Chapter 8o: The Battle in the South China Sea (2)

The "Wu" who was originally turning and the "Dengyingzhou" and "Jingyuan" who were changing formation saw the situation of the "Yuankai" ship, and they were ready to turn and respond according to the practice of the naval division, at least to carry out artillery fire to help the other side retreat from the front, but after seeing the flagship's order, they also immediately turned around and sailed to the northeast outside, and the flagship's order is always the first order!

At this time, the voyage of the "Yuan Kai" ship had dropped to less than 7 knots, and Chen Xing, the pipe band, was also a student of the Mawei Shipyard School, but he was active in the means, and he was soon good in the Nanyang Naval Division, and he was also a cronie of Liu Shen's faction.

However, he also knew very well that the entire fleet was facing an absolute catastrophe today, the degree and firepower of the opponent's battleships completely controlled the rhythm of the battle, and the "Yuankai" is now getting lower and lower boiler pressure, and the degree may eventually be reduced to about 5 knots, and under this degree, it is completely impossible to escape from the opponent's cruiser of more than 14 knots.

After thinking about it for a maximum of 5 seconds, Chen Xing made a difficult decision, "Salute to the flagship, the Yuan Kai ship is behind the fleet!" "The Chinese have not lacked fearless courage since ancient times, especially in the most difficult moments, the "Yuankai" ship no longer maintained the direction of driving north, but turned around to the French cruiser that was pursuing in a tangential arc, and he needed to change the current situation and form the ship forward in order to fully swing the power of the main gun.

At this time, the layout of the battleships on the battlefield had undergone fundamental changes, the four battleships of Liu Shenshui's division were in front, the "Yuankai" ship was stuck between Liu Shen's fleet and the French cruisers, and the three cruisers had completed their detour at this time and began a straight line pursuit in the direction of Liu Shen's fleet.

All the guns on one side were pointed at the battleship "Yuan Kai" in the middle, and the distance between the two sides had reached 15oom, which was the distance between swords and bayonets.

Chen Xing, the pipe belt of the "Yuan Kai", was naturally unwilling to be a target on the spot, and the battleship slowly sailed towards the right side of the French cruiser, wanting to form a rear-end situation in a circle, so as to contain the other party.

"All forward, the ship's main guns will concentrate their fire on the Qing formation, and the ship's side artillery will attack the battleship behind the Qing Palace!" Colonel Karlok calmly gave the order, and he stood on the bridge, observing the four Qing warships two nautical miles ahead, and with a contemptuous smile on his lips, he even expected to escape from his 15-knot cruiser with a degree of 1o.

The time for the three cruisers to meet with the Yuan Kai was only five or six minutes, but in this moment, at least 1o 12omm shells had hit the Yuan Kai, which was close at hand, and there were many soldiers lying on the deck of the ship, but there were still soldiers who desperately rushed to the two guns to reload and shoot again, but in the constant artillery attacks, they had completely lost organized resistance.

The bridge has been opened by a shell, Chen Xing Tuǐ Yan zhòng was injured, and was urgently turned away from the bridge by his own soldiers, and the ship has been hit in at least 4 places under the waterline, and the sea water is rapidly pouring into the cabin......

However, the heroic deeds of the soldiers on the deck were finally rewarded once again, when a shell from a 13omm stern gun hit the side gun position of the hapless cruiser La Perlouz, and coincidentally this time it was still the same position that was hit by the generalized battery last time! But the shells were obviously much more powerful than the iron ball last time, and the violent explosion swept through the soldiers behind the gun emplacements on the side of the two ships, and immediately knocked the two guns into dumb.

Below the horizon of the North Sea, a mast slowly emerged at this time, and Wang Hai, a soldier in the training camp at the lookout post, looked nervously in the direction of the cannon in the distance, until now, they had not figured out who were on both sides of the battle ahead.

Before, the French fleet was in the middle, and Liu Shen's fleet was on the other side, for the 5O1 ship that was in the peeping Xìng quality, it was already a miracle that it was not seen, and naturally Liu Shen's fleet on the other side could not be observed...... Of course, even Qin Kai, who is familiar with history, ancient and modern, and the future, could not have imagined that the La Perlouse with the other party's embellishment would actually damage the lookout!

