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After a loud noise, the two ships were flooded with water and slowly sank.The collision also affected the "Stan", which came to rescue, and was dragged immobile by the huge whirlpool.

The three gunboats of the Nanyang Navy continued to besiege "Stan".

At this time, all the other gunboats of the Nanyang Navy had been sunk, and the capital ship of the French fleet turned around and aimed at the only three gunboats left.

Before the battleship of the French army approached, the three gunboats just beat the cruiser "Stan" who came to the rescue and set it on fire.

The 240mm main gun of the "Triumph" fired again, and the "Nanyun" which was shot in the middle immediately sank.And the shells hitting "Triumph" were like tickling him, without the slightest effect.

At this time, the naval battle had been fought for more than four hours, because the guard gunboats of the Nanyang Navy resisted desperately.The French army has not been able to break through the line of defense, threatening the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau.

Under the powerful and violent artillery fire of the French army, all the gunboats left by the Nanyang Navy sank.Only "Nanbo" who was burning with fire was left and wanted to bump into the opponent's "Triumph", but he had no chance.

Except for the French army, the "Fez" was hit and sunk by "Baoding" and the "Stan" was sunk.And "Yitao" was also seriously injured, and he put up a sign to withdraw from the battle early.

It all came as a shock to Toure, but luckily it's almost over...

I thought it was an easy sneak attack, but what I got in exchange was that I lost three warships!The originally easy battle now gave Toure a hard-won feeling.

"My lord, look." An adjutant next to Toure said to the back.

Toure raised his binoculars and was stunned by what he saw. A fleet almost as large as theirs was speeding towards here, and the dragon flag hung impressively on that fleet...

"Didn't they go back to their capital to defend? Why did they appear here?? Why?" Toure lost control of his emotions.

But the fact is true, the opponent's speed is very fast.His fleet didn't even have a chance to escape, so he could only bite the bullet and fight again.

The Lion Awakens Chapter 42 Battle of the East China Sea

At this time, the position of the French fleet was that the capital ship "Ya" and "Yitao", which was seriously injured and quit the battle, retreated to the rear.And "Triumph", "Nancy" and "Guin" led four small gunboats and four torpedo boats in the naval port and sank the last "Nanbo" guarding the naval port, but they failed to go further.

When Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau was manufacturing, it paid great attention to the protection of the port.There are densely packed forts outside the range of the warships. If you forcefully enter the depths of the military port to attack the Shipbuilding Bureau, you will face the danger of being bombed by the forts.However, it takes too much time to destroy the forts one by one.

Originally, the French army had plenty of time, but the battleship "Elegance" issued a semaphore at this time.Order all the ships to move closer to "Elegance", it seems that something happened in the rear!

However, in the small military port, eleven huge warships turned around together and some confusion appeared.Everyone in the French fleet wanted to take advantage of the backward fort against the Qing army. When they rushed in, they scrambled to be the first.Now that the order is received, no one wants to fall behind and be bombarded by the fort when retreating.So there was some confusion, but fortunately, the chaos was quickly brought under control under the command of "Triumph".But the torpedo ship "Wildcat" that fell last was hit by the battery one after another.There was a fire, and he was dying.

At this time, the seriously injured gunboat "Yitao" resting in the rear has become the front of the battlefield.

"Yang Wei", "Chaoyong", "Unbeaten", "Changsheng" and "Nanfeng" were very fast, and they were already beside "Yitao" in a blink of an eye."Yitao", who had just escaped a catastrophe, will not be so lucky this time. The 210mm main gun of "Nanfeng" had already aimed at "Yitao", and after a loud noise, "Yitao" also sank slowly.

The five main forces of the Nanyang Navy collectively aimed at the French fleet's main battleship "Elegance", and Navy Commander Toure is on board the "Elegance".Facing such a powerful fleet of the Qing army, Toure was also in a cold sweat.

"Quick, fire at the Qing army," Toure ordered.

When Deng Shichang saw that dozens of warships and two transport ships were sunk or semi-sunk in the military port, and the floating corpses of the Qing army could be seen everywhere, his eyes were red, and he grabbed the artillery from the soldiers and shot at the "Elegance" .

"Chaoyong" and "Yang Wei" also started salvo at this time.

A shell accurately hit the "Elegance" and exploded not far from Toure.Toure was pushed far away by the shock wave generated by the explosion, under the protection of many French soldiers.He stood up slowly and saw the two German cruisers "Nanji" and "Nanxiang", and dozens of "Zhendong", "Zhenxi", "Zhennan", "Zhenbei" and "Zhenzhong" , "Townside" and other small British gunboats also slowly approached themselves.For the first time, fear appeared in my heart.

