1890 King of Southeast Asia

This is not the era of popularization of Mandarin. Mandarin alone is divided into eight types: Northeast Mandarin, Jiaoliao Mandarin, Beijing Mandarin, Jilu Mandarin, Central Plains Mandarin, Jianghuai Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, and Southwest Mandarin.

This does not include the adaptation of Mandarin in various places due to customs and culture.

Sun Zairen assigned two or three students to each Nanhua person, one of the purposes of which was to let them act as translators.

These people may not be able to speak, but they can understand Mandarin, and if they really can't, they can write it down - the meaning of writing the same language is here!

Unlike a certain big country... no one says it's Ah San!

In short, everything is going according to the plan of the revolutionary army.

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Due to the existence of Nanhua, the situation in the Qing Empire has eased a lot, the external losses are not so bad, and the internal contradictions have also been reduced a lot because of the drainage of Nanhua.

Therefore, although this revolution did not form a chain reaction, it did not destroy the rule of the Qing Empire at one time.

After all, the Qing Empire has not yet issued a royal cabinet, the rubber crash does not exist, and the railway protection has not started. There is no uproar that has caused the Qing Empire's ruling foundation to be divided.

In addition to fighting against the Qing Empire's anti-rebellion army, the revolutionary army also had to deal with the local diehards, and they could not just use force.

Most importantly, civilians could not understand what revolution meant.

Therefore, the progress of the revolution was not fast. At present, the revolution was suppressed in places where there was no direct intervention by the revolutionary army.

June 24, Wuxue.

"Captain, the headquarters sent a message that the enemy has passed Hukou and is expected to stay overnight in Jiujiang tonight." The correspondent reported.

"All troops, check your equipment and set off early tomorrow morning! We have been in this broken place for ten days, and everyone is rusty!" Sun Wu shouted loudly.

"Early tomorrow morning, the Yangtze River Fleet will take the lead in attacking, and the torpedo boats will follow the transport ships. Let the captains of the gunboats come to a meeting and arrange the tasks!" Sun Wu tidied his clothes.

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On June 25, twelve gunboats of the Revolutionary Army's Yangtze River Fleet took the lead and went down the Yangtze River, hesitating whether to go downstream, and the speed once reached twelve knots.

Also at dawn on the 25th, two destroyers and six gunboats of the Qing Empire Yangtze River Fleet sailed upstream from Jiujiang at a speed of six knots.

The destroyers Jian'an and Jianwei were first-class destroyers produced by the Qing Empire Shipbuilding Bureau. They were built earlier and had been launched before the cooperation with Nanhua.

The displacement was 850 tons, which was considered large among destroyers at the time. It was equipped with a 100mm main gun, three 65mm secondary guns, and six 37mm rapid-fire guns.

Eight imported coal-fired boilers, the Shipbuilding Bureau produced a vertical three-cylinder steam main engine with a maximum horsepower of 6500 and a speed of 23 knots.

Four Jiangyuan-class gunboats, with a displacement of 550 tons, 950 horsepower, a maximum speed of 13 knots, and a standard speed of 10 knots.

Equipped with one Armstrong 120mm rapid-fire gun, one Armstrong 75mm rapid-fire gun, four Hotchkiss 47mm machine guns, and four Maxim heavy machine guns.

Two shallow-water heavy gunboats, one equipped with a 343mm heavy gun and the other equipped with a 283mm heavy gun, both equipped with two 12-pound secondary guns, but they are all front-loading guns, and the speed is only 9.5 knots.

However, the shallow-water heavy gunboat has 1.5 cm armor. Although it is wrought iron armor, it is better than the other six destroyers or gunboats in terms of defense.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the fleets of both sides met on the river near Zhangjiadun, and the two sides were only three kilometers apart.

"Report, the enemy is found, the distance is three thousand meters, the number of ships is more than twenty, and six warships are found." The observer reported to Sun Wu.

The Jiangnan New Army and the Qing Empire Yangtze River Navy Fleet acted together, with a large number of ships, especially the dozens of guns of the gun mark and the thousands of horses of the horse mark.

"Order, minus the entire fleet, the Six Chu Fleet will move forward as planned!" Sun Wu raised the telescope.

The vision on the Yangtze River is far less wide than on the sea, otherwise the smoke and clouds of more than twenty ships advancing can be clearly seen even ten kilometers away.

Moreover, the Qing Empire had just passed Jiangxinzhou, which blocked the view just now.

There was no way to avoid the artillery battle on the Yangtze River. The performance of the six Chu-class gunboats was outdated, so Sun Wu planned to use them as shields to attract firepower.

These six ships were not small in size, but their firepower was average. The 120 guns were not as powerful as the 152 guns. They would not be very useful in attacking Jinling, and sinking would not affect anything.

At this time, the six Chu fleets were advancing as planned. The remaining six gunboats had reduced their speed and hid behind. The main guns moved slowly, looking for targets.

"Order all ships to concentrate their firepower. Target, enemy destroyers, sink one first!" Sun Wu wanted to grab a good start.

The navy is an extremely progressive and extremely conservative branch of the military. They may happily accept new things, but they may also not let you get on board because your surname is Chen.

The same is true in combat. A good start has different meanings for everyone, and the morale bonus is extremely high.

Boom!

The first to fire was not the six new gunboats, but the Chutong gunboat. Her 120mm rapid-fire guns began to fire wildly at the enemy.

Boom boom boom...

After the Revolutionary Army took over the Six Chu Fleets, they improved their treatment and let them train freely. The effect was undoubtedly good.

