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The first round of shelling ended, and neither side immediately began fighting. In fact, the artillery bombardment of the Mawei Army paused and prepared for the second salvo, and only those red-coated cannons were firing on the Poyang Lake Naval Division's warships, but the effect was not good, and the hit rate was very low. The warships of the two armies confronted each other on the water surface of more than 800 meters, but they did not make any moves closer. The battle just now was too fierce and brutal, and both sides had to take a breath. The respective commanders should use some time to make adjustments to the fleet, and at the same time sum up the lessons learned just now in order to make new arrangements. After all, at this time, the warships of the Poyang Lake Naval Division had already surrounded from the left and right sides, and the Fifth Fleet, which was originally behind, also caught up in time, divided into two pairs, and rushed up to fight against the two fleets of the Poyang Lake Naval Division.

The shelling just now can be described as extremely intense, and all that both sides noticed was the movement of the enemy and the enemy's operational deployment, and they did not pay special attention to their own casualties. At this moment, for the Poyang Lake Water Division, the process of the battle is not important, and the final result is the most important thing. The generals of the Qing army still had a glimmer of hope for victory, and as long as they achieved victory, no matter how many people were sacrificed, it was worth it.

In the shelling just now, only one fourth-class battleship on the Mawei Army's side was hit with two solid shells, which did not damage the battleship itself at all, and only five soldiers were unlucky enough to be stabbed by the broken wooden planks that exploded, and two of them were seriously injured. The Qing army's Poyang Lake Naval Division warships were not so lucky, and their warships, especially the more than 30 warships in the front, were almost all within the range of the Second Fleet's artillery fire. A total of six of the more than thirty warships were incapacitated. Five Cangshan ships sank directly. There were also five ships that were damaged and had to withdraw from the battle. This was only a few shellings in the first round, and half of the warships in the front of the Poyang Lake Water Division were reimbursed.

The losses of the Qing army's personnel were also very large, and it is estimated that the number of dead and missing people will not be less than 600. The number of wounded is more than four or five hundred. This is the first time that the Poyang Lake Water Division has been established. In fact, they ignored the fleet led by Sang Xinsheng, and this was the second time. In other words, the Poyang Lake Water Division of the Qing Army has not been established for a few years. Of course, there can be no heavy loss.

"After passing the order, the whole ship quickly adjusted the sail column to turn left, first kept a distance of 800 meters from the Poyang Lake Water Division, and hung to fight." Ning Wu commanded loudly.

The advantages of arranging in columns to fight are great, of course, this applies to a fleet of sail warships like the Mawei battleship, and the number of guns on both sides is large enough and powerful enough. The Qing army's Poyang Lake naval division warships were not good, and most of their artillery could not reach the Mawei battleships, except for the red-coated cannons. The range of the other miscellaneous cannons was too close, even if it was a thousand pound furlong machine. The firing range was only more than 300 meters, and there was no threat to the Mawei warships at a distance of 800 meters.

The Mawei Army also estimated that the losses of the Poyang Lake Water Division should be quite large. Just now, the 20 battleships in the front of the Second Detachment of the Mawei Navy were crazy, with a total of more than 500 cannons, and they never stopped firing for a moment. From the binoculars, it can be clearly seen that most of the ammunition fired by the cannons on the battleship fell on the enemy ship in front.

Ning Wu held up the binoculars and carefully observed the situation of the water division of Poyang Lake. From the telescope, it can be seen that the Poyang Lake sailor should be counting the losses at the moment, constantly exchanging flags. Although only five smaller warships were sunk on the lake where the battle was fought just now, many other warships in the surrounding area could not move, especially the six warships whose masts were broken, and they could only be considered to have completely anchored and could not move, and could only drift with the waves. Plus the front ships can still fight no more than ten, less than a third. Others, at this time, can only withdraw from the battlefield.

"Reorganize the team!"

"Prepare for battle!" Jin Shushan ordered with a gloomy face. Just after counting the losses, the Poyang Lake Naval Division lost seventy percent of the warships, including those warships that were hit quite severely and could barely meet the battle. These warships have suffered heavy losses and have to retreat, and if they continue to suffer blows, it is very likely that these more than ten warships will not even be able to withdraw from the battlefield. Such a loss is indeed a bit uncomfortable for Jin Shushan. He had never suffered such a heavy loss since he took charge of the Poyang Lake Water Division. I really can't imagine that here in the Mawei Army, just the first battle actually ate such a big deflated.

"Lord Admiral, our red-coated cannons can't wield their power!" Zhu Qijun, the deputy general beside him, said worriedly.

