Fang Boqian didn't know why the Destan suddenly burst into flames, and even exploded twice in a row on the way to the Jiyuan ship! It was clear that the fire had burned the ammunition.

Except for the sailors of the Desdan Ship, no one would have thought that the shell fired by the Jiyuan ship's secondary gun would explode directly inside the hull through a hole in the deck of the Desdan Ship. The entire battleship's steam power system was destroyed at once.

The high-temperature steam permeated the hull of the ship, not how many people were scalded to death directly.

Anyway, after the cruiser Destein slid one or two hundred meters according to inertia on the sea surface, it slowly stopped moving.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The hits of the two main shells added to the situation of the Destan to the descent. The fire seemed to be out of control, and the interior of the Destan continued to explode, and it was either an accident in the ammunition compartment or an explosion of the boiler power equipment.

Anyway, this battleship, which was still alive just a moment ago, is now about to turn into a sinking dead fish.

Some of the French sailors had already jumped from the ship into the sea like dumplings. Of course, the torpedoes prepared by the Jiyuan ship can also be dispensed with

"Yitang, are we retreating now, or are we ......?"

Ye Fu looked at the Fellers's eyes flashing, because of the sudden end of the Desdan, the situation of one or two instantly turned into a one-on-one heads-up, and the Fellers itself suffered several shots, and the injuries were worse than those of the Zhiji Yuanship. Now the morale of the Jiyuan ship is high, and with the courage to destroy the Destein, it seems that there is a great possibility of gaining the upper hand in launching a fierce attack on the Ferrers.

"Of course you can't withdraw!" Fang Boqian's eyes were also full of light. The thought in his heart is even more prosperous than Ye Fu. "Attention Pipe Wheel, now our ship is attacking at full speed. Left rudder 20! ”

Fang Boqian wanted to quickly close the distance with the enemy ship Fellers, a thousand meters was too far. To ensure the accuracy of artillery fire. It is necessary to close the range of five hundred meters, which belongs to the bayonet of the sea!

William, who was in control of the artillery fire, was very calm. Shells kept exploding around the Jiyuan ship.

In a short period of time. The Jiyuan ship actually hit two shells in a row, and it seems that the Indesdam has sucked all the bad luck. The Ferrers was lucky.

Fortunately for Fang Boqian and Ye Fu, neither of these two shells hit the vital point of the Jiyuan ship. Although there were two more holes in the hull of the ship, and a fire was ignited, Fang Boqian himself was even hit by the shock wave of the explosion and hit the bulkhead, dislocating one of his arms. But none of that gets in the way!

Four hundred and fifty meters!

"Fang, it can't get any closer! Shoot--" William's voice came from the brass of the command platform. Fang Boqian clenched his fists. At this time, the Fellers, with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons, was close at hand, and the sailors on the two battleships were desperately firing at each other with machine guns, and some sailors even took out rifles from the cabin. Just get a little closer, and even the rifle will come in handy!

"The torpedo compartment is pressurized and ready for launch!" Ye Fu was also shouting loudly. Four hundred and fifty meters. This distance is completely within the range of the Swordfish.

Torpedoes erupt from the launch pipes, and tail hydrofoils cut a beautiful wave mark from the sea.

If the Ferrers had been in standard condition, the ship's sailors would have definitely noticed the traces of the torpedoes fired. But it wasn't now, and the Jiyuan's gunfire had added two more holes to the Ferrers's already tattered wooden hull. The entire French on the Ferrs were engrossed in extinguishing the fire, and hurried to reload their ammunition and open fire on the Jiyuan ship that was close at hand.

400 meters away!

In the present era, in the true sense of hand-to-hand combat, warships have fought with red bayonets. At this time, every additional shell fired can give the opponent a heavy blow.

The French, who were all focused on counterattacking, did not notice the god of death who was rapidly approaching underwater.

Just listen to the loud sound of several shells. Ye Fu and Fang Boqian, who were more than ten meters apart, were both shocked to the deck, Fang Boqian lay directly on the deck, and Ye Fu was directly thrown out of the torpedo cabin.

And when Fang Boqian stood up, his eyes looked forward to the main turret. Only then did I realize that the place where I was hit just now was the front main turret, like the mud hit by a hard punch, and the ugly front main turret was about to be deformed at this moment. The two-inch-thick steel plate still supports a frame. The entire turret was about to turn into a pile of scrap steel, and the explosion caused a fire on the foredeck.

But he didn't wait for Fang Boqian to sigh. I heard a loud 'boom', but it wasn't an explosion on the Jiyuan ship. It was the sound of an explosion on board their 'neighbour's French ship Fellers, who was torpedoed right behind the port side. The side of the ship there had already been hit by the main gun on the Jiyuan ship before, and now this torpedo hit the rear end of the port side again, stabbing the hornet's nest at once, and the rear tail of the Ferrers looked like it was about to break!

And the explosion tore a large hole more than five meters long under the waterline of the battleship, and hundreds of tons of seawater poured in, and the speed of the entire battleship immediately slowed down. And more importantly, the rear tail of the Fellers suffered heavy damage, the tail rudder failed, and its battleship could not even make a turn.