The Chutong gunboat fired six shells in one minute, two of which hit the superstructure of the Jian'an destroyer, causing some casualties and chaos.

At this time, the Revolutionary Army's new gunboats had just found their attack position.

However, the initial target of such new gunboats was the ships of the Yangtze River Fleet of the Qing Empire, so they had a complete aiming system. On the superstructure, there was a 1.5-meter rangefinder.

Boom!

On the Sun Wuzuo ship, the first shot of the 203mm short-barreled gun was off-center and exploded in the center of the Yangtze River Fleet of the Qing Empire, stirring up a column of water.

boom!

Boom!

When the second shot was fired, the counterattack of the Qing Empire had already arrived. It was unknown who fired the shells, which exploded more than ten meters away from the Sun Wuzuo ship. The explosion caused the hull to shake, and the second shot was also off-center.

Boom!

When the third shell was fired, Sun Wu could see a black shadow flying out with his naked eyes. About ten seconds later, the bow of the Jianwei destroyer exploded violently, and the entire bow disappeared.

This was not a secondary explosion, but a fatal blow from the 203mm gun to the destroyer without any armor protection.

"Okay! Keep shooting!" As soon as Sun Wu finished speaking, several explosions suddenly appeared on the Jianwei destroyer.

The Jianwei was extremely lucky, because without armor, the 120mm gun could easily penetrate her hull.

She was hit by more than 20 120mm or 152mm shells and one 203mm shell, but none of them hit the core area. She could even run!

But it was useless to run. Multiple explosions in just five minutes caused a fire. This was not on the sea, but on the narrow river. She could not get out of the battle at all and could only let the fire burn.

"This ship is doomed, hit another one!" Sun Wu shook his head.

Needless to say, the firepower of the Revolutionary Army Yangtze River Fleet had already tilted towards Jian'an.

Jian'an took the risk of maneuvering on the narrow river to avoid the bombardment.

In this way, Jian'an lasted a few minutes longer than Jianwei.

Boom!

The 203mm main gun on Sun Wu's ship released another shell. At this time, Jian'an was evading and facing Sun Wu's ship obliquely.

The 203mm main shell hit the oblique Jianan gunboat in the middle, easily tore open the steel hull of the Jianan gunboat, flew over most of the coal bunker, and exploded in the middle of the coal bunker.

The explosion destroyed the entire coal bunker, because the explosion occurred on the inside, the pressure outward was stronger than the pressure inward, and the power of the explosion was concentrated on the inside.

A compartment inside the coal bunker is the power compartment. The fragments of the 203mm shell penetrated this compartment and hit the boiler hard.

In Sun Wu's opinion, an explosion occurred in the middle of the Jianan, and it seemed that a big pit would be left.

Then, the Jianan suddenly shook, followed by a violent explosion, the air waves rolled, and a large number of Jianan parts flew everywhere.

After the explosion, the Jianan broke into two parts from the middle, and the area of ​​30 meters of sea in the middle disappeared, and it was sinking rapidly.

The officers and soldiers of the Qing Empire Yangtze River Fleet were shocked. With such a large-scale explosion, no one on the Jian'an would have survived. They hadn't lived long enough.

The Revolutionary Army Yangtze River Fleet gave a pleasant cheer, which could not even cover the sound of the guns.

"Step up the attack! Don't let the enemy's army escape!" Sun Wu was not too excited. It was just a backward ship that was more than ten years old and had no protection. Whether the ammunition depot or the boiler room was hit, it would be the same.

"The destroyer fleet has been completely destroyed. All fleets, get close, shoot at close range, and quickly resolve the battle!"

Sun Wu's target was not these gunboats from beginning to end, but a new army infantry behind them, as well as gun and horse marks.

"Yes!"

Boom boom boom...

The gunfire became more intense. The Qing Empire Yangtze River Fleet did not surrender, which changed Sun Wu's view of them.

Boom!

A huge gunfire sounded, and Sun Wu looked at the source of the sound, but saw a black dot flying towards him at a high speed.

As the black spot got closer and closer, Sun Wu's pupils suddenly dilated and his pores tightened.

Woo~~

The black spot passed over his ship, and he could hear the sound of the shells cutting through the air.

Bang!

There was no explosion, only the sound of heavy objects falling into the water.

"Concentrate firepower, distance 3,400, enemy shallow-water heavy gunboats, open fire!" Sun Wu shouted.

He recognized the two ships, shallow-water heavy gunboats!

The shells just fired from the 343mm muzzle-loading smoothbore guns on the shallow-water heavy gunboats were solid bullets, but with this caliber, even solid bullets are a great threat to the gunboats.

Fortunately, the muzzle-loading guns are slow to fire, and the well-trained artillery can cooperate to fire one shot every few minutes.

Boom boom boom...

The two shallow-water heavy gunboats did not have time to fire the second shot. Within five minutes, they were hit by several shells of 152mm or more, and the old hulls began to sink.

This shallow-water heavy gunboat that relies on the ship's body to turn and aim cannot continue to fire once it tilts, so Sun Wu stopped shelling them.

"Report, the enemy's remaining four Yuan-class gunboats raised the white flag."

"Allow them to surrender, the Chu-class warships will receive the surrendered warships and salvage the fallen, and the remaining warships will follow me to pursue the Jiangnan New Army."

Sun Wu's mission is not to destroy the fleet, but to destroy or capture the reinforcements sent by the Jiangnan New Army...

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