In addition to the Atkins, the other four battleships also suffered a blow in the bow, only much better than the unlucky Atkins!

Admiral Dundas was stunned, a battleship, just scrapped! Whether it was a battleship, and the two wooden gunboats were scrapped at the same time, after barely supporting them to the open sea, the two gunboats were obviously unable to support other ports, the shells caused heavy wounds to the gunboats, and they had begun to enter the water quickly, and the gunboats slowly tilted to one side, and in an hour at most, the gunboats would definitely capsize!

"Quick, get the guys from the gunboat!"

Dundas roared frantically, and the remaining two hundred people on the two gunboats were on top of the Elgolden flagship, all of them were embarrassed, but fortunately, they picked up a small life, and more than 100 people died under the bombardment of the shells!

One battleship, two gunboats, combined, that's close to 300,000 pounds, that's not counting the casualties in the great battle, in less than two hours of battle, the Imperial Navy suffered hundreds of casualties! This is no ordinary loss!

Dundas finally understood the difficulty and ruthlessness of the Lu army, and he beat him to death if he bit it! It's so ruthless!

"General Dundas, what shall we do now?"

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Dundas now has a dead heart, and he has an unshirkable responsibility for this battle, once the Admiralty knows the news, he will definitely be punished militarily!

If you want to be unpunished, you must take Shandong, there is no second way to go!

However, just one Weihaiwei, its own fleet can't cope with it, so how can it take the whole of Shandong?

Alas......

Dundas stomped his feet fiercely and shouted, "Order, the captains of the ships come over to discuss countermeasures!" ”

It didn't take long for the captains of the various departments, as well as the commander of the army, Vice Admiral Houghton, and Japan's Saigo Takamori, all to come to the Elgent.

"Guys, tell me, how can we take Weihaiwei?"

Dundas's face was gloomy and he asked in a deep voice.

A few people looked at each other, wanting to take Weihaiwei? The current Imperial fleet no longer dares to expect this to come, the opponent's battery is too strong, and it is simply not something that a dozen or so warships can take down! Not only that, but they also prepared 180 guns behind the battery, and the artillery firepower was too powerful!

"General Dundas, we can't take Weihaiwei Harbor at all, the artillery group on Weihaiwei is too powerful, and our naval artillery can't suppress the opponent's attack at all!"

Duhens muffled.

"Yes, there are not only a lot of artillery here, but also a huge power, not only is it huge, but it also has a long range, not only a long range, but also a thief who is accurate, that is, we, if it is replaced by the French or Spanish fleet, it is estimated that it has been spent a long time ago......"

The other captain, Colonel Simon, was speechless.

The others also shouted, full of complaints, it was General Dundas, look at the opponent chosen, and stuffed the hard bones in his mouth in one breath, but the meat was not eaten, and he also knocked out his two front teeth!

"Enough!"

Dundas was furious, Lao Tzu let you make up ideas, not asked you to complain to Lao Tzu!

"I don't want to hear your complaints, just tell me who has the means to take Weihaiwei! If you can't do it, shut up! ”

When the generals were all dumbfounded, how? You are a dignified fleet commander who can't do anything, where do we people come from?

Dundas looked at a group of depressed people, and his anger was even stronger!

"Bastards, you damn bunch!"

Dundas cried out through gritted teeth!

"Don't anyone have an idea?"

"General!"

A voice sounded, "I think we can't keep an eye on Weihaiwei, in this case, I'm afraid we won't be able to take Weihaiwei for half a year!" ”

Dundas followed the voice, this was Bruce, the captain of the gunboat "Herdas".

"Colonel Bruce, what plan do you have, just say it!"

Dundas replied.

Bruce replied in a deep voice: "General Dundas, the fortifications of Weihaiwei are too powerful, it is difficult to overcome them with our current warships, and if we want to take Weihaiwei, we only have two ways." The first one is to mobilize the Asian fleet from the Malay Archipelago to come and reinforce the attack with a strong fleet strength, I think with the reinforcements of the Asian fleet, it is still possible to take Weihaiwei in ten days to half a month of siege! ”

Dundas's face turned dark, and he said angrily: "Mobilize reinforcements from the Asian fleet? You're not ashamed, I'm ashamed! We boasted of Haikou in the face of the French, and in five days, within five days, we won Weihaiwei! Mobilize reinforcements from the Malaysian fleet, and by the time they arrive, our five-day deadline has passed! ”

Bruce's face turned red, and then he said: "General Dundas, then there is only the second plan, six years ago, because of the Sino-British War, I once came to Shandong as a major in the navy, when we launched an attack in Yantai, stayed in Shandong for half a year, and did reconnaissance on the geographical situation of the Shandong Peninsula; At a distance of about forty kilometers from Weihaiwei, there is a bay, Rongcheng Bay! ”

"Rongchengwan? Bruce, what do you mean? ”

Dundas's heart moved, and he asked.

"General, it's very simple, Rongcheng Bay has an open water surface, there are large tidal flats, and there is no garrison there because it is close to Weihaiwei, it is the most suitable for us to launch a landing, if we can successfully land in Rongcheng Bay, we can launch an attack from behind Weihaiwei, sea and land, I think Weihaiwei will definitely not be able to deal with it!"

Landing from Rongcheng Bay?

Dundas's eyes lit up and he shouted, "Come over the military map!" ”

The staff officers hurriedly spread the military map on the table, Dundas carefully checked, from Rongcheng Bay to Weihaiwei, only forty kilometers, if you march with all your strength, you can arrive in a day and a half, at most two days, with the strong strength of the British Army now, it can completely destroy the Qing army in Weihai in a short period of time, and when the time comes, Weihaiwei can definitely go down with a drum!

However, with the experience of this time, Dundas did not dare to be careless, after all, Bruce was in control of the situation a few years ago, what if something changed?

"General Saigo Takamori!"

Saigo Takamori was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly agreed: "General Dundas, what do you command?" ”

"General Saigo Takamori, it's time for your army to go out, I will send two battleships and two gunboats to cover your army's landing from Rongcheng Bay!" (To be continued.) )