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Chapter 248: The Battle of Penghu (3)

Glancing at Yinxiang, Yinzhen turned around and looked at the sea, although the performance of the navy's artillery is far superior to that of the Spanish fleet, but after all, the navy has not experienced the test of war, and it is difficult to play a normal level for the first time, and the Spanish fleet that can be sent to the Far East, whether it is a commander or a soldier, must be experienced in a hundred battles, not to mention the situation that the enemy is strong and I am weak.

Although at the pre-war meeting in Shanghai, the slogan "The Spanish fleet is the target ship of the navy" was shouted, but that was just specially arranged by Yinzhen in order to boost morale.

If it is one-on-one, there is naturally no suspense, but in the face of a fleet with several times the strength of its own, the situation can not be so optimistic, especially in the case of dangerous terrain and narrow sea areas, Shi Shibiu's night fire attack plan, if it can succeed, it is naturally better, if the fire attack fails, the navy has to think of a way to put the battlefield in the open sea, there must be enough roundabout space for the navy to adapt to the battlefield, grow in the battlefield, and only in this way can the navy be invincible.

Vice Admiral Chang Fugui looked at Yinzhen, who was speechless, and then looked at Yinxiang, these two masters, he didn't dare to offend anyone, and said with a smile: "Thirteenth master, today's wind is strong, the speed of the ship is very fast, and when you arrive in Penghu, there is enough time for the navy to test the edge for the first time." ”

Yinxiang nodded, glanced at Yinzhen, and said with a smile: "Fourteenth brother, it's windy outside, let's go into the cabin to take shelter." ”

As soon as he entered the cabin, Yinxiang said with a smile: "The fourteenth brother won't be cowardly, right?" ”

"There is no such thing as 'cowardice' in the navy." Yinzhen said in a deep voice: "Before the war, we must pay attention to our opponents, and we can't be blindly optimistic, although we have a great advantage in artillery, but these 5,000 navies are recruits who have not fought in battle formations and have not seen the bloody and tragic battlefield, I can't help but be careful everywhere."

The terrain of Penghu is complex and treacherous, which is not conducive to the navy's roundabouts, and it is no problem to make a small fight, but if it is a big battle, our navy will inevitably suffer, and these students are the backbone of the navy in the future, I don't want to risk them, so I have to plan carefully. ”

Yinxiang nodded and said: "That's what I'm worried about, the navy is all new recruits, fighting during the day, it's still reluctant, and fighting at night, I don't dare to imagine it at all." ”

"When we get to Penghu, it depends on the specific situation." Yinzhen groaned: "If you allow, you can fight a small battle first to boost morale, and fight at night, if it can be placed before dawn, it is the best." ”

Yinxiang was also happy to hear it, "Yes, it is best before dawn, so that the navy can boldly participate in the war." ”

"Let's discuss it after meeting Shi Shibiu." Yinzhen nodded.

Penghu, Magong Port.

The rumbling sound of artillery continued from early morning to noon, and under the wanton bombardment of more than 10 main warships and hundreds of guns of more than 30 pounds, the Mazu Island Fort finally stopped coming out.

The most cutting-edge gold* head gun position bears the brunt, has been ploughed to the ground, other gun positions are also full of bullet marks, although dozens of pounds of lead bullets will not explode, but the destructive power is also quite amazing, it can really be said that next to each other, touch to die, Mazu Yu Fort has a total of nine gun positions, only three are left on the inside, the gun positions diagonally to the port are intact, and the six gun positions in front have all been cleared.

Angel held the binoculars and observed with satisfaction, the remaining three gun positions were on the back of the hillside, diagonally facing the port, although it was difficult to hit from the front, but it was no longer a threat to the landing, he smiled slightly, he waved his hand, and said briskly: "Order the soldiers to speed up the landing, take the battery on the right tomorrow morning, and take this small port before dark." ”

Carlos, the deputy commander of the fleet, asked with some confusion: "Why didn't the general destroy the battery on the right?" That's a lot easier. ”

"Destroy?" Angel chuckled: "This port will belong to us soon, why destroy these facilities?" Wouldn't it be better to keep them for a human being? Besides, we have to save shells, and there are some small sampans waiting for us to destroy on the other side? ”

Seeing that the Spanish soldiers began to land on the shore in small boats one after another, the deputy general Zhang Jin's expression was a little solemn, and Yang Changsheng, a guerrilla in the right battalion, saw that those Spanish soldiers were all carrying firearms, and couldn't help but plead: "General, they are all firecrackers, let Tang Fugui withdraw, let's stick to the fortified city and wait for help." ”

"A strong city, a strong city, can it withstand those artillery bombardments?" Zhang Jin blurted out and scolded.

