The news of the arrival of Yang Fuliang's fleet could not hide the British and French combined fleet, and Yang Meng did not intend to hide this, this battle to blockade the Bohai Sea was a deterrent operation in a large way.

Once the Anglo-French combined fleet wants to play the trick of jumping over the wall in a hurry, Yang Meng will also order the fleet to evade it, defend it hard, and divide the arms, and the navy will defend it hard, Yang Meng will have no confidence.

And the veteran William of England? Baga, is also very cautious, the number of warships in the Qing fleet is a bit outrageous, such a naval battle, once the battle starts, both sides are in danger of annihilation, naval battle, luck is very important, once the bad luck at sea, the entire fleet is destroyed, it may be a matter of a few hours.

Now the Anglo-French combined fleet, not only for the navy is alive, but also tens of thousands of land forces in Beitang, as well as nearly a hundred supply ships in the Bohai Sea, once the Anglo-French combined fleet is destroyed, for France, such a loss is not very large, but for the British Empire, such a loss is completely unacceptable!

Avoiding the whole fleet from contact with the Qing warships is what Baga has to do, it is okay to test it, but it is absolutely impossible to start a full-scale war at sea, once the navy of the Qing State has such a situation, Baga will abandon the army in Beitang, withdraw from the Bohai Sea, and the risk of a full-scale war is too great! As a result, even the British Empire could not bear it!

This is not a native operation, it is not worth it to go to war in the Far East at the risk of losing the entire fleet! Moreover, after the defeat of the army, Baga believed that this war was completely a trap of the Qing state. On top of naval battles. Although he has full confidence in the fleet. But who can guess what kind of trap the Qing set on the sea?

The huge navy, belatedly arried, is probably not just the result of the victory in the land war, right? In this way, it seems that the warships of Ergin and Grant have all been wiped out, and the fleet of the Qing State may have made a lot of effort.

Baga's caution gave Yang Fuliang the opportunity to safely enter the Yanwei area, and with the protection of the land improvised batteries, the pressure on the navy was much less.

Take control of a sail ship. Yang Fuliang thought that he was not the opponent of the British Navy, and since he wanted to test the advantages and disadvantages of the ironclad ships, it was better to send all the ironclad ships to test it.

The combat power of the English Navy is mainly expressed in the maneuverability of the battleship, the English sailors are the most elite sailors in the world, and this Yang Fuliang also admits that instead of endangering the entire fleet by losing ugliness and cowardice, it is better to send ten ironclad ships, so that even if it is defeated. The English Navy will also be a rat trap.

With a plan in his heart, Yang Fuliang put the cause and effect of the matter. With a long telegram, it was reported to the third master of the Jingshi that the loss of ten ironclad ships is better than the loss of the entire navy, right?

"Hmmm! Fuliang's choice is good, instead of showing his ugliness, it is better to hide his edge and be sharp, and let those ten ironclad ships go to sea to fight! ”

After seeing Yang Fuliang's return, Yang Meng nodded silently, as the commander of the first army, strategy and tactics are secondary, knowing how to make trade-offs is the most important, and those who are proficient in strategy and tactics should be the generals under the commander-in-chief.

"Third master, the cost of the ironclad ship is not low, and all of them go to sea...... I'm afraid ......"

The ten ironclad ships in Guangzhou are completely made of silver, and Cen Yuying, who has been busy with internal affairs recently, put forward an opinion as soon as he heard this, the ironclad ships are new after all, and if the first battle is unfavorable, the loss of the Yang family will be great!

"It doesn't matter! This ironclad ship is built to participate in the war, if it doesn't work, it just reminds us, and if it is done, we will build it in large numbers! ”

The launch of ten ironclad ships to participate in the war is also a helpless move, Yang Fuliang has no chance of winning, and the British Empire, which has the world's largest naval strength, is definitely not able to defeat by virtue of numerical superiority, not to mention whether Yang Meng has a numerical advantage now, the British Imperial Navy, which spans the seven seas, is leading the times in terms of navigation technology.

