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Chapter 1329 Great Battle, Decisive Battle in the Tunis Strait ([-])
The artillery of the United Fleet bombarded Tunisia for several days one after another, making the pirates huddled in Tunisia frightened.

The Imperial Fleet finally entered the Tunis Strait when the United Fleet shocked Tunisia, and the two fleets met off the coast of Tunisia!
There are 41 warships on the combined fleet side, divided into three formations and one reserve.

Because the British Royal Navy did not want to declare war on the Ottoman Empire, it temporarily hung the blue dragon flag of the Fourth Fleet.That is to say, the three formations uniformly used the Qinglong flag, and only the reserve team flew the octagonal cross flag of the Knights of the Hospital.

The imperial fleet on the opposite side has more than 200 warships, most of which are small and medium-sized galleys, as well as Arabian dhows, imitated Spanish galleons, and large Calais galleys. Human scalp is numb!
Because the United Fleet was waiting for work, they chose the upper hand position suitable for attacking.

Although the Imperial Fleet has a large number of ships, the average size of the ships on the United Fleet side is larger, and the artillery is more powerful!
"As expected of a large empire with a population of 3000 million, it can gather such a large number of ships in a short period of time, and it is said that even if we destroy their current fleet, they can re-launch 200 galleys within six months. They have mature Technology for producing galleys."

Zheng Zhibao's ironclad ship was located on the left wing of the United Fleet. He was using a telescope to observe the grand occasion of the Imperial Fleet, and he couldn't help but marvel.

It seems that the fleet of the Ottoman Empire came very slowly, but they were in a situation of hindsight. They were able to urgently mobilize the main ships of the entire empire and 3 sailors and soldiers to form a fighting force, which has fully utilized the centralization of the Eastern Empire. Advantage.

"Their galleys are technically mature, but in our opinion galleys have lagged behind a lot. The paddlers need to occupy positions on both sides of the ship, which means that the number of artillery is reduced, and the large-caliber artillery is concentrated on the bow and stern. Position. Such galleys still lack armor, and the oarsmen will be easily killed by enemy artillery. Without the oarsmen, the maneuverability of these ships will be lost by more than half." Said the second officer of the ironclad ship.

"They may try their best to adopt melee tactics of boarding battles. We must remember to maintain formation and not be surrounded by divisions." Zheng Zhibao understands that the opponent's ships are decades behind the United Fleet, but the opponent has a large number of people. , are generally taken to the board for close combat, which may cause heavy casualties to the United Fleet.

The purpose of the Combined Fleet is to crush the Ottoman fleet with as few losses as possible!
Li Jinde came to the deck with a standard Dreiser rifle in his hand, and he was full of apprehension about the upcoming battle like almost all the soldiers on the ironclad ship.

Like the "half-handed" soldiers like Li Jinde, there is also the Dutch businessman Luyter who was forcibly left on the ironclad ship.

"Oh God, what a hell, I want me to fight like a soldier like a businessman, I knew I wouldn't help them!" Luit saw the Ottoman fleet filling the ocean opposite, and complained endlessly.

"Look, Li Dingguo, that is the legendary Ottoman fleet. It is said that they sailed across the Mediterranean Sea 100 years ago, and they were invincible!" The trainee soldiers of the ironclad ship participated in the sea battle for the first time, both nervous and excited.

"Our fleet will definitely win the final victory!" Li Dingguo, a trainee naval soldier, said firmly.

They are a group of trainee soldiers who don't have muskets, and their task is to assist the sailors to make the ironclad ship go forward when the official battle begins!

The most important thing in sea battles is no longer boarding battles, but cannons!

The Maltese fleet was located in the rear of the combined fleet as a reserve.Their task is to join the battle when the front fleet is fighting against it, so as to turn the tide.

The female knight Hannah's ship was deployed on the rear right wing, and she was a little dissatisfied with the current layout: "Our Hospital Knights should be at the forefront when facing the Ottoman Empire and the Barbary pirates. Why are we placed in the rear?"

"Because their ships are much larger than our Maltese warships. Today's naval battles are no longer in the Middle Ages when they could be won with more people and more ships. The Turks just didn't know this and were defeated by the Spanish and Venetian fleets 60 years ago. Defeat." The captain of the Maltese warship said to Hannah.

Now that Hannah was on board, he didn't have time to startle the entire fleet for one person.

Defeating the fleet of the Ottoman Empire is the purpose of this war. As for whether Hannah can survive this sea battle, no one can guarantee.

"Hmph." Hannah pressed her hand on the hilt of her sword and looked at the big ship ahead.

The left front of the ship she is on is the left wing composed of the ironclad general Fubo, the sail battleship Soochow and four frigates. The commander is Zheng Zhibao, the captain of the ironclad.On the right front is the Chinese army composed of two sailing battleships, the King of the Sea and the Crown Prince, 4 frigates, and 5 pirate ships. The commander is Sir Pennington of Britain.

On the right is the right wing composed of Shuhan, Weiguo and 4 frigates, and the commander is Sun Xu.

The combat missions of each formation are very important-the Chinese army needs to withstand the impact of the main force of the imperial fleet without being defeated!The left and right wings need to attack in an offensive formation to quickly defeat the enemy's left and right wings, forming a pincer attack on the imperial fleet!The importance of the reserve team is self-evident.

Hanna really couldn't deny that the ships of both the Fourth Fleet and the Royal Fleet were larger than the warships of the Maltese fleet.

Most of the Maltese warships are small and medium-sized warships ranging from 200 to 500 tons. Even the ship of Grand Commander Castella is just a Calaisian warship with a displacement of 700 tons.

The battleships of the Fourth Fleet and the Royal Fleet reached an astonishing 1000 tons, not to mention the 3000-ton monster of the ironclad ship.

"Miss Hannah, don't use the knight sword, this wheel-wheel gun will protect you. If the ship is captured by the enemy or sunk by artillery later, you can abandon all your armor and jump into the sea, maybe There is still a chance of survival. It must not fall into their hands." The captain handed his spring wheel pistol to Hannah.

Hannah took the wheel gun and heard the captain's decisive tone. She seemed to realize the cruelty of war.

"Wait a second to see the banner of the Grand Commander, ready to fight, boys, in order to protect our Hospital Knights and the island of Malta, cheer me up and fight! Don't look at us as a reserve team, our joining may change the situation of the battle at any time ! Do you still remember the slogan of our Knights?!" shouted the captain.

"Guard the faith and aid the suffering!" The knights and sailors on the warship responded in unison.

(End of this chapter)