1890 King of Southeast Asia

At two pm on August 8th, the Eighth Town of the New Army of the Qing Empire launched a second round of offensive against the Wulong Mountain Fort.

At the same time as in the morning, the Army artillery and the naval warships bombed against the Wulong Mountains.

The difference is that the navy focuses on the key shelling of the position of the machine gun position exposed in the morning.

The Wulongshan Fortress is also different from the morning. The firepower of the turret has begun to tilt towards the river. If it is not that the artillery on the turret is mostly old, the Hai Rong is afraid to be so arrogant.

boom!

A 170mm armor -piercing bomb hit the main armor belt of the Hai Rong, and it was difficult to penetrate the main armor with a 76mm hardening armor and stuck in the coal cabin.

"We were hit, prevent impact!" Hai Rong's tube felt the hull shocked and shouted quickly.

"Report, an old armor -piercing bullet is stuck in the sixth coal cabin, the armor is damaged, and a piece of armor falls off." After a long time, the damage to the report came to report.

"Huh ... on the surface of the river, I can't run ..." The tube was relieved, and when he wanted to say something, there was another shock, and it was accompanied by squeaking, toothache.

"No! It's too close to the shore, lean out, go to Jiangxin." The tube belt judged the situation for only an instant.

This is the sound of contact with sediment in the bottom of the ship and the sandy sand. Fortunately, it is not a big stone, otherwise it is not so simple.

"Do you change the route now? We still have to support the army ..." He hesitated.

"There is no better way ..."

"We can reverse, slowly retreat, and use the previous shell parameters, which can also ensure accuracy, and retreat to Jiang Xin while driving the gun." The captain of the gun said.

"Well, order the entire fleet, reverse!" The tube was no longer insisted on, and the Hai Rong propelled propeller poured back, stopped slowly, and then stepped back.

Nympho

Jiajiang Bay, a temporary terminal in Jiangxin Island.

"The air pressure is up to the standard, the torpedo boat fleet applies for the dispatch!" The captain of the torpedo boat fleet, the former Qing Empire Yangtze River Master Fleet Hupeng's torpedo torpedo tube band Fang Ding'an stood on the deck and paid a gift to the dock.

"I wish you all good luck! I will return to the victory!" Sun Wu waved on the dock and waved his hand at the four torpedo boats.

"Sailing!" Fang Da returned to the command cabin and set off the order.

"Sailing!" The helm shouted at the copper pipe.

The boiler cabin pulls the controller down. The boiler of the lake began to connect the steam engine. Under the strong steam pressure, the three -swelling and reciprocating steam engine began to operate, driving the drive shaft, and the propeller started to operate.

Hupeng took the lead in the small temporary terminal, and slowly followed the other three torpedo boats.

The Jiajiang River is a small river from a huge Jiangxin Island to the Yangtze River, with a total length of about 30 kilometers.

Similar to the internal and external rivers of Dujiangyan, this Jiajiang River is just re -injected into the Yangtze River in a week, instead of flowing to other places. The lower reaches of the Jiajiang River is facing the Wulong Mountain Fort!

To prevent it, the torpedo boat fleet stopped at a position of about five kilometers from the entrance of the lower renewal of the Jiajiang River.

In this way, it can ensure that the torpedo boat is not easily found before the movement of the torpedo boat, but also has enough distance to accelerate the torpedo boat.

"Power generation, the torpedo boat fleet has been dispatched, and the plan begins." Sun Wuxian said, saying that he was accelerating the torpedo boat, and said without looking back.

"yes!"

Nympho

At 2:20 pm, the southeast end of Jiangxin Island.

The water here is sufficient, and the grass and trees are lush. In the grass and trees, many figures are constantly.

"Report! Start a signal by the task!" A radio station was working under a tent covered by a branch.

"Receive!" Major nodded and picked up the phone.

"Hey, start to fight the enemy ship!"

