Section 70 Naval Battle (2)

After a smooth and smooth winch turned, the bomb lifter began to send the large shells and cannons into the bullet cabin in sequence, closed the bullet, pressed the button of electric ignition, and the soldiers in the turret opened their mouths slightly to prevent the huge roar from shaking the eardrums. With a loud "boom", the shells flew in the air.

The enemy and our ships were four thousand meters apart, which was already the longest range of the Fuman and Wannian Qing. The two Chinese gunboats were unambiguous, loading shells and launching fierce attacks on the other side.

A moment later, the Aspi caught up from behind, and was still far away. He fired a cannon first and supported a friendly ship. The first shot hit the port side of Fuman, and there was a loud bang. The three double-equipped rapid-fire cannons placed on the port side were immediately silenced. The Qing army gunners were killed and injured. A large hole with a diameter of four feet was exploded up and down the port side water line, and the surging sea water instantly poured in. The soldiers were panicked.

"After rescuing the person, immediately close the water-tight upper pipes on both sides of the side, Jian Biannan made a loud order, and at the same time, "Cheer the flag and notify Wannian Qing, turn the radius, go around the enemy's left wing, and attack the enemy ship."

Large-radius steering is usually called steering maneuvering with an outer angle. In this steering, the muzzle of the main ship will point to the same side. By increasing the steering radius, it will go around to the other side of the enemy fleet, and keep fire suppression and give the enemy a heavy blow. The advantage of this is that it can maintain the continuity of firepower, which is a key means to strike the enemy and prevent the enemy from fighting back.

As the order was issued, the ship speed of the Fuman was raised to the highest eleven links, slowly departed from the T-head route, and attacked the enemy ships on the opposite side with the fierce artillery fired by the starboard gun and the front and rear main guns at the same time. Following the Wannian Qing, not far behind it, the direction of operation was completely opposite, and attacked the Aspi.

The Fuman and Wannian Qing were both launched in the 12th year of Xianfeng. They were the first round of gunboats built by the Qing Dynasty themselves. The displacement was only more than 2,300 tons, but the advantage was that the boat was small and flexible and the steering was fast. The disadvantage was that the horsepower was not strong enough and the maximum speed was only ten knots. A bigger problem in the battle was that there was no mechanical bomb lifting machine on the ship, which greatly reduced the rate of fire. Compared with French warships, there was only one 31 on the opponent.

But the speed was slower, and the Qing army did not gain anything. The Wannian Qing made a contribution first. A shell was hitting the horizontal deck between the No. 2 chimney and the turret of the enemy ship. Although it was not fatal, the consequences were huge. The shells carried violent kinetic energy and successfully tore off the horizontal armor without any suspense. The route of travel was shifted upward, and the result was that it exploded above the No. 4 boiler cabin. The impact bo directly damaged the ventilation duct of the No. 2 chimney and destroyed the hull structure.

As a result, the turret's rotation mechanism was stuck, causing the turret to be rotated 65 degrees to the left, unable to reach the best shooting range. In addition, several pipes in the No. 4 boiler cabin were cut off by shrapnel, causing the two boilers to temporarily strike. The Aspi was like an old man suffering from asthma, and the ship speed slowed down at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Not to mention that the shells lit the boat placed on the left side of the No. 2 chimney. The boat was equipped with a lot of life jackets, and these life jackets were all flammable items. In an instant, a fire broke out on the deck of the Aspi. The Qing army could not see where the fire was on, but the power of the shot was shocking. Under the sunset at dusk, large clouds of smoke evaporated, but it was directly reflected in its eyes, and cheers suddenly echoed and resounded throughout the sea.

The French navy soldiers were also not vague. While sending people to repair the damage, they organized counterattacks. The sound of artillery fire broke out, and the two sides fought lively.

On the Zhenyuan ship on the rear quickly, "Reporting the administrator, two enemy ships attacked 8,000 meters ahead."

"Do you know that it was those two?"

"I don't know yet."

"Go to look after it again, and notify Lei Xun who came to support the battle and yell the Bo."

The soldier ran away quickly, and Yang Tinghui turned around and looked at the boat's speed, which was still fast, and prayed in his heart: Lao Jian, be careful.

At this time, on the Fuman, the preliminary damage result had been reported to the pipe belt Jian Bingnan. The No. 3 engine room was destroyed by the French artillery fire and almost completely lost its effect. At the same time, the No. 1 boiler room was also injured. Although it would not cause fatal damage, it still had a certain impact on the operation of the hull itself.

More importantly, the No. 1 boiler cabin provides the supply of compressed air from the starboard torpedo tube. The injury here means that the three-door torpedo tube installed on the starboard side has lost its function. However, this does not matter. The torpedo can only be used at a very close distance, and without it, it will not have a big impact.

"Don't worry about him. Without torpedoes, I don't believe in the warships that cannot be sunk in the French. I order all ships to fight at the highest speed and attack with all my strength."

The Fuman was the main gun before and after, and the starboard gun aimed at the Yi Shibi in front and bombed it. Strangely, there was no hit, only some near-lost bombs, and towering water columns were blown up on the sea.

