Eunuchs who traveled through the Qing Dynasty

Beside him, a thin general took out a western pocket watch from his pocket, looked at the time, and said, "My lord, it's almost time. Lai Laosan's mines should have been deployed in the Hutou Reef area. "

The young general——Xiao Ran, put down the binoculars.He let out a long breath.There was a little tension on the handsome face, but more excitement.Xu Shichang glanced at him, then suddenly lowered his head and smiled.

Xiao Ran wondered, "Old Xu. What are you laughing at?"

Xu Shichang said: "My lord, do you feel that you are a little different from the usual wars today?"

"Is there? ... Hehe, maybe!"

Xiao Ran smiled slightly.Of course, Xu Shichang couldn't understand his mood at the moment. From the time when the foreign devils' strong ships and guns opened the door to China in the Opium War, until the Sino-Japanese War, and even into the 21st century, China has never had a real coastal defense.Over the years, due to the weakness of the navy, how much humiliation China has endured, and how much land that should belong to us has been ceded!From Vietnam, to Ryukyu, to North Korea, to the Diaoyu Islands of later generations, Nansha...

(Note: Vietnam, Ryukyu, and North Korea were all vassal states of China before the late Qing Dynasty)

If the history of China's modern naval warfare is a history of humiliation, blood and tears, then today, from this moment on, this history will be rewritten forever!This will be the first time that the Chinese navy has defeated the aggressors head-on and defeated the mighty maritime overlord, and since then it has been unstoppable across the sea, writing a magnificent opening chapter for a brand new history of China's coastal defense! ♀

In fact, this is the fundamental reason why he insisted on personally participating in this naval battle.He wants to witness this historic moment with his own eyes!

"My lord, we found the enemy ship!"

On the watchtower, a watchman shouted loudly.Xiao Ran and Xu Shichang raised the binoculars at the same time, and saw a black spot faintly appearing in the mist in the distance.Xiao Ran said word by word: "Old Xu, let's start!"

"List the formation and prepare for the battle!" Xu Shichang ordered loudly, and the flag bearer on the watchtower quickly waved the red and yellow signal flags.There was a sound of sails falling, and the battleships behind quickly turned their rudders and lined up, like a giant dragon across the sea.firing port baffle

Zunzun's improved breech-loading rapid artillery and short-range heavy artillery protruded from the black hole, spraying out anger at any time; countless cage launchers were immersed in the water, and the torpedoes loaded with [-] kilograms of high explosives were like sharks in ambush in the water, waiting to launch The most fatal blow!

Four steamships were lying in ambush on the flanks, with billowing black smoke coming out of the smoke, ready to rush out of the fleet at any time, and take on the task of quick cutting and pursuit.

When everything was ready, the blood in Xiao Ran's body suddenly boiled!

At this time, the combined fleet of the three countries has also discovered the target.The continuous small-scale harassment by the navy of the Qing army over the past few days, relying on the flexibility of small fast warships, caused the fleets of the Three Kingdoms to suffer.The foreign devils who became angry from embarrassment assembled a large number of warships, eagerly hoping to fight the Qing army in a dignified manner.And the target they discovered at this time couldn't help but make them ecstatic.Combined Fleet Commander and British Fleet Admiral Lille Herritz, his pockmarked face flushed red with excitement.Although he saw at least fifty warships on the other side from the binoculars, in his concept, the navy of the Qing army was always vulnerable, and dared to appear in front of the imperial warships, which were known as the strongest sea fortresses. It's just asking for death!

"I don't believe that you can move the embankment artillery to the ship! You stupid braided pigs, you probably don't know what the secret of naval warfare is, let the Imperial Fleet teach you a good lesson today!" Heriz Putting the pipe in his pocket, he happily issued orders: "Slow down and move forward, no firing is allowed beyond [-] yards! Today, no Chinese warship is allowed to escape!"

A ray of morning light pierced through the mist and sprinkled on the rippling blue sea, and then the red sun seemed to jump out of the sea level all of a sudden, dispelling the faint mist in an instant.In this vast glow, the distance between the two fleets gradually narrowed, and they lined up with each other.From a distance of four hundred yards, he could even see the figure of the other party working overtime clearly.Xiao Ran looked at the enemy's battleships and cruisers clumsily turning their rudders, a pitiful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Xu Shichang raised the command flag in his hand high, and suddenly lowered it.

"put!"