At this time, Wang Hai finally saw several warships on the other side that seemed to break through, and the distance between the two sides was at least 1o kilometers at this time, Wang Hai took the German-made binoculars specially equipped with the training camp and carefully observed the flag on the mast of the opposing fleet, and finally distinguished that one of them was indeed Liu Shen's admiral flag.

The alarm bell sounded, Qin Kai jumped up, walked around the sea for more than ten days, and finally found Liu Shen, who really came out of the south! Lu Han and Xu Shoushan have already issued a pre-war general mobilization, but for specific tactics, it is obvious that these two people also have great concerns. ,

If it is said that when they were recruited into the training camp, they were still a little worried about the prospects, in Qin Kai's position, all the way up, until now after controlling Mawei and creating a huge industry, the two of them have been completely integrated into Qin Kai's team, and the decision they make now is not how to rescue, but how to maximize the benefits for Qin Supervisor and Mawei Shipmaster.

"What's the matter, Gengtang, Yùshan?" Qin Kai also noticed the expressions of the two.

Xu Shoushan looked at Lu Han, meaning to let him say, "Supervisor, the lookout post has found out that Liu Shen's fleet now has only four warships left, and it should be in retreat, I discussed it with Yù Shan, continued to observe for half an hour, and only after the situation is clear can I go to the rescue, after all, I don't know if the French army has backup, so it is more appropriate!" ”

"Half an hour!" When Qin Kai heard this, he naturally understood the thoughts of the two of them, this is the greatest benefit of planning for himself, Liu Shen is on the verge of defeat or total annihilation, as the second fleet patrolling the South China Sea, kill in time, if you can defeat the enemy, it will be a shocking victory, even if you can't defeat the other party, the last result is a confrontation, save the friendly army, under the powerful power and artillery of the 5o1 ship, defeat is almost impossible.

And after this battle, it can be said that the Nanyang Naval Division has a great possibility of falling into his control, after all, a disabled naval division, and facing the threat of war, no one wants to take over! "One will make ten thousand bones dry", this is really an unbreakable truth......

Qin Kai looked at Lu Han and Xu Shoushan, and suddenly smiled, "Gengtang, Yù Shan, I understand your thoughts, but when fighting against foreign enemies in this time, even if it is a merit, I hope that it will be forged by our battle!" The Nanyang Naval Division cannot be brilliant in the hands of Liu Shen, but those soldiers and sailors, they are all fighting against the French for the country! Right now...... It's time for them to see what our camp is all about! ”

The order was almost issued to every post, the officers and soldiers had excited expressions on their faces, the enemy situation report had come down, and Tang Qingshan, the firing officer of the former main gun, was conveying the order to the artillerymen.

"In front are the three cruisers of the French, which are pursuing the fleet of our Nanyang Naval Division, the tonnage is unknown, it is estimated to be about 25oo tons, the firepower is unknown, it is definitely inferior to us, the armor is definitely inferior to us, degrees! We've definitely overshadowed them! Lu Guandao is reluctant to give you shells on weekdays, but today it is open to shoot, and you want to go to Saniao quickly! Don't be in battle! ”

"*** French, dare to pursue the ship of our Nanyang Naval Division!"

"Give them the color!"

The soldiers in the turret roared with their fists and clapped their hands, and then immediately rechecked everything that had been prepared, and the barrel of the twin gun was immediately reloaded, and the lifting machine was restored to its original position, so that the next round of loading could save a little time.

Chen Mo had nothing to do at this time, he could only help clean up the debris in the turret, Tang Qingshan saw it and said, "Chen Mo, you come to help me check this angle conversion table, I have to check the table while reading the rangefinder!" ”

"Okay!" Chen Mole, who found his position, accepted this task hehehe.

At this time, Wang Hai, who was standing on the lookout post, was nervously watching the battle in the distance, the 5o1 ironclad ship had completed the quick turn, and was rushing to the sea area of the artillery battle, but in this vast sea, it was really not easy to rush to the sea area within the field of vision!