"General." Yang Changsheng hesitated before saying, "Those Westerners did not attack the tail fort of the wind cabinet, it seems that they wanted to capture Ma Palace City with the army. ”

Zhang Jin also reacted to his reminder, and couldn't help sneering: "These Western devils are thinking beautifully, where are they attacking Ma's palace, they want to use infantry to seize the tail fort of the wind cabinet"

After a slight sigh, Zhang Jincai said: "Order, let Tang Fugui withdraw, these Western ghosts will definitely not be able to get around today, they will spend the night on the shore, they can't win during the day, let's attack at night."

Night Raid? Yang Changsheng was slightly excited, they are landlords, they are very familiar with the surrounding terrain, they don't have to worry about being broken up at all, night attack, it can be said that they have taken advantage of it.

In less than an hour, Yinzhen's naval fleet caught up with Shi Shibiu's clipper fleet, seeing Yinzhen they caught up so quickly, Shi Shibiao was also overjoyed, and after getting on the boat to salute, he smiled and said: "The fourteenth master came so fast." ”

Yinzhen was not verbose, and said straight to the point: "Is the Spanish fleet in Penghu?" What's going on now? ”

"Returning to the prince." Shi Shibiao immediately said with a straight face: "There is no doubt that the Spanish fleet is indeed in Penghu, and it is impossible to determine whether Penghu has fallen now." ”

Yinzhen nodded and said, "Shi Junmen's fire attack plan, can it be changed to when it is almost dawn in the early morning?" ”

Shi Shibiao said with a difficult face: "The Fujian Navy Division is divided into three routes, and there is a team of people in Tongshan Town who entered Penghu from the north, and now I want to inform it, but it's too late." ”

Hearing this, Yinzhen felt slightly disappointed, nodded slightly, and said, "Then you will act according to the original plan." If you don't fight overnight, the navy will not be able to cooperate. ”

Shi Shibiao also knew that the navy was all recruits, and said cheerfully: "It's okay, it's dawn, and the task of pursuing the remnants of the enemy will be handed over to the navy." ”

"Now that the navy is going up to practice, will it startle the snake and affect the plan of Shi Junmen?" Yinzhen asked worriedly.

"Absolutely not." Shi Shibiao said with a smile: "This problem has been considered by my subordinates for a long time, the navy's one-color Western warships, new military uniforms, if the military flag is lowered, it is more ideal to fight a dozen, the Spaniards will be vigilant at night, but just to guard against warships, they will never think that there are people swimming in this kind of weather to attack." ”

At the time of Shen, a patrol ship of the Spanish fleet in Jilongyu was floating on the sea with nothing to do, and the captain Ferrando was bored drinking in the cabin.

Suddenly, a soldier rushed over, "Captain, find a small fleet." ”

Ferrando, "Small fleet? ”

"Yes, in terms of styling, a Dutch battleship." The soldier said hurriedly.

"Dutch warships?" Ferrando grunted, immediately rushed to the deck, raised the binoculars and looked at it for a long time, he couldn't be sure, which country this battleship belonged to? It is true that the battleship is Dutch-style, but the sailors and soldiers on it are all blue military uniforms, and the style of the military uniforms is not of the Qing Dynasty, but the faces of the sailors and soldiers are Oriental, and what is even more strange is that these battleships do not fly the national flag.

Although he didn't know where this fleet came from, Ferrando resolutely ordered: "Fire the gun and call the alarm to return." ”

The fleet that came was naturally the Qing Navy, and when he heard the other party firing cannons, Yinzhen knew that he was calling the police, so he immediately ordered all squads to maintain formation and prepare for battle.

