Super Emperor of the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 69: Sudden Change

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The huge, slowly passing coastal mountains on the east coast of Kaohsiung Port broke the tranquility of the night.

If the two battleships of Zhenhai and Weiyuan of Liu Buchan and Lin Yongsheng are here, then Ding Ruchang doesn't need to worry at all. There are three giants, and the Gaul waters and the Indian fleet can only shrink, or wait for the domestic discharge of more powerful battleships.

And now he has to make dangerous moves to get a greater winning percentage.

As we approached the Bashi Channel, everyone became nervous. After a good night’s sleep, no one took any rest. They all started to work overtime or relax around their jobs, and be prepared to deal with the possible arrival of the Eastern Capital at any time. Squadron.

The fleet began to cruise, and the passage suitable for navigating from Yingzhou to Luzon was no more than 100 kilometers long, and the arrival of the Gallic army would be completely discovered.

From 5:18 to 10:30, the sky is full of stars and the moon, the red clouds are all over the east, and then the sun is about to hang overhead.Outside of occasional boats passing by, no trace of the Gaul warship was found.

This made the originally determined Qing navy a little anxious.

At 10:52, an observer came to report that a fleet was approaching from the northeast. Ding Ruchang took out his binoculars and began to observe. Several faint clouds of black smoke rose in the northeast. At this time, the two fleets were almost ten kilometers apart.Due to the influence of the curvature of the earth, only the faint black smoke can be seen, and the shadow of the ship is not visible at all.

You must know that the earth is round, and you can't see each other at such a distance on the sea.Of course, I don't know the identity of the ship.

"Admiral! Assemble the fleet?"

Someone can't wait to start asking.

"hold on,"

Ding Ruchang pressed the excitement in his heart. Although he was also very nervous at this time, he received too little information. In case, after gathering, he found that only a few of them were uploaded and the Eastern Capital Squadron of the Gaul Navy appeared in the distance again. Yes and can be escaped by them.

They watched the direction of the movement of the smoke closely. The black smoke became thicker and clearer, but only a minute later.More black smoke enters their field of vision, and the huge plume and quantity can almost be concluded that this will not be a fleet of merchant ships.

Most likely it was the Eastern Capital Squadron that had been waiting for a long time.

"Send the alert! Gather! Follow the plan!"

At this time, Ding Ruchang did not hesitate anymore and immediately issued the order.

The piercing battle sirens on the Dingyuan ship sounded, across the blue sky, and spread rapidly across the sea.

After a while, all the ships sounded their sirens, indicating that they had received the information and began to gather slowly.

The navy began to change formations at this time, the old ship fleet began to anchor, and how did the new ships begin to move on both sides.

The old ships sailed side by side directly in front of the Dongdu Squadron, and they could cross at the fastest speed. The new fleet was separated on two sides to make a square shape, but heading towards Gaul. The military side spoke.

At first glance, the old ship seems to be the main force, but you have to know that when the Gallic army came, the frontal firepower of the ship is generally weak, and the main guns are on both sides. If they choose to directly cross the old ship If the ship is fired from side to side, the new ships on both sides are just on the top of the T, which is the best shooting position, enough to make them useless before the old fleet suffers a big loss.Weishu Bar www.weishu8.com

In this way, the navy of the Qing Empire formed a pocket to meet the incoming fleet.

At a distance of 12,000 meters, I finally saw the flag on the opponent's flagpole. It was undoubtedly the East Capital Squadron of Gaul.As the distance approached, those ships became clear. The flagship iron-clad ship of the Eastern Capital Squadron "Atarante" was at the forefront. "Four cruisers and the three gunboats "Neve", "Baswar" and "Gania" followed closely.

At this time, both sides have confirmed the identity of the other side, and naval battle is inevitable.

"What's the matter with Faziran?'

Ding Ruchang suddenly felt a little uneasy. Although Dingyuan's cannon can shoot at a distance of more than 10,000 meters, the hit rate is like a cannon hitting mosquitoes, so he didn't order the cannon to fire.

Due to the relatively heavy black smoke during the voyage, the Gallic fleet will find that the fleet will be later than here. In fact, they know that they choose to escape at this time, and perhaps they can escape one or two warships, but they did not choose to leave, but Slowly slow down.

The two sides are slowly approaching, and the war is about to start.

suddenly.

"Behind! Your lord! Look behind! There is a fleet!"

The lookout shouted anxiously at Ding Ruchang who was standing on the deck.

"Hey!"

Ding Ruchang was inexplicably cold in his heart, and quickly turned around, a huge fleet was rapidly surpassing them.The distance is only a few kilometers away from the East Capital Squadron.

"Damn Gauls! They expected us to intercept here! Want to start a decisive battle!"

Ding Ruchang instantly understood Gao Lujun's thoughts.

At this time, all the Qing navy had discovered the fleet behind, and the ships fell silent one after another. The strength of the Gaul Army was now faintly stronger than the navy of the Empire.

The interception battle turned into a decisive battle, and he was the weaker side, it seemed difficult to fight.

Suddenly.

The flagship of the old ship, Chengqing, played the banner: "Turn around to fight."

First, he turned around and turned the 1,268-ton wooden hull and headed in the opposite direction.

Obviously, he wanted to rely on the old ship to drag the main force of the Gaul army behind and buy time to let the new ship quickly destroy the Eastern Capital Squadron.

This is the result of mutual discussions between the two generals, and now this is the only way.

The ships seemed to be taken aback, and then "Wannianqing" silently followed "Chengqing" and began to turn, then "Haitongqing", and then... one after another old ships began to turn around. They knew that once they turned around, they were here. Fate in World War I, but still resolutely did so.

At this time, all the crew on the new ship stood upright, with tears in their eyes, and solemnly bowed a military salute, watching their comrades go away. They respected these compatriots who chose to sacrifice...