Lin Guoxiang closed his eyes, he could already feel the waves set off when the other warship approached, and he sighed bitterly in his heart: "The power system of this Yangwu ship is on the verge of collapse, and after this violent impact, it will definitely lose power, it really has the intention to kill the thief, and he has no power to return to the sky!" ”

At this moment, only a "boom" was heard in his ears, and a cannonball whistled by, Lin Guoxiang opened his eyes and saw that the cannonball hit the bridge of the Fort Renault with great accuracy, and the shrapnel flew, knocking down the officer at the helm, and the warship was out of control in an instant, and Xiangyou spun.

Lin Guoxiang shouted, "Good cannon!" ”

Almost at the same time, the Yangwu passed in front of the Fort Renault in great danger, and the hull and the bow of the Fort Renault made a huge tooth-aching sound.

Lin Guoxiang pointed to the sky with one point, and the sky helped me!

At this time, the Yangwu ship was already at the end of the crossbow, and the speed had dropped to about 9 knots, but it still insisted on sailing towards the narrowest part of the gold medal mouth, and the Fort Renault, which regained control of the direction, could only look at the back of the Yangwu ship in despair.

After a while, the Yangwu ship finally arrived at its destination, the center of the back side of North Turtle Island and South Turtle Island, which was the narrowest part of the waterway in the middle of the Golden Gate.

The heroic feat of raising the military ship has finally succeeded!

At this time, the lone fleet that had withdrawn from Mawei Harbor just arrived a few hundred meters in front of the Gold Medal Gate, and looked at the Yangwu ship in the middle of the waterway in the middle of the waterway, billowing black smoke.

Lin Guoxiang shouted: "Engine room, stop!" "The noise in the engine room, which was already extremely high, finally stopped. Lin Guoxiang ordered the Yangwu ship to be beaten horizontally, and the warship with a length of more than 60 meters, like a Great Wall, was in the center of the gold medal gate.

Then a few smoking, oily, and extremely tired sailors crawled out of the engine room, and they also struggled to Zuihou!

Lin Guoxiang ordered that all the explosives that had been placed in the bilge in advance and buried the fuse were ignited. Then let all the people who are alive take their lifebuoys and jump off the boat to swim to the nearby island.

After all this, Lin Guoxiang sat down peacefully and looked at the French fleet opposite.

At this time, although he was alone, he seemed to be stronger than the entire French fleet, and he couldn't help but smile slightly: "It's worth this life!" ”

Then, a loud explosion sounded, "Boom! ”

The flagship of the Chinese Navy, the Yangwu ship more than 60 meters long and 12 meters wide, jumped slightly with the sound of violent explosions, and then quickly capsized to one side, and the whole process took less than half a minute, the hull had completely sunk, but the mast was still high above the water.

Standing on the bridge, looking at this incredible spectacle, it was as if in a dream, as if watching an absurd play in Paris that had nothing to do with him.

If two hours earlier someone had told him that he and his fleet would be blocked in Mawei Harbor, he would have said that this man was crazy.

But now, unmistakably, a Chinese warship sank itself in the choke lane, blocking the waterway out of the port.

The gold medal gate is 350 meters wide, but only the channel in the middle of the nearly 100 meters has a water depth of more than 7 meters, which can be used by large warships, and the water depth of the remaining channel is less than 4 meters, and even the draft of several gunboats is nearly 4 meters.

Now the situation is very clear, and the main force of the Lone Detachment has really become a turtle in an urn.

The telegraph offices on the top of the mountains on both sides immediately reported the information to the command headquarters, and Song Qing and Ding Richang, who were on the Ma Limit Mountain, were overjoyed after receiving the report, and Ding Richang cried with joy. But he quickly calmed down and reminded Song Qing that the French army would definitely be trapped and fight back wildly.

Song Qing nodded yes, and immediately ordered all troops to make all defensive preparations.

Their estimates were right, and Guba was now like a mad dog in a cage, and the pride of the French general filled his heart: "Do you think this will kill me?" It's still early, Chinese, I haven't lost yet. ”

He immediately waved the flag, commanded the warships opposite the Golden Gate, and sent the cruiser Soni to the Lisby fleet for help, and asked to bring the landing force.