Attacking the other's strengths with their own shortcomings, this is the rhythm of looking for abuse, the navy must be built, and the construction must be able to fight, this is Yang Meng's wish, with the hastily built navy, defeating the British Empire, Yang Meng is not so ignorant.

"Third master, do you need the coal needed by the ironclad ship to be transported to the Yanwei area?"

"Bastard! Is this an unfavorable initial battle in the navy? Do what you need to do below, if you don't use it this time, you can use it next time! ”

Cen Yuying's unintentional words touched Yang Meng's brows, although it is said that speaking in the signing room does not require too many rules, but Cen Yuying's words are really hard to hear, if you don't transport coal, is this thinking about the annihilation of the ironclad fleet?

Ignoring Cen Yuying, who was guilty of the plea, Yang Meng knew that this was an unintentional statement, but when he spoke, it was not right, it was annoying, and with heavy pressure, Yang Meng walked to the door of the small courtyard of the back house, and after lingering outside the door for a while, he returned to the front yard.

Since entering the Beijing Division, this life has been a little dire, government affairs, military affairs, foreign affairs, entangled people tightly, one person has to make so many decisions, it is difficult!

The army is fighting, I am afraid that it will be defeated by the Anglo-French coalition, and now the army has become and the navy has entered the battlefield again, and the navy is indeed not the opponent of the Anglo-French combined fleet, once it ......

"Transcendent!"

After saying a word, Yang Meng took his guards and went straight to the imperial city, and now the imperial city is just a building for venting in Yang Meng's eyes, a royal drunken floating building.

With Yang Meng's order, Yang Fuliang was much calmer, and ordered the fleet to take a posture to meet the battle, and he personally took ten ironclad ships loaded with coal to the sea to seek fighters.

Unlike sail ships, ironclads have an absolute advantage in speed, whether it is a period of time or a long time, speed and agility are the keys to the victory of ironclads.

Sneak attack and pursuit, is Yang Fuliang's strategy, sneak attack on a British and French fleet, after the injury after the pursuit, in order to hide the fleet, Yang Fuliang let people hang up the sails, sails for the ironclad is better than nothing, although it can not provide enough power, but to push the ironclad ship forward, the simplified sail can still do.

"Sue sù bottom, use charcoal for the burning wood of the stove, don't make the smoke billowing for Lao Tzu!"

The steam engine is the biggest advantage of the ironclad. It is also the biggest disadvantage. The boiler needs to be heated all the time. Otherwise, it will take too long to start, and the coal, after being thrown into the boiler, will be black smoke, and it can be found from afar, and it is not easy for the ironclad ship to sneak attack.

Yang Fuliang's covert methods were used a lot, but he still did not escape the surveillance of the British and French forces, and the Qing sent ten warships. What is the purpose, William? Baga knows very well, tentative!

The Qing State wants to test the Anglo-French coalition army, and the Anglo-French alliance forces also want to test the combat power of the Qing navy, and it is prudent to be cautious. Baga didn't mind either, capturing the Qing fleet as a basis for future negotiations.

Fight, fight to this kind of Cheng dù. Even the old baga, who is a soldier, knows that there is no need to fight. For the sake of the Anglo-French coalition forces on land, peace talks were necessary, and if the Qing fleet could be captured, it would undoubtedly increase the bargaining chips for negotiations.

"Send twenty third-class warships to meet you!"

Prudence does not mean cowering, as a veteran of the navy, in the face of ten first-class warships, sending twenty third-class warships, it can be said that it is a dream to be right, and it is necessary to be tempted.

"! Wave the flag, and move forward in a single column! Keep warming with charcoal! ”

When he saw the battleships of the British and French combined fleets that had formed a single column, Yang Fuliang knew that the opportunity for naval warfare had been lost, and the position of the downwind had been occupied by the enemy, but it seemed that the British and French forces had not yet discovered that they were leading the ironclad fleet, and they were moving forward head-on, just to block the big chimney behind the sails.

