"Success!"

Chen Baocheng was so excited that he was about to cry. He sank two enemy ships one after another, and finally tore open the enemy's encirclement.

The East China Sea Fleet warships quickly sailed out of the port channel, entered the main channel of the Yangtze River, and joined the battle with the Songjiang River.

At this moment, when Klaus saw the East China Sea Fleet break through successfully, he opened his mouth wide in surprise and almost dropped his chin on the deck.

The wooden sail battleship was able to successfully break through the muzzle of the armored battleship. This is too unscientific.

Klaus said that his brains were not enough to understand.

But Marin saw the problem, "Your Excellency Commander, we have to admit that the enemy's artillery is too advanced and has left us a few streets."

Is it a problem with artillery?

Klaus suddenly realized that during the day, he just felt that the artillery firing of the East China Sea Fleet was too fast, several times that of his own artillery firing. He didn't take it too seriously at that time because he knew that no matter how fast the artillery fired, he would not be able to penetrate the armor protection of his own warships.

But now it is different. Because it is night and the visibility is too low, the two sides are too close at the beginning. The firefighting distance of less than 100 meters is obvious that the party with fast artillery fire will take a big advantage, because no matter how thick the iron armor is, it cannot withstand the continuous direct bombardment of the artillery fire.

After miscalculation, Klaus realized this problem, but he was unwilling to let go of the East China Sea Fleet.

"Blow me hard! I don't believe it anymore. The iron-clad ships of our British Empire can't beat the old wooden ships. They will break the backbone of the enemy and let them know the consequences of offending the British Empire!"

Klaus roared, but the battle did not seem to be carried out according to his will.

The submarine Holland, in the potential darkness, continued to attack the British and French fleets. In less than three minutes, it fired three fish radium again, sinking an English ship and a French ship. At the same time, the British and French fleets fired another round of artillery fire, sinking three East China Sea Fleet sailing warships that broke through.

Two ironclad ships exchanged for three old wooden sail warships, which was a huge loss. Klaus immediately exploded.

However, just as Klaus organized a fleet to prepare for another attack, he suddenly heard the sound of thunderous cannons.

I saw the fire shining on the fort in Chongming County, and the Nanyang Army's coastal defense artillery finally began to counterattack.

A cannon shot into the sky, drawing out light, and then whistled towards the British and French fleets.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom

The shells exploded, instantly arousing water columns soaring into the sky. British and French warships were constantly hit, and huge and fiery red mushroom clouds rose.

This is a large-caliber fortress cannon. It is powerful and has a curved ballistic shooting. It can directly avoid the vertical armor protection of British and French warships and directly hit the horizontal deck without protection, causing huge damage and casualties to British and French warships.

Klaus and his friends were stunned.

"Damn the information, isn't it that the enemy's shore defense artillery is just as powerful? This damn can almost sink an iron armored ship with one shot!"

"The information is wrong. Commander, if I were you, I should retreat now!"

"We have completed the raid mission, which has severely damaged the East China Sea Fleet. I believe they will not dare to take the initiative to fight in a short period of time."

"In addition, Chuansha has already started to rush to land on the beach, so we need to provide artillery fire support in the future!"

Klaus had a dark face and wanted to continue attacking until he destroyed the main force of the East China Sea Fleet in one fell swoop, but unfortunately it was impossible. He did not expect that the information was wrong and the firepower of the Shanghai Fortress on Chongming Island was wrongly judged.

"Retreat! Delay a little later and notify the French fleet!"

Well, Klaus is a vengeful guy, and now he is going to cheat the French.

Who made the French not participate in the war at the beginning? This was a retribution for self-inflicted retribution.

The British Asian fleet retreated quickly and drove into the dark night. The French fleet slowed down because it was dark night. It was hard to see clearly, and the orders were obviously not smooth. As a result, three French warships were sunk, and Gu Ba was so distressed that he was very distressed.

When the British fleet had already evacuated, he was so angry that he cursed and hurriedly ordered the French fleet to withdraw from the battle.

The advantage of the steam engine warship was once again powerful at this moment, making the British and French fleets proudly withdraw from the Yangtze River and sail into the East China Sea.

Chen Baocheng was also stunned and finally broke through the siege. He was organizing a fleet to retreat towards the Wusongkou Naval Base. Unexpectedly, the British and French fleets also chose to retreat at the same time.

Chen Baocheng wanted to pursue him, but unfortunately he finally gave up. Nanmen Port was in a sea of ​​fire and there were still many things to be done.

When Lin Jiyun and others arrived at the riverside, the battle was over. Looking at the burning and sunken warships and floating corpses inside and outside the harbor, his heart was suddenly disheartened.

