This sudden situation, even the stupidest boilermaker can realize what the problem is, Colonel Dukes is really full of coptis chinensis, this is bitter and unspeakable, this must be the damn near-miss, could it be that God Almighty has abandoned his people...... Damn Qing people's luck is so good!

When another group of damage management team members, under the leadership of the officer, felt the closed door of the front cabin, and when it was opened, the surging sea water caught them off guard, and the water level of the front cabin was even higher than a person! Faced with this situation, everyone realized that just by rushing seawater into the boiler room in the middle position, this battleship could become a live target completely!

And to bring the dead back to life in this situation! The officer and the group of damage control team members all looked at each other...... In a calm port, it is not impossible to deal with this situation, just bring the stern into the sea, maintain the balance of the hull, and then pump and repair the hull damage at the same time, which should save this new battleship that has only been in the water for three years!

However, now...... The officer in charge of handling did not dare to hesitate, immediately closed the hatch, and reported the information to Colonel Dukes, facing the bow of the ship with a draft of 6 meters, and at this time the draft was close to 9 meters...... It's a question of how to keep yourself afloat on the sea!

At this time, Lu Han had obviously discovered the movement of the enemy ship in front, because the front cabin was filled with seawater, Yan zhòng's top-heavy, and at the same time, in order to stabilize the water injection into the tail cabin, the speed of the Duju Tuluin had been reduced to less than 8 knots, but the draft of the opponent's battleship was abnormal, although it was not very clear to see it from 4700 meters away, but the other party had encountered great trouble, which was already an indisputable fact!

At this time, the heavy artillery that has completed the cleaning and cooling down is once again spraying angry shells! However, after the speed of the Dujutu Luyin was reduced, it did not have the slightest idea of sitting still, and still carried out a maneuver on course, and the bullet chain of this round of shelling smashed fiercely less than 100 meters in front of the enemy ship!

Lu Han had already noticed at this time that despite the enemy ship he was approaching, the opponent's rotating turret had not moved for several rounds until now, but it was impossible to distinguish the movement of the turret installed on the ship's waist from this distance...... It was likely that there was something wrong with the other party's battery, but he still didn't have any intention of taking risks.

Compared with the idea of destroying the enemy as much as possible, it is more important to better preserve the lives of every soldier on the 501 battleship, Lu Han naturally understands very well, if Qin Liefeng continues to develop like this, this training camp will be the cradle of a naval general in the future, and now Zhou Ruidong and Zhang Kui are all outside the army to command thousands of soldiers, and he will soon lead a huge fleet, how huge is it...... That depends on how many ships Qin Kai can get!

He quickly gave an order, sent orders to Chaowu and Chengqing, keep up with the flagship, and be ready to attack at any time!

At this time, the Atarant had approached the Duguturuine, and the situation of the Dujutuin was so critical that Colonel Brown was surprised, and after a little consideration, Colonel Brown immediately made a decision, it was time to give up! Someone has to report the situation here to Lieutenant General Guba! To paraphrase a phrase from the Oriental, if you want revenge, it's not too late for ten years!

The Atarante and Dujutuin passed by, and the order to cover the rear of the palace hung on the flagship suddenly made Colonel Dukes's angry eyes burn, and he was completely sacrificed, but he also understood Colonel Brown's thoughts at this time, and if he were him, he would not hesitate to give this order, but ...... Now the situation of the Dujutu Luin, even the cover behind the palace is completely unqualified!

It seems that the only way to save is to rely on himself, Dukes immediately ordered a sideways maneuver, the accuracy of the opponent's artillery really gave him a headache, and the power was huge, the advantage of his own ship was speed and artillery, but he didn't expect to compare with the other party, it turned out to be all waste......

Dukes's curve maneuver dodge can be seen to be very effective, the next 501 ship fired three salvos, the chain of 18 shells turned out to be unexpectedly uncollected, and even the close loss was not much, facing the cruiser Dujutuin crawling at a high speed in front, which made Chen Ying, who had always felt good about himself, also a little embarrassed, but he soon found out about it.

