Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 139
Just as Yan Fu's order was issued, the semaphore soldiers had not had time to display the semaphore.A huge explosion occurred on the hull of the "Triumph" opposite, and the entire warship was blown apart.

Obviously, the ammunition depot in the ship should have been ignited.This massive explosion from within is deadly and the damage caused is devastating.Most of the officers and soldiers on the ship chose to jump into the sea in the raging fire. Driven by the survival instinct, abandoning the ship seemed normal at the time.

This is the "Chengfeng" semaphore, "Let me rescue the brother who fell into the water."

With tears in his eyes, Yan Fu resisted his impulse and ordered: "The fleet lined up in T formation, ready to meet the enemy. Those who dare to sail into the sea will be killed immediately."

Lin Luzhong, the leader of the "Rising", was originally the leader of the cruiser "Fubao" of the Fujian Navy. "The ship served as the deputy pipe belt. After the Qing Dynasty built the "Rising", which was hailed as a shocking work at the time, it was officially appointed as the "Rising" pipe belt.This man is brave in battle, but easily impulsive, because the original Fujian Navy was established by Li Hongzhang, and the officers above the management level of the Fujian Navy were all Li Hongzhang's direct disciples or relatives, and the "Triumph" and "Victory" were all from The French captured them. At that time, the navy was nervous, so they directly drew people from the Fujian Navy to join the battle.So some of the brothers who fell into the water on the opposite side were his former subordinates, some were his old leaders, and some were distant relatives of his mentor Li Hongzhang.Now Yan Fu's order made him yell at him.

"Damn it, this is not from his Nanyang Fleet. Why don't you go to block it yourself? Let us go! Go and go. If you don't go to rescue yourself, why don't you let us go?? Send a semaphore to Laozi, and Laozi entered the sea just to Save people. If I am still alive after the war, I can kill or cut him up.”

"Tube belt, this" the communications soldier was stunned for a moment.

"What is this, carry out the order." Lin Luzhong roared angrily.

"Yes."

On the observation tower of the "Changsheng" ship, Yan Fu was watching the "Victory" ship that was on fire trying to drive towards him with binoculars, but suddenly slowed down again. The rope is ready to rescue the soldiers of the "Triumph" in the sea.

"Come back quickly, or it's all over." Yan Fu roared, and suddenly the figure of "Rising" appeared in the telescope.Turning around, he asked, "What's going on? Lin Luzhong's disobedience?"

"Report to the general, the Uprising just sent a semaphore, tell me," the signal soldier hesitated to speak out.

Yan Fu cursed: "What did you say, say it quickly!"

"It is said that rising up and entering the sea is only to save people, and return to the team immediately after being rescued. If you are still alive after the battle, you are willing to be punished by military law."

Yan Fu's face turned red when he heard this, and he cursed angrily: "Is Lin Luzhong's head worth a Rise? If my second formation loses the battle because of the lack of Rise, who will bear the responsibility?"

The communications soldier bowed his head and remained silent, while Yan Fu reincarnated and continued to watch through the binoculars.The [-]-ton main battleship "Kyushu" in the distance has quietly approached behind the slow-moving and burning "Victory" ship.

"boom"

There was another loud bang, the stern of the "Victory" ship was shot and exploded, and the fire was out of control. More power systems were damaged, and the bottom of the ship was severely flooded.The entire warship is head-light and tail-heavy, and the stern has begun to sink, but the bow is still above the sea.

The officers and soldiers of the whole ship ran to the bow of the ship and jumped into the sea one by one, because they saw that "rise" was approaching them.Those officers and soldiers on the "Triumph" had just climbed up, and they had to jump into the sea before they were hot.

Yan Fu closed his eyes in pain, the so-called strong man cut off his wrist, although he became disabled but his life was preserved.In order to avoid the enemy from the front and back, he decisively dispatched "Triumph" and "Victory" to stop it.

Finally got precious time, not only wiped out most of the enemy ships but also stabilized the formation, waiting for the fleet to attack.It can be said that there are gains and losses, and the sacrifice of "triumph" and "victory" has considerable value.

