Young means strong plasticity, but also means vigorous, of course, young is also synonymous with inexperience, the entire Qing Ocean Sailor is too young, if you want to mature, you have to pay the price, and now Qiao Hailong is paying the price of blood for his youth. When Yinzuo designed the attack on Nagasaki, he had considered that once the fleet entered the narrow port of Nagasaki, it would be harassed by the Japanese fleet, and the large ships were besieged by small ships in the narrow harbor, and the results were often not good, and he also told him that the Japanese sailors must be lured out to fight, but Yinzuo is a human being after all, not a god, and it is impossible to calculate everything, so he can only make a decision in the big picture, and the rest still has to rely on the on-site commander to play.

The two batteries of Okubo and Kanzaki were too fragile to be vulnerable at all, and Qiao Hailong did not expect that the problem would be solved with just a few salvos, thus losing the possibility of relying on the shelling of these two batteries to attract the Japanese naval division to fight, resulting in him having to go deep into the harbor to further attack the Otani Town battery, and the firepower of the two medium-sized warships was simply not enough to form a deadly barrage blockade line, and it was inevitable that the Japanese naval division would break through the blockade line. Although the two rounds of artillery fired at each other and sank more than 30 Japanese warships, the remaining more than 100 Japanese warships, large and small, rushed to the front desperately.

If Qiao Hailong hadn't been so eager to destroy the Okubo and Kanzaki Nose Forts, hang and fight, and grind slowly, he would have been able to transfer the Japanese Naval Division out, and the location of the Okubo Fort was at the entrance of Nagasaki Harbor, it would only be a matter of minutes for the Qing warships to rush out of the harbor. It's just that these are all off-topic, Qiao Hailong is in a hurry at the moment, it is impossible to analyze the tactical mistakes at all, and the most important thing now is to withdraw from the harbor and bring back the two battleships that have already been damaged.

Qiao Hailong's Yanwu was in better condition and did not suffer any major damage, while the Yanlong was seriously damaged, many sailors were busy fighting the fire, and the remaining 20 or so guns only fired intermittently, and the ship's speed slowed down, so there was no way to stop the approach of the Japanese fleet. Seeing that the group of Japanese ships was getting closer and closer, and the naked eye could see that many Japanese soldiers on the ship were waving climbing tools such as flying claws, Qiao Hailong was really red-eyed - once he entered the mode of receiving the ship, the artillery of the Qing army became an ornament, and the number of Japanese soldiers was the number of people who could fight all the Great Qingshui Division.

The medium battleship had a double gun deck, with a total of 24 guns on each side, and a gun at the bow and stern on each floor, a total of 52 guns, all of which were breech-loading and rope-pulling, which greatly shortened the time between firing - the old guns could only be fired once every ten minutes, while the new guns could be fired once every six minutes. Rao is so, the firepower of two medium-sized warships alone is not enough to form a blocking barrage, under the impact of the Japanese Navy Division, the distance between the two sides has been close to 100 zhang, at this time the Yanwu has finished adjusting the hull, hung full sails, and rushed out of the port at full speed, but the Yanlong that was on fire was not so lucky, although it also completed the course adjustment, but the speed of the ship was not too fast, and there was basically no hope of rushing out of the harbor before the Japanese Navy Division caught up.

Qiao Hailong was faced with a dilemma at this time - let the Yanwu stop and help the Yanlong, maybe there was a chance to get out of trouble together, but it was more likely that they would fall into a siege together and the two warships would be destroyed together; It would not be difficult for the Yanwu to escape alone, but the Yanlong had no way out, and it was necessary to make a decision on the spot whether to fight or go, and the time was very urgent. Qiao Hailong's swarthy face twitched for a while, and he once again commanded in a loud voice: "The left rudder is full, and the starboard side is aimed at the Japanese fleet, ready to fire." Tell the Yanlong that it doesn't have to stop the ship to participate in the battle, and rush out of the harbor at full speed. ”

The flag soldier on the mast of the Yanwu quickly danced the two flags in his hand, and transmitted the signal to the Yanlong, and the huge hull of the Yanwu began to spin sideways, and at this time, the effect of strict training on weekdays was seen, and the high-speed Yanwu drew a beautiful arc on the sea, turned the ship sideways, and stopped steadily in the middle of the channel. The Yanlong rushed past the Yanwu in billowing smoke and headed straight out of the harbor.

"Brothers, we only have one chance to fire a salvo, show your skills, and let the pirates taste the might. Aim at the frontmost ships and fire! Qiao Hailong gave the order to open fire, and Goshha, who was following Qiao Hailong, quickly rushed down the gun deck and conveyed the order. A moment later, the warships of the Japanese Navy Division and the Yanwu opened fire almost at the same time, and at this time, the distance between the two sides was less than two hundred zhang, and in the roaring cannonballs, the shells whistled and crossed in the air, and in an instant, countless water columns exploded on the sea surface.