The French ships that came out of the military port to rescue all faced their opponents. The 4800-ton "Invincible" faced the 4600-ton "Triumph", and "Nanji" and "Nanxiang" joined forces to deal with the 3500-ton "Household". Because of the number, it can be said that it is a match.The fight was inextricably linked.

Unfortunately, only the 480-ton "Poison Fish" gunboat, and the "Viper" and "Glasses" torpedo ships that had already released their torpedoes slammed into the "Long Victory" of the same level as the "Triumph". The majestic scene of "Triumph" was replayed on "Eternal Victory" at this time.Basically, it sank a small French gunboat with one shot. The 240mm main gun fired deadly shells one after another.Deng Shichang's eyes were red, and he shot at the small French gunboats one by one.

However, "Elegance" and "Nancy" who came to protect them still wanted to escape at this time, but surrounded by "Chaoyong", "Yang Wei" and dozens of small gunboats, they had no chance at all, and they were still struggling. .

At this time, the naval battle had lasted for eight hours. After "Changsheng" joined the battle, "Triumph" and "Juyin" hoisted the white flag and formally surrendered to the Nanyang Navy of the Qing Dynasty.

The "Elegance" is worthy of being the first ship of the French army, and at this time it has exerted its strong strength and ability to resist attacks.In the case of being hit by more than 100 artillery shells successively by the Qing army, it still stands tall.And its 320mm main gun has sunk five small gunboats of the Qing army and damaged "Chaoyong". "Nanfeng" has also withdrawn from the battle with black smoke, but still blocks the exit behind.Hold on to the "elegant" escape.

Finally, the battle in the port is over. The two iron-clad ships "Invincible" and "Changsheng" also surrounded "Elegant", followed by "Nanji" and "Nanxiang".

Then when it was about to surround "Elegance", "Nancy" suddenly increased its power and rammed into "Long Victory"."Changsheng", which was going at full speed, had to slow down and bombarded "Nancy".

Just for a moment of this pause, "Elegance" has already relied on its excellent resistance to blows.Sink the "Southern Wind" and head east!

And how did the small gunboats of the Nanyang Navy in the periphery block such a behemoth as "Elegance", and watched "Elegance" leave the battle.Evacuate east.

Both "Yang Wei" and "Super Yong" have a super fast speed of 16 knots, but "Super Brave" has already been hit by several bullets.He was unable to chase after him, and Yang Wei's mere 2000-ton cruiser would not do much to catch up.

It may be that Toure was frightened, and at full speed of 15 knots, he also used the stern gun to create thick smoke.After the smoke cleared and the ships "Invincible" and "Changsheng" came out, they realized that "Elegance" was far away and could not catch up.

Seeing "elegance" disappearing on the horizon, the soldiers of the Nanyang Navy didn't even have any joy in gaining joy.Thirteen warships fought against two of the opponents, and they all let the opponents leave calmly.It was also sunk by the opponent six ships and damaged one.Although there are reasons for the strength of the French "Elegance" itself, the lack of actual combat experience exposed by themselves also made them think deeply.

The battle in the harbor was won with ease under the powerful firepower of the two ironclad ships "Changsheng" and "Invincible" originally ordered by Turkey and the excellent protection of "Nanji" and "Nanxiang" ordered by Germany. In addition to the "Guin", it also sank nine small gunboats and torpedo ships including the opponent "Nancy".

The Nanyang Navy suffered heavy losses in this battle, losing [-] gunboats, including the "Nanfeng" produced in the domestic Mawei Naval Port and five small gunboats ordered by the United Kingdom.Now there are only "Unbeaten", "Changsheng", "Chaoyong", "Yangwei", "Nanji", "Nanxiang" and four small gunboats left in the navy.There are only ten ships left in total.It also includes the seriously injured "Super Brave", which cannot be used on the battlefield without a few months of overhaul.

However, this battle captured the opponent's two ironclad ships, but they were also seriously injured.Can't go into battle right away!

However, although a painful price was paid, all the French fleet was destroyed except for the escaped "Elegance".Completely solved the effective force of the French navy in the Far East.If there is no further increase of troops, the control of the sea along China's coast has been firmly in the hands of the Qing Dynasty.

Tang Hong, the technical director of Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau, was overjoyed by the capture of the "Triumph" and "Juyin", because the British ironclad ships "Invincible" and "Eternal Victory" purchased before were directly in charge of training soldiers by the British* As a warship, he immediately went to perform escort missions. After returning, he has been in charge of guarding in Qingdao and Tianjin. He has not come up in time to analyze and observe in detail.