"Commander, you kill me!"

Chen Baocheng knelt in front of Lin Jiyun. He was covered in blood, injured more than a dozen places, and was also heartbroken.

"Bastard, do you still dare to come to see me? I think I dare not kill you?"

Lin Jiyun was furious and immediately took out his gun and was about to kill Chen Baocheng.

Li Jun next to him hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and advised: "Lao Lin, Chen Baocheng's dereliction of duty caused our fleet to be attacked. It is indeed necessary to shoot him, but we also wish us for this matter!"

"Fart!" Lin Jiyun was furious. He had never sweared in front of Chief of Staff Li Jun, and he had also violated the precepts at this moment.

Li Jun had no intention of blaming him, but said: "We should have taken the fleet to the Wusongkou Naval Base, so that we would not have been attacked by the British and French fleets. We were eager to go to Shanghai to attend the celebration dinner held by the prince for us, and temporarily left the fleet on Chongming Island, which led to the attack."

Lin Jiyun was speechless. He was a person with clear public and private affairs. Although Chen Baocheng always stared at his fleet commander position, Lin Jiyun did not want to avenge his private revenge at this time.

Li Jun said again: "We have won two consecutive naval battles, and we are arrogant. Not only that, but everyone in the East China Sea Fleet is like this. A arrogant soldier will be defeated. We have to learn this lesson!"

Lin Jiyun no longer had the courage to shoot, and immediately put it away, sighing: "You are right, we are indeed proud! We are guilty from you and me!"

After looking at Chen Baocheng, Lin Jiyun said, "Get up first and tell us how much we have lost this sneak attack?"

Chen Baocheng stood up and reported the preliminary statistics he had just obtained to Lin Jiyun and Li Jun.

During this sneak attack by the British and French fleets, the two sides fought for only twenty minutes, but they both paid a huge price.

The East China Sea Fleet lost 18 sail battleships. The total tonnage was 18,000 tons, including two first-class battleships, three second-class battleships, one third-class battleship, and five fourth-class battleships. Two first-class cruise ships and four frigates. More than 20 sail battleships and auxiliary battleships were severely damaged or stranded in the port, killing 1,203 people and more than 3,000 injured.

Although the British and French fleets were attackers, they also paid a heavy price. Three British ships were sunk and four French ships were sunk, all of which were ironclad ships, with a total tonnage of nearly 30,000 tons, more than 2,000 people were killed or injured, and 171 people were captured in the water, including 47 British troops and 124 French troops. Including 24 officers, the largest rank was French Brigadier General David, but David was seriously injured and was still in a coma.

Li Jun suddenly laughed and said, "Eighteen old wooden warships were replaced by seven of the most advanced iron-armored warships in the British and French fleets. It seems that we have taken advantage of it!"

Lin Jiyun also smiled bitterly, not expecting this result at all.

"Fortunately, all ten shallow water heavy turrets are fine, otherwise I will have to be punished for fear of crime!"

"But, how should I explain to the prince? After all, I was attacked by a sneak attack, so I must be scolded!"

Li Jun and Lin Jiyun looked at each other and smiled bitterly. At this time, a rumbling sound came from outside again.

"What's going on?"

"Report, fires appear in the southeast direction, and fires are everywhere!"

"Report. A large number of enemy ships rushing in the north of the Yangtze River (the northern section of Chongming Island, Yangtze River) have already exchanged fire with the Chongming Island coastal defense fortress. The Chongming Island coastal defense commander asked our fleet for support!"

"Reported, the General Staff Department sent an urgent telegram, and the British and French coalition forces rushed to the beach in Sichuan sand. The General Staff asked our fleet to provide support and restrain the British and French fleet!"

The reports immediately made Lin Jiyun, Li Jun and others nervous. This was clearly the rhythm of the war!

The large number of enemy ships in Erdaojiang was obviously Li Hongzhang's Beiyang army crossing the Yangtze River overnight, trying to capture Chongming Island. The artillery fire in the southeast was in the Sichuan-Sand area, and the British and French fleets were covering the British and French coalition forces to carry out the 6th battle.

"The British and French fleets are actually covering their 6th battle operations in Sichuan sand!"

"Yes, what should we do now?"

Lin Jiyun and Li Jun discussed and decided to let the remaining eight sail battleships, four first-class cruise ships and fourteen frigates form a formation to go to Erdaojiang to block the Beiyang army's crossing the river, and ten shallow water heavy turret ironclad ships go to the waters near Chuansha to restrain the firepower of the British and French fleets and reduce the pressure on the Sichuan-Sand Sea defensive army.

