At 12 o'clock at noon, all the cannons of the Chinese fleet were loaded with shells, aimed at the French warships, and when the guns fired twice in the morning, they decisively launched an attack.

The guns of other warships are also okay, and the heavy guns on the Beidou are not for fun, 4 254mm caliber cannons and 7 228mm caliber cannons, two consecutive salvos, and the targets are all aimed at the French ironclad ship Atarente.

These two salvos were the long-planned attacks of the Beidou, and since the French warships did not anchor and were barely moving in the breezy sea, the gunners were very convenient for their aiming, and they carefully compared the distances, and the first salvo was rewarding.

One shot hit one of the turrets of the Atarante with great accuracy, knocking down more than a dozen French sailors around it, and the flesh and blood splattered, turning the turret into a bloody mess.

But what was even more terrifying was the second salvo, in which several shells hit the target, one 228mm shell hit the bridge, blowing up several officers on it into meat sauce, the signal post, the ranging post, etc., were destroyed, and the other broke the main mast in the middle.

Even a 254mm heavy gun directly pierced a large hole in the deck, fortunately it was only a lodging room, but it also caught fire and emitted black smoke.

The rest of the Chinese warships were not powerful enough artillery, so they mainly focused on the three gunboats of the French army, and after two volleys, they also more or less hit the opponent.

The most unfortunate was the gunboat Belly Snake, which was hit by shells from three directions almost at the same time, and the fragments of the shells flew and swept across the deck, and the French officers and soldiers on it were almost completely cut in an instant, and the entire deck became a terrible hell.

Some people came out of the cabin, rolling and crawling, and maneuvering in horror as the Belly Snake was about to get out of control.

But after all, the French army is a well-trained navy of a powerful country, and after a period of chaos, it has gradually regained its composure, and by the time the Chinese navy fired the third salvo, it had already begun to counterattack one after another.

The firing lasted for a while, and the advantages of the French army were quickly manifested, except for the Beidou, most of the Chinese warships were small and unarmoured, and the power of the guns was poor, and the first time they fired at each other, the Chinese warships began to suffer casualties, especially the captain of the Fuxing ship, Chen Ying, personally commanded the opening of the cannon in the bow of the ship, and unfortunately was hit in the chest by shrapnel and died on the spot.

At this time, Xu Shoushan, the captain of the Beidou, saw that the first stage of Jihua had been completed, and immediately ordered the signal flag to be hoisted.

The signal is eight words: the wind is high and the waves are urgent, and the north looks at Cangshan.

This is a predetermined signal, which means that the enemy is strong and retreats to the north.

When all the Chinese warships saw this signal flag, they immediately turned to the right and retreated at full speed to the northwest, that is, the upper reaches of the Majiang River in the harbor, while the Beidou could not enter the Majiang River due to its large tonnage and deep draft, so it reversed and retreated in the direction of Majie Mountain.

The lonely plucker who hated itching teeth, saw that the Chinese took advantage of a little and ran away, of course, he refused to give up, and ordered the whole ship to pursue, especially the Beidou, which was slower than the ironclad ship and became the most haode target.

But Gu Ba immediately calmed down, cold sweat broke out, don't forget, there is still a mine line in front of it, nearly two hundred anchor mines floating together on the sea surface, looming.

He immediately gave the order to raise the flag, and the whole team turned around and bypassed the mine line in front.

While sighing: "These cunning yellow-skinned monkeys can also fight psychological warfare." Provoke your opponents with surprise attacks. If our fleet were to chase after us in a rage, in the midst of the chaos, perhaps one of the warships would have forgotten about the mines. ”

Before the French fleet could begin to turn, the Chinese batteries on the top of the hills, Mount Ma and Luo Xing on the front and rear sides of the harbor, began to fire. The shells flew towards the French fleet, and at a great distance from the warship, small white splashes were made.

But Lone didn't care about this, and the French spies had already obtained sufficient information.