Although the training level of the Qing army and the power of the artillery were far superior to those of the Japanese state, this time they hit several Japanese warships that rushed to the front, but they themselves were also hit by more than ten bullets, and the ship caught fire. Taking advantage of the fact that several large ships in front of the Japanese Navy Division were hit and stalled, and the follow-up ships were avoiding, Qiao Hailong quickly ordered the bow of the ship to turn around and rushed out of the harbor with all his might.

Before the fleet had reached the Okuboyama Fort, dozens of fast ships had already caught up, and the bow guns kept firing at the Exercise, and the bullets rained down, and the Exercise used two tail guns to counterattack and pass through the rain of bullets, and was lucky not to be shot again; The Yanlong, which had escaped first, had already extinguished the fire on the ship, but the losses were extremely heavy - the second gun deck and twenty-five guns were all scrapped, nearly sixty officers and men were killed and wounded, the auxiliary mast was broken, the mainsail was damaged a lot, and the ship was very slow, just past the Okubo Pass, and still some distance from the exit of the harbor.

At this time, the situation was extremely grim for the two Qing ships that ventured forward, not to mention dragging the Japanese naval division into the ambush circle of their main force, and even it was a little difficult for them to escape. Qiao Hailong had no choice but to give an order to throw the things on the ship that were temporarily unusable into the sea, reduce the weight of the hull, and assign some sailors to extinguish the fire on the ship, while the rest of the gunners stuck to their posts and dealt a heavy blow when the Japanese sailors tried to outflank them.

The dozens of Japanese warships that chased the fastest were already close to a distance of about fifty zhang, and suddenly separated from the left and right, and tried to outflank the Yanwu from both sides, just at that time, the Yanwu suddenly lowered the main sail by half, and the speed of the ship decreased sharply, and dozens of outflanked Japanese ships immediately caught up, and also dropped their sails, and when they were about to have a broadside battle, the remaining forty-two guns on the Yanwu opened fire in turn, and instantly caught the Japanese fleet off guard, and damaged three large ships, and the rest of the Japanese ships were in a panic. The dodging of each other, the counterattack of counterattack, became a mess.

"Sail!" Seeing this opportunity, Qiao Hailong hurriedly shouted to speed up the sail and took the opportunity to rush out. Although the Japanese sailors were in chaos, not all the ships were in chaos, the two big ships chased up, dozens of flying claws were thrown out, and they boarded the side of the Yanwu, and dozens of Japanese soldiers used their hands and feet at the same time, and quickly climbed up to the Yanwu.

"Follow me and beat them down!" Qiao Hailong shouted, led dozens of soldiers to meet him, the two sides on the side of the ship, the deck launched a desperate fight, fierce and short, there was no way to retreat the Qing officers and soldiers tried their best, even death could not let the Japanese rush over, many soldiers who were stabbed simply hugged the opponent and fell into the sea, the sound of killing shook the sky, blood splashed. When the climbing Japanese soldiers were swept away, the Qing officers and soldiers also lost more than 30 people, Qiao Hailong was also stabbed in the left arm, the blood soaked through the official uniform, and there was no time to bandage it, and he kept issuing orders in his mouth, commanding the warships to rush out alive in the panicked Japanese ships, turn around the Okubo Pass, and rush out of the harbor. The Yanlong, which had escaped from the harbor first, had been waiting sideways for a long time, when a salvo was fired, and the cannonballs whistled and smashed into the Japanese naval division that was chasing after them, temporarily blocking the pursuit momentum of the Japanese ships.

Seeing that the fat meat at the mouth was about to fly, how did those Japanese fleets be willing to let go, relying on the ships to disperse, and pursuing them on the ocean, at this time the ocean was open, and there was plenty of room for maneuver, and the training results of the officers and men of the Qing Dynasty were reflected, and the two warships cooperated tacitly, always maintaining that one ship was firing, and did not let the Japanese ships have any possibility of approaching to fight the broadside battle, and the two ships covered each other and slowly drove towards the ambush circle.

At noon on November 2, the 42nd year of Kangxi, from the time of the attack on Mt. Okubo, the two Yanzi ships, which had been fighting fiercely for more than an hour, had run out of ammunition and food by this time. Without the threat of artillery, the Japanese fleet came up from all sides like sharks in blood, intending to capture the two Qing ships that had caused them heavy casualties. At this time, all the soldiers who could stand up on the two warships of the Dashimizu Division drew their swords and stood silently on the deck, ready to meet their last moments - surrounded on all sides, without artillery cover, the hull was damaged, and there was no hope of escape, and there was still some distance from the ambush circle, and no one was sure whether the reinforcements could arrive in time.

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