When this kind of freestyle shooting was carried out for half an hour, the loaders of the rapid-fire gun shooting group were rotated three times, although the physical strength was a little overdrawn at this time, but the burning fires of war, the sight, and the sinking French ships were undoubtedly the most effective stimulants, and everyone seemed to feel full of energy, and mechanically completed the loading of the more than ten kilograms of flowering shells.

At this time, the 254mm heavy artillery could hardly find room to play, and these merchant ships with wooden hulls were as fragile as if they were destroyed under the attack of the 150mm rapid-fire guns, and the shooting officers in charge of the heavy artillery were carefully looking for a target worthy of their own guns, but at this time, this was almost a difficult problem!

Boom Boom Boom ......

In the midst of the artillery fire, the French ships in the harbor, which had no power to resist, quickly ignited a raging fire, and then slowly tilted and fell on its side...... And in the harbor, countless pairs of eyes were staring at the huge battleship that was unscrupulously splashing cannonballs in the harbor, this was completely a warplane that destroyed everything, and everyone was deeply shocked, they knew that the shadow of this battleship would accompany them like a nightmare for a lifetime......

After losing a large number of ships, the French army in Zigong Harbor finally recovered from the complete chaos, and a whole group of French soldiers armed with weapons began to appear in the harbor, and the lookout post had already reported the situation as soon as possible.

So when the first French army appeared in the port, although the two oncoming 254mm heavy guns were about ten meters away, but the warhead of more than 200 kilograms, the shocking shock wave and fragments also caused at least 50 casualties, the power of this cannon immediately made the army in the port completely shrink the head of the turtle, just behind the cover to shoot indiscriminately in the direction of the 501 ship, but the rifle bullets outside the range can produce lethality, it is also a miracle......

The French counterattacked in the real sense, and after nearly 40 minutes, a small fleet of 7 warships sailed from the upper reaches of the Mekong River, which was the poor family left behind in Zigong Port this time, all of which were 400-ton torpedo boats and gunboats, as well as old-fashioned cruisers, were assembled to launch a death attack......

Obviously, in this half an hour, the French coastal defense troops finally quickly recovered from the chaos and quickly recovered their ability to counterattack, and the commander of the Zigong Defense Army, Major General Bo Hua, had rushed to the upstream shore defense base, and he wisely gave up the plan to launch a counterattack in the harbor, and the reason was very simple, because all the French battleships with gun barrels moored in the harbor had already been sunk, and because of the steam engine and boiler, it was obvious that the fire and anchor were raised under the muzzle of the enemy's artillery, which was definitely an act of seeking death!

Wave Slip mobilized almost all the shore defense fleets anchored in the upper river, including three 450-ton Viper-class torpedo boats, a 730-ton light cruiser, and three Lightning-class gunboats.

At this time, the Zigong port was already a mess, except for some merchant ships who fought hard and escaped from the port while the 501 ship was slaughtering other French ships, more captains and sailors on French ships chose to abandon ship and go ashore and resign themselves to fate, and at this time, the huge Zigong deep-water port can only be described in one word - thousands of miles of drifting, sunken merchant ships and a large number of debris filled the entire port! Everywhere there were half-sunken merchant ships that were still blazing.

And the news transmitted by the lookout post immediately aroused Lu Han's vigilance, and the shooting officer immediately received a new order, and the 501 ship took the initiative to meet the enemy, the French thought of fighting one more, he would naturally let them get their wish, this Zigong Port is a long and narrow terrain 5 kilometers from north to south and only two kilometers deep, and it is obviously not a good idea to fight guerrilla attacks with seven or eight small boats under this kind of terrain!

After adjusting the direction, the 501 ship quickly sailed towards the mouth of the Mekong River, obviously Lu Han's strategy is very accurate, but there are obviously some risks in taking the initiative to meet it, after all, the sea area near the mouth is narrower, and the space for maneuver is smaller, but in the same way, the space for the Vietnamese to move has also been greatly compressed.

This can be described as a real battle with bayonets and blood, once the fire is exchanged, it is a life-and-death battle with life, Lu Han naturally also considered the risks, but how can there be huge results without risks, to completely defeat the French in Zigong Port, completely tear the French fig pants, this risk must be taken...... It's also worth the risk! ,

Qin Kai looked around wholeheartedly with a telescope as if he was fine, and he also saw the British, American and Portuguese warships moored in the harbor at this time, it was obvious that after this battle, soon, the news would reach the country, and it would be the best way to get to the mouths of the British......

At this time, the British, Americans and Portuguese onlookers have been waiting for the decisive battle between the two sides, for the French suffered a big loss today, the British are a schadenfreude idea, the Americans have no idea, just feel a big loss of face, these Gallic chickens are really useless, they were beaten like this by the Qing State in East Asia, as for how Portugal secretly laughed, the weaker France, the more stable the Far East territory controlled by Portugal.

Both sides of the battle did their best to seize advantage of the terrain for shooting.

