Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 42 The Battle of the East China Sea (Part 2)

Mingyue of the Song Dynasty http://www./0_1/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

When the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau was manufacturing, it paid great attention to the protection of the port. It set up densely packed turrets outside the range of the warship. If it forced itself into the depths of the military port to attack the Shipbuilding Bureau, it would face the danger of being collectively bombed by the turret. However, it would take too much time to destroy the turret one by one.

Originally, the French army had plenty of time, but the main battleship "Elegant" issued a flag at this time and ordered all ships to move closer to "Elegant". It seemed that something happened behind!

However, in the narrow military port, eleven huge warships turned around and appeared in some confusion. The backward turrets of the Qing army were originally the advantage that the French fleet wanted to take, but they rushed in. Now, when they received the order, no one wanted to fall behind and be bombed by the turret when they retreated. So some chaos occurred, but fortunately the chaos was quickly controlled under the command of "Triumph". However, the "Wild Cat" torpedo ship that landed at the end was hit by the turret one after another. A fire ignited and dying.

However, the seriously injured gunboat "Yitao" who was resting in the rear at this time became the front of the battlefield.

"Yang Wei", "Super Bold", "Unbeat", "Chang Win", "Nanfeng" is very fast, and it has arrived next to "Yi Tao" in a blink of an eye. "Yi Tao", who just escaped, is not so lucky now. "Nanfeng"'s 210mm main cannon has already aimed at "Yi Tao". After a loud bang, "Yi Tao" slowly sank.

The five main forces of the Nanyang Navy collectively targeted the main battleship of the French fleet, "Elegant", and the naval commander Toure was on this "Elegant". Facing such a powerful fleet of the Qing army, Toure was also in a cold sweat.

"Hurry, fire the Qing army," Toure ordered.

Deng Shichang saw dozens of warships and two transport ships in the military port that had sunk and semi-sinking, and the floating corpses of the Qing army that could be seen everywhere, his eyes turned red, and he snatched the cannons from the soldiers and headed towards the "Elegant".

"Choyong" and "Yang Wei" also started to fire volleys at this time.

A shell accurately hit the "Elegant" and exploded not far from Toure. Toure was pushed out by the shock wave generated by the explosion. Under the strong protection of many French soldiers, he slowly stood up and saw two German cruisers, "Nanji" and "Nanxiang", as well as dozens of British small gunboats such as "Zhendong", "Zhenxi", "Zhennan", "Zhenbei", "Zhenzhong", and "Zhenbian" slowly sailing towards him. For the first time, fear appeared in his heart.

The French ships who came out of the military port to rescue all faced their own matches, the 4,800-ton "unbeaten" matched the 4,600-ton "triumphant". The "Nanji" and "Nanxiang" jointly dealt with the 3,500-ton "Juyin" can be said to be a match between chess and a difficult fight.

Poor, the "Poison Fish" gunboat, which is only 480 tons, and the "Virgence" who had long emitted the torpedo, the "Glasses" torpedo slammed the "Changsheng" of the same level as the "Triumph". The scene of "Triumph" just now re-stage on "Changsheng". Basically, one shot hit a small French gunboat. The 240mm main gun fired a fatal cannon one after another.

Chaos Rebirth Lord of the Other World http://www.77nt/23488/. Deng Shichang's eyes were red and he rushed to the French small gunboats one by one.

"Elegant" and "Nan Xi" who came to escort wanted to escape at this time, but there was nothing there at all under the siege of "Super Yong", "Yang Wei" and dozens of small gunboats, and they were still struggling to support them.

At this time, the naval battle had lasted for eight hours. After "Triumph" and "Juin" joined the battle, they hung up the white flag and officially surrendered to the Qing Dynasty's Nanyang Navy.

The "Elegant" is worthy of being the first French ship. At this time, it exerted its strong strength and ability to resist strikes. Its 320mm main gun had sunk five small gunboats of the Qing army, injured "Shaoyong". "Nanfeng" had also withdrawn from the battle with black smoke, but it still blocked the exit behind and escaped without letting "Elegant" escape.

Finally, the battle in the port ended. "Unbeat" and "Changsheng" two ironclad ships also surrounded "Geo" in a direction, followed by "Nanji" and "Nanxiang".