But now, the "Rising" ship hastily attacked without listening to the dispatch, so that the tragedy that had already ended may continue to be staged.It's not that Yan Fu never thought about leading the fleet to rush to the rescue, but anyone with a little common sense in naval warfare knows that in combat, it is impossible to put down the escalator or the rope to rescue the comrades who fell into the sea.Not to mention being targeted by enemy ships, even the machine guns on one's own warship, the strong recoil caused by the artillery firing caused the hull to tremble, and the soldiers climbing up would be overwhelmed.What's more, there is no extra manpower on the ship to install escalators and the like.If the strength of one's own side is clearly occupied, and two or three warships can be separated out without fighting for special rescue, it may as well try, but now the strength comparison between the two sides not only does not have an advantage, but also has a disadvantage, let alone enter the sea area rashly.At that time, I won't be able to run away. I have just seen those three cruisers with terrifying speed.

I brought the second formation of the imperial navy's main force. If I handed over the entire fleet here because of my temporary emotions, I would have enough heads to cut off by the emperor.To put it more bluntly, if this failure caused the war to become passive, and even the final defeat, I would not be able to bear this responsibility, so I would rather sacrifice the soldiers in front of me than take this risk.

Fortunately, the actions of the "Rising" did not spread to other warships, and the rest of the warships were honestly in formation.The soldiers on the ship were also busy repairing the middle gun deck, carrying ammunition, watering the deck and other pre-war preparations.

Although Yan Fu was very angry at Lin Luzhong's disobedience, he wished he could chop off his head immediately.But he still watched every move of "Rising" through the telescope, and the tense expression fully demonstrated his concern for "Rising".

One's own children can only be educated by themselves, and they will beat themselves if they want to beat them. It is not up to others to make irresponsible remarks, and they will not be willing to let others beat them.This kind of feeling is exactly reflected in Yan Fu.Looking at Lin Luzhong who was still gnashing his teeth just now, now he hopes to return safely.

"boom"

A shell was fired from the "Rising" towards the "Fusang" which was approaching him. The hull of the "Rising" that fired the shell shook violently, and the strong recoil almost threw the soldier in charge of firing the cannon to the deck. superior.

Those soldiers who had just climbed halfway from the sea were shaken by this burst and all returned to the sea.

"Idiot, how did that guy graduate from Fujian Naval Academy?" Yan Fu looked through the binoculars and cursed angrily.

It was the main gun of the [-]-ton battleship "Kyushu" that rang again, "Boom!"

A shell accurately hit the side string of "Rising", and because there were still soldiers in the sea constantly climbing up, "Rising" couldn't move quickly, standing there like a target.Another 280mm armor-piercing round broke its steam pipe, making it slower and slower.In addition, a 240mm high-explosive grenade hit its officer's room. The shell tore a large hole in the rear of the starboard side and left two large holes in the 102-meter-thick armored deck.The luxurious furnishings in the officer's room were gone, and the beds, boards, and clothes were all messed up and burned to pieces.This is not the most important thing, because this is wartime, and there is no one in the officer's room.The most important thing is the propellant package warehouse in the officer's room, and the door of the propellant package warehouse is not closed. Even if the propellant package only needs a small spark, the end of the "Rise" will be: the tail is cut off by the earth-shattering explosion, and then carried More than 500 lives sank into the sea in a matter of minutes.

Lin Luzhong hadn't noticed all this, but felt the shock of the warship continuously.At the beginning of the battle, the "Rise" was hit by two cruisers and lost its way, and was shot in many places.Now Lin Luzhong still wants to rely on his strong defense ability to save a few more brothers.

"boom"

A loud noise came from the officer's room of "Rising", just as described before, the tail of "Rising" was cut off by the earth-shattering explosion, and it sank slowly in just a few minutes.Pity those soldiers who jumped into the sea from the "Triumph", climbed onto the warship twice in a row, and finally could not escape the fate of returning to the sea.

(End of this chapter)