"**Mom" Jian Bingnan cursed without regard for his demeanor, "You are all idiots, but they can't hit the shot even if they shoot? Tell the gunner, aim and then fire. If anyone can hit the enemy ship, I will ask for credit for him personally."

The rolling black smoke emerged from the chimney. The Fuman had mentioned the eight knots of the highest ship speed in the damaged state. Every time a shell was fired, the hull would tremble slightly while moving. With the rumbling sound, the Wolda and Renault Castle followed behind came to the horse, especially the former, which was the most ferocious. The huge 160-mm caliber shell flew out of the cannon bore was hitting the turret of the main gun in front of the Fuman.

Under the gaze of all the Qing troops far and near, a huge ball of fire rose on the front deck of Fuman for a moment, and the extreme explosion sounded violently from the air. The front deck of Fuman was in chaos, and the 75-mm caliber front main gun barrels were bent. Fortunately, there was no armor-piercing bomb in such an era. Otherwise, it would probably cause a death explosion hidden under the armor deck. If it reached that point, there would be no way to save the fate of the Fuman sinking.

Even so, the trauma of Fuman was enough to make it lose its combat effectiveness. After hitting such a shot, the bow of the ship was lifted up by a large deck. The steel plates and wooden strips suddenly appeared miserably towards the sky. In the huge and black holes, the wailing sounds of soldiers were faintly heard.

How could the Werda escape such an opportunity to hit the dog in the water? It was about to continue firing a cannon when a sharp roar broke through the air and landed on the sea, exploding a surging water column - it was the iron-clad ship of the Qingyuan class that fired the cannon.

Both of them are ironclad ships. Wolda was built earlier than all the Yuan-class ironclad ships. Whether it is speed, horsepower, firepower, etc., they are slightly inferior. The fifteen 175mm caliber cannons loaded on the ship are comparable to the flagship of the Expeditionary Force this time. However, the captain on the Wolda was not afraid - his name was Destin, and his military rank was major. He served as the second mate on the Lahn and participated in the nine-year battle against China in Xianfeng. Although the final result has long been well known, Destin was a hundred unconvinced Chinese who were just trying to win people by tricks. Is there anything great about it?

By the time China began to develop its own navy after twelve years of Xianfeng, Taylor had already served as the captain of the Wolda. He always thought that no matter how powerful the artillery was, it would be up to people. He did not believe that his army for many years was not as good as the Chinese's training for less than ten years? "Start up and meet up."

The Werda and Zhenyuan accelerated at the same time, approaching each other's way of coming quickly. When passing the seriously damaged Fuman, seeing his brother extinguished the fire on the bloody gunboat, Yang Tinghui didn't even blink his eyelids, "The guide, the parameters have been reported, the azimuth angle is 165 degrees, 37 minutes and 20 seconds, the distance is 6700, the high and low angle is 28 degrees, 17 minutes and 22 seconds."

"The left front gun aims at the enemy ship, the right front gun aims at the coming enemy ship, the port gun, the rear main gun, the full equipment yào, fire--"

The eighteen main guns on the Zhenyuan were roaring, and the muzzle shone with a huge fire ball of several meters in diameter. After flashing for less than a second, the fireball was replaced by a larger white smoke ball. The white smoke ball quickly dissipated with the sea breeze, and for a moment, the entire huge hull of Zhenyuan was shrouded in the thin smoke.

The power of the full volley of the warship's main gun was shocking. The huge air pressure of the muzzle pressed a wide shallow pit on the seaside of the ship. The huge hull of more than 17,000 tons was pushed to the rear by the huge recoil for about half a meter. Everyone who witnessed this moment couldn't help but feel deeply awe of this terrible artificial destructive power. After a round of volleys, the bomber sent the shells and cannons into the bullet cabin as fast as possible, waiting for the second round of launch after the shelling of the various elements.

Three seconds later, huge smoke also rose on the deck of the Yispi ship on the sea, and on the sea of ​​Beibu Gulf at dusk, it burned like a huge torch.

"Good fight" Shen Baozhen, who was in the rear, slapped the long table in the war room with force and shouted loudly, "Master, it's better to..."

Shen Baozhen's blood was gushing, as if he had not heard Ding Richang's words, and shouted decisively, "I'll order all ships to catch up. Before the 23rd day, I must sink all the enemy ships I saw in front of me to avenge the soldiers who died in Fuman."

"Yes" Ding Richang knew that he couldn't speak, so he turned around and conveyed the order.

The Fuman had completely lost its power. He swung like a dead duck on the sea, làng in the wind. Even so, he did not stop firing shells. The front main gun had already destroyed all the enemy's artillery. Fortunately, the distance between the enemy and us was closer, and the rapid-fire cannon installed on the starboard side began to show its power. The 65mm caliber rapid-fire cannon installed on the rear deck on the ship was also fired, pouring shells to the Yispi, who was also unable to move, at a speed of thirty-five rounds per minute. @ws
Chapter completed!