Admiral Zhang Weibing reacted very quickly, effectively preventing other submarines from approaching the fleet.
But it still cannot prevent the fate of Zhenxing from sinking.
Admiral Zhang Weibing used a telescope to observe the sea surface. He saw some blurry black figures under the water and wanted to continue approaching the fleet, but their speed was very slow.
He realized that the current situation was not right and immediately issued an order to retreat.
"Everyone on the Zhenxing abandoned the ship immediately. The Qiangguo used a hook to drag the Victory, and the remaining two ironclad ships escorted it to guard against attacks from above and below the water."
After Admiral Zhang Weibing's order was issued, each ship quickly received the order through semaphores, and they immediately acted according to the order.
The ironclad HMS Qiangguo sent out a small boat to approach the ironclad HMS Victory, which had lost power.
A huge iron chain as thick as an arm connected the stern of the Power and the bow of the Victory.
Although the Victory lost power, the overall damage was not serious, and it cooperated with the Qiangguo to move quickly.
Xu Changbao, the captain of the Zhenxing, ignored his bleeding forehead.
Based on his many years of experience, he immediately judged that the Zhenxing was hopeless.
He immediately looked towards the flagship and found that the flagship had passed the semaphore and issued orders to the Zhenxing.
The Zhenxing must do its best to ensure the safety of the naval crew and abandon the ship immediately.
Xu Changbao knew that he didn't have much time, so he immediately ordered the naval officers to jump into the sea and swim towards the army while the Zhenxing was still not sinking.
When Chief of Staff Zhou Niucheng heard Captain Xu Changbao's order, he said in a sharp voice: "Captain Xu, we should immediately arrange for people to blow up important facilities such as the boiler room, and then open the sea valve to speed up the sinking of the Zhenxing."
When Xu Changbao heard what the chief of staff said, he shook his head and said: "Our current task is to preserve more of the navy.
Our Zhao country is wealthy and has no shortage of armored ships, but it is extremely short of naval officers.
Especially naval officers with actual combat experience.
The lives of the soldiers are more important, so the Zhenxing cannot be allowed to sink faster.
For a ship of Zhenxing's size, a large whirlpool will appear on the sea after silence.
The suction force of this large whirlpool is so strong that even if you swim far away, you will be sucked into the large whirlpool.
As a result, the casualties of soldiers will rise sharply.
In the current state of the Zhenxing, it can sink slowly, leaving us enough time to escape.
Once the boiler is chosen to explode and the Zhenxing is hit, it is likely to roll over, accelerating the sinking of the Zhenxing. "
Xu Changbao did not support the chief of staff's idea. No one of them was right or wrong, they just had different emphases.
Xu Changbao wanted to preserve the vitality of the navy. He believed that the lives of the soldiers were more important than the secrets of the ironclads.
However, the chief of staff believed that the lives of a ship's crew could be used to protect the secrets of the armored ship from being leaked.
Xu Changbao knew that it was a complete waste of time for the two of them to argue here.
He immediately asked his guards to jump into the sea with his chief of staff to escape from the sinking Zhenxing.
After no one disturbed him, Captain Xu Changbao began to arrange the officers and men of the Zhenxing in an orderly manner to evacuate the sinking ship.
Captain Xu Changbao was the last to leave. He used gunpowder to destroy everything on the island.
Including military maps, naval training manuals, logbooks and other important items.
He eventually hugged a piece of driftwood and jumped into the icy sea with the guards.
As soon as they entered the sea, they swam hard in the direction of the fleet.
Captain Xu Changbao only swam a short distance away when he saw the small boats belonging to the fleet and began to rescue those who jumped into the sea.
As he was being pulled, he felt like something was tugging underneath him.
Captain Xu Changbao struggled hard and was finally rescued on the rescue ship.
He looked back at the location of the Zhenxing.
The huge ironclad ship has completely sunk to the bottom of the sea.
In its original position, a huge vortex was created, pulling in all objects on the surrounding sea surface.
Captain Xu Changbao immediately felt very lucky. If they delayed for some more time, many people would be buried in the sea.
He was quickly taken to the flagship by the rescue ship and boarded the flagship along the ladder.
After Captain Xu Changbao saw Admiral Zhang Weibing, he saluted with a military salute and said in frustration: "Admiral, I have embarrassed Zhao Guojun.
