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Chapter 548 Sun Dapao meets the real cannon

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    The People's Army also fought back: hundreds of cannons fired a salvo. Soon, the Haichen was hit hard, the Yuzhang was hit, and the Chuyu was hit Since the warship was located near the bay, the army's artillery could give full play to its short-range weapons.  "Advantage", at least at this moment, naval guns and land guns are almost equivalent.

    "If it were in the distant sea, the artillery regiment of the People's Army would be a living target, and Zhang Hanqing would not dare to attack like this.

    The counterattack soon bore fruit, and at least some of the smaller gunboats couldn't stand it anymore.  Although the small-caliber mountain guns of the People's Army are not powerful enough to hit thickly armored cruisers, small gunboats can completely penetrate them at such a short distance.

    It is a cruiser. The armor is thick, but it does not mean that the protection on the deck is equally powerful. Moreover, the People's Army artillery wants lethality, not necessarily to sink them.  Therefore, after realizing that the situation was not right, some warships smartly began to retreat far away. This situation quickly affected friendly ships.

    The most critical thing is that the armored cruiser Haiqi, with a larger tonnage than the Haichen, did not listen to orders. When the cannon was fired, it immediately increased its power and sailed to the open sea.  Since the naval commander was sitting on the warship, some warships that were originally hesitant began to waver: The firepower of the People's Army is so fierce!

    Seeing that several warships wanted to break away from the battle, Sun Yat-sen became anxious and ordered the flag to be raised: "Continue to attack!"

    The cannons on warships have a very fast rate of fire, are easy to adjust the angle and are protected by iron armor. They also have a long range and are powerful howitzers.  Unlike the mountain artillery of the artillery regiment, it has no protection and has a maximum range of six kilometers Under a stalemate, unless the warship is sunk and defeated, the shore artillery will definitely suffer, and I mean people.

    Of course, if the shore and ship fight each other when shooting at close range, the warship will suffer. This is probably one of the reasons why the late Qing Dynasty vigorously developed forts instead of warships.

    Naval battles are fought with determination.

    Zhang Hanqing can no longer let the losses continue. These warships are the treasures of the country, and the artillery is also the thorn in their side. No matter what, this kind of cannibalism is unacceptable.  He ordered: "All artillery regiments, aim at the Yongfeng ship and hit it hard. Destroy this warship. Today's battle is over!"

    The Yongfeng ship is Sun Yat-sen's ship.  Although there is no information, don't ask how Zhang Hanqing learned about it.

    The situation changed immediately.  When the Yongfeng ship received more than a dozen shots in an instant, and two holes were punched through the hull of the ship by the ferocious firepower, Captain Feng Zhaoxian felt the danger: This was only the first round, and many of the People's Army cannons were just adjusting their positions. If there was another round,  Wave, his warship is very likely to be sunk.

    "Death is not terrible, the problem is that Sun Yat-sen is on his ship!"

    Without waiting for an order, he ordered the warship to immediately retreat at full speed and stay out of the range of the People's Army artillery.  When Sun Yixian heard the news, he was about to criticize, but the damage assessment crew came to report: the warship was hit by three more shots at the rear, almost hitting the stern rudder.

    If so, the Yongfeng ship will become a target for the People's Army artillery.  When Sun Yixian called himself Sun Dapao again, he also knew that this was not the time to blame the captain. They were doing it for his own good!  Feng Zhaoxian was responsible for the warship and President Sun Da, and he decisively ordered the retreat.

    Once the flagship left, everyone stopped insisting.  In a swift trail, other warships escaped from the range of the mountain cannon.

    The 9th Division of the People's Army took advantage of the victory to defeat the Nationalist Army on the shore and advanced to Shekou. The other 11th Division also captured Zhuhai.  At such a close distance, the navy of the French Protectorate no longer dared to patrol the inland waters of the Pearl River Estuary.

    The failure of this naval battle has set the stage for the complete defeat of the French Protectorate. Navy Commander Wen Shude led the main ships to flee north to the Central Government. Later, when they anchored in Qingdao, they became directly under direct control and formed the "Bohai Fleet".

    There are still some warships, such as the "Flying Eagle", who don't know where to go and have military pay issues, so they stay on the coast of Guangdong to wait and see the situation.  Zhang Hanqing valued these treasures very much. He arranged for people from all walks of life to persuade them from all aspects of national responsibilities, personal interests, and practical situations, and asked them to surrender.

    When the People's Army is summoned, and these captains are put together, the People's Army has a great influence anyway. The young marshal is as highly regarded as Sun Yat-sen, so he might as well surrender.  After all, they still have a legitimate status. This way, they can live up to the country's favor and live up to the people, which makes sense to the outside world.

    Guangdong is the place where China fired its first shot at resisting maritime invasion by foreign armies. It is necessary to create a navy of its own.  So Ma Jizhuang, the captain of the "Jiang Heng" from the Northeast Jiang Defense Fleet, was ordered to form the South China Fleet. Although at this time he also had no soldiers, no generals, no money, no guns, and was alone and dusty from the busy work of the Northeast Coast Guard.

    With the support of Zhang Hanqing, Chen Jiongming carried out Guangdong's economic construction in a drastic manner. He used the rare few years of peace to fully build the Zhuzhou-Shaoguan section of the railway as soon as possible.?Connecting the Guangdong-Han Line creates a strategic corridor from Wuhan to Guangzhou.  To this end, Zhang Hanqing personally arranged a road payment of 10 million yuan.

    The relationship between Sun and Chen remained unsolved until their death. However, when Sun Yat-sen passed away later, Chen Jiongming sent an elegiac couplet: "Only a hero can live and kill. The merits and demerits have their own eternal history; they fought again and again with their hometown.  Public enmity and private friendship can only be known with an inch of pure heart." He expressed his ambition and the righteousness of fighting for the country.

    From a political point of view, each is his own master, and there is no right or wrong; from a historical point of view, it is a respectable sentiment to abandon personal grudges in order to unify the country.

    Relying on the traditional advantages of southeastern trade, South China will soon become another strategic base of the People's Army after northwest and central China. Zhang Hanqing is very confident about this.  Moreover, after this battle, Sun Yat-sen was already disillusioned with the Kuomintang army. He probably would not have the confidence to continue his "Northern Expedition" from here, right?

    As long as the Guangxi clique does not have large-scale conflicts with the People's Army, it will be relatively safe here.

    Both Northern Expeditionary armies failed to escape the attack of the People's Army. The army that set out from Shaoguan to Guangxi was defeated by the 4th Division of the People's Army and most of them surrendered. Zhang Fakui, Deng Yanda and others entered Guangxi alone, and then prepared to move to Hanoi and enter Hong Kong|  Hong Kong prepares to join Sun Yat-sen.

    However, in order to preserve the "fire" of the National Revolution, Sun Yat-sen ordered them to stay in Guangxi and wait for opportunities to grow. However, Xu Chongzhi and others who set off from Boluo to meet at sea did not have such good luck, and were completely wiped out under the attack of the People's Army.  , including the famous Gu Zhutong, Qian Dajun, Wei Lihuang

    Keep people on the front line so that we can meet in the future.  Zhang Hanqing had no intention of beating them and wasting food, so he sent them all out with gifts and allowed them to join Sun Yat-sen.

    Sun Yat-sen felt that the situation was over and retreated to Shanghai more than a month in advance.  At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was still on the sea route to aid Guangdong. Whether the two could still meet as they did in official history is unknown and is not the subject of this book.

    However, after Sun Yat-sen was defeated in Shanghai for the second time, he also expressed the same sadness that "the south and the north are of the same species"!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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