My Italian

"Boom."

A huge explosion sounded from the cruiser Primogay, and its stern exploded. A 140 mm naval gun was blasted into the sky, revealing a hole nearly eight meters wide, and the sea water The turbulent poured over, and its boiler and steam engine had been stopped, making the Primogate motionless on the dangerous battlefield.

Rear Admiral Lisby was on his command ship, the cruiser La Perouse, when he saw this scene, his eyes were red.

With years of experience, he surrounded the two battleships, but his strength was weaker. Although he surrounded the opponent, his strength could not deal enough damage to them. 160mm and 140mm Only the naval guns of 193mm and above can threaten these two warships, but there are very few warships equipped with 193mm and above guns in their fleet, adding up to less than ten. The door cannot be approached at all.

The Primogai tried to get closer just now, but was caught fire by two Venetian-class cruisers. Its armor was like paper paste in front of the large-caliber long-barreled naval guns of the enemy ships, and the two rounds of shooting became up like this.

Looking at the two Venetian-class cruisers that were still punishing the murderer, Major General Lisby could only give an order. "Send the semaphore, let the ships pay attention to the distance, and don't let the two Italian-made warships increase their speed."

After giving the order, he glanced at the large cruiser formation about 8 nautical miles away from here, and the armored ship formation about 10 nautical miles away. As long as they enter the field, the last two Qing ships in the South China Sea will be completely give an end.

How could the three Qing commanders who were among them not know what Major General Lisby was able to discover. What they are about to face, can be described as clear.

"Now which direction should we break through?"

Liu Buchan looked at the French warships on all sides, and his expression became a little nervous. Don't blame him, anyone who encounters such a situation will be nervous.

As the actual commander, Leifer pointed in one direction. "We break out from here."

"what?"

Liu Buchan was taken aback when he saw Leifer pointing in the direction, because he was pointing to the southeast, which would shorten the distance of his enemy's ironclad ships.

"Don't you think about it again?"

"No, just do it like this."

After answering Liu Buchan, Leifer gave the order loudly. "The target is southeast, ready to break through."

The reason why Leifel chose the southeast to break through the encirclement is very simple, because the enemy warships basically focus on the east, so they have the most enemy ships in the east, and it is very difficult to force a strong charge. Not to mention the two ships haven't had an angle of attack yet. Of course, there are horns, and he will not rush to opponents. How expensive is his battleship, these second-rate goods in front of him are not worth it.

Following Leifer's order, the two ships Zhiyuan and Jingyuan immediately moved left and right in the encirclement, they were waiting for an opportunity.

When the two cruisers Champlain and Sonny in the southeast did not cooperate well, revealing a gap of nearly 500 meters, Leifer felt that an opportunity had come.

"Now, at full speed southeast, between two enemy ships."

Lefer's order made the second ship Zhijing immediately accelerate towards it.

And Major General Lisby, who was in command of the battle, was taken aback when he saw the actions of the second ship Zhijing. "Send a semaphore immediately, and let the Champlain and Sonny turn immediately, so they can't run away."

Although Major General Rishibee didn't say who they were, it was all a matter of discernment.

However, at this time, it reminded me that it was too late to close the gap?

Seeing the enemy ships in the encirclement, they rushed towards the gap recklessly, and the other warships in charge of the siege rushed up immediately. At this time, they completely ignored the powerful firepower of the two patrol ships. They only knew that if they let the two ships If they run away, it will be difficult to catch them.

Therefore, the second ship Zhijing was the most violent artillery fire. Of course, the second ship Zhijing was not a vegetarian. Its powerful firepower also made these warships trying to stop themselves suffer. The most miserable of them is Rigaud The Genouille, whose power compartment was hit by a 254mm shell, also stopped motionless to the sea due to its loss of power.

If it is in a normal naval battle, it will become the target ship of the enemy ship. But fortunately, now the enemy is on the way and can't care about it.

After seeing that the ships could not stop the two ships, the cruiser Sonny suddenly made a bold move, and saw it turned its bow and charged directly towards the second ship Zhijing.

His intention was already obvious. Even if he fought his own battleship not to, he also had to stop the second ship Zhijing. A battleship of less than 2,000 tons collided with a battleship of 7,000 tons, and the result was self-evident.

Affected by Sonny's madness, another cruiser, Champlain, did the same. Now, in front of the second ship Zhijing, the two enemy ships were aggressively rushing towards them.

Facing such a critical juncture, Leifer was extremely calm, because every decision he made was related to the life and death of nearly a thousand officers and soldiers of the two ships.

"Stay full speed, don't slow down."

"The artillery should be aimed at the battleship on the right first, and then stop it first."

"Pipe damage team, immediately put aside other things and prepare for a possible impact situation."

Following Leifer's orders one after another, everyone in the whole ship quickly got orders, so the tension that had not yet been splashed was diluted.

Of course, this is just diluting. If the enemy ship is still rushing over like this, then it will be difficult to ensure that the tense atmosphere will not spread.

"5500 meters"

"5000 meters"

"4500 meters"

Especially when the observer keeps reporting the distance between the two sides.

Fortunately, they were lucky. In the next shot, a 254mm shell hit the waterline near the bow of the USS Sonny.

So after a bang, the bow of the cruiser USS Sonny was blown out, and the sea water poured directly into it. At the bow of the ship, although such a big hole is not fatal, it affects the speed of the ship abnormally. I saw the speed of the Sonny, from the full speed of 15.1 knots, directly dropped to 10.2 knots.

So it was immediately pulled apart from the speed of the Champlain cruiser.

This is a good opportunity~www.NovelMTL.com~ After seeing the Sonny being slowed down, Leifer continued to give the order, "Go southeast, 15 degrees to the left, then aim at Champlain and keep firing."

Following Leifer's order, the second ship Zhijing turned a little to the left. Although it was not too much, it allowed the main guns in the stern to attack the incoming cruiser Champlain.

"Boom, boom, boom."

After a round of tail cannon fire, the Champlain, which had been hit several times, remained imposing.

"Three kilometers."

When the observer reported two distances, two shells landed on the Zhiyuan, and one of them hit a distance of more than ten meters from Lefer. Fortunately, the current shells still use black powder. Medicine So Lefer is destined to win the prize, maybe the memorial service will be held.

After getting up embarrassedly from the deck, Leifer gritted his teeth. "Full fire on the Champlain."

Therefore, as long as all the artillery pieces of the second ship Zhijing can be obtained, they will output firepower to the Champlain. In particular, several 254mm naval guns have given sufficient accuracy in a tube body up to 30 times the caliber.

So under the kind care of the two Venice-class ships, the last three thousand meters of the Champlain was extremely difficult. When it reached one thousand meters, the bow of the Champlain was blown away.

Without the bow, the speed of the Champlain was worse than that of the Sonny, and she could only watch the two Venetians float by in front of her eyes.

When they got rid of the two enemy ships, the people on the two ships cheered, because they knew that they had broken through the encirclement, and no one could stop them now.

As for Lieutenant General Gucha, who planned this ambush, he was so angry that he vomited blood because of the news that the two ships had also broken through.

This is the end of this somewhat anticlimactic naval battle.

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