All-people naval warfare: from patrol boats to aircraft carrier fleets

Lütjens's face changed when he heard this, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He turned to look at Ye Bai. Fortunately, his commander issued an order in advance to let the Yanhuang leave the formation and sail at full speed, gaining a certain amount of time.

"The naval gun is ready to fire immediately once it enters the range to attract the attention of the enemy warship."

Although Lütjens did not know the course and development of the Shipu Port naval battle, based on the results of radar detection, he almost had a rough guess and analysis. Since the friendly fleets took the initiative to disperse and break out without firing a shot, , either his strength is inferior to others, or he has no intention of fighting.

But no matter which case it is, the situation of the friendly fleet is already very pessimistic, and all he can do now is to attract the opponent's attention and contain it. He must contain the enemy warships and cover the safe breakout of the friendly fleet.

Especially the two slower warships that turned to break out of the port. If he were the commander of the enemy fleet, he would definitely dispatch warships to block the port, and then send warships to enter. The port launched an attack and did not give the opponent a chance to escape.

This time, Ye Bai had no intention of interfering with Lütjens' command, and he was secretly relieved. Fortunately, he spent a lot of money to add a lot of power equipment, otherwise the trouble would be huge.

The Yanhuang's two boiler rooms and engine room are equipped with complete power equipment according to the data given by the system, allowing the Yanhuang to reach the theoretical maximum speed of 32 However, Ye Bai used space crystals to upgrade the small space in the logistics cabin. It is true that the multiple rewards after the upgrade of the small space in the logistics cabin made Ye Bai happy, but it also caused a serious problem. Previously, he deliberately The boilers and turbines in the modified power cabin provided enough energy to the small space of the 343 logistics cabin before the upgrade, and there was even some leftover. After the small space was upgraded

, these boilers and turbines could no longer support it. , which took up a lot of the power energy originally used to drive the Yanhuang, and even reduced the Yanhuang's top speed to 26 knots. In this case, Ye Bai had to use all the previous boilers and turbines It was eliminated and replaced with the Admiralty-type three-drum slim tube water tube boiler and Parsons gear reduction steam turbine unit currently used on the Yanhuang, and they were also equipped with 4, and were installed in 4 specially modified energy compartments.

This 4 All the power energy provided by the specially modified energy cabin was used to support the energy consumption in the small space of the upgraded logistics cabin. This allowed the Yanhuang's power and energy supply to return to normal, and also restored the previous maximum of 32 knots. Speed.

If this were not the case, let alone leaving the fleet formation and rushing to Shipu Port for support as soon as possible, the Yanhuang would probably become a burden to the fleet and drag down the speed of the entire fleet.

"boom"、"boom"、""Boom!"

When the Yanhuang, which was leading the way, had just arrived about 10 kilometers away from Shipu Port, under the order of Lütjens, three twin-mounted 152mm main guns erupted with a huge roar. One round after another The 152mm shell fell into the sea and exploded violently. Huge water columns were created by the shock wave of the shell explosion, which shocked the French naval officers and soldiers who originally thought they had a chance of victory.

While continuing to maintain their confrontation The Nanyang Navy, which had broken out in all directions, was in pursuit. While quickly looking in the direction of the cannonballs, they discovered that there was actually (caaa) a huge steel warship in the distance that was splitting the sea at an extremely fast speed, approaching at high speed.

"ironclad……"

The Yanhuang has a displacement of up to 7,000 tons, and it is an all-steel battleship. In this era, it is almost equivalent to a main ironclad. The size alone is enough to put these French battleships with a maximum displacement of no more than 5,000 tons to shame..

The French fleet, which mistook the Yanhuang for an ironclad, immediately panicked. They could not care less about continuing to pursue the battleships of the Nanyang Navy. They hurriedly began to turn the ship around and prepare to fight. Even the French fleet, which had already left to pursue the Nanyang Navy, headed north. Four French warships, including the three battleships Nanchen, Kaiji and Nari that broke through, were also alerted and quickly turned around and came to support.

With just one salvo, the Yanhuang attracted the attention of all the French warships. They gradually formed a semicircle, and the main guns fired continuously at the Yanhuang.

Faced with a large number of flying artillery shells, Lütjens did not panic at all, and calmly issued orders one after another. With the assistance of Qi Sicheng, he constantly changed directions and tried his best to avoid the falling artillery shells from the sky. At the same time, the ship The three twin-mounted 152mm guns and the two twin-mounted 102mm guns on board also continued to fire counterattacks.

Even though the French fleet had as many as 6 warships, none of them could be the opponent of the Yanhuang. With more and fewer warships fighting, only a few cannonballs landed on Huang's hull.

