Chapter 2760: defeated

This batch of French battleships still has a little bit of strength, including the first-class battleships "Royal Sun", "Crown Prince" and "Royal Duke". They are the pride of the French Navy. They send out.

They are majestic and huge, with resplendent and magnificent decorations on board, looking luxurious and majestic.

It is very spectacular when using superior forces to attack the enemy, but if you are running for your life in a hurry, the decoration on the ship will slow down the speed.

Before escaping, the French made a light load. Except for the ammunition, the military rations and drinking water were only taken for three days, and the rest of the sundries were cancelled: such as materials used to repair the warship, coal used for the ship’s blacksmith’s stove, etc. None of them were brought on board, and personal belongings were discarded. We tried our best to speed up the speed.

However, as fast as they run, so will the Nanhua battleships that flank them.

You deal with light loads, and I also handle them with light loads. Nanhua brought supply ships, engineering ships, and battleships lightly loaded into battle.

The "Royal Sun" was surrounded by two "Zhonghua" class battleships, the "Luoyang" and the "Urumqi", and fired at it fiercely.

The artillery data of the "Royal Sun": 28 36-pounders, 30 18-pounders, 28 12-pounders and 20 6-pounders, and 4 4-pounders, a total of 110 artillery pieces.

The "Zhonghua-class" battleship has 98 guns, the data is: 28 32-pounder guns, 60 18-pounder guns, and 10 12-pounder guns.

This class of battleship has a very special alias, also known as the "Chaotic Cloak" class battleship, mainly relying on numerous 18-pound cannons to bombard the enemy.

The shells of the 18-pound artillery can penetrate the armor of the enemy battleship. Although the lethality is not as good as that of the larger caliber artillery, the Chinese have a fast rate of fire. In the same time, they fire more shells to kill the enemy and interrupt The enemy's normal firing frequency.

If it were the gunners of the former European maritime powers, they could still withstand the attack of the "Zhonghua class" battleships, but the gunners on the "Royal Sun" were obviously inferior, and they could still communicate with the Nanhua ship at first. Slowly, fewer and fewer gunners were able to move on the "Royal Sun", and fewer and fewer guns were returned. This was the situation not long after leaving the port of Brest!

How was it going to go on the vast sea journey from the port of Brest to Spain.

The officers of the battleships in the sailing period were quite gentlemanly in battle. Senior officers often stood on the open deck to command the battle, setting an example, and both the enemy and the enemy could see it.

But today, Rear Admiral de Rabio Sarabia hid in the **** cabin without any grace and dared not show his face.

Even so, a burst of artillery blasted, and the stern cabin was riddled with holes. Sunlight shone through the holes, sawdust and dust flew, and the people in the cabin saw the terrified Rear Admiral.

"The navy is really not done by humans!" The rear admiral's big hat was crooked, his clothes were torn, and he had no manners.

The land extends in all directions, you can escape wherever you want, and you can escape wherever you can by sea!

He knew his own affairs, and never dreamed that he would become a naval commander.

In fact, before he escaped, he didn't want to board the "Royal Sun", which was too dazzling, but the king stipulated that nobles should have noble manners. As a general, if he doesn't sit on a battleship, even if he wins, he must suffer.

There is no way, it is too dangerous on the open deck. The captain of the "Royal Sun" was killed, the deputy captain was seriously injured, and a captain appointed urgently was just killed. The current captain is a The senior officer brought by De Rabio Sarabia was hiding on the open deck, so embarrassed that he didn't even bother to give orders.

The gunners on the battleship Nanhua raged on this French ship, but it couldn't get rid of the incoming artillery fire at a high speed.

Due to the heavy losses on the "Royal Sun" and its weak firepower, it was unable to suppress the Nanhua battleship, so that the musketeers on the Nanhua battleship climbed to a high place on the ship and fired condescendingly. The "Royal Sun" shot, and the sailors on the open deck of the ship were killed and wounded, and the deck was covered with dead bodies, blood smeared.

Lack of enough manpower, maneuvering is difficult, so that the speed is getting slower and slower.

Not only the "Royal Sun", but the rest of the French ships are not much better. The best naval officers and soldiers in the past can't come back from the battle. The quality of the current naval officers and soldiers is very poor. Fighting with Nanhua's experienced gunners and gunners is simply overwhelming. abuse.

The first-class battleship "Emperor Prince" was also pinched by two Nanhua battleships "Guangnan East Road" and "Guangnan West Road". He was shot dead, and now the helmsman replaced by a non-commissioned officer was unskilled, and he had to dodge bullets from time to time. His hands shook wildly, and the steering wheel turned wildly, so that the battleship also twisted Yangko.

This made it very hard for the "Guangnan East Road" and "Guangnan West Road" to pursue. Every time the artillery hits and misses, he dances there, so you have to dance too. The officers scolded in Cantonese, "Diao Qiqu Lao m", in the end, the gunners on the two Nanhua battleships agreed by coincidence and reached a consensus: don't aim at the helmsman on the "Crown Prince" and shoot, so as not to spoil everyone's enjoyment of shooting!

The first-class battleship "Royal Duke" was beaten badly, it suffered heavy damage, and the same two Zhonghua-class battleships "Beizhili" and "Shaanxi" bloodbathed the ship with unprecedented firepower, especially the 18-pound The artillery was crazy. The gunners fired the cannons on one side too hot, and dragged the 18-pound guns on the other side to fire with rapid movements.

The corpses of the enemy ship that covered the deck were all red, and the smell of blood made people dizzy~www.wuxiaspot.com~The commander of the "Royal Duke" Viscount Dejoys was extremely angry, He snatched the steering wheel of the "Royal Duke" and ran straight towards the "Beizhili", which made the "Beizhili" pale with fright (this is what the ship's captain, Colonel Guo Yongzhong said) , quickly evade.

What can I say when the battle is fought like this!

The French watching the battle from the fort on the coast of Brest Harbor watched with binoculars, and there was no sound, and many adults shed tears of sorrow.

Shi Lang, who was watching overseas, commented: "The kids played well!"

He was in a good mood and asked everyone, "What do you think of this situation?"

Naturally, there was a flood of flattery, saying that the emperor was wise, our army was brave, and the equipment was first-class... and that General Shi Lang was well commanded.

Shi Lang smiled and said: "This is the defeat of the army!"

Yes, the army was defeated like a mountain, and a French battleship raised a white flag to surrender! 2084/10290697