In this 1894 battle, could the Beiyang fleet have won if they read the manual and did not fire the flagship Ding Yuan's main guns on an ahead bearing? Apparently, the Germans, when testing the battleship, noted that the Ding Yuan's design was flawed in that should the Ding Yuan fire its main guns on the ahead bearing, it would end up destroying the flying bridge. So the Chinese managed to make casualties of the fleet admiral and their command staff.
Maybe I'm misinterpreting it? No one else seems to make a big fuss over the Ding Yuan destroying its own flying bridge in the opening salvo of the battle; maybe it was really such a minor event.
Maybe I'm misinterpreting it? No one else seems to make a big fuss over the Ding Yuan destroying its own flying bridge in the opening salvo of the battle; maybe it was really such a minor event.
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