In this battle, the Zhiyuan completely became a legend in human naval history. Many literati even said that this battleship was blessed by the gods!
But Xiao Letian disagrees with this statement. In the eyes of the head of state, the record of the Zhiyuan is not legendary, and there is nothing to be proud of. All of these are actually records that should be deserved!
In Xiao Letian's memory, the armored battleship was a well-deserved military overlord weapon before the emergence of aviation weapons. It was completely a national strategic weapon and was far beyond what ordinary conventional weapons could resist!
In the Dadonggou naval battle, the achievements of the two battleships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan had already said it all. When the navy entered the era of ironclad ships, large ships and huge guns were the mainstream, and the high defense attribute was even higher than the firepower attribute!
Another war example worth mentioning was after World War II. When a million troops were about to cross the Yangtze River's natural chasm, the British battleship Amethyst broke into the waters of the Yangtze River regardless of warnings. After the warnings were ineffective, an artillery battle broke out.
At that time, the Amethyst was just a frigate, and what it was fighting was an artillery regiment of the Eighth Corps!
The artillery battle lasted for more than ten minutes in total. As a result, the Amethyst was severely scarred and eventually ran aground. It had no choice but to raise a white flag and request a ceasefire.
Little did they know that the British white flag was just a delaying tactic. Then the companion frigate stationed in Nanjing came to rescue the Amethyst, and the artillery battle broke out again.
Under the firepower of the powerful artillery regiment, the Mate also returned without success! Immediately afterwards came the heavy cruiser London and the frigate Black Swan from Hong Kong, plus the escaped companion. The three ships joined forces and once again attempted to rescue the Amethyst.
But this rescue was unsuccessful, and even the captain of the cruiser London was seriously injured in the bombardment!
Continuous armed rescues failed. In the end, the British could only rescue the warship through diplomatic efforts. However, the cunning Amethyst finally managed to escape from the Yangtze River waterway under the cover of a civilian ship.
The Amethyst, which escaped the Yangtze River Estuary, sailed all the way to Hong Kong, where it underwent simple repairs and then returned to England for overhaul.
There is no doubt that this conflict was started by the British. The responsibility for the war does not lie on our side, but the point of the problem is that the Amethyst was bombed by an artillery regiment. In the end, it was scarred but it was still able to sail and break through the Yangtze River defense line. , you can still drive to Hong Kong by yourself later.
It can be seen that the armored battleship is simply not of the same magnitude as the conventional weapons of the army!
Most of the artillery used by the Eighth Army at that time were IWC models captured during World War II! Most of them are 75mm and 105mm caliber cannons, and most of them are Japanese-made. Only a small part of the US-made 105-caliber cannons.
The main gun caliber of the Amethyst was 205mm at the time, so the difference can be imagined!
The ironclad ship, the iconic product of the second industrial revolution, is where the essence of all the technologies of the second industrial revolution was nurtured. Its powerful combat effectiveness can completely crush the old weapons.
Many times, the result of naval battles is not how many battleships are sunk. In the decisive battle of armored ships, more are damaged. As long as a country's industrial strength is strong enough, these damaged battleships can still continue to fight after being repaired.
The Zhiyuan is an epoch-making warship designed according to the standards of this kind of naval battle. The four-and-a-half-inch armor has no pressure at all against small guns of these calibers.
Although the Zhiyuan was riddled with holes, the key parts were still reliable and the structure of the battleship was not damaged! As long as it can successfully escape from the battlefield, after several months of repairs, the Zhiyuan is still a hero!
But they never thought that Xiang Ying gave a desperate order, and they never thought about going back alive!
How can there be any legends or myths in life? In fact, it is just a group of people who worked hard and did things that ordinary people dare not think of. This is called a miracle!
At this moment, the Zhiyuan had given up its counterattack against the French fleet, and all its firepower was directed to Speke Island. The 30,000 French troops who landed on it were really unlucky!
After the war, Xiao Letian looked at Xiang Ying's handwritten report still stained with blood, and felt extremely sad in his heart!
The head of state's thoughts suddenly drifted back to his previous life. The scene where the Zhiyuan's large-caliber naval gun bullied the French Army was so similar to the memory of his previous life.
what is it? By the way... Thinking about it, Xiao Letian finally thought of that familiar and sad history!
That was the Battle of Songhu. The Japanese naval and land coalition launched an attack from Shanghai. The main force of the Chinese army fought a bloody battle. More than one million troops from both sides were strangled together.
To be honest, the National Army fought tenaciously in this battle, and it can be said that every inch of mountains and rivers is worth every inch of blood! Throughout the battle, the Japanese army was defeated many times, their positions were intertwined, and they changed hands very frequently.
Often, the Japanese army just occupied a building, only to be snatched back by the Nationalist Army three hours later. Then the Japanese army launched another attack, and the building changed hands again.
What the two sides fought for in that battle was sometimes the advancement and retreat of an inch of land!
Is the Japanese Army really invincible? In fact, in that battle, when both sides fought for the army, the elite of the National Army did not lag behind. On the contrary, they fought many beautiful battles!
But what is very regrettable is that Japan is a joint operation of the sea, land and air forces, while the National Army can only rely on the army to support it!
Many times, a battalion of troops made great sacrifices to conquer the first line of defense of the Japanese army, and had just established a defense system in two or three buildings.
At this time, the Japanese warships on the Huangpu River began shelling. The navy's large-caliber naval guns were no less powerful than aviation. Sometimes a single shell could blow up an entire building.
The bloody battles of hundreds of warriors finally failed to withstand a single enemy cannonball!
So sad! I'm depreesed! This is why the Japanese want to confront the Chinese with the pinnacle essence of the second industrial revolution and the strength of the Chinese who failed to pass the first industrial revolution!
To put it bluntly, it is just the comprehensive crushing of agricultural civilization by industrial civilization!
To put it bluntly, the firepower of a heavy cruiser during World War II was already more powerful than all the artillery of a standing division!
In the final analysis, firepower is king in war!
The tragic history of Xiao Letian's previous life will never be repeated today. In this new world, the Chinese have transformed and finally become a strong man at the forefront of the times!
Today's Zhiyuan is using the most brutal bombing to tell the whole world a truth! That means firepower is king!
Boom...boom...boom...
The 210-caliber artillery fires shells continuously and steadily, and its range can cover the entire Spike Island!
Each shell can blast huge clouds of smoke and dust more than ten meters high on the beach. Often, an area of more than 200 square meters will become barren of any vegetation.
The French Army was completely stunned. People watched in astonishment as the two companies that had just been assembled disappeared in an instant after a sudden earthquake!
The soldiers in the center of the explosion were completely vaporized, and the soldiers on the surrounding edges were blown into pieces. Along with the soil, it fell from the sky, mixed with the heavy rain and splashed on the survivors.
Vomit…vomit…
Countless French soldiers knelt on the ground and retched. This hellish scene completely broke his courage!
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