"Herald! Secondary cannon and flowering shell attack! ”

Although the ironclad ship is equipped with gunwales, Yang Fuliang knows what Yang Sanye let himself test, the deck gun is the most important test item, these ten ironclad ships, the main guns are more than ten tons of rear-loading giant guns, and the giant guns of the stationing and retreating retractor are installed, the recoil has been greatly weakened, not only the main guns in the range far exceed the range of ordinary heavy naval guns, even if the range of the four deck secondary guns, it is more than most of the naval guns, to put it bluntly, all the ironclad ships are installed in the rear of the shore defense guns, than the firing range, the third class battleship, It's definitely going to be a big loss.

In the actual combat to test the performance of the ironclad ship, a short exchange of fire will not achieve the goal, a long naval battle, in order to test the shortcomings of the ironclad ship, this time Yang Fuliang took a great risk to go on the ship, the purpose of inviting merit is also very clear.

From the discovery of the British and French fleets to the distance between the two sides, the speed of the ironclad ship is getting faster and faster, and the closer it gets, the faster it gets, the range of the British and French battleships, Yang Fuliang is very clear, looking at the distance between the two sides getting closer and closer, Yang Fuliang's palms are also soaked with sweat.

"Fish Scale Array! First round of test launches! One shot each! Begin! ”

As long as the first round of artillery fire of the enemy ship fell in the open space, he was confident that he would take ten ironclad ships and safely withdraw from the range of the enemy ships, and at the same time, he could obtain a relatively accurate charge for the next artillery battle.

The dosage is the method of adjusting the range of the naval guns issued by the third master, whether the enemy ship will not, Yang Fuliang does not know, but in the test of the shipyard, this method is still very useful, as long as the method of adjusting the dosage is within the range of the maximum and minimum dosage, the range of the deck gun can be controlled within three to ten miles.

As for the so-called fish scale array, it is just the dislocation of each ship, and now there are only two battle formations in the navy, the water dragon array and the fish scale array, the so-called water dragon array, is a single column placed by the enemy ship, and the fish scale array is a battle formation specially designed for ironclad ships, whether it can confuse the enemy ship, it depends on the opponent's eyesight.

Yang Fuliang's side opened fire outside the firing range, causing the commanders of the English fleet to show a knowing smile, the Qing fleet on the opposite side, a little eager, the first cannon will certainly occupy a certain advantage, but the distance of the cannon is too far, according to the approximate speed of the two sides, at least five minutes before the warships of the two sides will enter each other's range, five minutes, the English gunner can fire at least twelve shells, even the French gunner, can fire eight to ten shells.

The Qing navy did not seem to have experienced a real naval battle, and when it came to this news, the captains of the British ships did not even use the flag to communicate, so they had countermeasures, slowing down the speed of the ships and letting the Qing warships fight for a while before speaking.

Before the order that had just arrived was delivered, the captains of the British ships showed expressions of fear on their faces, and most of the shells of the Qing warships crossed the British fleet and fell into the sea, causing a large splash, and only a dozen shells fell in front of the fleet, while a less fortunate battleship was hit by two shells.

In addition to the splash in the air, there were countless sawdust, and the position of the two shells was too lucky, just hitting the position of the mast and the rudder, I am afraid that the captain of the battleship will not be spared, the mast that collapsed with a bang is not something that the captains of the English ships are afraid of, they are even more afraid of the position of the ships on both sides!

At the beginning of the war, the English battleships came with full confidence, even if they faced ten first-class warships and twenty third-class warships, it was enough to deal with them, in order to pursue the Qing fleet, they put the position of the battleship in the upper hand, so that they could chase and kill the Qing warships with the wind.

But who would have thought that the range of the Qing warships actually exceeded the warships of the Empire, and the five-minute voyage was short, but with the help of the wind, the outcome of such a naval battle was likely to be reversed! (To be continued......)