Colonel Gallok gave the order to advance in all directions, and at this time, the battered Qing warship in the rear was slowly sinking, and a raging fire was burning in the middle of the ship! Considering that there were still four Qing ships, he had already ordered to stop shooting and save shells, anyway, this was a warship that was bound to be silent.

At this time, the distance between the Qing fleet in front and the front has been shortened to one nautical mile, but the formation of the tail of his own fleet has caused only the two main guns of the Desdan at the front to wield firepower, and the two cruisers behind are completely unable to shoot, but this is not important, give him a little more time, he can cross to the side of the Qing fleet, and bathe the opponent's snail-like battleship with full firepower!

At this time, the ship formation of Liu Shen's fleet in front has been obviously scattered, and the first echelon is naturally the flagship "Chengqing", which is the shortest and the fastest, and the second position is the "Dengyingzhou" that Lu Han brought before, and the "Wu" ship fell behind together with "Jingyuan" because the steam pipe was hit!

On the "Wu" ship, Wan Dafu, the pipe belt, was smashing the cup, and several officers were scolded by him, "MD, what are you all doing to eat, and you can't fix a steam pipe!" Now it's only 9 knots, and you're not going to kill this ship full of soldiers! Get lost...... Get the hell out of here! ”,

He held the clairvoyance and looked at the French cruiser that was chasing not far away, TMD, why did this *** French gunboat run so fast! Compared with them, the fast steamship that the Nanyang Navy Division runs on weekdays is really a snail, he looked at the "Yuan Kai" that was smoking in the distance, picked up the waist knife violently, and smashed it on the table!

"TMD, give me an order, hang the flag to greet the flagship, turn on the left, let's fight with the French, run like this, you can't run a single one!"

The soldiers looked at Wan Dafu dumbfounded, this general is a well-known lord who wants benefits on weekdays, what's wrong with today, he doesn't even want his life if he practices madly! However, the soldiers are not stupid, they know that what the general said is the truth, the French battleship behind is running fast, and this shell still falls from time to time, although it has not hit anyone, no one can say for sure, whether the next one will hit the brain!

"Order!" The soldiers hurried out of the bridge.

Seeing the flag hung out by the "Wu" ship, Liu Shen, who was running the fastest at this time, had a gloomy face and could rain, he knew that he was finished, "mourning the teacher and humiliating the country", these four words were enough for him to dismiss his post and ask for beheading, even if he dredged the relationship and dotted up and down, it was also a flow of three thousand miles, and he would go to Xinjiang that Zuo Dashuai had just recovered! Thinking of this, his mind went blank......

Seeing the move of "Wu", the "Jingyuan" xiao gunboat at the end hesitated for a moment, and also followed the turn, obviously they also understood that at this time, there was only the end of the fish dying and the net being broken, and the other party had twice as much as himself, and it was impossible for a Xiao gunboat like himself to escape! The "Dengyingzhou" warship, which was closest to the "Chengqing," resolutely gave up following the flagship and turned to the right after continuing to sail for a few minutes.

The situation on the battlefield has changed a little, the French cruisers pursuing have completely scattered the battleships of Liu Shen's fleet at this time, Colonel Gallok saw the change in the situation, and was also a little surprised, originally he thought that under the deterrence of his own powerful firepower, the Qing fleet had been frightened, and only needed to chase the flanks, and then sink them one by one without hurry, to complete this perfect battle!

But now, it saves the trouble of pursuit, and the opponent detours the two wings, so that the next two battleships that could not wield firepower can also immediately join the attack.

"Goal! Two Qing warships on the left, be sure to sink them! A battleship on the right is attacked by the ship's gun! "The order was given immediately!

From the beginning of the turn, the warship was actually in the opponent's firepower network, but because the angle between the two follow-up cruisers in the early stage was too xiao, so it did not participate in the attack, and after the warship turned sideways, it immediately counterattacked with a tail gun.

Lateral detour, obviously can not effectively open the distance, at this time the distance between the two sides has been narrowed to within 2ooo meters, this distance on the artillery is almost direct fire, and the greed of Colonel Gallok who rushed to the front made him make a xiaoxiao mistake, the final loading of the main gun is still aimed at the front is escaping flagship "Chengqing"! After all, he also hoped to be able to keep the entire Qing fleet......