The French obviously discovered the law of the 501 ship's shelling, always changing the course in advance in 2 and a half minutes, obviously, the gunners who were originally getting smoother and smoother did not take this factor into account, after a slight adjustment, Yiqiē finally returned to Chen Ying's control, the prey in the law of nature can only become the object of chase, and the final outcome is the same, becoming the lower layer of the food chain! ,

Colonel Dukes, who was thinking about this way out, after dodging a few more rounds of salvos, finally could not escape the law of the cannon barrel, and once again suffered the torture of falling from the sky, and the nearly 20 rounds of shelling of the Qing Navy Division still maintained a very astonishing rate of fire, very stable, the speed of less than one shot every two and a half minutes, to be honest, he was very surprised, and this round of shelling once again hit the Dujutu Luin.

This time, Chen Ying's calculated bullet chain was like a long knife, sealing the passage where the Dujutu Luin continued to dodge, and the blade directly hit the iron hull of the hull at the waterline at the tail of the battleship, and the thin iron hull naturally could not block the projectile with huge impulsive energy, and after penetrating the teak plank inside the iron hull, the shell exploded in the steam engine compartment at the stern.

The Dujutuluin is a battleship driven by two shafts, and although this cannonball did not directly hit the transmission device, the huge energy of the explosion made the transmission shaft at the stern of the ship completely stuck by the twisted metal, and the direct consequence was that the twin shafts of the drive lost all their utility!

Finding out that the battleship was stalling, Dukes thought about it for half a minute, and finally raised the white flag before the next round of shelling!

At this moment, the two battleships of Zichengqing and Chaowu finally came in handy, and quickly boarded the ship to receive the prisoners, while the 501 ship continued to pursue the French ironclad ship Atarante, which had just escaped from the battlefield! The Atarante, which had escaped more than ten minutes early, was soon chased by the 501 ship, which was far faster than him.

And Lu Han has long observed the weakness of the enemy ship, the opponent's heavy artillery is still very outdated on both sides of the gunwale, although after the improvement of the gunsoft window of the ship, so that the ship's gunwales also have a large angle of fire, but in the 501 stern pursuit, only a 150mm secondary gun can return fire.

Lu Han observed the enemy ship from a distance, gave the order to shoot at close range, and at the same time asked the steward Lin Sen to pay attention to the tail pursuit state to avoid the attack of the enemy ship's flank artillery!

As a result, at a distance of 3,000 meters, the almost direct shelling of the Atarante by the two heavy guns in the bow of the ship simply cleared the gun mounts of the enemy's stern guns at a fixed point, and swept away the two groups of soldiers on the aft deck!

The Atarante's intention to attack on the sidestrings was completely restrained, and the 501 ship advancing at high speed easily cleared the fire points on the enemy ship by name!

In the approaching fourth round of artillery bombardment, the bridge of the Atarante, which was close at hand, was hit by a flowering shell, which directly injured Colonel Brown's Yan zhòng, and the senior officers on the ship were basically swept away in this gun, and the remaining two officers saw that the situation was not good, completely lost the confidence to resist, and quickly raised the white flag, which ended this unilateral abuse!

Lu Han smiled and immediately sent a team of soldiers to receive the battleship Atarante, after counting the prisoners, those French who had no therapeutic value, Lu Han was very kind to send them on a small sampan, so that they could comprehend their own natural laws, and after the inspection, the battleship was in very good condition, except for the damage to the bridge, I believe that it could be put into use if it was sent to the Mawei shipyard for a little repair!

When the escort loot returned to the front to capture the position of the Dujutu Luyin battleship, the situation that made Lu Han stunned happened, the loot that was still floating on the water, at this time only a mast was still left, and asked Lu Zhiyuan and Chen Mo, who were in charge of receiving, only to know that after escorting the prisoners, they found that the situation of the enemy's bottom bilge had reached the point where it could not be saved, and after hastily evacuating, they had to let the loot drift......

On the 501 ship, Qin Kai met with Wu Jing, the general-in-chief soldier who had just observed this battle, and for the super combat power beyond the imagination of the Vietnamese, this Wu commander-in-chief had already short-circuited his brain, and in their opinion, the French warship, which was completely invincible, was like a competition between a child and a giant in front of the Great Qing Dynasty, and it was completely vulnerable!

