My Italian

This naval battle ended with the escape of the second ship Zhijing. In this naval battle, the French stole chicken without losing money. Lost more than ten battleships including the cruiser Fort Reynolds, the cruiser Volda, and the cruiser Primorgue. The tonnage of these battleships added up to more than 13,000 tons. As for the loss of more than 800 personnel, this loss is not a big deal. It's not serious.

As for the second Chinese warship Zhijing, although they retreated completely, they were not without losses. In this naval battle, both ships suffered considerable losses. The Zhiyuan lost three 150mm secondary main guns, as well as 8 75mm and 57mm secondary guns, and the double-mounted 254mm main battery on its rear deck , Because of too many bullets, it got stuck. Despite the emergency repairs by the crew, the rear main battery was still stuck and needs to be repaired urgently.

Compared with the Zhiyuan, the Jingyuan is much better, at least its main guns are intact, but there are still some losses. 2 150mm secondary main guns and 6 75mm 57mm secondary guns are also not small losses.

Of course, with the exception of the main guns, the two warships are full of pits on the outside, and even the armor plates have fallen off in some places. But in the end they won, the spirits are different, and now they are considered to have elite aura.

However, on the way back, the small fleet had a dispute.

"You said there was no way to fix it?"

Leifer looked at Liu Buchan and looked at each other in surprise.

Facing Lefer's piercing eyes, Liu Buchan lowered his head. "Yes, the largest shipyard in my country can only accommodate ships of 5,000 tons, and it is still a shipyard opened by the British in Shanghai."

Facing Liu Buchan's answer, Leifer, who had just made great contributions to breaking through the siege, couldn't help but ask. "Then you can currently have the largest shipyard and how many ships can be accommodated for repairs?"

"Lvshun in northern my country has a dock that can hold 4,000 tons."

"Liu, I remember that your two Saxons are going back to China, right?"

"I can't go back now."

"If you can go back to China, where do you go for maintenance?"

Liu Buchan, who was so flustered, could only sigh to himself. Among the many things the Navy had initiated, he had actually forgotten about this. His assistant was really unqualified.

But now there is no maintenance dock, and the second ship Zhijing can only drag the injured body and can only carry out simple repairs.

It can be said that the tasks that Gucha failed to complete, with the help of the Qing people's own gods, have actually achieved most of them.

The naval battle between China and France in the South China Sea has come to an end, but this is not a battle without spectators.

The Leopard gunboat of the British Far East Fleet happened to witness the battle with his own eyes, and of course he also coincided with the meeting. However, Captain Bird described in detail the performance of the two sides in the naval battle in the report, and finally he made a summary comment.

Dear General David, both sides in this naval battle performed brilliantly, and General Lonely showed his excellent planning ability. This battle of ambushing two Venice-class patrols can be said to have achieved his expectations from the beginning. The two Qing warships were completely introduced into the trap, but unfortunately, his net was too worn out, allowing the prey to escape.

After praising General Lonely, Captain Bird changed his words. Compared with the ability of General Gucha, in fact, the performance of the Qing people is not bad this time, but compared with the old and hot Vice Admiral, they are lacking in experience. Of course, in this wonderful naval battle, the battle of encirclement and suppression was very exciting.

However, what impressed me most about this naval battle were the two Venice-class cruisers. Their performance in the naval battle was astounding. It was a perfect combination of firepower, protection and speed. I have reason to believe that the empire will also need to face such a situation in the future. As the results of this naval battle are known to various countries, I believe that the wave of large-scale construction of armored cruisers will definitely come. Then at this time the empire's maritime trade lines will face a more complicated situation.

Captain Bird's report, Admiral David, commander of the British Far East Fleet, was directly submitted to the Admiralty in London without changing the word. This made many people in the Admiralty interested in it, and a colonel named Fisher was most concerned about it.

Of course, this is not the point. The current focus is still on the Sino-French war in the Far East.

In the fleet encirclement and suppression of the second ship Zhijing failed, resulting in a lot of losses. As the fleet commander and the person in charge of this plan, General Gupa immediately submitted his resignation letter to Paris, and in his resignation he put all the responsibilities on himself.

And the Admiralty in Paris was not an unreasonable person, and immediately rejected Gupai's resignation and asked him to make persistent efforts to make China surrender as soon as possible. To this end, the Admiralty also dispatched six large cruisers, including the first-class cruiser Acosta and the first-class cruiser Petrescu, according to the battle report he provided, to support the solitary generals in the Far East.

These six large cruisers are not comparable to the ships under Guzhu’s hands. These six cruisers are all large tonnage cruisers of five or six thousand tons. For the speed of the two Venice-class up to 18.56 knots, these six large cruisers are all Can run at a speed of more than 16 knots~www.NovelMTL.com~ Among them, the Acosta can run at a speed of 17.5 knots.

As for why there is no large cruiser that can compete with the speed of the Venice class, because before this, no country has thought of making cruisers so fast. After all, the cost of each increase in speed is not low at all. Of course, in addition to these six cruisers, France also sent three liaison ships, all of which are the latest and have only recently entered service, and can run at a speed of 19 knots.

It can be said that in order to deal with the two Venice-class patrols, the French navy chose elite soldiers. Although the French Navy is preparing to reinforce the Far East Fleet, it will also take time, and it will take a month for these ships to arrive in the Far East.

However, in the face of the defeat of the naval battle, the French side is of course not reconciled, but the navy side is temporarily unable to attack the north, and more can only consider looking for opportunities from the land.

For this reason, as the supreme commander of the French Road Army in Beiqi, General Miller certainly has the responsibility to restore the honor of France. Therefore, in early June 1884, more than 3,000 French troops launched a surprise attack on the Qing troops stationed in Bei Le near Lang Son. The army launched an attack. Although they have raised their vigilance again and again, the Qing army stationed in Beili is still no match for the French army. More than 3,000 Qing troops, under the attack of the French army, failed to resist for a long time, and then collapsed. flee into the country.

After the Qing army in Beili was defeated, the French army then launched an attack on Lang Son, and Pan Dingxin, the governor of Guangxi, withdrew without a fight. Half a month later, the French army invaded and occupied Zhennan Pass. Due to the lack of troops and difficulties in supply, they burned the checkpoint and retreated back to the front line of Wenyuan and Lang Son.

The French army's continuous victories on land were enough to cover up the losses at sea, and the French became arrogant again. Of course, they did not forget the Italians hiding behind the Qing state.