The sound of the alarm quickly attracted the attention of the Spanish fleet, and Commodore Angel walked to the deck and looked at it with a telescope for a long time, also puzzled, but seeing that the other party did not slow down, he immediately ordered: "The fleet is ready to fight, send six auxiliary ships forward to test it." ”

As soon as the order was given, the Spanish fleet immediately began to raise its sails and anchor, and the six auxiliary ships quickly broke away from the fleet and met the Qing naval fleet.

As soon as he saw that the other party had sent six auxiliary ships to meet him, Yinzhen was in the middle of the battle and ordered: "Turn around, fight separately, defeat these six auxiliary ships, and then retreat." ”

As soon as the order was given, the naval fleet immediately separated on both sides, lined up against the Spanish warships, and the naval cadets who had just come to the battle formation were very nervous from top to bottom, and the four squad leaders of Yande, Del Xu, Liu Zhisheng, and Lin Wei were also very nervous, but they all forced themselves to calm down and gave orders loudly.

Hearing the order, although the students were nervous, they all mechanically obeyed the order and began to operate the gun, reloading ammunition, closing the gun door, inserting the lead, resetting the gun, aiming, and then a report of "ready" sounded on the deck.

As soon as the six Spanish battleships in front saw the other party put on a battle formation, they immediately slowed down and stopped seven hundred yards away, Angel has been observing with a telescope, and when he saw that this small fleet actually put out a battle line, he couldn't help frowning, just such auxiliary ships, they actually dared to challenge their own fleet, this joke is a bit big, right?

Carlos was also puzzled and said in disbelief: "Oh God, am I dazzled, or are they crazy?" Which country's fleet is this? In the Far East, apart from the Dutch and us, are there other countries that have intervened? Those sailors all look like Oriental faces, are they Qing people? ”

"No, it won't." Angel shook his head, "These people don't have long braids, they are not Qing people, they may be damned Dutch, I heard that there are a lot of Orientals on their ship, could it be that the Netherlands also sent a large fleet north?" After a deep groan, he ordered: "Send eight more fourth-class ships to fight them away, and they are not allowed to pursue." ”

Yande quickly calmed down, looked at the six battleships about 700 yards away, and said in a deep voice: "Eighteen-pounder artillery salvo" The sail battleships of the Qing Navy, because the ships are small, each battleship is only equipped with ten eighteen-pounder guns, and there are only five on each side.

"Boom, boom, boom" rang out one after another.

"A bunch of recruit eggs," Carlos laughed, "fire at seven hundred yards." Immediately his eyes widened, and his mouth was open enough to stuff an egg. How is it possible that their battleship is shaking, it has been shot, and there are more hits? How did the opposing gunners fight?

Yinzhen was behind, also using binoculars to check the results of the first round of shelling, although a small half of the shells fell into the water, but still sixty percent of the shells hit the Spanish battleship.

Although it failed to penetrate the thick deck, the huge impact force could not be taken lightly, and the soldiers standing behind the deck had absolutely no chance of surviving. When hit by a barrel shell, the huge impact force will cause the inner wall of the deck to burst, and the wooden blocks will burst out, which can also cause huge damage.

The six auxiliary ships were basically paralyzed after being baptized by sixty or seventy eighteen-pound shells, and the sailors and soldiers on the ships did not react at all, and they were still out of range, how could their battleships be hit by such a dense number of shells?

Seeing the enemy ships in the distance struggling with shells, all the naval cadets were greatly excited, but Yande ordered in a deep voice: "Twelve pounder gun salvo"

The second wave of twelve-pounder guns had a higher hit rate than the eighteen-pounder guns, and the sound of the six Spanish auxiliary ships was heard incessantly as soon as they boarded, and the masts of two battleships were also broken, and the huge sails were overwhelmed with astonishing momentum.

Angel was dumbfounded, how did they do it? Seven or eight hundred yards away, with such a high hit rate? Which country's fleet is this? This is still an auxiliary ship, how terrible will their main battleship be?

Seeing the fallen huge sail, Yinzhen's heart suddenly jumped, and it happened that Yinxiang also looked over, and the two laughed almost at the same time: "Hit the sail"

"Haha, you're rich," Yinzhen laughed excitedly. Knock off their sails far away and see how the Spanish fleet will return?

After two waves of intensive artillery strikes, there were basically no human figures on the decks of the six auxiliary ships, and the gunners and soldiers were basically more than half of the casualties, and they were not capable of launching a counterattack at all.

