Super Emperor of the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 71: Desperate Impact

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The 28MM shells easily tore the thin iron skin and wooden boards inside the "An Lan" hull. A huge explosion occurred in the hull, and the flames spread quickly.

The "An Lan" was a wooden warship, but it was wrapped with a two-centimeter sheet of iron on the waterline, and there was no way to control the fire inside.

The fire spread rapidly, and the entire lower deck and upper deck began to burn. In just a few minutes, the ship completely turned into a sea of ​​flames, and there was no way to get out of it.

When the explosion sounded as the fire engulfed the ammunition depot, the people on the other ships could only pay a military salute here. Their fate was already doomed. All they needed to do was to delay time and use their own. Unyielding to fight for that little bit of hope.

Following the shelling by the Gallic Army, several more gunboats were shot, some were lightly wounded, and some were ignited into the sky.

Finally, after entering a range of more than 2,000 meters, the navy’s gunboats can fire. The six-inch guns at such a distance can already pose a threat to those light cruisers.

This was an extremely tragic impact. They gave up their lives and fought a completely unequal battle. Even the Gaul on the opposite side respected their courage.

The "Chengqing" commanded by Xu Changshun fired continuously, and it was difficult for him to guarantee the hit rate while advancing at full speed. After a few shots failed, he finally hit the "Xiangpalan" with one shot.

The violent bombing detonated five 180mm shells piled on one side at the same time, causing a series of explosions. The huge explosion almost capsized the entire battleship, and many sailors fell directly into the sea.

The air waves generated by the explosion pushed the shrapnel to splash around, and the 130mm thick deck was blown through. A lieutenant of the Gaul Navy and dozens of soldiers were killed.The explosion also caused a big fire. The firefighters in the cabin quickly rushed to the rear deck and put out the fire with the fire hydrant in their hands. Others also started to pack the ship. Suddenly, the "Shangpalan" almost lost most of its combat power and needed adjustments. Continue fighting.

Similarly, Lin Guoxiang, Commander-in-Chief of the Dongguang Navy, was commanding the "Guangzhen" gunboat to fight bravely. Seeing that the gunner had missed several times, he personally operated the gun. One shot hit the turret of the Shengli main battery.

Even though the turret of the Victory main gun has a 147mm thick armor that is protected by the turret armor, because it is a howitzer, the angle of the shell is very tricky.Although he couldn't open the armor, the explosion produced a huge force and air wave.A main gunner was directly killed by the shock.And the angle adjustment device of the main gun failed, and the gunner immediately ordered the mechanic to repair it.

But this is destined to be an unfair artillery battle.Even if the huge gap in the caliber of the main gun is not counted, the Qing navy is still at an absolute disadvantage.Each battleship of the Gaul Fleet was equipped with a large number of Haqikais guns, and the firepower was quite dense. After entering the range of these secondary guns, the water column and explosion in the Qing fleet's queue increased several times.Eighth Book Bank www.8shuku.com

Although these guns are of small caliber, unlike the main guns of various ships, the first shot is the end of ship destruction, but their damage to personnel is huge.

Hundreds of artillery cannonballs are constantly being puffed up, and one explodes in the queue of the Qing fleet almost every second. The waves that are stirred up are like storms.And because the hulls of these warships of the Qing army are made of wood, but the outer shell is covered with iron, so as long as the shells cut the iron, it can cause a fire.

As the two sides gradually approached, the Qing navy's disadvantages became more obvious. Originally, only the main gun could attack them. Now they have entered the range of the Gaul secondary artillery. The Gaul warship is equipped with a large number of rapid-fire guns.

Hundreds of rapid-fire guns began to exert their immense power. In the position where the terrifying ammunition Su Liangqin unloaded the Qing fleet, the power of these rapid-fire guns was not as powerful as those of the main guns. Ships, and they may only cause minor injuries.

But their damage to the hull and personnel is huge. Under the cannon rain, every two minutes, a battleship of the Qing Dynasty may ignite or sink directly.

One after another warships were emitting black smoke, but they still did not shake their determination to charge. All the active Qing ships were advancing, even though their bodies had begun to smoke, even if their sides were broken, As long as the ship can move, the gun is still there, and there are people, they haven't given up.

"Beat me the small one! Don't fight the big one!"

Suddenly Xu Changshun discovered that due to the habit that they were the first to attack the launch ships of Baya and Shengli, when they approached the Gaul army, most of the firepower of the Qing Dynasty still targeted these two warships.

He immediately ordered the transfer of the target. The defensive power of these iron-clad ships was terrifying, especially the Baya, which was carried by a 150mm fright, but it left a shallow crater, even the vibration was not obvious.Since the artillery shells can't even cause minor injuries, it's better to kill some of the Gallic gunboats or light cruisers.

Suddenly, many Qing ships awakened from a dream, and they moved their targets one after another.Now calm down and think about discovering my own food.

"Fire me! Fire!" As the ship's gunners kept their guns off, a lot of Gallic ships sank, and the gunners saw this, their morale was even higher!

Then the small gunboats in Gaul were unlucky. They became the first target of the Qing Dynasty. Often, three gunboats were seriously injured and sank after one round of gunfire. Other gunboats were also hit and fired. For a while, these gunboats seemed to see When a plague god generally began to retreat and avoid.

Lavers is an excellent gunboat pilot and captain. He will soon be transferred to a cruiser as the captain. This is his last battle on a gunboat. He can command while driving. Of course now he Not in the driving post, but his few mentions made his gunboat avoid several dangers perfectly.

It's just that he could no longer be promoted. The moment the shrapnel passed through his head, he couldn't figure out why the Qing gunner on a gunboat that was about to sink did not escape, but chose to continue firing...