The naval battle came to an end with the escape of the Zhijing 2nd ship. In this naval battle, the French stole chickens and rice. The loss of more than a dozen warships, including the cruiser Fort Renault, the cruiser Volda, and the cruiser Primogue, added up to more than 13,000 tons of tonnage, and as for the loss of more than 800 people, this loss is not insignificant.

As for the Zhijing 2nd ship, which the Chinese side participated in the war this time, although it retreated in its entirety, it was not without losses. In this naval battle, both ships suffered a lot of losses, the Zhiyuan lost three 150 mm secondary guns, as well as eight 75 mm and 57 mm secondary guns, and the twin 254 mm main battery on the rear deck, because of too many bullets, resulting in jamming, although after the emergency repair of the ship's personnel, but the rear main battery was still stuck and needed to be repaired urgently.

Compared with the Zhiyuan, the Jingyuan is much better, at least its main guns are intact, but there are still losses. 2 150-mm secondary guns, 6 75-mm 57-mm secondary guns were also not small losses.

Of course, in addition to the main guns, the appearance of the two warships looked pitted everywhere, and even the armor plates fell off in some places. But in the end, they won, and their spiritual qi is different, and now they can be regarded as having an elite aura.

However, on the way back, the small fleet had an altercation.

"You said you couldn't fix it?"

Leffel looked at Liu Buyun and looked at the other party in surprise.

Facing Leyfer's blazing eyes, Liu Buyun lowered his head. "Yes, the largest dock in our country can only accommodate ships of 5,000 tons, and it is also a shipyard run by the British in Shanghai."

Facing Liu Buyun's answer, Lefer, who had just made great contributions to the breakout battle, couldn't help but ask. "So how big of a ship can you have in the largest dock you can currently hold for repairs?"

"In Lushun, in the north of our country, there is a dock capable of holding 4,000 tons."

"Liu, I remember that your two Saxon Improvements are going back to China, right?"

"I can't go back now."

"If you can go back home, where are you going to do the maintenance?"

Liu Buyun, who was panicked, could only sigh secretly, among the many things created by the navy, he actually forgot about this, and his assistant was really unqualified.

However, now that there is a lack of a repair dock, the Zhijing 2nd ship can only drag the injured body and can only carry out simple repairs.

It can be said that the task that Gu Pao failed to complete, with the help of the Qing people's own divine assistance, actually achieved most of it.

The naval battle between China and France in the South China Sea has come to an end, but it is not a battle without an audience.

The Leopard gunboat of the British Far East Fleet happened to witness the battle, and of course he was also at the right time. However, in his report, Captain Bird described in detail the performance of both sides in the naval battle, and finally made a concluding comment.

Dear Admiral David, both sides of this naval battle had a wonderful performance, and General Lone showed his excellent planning skills, and this battle of ambushing two Venetian-class patrols can be said to have met his expectations at the beginning. Two Qing warships were completely introduced into the trap, but unfortunately, his net was too worn out and allowed the prey to escape.

After praising the lonely general, Captain Bird changed his mind. Compared with the ability of the lonely general, in fact, the performance of the Qing people this time is not bad, but compared with the old and spicy vice admirals, they are lacking in experience. Of course, this wonderful naval battle, the battle between encirclement and suppression, and counter-encirclement and suppression was very exciting.

However, what touched me the most in this naval battle was the two Venetian-class cruisers, their performance in the naval battle was amazing, and it was the perfect combination of firepower, protection and speed. I have reason to believe that the empire will also have to face such a situation in the future, and as the results of this naval battle become known to the countries, I believe that the wave of large-scale construction of armored cruisers will definitely come. Then at this time, the Empire's maritime trade routes will face a more complicated situation.

Captain Bird's report, Admiral Davy, commander of the British Empire's Far East Fleet, handed it directly to the Admiralty in London without changing a word. This made many people in the Admiralty interested, and a colonel named Fisher paid the most attention to it.

Of course, this is not the point, the focus is still on the Sino-French war in the Far East.

The encirclement and suppression of the second ship in the fleet failed to lead to a lot of losses. As the commander of the fleet and the person in charge of this plan, General Lone Pluck immediately submitted his resignation to Paris, and in the resignation letter, Lone Pluck took all the responsibility on himself.

And the Admiralty in Paris was not unreasonable, and immediately rejected Gu Pao's resignation and asked him to make persistent efforts to bring China to its knees as soon as possible. To this end, the Admiralty also dispatched six large cruisers, including the cruiser Acosta 1st class and the cruiser Petroscu 1st class, according to the battle report provided by him, to support the lone general in the Far East.

These six large cruisers are not comparable to those ships under Lone Tuo, these six cruisers are all large-tonnage cruisers of five or six thousand tons, and for the speed of the two Venice class up to 18.56 knots, these six large cruisers can run at a speed of more than 16 knots, of which the Acosta can run at a speed of 17.5 knots.

As for why there are no large cruisers to compete with the speed of the Venetian class, because before this, all countries did not expect to build cruisers so fast, after all, the cost of each increase in speed is not low at all. Of course, in addition to these six cruisers, France also sent three liaison ships, all of which were the latest and had only been commissioned for a short time, all of which could run at a speed of 19 knots.

It can be said that in order to deal with the two Venice-class cruisers, the French Navy selected elite soldiers. Although the French Navy was preparing to reinforce the Far East Fleet, it would take time, and it would take about a month for the ships to arrive in the Far East.

However, in the face of the defeat of the naval battle, the French side was of course unwilling, but the navy was temporarily unable to invade the north, and could only consider looking for opportunities from the land.

Therefore, as the supreme commander of the French Route Army in Beiqi, General Miller of course had the responsibility to restore the honor of France, so in early June 1884, more than 3,000 French troops launched a surprise attack, launched an attack on the Qing army stationed in Beili near Langshan, although the vigilance has been repeatedly raised, but the Qing army stationed in Beili is still not the opponent of the French army, more than 3,000 Qing troops, under the attack of the French army, did not resist for long, collapsed, and rushed to flee to the territory of the country.

After dealing with the Qing army in Beili, the French army then launched an attack on Langshan, and the governor of Guangxi, Pan Dingxin, retreated without a fight. Half a month later, the French army invaded Zhennan Pass, and due to insufficient troops and supply difficulties, they burned the checkpoint and retreated back to the line of Wenyuan and Langshan.

The constant victories of the French army on land were enough to cover up the losses at sea, and for a time the French were on their toes again. Of course, they did not forget about the Italians who hid behind the Qing State.