At this time, the French fleet was not hopeless, the French "Viper" class torpedo boats were undoubtedly one of the fastest ships of this era, with a maximum speed of more than 18 knots, but for the sake of speed, the torpedo boats were only armored for wooden hulls and 20mm iron hulls, and the firepower was in addition to two 47mm Haggaeus machine guns, and there were two 14-inch torpedo tubes.

The 730-ton old light cruiser "Seabird" of the same squad, although the tonnage is relatively large, but the speed is much worse, only 12 knots, plus it is also a wooden-hulled battleship, the largest caliber gun on board is only 150mm, which belongs to the kind of elements that are outdated in the French battleship series.

And the 3 Lightning-class 430-ton gunboats, the speed is average, only 10 knots, this is a special ship for the inland war in Vietnam, there are a lot of artillery, there are 90mm rapid-fire guns 1, 75mm mountain guns 1, and 47mm Ha Bing Kaisi machine guns 3, but in the face of the heavy armor of the 501 ship, the firepower of this specification is almost an itch in the boots, and it is completely impossible to penetrate the armor of the 501 ship, and it is difficult to achieve results.

And the French torpedo boats had to reduce their speed and slowly come up from the Mekong River together because they wanted to cooperate with other warships, and this idea finally made the 501 ship win in a comprehensive way in seizing the advantageous terrain, and Lu Han took the lead in setting up a posture outside the estuary! And this is enough to determine the course of the battle.

When a long French battleship appeared at the mouth of the Mekong River, it was obvious that they also found the 501 ship blocked outside the river, and immediately all the ships increased their speed and moved forward at full speed, most of their guns had a range of about 2 kilometers, and the range of torpedoes in this era was only 300-400m, which was far lower than the range of the 501 ship's heavy guns, so the approaching attack was their only option......

However, the powerful artillery fire of the 501 ship made them realize for the first time what is called the purgatory of artillery fire!

At this time, the distance between the two sides was about 4 kilometers, and the first wave of artillery that greeted them was bombarded by the heavy guns of the 501 ship, and the first round of firing achieved results......

At this time, the formation of the French Navy was a formation of the first three and the last four, and the fastest torpedo boat had accelerated to the extreme, but the opponent's heavy artillery smashed directly into the middle of the entire formation, and the shells of 6 heavy guns smashed on the water, setting off a monstrous wave, but unfortunately, it did not directly hit any of the French battleships.

However, a near-weightless cannon fell directly on the left torpedo boat 5 meters away, the huge explosion force and the momentum generated, so that the left torpedo boat in high-speed propulsion directly lost control, overturned in the water, and the fragments also caused irreparable severe damage to the hull, only half a minute later, the torpedo boat suffered a catastrophe and completely disappeared on the sea.

Forward! The French battleship group had no second choice at this time, and for torpedo boats with a speed of up to 18 knots, the most important thing needed at this moment was time, give him 6 minutes, and he could close the distance to a torpedo launch range of 500m! It can fire deadly torpedo weapons!

But will the 501 ship give them this short 6 minutes? The answer is clearly no! Lu Han had already discovered these three small warships with extraordinary speed at this time, and he immediately realized that this was a high-speed torpedo boat newly developed by the French, and it was obvious that it was difficult for the French artillery to inflict fatal damage on the 501 at this time, and the threat to one was this torpedo!

The order has been given quickly, the primary target is the approaching torpedo boat, and the rapid-fire guns on the side of the ship are also attacking the high-speed breakthrough torpedo boats at this time, on the three rapid-fire gun positions, the soldiers are sweating like rain and pouring shells, the firing speed of the 150mm rapid-fire guns has reached the extreme 10 seconds at this time, and the waves of shell explosions continue to be set off around the torpedo boats. ,

3000 m ......

2500 m ......

Major Jimmy was the commander of the torpedo boat on the right flank, and the barrels of the rapid-fire guns on the side chord of the opposing battleship kept spraying fire tubes, which surprised him very quickly, and the fires were all deadly flowering shells, he naturally understood that as long as this kind of shell was eaten, it was possible to completely scrap the torpedo boat of more than 400 tons! He immediately directed the torpedo boat to quickly change its course of advance to avoid the attack of the opposing artillery, and, very fortunately, he finally managed to close the distance of the twin engines to 2300m.

This distance was already within the range of the 47mm Haggaeus 5-barrel machine gun, and Major Jimmy immediately ordered a counterattack, and the 47mm conical warhead roared out and launched a counterattack towards the 501 ship in the distance.

The rate of fire of the 5-barreled cannon was very amazing, with a speed of 50 rounds per minute, and the warhead with a diameter of nearly 5 centimeters whirred across the sky, smashing violently on the sidechord steel armor of the 501 ship, making a banging sound, and the other torpedo boat also cooperated with the counterattack at this time.

Suddenly the projectile smashed into the 501 ship like a torrential rain, although the accuracy of the hit was not high, but the French caused casualties to the 501 ship for the first time, a Haqikes warhead flew over the side of the ship, hit a soldier who was carrying the shell in the rapid-fire gun crew, and the violent impact immediately made the soldier pounce on the ground!