Wu's tail cannon started the ROU fight first, and at a distance of less than 2ooo meters, the two sides can be described as bayonet routing, but Wu only has 1 knife available at this time, while the Destan's knife has 5!

The roar of the tail cannon vented the anger of the entire ship's soldiers, and at such a close distance, it can almost be said that it is a bloody position, and the 13omm open shell directly hit the rear of the opponent's bridge, and the explosion tore a large hole of nearly one meter in the cabin behind the bridge! It's just that apparently the French steel armor is still of good quality, and the shells failed to penetrate the cabin and explode......

The French were naturally not far behind, and the 12omm guns and stern guns on the side of the ship roared at the same time, and the steel torrent immediately swept over the poor double-decked wooden planks of the "Wu"!

1 12omm shell directly hit the board in front of the stern gun, lifted off a large area of the ship's side, opened the shrapnel that splashed everywhere, and made several shells fall to the ground, the flammable ship board led to a piece of fire, and another 12omm shell directly hit the bridge, Dong pierced the two-layer plank of the bridge, and flew into the sea on the right before exploding, which made Wan Dafu, who was commanding inside, recite Ami Tofu several times, and made up his mind to go back and pay homage to the Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva!

And the hand of God favored that, perhaps because of the high driving or the rocking of the hull, the 19omm fire of the stern gun of the battleship Destein accidentally flew over the side of the ship and fell into the sea behind!

The "Jingyuan" gunboat that followed was followed by two Xiao caliber guns, which were convenient to turn, but at this time it worked, aiming at the nearest Destan was a salvo, and as a result, one shot missed, and the other hit the ship's rotating battery, killing several French soldiers who were loading their shells on the spot! ,

This kind of approaching bayonet blood-seeking attack, the firepower of the French ** ship is indeed easy to swing, but in the same way, the damage to the French ** team is also increasing exponentially, obviously this is the situation that Colonel Gallok does not want to see, when he sees the barbarians, he does not need to go up to fight at all, and a shot from a distance is more efficient! He is pragmatist, so he immediately turned the rudder away from these crazy Chinese! Just within the optimal firing range of 25oom, the opponent can be easily solved.

The battleships of both sides passed shoulder-to-shoulder, but within ten minutes of this shoulder, the three cruisers had already poured at least 3o12omm shells and 9 main and auxiliary guns and 19o-2oomm heavy artillery on Wu and Jingyuan on one side.

After the "Wu" was baptized by such a close range and such a fierce artillery fire, the ship was in a mess, and after the auxiliary gun in the stern was hit by a 2oomm shell, several cannons and the 13omm Armstrong guns were all steamed, and the U-shaped ship of the ship was completely gone, and 1ù out of the cabin of the black dongdong below!

At this time, the bridge of the Wu has become a complete 1ù Tian Square, and the buildings on the top have completely disappeared, for himself standing in such an open bridge, even without being injured until now, Wan Dafu is a little incredible, the stormy steel torrent just now, so that he even forgot his fearful thoughts.

"General, general, the French have moved the ship far away!" The pro-soldiers on the side reminded him excitedly.

Wan Dafu took his soul back, and looked back with clairvoyance, he didn't believe that the French would let go of his broken ship, but the French did stay away, and the three cruisers were separated from the three ships of the Nanyang Naval Division on both sides.

"Turn the rudder left and go straight!!" Wan Dafu still has this bit of eyesight, the other party obviously wants to crush himself with firepower within the standard firing range, at this time there is only one main gun left on the ship, it is obviously impossible to resist hard, only by changing the course and increasing the difficulty of being hit to survive.

After Wu and Jingyuan turned, they finally completed the reloading again, the cannon roared again, Wan Dafu nervously looked at the black dongdong muzzle aimed at his battleship not far away, this time Guanyin Bodhisattva didn't seem to bless himself, a cannonball flew directly, and the other two also fell in the water in front of the French battleship!

At the same time, all the guns on the Desdam and Nielli sounded at the same time again.