However, just as the action was about to happen, Lin Jiyun received the order again, which was issued by Li Weiguo himself, requiring Lin Jiyun to give up sending a fleet to reinforce Sichuansha, transfer all naval forces to Erdaojiang, and do his best to block the Beiyang army from crossing the river.

"Why did this prince do this?" Lin Jiyun wondered, unable to guess Li Weiguo's thoughts.

Li Jun shook his head and frowned, and he couldn't think of a reason, but since he couldn't think of it, he had to execute the command.

So, Lin Jiyun personally led the main force of the East China Sea Fleet to Erdaojiang to block the Beiyang Army's crossing the river, while Li Jun stayed to deal with the aftermath of Nanmen Port.

At the same time, Li Weiguo, the tallest building in Shanghai, was already standing on the top floor, looking at Chongming Island and Chuansha.

Next to him was Wu Yong, who had recovered his status as Chief of General Staff, and Chen Jingnan, the deputy chief of General Staff who had not left for the time being. Behind him were a group of staff and guards.

Wu Yong asked with a smile: "Prince, if you give up Chuansha, do you want to have another decisive battle with the British and French coalition forces on the 6th floor? Just like the last Battle of Shanghai, the 200,000 British and French coalition forces killed cried and called their parents."

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "Yes, I have that idea."

Chen Jingnan raised his concern and said, "Prince, in the last Battle of Shanghai, our army won the lead in weapons and equipment, which made the British and French coalition forces suffer a loss. This time, the British and French coalition forces still had 200,000 troops, but they replaced them with new weapons and equipment like us. We seem to have no advantage in this regard."

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "Yes, the combat quality of the British and French coalition forces is very high. The last time we won by chance was because of the advantage of the equipment leader. Five years have passed, and my army has been on the battlefield for a long time. It is not weak in combat quality, and even surpassed the British and French coalition forces. Even if the same equipment as the enemy and us, I have the confidence to win."

Chen Jingnan said: "Then why did the prince give up the coastal defense fortifications of Sichuan and Sha? Relying on the coastal defense fortifications of Sichuan and Sha, even if the British and French coalition forces cannot stop them, they can slowly consume their troops. It would be a pity to give up directly."

Before Li Weiguo could answer, Wu Yong suddenly smiled and said, "Ruochen guessed correctly. The prince should have prepared more advanced weapons to use to deal with the British and French coalition forces, right?"

Li Weiguo suddenly smiled, glanced at Wu Yong, turned to Chen Jingnan, and said, "That's right, I did prepare a big meal for the British and French coalition forces."

Wu Yong and Chen Jingnan both had their eyes lit up, and the former asked: "What kind of meal has the prince prepared? Can you open your eyes to me?"

Li Weiguodao: "Just open your eyes, this is a secret for the time being, and the enemy cannot have any chance to notice it!"

What is the secret? Seeing Li Weiguo so mysterious, Wu Yong and Chen Jingnan were a little looking forward to it.

Li Weiguo continued: "Let go of Sichuan and sand and let all the British and French forces reach 6th, so that I can use a huge killing weapon and destroy them in one fell swoop."

Wu Yong and Chen Jingnan were surprised. What kind of killing weapon was that they could destroy 200,000 British and French coalition forces in one fell swoop. They really couldn't think of it and were looking forward to it even more.

Li Weiguo looked at his watch and said immediately: "It's almost done. Let the defenders of Chuansha Coast prepare to retreat and let the enemy land. Do a good job of the show and don't let the enemy see the problem."

The telegram was quickly released, and the commander of the Chuansha Guardian quickly ordered the coastal artillery to blow up the artillery and ammunition depot, and then pretended to be defeated and retreated.

Because it was dark night, the retreat of the Sichuan-Sha defenders did not see any problems with the British and French coalition forces. After all, the shelling of dozens of warships in the British and French fleets was very fierce, and the British and French coalition forces that rushed to the beach to board 6 also paid a huge price of thousands of casualties, and the whole process was extremely fierce.

After successfully rushing to the beach and climbing 6, Klaus and Guba were immediately overjoyed and hurriedly ordered the British and French troops to quickly build beach-head fortifications and advance in depth to open up 6 tours.

"This time, I must conquer Shanghai and wash away the disastrous defeat left by the British Empire in the last Battle of Shanghai!"

"That's right, the last Battle of Shanghai was also a shame for our French Empire. This time I will wash it off by myself. I will cut off the head of Li Weiguo and give it to His Majesty the Emperor."

Klaus and Guba swore one after another, as if they had forgotten the lesson of the failure of the naval battle just now, and the sneak attack suffered heavy losses. They thought that as long as 200,000 British and French forces successfully landed 6, they could win the second Battle of Shanghai. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!