At this time, Wu Jing completely accepted the slightest disagreement in his heart, and was naturally very grateful to the good owner that Ruan Chengwenyun found by himself, and in order to show his loyalty, Wu Jing immediately said that he would ask Lord Qin to include his eldest son and youngest son to serve in the army.

Qin Kai squinted his eyes and happily agreed to this guy's request, this Wu Jing naturally thanked him again and again, and he asked again: "Chief Wu Bing, has Lu Guan discussed that plan with you?" ”

"Back to my lord, I will personally select the best soldiers to handle this matter! The French and I are enemies, so don't worry! Wu Jing even swore that the adult in front of him could not afford to offend, and the powerful French fleet was defeated by the light yì in a head-on confrontation! ,

After complimenting him a few words, Qin Kai naturally promised some empty checks, "General Wu, then you have to worry more, Commander Xue of Hue City will contact you about this matter, you must prepare in advance, if it is successful, I will definitely ask the court for you to take credit!" ”

Wu Jing got a blank check, how could an old guy like him be simple-minded, he had already calculated it, bowed down and gave the order, and then said: "My lord, our Guangyi Army is on the front line, we are afraid that the French will come to fight, this time you give the fast gun for support, can you ...... it?"

Speaking of this, he peeked at Qin Kai, and saw that this adult's face was not bad, so he continued: "There are 2,000 soldiers in the Guangyi Army who have fought a hundred battles, and there are 3,000 local militia groups, can the adults give some weapons and equipment!" ”

Qin Kai smiled, he had already despised this guy in his heart, and he had a big show to show this guy today, so he could be regarded as honest submission, but he had to rest assured, he was not stupid to this point, his face sank, and said: "Chief soldier Wu, the three hundred Lin Mingdun rear gun for you this time is a good thing, you have money but there is no place to buy this thing!" Get things done, not only will there be guns, but there will also be guns in the future! Go back and think about whether to be the chief soldier of this city, or have other plans, it's up to you how you choose! ”

At this time, Ruan Chengwen on the side saw that Wu Jing's lion mouth seemed to anger Shangguo Qincha, and hurriedly came out to play a round, "General Wu Bing, Lord Qin has always been to convince people with virtue, this merit will be rewarded, this time the plan explained by the lord you hurry up and arrange it!" ”

Wu Jing has already reaped a lot of benefits today, seeing that the further price increase has no results, he did not have a disappointed expression at all, and bowed down with a smile and said: "My lord, this plan will be arranged when the official returns to ensure that nothing goes wrong!" ”

For this old guy's calmness, Qin Kai is a little unpredictable, these Vietnamese want to use it, he naturally has follow-up means, now that he is willing to take refuge in himself, the sweetness must be given, "Oh...... That's very good, Mr. Wu, if there is no war at sea at your dock, Mawei Shipping will regularly deliver the supplies we have negotiated to you! ”

Big sticks and carrots naturally have to be used, Wu Jing looked honest and sincere, Qin Kai also made a posture of convincing people with virtue, and promised his two sons a Qing official position, and then Lu Zhiyuan sent people ashore, Wu Jing's eldest son Wu Feng soon followed Lu Zhiyuan on the boat and brought news, and his younger brother reported to Xue Chao's camp in Hue in a few days.

For this loyal approach, Qin Kai was completely noncommittal, and he didn't plan to take these people as hostages, to let these people feel at ease and do things on their own, there was only one way, that is, there was enough strength in his hands, in fact, to completely integrate this Guangyi army, he had considered a variety of methods, and even had the intention of sending Xue Chao to do it directly, but that would not help the situation in Vietnam at all, so he formulated this plan, preparing to gradually incorporate these Vietnamese troops and transform them into a servant army that can be used to protect **, Even if you are cannon fodder, you have to be a good cannon fodder......

