When Zhang Peilun, He Ruzhang, He Jing and others were fooling around, the officers and men of the Fujian Navy Division on the river didn't even know a ghost, and all the warships dropped anchor and turned off their fires, stupidly watching the French ships prepare for battle. Gu Badu had already arranged the attack formation, but Zhang Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Naval Division, was still maintaining his good living habit - taking a nap. Everything is running away in that irretrievable direction.

Eight warships of the Fujian Navy Division, including Fuxing, Yangwu, Fubo, Jiansheng, Yixin, Fusheng, Shenhang, and Yongbao, were lined up and moored on the shore of the Harbour Administration, while three warships, including Ji'an, Feiyun, and Zhenwei, were parked at the customs wharf, and the French fleet was in the waters under the Xingluo Tower. This formation seems to be that the Qing army surrounded the French army, but in fact it was cut into two sections and could not take care of each other, and the ships of the Qing army were much worse than those of the French.

The Fujian Navy Division is the self-built fleet of the Qing Dynasty, and all ships are built by the Fujian Ship Administration Bureau, although it has consolidated the cornerstone of the Qing Dynasty's independent shipbuilding, but the level of craftsmanship is very average. The shipbuilding industry of the Qing Dynasty, which is staggering forward, is still a long way from building its own fleet. Except for the flagship Yangwu, which was a wooden-hulled cruiser, the other warships of the Fujian Navy Division were all gunboats and transport ships, and the tonnage of Yangwu was only about 1,600 tons. The tonnage of the three ships Fubo, Ji'an, and Feiyun is also nearly 1,003, but because of the problem of design and construction capabilities, they are all gunboats. The tonnage of Yongbao and Shenzhen Airlines has reached 1,040, but unfortunately both of them are transport ships and do not have naval combat capabilities at all. The rest of the bunch of children were all gunboats, and the tonnage was smaller, either 200 tons or 500 tons.

The level of the French army was much higher than that of the Fujian Naval Division, and there were three wooden-hulled cruisers whose tonnage far surpassed that of Yangwu, and there were also two armored cruisers, Triumph and Dujushiluin. And the French also have two secret weapons - pole mineboats. The rod mine is the predecessor of *, because there is no way to effectively propulsion, so a long rod is fixed to the bow of the dinghy, and the dinghy rushes to the enemy ship during naval battles, and the pole mine is used to hit and explode the enemy ship. Although this kind of spear is suspected of being a death squad, it is still very powerful, and a battleship of less than 5,000 tons will not be good as long as it is stabbed by him.

Even if the Fujian Navy Division actively prepares for war and takes the initiative to attack, it is a dead end, not to mention that after realizing it, there is no preparation at all? There is only one dead word waiting for the Fujian sailor, and it is ugly to die. However, the loyal and innocent officers and soldiers, unaware of the impending doom, some went to shore on vacation, while others stayed on deck to curse their mothers.

"The officials eat people's food and don't do personnel, we will be killed by them sooner or later!" Chen Ye, a sailor on the Yangwu, cursed Shangfeng while wiping the deck. The French ships were close at hand, and the sailors were all nervous, but the officials took all the ammunition, and they could only pray for safety.

"Say less! I heard that the governor was coming to inspect the ship, and when I heard that, I was going to clean you up! Shui Yong Lin Asong comforted the grumbling robe. In fact, he is even more depressed, Chen Ye is a regular army, but he is just a brave, and he can't even get the national salary.

"What's going on over there?" Chen Ye did not raise the bar with Lin Asong, but looked in the direction of the stern of the ship, Zheng Baochen, the garrison Guo Yulin, the leader of the artillery Zhang Yongquan, and several Manchurian students such as Yang Zhaonan, Xue Youfu, and Huang Jiliang were all gathered at the stern of the ship, looking at something.

"Damn, French ship!" The two also looked behind them and saw a French dinghy approaching them.

"Go to the gun emplacement, copy the guy!" Chen Ye and Lin Asong threw away the rag and ran to their posts, they were going to prepare for the war.

When the soldiers of each ship saw the French ship coming, they were all actively preparing for battle, but the Yangwu, who controlled the overall situation, was busy arguing. The officers noticed that the enemy was approaching, and hurriedly went to wake up Zhang Cheng, waiting for the commander to make an idea. Zhang Cheng's anger when he got up was not small, and after a casual glance at the stern, there was a stormy scolding, repeatedly blaming his subordinates for disturbing his dreams.

"Zhang Junmen, the enemy ship is suddenly approaching with unknown intentions, our department should first distribute ammunition, light a fire and set anchor, in case of emergency!" Zheng Baochen and the others endured the foaming star for a long time and didn't say anything, but seeing that Zhang Cheng was going back to Mengzhou Gong without making any preparations, Zheng Baochen, who was in the fifth rank, could only come out and put forward a conscientious suggestion.

"The main force of the enemy ship has not moved, it is just a small boat, why make a fuss! Wouldn't it be a sin for our troops to suddenly distribute ammunition and light fires and anchors, and if the French army misunderstood and caused a conflict. At present, it is still important to make a peace, how can it be because of the panic of our department that it has affected the overall situation! The French army will do whatever they want, ignore them! Zhang Cheng didn't want to say more at all, so he turned around and left.

"Military Gate, there is also a French ship going to the Fuxing, the French army seems to have a plan!" Yang Zhaonan reminded Zhang Cheng again. The so-called small boat is just Zhang Cheng's statement, and the tonnage of the ships coming from the French army is more than 300 tons, that is, it is only one circle smaller than the Fuxing, but it is not small at all.

"The legal person is deceitful and vicious, and all this is just to lure our army into fire and blackmail the court! The imperial court has already issued a clear order that it must not be provoked by itself, no matter how provocative the legal person is, our ministry will ignore it! Zhang Cheng also has his own certain rules, that is, pretending to be a vegetative person.

