Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

There had never been a war in the history of Central America that ended without exception. The Ikek had already become a purgatory.

The two fleets in the sea stood facing each other in the north and south, forming two parallel lines about two thousand meters apart. They were pouring firepower towards each other with all their might.

The Esmeralda was the warship with the greatest firepower in this war. Every time she fired her gunpowder, it would form a black cloud that covered the entire warship. The tremors created countless ripples on the sea surface, and all the fish under the sea had already escaped.

"Shoot …" Fire on starboard... The Huska is on fire! They can't hold on for long... Keep firing! "

The Peru soldiers on the other side had also gone mad. All of the battleships had sent out a flag, "Concentrate Fire, Annihilate the Esmeralda!" Ignore and kill the enemy's flagship! "

Shoot, load, reload, reload... Shot, fire, fire, fire, fire! The battle in the sea had become a fixed cycle of death. At the end of the fight, the Navy soldiers had become heartless machines. They could only instinctively complete the movements they were familiar with.

After the artillery war had lasted half an hour, the Peruvian Navy, who had the advantage in numbers of warships, gradually suppressed the Chile's fleet. Even the old sail battleship had moved to the west side of the battlefield and started to attack the side of the navy.

The situation of the parallel lines shooting at each other was broken. The Peruvian Navy had already formed an L-shaped shooting array on the sea, attempting to break through from the west side of the Chile's navy.

The pressure on the left wing of the Chile Navy had never been greater. They had to split up some of their firepower to deal with the already-changed Sail battleship, which caused the flagship Esmedale to suffer even more gunfire.

When the later generations analyzed this war, they felt that it was inconceivable. This was clearly an era of pure Iron-armored Ship battles, but the commanders of both sides had subconsciously adopted the same tactic, which was beheading.

The two armies were just like the two cavalry soldiers of the Middle Ages. Everyone focused their firepower on the commander of the other side, leaving the two flagships to fight with each other.

Right now, Esmeralda and Huska were like two burning ships. The iron armor on the side of the ship had already been charred, and a few areas had been blown up, revealing the white stubble of wood.

These were all transitional products from the Iron-armored Ship era. It was already not easy for them to be able to hold out in such a high intensity battle.

The Chile Naval Generals looked at the enemy fleet in anger, then looked at the soldiers fighting for their lives on the land, a sense of doom and sorrow welled up in their hearts.

He ordered in his deepest voice, "The Esmeralda... Prepare to charge! Make the Left side prepare to shoot at the same time … We'll rush up and shoot from close range, and we'll take down the Huascar with a white blade fight! "Get ready to charge!"

"General …" The surrounding officers cried out, "We can retreat first!" Now that the battle has reached this stage, we have already done our best, and we are at a disadvantage in this war, so let's retreat! "

"Shut up! Retreat? Do we still have a way out!? The army is fighting hard, and you say retreat? "I'm going to shoot you …" The roaring Captain was about to pull out his gun, but luckily the surrounding officers swarmed in like a swarm of bees and stopped him.

"Take a look …" "Can we escape?" the commander asked, his hand trembling as he pointed at the burning Esmeralda. "It's already so dilapidated that even if you want to escape, you won't be able to!"

At this moment, there was a loud bang, and the battleship violently shook for a moment. Immediately following that, the deck outside was filled with noise, "The boiler room has been hit!" "Hurry up and call the military doctor, the boiler room has been hit, countless deaths and injuries have been inflicted …"

The Esmeralda had no other way out. Everyone was silent, and soon the signal flags of their own battles floated above the mast of the flagship. The injured colossus started to turn its body, ready to charge at certain death.

Before the change of formation, the Chile Navy was located on the south side of the battlefield, with the bow of the ship facing the west, while the bow of the Peruvian Navy ship facing the east, both sides were actually using their own starboard cannons to attack the enemy, so the Left side cannons were not used.

Although they were Iron-armored battleship s, the cannons were still placed on the left and right sides, but they could be rotated at a limited angle to adjust the angle. However, there was definitely no heaven defying design like the main cannon of the Zhiyuan Warship that could spin 360 revolutions.

Although this old-fashioned layout had improved due to the cannon's technology, it was only an increase in combat strength. It definitely could not be improved like the Zhiyuan Warship.

Of course, there was also another benefit to this type of artillery arrangement, and that was the ability to carry out the assault tactics commonly used in the Sail battleship era. That was to say, giving up on the T-shaped shooting array and quickly piercing into the enemy's fleet.

The two warships crossed each other, the closest distance being less than three meters. Then, the cannons fired at each other, and smoke, fire, and debris filled the entire screen.

And now, the Esmeralai was going to carry out this kind of original assault tactic. He was going to use the Left side Cannons, which had yet to be put into combat, to carry out a decapitation operation on the enemy's flagship.

After all, the Esmeralda had five hundred tons more water discharged than the Huascar. The thickness of her armor and the power provided by the boiler were both very strong. Although her body was riddled with holes from the explosion, her basic properties were not damaged by that much.

The battleship drew an arc in the ocean, and the battleship heading towards the west turned around and headed towards the north, charging straight for the Peruvian Navy's flagship.

"Boiler Pressure... Bullet Filling... Wait for Launch Command... Brave soldiers! The final battle will be held today! "

The Juascar also saw through the enemy's intentions. "Not good …" "No good …" "No ." These Chile are risking their lives! They are going to perish together... Change your posture, we will charge up, and the Left side will prepare to shoot together! "Since they want to fight in a duel of honor, like a knight, we'll give them a chance …"

The heavy bow of the ship broke through the waves, the brave sailors shouted the slogan of victory, the desperate commander threw his life to the back of his mind, the god of war had dropped his dice, but now no one could see the final size.

Behind the two flagships were the other Iron-armored Ship s that had followed closely behind them. Right now, the entire array formation on the sea was in disorder, all the soldiers only had one thought in their mind, "Charge up, we will tear the enemy apart even if we have to use a catapult!"

The Navy is worthy of being called an honorable force, a vast sea, a land without help, a place of death where these people will never lack the courage to fight. Compared to the Indigenous soldiers who live in the army, we have to admit that these two navies, formed by white descendants of immigrants, are quite outstanding.

Regardless of the outcome, they showed the spirit of a soldier!