Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 493 Sunset

On May [-]th, the eighth year of Yuanzhuo, the time was officially announced. The England Far East Fleet, which had just entered the waters of the Bardas Islands, collided head-on with the main fleet of the Qing Dynasty, which was rushing towards it with full sail. Looking at the huge lineup of the Qing fleet , Admiral Nadal's face turned green, he knew very well that his calculations had been seen through by the Qing fleet, and now there are only two options before him-one is to turn around and escape, and the other is to fight.

war?Obviously, the chances of defeating the main force of the Qing army were slim.Admiral Nadal is a veteran navy, and after only a while he calculated the strength of the main fleet of the Qing army—eighteen large warships, 25 medium-sized warships, 21 small warships, and a total of 64 warships. Whether it is a large warship or the total number of warships, it far exceeds the England Far East Fleet, not to mention that the Qing army is waiting for work, and all the warships are intact. Compared with the English fleet that has already fought a battle, it is much stronger Well, if you want to win the battle, unless the commander of the Qing army made a low-level mistake, this hope is not impossible, but I am afraid that the probability of fishing for a moon in the water is not much different.

There is no chance of winning the battle, so the only option is to escape. As for the glory of the so-called English navy in front of their own lives, it is not much different from a piece of toilet paper, but this escape also has a particular point-at this moment, the distance between the two fleets is about ten nautical miles. It will take about an hour for the speed of the ship to reach the place where the English fleet is, and the English fleet still has enough time to decide the direction of escape.At this time, the Qing army was coming from the east, and the English fleet was sailing southeast. The two sides were not in a straight line. The east of the Badas sea area was where the Qing fleet was located, and it was impossible to rush in that direction. It is Sumatra Island, where the water is shallow and there are many hidden reefs, the large fleet cannot pass at all; the northeast is the Tamilan Sea, as long as it can cross the Temeran Sea, it can turn into Brunei Bay, but unfortunately that road is in the Qing Dynasty. On the side of the fleet, the English fleet could not pass through the Tamilan Sea before the Qing fleet; the northwest corner of the Bardas Sea was the direction the English fleet came from, and there was still a squadron of the Qing Dynasty guarding that place. Obviously, it is also impassable. Therefore, there is actually only one option left for the English fleet-withdrawal to Shanmasik.

Withdrawing Shan Maxi is certainly a matter of waiting to die, but it is better than being wiped out immediately, isn't it?The helpless Admiral Nadal thought over and over again, and issued an order with a livid face: "The order: the whole fleet immediately turns to the southwest and withdraws to Danmasik." Following the order, the entire English fleet immediately began to attack. He turned around and drove towards Dan Maxi at a high speed.

"My lord, the Englishman has turned around and is heading due west." The lookout post on the mast of the "Wesson" was the first to discover the actions of the English fleet and immediately issued an alarm.

"My lord, the British guy is really planning to sneak back to Shanmaxi, now it's up to Xiao Sanlang to entangle the British guy." Liu Yao who was standing beside Yunti said with a smile.

"En." Yunyu replied noncommittally, without any expression on his face. Now that the main fleet of the Qing army is sailing at full sail, whether it can seize the English Far East Fleet or not has the initiative to force it to a decisive battle. On the side of the main fleet of the Qing army, Yunti at this time can only pray that Xiao Sanlang's weak squadron can complete the interception mission and win a favorable opportunity for the main fleet of the Qing army.

The turn of the English fleet made the position of the "Veyron" following it extremely embarrassing-the "Veyron" was originally about one nautical mile behind the English Far East Fleet, but after the English fleet completed the turn, the "Veyron" was in the middle of the sea. About half a nautical mile in front of the English fleet, if you continue to sail forward, you have to crash into the English fleet. Even though the "Veyron" is a large warship with thick skin and strong firepower, once it is involved in the English fleet Go, you have to be brought down after three or two hits. Even if you can delay a little time for the main fleet, it will definitely not be too much. Instead, you sacrificed your own life in vain. Follow the steering. The lead ship of the English fleet is here, and the embarrassment is indescribable.