Not far from this place, closer to the river, a thick bush was pushed away, revealing the 152 millimeter shore anti -artillery hidden in it.

A bunch of soldiers were busy around this mighty cannon.

"East is 32 degrees south, speed, 4: dense! 321, ready to fill!"

"After filling!"

"put!"

boom!

In order to get a higher early speed, the barrel of the shore anti -guns is thicker to use more launch medicines.

Therefore, the sound of the shore anti -artillery is louder than the ordinary Army artillery, and the power of the shell is fierce.

"Two hundred to the right!" A few seconds later, the observer saw a water pillar rising on the left side of the Hai Rong, and quickly took a righteous parameter.

"Ready!"

"After filling!"

"put!"

boom!

A water column rose on the left side of the Hai Rong, which was close to the distance.

"Follow this parameter, continue shooting!"

At this time, the effect of fine -tuning is not great, and it will even play a reaction. It is better to increase the amount of ammunition pouring.

For such artillery positions, the Revolutionary Army prepared six, and it was on the north of Jiangxin Island, Wulong Mountain Battlechers, and the north of the Jiangxin.

In just five minutes, the Hai Rong was ate several shells.

These cannonballs are not equipped with hats. They are hit on the armor belt. They have insufficient invasion and failure to break through the armored belt, but they can explode a hole.

Mainly damage to the hull. The six artillery positions and the Wulong Mountain Battery are all aimed at the upper buildings of the Hai Rong.

boom!

There was a sound of artillery on the surface of the river, and several water columns rose in the Qing Empire Fleet.

This is the gunboat unit of the Revolutionary Army Yangtze River Fleet. It is the head of the cannon boat equipped with a 203mm short pipe and a cannon.

Hairong tried to fight back, but the attack came from multiple directions and had complete fortifications. If it could not hit directly, the damage would be extremely limited.

In the eighth minute, the Hairong began to turn and prepare to evacuate. A 203mm shell hit the midship of the hull, igniting the sailor cabin and causing a fire.

The conning tower was also hit once by a 152mm coastal defense gun. The 152mm thick conning tower hardened armor could not be penetrated by 152mm shells, but it also caused internal injuries to the officers of the Hairong.

Imagine that a shell exploded next to you. Most of the fragments and shock waves were absorbed, but the sound of the 152mm shell explosion alone could make people confused for a long time.

However, that was all. The 203mm gun was powerful enough to penetrate the armor of the Hairong, but the number was small and it was fired on the river surface, so the accuracy was one order of magnitude lower than that of the coastal defense gun.

Moreover, the gunboats dared not get too close. The firepower of the Hairong's 120mm secondary guns was extremely fierce, and they used high-explosive shells, which could seriously damage the gunboats with one shot.

The shore defense guns could not break through the defense, and could only cause some casualties, unless they were extremely lucky, such as two shells hitting the same place.

"It's our turn!" Fang Anding had just sailed out of Jiajiang, and was only three kilometers away from the Hairong.

"Send a signal, full speed ahead!" Fang Anding shouted.

The Hu-class torpedo boats have a draft of less than two meters. In the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, as long as they don't go to the shore, they can basically go anywhere, and full speed ahead is no problem.

"Four forward, strong pressure ventilation!" The helmsman shouted, his legs slightly bent, and the high-speed driving was a great test for him.

The speed of the torpedo boat suddenly increased from 21 knots to 23 knots, rushing forward.

This is an extremely dangerous action. At such a fast speed, on this narrow river, after launching a lightning strike, it is likely that there is no way to avoid it.

After all, if they wanted to escape, they could only turn the bow and make a 180-degree turn, and at this speed, the ship might run aground before completing the 180-degree turn.

"Distance, 2,000. The enemy has discovered us!"

Boom!

Almost at the same moment as he spoke, a water column rose in front of the left side of the Hu Peng, less than 30 meters away from them.

"Distance of 1,500."

"Distance of 1,000."