However, that night, Nguyen Congwen personally came to find Qin Kai, he knew Wu Jing well, and this time he said that the Quang Yi army would return, one was Qin Kai's powerful military strength, and the other was with the help of the status of the king, after all, for the current army of Vietnam, there were only two ways out in the past, one was to obey the orders of the capital of Hue, and the other was to surrender to the French.

And Qin Kai's side not only occupies the premise of morality, but also knows that anyone with a discerning eye knows that who has the final say in Vietnam now is not this Shangguo Qincha! And with the backing of the suzerain, no matter how you look at it, it is a bright new choice, which is also an important factor for him to persuade Wu Jing, the current generals are all self-respecting types, although Wu Jing came to vote, but what can happen in the future, he can't guarantee it, so let's ask for a talisman first.

Qin Kai was also a little surprised that Ruan Chengwen came to see him, for these Vietnamese humanists, he didn't have the idea of killing them in a bunch, after all, tracing back to the ancestors, this is also a side branch of Huaxia, transform them! This is one of the plans designated by Qin Kai, and this time Ruan Chengwen can be regarded as having a great merit, after recruiting him in, he asked very politely: "Master Ruan, it's so late, is there anything urgent?" ”

Ruan Chengwen arched his hand and said with a smile: "Lord Qin, it's not for this Wu Jing's matter!" ”

"Mr. Wu? What can be the matter? Qin Kai began to pretend to be confused at this time, he naturally grasped the big and let go of the small in this matter, the hostile forces in the Vietnamese court must be eradicated, and the local forces, if they were to be eradicated one by one, it would definitely be a thankless matter, and he had other arrangements. ,

Ruan Chengwen naturally didn't believe that Qin Kai was unsuspecting of this Wu Jing, otherwise the former Prime Minister Wu had already made a few fuss for a while, and he was killed by the infighting of the Marquis of Zhendong, if it was said that it had nothing to do with this Qincha who convinces people with virtue, and he didn't believe it if he killed him, he said: "This Wu Zongbing is really the trend of the times this time, for the French, I feel that Wu Zongbing will definitely contribute, but the adults still have to have more restraints in other things, check and balance the generals, as long as the silver and food are stuck, then there will be no problem!" ”

This Ruan Chengwen has some means, and he also knows this means of balancing the generals, and this means is the most accustomed method of the Lord Li Zhongtang in the Qing Dynasty now, he remembers that this big man said, "In China, if you don't have money to do things, it must be difficult to move an inch!" Even hundreds of years later, this is a proverb in a word.

Qin Kai smiled slightly, and personally scooped up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Ruan Chengwen, "Mr. Ruan, a few months ago, if I didn't save Hue City, what do you think would be the situation now?" ”

For the question of Qin Kai, Ruan Chengwen really didn't think about it, Hue City had completely fallen at that time, fortunately, nearly 1,000 elite soldiers of the third battalion were still there, protecting the Vietnamese royal family, and now listening to this Lord Qin suddenly talk about this matter, a thought flashed in his mind, at that time, in Hue City, this Lord quietly stationed thousands of soldiers and horses!

Tens of thousands of Janissaries were defeated in a battle under the artillery of the French, and this army of less than 1,000 people forced the French not to leave Hue lightly, it turned out to be ...... For this French-led war, this Lord Qin had already anticipated, so he laid the groundwork, if there was no army, it would be the French who are now stationed in Hue, and the people who spoke in the court were also French.

If the king of Vietnam falls into the hands of the French, the first thing the French do is naturally not to kill this useless iron rooster, the role of this puppet is far more useful than killing him, only a contract under the city can make Vietnam fall into a state of no return.

And in the historical time and space experienced by Qin Kai, such a thing did happen, after the lone army easily knocked out the defense force of Hue, the Vietnamese king Nguyen Phuc Dinh completely panicked, and under the muzzle of the cannon, he drew up the "Hue Treaty" completely according to the will of the French.

When the treaty was signed, Nguyen Phuc Dinh died in the palace because of excessive fear, and the French immediately set up a new king of Vietnam, and once again re-established the "Hue Treaty" that completely lost sovereignty, the direct consequence of this treaty is to make the French have a clear position in legal theory, Vietnam is no longer Vietnam, but French Cochinchina!