"Damn it, fight!" Liu Ninghai looked at the approaching English fleet, his eyes turned red, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, it's dead or alive! Go ahead, Fight to the death without retreating!"

"Never retreat in a deadly battle! Never retreat in a deadly battle!" The officers and soldiers on the entire "Vailong" shouted their battle horns at the same time. Inserted along the slash to the England fleet.

"Oh, God! The yellow-skinned monkey is crazy!" Rear Admiral Brown, standing on the deck of the flagship of the English fleet, watched the "Veyron" launch a suicide attack, and couldn't help shouting.

Admiral Nadal has long been used to the style of the Qing army's daring to fight, and he didn't find it strange that Major General Brown's emotion. The Rear Admiral led the 'Scotman', 'Pioneer', 'Exuberant', and 'Victory' to intercept and drive away the fly, and the rest of the ships sailed at full speed." Following the signal from the "New Wales" The soldiers waved the signal flag and conveyed Admiral Nadal's order to the ships. One first-class warship and three second-class warships were separated from the English fleet to meet the sprinting "Veyron". The battleship turned while sailing, and soon formed a small battle line, blocking the path of the "Vailong", with hundreds of black hole muzzles aimed at the "Vailong", which was killing at high speed.The division of the English fleet was extremely fast, and the tactical actions were reasonable and concise. The entire operation did not cause too much confusion, and the impact on the speed of the entire fleet was almost negligible.

In a one-to-four match, the "Great Dragon" has absolutely no chance of winning, but if the "Grand Dragon" stops here to compete with these four British warships, there may not be any serious problems for a while, at least persist until It is not a problem for one's own main fleet to come, but it is impossible to hold back the entire English fleet.

At 500 meters, 400 meters, and 350 meters, the "Veyron" was getting closer and closer to the small battle line of the British army. Facing the rows of black hole muzzles, Liu Ninghai's expression calmed down. He ordered in a low voice: "Order, don't slow down, charge forward with all your strength, the gunners of the whole ship are ready, half solid ammunition and half explosive ammunition, don't worry about these four interceptor ships, as soon as they enter the British fleet, they will open fire immediately and hunt freely! "

Seeing that the "Great Dragon" did not slow down, but sprinted at full speed, Major General Connery's face darkened immediately, and he ordered loudly: "Fire!" The cannons fired one by one, tongues of flame lit up on each ship, and hundreds of shells roared and smashed towards the galloping "Vielong".At this moment, the "Dragon" was facing the British battle line head-on, and only the three front deck guns could fire. However, under such high-speed sprinting conditions, the hull was shaking violently, and the accuracy was almost equal to zero. Therefore, Liu Ning Hai didn't order to fight back, the whole ship was rushing forward.

The gunner training level of the British army is undoubtedly the best today, and the quality of artillery is only behind the Qing Dynasty, ranking second in the world. However, it is not easy to hit a warship traveling at high speed. Although Mi Shi's first salvo was spectacular, it did not achieve much effect. Except for more than a dozen hits on the "Vielong", the rest of the shells all fell into the empty space, knocking the "Vielong" into the air. The surrounding area became a forest composed of water columns. Even the dozen or so shells that hit did not cause much damage to the "Vailong", but only damaged one of the sidesails of the "Vailong", killing them and killing them. Several officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were injured, and apart from that, a few shallow pits were smashed on the front deck of the "Vielong", the result was not too big.

Major General Connery saw that the "Veyron" did not have the slightest intention of stopping to exchange fire, and immediately understood the plan of the "Veyron", and hurriedly ordered: "The 'Scotman' and the 'Pioneer' change chains. Bombs, 'Xiangsheng' and 'Victory' are all solid bullets, ready to fire!"