The generals had no choice but to obey Zhang Cheng's orders, neither lighting a fire nor anchoring, and watched the French ships approaching them. However, Yang Zhaonan and the others also have more eyes, the ships can't be vigilant for fear of angering the French, and the French can't see the shore artillery! Therefore, Yang Zhaonan and others immediately sent liaison officers to the shore and notified the coastal defense batteries. As soon as Yang Zhaonan's communications personnel came ashore, Wei Han, sent by He Jing, Zhang Peilun and others went to sea, and then there was a rumbling cannon sound on the river.

Gu Ba commanded the flagship "Volda" and other ships to concentrate their main firepower on the "Yangwu", the flagship of the Fujian Navy Division, and attacked other ships with part of their artillery fire. Not only were the ships of the Fujian Navy Division completely unprepared, but they also did not raise anchor and start a fire, and they had no motivation at all, so they could only stand up and be beaten in an embarrassing posture of chrysanthemums facing the enemy. The mysterious small French ships also suddenly accelerated, and rushed towards the Yangwu and Fuxing like suicide, these two small ships were the pole and mine boats of the French army.

The Yangwu was suddenly hit by a fire, and there was no rapid-fire weapon, so it was impossible to stop the pole minecraft that had rushed to the front of him, and it was hit hard in an instant. The pole thunder was in the starboard side of the Yangwu, and the Yangwu began to enter the water and tilt in an instant. At the same time, the ship's superstructure was also hit by multiple French shells, and a large fire broke out one after another. The sailors and sailors were seriously wounded and wounded, and they had to be busy fighting fires, and the ship was in chaos.

"What about Zhang Junmen? Hurry up and ask Zhang Junmen to preside over the overall situation! Yang Zhaonan really wanted to take over by himself, but his qualifications were still too shallow, so he could only shout to find the commander-in-chief of the entire water division.

"Zhang Junmen abandoned the ship, just released the sampan and left!" I don't know where the sound came from in the billowing smoke.

"Zhang Junmen moved to that battleship? Which is the new flagship? Zheng Baochen climbed the smoke billowing command tower, ready to obey the command of the flagship.

"Zhang Junmen has landed!" The sound is even more ethereal.

"I'll fuck his eighth-generation ancestor! Yang Zhaonan led people to cut the anchor chain with an iron axe, and Zhang Yongquan went to the stern of the ship to return fire with a tail cannon, aiming Lao Tzu at the flagship of the French army! Zheng Baochen couldn't wait to eat Zhang Cheng raw, but he didn't forget his duty at the moment.

The officers and men of the Yangwu did not practice a lot, but everyone was very attentive, so although the artillery was slightly behind, their artillery skills were still very accurate. After resuming command, the tail gun of the Yangwu was immediately fired, and the first shot hit the bridge of the French flagship Volda. It is impossible to count the number of enemies killed, but it also caused the Volda to fall into confusion, and some of the stumps flew directly into the river.

Zhang Yongquan still wanted to have a few more shots, at least to fight with the Volda, but unfortunately he didn't have a chance. The damage caused by the pole thunder to the Yangwu was fatal, and the water could not be blocked at all, and the Yangwu had begun to sink rapidly. Moreover, with the return fire of the Yangwu, the French army once again concentrated their firepower, and the two armored cruisers Triumph and Dujushiluin concentrated all their firepower and shot at the Yangwu at close range. The hull was seriously tilted and could not be turned, the stern guns were destroyed again, and after Zhang Yongquan was killed, the Yangwu had lost the ability to fight back. It's just that the unyielding sailors are still shooting at the French ship with rifles on the side of the gunwale, but because He Jing, Zhang Peilun and other masters seized the ammunition, the sailors quickly ran out of their bullets.

"Abandon the ship!" Unable to return to heaven, Zheng Baochen gave the order to give up, but at the same time he tied himself to the mast with a cable.

"I hope that all the monarchs will leave useful bodies to serve the imperial court, Zheng has the responsibility to defend the land, so he will go first!" Zheng Baochen said goodbye to the soldiers who had gathered.

"This ship is the land that we should defend, how can I abandon it!" Guo Yuxuan, Yang Zhaonan, Xue Youfu, Huang Jiliang and others also tied themselves to the ship one after another, and resolutely wanted to sink with the ship.

"It is really a blessing for Zheng to have all the gentlemen work together, and I hope that in the next life, I can show my ambitions!" Zheng Baochen looked at the officers who were dying together with tears in his eyes.

"Brothers, go quickly! If you don't leave, it's too late! Guo Yuxuan suddenly found that the sailors and water warriors did not move, and hurriedly urged them to abandon the ship and escape.

"Don't you know where the righteousness lies!" Yang Bao, the deputy leader of the sailors, smiled at the adults, and none of the sailors and sailors left, but solemnly sorted out their clothes, and looked at the Yangwu they were familiar with and loved with affection.

The river poured in mercilessly, and the Yangwu was finally swallowed by the rolling waves, and the officers and men of the ship fought bravely until the last moment, and then sank with the ship. However, just as the mast of the Yangwu was about to be submerged, a figure suddenly crawled out of the water and hung a dragon flag infected with blood on the very top of the main mast. Yangwu, although the ship is dead, the flag is still there.

The person who hung the flag was Liang Zifang, the deputy manager, and the person who lifted him out of the water was Lin Peng, the second deputy of Yangwu. The two were wounded at the beginning of the war, but they still did not give up, even if they were powerless, but their indomitable spirit remained the same. As Liang Zifang ran out of strength and poured into the water, the Yangwu, the flagship of the Fujian Navy Division, and the officers and soldiers on the ship were martyred for the country together.