This is the first ironclad ship to be sunk, but this result was achieved by our Zhao Navy.
I really didn’t expect that our Zhao Navy would be famous all over the world for this result. "
Xu Changbao could imagine that as long as the navy still exists, the first ironclad ship to be sunk will definitely be analyzed repeatedly as a typical example.
He actually used this method to leave his name in history, but this was definitely not the way he wanted.
Admiral Zhang Weibing didn't get angry, he just patted Xu Changbao on the shoulder and said sincerely: "Xiao Xu, don't put too much pressure on your heart.
This time we were ambushed and attacked with new weapons.
Not to mention those of us who are not yet familiar with the performance of ironclad ships.
Even if the Imperial Navy comes here in person, he may not be able to escape if he is attacked by such a sudden weapon.
Lao Xu, you saved the lives of most of the Zhenxing soldiers. This is already a great achievement. "
Admiral Zhang Weibing comforted Captain Xu Changbao. What will happen to him in the end will be decided by Zhao Wang Su Xiong himself.
He wonders how many more such weapons the English have?
They have no way to deal with this new type of weapon.
Zhang Wei Bingtidu immediately ordered the fleet to retreat.
At the same time, he used a wireless telegraph machine to send a telegram to King Zhao Su Xiong, which contained detailed information about the naval battle.
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After Marquis Johnson saw the Zhao Navy being attacked by a submarine ship, they chose to withdraw from the battlefield.
What pleased him the most was that the diving boat's results were brilliant.
Sunk an ironclad and seriously damaged another.
This is the result achieved by two diving boats.
A diving boat only costs tens of thousands of pounds, while an ironclad ship costs at least millions of pounds.
Not to mention exchanging one ship for another, even if it is exchanging hundreds of ships for one, it is still very worthwhile.
This means that England has the ability to check and balance the ironclads.
They no longer have to worry about the nightmare situation of the British Empire's ironclads blocking the British Isles.
Marquis Johnson immediately arranged for his men to salvage the sunken ironclad.
Even if he couldn't bring all of this ironclad ship back to London, he would try to take away some precious parts.
He stared unblinkingly at the fleet of ironclads as the submarine launched its attack.
He could confirm that the ironclad was still in a relatively complete condition when it sank.
In this way, he can get more things.
Most of the people in the colony have been evacuated.
As long as Marquis Johnson handles this matter, he will also leave Manhattan Island.
He heard that the diving boat had returned to the port and immediately led the guards to the dock.
He waited until the dive boat pilots crawled out of the cabin dripping with sweat.
Marquis Johnson said angrily: "Come here, give me a whip and whip them hard."
The guards immediately took the thick whips used to discipline slaves and began to whip these people.
Marquis Johnson said angrily: "You greedy trash, how could you fall so far behind? That's why four armored ships were allowed to escape.
If you cooperate tacitly and everyone attacks the ironclad fleet as planned, with the powerful capabilities of the submarine ship, we will defeat the entire fleet.
My great future has been ruined by trash like you. "
Marquis Johnson was really angry in his heart. He deserved the title of Duke because these people failed to live up to their expectations and slipped away from his hands.
He groaned in pain after watching these people being whipped.
Marquis Johnson announced loudly: "The Kingdom's promise is always valid. Next, you will witness what the Kingdom promised to Credel and Danstin."
Marquis Johnson did not know the story of Tu Mu Lixin and his daughter buying horse bones.
But he understood the relevant truth very well.
The kingdom only needs to pay a small price to make these people sacrifice their lives.
Once these people find out that what they promised is not fulfilled, no one will believe in the Kingdom.
Some people heard the words of Marquis Johnson, and there was a look of regret in their eyes.
The fact that these people can participate in this project means that they have something they cannot let go of.
These things must be more important than life to be worth their efforts.
Many people have made up their minds that if they have another chance, they will not cheat.
Marquis Johnson expected good results from salvaging the wreck.
He didn't have much time. Zhao Guojun did not dare to approach Manhattan Island because he was attacked by a submarine ship.
But Zhao's army was still moving forward, even if they were walking on a muddy road.
Marquis Johnson must return to England by ship before the Zhao army comes to Manhattan Island.
He saw that after several days of salvage, some parts of the iron armor had been fished out.
He was impressed by the steel plating of the ironclad.