With a bang, the cage launcher submerged in the water violently set off a large splash of water, and then saw a black shadow, swimming away from the side of the ship quickly like a fish, swimming straight towards the enemy ship.This cage-type launcher is also the earliest torpedo launch method. It is to make the launch tube into a cage shape, immerse it in water, and start the torpedo engine to let the torpedo swim out of the launch tube by itself.As for the piston-type hydraulic launch and pneumatic ram launch that are widely used in later generations, they cannot be achieved at the current technical level.

But for a sailboat with a full sail speed of only ten knots, this ancient launching method is more than enough.Driven by two sets of improved copper-pair special batteries, the torpedo quickly accelerated, dragged a faint trajectory in the water, and rushed straight towards the enemy ship.

Boom! ! !

There was a loud noise, and Xiao Ran could clearly see a French three-masted cruiser from the binoculars, as if its butt was burned by fire, the stern of the ship jumped violently, and a huge water column rose into the sky, followed by the stern of the ship It was slowly disconnected, and the hull also tilted accordingly.The foreign devils on the deck panicked and jumped into the sea like dumplings.

First torpedo hit!

At this moment, Heriz was still wondering, and asked his deputy in puzzlement, "What's going on? Did you hear the Chinese fire?"

"No!" The lieutenants shook their heads together, watching the three-masted ship clumsily dumped on the sea, the bow still pouted unwillingly, they couldn't help looking at each other.A deputy reminded: "General, it is a French ship."

"Oh!" Heriz suddenly realized, "The ammunition magazine must have exploded. Don't pay attention to him, the French are born stupid pigs, except every time they mess up things, they just..."

Boom! ! !

There was another loud noise, just in front of the battleship he was on, a huge wave suddenly set off Lao Gao, and then fell again, like a heavy rain fell out of thin air, splashing Herritz and the others all over their heads. full face.The rising waves rushed in, and Heriz couldn't stand still, and fell firmly on the deck with a thud.

Then they were horrified to find that the three-masted warship next to them in front had a big hole blown out on the port rear side, and the sea water was pouring into it.

"My God, it's... a battleship of our British Empire!" a deputy exclaimed in surprise. "Stupid pig! I can see!" Heriz roared depressingly.

No wonder Herritz was depressed. As the overlord of the seas, the commander of the British Empire Fleet had earned his reputation in vain. He had participated in countless naval battles, big and small, and knew all kinds of tactics well.At this moment, seeing the two three-masted battleships hang up inexplicably, without even a little sign, in his opinion, this is simply an incredible thing.

what happened?Heriz's forehead was covered with large and small question marks, and he looked around in astonishment.The morning sun was shining all over the sea, the sky was still blue, the sea was gentle, and there were no sea monsters or evil spirits. Why did you lose two warships in vain all at once?

Hex? !

A thought suddenly jumped out of his mind, and Heriz's face suddenly turned pale.God, it can't be these Chinese people, they really know some magic tricks, right? ...

"General, quick, quick look over there!"

A sailor standing on the side of the ship screamed.Herritz and his lieutenants swarmed to the side of the ship, looked in the direction of the sailor's finger, and saw that there were many gray shadows indistinctly under the blue and shimmering sea water, dragging faint trajectories. Swim to this side quickly.

"What's that? Sharks? Dolphins?" Even these sailors who have spent their lives on the water have never seen such a strange phenomenon, and they couldn't help but look at each other.Heritz's heart sank violently, and he shouted: "No! There is an ambush! The Chinese are using demonic methods, retreat quickly!..."

However, this sound came too late.For a torpedo with a speed of 400 knots, it is only the blink of an eye to cover a distance of [-] yards, which is less than [-] meters.And those warships that still rely on the combination of sail power and manpower do not have the high maneuverability to evade torpedoes at all. They can only be like prostitutes who have fallen into the streets, splitting their legs and waiting to accept the ruthless rape of fate.

It was too late to say, but it was so fast, the gray shadows rushed into the coalition fleet in an instant.There was a loud bang that shook the sky, and the entire sea area vibrated violently, and countless water jets rose into the sky.The long masts crashed down one after another.Accompanied by shattered ship board sawdust.There are also figures of soldiers and sailors.Toss into the sky together.

The violent explosion set off a huge wave, turbulently galloping, instantly throwing the originally neat attacking queue upside down.The entire sea was like a huge porridge pot, boiling and boiling, and dozens of three-masted warships struggled in it, looking so small and powerless.

