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The Lion Awakens Chapter 54 The Battle of the South China Sea ([-])

On the other side, the "Dour" and other gunboats always kept a distance of more than 1000 meters from the Qing warships.In Billy's mind, this should be an end game.

win.Injury to any ship on your side is an insult to yourself!At a distance of less than 1000 meters, although the main guns of the Qing army were aimed at "Tour"

, "Elegance", "Victory" and other big monsters are useless, but they are still a threat to some small gunboats like "Sony" and "Sign".

, and may cause fatal injury.So Billy kept changing his formation and didn't let the Qing army's gunboat approach him.Some achievements have also been made.

During the wandering, three Qing gunboats were sunk and two were seriously injured.But "Elegance" in the distance seems to be in trouble, and that is the most important thing in his hands.

Ironclad!

But when he found out and sent two cruisers to rescue.Seems like it's too late...

Toure was in the observation cabin, staring in horror, watching the "evergreen" slam into him fiercely, but there was nothing he could do.I was going to the bow

The gunner who controlled the main gun saw the Qing army's gunboat, which was on fire, ramming towards him in a daze.Where are you going to load any shells? They have already rushed to the ship

Tail ran.

The French soldiers who were rushing to fill in the loopholes at the bow of the ship also withdrew from the bow of the ship that was about to hit.

At this time, Toure could no longer control the soldiers who were trying to survive, and the entire ship was in chaos.The ammunition box that had just been moved to the deck was taken by the "evergreen"

A shell detonated, forming a beautiful festive firework on the deck, killing a French ensign and wounding ten sailors.

Finally, after a violent impact sound. The "elegant" bow has been buried in the sea, and a terrifying big hole is exposed in the entire front cabin.Xu Shun

Chang fainted on the deck in the violent concussion. At this time, the "Wannianqing" was riddled with holes, and the stern of the ship was on fire and had already sunk.

After another violent impact, the bow of the ship has been completely destroyed.

But the "Elegance" is still standing at sea.Although the severe water ingress caused the bow to sink a little, but the displacement of 6000 tons made the sea

The behemoth was still standing in the sea, and Toure responded quickly.

"Quick, close all the gates in the front cabin. Prevent the water from spreading."

The design of the "Elegance" took into account the situation that a certain part was pierced, so there is a sealed isolation system at each link.once a certain

If one is penetrated and water enters, as long as the link of the gate is not broken, the second gate can be quickly closed.No danger of wrecking!Unless front, middle,

Afterwards they were all pierced.This is also the main reason why more than a dozen warships in the East China Sea did not sink it!

Xu Changshun's "Wannianqing" is like a dying person covered in rotten sores, slowly sinking, and the sinking huge swirl makes it impossible for "Elegance" to move quickly.

Evacuate quickly.The two warships leaned together like this, and a wave woke up Xu Changshun who was in a coma.

He stood up, the water was up to his knees.The deck under his feet was still sinking slowly, he raised his eyes to look at "Elegance", and saw heavy

The bow of the ship is turning hard, and it seems that the seriously injured "Elegance" is still not in danger of sinking!

He quickly ran to the bow, hoping to board the opponent's ship where the two ships connected.The legs can't take a step in the sea water at all, and the feet are still

From time to time, I tripped over corpses, ammunition, and other debris of the Qing army.Another headlong, Xu Changshun who took a mouthful of seawater saw that "elegance" had slowed down.

Slowly out of contact with the "evergreen" that is about to sink.Just about to turn to the northwest, he tried his best to support his body.I touched an oil

He excitedly lifted up the things wrapped in the tarpaulin and opened the tarpaulin.Sure enough, it was a main artillery bomb, tightly wrapped in oilcloth.There is no water in

, There was an excited expression on his face.But Toure, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, never imagined that his nightmare had already arrived.

Xu Changshun came to the bow of the ship with the bomb in his arms, jumped towards the tattered bow of the "Elegance", and miraculously boarded the "Elegance".unfortunately already

None of the French soldiers who left the bow found Xu Changshun.

The bow of the "Elegance" has also been buried in the sea, and there is no flame that can detonate a bomb.Xu Changshun was exhausted at this time,

Holding the 20kg shell but without the tool to detonate it, all the anxiety in my heart was exposed on my face.Another shell hit "Elegance"

On the hull of the USS, it was issued by "Haidongyun".

On the deck of the "Elegance", gorgeous fireworks were once again fired, and the French flag was also burned by the bombing.Why is Xu Changshun so happy?

Well, take a step and run to the place where the fire is the biggest.But as soon as he approached there, he was discovered by a French machine gunner. The French army looked at it in surprise.

Looking at this yellow-skinned Chinese.Did he fall from the sky?How could it be on the "Elegance"?Just when he was in a daze, Xu Changshun shot an arrow

He rushed forward and used the 20-kilogram shell to make intimate contact with the 2-kilogram head of the French soldier.Immediately, the red and white sprayed Xu Changshun

face, he himself collapsed on the deck, and the shells rolled out slowly.fell into a bomb crater, just buried

Contain the unexploded shell.

Xu Changshun took the cannon from the hand of the dead French soldier, and aimed at the cannonball.It's a pity that he was born in the navy because of the short distance of ten meters

I was stunned that several shells hit the surrounding decks, but the shells missed.Under the bombardment of the deck by machine guns, the crater became deeper and deeper, and the shells also

Buried deeper and deeper.

Damn it, the shitty shells can't hit it yet.Xu Changshun got up with the last of his strength, walked to the crater, and pointed the cannon at the bomb crater.

shells.Slowly pulled the trigger!

There was an earth-shattering loud noise, and the French officers and soldiers on the "Elegance" thought they had been shot again. Admiral Billy on the Dole thought it was on the Grace

The ammunition depot exploded.

And this explosion completely sent "Elegance" to hell.This 6000-ton ironclad ship, together with 342 French officers and a Dashimizu Yu—

Xu Changshun sank into the South China Sea together!Toure didn't know what happened until he died?What kind of shell can be so powerful that it blows up "elegant"

Two pieces!

Four hours have passed, and it is already 4:4 in the afternoon.The 12 gunboats of the Qing army were finally sunk... the sea was restored to calm

It was quiet, but the main ironclad ship of the French army was sunk in the chaos!

Although the casualty ratio was 1:9, Billy was not happy.Everyone knows what kind of gunboat Daqing lost, and what kind of army he lost.

ship!This is definitely not the value reflected in the numbers.

Billy looked at the sea silently, and raised a standard military salute to the sinking "Elegance".They are brave soldiers of the Republic!Sacrifice for friend Toure

The sacrifice, Billy felt the sting deeply, and the hatred for the Qing army added a lot of weight!It's a pity that this is not over yet, a communication soldier behind him quickly ran over