Just as the battle off the coast of Guangzhou began, on the route leading to Leizhou to the west of the French fleet's station, a French wooden-hulled warship with billowing smoke was struggling on the sea.

Six naval guns bombarded incessantly. A small island not far away was a key target for French gunners. The French sailors were panicked, and the damage keepers tried their best, but the two huge holes in the hull kept pouring the seawater into the hull.

"Tank No. 3 drains, floats to a depth of -1.5 meters at the water level! The sailors got into the front compartment and prepared the torpedoes! ”

Liu Yang was extremely annoyed by the torpedo he had just missed. If it hadn't been for the misses of this torpedo, the French ship would have sunk into the mighty waves by this time. And as the captain of the sea wolf, he still missed the torpedo. If he didn't atone for his sins, Liu Yang himself would not be able to forgive himself. At least this sea wolf brigade has the position of captain, and he has no face to take on it anymore.

For a moment, everyone in the submarine held their breath and listened to the sound of torpedo loading from the forward cabin, and they all understood that once this torpedo was fired, Liu Yang's face and future prospects would all be left to luck.

It was a 150-kilogram torpedo with a warhead filled with 80 kilograms of picric acid, capable of destroying the underwater structure of any warship of its time.

Although some of the core components of this torpedo, such as the gyroscope, were imported from Germany, it is undeniable that the reassembled torpedo was outstanding in this era.

Now, the torpedo is moving fast at a high speed of more than twenty kilometers an hour, in the sea five feet underwater. The high-speed spinning gyroscope points the torpedo in the right direction. Leaves a long string of bubbles on the water.

Soon, the torpedo crashed into the wooden hull. Under the action of inertia, the firing pin, which had long been released from the insurance state, immediately detonated the detonator. In a flash. The high explosives in the warhead quickly released all their energy, and the violent explosion almost immediately decided the fate of the wrecked warship.

This warship was the French Navy's Casal, a cyclave with a displacement of 1,800 tons and a full load of 2,100 tons, completed in 1873. It is equipped with two 210mm heavy guns, four 190mm heavy guns, and ten machine guns. The total number of officers and men on board was 226.

This is a ship that is only weaker than the four ironclad ships of the Qin army, except for the storage zài that can single-handedly take on any of the Qin army's warships. But now, under the strangulation of three artificially powered submarines with a displacement of only 200 tons. Just three torpedo hits ended the battle history of this iron-ribbed wood-hulled cruiser and put an end to the history of the warship's service.

The second torpedo shot by Liu Yang hit the starboard front of the cruiser Casal, and the violent explosion immediately tore a huge breach in the waterline, spanning four watertight compartments, and a large amount of seawater immediately filled these watertight compartments, and the warship quickly tilted to starboard, and the fire of the ship's guns immediately stopped.

This is no longer about filling the watertight compartment on the left to balance the battleship. You can save the fate of Hui.

The Kasar's bow port had been hit once before, and the other torpedo had been hit in the middle of its port side, and now the starboard front was hit again, and the massive influx of seawater had completely overweighed the aft end of the Casal. It now resembles a harpoon inserted diagonally into the water. The rear end of the battleship was already warped out of the water.

Coupled with the damage to the middle of the port side of the battleship, the underwater structure of the warship was completely destroyed, and the destruction of the entire warship was inevitable. The difference is how this battleship was destroyed! Is it the whole upside-down onion that plunges to the bottom of the sea? Or is it a break in two?

Seeing that the warship could not be saved. The captain of the Casal had to give the order to abandon the ship, and groups of French sailors jumped into the sea from the sloping deck of the warship. There were also a handful of sailors who managed to untie those lifeboats!

Twenty minutes later, the bow of the battleship was completely submerged in the sea. The angle of the entire hull to the sea level has exceeded thirty degrees. The 'wound' in the middle of the port side began to exert its power, and the battleship kept making a 'click' sound, and finally there was a loud 'boom', and the whole warship was broken in two. The second half of the volley slapped heavily into the sea......

Two hundred exhausted French sailors floated on the sea, shouting and crying. They didn't know what was going on or where the attack was coming from.

On the sea surface one kilometer away from the silence point of the Casal, a small black dot - the periscope suddenly appeared on the sea surface, Liu Yang quietly observed the situation on the sea surface, looked at the broken two sections of the rapidly sinking cruiser, sighed for a long time, his eyes left the eyepiece of the periscope, glanced at the crew standing beside him, and said happily and excitedly:

"The journal notes, we sank a French warship this time. Suspected to be the iron-ribbed wood-hulled cruiser Casal. ”

There was a burst of cheers in the submarine. Then tank No. 4 was drained, and soon a submarine with a surface volume of only one fishing boat was floating to the surface. A puff of red smoke rises!

Two puffs of red smoke rise!

Three puffs of red smoke rise!