He had been carefully observing the battle just now. He found that the vast majority of the losses caused to the Poyang Lake Naval Division were heavy artillery shells, especially solid shells, which were too large. This also shows that more than eighty percent of the cannons on the Mawei Army's side are red-coated cannons, and their front warships can be said to have been basically disabled by the "red-coated cannons". The proportion of cannons and red-coated cannons on the Qing army's own side is too small, and compared with the ordinary Franco-cannon or other miscellaneous artillery, the power of the red-coated cannon is indeed too powerful. If you are directly killed, the consequences will be quite severe. Dozens of red-coated cannons on a battleship of the Mawei Navy fired together, and the destructive power was indeed too strong. None of their ships were a match for the Mawei warships.

"Keep fighting!"

"Shoot with all your might!"

"Are the clippers all in place, fill me with enough gunpowder, blow them up!" Jin Shushan gritted his teeth and said.

Soon, the Poyang Lake Water Division was dispatched again. The Mawei Army and Navy naturally followed. The next round of the battle is about to begin, and the positions of both sides have changed a lot this time, and the Poyang Lake Naval Division is thinking of approaching the Mawei warship quickly, after all, their artillery must be close to exert its power. But the Mawei Army is not stupid here, of course it is necessary to turn to the advantage of long range and hang the Poyang Lake Naval Division warship to fight, I can hit you, but you can't beat me, how cool is that! However, even if the Mawei warships were turning, they could not avoid the Qing warships coming up in a straight line, and the distance between the two sides was still getting closer.

This time the battle has become a column battle, and it is estimated that the time of this round of column battles should not be short, after all, the queue is so long here.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

The rumbling of cannons, like a sonata, made the lake boil again. A large amount of white smoke rose up, enveloping the entire lake in front of it, and people outside the white smoke could hardly see what was inside it, and could only barely see the flames. When the fire is shining, you can also see the chaotic battlefield.

"Click!"

Suddenly, there was a loud bang. Ning Wu hurriedly raised the clairvoyant mirror, followed the sound and looked over, through the layers of fog, he vaguely saw that it was a three-masted gunboat of the Poyang Lake Water Division, and the mast fell down, causing a great impact. The three-masted gunboat's mast, thick and long, almost sank a nearby sand-converted warship when it fell.

The mast of this three-masted gunboat, which was one of the previous warships in front, had been repeatedly attacked by chain bullets before, and it was already scarred. This time, he suffered another violent blow, and he suddenly couldn't support it. Without the mainmast, the maneuverability of the three-masted gunboat was immediately affected. Faced with the ferocious artillery fire of the Mawei Navy, it had no choice but to withdraw from the battle. If it hadn't withdrawn from the battle, it might have been sunk by the Mawei Navy.

It is a pity that this first salvo was the only one of the three-masted gunboats of the Poyang Lake Water Division that was knocked out. Everything else appears to be intact for the time being, at least, on the outside. As a result, the artillery fire on both sides was still so fierce that it showed no sign of subsiding. In the end, the number of artillery of the Mawei Army was far greater than that of the Poyang Lake Water Division of the Qing Army, and the Qing Army could only use so many red-coated cannons, and they did not all participate in the war.

In less than half an hour, this time the battle of the column finally ended reluctantly. According to the statistics of losses, the Mawei Navy had only one fourth-class battleship, three fifth-class battleships were seriously damaged, and one side of the ship was hit by a shell and had to withdraw from the battle.

In such a column artillery battle, the distance between the two sides is actually quite far, but the result of the battle is quite cruel. More than a thousand cannons bombarded each other, such a scene simply made outsiders tremble. After a round of artillery battles, the number of losses skyrocketed. It seems that there is nothing special about the artillery battle of the column, in fact, as long as you think about it seriously, you will shudder. Because, every battleship has to withstand the shelling of the opponent's entire fleet from beginning to end. In other words, it is equivalent to one of your own warships, single-handedly challenging all the other party's warships. What kind of courage and luck it must take to survive the shelling of the opponent's entire fleet!

In such an artillery battle, I am afraid that the most awesome captain does not dare to say that he will definitely survive. Such a column battle is not a free melee, and there is basically no chance to swing freely. What you have to do is to follow the meaning of the above regulations on the gears on a machine and perform them honestly. However, fortunately, the number of cannons of the Poyang Lake Water Division is small, and the number of red-coated cannons that can kill the battleships of the Mawei Army is even less, otherwise, the Mawei Army would have lost more than that.

In such a fierce column artillery battle, almost every battleship was wounded, and it was basically impossible to be unharmed. As the number of battles increases, the number of shelling received, and the number of battleships forced to withdraw from the battle will certainly increase. However, this qiē is only relatively speaking, some of the warships on the Mawei side will be injured in the next battle, but the losses on the Qing side will be greater. Because in the course of this column battle, the Qing army lost more than five times the number of warships on the Mawei army's side, and the Mawei army's battleships were aimed at the main gunboats of the Poyang Lake Naval Division every time, and the main gunboats of the Poyang Lake Naval Division, which was already small, were now only half left. (To be continued......)