And this time the two captured ships were going to be overhauled, and I just took this opportunity to take a good look at the composition of the French warships.In order to make technical reserves for the self-made ironclad ship, Tang Hong and other technicians from the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau boarded the French ship one after another to analyze the composition and shooting of the warship, draw relevant drawings, and record relevant important parameters.They also forcibly detained "Invincible" and "Long Victory" in the military port, and used the pretext of inspection to analyze and record relevant data on the two British ironclad ships.Thinking about the four German ironclad warships that are about to return to China, "Dingyuan", "Zhenyuan", "Jiyuan", and "Weiyuan", there are also information on German ironclad warships.Tang Hong believes that the Qing Dynasty will be able to build its own iron-clad ships by then.Thinking about it makes me happy.

Guan Xuqing watched the telegram for half an hour, and Wang Shang was a little dazed. Didn't the telegram say "big victory"?Why is the emperor still like this?

Guan Xuqing looked at the content of the telegram and thought that his plan was too risky.If it is one step late, the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau may be completely finished.Those forts will definitely not be able to stop the French ironclad ships, looking at the list of soldiers killed in action.Guan Xuqing can imagine the fierce battle at that time. Seventeen gunboats were sunk and 1021 soldiers were martyred. 4 officers above the rank.These are precious talents of the Qing Navy!

They are all naval talents trained by the British at a high price!But in order to completely defeat the French, in order to ensure command of the sea.Send these newly trained elites to heaven again.

This fierce war made the world know China, and Guan Xuqing deceived everyone this time!Including his courtiers, all the officials got to know the emperor again!

This war was also a turning point in the entire Sino-French war...

The Lion Wakes Chapter 43 Aftermath of the War

On the second day after the naval battle in the East China Sea, the "Daqing Daily" published the news of the victory of the naval battle, which immediately caused an uproar in the whole country. Since the Daoguang year, foreigners have been bullying our Qing Dynasty with the strength of ships and guns. It has been more than 40 years. .When the foreign warships arrived, no matter if they were Daoguang, Xianfeng, or Tongzhi, they would all pay for land reparations. Now that the Qing Dynasty has won the war, it is said that we have also captured two of the oldest iron ships belonging to the foreigners.This lifted the hearts of the people.Regardless of a person's high status, knowledge and cultural differences, there is a sense of pride in the country and the nation, even if they are traffickers, they will be happy for the strength of the country.The people of the country are full of recognition and trust in Guangxu's new government, and they have more thoroughly implemented the orders issued by the court.

At this time, Li Hongzhang was sitting on the rosewood chair in the living room, smoking a dry cigarette, with a serious face.Sitting next to him was his student Fang Baiqian, who said to Li Hongzhang: "Teacher, you should eat first, you haven't eaten all day."

Li Hongzhang looked at Fang Boqian and said: "Boqian, the emperor has deceived me so hard. A few days ago, he asked me to go to Tianjin to take charge of the defense of the Nanyang Navy and overhaul the Tianjin Fort. When I arrived in Tianjin, what I was waiting for was the East China Sea Battle Report. The old minister still learned about it from the newspaper, but in the end, the emperor still didn't notify me."

Fang Boqian said to the decadent Li Hongzhang: "Teacher, don't worry about it. Since ancient times, there has only been the crime of deceiving the emperor, but not the fault of concealing the minister. The emperor wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. And from the students' point of view, the emperor's deception this time is not just for the The teacher was alone, and even his biological father was kept secret from the bottom of his heart. No one in the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty knew about the plan for this naval battle. The students heard that the person who delivered the emperor's oral order was Zhang Yu, the personal bodyguard who killed Li Lianying with a single shot."

Li Hongzhang jumped up and roared angrily: "The legal person is fierce, and the emperor doesn't know how deep it is. In such a big battle, you didn't discuss it with the military aircraft department. You have been to Europe. How can the legal person's strength be compared with the current Qing Dynasty? This lucky victory angered the French. If we send more warships, what should we do? Our Qing Navy still has a few ships. How can we resist it!"

There was a sudden silence in the living room, and the two of them stopped talking.Suddenly a servant hurried in and said, "My lord, there are people coming from the palace. The emperor hastened to call my lord back to the military plane."

"What's the matter? Did someone explain anything?" Li Hongzhang said slowly.

The servant scratched his head and said, "It seems that the French envoy submitted a peace request to the imperial court, and the emperor summoned the ministers of the military aircraft department to go back to discuss."

Li Hongzhang jumped up at once, feeling a little overwhelmed with joy.Excitedly shouted to Fang Boqian: "God bless me Daqing, God bless me Huaxia."

In the Forbidden City, there is no joy after the victory ahead.There was a scene of silence, the eunuchs and maids were doing their own things.Not even daring to say one more word, the summoned ministers entered the Military Aircraft Office in twos and threes.