Not only did the Egret more than ten miles away see these three smoke signals, but the two hundred French sailors floating on the sea also discovered the situation. Immediately, many of them remembered the attack on the Kasar.

Luca, the French Captain, gritted his teeth with hatred as he looked at the three puffs of red smoke rising in an almost triangular shape

Submarines are not much faster on the surface, but they are better than manpower. And more importantly, there is also a gun carriage in the uppermost part of the submarine, where a 25mm machine gun is placed. Even if the French sailors did catch up with the submarine, what awaited them would be nothing but a massacre.

Two hours later, the Egret managed to recover three submarines. The submarine was secured under the ship with characteristic chains and anchors, and more than thirty Seawolf soldiers entered the bilge.

Then, all the more than 200 French sailors were rescued by the Egret, and Liu Xian had more than 200 French prisoners of war in his hands.

The Egret quickly turned south, and at the predetermined sea, about 200 French prisoners were transferred. Then continue back to Guangzhou to Leizhou route.

……

The fierce fighting off the coast of Guangzhou continued.

The Jiyuan ship, which was one enemy and two enemies, gradually fell into disadvantage, especially the scene of the main gun of the Destein hitting the secondary gun of the Jiyuan ship, which was as tragic as hell, which was unbearable to witness.

So far, the battleship has been hit by four guns. The whole ship was filled with the smell of burnt blood being evaporated!

"Reload, reload!"

But one group of gunners turned into minced meat, and the other group of gunners did not hesitate to fill it. Deliver ammo among the shredded corpses and get back into the fight.

After Fang Boqian saw this scene, there seemed to be a flame in his chest that was burning inside!

"Boom ......"

The front main turret was shocked, Fang Boqian came to his senses, and the main gun fired. His eyes were busy looking in the direction where the main gun was pointed.

At a distance of about a thousand meters, two sky-high water columns rose around the French battleship Fellers. Fang Boqian's heart darkened, "I didn't hit again!" ”

The Jiyuan ship continued to retreat towards Lingdingyang. The Ferrers and the Destein were naturally in hot pursuit. Although the losses of these two ships were very large, the French Navy, which believed that its overall strength was much stronger than that of the Nanyang Naval Division, and that the Chinese warships did not dare to have a decisive battle with it head-on, would not let the duck cooked in its mouth fly away.

At this time, the Nanyang Naval Division, which had already gathered its main force in Lingdingyang, was eagerly waiting for the news ahead.

With one enemy and two enemies, can the Jiyuan ship retreat by itself? Can these actions of his own completely attract the attention of the French to the south road?

And the sea wolves, will they be able to complete the task?

Although the entire battle plan cannot be completed in a day or two, the first day of this opening game directly determines success or failure!

In the same way, the French fleet, at this time, was also at the end of its main force, hanging far from the tails of the three battleships in battle.

Commander, Admiral Barlow. Kiningmond's face was very gloomy.

The Fellers and the Destan battleship, two battleships against an enemy ship, turned out to be heavy losses. This is not France, and the island is not an official port. If the two warships were to be lost, they would have to be withdrawn to Singapore and repaired by the British.

At present, in the whole of East Asia, except for the two shipyards of the Qin army, Qinnan and Mawei, the only ones who can rest and repair more than 2,000 tons of warships are the British in Singapore.

This is simply a loss-making deal that kills one and loses two!

Kiningmond had even thought about what he would do if Chinese warships had been dispatched on such a small scale to fight naval battles in the future!?

At this time, the battle off the coast of Guangzhou took a new turn.

The Jiyuan ship's secondary gun hit the side and rear position of the Destan hull, which was not a big deal. Since the start of the war, who has not taken a few hits from the three battleships? But how did the Desdam suddenly burst into flames and become a post-apocalyptic scene?

The height of the fire that erupted from the hull and hold of a battleship could be as high as a battleship's mast! The entire warship was lined with French soldiers running around the deck, trying to extinguish the fire in front of them, but the efforts of the tiny figure were so insignificant compared to the huge flames......

"Yitang! This cannon is estimated to have hit the key point of the Destan site, otherwise where did such a big fire come from? Ye Fu couldn't help himself with excitement. It's really a matter of luck, one shot wiped out the combat effectiveness of the entire Destan Shipper.

"Take advantage of his illness to kill him!" Fang Boqian made a decision between taking the opportunity to retreat and taking advantage of the fire to rob. Gritted his teeth, he said, "Brother Mengmei, order the ship to go northeast and approach the Destan at full speed." The front and rear main guns fired at the Destan and the torpedoes were ready-"

If things don't work out, Fang Boqian will quickly withdraw from the battle and flee towards Lingdingyang. But if the matter is done, he Fang Boqian will be the first to emerge among a group of mid-level admirals.

This bet, Fang Boqian wants to play. Because the risks are too small compared to the benefits he might make. (To be continued......) R1292