What are the Russians waiting for if they don’t escape? The problems encountered by Stefansky and others are not only the Zhiyuan but also the artillery on the coast. The greater threat comes from the underwater, that is, the Minjiang River estuary full of reefs.

Just as St. Peter led many warships to fight back to the coastal mountains, Molière suddenly felt an abnormal tremor on the hull under his feet, and a slight abnormal sound appeared.

Just when Molière thought it was his own hallucination and illusion, a soldier suddenly rushed up from under the deck and shouted, "There is a foreign object at the bottom of the ship, we have scraped the bottom of the ship..."

The soldiers watched from the railings to the water. Fortunately, there was no ocean pollution at that time, and the sea water was clear and transparent. People could discover the reefs hidden underwater by just looking carefully.

"Commander...We have entered the reef area and can't move forward any more. We must avoid the right rudder!"

Stefansky understood the key to the problem after a flash of mind. St. Peter is the main flagship, with the largest tonnage and the deepest draft. Other shallow draft warships have not yet scratched the bottom of the sea reef, but St. Peter has already scratched the bottom of the ship.

The iron armor of the wooden shell warship did not cover the bottom of the ship. I knew what would happen if I walked forward!

At this time, Stefansky really wanted to slap himself twice. Why did he have to sail near the coastline? What am I showing off! What do I have to show off!

"Right full rudder! Principle is near the sea, rush directly from the northeast direction..." The commander looked at Molière with a long sigh and said, "Just do what you said! I admit that I made a mistake in my judgment, and I should have listened to you just now..."

Molière didn't have time to mock the commander. He nervously judged the situation and quickly issued an order to retreat. "The Diamond was only slightly injured and should be able to support it. Let General Vinia lead the right-wing warship to continue to entangle the Zhiyuan..."

"After all, Emperor Tongzhi and Xiao Letian are both on that ship. They cannot fight bayonets on the sea forever. The adventure just now is actually to provide the ambush on the shore with the opportunity to fire..."

"Now the ambush has appeared, and they have forced us into shallow water. They want us to sink! This is such a vicious plan, and it is worthy of being a generation of heroes!"

"Can't hesitate anymore. The tide will fall in a few hours. Now we won't be able to leave if we don't leave now. I'm afraid even the frigate will run into the reef!"

"If you are a hero, you need the courage to cut off your arm! Let General Vinia be prepared to devote himself to the empire! Let him lead his fleet to entangle the Zhiyuan and try to force him to the east..."

"If it really doesn't work, just bump into it! Jump the ship to fight! I don't believe they don't care about the safety of the emperor and the prime minister!"

Moliè turned around and looked at the supply fleet and troop transport ships in the distance. "Let them follow us closely, no matter how provoked the enemy is, do not fight back, and rush over as quickly as possible..."

Take a deep breath, breathe deeply again! Molière punched the railing, "Save it! We still have it! As long as we speed up, I estimate that our losses can be controlled within 25%! Our vitality is not seriously injured at all!"

The melancholy Vinya received the latest order. He did not resent. He knew that the situation in front of him was only one way to go. He began to give orders to the right-wing fleet frequently. The military formations of the originally linear division began to disperse, and gradually turned into an upside down bowl to press the Zhiyuan southward.

The Russian warships were separated from each other, and all artillery was concentrated on the Zhiyuan. No matter how high the hit rate was or whether it had any damage effect, the movement was quite big.

From beginning to end, Lin Zhen suppressed the shooting speed of the main gun. The purpose of this naval battle was not to wipe out the enemy completely, but to deliberately expose the position of the Zhiyuan, thereby eliminating the Russian army's concerns. Only in this way can they be relieved and boldly drilled on the Golden Island, where is the main battlefield for burying the enemy.

"I'm not happy, so unhappy! When will I let go of my hands and feet? I'm so anxious... I fired the cannon and sank the frigate at nine o'clock!"

Boom... With a loud bang, the blast swept the bow of the ship, and the high-explosion shell hit the waterline of the Russian frigate. The huge explosion tore up the iron armor and the wooden shell inside. The rolling sea water surged in, and the warship hull began to capsize.

"Damn it! Lin Zhen, why are you doing so sure? Just beat me! We must delay time, and we must delay time as much as possible..." Xiang Ying cursed, and Lin Zhen was so angry that he really wanted to throw his sleeves back to the cabin to sleep.

The slowly sinking warship shocked the enemy's arrogance, and the enemy ships pressing against the Zhiyuan subconsciously opened the distance again, fearing that they would be the next victim.

The battle has no longer been fierce. The Russians dare not approach too much, and the Zhiyuan does not want to close step by step. The battlefield has fallen into a stalemate.

The warships fired a shot for more than ten minutes apart, and they were alert to each other and slowly retreated to the southeast. Now there is only Yanshan. The new imperial troops on Gujiao Mountain are still very energetic. They bombed the St. Peter and then bombed the supply ships and troop ships.

The rumbling sound of cannons scared the Russian supply ships desperately turned east. They no longer dared to approach China's coastline, and they could run as far as they could at this moment.

The Tsarist Russian army on the troop transport ship was completely crazy. "Idiot! Bastard! They are all wastes! The navy is all waste..." There were angry voices everywhere. They never thought that the powerful expeditionary army would suffer such a big loss.

In the more than three hours of encounter, six warships were injured, and two of them were sunk. What caused all this was a warship and a Chinese warship.

"These incompetent navy should be sent to the gallows! Why did the great Tsar waste gold on these wastes? They should all be given to our army, we are His Majesty's number one strong army!"

"Damn it, this war will depend on us in the end! You Qing slaves, you yellow-skinned monkeys... wait and see, you wait for us to deal with you!"

Boom boom boom... The shells exploded in the sea, pouring waves into the sky and pouring the swearers on their heads and faces.

The naval battle of Minjiangkou began at around 9 a.m. and ended in three hours. By around 2 p.m., there was no sign of warships on the battlefield. The Russian main fleet broke through the northeast with supply ships and troop transport ships and entered the deep sea area.

The Zhiyuan was gradually moving southeastward under the entanglement of the Vinian General, and now it is no longer visible.

Only the dead bodies and wreckage on the sea proved the battle just now. The smell of gunpowder in the air had not yet dissipated, and the frightened seabirds in the sky were constantly hovering and chirping.

Deng Shichang looked at the disappearing sea level of the warships in the distance, listening to the cheers on Gujiao Mountain in his ears. He clenched his fists and sweared, "Good men should be like this! Good men should be like this! I must command such a warship in my life, otherwise I will never be able to rest in peace even if I die!"

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