Molière did not feel any embarrassment that his conspiracy was exposed. On the contrary, he grabbed Bruce's wrist and said boldly, "General, your position is not with me. Please go and command this battle! It's time for you to die for France." , you must hold on for half an hour longer and help me and my adjutants retreat to the Holy Ship."
Bruce was stunned. He didn't expect Molière to say such words. He was so angry that he stammered, "You, you, you! How can you be so shameless! Don't forget that you are the commander personally appointed by His Majesty. Don’t forget your status as a palace knight!”
Molière sneered and shook his head, "It is precisely because I still remember my accusations, and precisely because I am a knight conferred by His Majesty, that I must leave. Don't think that I am greedy for life and fear of death. This is my chance to be a hero." I leave it to you, while I bear eternal infamy!”
General Bruce was defeated by Molière's shamelessness. He opened his mouth and couldn't say "you"
Molière leaned into his ear and said, "You are not stupid. I think with your wisdom you should be able to realize what this Chinese warship will bring! Yes, it is a revolution, a revolution in naval equipment and tactics. Even the pattern of war will undergo dramatic changes, and geopolitical forces will be reorganized in the future."
"My dear general, do you want all four of our battleships to be sacrificed here without a single survivor? I have all the data and intelligence on this battleship. I must go to Paris and I must tell those ignorant people. Politicians, what happened to this world!"
"Isn't this the most important task? Your Excellency General, your sacrifice will leave a mark in history. You are destined to use your own sacrifice just like the three hundred warriors who fought against the million-strong Persian army at Thermopylae. Come and inspire the whole Greece, the whole motherland!”
"You are the whip of God that spurs Europe. Your blood can wash away the fog in front of the ignorant people, wake them up, and let them know what kind of internal and external troubles we in France are facing now! Even the Chinese have caught up. , are they still dreaming?"
Molière put his hands on the general's shoulders and said softly, "Those who die in battle will become real heroes, and I, a deserter, will be nailed to the pillar of shame forever! But if I don't go to hell, who will? For the motherland, I will Willing to sacrifice oneself”
General Bruce is an old navy man. From the beginning of the battle, he already knew that the Zhiyuan was an epoch-making warship. Needless to say, he knew that this was a pure steel warship just by looking at the caliber of the main gun. This warship with a wooden shell wrapped in steel plates is simply incomparable. Want to see
Moreover, the artillery configuration arranged on the central axis is really very scientific. No matter what angle the battleship is at, or what position the enemy ship is, as long as the turret is rotated, it can fire and attack. To read, the central axis arrangement allows all the artillery to easily rotate and fire on the port and starboard sides, forming a saturated fire attack from all angles easily and at will.
And what are the cylindrical hollows on both sides of the ship? Could it be that it is the powered torpedo tube that the UK has just successfully developed?
All this made General Bruce panic. He knew that he was bound to lose today, so he would not be able to win this naval battle if he charged at the opponent's thick armor protection layer.
But the commander-in-chief appointed by His Majesty the Emperor is Molière. Who dares to say retreat if he doesn't say anything? If you die in battle, you should die in battle. As a soldier, you should have the consciousness of sacrifice. French soldiers have had such a glorious spirit since ancient times.
But what if your coach secretly escapes? Major General Bruce's anger was justifiable.
It's a pity that he met the eloquent Molière. This man's eloquence was as good as Xiao Letian's. Of course, if he was not good at eloquence, he would never expect to become a close minister of Napoleon III.
The general had been deceived and was about to shed tears when he listened to Molière's explanation. "You are right. The information on this battleship is too important. Officials of sufficient rank must be sent to Paris. We in France want it." Keep improving yourself! We must wake up the greedy people and let them know that it is absolutely impossible not to carry out major armament upgrades!"
Bruce took a step back and solemnly saluted Molière, "Go on your way and join the Holy Ship immediately. I will resist you for an hour even with my body. I'll leave the rest to you!"
With a look of grief and indignation, Molière gave a military salute and then stepped onto the rope ladder and boarded the boat. Several adjutants rowed the three-meter-long oar together, and the boat sailed towards the east as if it was flying.
Molière, who was sitting on the bow of the ship, looked coldly at the burning Glorious and sighed in his heart, "It's really a crime to deceive honest people. May God forgive me for all my crimes. What age is this? And you're still telling me about chivalry." ? Just be honest and serve as a stepping stone for me to get promoted!"
"Use your lives to support my career, and sooner or later I, Molière, will become a powerful minister of France! Hahaha"
Molière, who was laughing wildly in his heart, was already far away from the battlefield, but the shouts of killing on the Glorious became even more fierce. General Bruce drew out his command knife and swung it at the Zhiyuan like a violent lion. "Attack! France attacks! You can lose to anyone, We must not lose to these Chinese!"
"We are an invincible legal entity. We have just conquered the Chinese capital and burned down their emperor's summer palace. Even their emperor was scared to death by us. This group of yellow-skinned monkeys and long-tailed pigs will never be The rival of the noble Europeans!”
"Offensive, use our sacrifice to cover the retreat of Knight Molière. He wants to send the latest information to the motherland! It's time for us to sacrifice, for the motherland! For France!"
The Glory's half-disabled pious horn suddenly roared like thunder: "For the motherland! For France! Keep firing! Fight to the death!"
This is the veteran great power, this is the spirit of the top European countries, this is the military spirit of the second most powerful country in the world at that time, whether you like it or not, you will sincerely admire it.
Xiang Shaolong extended his thumb and nodded, "Respectable enemies, if we were not hostile, I would really like to make friends with you! It's a pity who let you invade us first? This naval battle has finally come to the last moment! "
"The Zhiyuan is approaching a distance of 1500 meters, and all weapon systems are ready to focus fire to send them on their last journey!"
It only took a few minutes to shrink from the distance of three thousand meters to one thousand five hundred meters. At this time, all the light process weapons on the Zhiyuan were ready to fire.
Eight 57mm Hotchkiss cannons, two 47mm Hotchkiss cannons, six 37mm Hotchkiss cannons, plus six six-barreled rotating Gatling heavy machine guns, the firepower of death The net is ready.
As long as it enters the effective range within 1,500 meters, the Glory will end up very glorious.
