"I'm afraid that not only the Battle of Lisa, but also the Battle of Langqiao this time, the Japanese army is also the same tactics. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Wu Dezhang said, "I have read the records of naval battles, the Japanese army saw that our army was strong, so they wanted to use an ironclad ship to disrupt our team, the Japanese army commander's tactics are beyond reproach, if it succeeds, our team will be chaotic, and our ship is not as protective as the Japanese ships, so it should be taken advantage of." It's just that the speed of the Japanese ships was too slow, and they failed to do the battle of Lisa, and the Austrian ships rushed to disrupt the Italian ship group. ”

Hearing Wang Qiaonian and Wu Dezhang's answers, Lin Yizhe was relieved.

These future Chinese ship designers are now able to have such an insight!

The Battle of Lissa was a naval battle fought between the Italian and Austrian fleets in the waters off the island of Lissa in the Adriatic Sea during the Italian War of Independence. For the first time, the battle between steam-powered ironclad ships was eye-catching. After the war, the navies of various countries around the world studied the battle in depth and detail in terms of tactics, armament, and ship structure. This naval battle marked the transition of naval warfare from the age of sails to the age of steam ironclads.

On July 16, 1866, the Italian fleet, led by Admiral Persano, sailed from Ancona and launched an attack on the island of Lisa. On the 18th and 19th, the Italian fleet shelled the island of Lisa, and the Austrian troops defending the island were very stubborn and damaged the Italian ironclad ship "Mighty" with artillery. While the Italian fleet was preparing to organize another attack, the Austrian fleet arrived at dawn on July 20. Austria's Tegethof led his fleet as far away as the port of Bora 165 nautical miles. When he learned that Lisa had been attacked, he at first thought it was just a feint. While the Italians were attacking with all their might, Tegerthoff sailed towards Lissa, reaching the waters near Lisa, where he ordered the fleet to be ready for battle. Realizing that his firepower was at a disadvantage, he chose an easy-to-impact formation - three "V" shapes arranged longitudinally, the first V was composed of seven ironclad ships led by him, led by the flagship "Ferdinand? Maximilan". The second "V" was a wooden-hulled fast ship and a coastal defense ship, led by the "Caesar", who placed the rest of the small ships in the third "V" line. On the morning of 20 July, Persano attacked again. While he was bombarding Lisa's batteries and preparing to send troops to land, the lookout post suddenly reported that the Austrian fleet was approaching from the northwest.

Persano hastily formed his ironclad ships into columns and rushed from the front of the Austrian formation. In this critical moment, Persano moved his flag from the "Italia" to the "Plumb", which was outside the battle formation, without any reason. As a result, a large gap appeared between the 3 Italian warships in front and the ones behind. Tegethoff immediately led his vanguard formation of ironclads through this gap, and his wooden ships rushed towards Persano's wooden ships and the rest of the ironclads.

The battle quickly turned into a scuffle, and the movement of the ships was partially obscured by smoke. "Plumb" twice tried unsuccessfully to ram the wooden "Caesar". The "Caesar" grazed the "Di Botogaro" with a shell, but it itself caught fire under the fire of the opponent and was eventually driven out of the battle by the "Plumb". At the same time, the artillery fire of the Austrians set an Italian ironclad ship on fire.

The ramming of the "Italy" by the flagship of Tegerthoff was the most spectacular in this battle. When "Ferdinand? While searching in the smoke of battle, the "Maximilan" crashed into the side of the "Italy", the Italian warship lost directional control, and its front was blocked by another Austrian warship, and when it retreated, the "Maximilan" rammed its side at full speed and tilted it badly to starboard, and as the "Maximi" slowly retreated, the "Italy" returned to normal, and then leaned to the port side again under the force of its own momentum and tons of seawater pouring into the breach. It eventually toppled over and sank. The sinking of the "Italy" ended the battle, and the Italian fleet retreated to the west. Since the Austrian fleet had several warships damaged and remained at a disadvantage, Tegethof did not pursue. The Battle of Lissa was a great victory for the Austrian navy, which completely relieved the siege of Lissa. In the naval battle, the Italian fleet suffered heavy losses, losing 3 ironclad ships and more than 1,000 officers and men.

The Battle of Lisa was the first encounter between the ironclad fleets at sea, and the naval battle proved that artillery was no longer effective against armoured warships, and steam-powered ships were highly maneuverable, and they could quickly transform into various battle formations. In the Battle of Langqiao, eight years after the battle, the Japanese fleet used a "V" formation similar to the Austrian fleet to attack the Chinese shipbuilding fleet that used columns, but the outcome of the naval battle was very different. In addition, the ramming tactics of the Austrian fleet at the Battle of Lissa were repeatedly successful, and this ancient tactic was resurrected, and after that, ramming horns were installed on the warships of most countries.