The sound of the explosion gradually disappeared, replaced by horrific screams.The wreckage of warships that have not had time to be silent are everywhere in the sea.There were also desperately struggling sailors, shouting for help.This wave of torpedo attacks destroyed at least one-third of the coalition warships. What's more terrible is that the torpedoes are no better than artillery, and they can fight for more than a dozen or even dozens of cannons one by one, and they can still survive.The torpedo loaded with [-] kilograms of high-explosives has an explosive equivalent equivalent to the sum of six or seven explosive packs. For a small number of sailing ships with wooden structures and light armor.Usually just one is enough to make it buried in the bottom of the sea forever.The explosion is violent and powerful.Unrivaled.

The battleship Gobillon, where Herritz was located, was no doubt lucky, having captured the first wave of torpedo attacks.Heriz and his lieutenants got up from the deck in a daze.Looking at the three-nation combined fleet, which was still aggressive before, I was dumbfounded.Chaoyang climbed higher, and the warm sun shone down like a brocade, but at this moment, Heritz felt a chill from the soles of his feet to the top door, like falling into an ice cellar.

At this time, in the ranks of the Qing army, Xiao Ran was also looking at the opposite side with a binoculars.The sea was receding from the climax of passion, and there was a groan characteristic of being completely conquered.But Xiao Ran didn't mind letting these distant guests enjoy continuous orgasms.

"continue."

With two short and powerful words, Xu Shichang raised the command flag again.

"Load the torpedo and prepare for the second wave of attack!"

"The torpedo is loaded!"

"put!"

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The water splashed, and another wave of torpedoes swam out of the cage launcher. 3 Although this ancient self-propelled launching device cannot provide a high initial speed for the torpedo, it can ensure that there are no bubbles and no dips during the launch process.And because it has no power system to provide energy to the torpedo, it is light, easy to use, and fast to reload.This rapid multi-wave attack can completely make up for the lack of torpedo accuracy caused by the lack of gyroscope positioning.

In the first wave of torpedo attacks, 54 warships fired a total of more than 110 torpedoes. Nearly one-third of the torpedoes hit the enemy fleet.But generally speaking, Xiao Ran is very satisfied with this result. After all, the technical level is limited, and it is not easy to achieve such accuracy simply by modifying the tail and the horizontal rudder.And this kind of large-scale torpedo salvo, for naval warfare in the nineteenth century, is believed to be enough to kill any powerful opponent.

Soon, the second wave of torpedoes crossed the sea, setting off another round of turbulent waves in the combined fleet of the three countries.The sound of rumbling explosions resounded through the sky, and those foreign devil warships that once ran amok and swaggered on the Chinese sea were disemboweled one after another and sank to the bottom of the water.

This time, the battleship Gobillon was not lucky enough to survive.The two torpedoes hit the port side and the rear side almost at the same time, causing the huge monster that hurriedly dropped its buttocks to escape violently to jolt, and then wobbled over its belly.Fortunately, Heriz was standing on the front deck, seeing the bad situation, he plunged into the sea without even having time to release the sampan.

After this wave of attacks, the number of warships in the coalition fleet has dropped from more than 32 to [-].These surviving ships finally came back to their senses and found that the Gobilon in charge had sunk, so they could only turn around desperately while firing randomly.The smoke produced by the black powder quickly diffused, covering the line of sight, and the ship was already in chaos. How can there be command at this critical moment of life-saving?The gunners didn't know the direction, but most of the shells landed on their own ships during the U-turn process.

After tossing for a while, more than 20 ships escaped in embarrassment before the third wave of torpedoes arrived.The steamships and three-masted fast warships that had been waiting in the ranks of the Qing army quickly penetrated from the port side, blocking the escape route of the coalition forces to the open sea.The coalition forces were so frightened that they dared not exchange fire, so they hurriedly set up their sails and retreated in a panic towards Dongping Port.Of course they would not have guessed that there was another nightmare waiting for them just tens of nautical miles away at Hutou Reef.

Xu Shichang commanded the remaining warships and happily cleaned the battlefield.Including a few warships that were injured and had no time to escape, they had completely given up resistance at this time and obediently became prisoners.Xu Shichang ordered his brothers to put down the sampan, salvage all the foreign devil sailors who fell into the water, tie them into strings and lock them into the bilge, ready to exchange them for silver.The unlucky Herriz was also fished onto the boat wetly. He wanted to pretend to be the cook, but was identified by his deputy.

"How about it, Your Excellency Commander, are you satisfied with this battle?" Xiao Ran asked with a pleasant smile.

Herritz's face was pale, and his lips trembled. He said, "Sorcerer,...you are sorcerer! The Chinese are so despicable!"