The eight fourth-class battleships that were rushing over with their sails on their sails couldn't help but be taken aback when they saw this unusual scene, and hurriedly entered the combat state in advance.

Soon, the third wave of eighteen-pounder guns fired another salvo, and after two salvos, the cadets had greatly adapted and gained a great deal of confidence. The dean was right, this Spanish battleship was our target ship, and the accuracy of the third round of shelling can be said to be completely normal, and nearly 100 barrel shells hit the target.

The thick gunwales could not withstand the repeated blows of the high-speed rotating barrel shells, and they exploded one after another, and the two battleships began to enter the water and tilt.

Angel, Carlos and other officers of the Spanish fleet saw that the second wave of eighteen-pounder guns was fired in such a short period of time, and their hearts jumped, how could the opponent's artillery fire so fast?

Yinzhen quickly calmed down from the excitement, glanced at the eight fourth-rank ships that were gradually approaching, and ordered loudly: "Order, retreat"

As soon as he saw the other party retreating, Angel was afraid that there would be the opponent's main battleship behind him, so he quickly raised his telescope and searched in the distance, and searched around, but he didn't see the shadow of the fleet, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

To say that a fast sail battleship is good, the speed is much faster than the battleship, and it is much more flexible, receiving the order to retreat, a turn, turn around and run.

After the eight fourth-rank Spanish ships crossed the six auxiliary ships that were basically disabled, they slowed down and lined up in battle lines, saving people while guarding closely.

Seeing that the other party did not chase after them, the naval warships turned around one after another, and cautiously leaned up, but who knew that they were still 1,200 yards away, and the eight fourth-class ships were already full of cannons.

When I boarded, I saw that countless columns of water rose in front and behind the fleet, and although they did not have much accuracy, they could not hold up many shells, and six battleships were immediately shot.

After all, it was the first time for the naval cadets to be attacked, and when they saw that someone was injured, they immediately became panicked, Yinzhen frowned, and he knew very well in his heart that if he ordered to retreat at this time, this navy would be finished, and a navy that could not fight a tough battle, even if it had good artillery, it would be in vain.

"Blow the trumpet" Yinzhen stepped onto the deck in a few steps, and when the guards around him saw this situation, they hurriedly surrounded him, grabbed him and said, "Lord Wang, danger"

Yinzhen turned back with a calm face and said, "Can you hide in the cabin to be safe?" As he spoke, he pushed away a few guards and said loudly: "Life and death are fate, and wealth blows trumpets and trumpets for this king in the sky."

"It's good to blow the trumpet" Yinxiang also followed closely behind, and Wu Ge and Chang Fugui also followed closely behind.

The agitated advance horn sounded quickly, and as soon as the cadets on the battleships in front and behind saw Yinzhen standing straight on the foredeck, the military spirit immediately stabilized, and the fleet soon formed a battle line at a distance of eight hundred yards.

Just lined up in the battle line, the second wave of the enemy's artillery bombardment arrived.

Facing the Spanish battleship, facing the rain of bullets, Yinzhen always stood straight on the deck, no way, if you want the navy to grow up quickly, he, the dean of the naval academy, must take the lead, he believes that after this baptism of battle, the navy will soon be able to mature

In this wave of shelling, several more battleships were shot, but no one in the naval cadets panicked, and they were preparing for the battle in an orderly manner, but for a moment, "the preparations are complete." The report sounded in all the ships.

Yande did not immediately give the order to open the cannon, holding the binoculars, and only when he saw that the guns of the Spanish fleet began to reset, did he give the order violently, "Twelve pounder guns salvo".

"Eighteen-pounder salvo".

The timing of these two rounds of shelling was just right, as the Spanish artillery was ready to fire, when a dense number of twelve-pounder shells slammed into the ship's side, making most of them unstable and shaky, and the eighteen-pounder shells that followed became a major killer, and the damaged planks of the ship were then squeezed by the eighteen-pound shells, some of them broke, and the unbroken ones burst out with a large number of pieces of wood that flew in all directions like shrapnel, and a large number of gunners were caught off guard and wounded by the flying blocks.

Chapter 248: The Battle of Penghu (3)

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