When the students of the Harbour Master School saw the model of the new cruiser designed and produced by Lin Yizhe, they were able to guess the tactics that might be applicable to this new type of warship, which can be said to be commendable.

"I don't know how fast this ship is." Another student of the Ship Master School said, "My sailor won this time, the first weight of the word 'fast', this ship's guns are still more than the first and last guns, but the first and last firepower is far stronger than the 'Weiyuan' and other ships, it can be seen that the teacher is the most considerate of this formation, our sailors encounter the enemy, still fight in columns, if the enemy rushes out of formation, change the column into a horizontal team, can also randomly respond to the enemy, the teacher's thinking can be described as thoughtful, not our ability. ”

Seeing that everyone guessed all his thoughts, Lin Yizhe sighed secretly.

If the development continues as it is now, I am afraid that in a few years, the achievements of these students in boat science will be above themselves!

By the time I got home from the discussion with the students, it was already getting late.

"Mr. Xu, it's so late, and you haven't rested yet?" Lin Yizhe saw that the white-haired Xu Run seemed to be waiting for him, and asked.

"Didn't you rest yet?" Xu Run said with a smile.

"What are you so happy about?" Xu Run asked with a smile when he saw that Lin Yizhe seemed to have excitement on his face.

"Finally have the money to build ships!" Lin Yizhe said happily.

While he was discussing the design of the new ship with the students of the Harbour Master's School, a servant came and handed him a letter.

The letter, written by Nathan, was written about the fact that he had convened a summit meeting of the Rothschild family of Britain, France and Italy, and after a bitter debate, an agreement was reached to provide an interest-free loan of £8 million to China.

When he saw the figure of 8 million pounds, Lin Yizhe's heart almost jumped out of his cavity.

With the support of such a huge sum of money, it is not a dream for China to have the largest navy in the Far East!

Now his mind is full of new warships and the expansion of the shipyard!

Seeing Lin Yizhe excited like a child, a trace of imperceptible love flashed in Xu Run's eyes.

"It's a good thing to have money to build ships." Xu Run reminded Lin Yizhe with a smile, "However, adults should not forget, the worries of adults are not on the outside but on the inside." ”

After listening to Xu Run's words, Lin Yizhe immediately calmed down.

"Mr. Xu, is something happening again?" Lin Yizhe keenly sensed that there was something in Xu Run's words, and immediately asked.

"My lord, here is a letter written to you by Ding Zhihuang Ding Gongbao." Xu Run said, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Lin Yizhe.

When Lin Yizhe heard the sentence "Ding Zhihuang Ding Gongbao", his face immediately became gloomy.

Ding Baozhen!

Thinking that Ding Baozhen and the Qing gossip officials had been impeaching themselves and wanted to abandon the forehead by themselves, the fire in Lin Yizhe's stomach did not hit anywhere.

If it weren't for the impeachment of Qingliu and Ding Baozhen's "forced palace", Eya might not have asked to leave Fuzhou by herself, and she may still be alive now, giving birth to a cute baby like Chen Wan and accompanying her!

As soon as he thought of the tragic death of Eaya, Lin Yizhe's heart felt as uncomfortable as a knife.

And now this stupid old man actually wrote a letter to himself, what does he want to do?

"Mr. Xu hasn't read this letter?" Lin Yizhe looked at Xu Run and asked.

"This is a private message to adults, and it's inconvenient to open it." Xu Run knew that Lin Yizhe was sad when he remembered Eya, and he wanted to remind him first, so he smiled and said, "However, the old man can almost guess that what he said in this letter is only related to the deceased little lady Eaya." ”

"Why did Mr. Xu say that?" Lin Yizhe asked.

"Don't forget, my lord, this Ding Gongbao was bent on asking the adults to abandon the little lady of Eya back then." Xu Run said, "Now the little lady of the forehead is martyred, the queen mother posthumously awarded the second rank of the lady, and gave the platform to set up a crown mound, and protect the righteous people of Taiwan to show their loyalty, the spring and autumn sacrifice, he Ding Palace Bao saw the decree, but I am afraid that it is more uncomfortable than slapping him, it is estimated that I am afraid at this time, I am writing a letter to the adult, explaining, thinking that I have been washed away." ”

"Or as the gentleman said." Lin Yizhe sneered and opened the letter.

"Such fools have always been forceful, and no matter what he says, the matter has passed, and adults don't need to pay attention to it." Xu Run looked at Lin Yizhe and persuaded, "This account will not be too late in the future." ”

Lin Yizhe nodded, didn't say anything, but opened the letter and looked at it.

Xu Run looked at Lin Yizhe, his eyes were full of concern, Lin Yizhe looked at the letter intently, and did not realize that Xu Run looked at himself as if he was looking at his son.

Lin Yizhe's gaze slowly swept over the letter paper, and after he looked at a few lines, his face turned iron blue little by little.