The projectile weighing more than ten kilograms fell on the deck with a clatter, and Wang Tao, who was directing the shooting, pounced on it, dragged the soldier to the position behind the gun shaft, and shouted to another soldier to go up to fill the vacancy on the gun position! The projectile pierced directly through the soldier's left chest, and it was already full of blood at this time!

Immediately the medics rushed up, and with the assistance of two soldiers, carried the seriously wounded soldiers on their backs and went straight to the bilge to be rescued, while the injuries of their colleagues and the blood all over the ground obviously stimulated the nerves of the artillery crew soldiers again, and the three rapid-fire guns launched an even more fierce counterattack!

The torrential rain was like a note, and the projectiles on both sides flew sideways on the sea, and the sea and air were filled with the roar of the cannonballs and the whistling sound of the projectiles flying! Although the soldiers had already been drenched in rainwater, the vigorous exercise made them sweat all over, and even a curling steam rose from their bodies......

At this time, the 150mm bow guns of the Seabird cruiser that fell behind also launched an attack, but at the moment it was still at the maximum range, and several shells in a row deviated greatly, and it was impossible to hit the 501 ship!

Under the command of Wang Tao, the rapid-fire guns on the right finally achieved results, and a shell whistled and hit the torpedo boat less than two thousand meters on the left flank of the French army.

And the other shell also hit the hull of the enemy again in time, and after penetrating the plank, there was an explosion in the bilge of the torpedo boat, and at the same time caused a fire! Seeing this, the French soldiers on the opposing ship jumped into the water one after another to escape, and the torpedo boat was a big bomb, and the four torpedoes loaded in it were big killing weapons, whether it was against the enemy or against themselves......

At this time, the heavy guns on the 501 ship had finished loading, and the huge barrel of the gun rotated rapidly, pointing at the only remaining torpedo boat on the right flank of the French army like a grim reaper......

Major Jimmy was also nervous when he saw the friendly troops on the left flank being overturned by the opponent's rapid-fire cannon, and hurriedly ordered to attack the last 1,000-meter distance at full speed, and the machine guns installed on the side of the ship were firing shells with bangs, but the steel monster on the opposite side was covered with this thick heavy armor, and the projectiles of the 3-pounder cannon hit the steel armor, and they didn't even leave a mark, which made him extremely frightened......

Why did your own country go to war against the Qing State, which had such powerful warships? I really should let those councillors who are talking about going to war come here and let them feel this suffocating fear!

At this time, he saw at a glance that the opponent's six heavy guns were adjusting the muzzles of the black hole at this time, and the target was undoubtedly his own weak boat! It's like the helplessness of a little sheep in the face of a big bad wolf...... He opened his mouth and shouted with all his might: "Go forward, for the glory of France!" ”

The torpedo boat rushed forward without hesitation! Suddenly, the muzzles of the six heavy guns on the opposite side spewed out black smoke and fire, and Major Jimmy suddenly had a magical feeling, he seemed to feel the huge impact of those shells whistling, and the gloomy sky and earth suddenly became extremely ......bright.

In the distance, Colonel Sauron, a British cruiser, watched the progress of the battle in the distance with a telescope, and when the last of the French torpedo boats was blasted into a ball of fire by direct fire from close range under the abuse of six heavy guns, he shook his head and expressed his condolences for the tragic fate of the Gallic chickens, which were hateful Chinese to the French, but which were terrifying......

The ensuing battle was almost one-sided suppression, and the speed of the remaining four French battleships was completely incapable of charging at this close range, and the artillery equipped was far inferior to the rapid-fire guns on the side of the 501 ship......

In this 10-minute battle, the 501 ship suffered only a stray bullet by accident...... A 75mm sampan gun accidentally hit the side of the ship, causing minor injuries to four soldiers!

The battle is over...... But the war continued, and soon, there were no more French ships in the harbor that could float, Lu Han observed the results of the battle around him with satisfaction, and at this time Chen Ying came up to report, "Pipe belt, there are less than 100 of the 900 150mm rapid-fire shells carried in the stock!" 254mm flowering bullets, there are 30 more bullets per door! ”

Lu Han turned his head and asked Qin Kai, "Gale Wind, do you want to continue?" ”

Qin Kai smiled slightly, "We came from afar, so we have to let the French have a long memory!" raze the harbor and then tear down their batteries! If there are enough shells, I hope to teach the French in Zigong another lesson! ”

The order was quickly conveyed, and when the barrel of the gun, which had been in a state of flat fire, was raised high and pointed at the port house not far away, the French soldiers who had been guarding there immediately dispersed...... Unless you are a fool, you will continue to stay in this mortal land at this moment.

The chain of bullets sprayed from the muzzle of the cannon, cultivating the facilities of the port back and forth, caused a fire that turned the Zigong port into a giant crematorium, and along the Mekong River, several rounds of shelling were launched on the city of Zigong, although there were no huge casualties, but ...... However, this bombardment made it impossible for the entire French colony of Cochinchina to shake off the fear of the Nanyang Naval Division.

Today, the 501 ships, with their brilliant results and deterrent shelling, have made the French understand that war is no longer a war on other people's land as they want, and the flames of war will burn to their own territory anytime and anywhere! Set their houses on fire...... This will greatly affect the course of the war in the future......