In the violent explosion, although some of the armor value of the Yanhuang was knocked off, the damage to the Yanhuang was not too great. The biggest result was that some wounded people appeared on the Yanhuang.

The French fleet did not cause much damage to the Yanhuang. On the contrary, the Yanhuang's counterattack fire was quite sharp. When the naval guns roared, almost all the firepower was concentrated on the French warship.

Facing Yanhuang's fierce artillery fire, the two smallest and weakest rod mine boats in the French fleet were the first to suffer. As mentioned before, the rod mine boats at this time were tantamount to committing suicide. Only when a warship gets close to the opponent's warship can it detonate the mines on the long pole, thus causing damage to the opponent's warship.

In this era, due to the level of science and technology and battleship technology, such a rod mine boat is still somewhat useful, but when faced with an epoch-making light cruiser like the Yanhuang, it can only become a living target, let alone play a role..

Although in Ye Bai's heart, Yanhuang can only be regarded as a treaty-type light cruiser, not to mention compared with those cruisers that travel across the seas in the 21st century, even those powerful light cruisers in the late World War II are far behind, but At this stage in the late 19th century, it was undoubtedly a black-tech battleship.

Without giving the two French rod mine boats a chance to get close, a few salvos from the two twin 102mm cannons blew the two French rod mine boats to pieces and turned them into a pile of scrap metal. Along with the remains of French naval officers and soldiers, they sank into the seabed.

The tragic scene of the two rod mine boats also frightened the officers and soldiers on the other four French warships. If it were not for the years of training, the honor and sense of mission as soldiers, or the long-standing contempt for flower growers, at this time they I really had to turn around and run away.

These Western countries have always been like this. Although there is no shortage of sacrifices, they rarely fight to the last soldier when they know they have failed. Surrender is even more commonplace.

Isn’t it just a matter of hanging a white flag on the mast of a battleship? It’s just a matter of a pair of underwear. In the eyes of these Westerners, it’s not a big deal.

"boom"、"boom"、""Boom!"

The roar of naval guns on both sides continued. Even though the Yanhuang was fighting against four, the number of guns was not as good as that of the French fleet, but its firepower was quite powerful, and its armor protection was not at the same level as that of French warships. They actually had the upper hand.

Such a fierce naval battle attracted the attention of many people. Although the merchant ships and civilian ships docked in Shipu Port were frightened, they could not extinguish their curiosity and climbed to high places one after another. Watch this naval battle from a distance

"boom"、"boom"、""Boom!"

Amidst the cheers and prayers of some local people, not long after the battle, a French warship that was firing continuously launched a series of explosions. A large number of fires suddenly appeared, and in the thick smoke, it sank directly. Ye

Bai held up the telescope and was surprised to see that the French battleship sank for no reason. He who watched the whole battle could see clearly that all the main firepower on the Yanhuang was concentrated on the most powerful French fleet. On a wooden-hulled protected cruiser, the warship that suddenly caught fire and sank was not within their attack range.

What was going on?

Just when Ye Bai was confused, the excited voice of the communications soldier came from beside him:"Report Commander and Captain, Pengze and Yujiang have arrived at the battlefield and successfully sunk an enemy warship using torpedoes."

Well, the case has finally been solved. Fortunately, the Pengze and Yujiang have arrived at the battlefield and joined the battle immediately. While all the attention of the French fleet was attracted by the Yanhuang, , used a torpedo sneak attack and achieved success in one fell swoop.

The French warship was attacked and sunk by surprise, and the situation on the battlefield has been reversed. In terms of quantity, the French fleet and the Chinese fleet each have 3 warships, which is considered to be evenly matched.

But when it comes to discussion The real combat power is simply the same as the sky and the earth. Not to mention the most powerful Yanhuang, even the two destroyers Pengze and Yujiang are capable of sending all the last three French warships away. Go into the sea to feed the bastard.

What's more, after the French fleet sank three warships in succession, the Chengqing and Yuyuan gunboats that were originally forced to hide in Shipu Port actually sneaked out. Seeing the situation on the battlefield, His eyes were wide open.

The commander of the Chengqing was Jiang Chaoying, a fellow countryman of Lin Zexu, but he did not have Lin Zexu’s strength. In the original naval battle of Shipu Port, Jiang Chaoying did not dare to fight out of fear of war. counterattacked the French ships, but instead ordered his own ships to be scuttled, and then reported falsely that they were sunk by French torpedo boats.

(PS: The author’s mistake was that he only found out that Jiang Chaoying was once the commander of the Yangwu, but ignored it. Due to his ability and character issues, it is now impossible to change the previous content. The author is deeply sorry for the inconvenience caused to everyone by changing the captain of the Pengze to Liang Zifang, the deputy commander who died in the Battle of Mawei. ).