Water columns continued to rise around the Hu Peng, and the Hai Rong fired side chords at the same time. Even if the gunboats and shore defense guns fired at him crazily, he ignored them.

The 203mm main gun and 120mm secondary gun failed to hit the high-speed Hu Peng, but the flexible 37mm rapid-fire gun fired a lot of shells at the Hu Peng.

The fragments injured many people, including Fang Anding. A fragment the size of a little finger nail bounced twice and passed over his shoulder.

Because of the excitement of the battlefield, his heart beat faster, his blood pressure rose, and a wound appeared. Blood flowed out instantly, soaking his shoulder.

"Distance 800! You can attack!" The torpedo model equipped by Hu Peng is a bit old, with a range of only 800 meters. The speed of the torpedo is very slow at this distance.

Fang Anding looked at the Hairong, whose hull was turned sideways due to the turn.

This is the best opportunity to attack, and also one of the few opportunities to attack.

"Set the depth of the torpedo to 5 meters, and the speed will be reduced to 16 knots. Everyone is ready. After the torpedo attack, turn left with full rudder." Fang Anding shouted.

"Forward two! Prepare to turn left with full rudder!" The helmsman shouted.

"Set the depth to 5 meters, prepare for torpedo attack!"

"600 meters!"

"400 meters!"

At a speed of 23 knots, 700 meters per minute, even if the speed is reduced, it will not take a few minutes to travel 800 meters.

boom!

At 400 meters, an explosion occurred at the stern of Hu Peng. It was a 120mm high-explosive bomb. Although it did not damage the core, the vibration slowed down Hu Peng's speed a little.

"About 300 meters..." Before falling, Fang Anding estimated the distance.

"Fire!" Fang Anding shouted, and then fell heavily to the ground.

Tong! Tong!

Two 356mm torpedoes were squeezed out of the launch tube by high-pressure gas, sank after entering the water, and then floated up five meters, rushing towards the Hairong.

At a distance of 300 meters, the torpedo speed was less than 20 knots, and it took about 30 seconds to arrive.

At this time, the Hairong had just finished reversing, and the propeller had just completed the transition from reverse to forward rotation, providing very weak power.

Therefore, even if the helmsman turned the rudder to the end, the Hairong could not make normal evasive actions.

The captain of the Hairong just woke up from the tinnitus caused by the bombardment, and saw two white waves rushing towards them.

"Bombardment torpedoes!" The captain shouted in horror.

Duang!

boom!

An explosion rose on the right side of the Hairong, and the hull was visibly lifted.

"The Hairong is finished..." The captain closed his eyes in pain.

"Why is there only one explosion?" The first mate of the Hupeng covered his head and asked in confusion.

Fang Anding glanced at him and said, "It's just a dud. Don't make a fuss."

Thanks to Hairong's hit, the speed of Hupeng slowed down and it successfully completed a big turn.

The other three ships were not so lucky. Two of them ran aground when they released the torpedoes and made a big turn.

One ship finally completed the turn and was hit by a 120mm secondary gun of Hairong Gao. Yes, it was a secondary gun, not a shell.

The four torpedo boats fired eight torpedoes, and Hairong was hit by five torpedoes, and the other three sank to the bottom.

Only three of the five torpedoes were successfully detonated, and one dud was detonated by the explosion of a later torpedo.

The dud was one of the two torpedoes fired by Hu Peng, which was inserted into the unprotected underwater area of ​​Hairong. When it was detonated, Hairong was already tilting rapidly.

The explosion blew away a 120mm secondary gun, and the barrel and gun carriage were separated. The gun carriage hit the rear of the torpedo boat that had just completed the turn, breaking the stern and bending the transmission shaft.

It took only seven minutes for Hairong to fall silent, and then the remaining ships of the Qing Empire quickly left Jinling with injuries, heading south all the way to their home port.

"Order the Yangtze River Fleet to pursue, send a telegram to the mobile corps, take Zhenjiang, and move east!" Sun Wu put down the telescope.

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