The steel plates of Dahua Empire are very thin, but these steel plates are very strong. Only the hull made of this steel plate can withstand various extreme climates in the ocean.
Johnson looked at the salvaged things. Many of them were small objects that he couldn't understand.
He heard a rumbling sound coming from around the harbor.
He immediately went to see the situation, and the salvage team fished out a big guy.
When he saw this big guy, he was immediately excited.
This is a standard feature on the Imperial Ironclad, a mechanism called a propeller.
Marquis Johnson was overjoyed after seeing it. The propeller is the core component of the ironclad ship.
What he wanted more was a steam engine. Without the steam engine, there would be nothing.
Even with this propeller, they can't use human power to push the propeller forward like a diving boat.
Marquis Johnson felt that the biggest difference between England and the Chinese Empire was the steam engine.
But unfortunately, they never found the steam engine.
Viscount York came to the pier and asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, why haven't you left Manhattan Island yet?
Zhao Jun only has two days left to travel to Manhattan Island.
If you don't leave here, you probably won't be able to leave. "
When Marquis Johnson heard this, he finally gave up the idea of continuing to salvage the sunken ironclad.
He gave the order and everyone left Manhattan Island by boat.
A fire ignited Manhattan Island, leaving no rubble to Zhao Guo.
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Zhao Wang Su Xiong looked at the Governor Jiang Manyu and said helplessly: "This war is a bit anticlimactic.
I was ambitious at the beginning and wanted to teach the English a lesson and let them know who was the overlord of the Americas.
The British do not respect martial ethics. They consider themselves no match for our army. They do not just use floods to delay our army's actions.
Hearing that our army was about to arrive, these people came down in despair.
Ahead is Manhattan Island. There is not a single Englishman there, and I have no sense of accomplishment at all. "
Jiang Manyu smiled and replied: "Your Majesty, the purpose of our sending troops this time is to wipe out the enemies in the east.
Now that the strategic purpose has been perfectly achieved, this fertile land is under our control.
After there are no foreign enemies, the country can develop with peace of mind and will surely become a powerful country. "
Zhao Wang Su Xiong smiled when he heard that the strategic goal was achieved.
He looked out the window and had not seen the beautiful night view for a long time.
This war would have been perfect without another bad thing.
Another bad thing is the news of the sinking of the Zhenxing ironclad.
The news spread to the surroundings at an extremely fast speed, and the news had already spread back to the mainland of the Dahua Empire.
People previously believed that the ironclad was invincible, but now this golden status was broken. It was sunk by the British's secret weapon.
This shocking news directly caused it to spread outward at an unimaginable speed.
Many friends, including Emperor Su He of Great China, asked about the details of the battlefield.
After negotiation, he learned that the navy's response method at that time was excellent. It was the secret weapon of the British, and many people could not react.
King Zhao Su Xiong learned of this situation and decided to give a lighter punishment to the naval general who lost the battle.
The national flag belonging to the State of Zhao was planted on a temporary wooden house in the ruins of Manhattan Island.
The national flag of Zhao was raised on Manhattan Island, marking the official end of the somewhat anticlimactic Dongsheng Campaign.
Zhao's Eastern Expedition not only brought a large number of people and resources to eastern America.
He also made everyone on the American continent see the weakness of European colonists.
Such pioneering groups, which had frequently failed elsewhere, focused on the small colonies of countries such as Spain and Portugal on the east coast of America.
These small colonies were no match for the pioneering group.
After the success stories of these pioneering missions spread, they attracted a large number of pioneering missions to eastern America.
The colonies chosen by these European colonists were all fertile lands, and many of the lands had special products.
The good places have been occupied, so we can only attack these European colonists and seize their colonies.
Many pioneering groups went through many twists and turns to attack the colonies of European colonists.
Some pioneering groups were completely wiped out, and some pioneering groups completely wiped out European colonists.
The two sides are constantly back-and-forth, but their logistical support is completely different.
The colonists' homeland was very far away and received very little support.
The development team has the support of the Chamber of Commerce. They have the ability to trade overseas and are optimistic about their ability to go overseas, so they choose to provide strong support.
The most critical point is that after the pioneering group is crippled, there will be a steady stream of people to replenish it.
These small countries could not bear the attack of the pioneer group, so they had no choice but to abandon this colony.
The impact of Zhao Guodong's Eastern Expedition was to expel all European colonists from the American continent. (End of chapter)