These batteries are very old and short, one of them was even built 20 years ago, and large-caliber guns cannot be used, because as long as one cannon is fired, the battery itself will be collapsed, and the range and power of the guns that such batteries can withstand can be imagined, which can be completely ignored for French warships.

Unmoved, he ordered to turn at full speed,

"Left full rudder!"

"Left full rudder!"

The warship quickly turned 90 degrees.

"Full rudder left!"

"Full rudder left!"

said that it had been turned into place, and Guba thanked his subordinates very graciously.

At this moment, an observation post exclaimed, "Look at the top of the mountain!" The voice was very frightened.

Gu Ba immediately picked up the binoculars, carefully scanned the top of Ma Limit Mountain in the distance opposite, and witnessed an incredible and unforgettable Chinese-style magic show:

In the distance from the small fort, a mountain temple that seemed to be very dilapidated suddenly resembled a piece of paper torn in the middle, and the entire building was slowly falling to both sides, revealing a huge half-bunker-like, half-walled fort.

Thousands of meters away, the lens can still clearly show that the two huge fortress cannons, like two fierce monsters conjured out of thin air, the black hole of the cannon mouth overlooking the sea surface of the entire Mawei Harbor, making all the French officers and soldiers who witnessed this strange scene gasp.

Gu Ba scolded angrily: "Cunning Chinese! ”

Unconsciously, he no longer disdainfully called the Chinese monkeys, because subconsciously he also admired a series of careful arrangements for the Chinese, although he did not know that the good show was still to come.

At this moment, the cannon of the Majishan Battery, the 280mm caliber Krupp heavy gun, began to roar.

There was a loud "boom", I don't know if it was an illusion, Gu Ba felt that the entire Ma Limit Mountain seemed to tremble slightly, and then on the left side of the French fleet dozens of meters away, two huge white water columns rose into the sky, shrouding the left side of the fleet in a thin mist.

Such power made all the French officers and soldiers shudder, and any armor in front of it would be as fragile as a papier-mâché clay sculpture.

The French fleet immediately fell into a state of confusion and fired at each other on the spot? The enemy's heavy artillery was out of range of the French ship's guns.

Keep moving? Who knows if these cunning Chinese have laid out a mine line on the sea in front of the Ma Limit Mountain. What's more, firing at such a heavy artillery is obviously more than worth the loss.

was hesitating, only to hear the "boom" sound, behind the top of Luo Xing Mountain, there was also a terrible roar, and a huge column of water rose in the center of the fleet, fortunately no warships were hit, but I believe that such luck will not last long,

Everyone understands that this port is a trap at all, and Guba deeply regrets it, why did he get into it stupidly?

He had to give the order in frustration, and the whole fleet turned right and headed for the waterway out of the port!

When the order was issued, Gu Ba was quite puzzled, how could the Chinese do it, without the knowledge of God, to build such a fort, which was by no means a few days' work, and even began construction a year or two ago.

At that time, it was a honeymoon period between China and France, and the director of the Mawei shipyard was still a French engineer Riyig.

Thinking of Riyige, Guba suddenly remembered that two years ago, that Riyige was sent to Tianjin. Could it be that China itself will attack this place at that time? But at that time he was still the governor of New Caledonia. Jihua, which I haven't thought of yet, China has already anticipated and secretly prepared?

"Hell, what am I thinking?" Gu Ba scolded himself angrily, "I had to go out of the port first and reformulate the attack Jihua." ”

While dodging the bombardment of the heavy artillery of the two mountains, the French fleet quickly headed for the exit waterway, and before it could enter it, a small French motorboat hurriedly rushed over.

This was a motorboat to report the message, and soon Guba got the shocking news that there was a fierce battle on the Jinjinmen waterway out of the port, and four French warships were fighting desperately to stop the Chinese from trying to block the mouth.

And said that he couldn't hold on for long, and he had to come out at full speed, otherwise it would be too late.

Guba feels like she's going crazy!