the middle of the team, hung up a red sè warning

That means that the battleship loses its combat capability and needs to be urgently separated from the formation, and the weapon system of the general battleship is destroyed, or the power system is almost lost, such a sign will be hung out, because if there is a zài in that situation, it will affect the normal progress of the entire battle sequence.

Lu Han frowned, although one battleship was damaged, but this was not a big problem, he immediately put his mind back, at this time both fleets were traveling on an almost parallel course, and at the same time using the main gun and the secondary gun on one side to bombard each other desperately, and the plan of both sides to seize the top of the T-position was obviously not achieved by both sides, once the other party has successful discipline, the other side will take the initiative to avoid and adjust the direction to maintain the status quo.

Qin Kai also crawled out of the shè command room with concern at this time, he had no intention of churning out the grand strategy, there was not only one mode of victory in the battle, but the most important thing was victory, and the battle between these sea beasts equipped with iron armor, in his opinion, depended more on the sharpness of the behemoth's fangs.

At this point, he has enough confidence, which comes entirely from the achievements of the horsetail industry, and when there are enough advantages in shè and power, the role of the luck component will be reduced to a minimum, what he needs is to wait, and he also looks forward to seeing the growth of these henchmen and generals like Lu Han, after all, it is only the first roar of the Nanyang sailors who have gone abroad.

Round 5...... Round 6...... Round 7......

The mutual shè launched by the two sides at a distance other than the speed shè cannon is really a bit dull, even on the invincible 501 ship, Chen Ying is quite depressed about the result of today's shè attack, the cannonball smashed towards the enemy ship, of course, the other side is also constantly maneuvering, but now it is the seventh round, and at least 12 close misses were fired, and none of them hit directly.

However, what was more depressed and anxious was actually not Lu Han or Chen Ying at all, they were depressed about the recent miss, and Major General Miller was scolding for the speed of the shè attack, and the French artillery, who had always thought that he had trained the Jīng Liang, had one less round than the opponent in these eight rounds of shè hits, what did this mean, this was complete slackness

But now it's not just the time to accuse these, the landing point of the opponent's shells is almost near his flagship "Triumph" every time, which is obviously not a good sign, at this time, the idea of using heavy artillery to restrain the squadron, Miller has lost some confidence, is it to continue to use small-caliber artillery to attack together?

And Lu Han also had the same problem at this time, continuing to maintain the current mutual shè mode, or taking the initiative to change the status quo and send a guerrilla detachment, the problem gave Lu Han a bit of a headache...... Originally, it was thought that the duel between the fleets should be easily won by relying on the excellent results of heavy artillery and training, but the fact is not that it is not imagined, and the French fleet's movement to avoid artillery fire is very sè, which is somewhat unexpected.

When the two commanders were undecided, they suddenly had an answer, and the sky suddenly darkened rapidly, and the two armies were so far, the results were dismal, but now they had to choose to temporarily stop the attack, in the era when there was no spotlight, the night was on fire, this thing was unimaginable, even if it was a full moon day, it didn't work,

The two sides turned their own ways in the twilight, and after disengagement, both fleets needed to take a break, after all, the battle on this day was too fierce, but on the 601 ship, which had never had a chance to play, Chen Mo was receiving a new order - a surprise attack on Chiguoguo

He was still fighting during the day, and he went to raid at night, which was obviously a bad plan, but when he saw these strangely dressed men who had boarded the ship one after another, Chen Mo was immediately questioned by the people who came, "Tube, we are about to die, we should have been the first to appear."

This person, the order is very clear, Miao Feng, the general of the special battalion of the Sailor Frogman...... I heard that last time in Saigon, the frogman battalion made amazing achievements, but the matters involving these core secrets were all given the highest level of gag order by Lord Qin, and now I can be regarded as knowledgeable.

When the night was getting deeper, Chen Mo quietly set off with the soldiers and horses Today, he is going to create a new glory, although he is only doing the work of running tuǐ, he secretly laughed at himself. ——

Guangxi Taiping Mansion, on the road from Langshan, there are not routs coming slowly, but once they appear, they will immediately be stopped by another army dressed neatly on the side, after asking about the establishment, soon these people were sent to the eastern front camp outside the city, in just a few days, Feng Zicai has gathered nearly 4,000 routs.

Among them, the Gui army is the majority, as well as the Cantonese army, and even the local militia groups spontaneously organized in northern Vietnam, Feng Zicai secretly investigated and found that many of these people are the remnants of the Heaven and Earth Society that had previously collapsed into northern Vietnam, and these people have always hated the French and oppressed the Vietnamese, but they were really polite to the Chinese merchants who traded with them.

After the failure of the uprising in Guangxi in the early years, these soldiers and horses of the Tiandihui naturally dispersed into northern Vietnam to become ordinary people, originally they were local gangs and self-protecting militias, after the Qing army settled in, these people naturally thought that this was a great opportunity to join the army and make meritorious contributions, so they all defected to the local army, and then they were appointed to some low-grade military positions.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that the Qing army was defeated so quickly and so fiercely, and these old slippery heads naturally would not be sent to death, either scattered into the mountains and continued to be good citizens, or followed the defeat back and waited for the opportunity...... However, Feng Zicai didn't mean to see them, how to say it, the fighting spirit of these people is much stronger than those old oil Gui Jun, let's talk about it

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