Then when it was about to surround "Elegance", the "Nancy" suddenly increased its power and rushed towards "Changsheng". "Changsheng", which was originally moving forward at full speed, had to slow down and bang at "Nancy".

It was this pause that "elegance" had already relied on its excellent ability to resist the attack and sank the "south wind" and drove eastward!

How could the Nanyang Navy's small cannon boats stop such a huge creature as "Elegant"? I could only watch "Elegant" leave the battle and evacuate eastward.

"Yang Wei" and "Super Yong" both have super fast speed of 16 quarters, but "Super Yong" has been hit by several bullets. They are powerless to chase after them, and Yang Wei's 2,000-ton cruiser will not have any effect.

Maybe Toure was scared of being beaten. He drove at full speed of 15 knots and used the stern gun to create thick smoke. After the smoke dissipated, he "unbeaten" and "Changsheng" came out, he realized that "Elegance" had left a long way and could not catch up.

Seeing "Elegance" disappearing on the sea level, the soldiers of the Nanyang Navy were not even happy to be happy. Thirteen warships hit each other and made the other party leave calmly. Six were sunk and one was injured. Although there were reasons for the French "Elegance" itself to be powerful, their lack of practical experience exposed also made them think deeply.

The battle in the port was "long victory" and "unbeaten" the powerful firepower of the two former Turkish ironclad ships ordered by the ironclad ships and the German-ordered "Nanji" and "Nanxiang" won quite easily. Not only did they capture the opponent's "Triumph", but in addition to "Jin", they also sank nine small gunboats and torpedo ships, including the "Nanxi".

In this battle, the Nanyang Navy suffered heavy losses, losing 17 gunboats, including the "Nanfeng" produced in the Mawei Military Port in China and five small gunboats ordered by the British. Now the navy is only "unbeaten", "Changsheng", "Chiayong", "Yang Wei", "Nanji", "Nanxiang" and four small gunboats. There are only ten ships in total. Among them, the seriously injured "Chiayong", which cannot be used on the battlefield without a few months of overhaul.

However, this prisoner of war captured two iron armored ships, but they were also seriously injured. They could not enter the battle immediately!

However, despite the heavy price, the French fleet was destroyed except for the escaped "Elegant" and completely solved the problem that the French army had vitality in the Far East. If there was no further increase in troops, the sea control power on China's coastal coast would be firmly under the Qing Dynasty.

The capturing of the "Triumph" and "Juin" made Tang Hong, technical director of the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau, overjoyed. Because the British ironclad ship he had purchased before was "unbeaten", after purchasing, the British were directly responsible for training soldiers as warships, and immediately carried out the escort mission. After returning, they were in Qingdao and Tianjin, they were responsible for the alert. They had not yet come up to analyze and observe in detail.

The two ships captured this time need to be overhauled, and he happened to take this opportunity to take a good look at the French warship composition. In order to make technical reserves for self-made ironclad ships, Tang Hong and other technicians from the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau boarded the French ships to shoot the warships, draw relevant drawings, and record relevant important parameters. He forced the "unbeaten" and "Changsheng" to detain the military port. He used the excuse to inspect and analyze the two British ironclad ships and record relevant data. He thought that the four German ironclad ships were about to return to China, "Dingyuan", "Zhenyuan", "Jiyuan", "Weiyuan", and German ironclad ships were also available. Tang Hong believed that the Qing Dynasty would definitely build his own ironclad ships by then. He was happy.

Guan Xuqing looked at the telegram for half an hour, and Wang Shang was a little stunned. Didn’t the telegram say “great victory”? Why is the emperor still like this?

Guan Xuqing looked at the content of the telegram and thought that his plan was too risky. If he was one step late, the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau might have been completely finished. Those turrets would definitely not be able to stop the French iron-clad ships. Looking at the list of soldiers who died, Guan Xuqing could imagine the fierce battle at that time, seventeen gunboats were sunk, and 1,021 soldiers died in the country. Four officers with more than stewards. These are the precious talents of the Qing Navy!

They all spent a lot of money to train naval talents from the British! But in order to completely defeat the French and to ensure the sea power, these newly trained elites were sent to heaven.

This fierce war made the world know China. This time Guan Xuqing deceived everyone! Including his ministers, all officials also made them re-recognize the emperor!
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next