Since the moment the Zhiyuan appeared on the battlefield, none of the more than 400 officers and soldiers on the ship wanted to go back alive. From beginning to end, they only had one strategic goal, which was to kill and injure the enemy as much as possible before they died in battle!

From beginning to end, the trajectory of Zhiyuan has not been adjusted. He appeared from the northwest direction of the battlefield and rushed to the southeast direction, walking a straight line all the way.

Along the way, he shot twenty-four rounds in a row, sank two seriously injured a French battleship, and successfully pierced the French T-head shooting array.

At this time, the Zhiyuan did not mean to change its course at all. He actually kept moving forward, and even rushed towards the cruiser fleet without reducing the speed.

Could it be that Xiang Ying's purpose was those cruisers with sails and thin iron covers on the wooden shell? But why did twenty cruisers have surrounded him, but he didn't shoot him?

Why did Zhiyuan continue to rush southeastward like a silent bull when facing the French fleet's ten thousand cannons? You should know that the southeast is the beach of Spicke Island, which is already the coastline of the European continent.

Could it be that the Zhiyuan is an amphibious warship? Can you still rush to the coast like a Mercedes-Benz like a train?

No one understands the Chinese strategy and tactics. What exactly does this almost suicide play style want to do?

Ten thousand cannons were fired at once, and the Zhiyuan was in a mess. The entire Zhiyuan steel plate exploded by the shells. The thick teak deck of the warship had long been torn and broken by the chaotic shells.

The soldiers ran on this messy deck, and if they were not careful, they would be penetrated by sharp wood!

The Zhiyuan was already in a mess. Even the chimney emitting black smoke was blown through a hole. The rolling black smoke came out from both sides and the top, and the black smoke even affected Xiang Ying's sight.

But none of this blocked the Zhiyuan's advance, and even the gunners did not know what kind of order they received, and they never fired another shot since they entered the encirclement.

The sound of cannons rumbled in the encirclement, and the water splashed up from the sea, and the smoke filled the gunpowder and the smoke and dust of the Zhiyuan!

"What the hell is wrong? Why don't these Chinese people fight back? What are they waiting for?"

"Look, they are still rushing forward, they are rushing towards Nancy and Mosel!"

"Are these Chinese people crazy? They are about to rush to the shallow water area and they will be stranded!"

Just as the French army was screaming, the Zhiyuan had already rushed to the closest distance between the cruisers Nancy and Moselle. At this time, Lin Zhen finally stopped silent. He suddenly ordered the main gun to open fire.

Three 210 naval guns sprayed out flames at the same time. The shells penetrated the iron armor of two cruisers at the closest distance, and the huge explosion raged wildly in the fragile hull!

The Nancy ship was shot at the tail, the propeller and power system were completely destroyed, and the rolling sea water poured into the inside from the rupture.

The main mast of the Moselle was blown off, and the heavy mast hit the deck, overturning two fixed turrets, and the remaining shell hit the captain's command room directly, and even the helmsman led the captain to hell.

Even the pure iron armored battleship is not the opponent of the Zhiyuan main gun, let alone these large-filled dumplings wrapped in a thin layer of iron.

There is no need at all, even ordinary high-explosive shells can easily tear this layer of iron into pieces!

The wooden hull structure could not stop the fire at all, and soon the two warships were swallowed by the flames!

Two cruisers were sunk again, and the French popularity was almost crooked, but what they didn't understand was why the Zhiyuan didn't slow down at this time, so why did he crawl through the gap between the two warships?

"Why are these Chinese people still rushing forward? They are going to be stranded and they are going to run into the reefs?"

At this time, an ordinary major in the British Navy Watch Team suddenly exclaimed, "Is it? Could it be that the target of these Chinese people is not these warships at all?"

"Their ultimate goal is the 30,000 French Army on the beach?"

"God! Are they really going to burn together?"

He said nothing wrong. The target Zhiyuan still has to deal with today is actually the more than 30 armed merchant ships and the French Army with nearly 30,000!

Xiang Ying's plan is very clear, which is to die with the enemy, to expand casualties to the greatest extent and cause political influence!

Sinking enemy warships is of course a good choice, but even if you sink all the warships of the entire French fleet, how many enemy troops can you kill?

During this period, the total number of officers and soldiers of an iron armored battleship was only more than 500, while the number of cruisers was even smaller than 300!

For new warships like Zhiyuan, the number of approved crew members is only 210, which means that more than 200 people can control the battle of this warship.

However, in order to train troops, Xiao Letian said that the number of crew members of the Zhiyuan increased to 400, and half of them were actually trainee soldiers!

Sinking a warship can only eliminate hundreds of enemies, but an armed merchant ship can carry at least 800 army soldiers!

Moreover, the so-called armed merchant ships are all used to deal with pirates. Four or five small-caliber artillery cannons are just to scare those backward barbarians. It is not easy to face toothpick-like shells like Zhiyuan!

More importantly, armed merchant ships do not have the protection of iron armor, and are completely made of wooden hull ship structures from the 17th and 18th century. Such wooden hull ships do not need to fire with the main gun. The small-caliber rapid-fire guns on the side are enough to sink these defensive transport ships!

The Zhiyuan's attempt was finally guessed by the people present, and Hoff shouted "God! Your Majesty's Imperial Guards! The Chinese are going to massacre our army!"

At that moment, the Zhiyuan finally turned around in the water closest to the enemy's transport ship and headed north. Ten thousand cannons on the starboard side of the warship were fired, and the firepower of various rapid-fire weapons was opened to pour out towards the French landing forces. There was a burst of explosive smoke and blood on the coast!

The 57, 37 caliber rapid-fire cannon was fired quickly and accurately. The shells drilled into the wooden boat like cutting tofu, and the explosion flames ignited from the inside.

The ten-tube rapid-fire Gatling heavy machine gun also opened its firepower, and a fire dragon with continuous ballistics began to shoot at the troops gathered on the coast. The French army, which had not yet gained a foothold, was swept down like wheat harvesting.
Chapter completed!