Super Emperor of the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 72: Naval Battle

You can search for the latest chapters in Baidu for "Super Emperors Search Novels of the Late Qing Dynasty (www.soxscc.com)"!The Gaul gunboats began to retreat across the board. These Qing's ships were simply unreasonable and completely unwilling to play. They were unwilling to change lives with each other.

And Lisbee also began to adjust the formation of his fleet. This is because the gunboats of the Qing Dynasty are almost only one kilometer away from their warships. At this distance, except for Baya and Dowell, the six-inch guns are against other warships. Both may cause fatal damage, and if you get closer, both warships may have problems.

He didn't want his cruiser to be sunk by the old gunboat, it was definitely a funny joke.

The Gallic warships began to change their formations. Although each of their speeds was faster than the Qing’s fastest gunboat, the Qing was still pursuing them. The Gallic army chased after the Qing, and the Gallic army turned and turned around in a straight line. , Anyway, just one action, bite behind the Gaul fleet in the shortest distance.

With the high-speed movement of both sides, most of the Gallic cannons were not at the optimal firing angle, and the high-speed movement caused the hit rate to drop.

Not only increased the chances of survival for the Qing Qing gunboats, but also delayed precious time.

Later, the Gallic army simply stopped winding, and straightened the string to the west, and then calmly adjusted the formation.In this way, Daqing had no chance, and could only watch them appear in front of him again at the best shooting angle and distance.

It's just that a long time has passed since this time, so-called half an hour, fifteen minutes to defeat these old ships, now it seems to be a joke.

Then I repeated the method just now. After an hour, the only active warships in the Qing Dynasty were the "Chengqing" and "Yuanfeng" warships. The others either completely lost their power or were buried in the sea. .However, they also overturned most of the Gallic gunboats.

"Damn bastard! It dragged me for more than two hours!"

"But it's over soon!"

Lisby hit the podium in front of the commanding tower with a fierce punch. He was very good at this group of humiliating guys, but what made him a little relieved was that after a few more rounds of volleys, all these columns were faxed. It became fragmented.

"Commander! Look! Their main force is here!"

At this time, the observer's horrified voice came, awakening Lisbee from his anger.

"How is it possible? They can destroy a 4,600-ton cruiser, two 3,500-ton, and five two-thousand-ton warships in more than two hours?"

Lisby couldn't believe it at all, but of course he couldn't help but breathe in air when he walked out of the conning tower and raised the telescope.

A fleet with the flag of the five-clawed golden dragon (the national flag has been replaced) is approaching this battlefield at full speed.The cruiser ahead is not surprisingly seven kilometers away from here, and will soon be in range.

The Gaul fleet was in a panic, and their formation was extremely unfavorable at this time. If they were to fight in this way, the result could be imagined.

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The main force of this battle is of course Dingyuan and several warships over 4,000 tons. Other cruisers are responsible for delays and delays. The Dongdu Squadron will not last long with a large number of 240mm artillery fire, especially Dingyuan 305mm artillery.

It is impossible to escape with the delay of the cruiser.

At this time, the gunboats that saw the reinforcements were firmly guarding the back path of the Gaul Navy, and they had to sink them in order to pass by them, or to eat the six-inch guns at close range.

The best escape route has been cut off. It takes time to accelerate to full speed from the 6 knots in naval battle, and the detour will only be entangled by the light cruisers. Duwell and Baya can naturally run away, the others Just dream.

"Using "Dwell" and "Baya" as the two ends, each turn 90 degrees to meet the enemy with two T characters!"

Lisbe gritted his teeth and decided to start the war. He compared the strengths of the two sides. Although the Qing Dynasty had Dingyuan and four warships of more than 4,000 tons, they also had 5,700 tons of Dowell and 6,000 tons of Baya.At the same time, there are two 4,000-ton iron armored ships. The number of light cruisers is three more than that of the Qing Dynasty, and the fight may not necessarily lose.

It's just that his thoughts were good, but due to the tight time, the execution became more and more panic. After all, the entire fleet was about to enter the enemy's range, and his formation was in the most unfavorable position.

In this hasty change, the Gaul fleet itself made a mistake.Because at this time the Gaul fleet parallel to the navy is a straight line composed of two columns, if you want to disperse again to the two wings of the Qing fleet and occupy a horizontal line of the T, you must go around two huge semicircles. .

On the other hand, the Gaul ships in the periphery need to be able to keep up with the pace at a higher speed, otherwise they will be left far behind.

The rush of time caused the ship in front to change rapidly, and the old iron-clad ships at the back could only maintain a maximum speed of 13 knots and were thrown away.

The new ship of the Qing Dynasty came at a speed of ten knots, one in a straight line and the other in a circle.It's hard not to catch up.

Soon those old iron armored ships entered the best range.

"Guangyuan", "Guangwu", "Triumph", "Caesar".The four warships watched them.The largest of these four old ships is the 1750-ton "Reconnaissance" and the other "Renault", "Ah Milin" Haya", which is only a thousand years old.

At this time, a white smoke spewed out from the side of the "Guangyuan", and then a huge explosion came from the bow of the "Ah Milin".This scene was originally experienced by the old boats of the Qing Dynasty, but now it appears to them.

A 240mm-caliber armor-piercing projectile hit it, and the violent explosion spread to the machine room. The face became all broken copper and iron, and more importantly, the explosion produced by his boiler.

He completely lost his motivation.One can imagine the result of a warship burning with fire and losing power. The French Navy jumped off the ship and wanted to swim far away, so as not to be sucked into the seabed by the huge vortex caused by the sinking ship.

A shell fired by the "Caesar" iron-clad ship on the right penetrated the front of the "Haya" hull, tearing off the thin armor and causing a fire in the inner compartment, and the flood of sea water made him slow down. Speed.

The Gao Lu army can no longer take care of these, but is still occupying the most powerful position. Once successful, they can give play to their firepower advantage, which is likely to turn things around... ..