The remaining three warships cleared the port and cooperated with the main force to storm the Jinjinshan Fort.

At this time, the marines available on the fleet can still gather nearly a thousand people, and use a strong attack to occupy the gold battery and the Nagato battery, so that the fleet can anchor here and wait for reinforcements from outside.

Jihua has decided, Guba immediately and quickly ordered, the French army is also not surprised, under the command of Guba, concentrated fire on both sides of the battery.

On the top of the mountain and on the sea, a confrontation was launched, and the rumbling sound was endless, the sea surface was filled with white fog, and the top of the mountain was also covered with smoke and dust.

The French bombarded the top of the hill with heavy artillery fire, and at this time, the three-fold earthen fort showed its solidity. The French 239mm guns could only blow up a crater, but they could not blow up the battery, and as for the 140mm and 119mm guns, they could only leave white marks on the battery.

But even so, the heavy artillery fire suppressed the battery, many gunners were killed and wounded, and the rest had to temporarily hide in the tunnels, and as for the small treadmills, they had long been razed to the ground.

At this time, the garrison at the foot of the mountain had also received Song Qing's order, demanding to keep the gold medal fort at all costs.

And the commander of the garrison was none other than Sun Wanlin, commander of the Second Brigade of the Fifth Division.

Sun Wanlin is a native of Bozhou, Anhui Province, born poor, selling steamed buns to make a living, born with short stature, because of the height problem to join the army has experienced twists and turns, after being a soldier, he is often ridiculed as a "son", but Sun Wanlin has a strong sense of self-esteem, every time he fights, he is brave and first, not afraid of death, everyone admires, and gradually no one looks down on him.

He knew that his qualifications were very shallow, but he could be appointed as a brigade commander by the emperor, and he felt like a confidant. This time, I will do my best to guard the Golden Medal Mountain.

Sun Wanlin has two infantry regiments and a guard company, nearly 3,400 people, each regiment has an artillery company, a total of 16 57mm Grusen guns, as well as two 210mm heavy howitzers and three 105mm mountain guns. In addition, more than 1,000 people have been recruited.

Because the French naval artillery was so powerful, it would be impossible to put the position near the sea and hope to annihilate the enemy in the shipwreck. As long as the enemy ships fired a few salvos, the defenders would not be able to withstand it.

Therefore, we can only give way first, put the position back, avoid the range of the French naval guns, let the other side land, and then use the terrain to fight a war of attrition.

This line of thinking was repeatedly emphasized by Ding Yuntong before the war, and this is the reason why Liu Mingchuan was able to successfully defend Taiwan in his previous life.

Now Sun Wanlin's defense is also arranged along this line: on the beach, only a few scattered bunkers are set up to harass the French troops on the landing. The main force is placed in Fengwo Village under the Gold Medal Mountain, which is the only way to go up the mountain.

A regiment, led by regiment commander Huang Lijun, defended two trenches 100 meters apart in front of the village, placed the artillery position behind Fengwo Village, loaded all 21 guns with shells, pre-adjusted aiming, aimed at the position of the first trench, and at the same time passed through the observation post on the top of Jinpai Mountain, and used flags to indicate the attack.

Sun Wanlin himself led the guard company, as well as a regiment of Hu Yanqing, to ambush on the left side of Fengwo Village as a reserve.

Seeing that the fire suppression had worked, Lone Pull ordered the landing party to begin the attack.

First of all, Captain Yagmière of the Navy on the cruiser Fellers, led 80 marines, carrying Haggaeus machine guns, rode on small sampans, and rushed to land on the coast in front of the Golden Medal Mountain.

At the same time, Lieutenant Commander Martin, the captain of the ironclad ship La Calizonia, personally led a 250-man marine, and then followed, and in the grove on the shore, the French set up a camp.

Seeing this, Guba was overjoyed, and suddenly seemed to see the hope of extricating himself from the original desperate situation, and even turning defeat into victory, and immediately ordered the landing party to advance forward and seize the fort, while the follow-up troops prepared to land.

And these situations have been reported to Sun Wanlin, Huang Lijun and others through the observation post on the top of the mountain, and Huang Lijun immediately ordered to prepare for battle, and no one was allowed to shoot without an order.

Half an hour later, hundreds of meters in front of the position, the French army finally arrived.