Taking advantage of the time when the English fleet was reloading ammunition, the "Veyron" rushed to a distance of more than 80 meters from the English battle line. At this time, the British army finally completed the preparations for the second round of artillery fire. With the order, more than 200 artillery pieces fired again. Amidst the roaring sound of the cannons, the shells roared like locusts towards the "Vailong". This time, the "Vailong" was not as lucky as the first time. At a distance of more than 80 meters, the hit rate of the British artillery is very high, especially the chain bombs fired by the two ships "Scotchman" and "Pioneer" facing the "Veyron" are like a whirlwind Sweeping across the deck of the "Vailong" ship, the entire front deck of the "Vailong" was riddled with bullets. Although the officers and soldiers of the Qing army on the deck had already been lying on the deck, they inevitably brought huge damage. Casualties, even Liu Ninghai's right arm was punched by marbles, and the blood flowed like a fountain. To make matters worse, two side sails of the "Vielong" were destroyed, and the two England ships that fired solid bullets Due to the problem of the angle of the gunboat, although more than [-] shells hit the "Veyron", only seven or eight shells actually penetrated the ship's side, and they were all in some unimportant places. How much damage the Veyron has caused.

"Leave me alone! Go and change the side sails! It's victory if you rush over!" Liu Ninghai pushed away several Qing officers and soldiers who rushed to try to bandage Liu Ninghai, seeing that the general was injured, and jumped up. ordered loudly.

At that time, the "Great Dragon", which was damaged in the Battle of Kota Ding, suffered two waves of blows one after another. The casualties of the entire ship had reached more than a hundred people, especially the sailors on the deck who were in charge of adjusting the sails. Due to heavy losses, coupled with the loss of side sails, the speed of the ship inevitably slowed down, but with the help of inertia, the speed was still astonishingly fast. It has approached more than 20 meters, and standing on the deck of one's own side can clearly prepare the expression on the face of the enemy army on the opposite side.

"Rush over! Rush! Rush! Rush!" Liu Ninghai yelled wildly, waving his bloody arm, while Major General Connery ordered loudly with a gloomy face: "Fire! Fire!"

At this time, the distance between the two sides was too close. Due to the angle problem, only the "Scotman" and "Pioneer" in the middle of the four warships in England could fire. The hundreds of shells fired were almost flawless, and they hit the "Vailong" firmly, and immediately turned the "Vailong" into a sieve. Fires ignited everywhere on the ship, and officers and soldiers were killed and injured. Fortunately, the rudder was not damaged. The whole ship braved the flames to break through the blockade of the British interceptor fleet and killed the British fleet 30 meters behind. At this time, the English interceptor fleet could no longer fire. Shooting—Although the artillery on the other side has already been loaded, it is difficult to say whether this artillery fire is bombarding the "Vailong" or attacking the main force of the own fleet.

chaos!There was chaos, and the English fleet, which was driving at high speed, really didn't expect that the "Veyron" would be so desperate. Attack of the Suicide Ships.

"Fire! Free hunting!" Liu Ninghai, who was injured again, ignored the severe pain in his left leg and right arm, and gave the order to fire loudly. At this moment, the officers and soldiers on the "Vailong" battleship still lost one-third. More than ten cannons were also damaged, but the remaining gunners were already ready. As soon as they got the order to fire, they didn't care about aiming or not. Nearly a hundred cannons roared one after another, and the shells roared and smashed into the surroundings. English warships in disarray.Reload, fire! Reload, refire!The entire "Veyron" was billowing with black smoke, pouring artillery fire at the British fleet like a flaming hedgehog, disrupting the formation of the British fleet.

Just when the English fleet was in chaos due to the disturbance of the "Veyron", a group of Qing warships suddenly appeared in front of them, and a dragon flag waved in the sea breeze with a majestic momentum——Xiao Sanlang's second squadron killed coming!The sharp-eyed England lookout posts immediately let out desperate screams...

(End of this chapter)