Fang Boqian came to the cockpit, although he didn't know that the tail rudder of the Fallers was out of order, but with his perception, he could also have a premonition that the tail end of the Fellers had suffered a heavy blow, which would definitely cause it a lot of trouble. So he's going to grab a T prefix to see!

Instead of because the front main turret could not be used, the firepower of the Jiyuan ship was greatly reduced, so it turned around and ran back.

Opportunity is for those who are prepared, and victory is for those who have courage.

When Fang Boqian piloted the Jiyuan ship at the cost of another bombardment, and successfully aimed the port side at the Ferrers 500 meters away, the soldiers on the entire ship couldn't help but cheer.

It worked! The Jiyuan ship succeeded! Fang Boqian succeeded! All succeeded!

This naval battle will be destined to go down in history, and all of them will also be destined to leave their mark in China's naval history.

"Boom-" After the main gun fired. At such a close distance, when the enemy seemed to have no power to fight back, and when their own side was almost safe, the gunners played an extraordinary level, and both guns hit in unison!

The French warships, which had discovered that something was wrong, were rushing towards the battlefield. Yes, Kiningmond realized something was wrong.

There were three warships in the battle, and one of them ignited an inextinguishable fire, but the sound of the battle cannon continued to be loud. Kiningmond can figure it out with his toes, and the battleship over there suffers!

He immediately ordered the fleet in a low-speed cruising state to increase its speed and pounce on the battlefield.

On the other side, the Nanyang Naval Division of the Qin Army only cheered and thundered, and Shi Qingyan dispatched a fleet, let alone sent a battleship to respond.

Fang Boqian knew the urgency of time at this juncture. But Ye Fu was very supportive of his decision.

The battle has been fought to this extent, although the Fellers has suffered great trauma, but after all, it has not sunk, has it? What if it doesn't have much trouble and it will be repaired in a few days? Isn't the battle to the death in front of you all in vain!

"Sink the Philus, send them to the Dragon King!" Fang Boqian viciously gave the order!

With Fang Boqian's order, the final fate of the Fellers, the main warship of the French Navy, was also determined. Within ten minutes, Jiyuan poured three heavy artillery shells onto the already battered hull of the Fellers, which broke off the rear tail and sank in the sea off Guangzhou at a speed visible to the naked eye at almost the same ending as the Desdend.

When the sea water overflowed the last bit of the mast of the Fellers, Fang Boqian's mood was extremely excited. He looked at the time, 10:20 a.m. These two hours were like a dream, the Jiyuan ship was hit by enemy shells no less than six or seven times, the front main turret was damaged, and Major William and eight gunners inside should have all been killed. The whole turret was deformed, and there were no tools on board, so it was impossible to get through the crumpled steel plates.

There was also the deck that was hit, and the bridge command platform was swept three times by the shock wave of the explosion, and the boiler operation efficiency of the Jiyuan ship had been reduced by 30%. But after such a brutal battle, the Jiyuan ship was one enemy and two enemies, and actually sank the Ferrers and the Destan two iron-ribbed wood-hulled cruisers that were bigger than their own, which was worth it!

Even if the entire Jiyuan ship becomes an empty shell, it's worth it!

Ye Futong's telescope saw a cloud of black smoke rushing from the sea to the south.

"Yitang, hurry up and go full speed, the French are probably going crazy. We must accelerate the retreat with all our might. Otherwise, it's over! ”

The French warships that came after him, just choose any one, and they can crush the current Jiyuan ships into slag! Ye Fu shouted loudly to Fang Boqian.

Fang Boqian also knows the phrase 'don't sell well if you get cheap'. The current Jiyuan ship really only has to flee for its life. The bow of the ship was aimed to the south, the boilers were running at full strength, and they fled home. But there was a loss of power, and the Jiyuan ship was shot in many places during the war, and although the boiler was still running normally, the gas leakage could not be prevented. So now the highest speed is only nine knots!

At this rate, it will take at least two hours to rush back to Lingdingyang.

In two hours, the French fleet behind it did not dare to say how many warships could catch up, but the two ironclad ships such as the Triumph would definitely be able to catch up.

Fang Boqian knew what his task was today - to lure the enemy!

Lure the enemy's attention to the north, but by no means lure the French fleet into a swarm Armageddon with the Nanyang Naval Division. So if he takes the Triumph with him when he goes back, it will be very unbeautiful.

Fang Boqian is slowly adjusting his course at the moment, he is heading north, but the destination is no longer Lingdingyang, but Baili Island.

It is located in the Wanshan sea area of the Pearl River estuary, 16 nautical miles from Macao in the northwest, 29 nautical miles from Hong Kong in the northeast, and 81 nautical miles from Guangzhou in the north.

One is one of the three major military bases in the South China Sea in the history of the original time and space.

A place in the current time and space, which is operated by Liu Xian as the first fort off the coast of Guangzhou.

It is a small island of 8 square kilometers, but at its most it was home to more than 7,000 people. (To be continued......) R1292