Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 1102

[Chapter 1102 Four Kilometers]

“General, why don’t you send out the ironclad ships now?”

Song Xiang couldn’t help asking when the Xitu fleet came from three directions, seeing that the Dasong fleet was about to besieged in the middle.

Although the warships of Xitu are much worse than theirs, they will not feel good if they all rush on them at once.

This is contrary to their purpose of annihilating the Western Turk Fleet at the smallest cost.

“Don’t worry, let other warships play with them first.” Zhou Yi smiled lightly, “Why, you don’t have enough confidence in this general’s judgment?”

“No!” Song Xiang blushed immediately, “The last general is just I’m worried that if I act too late, I will suffer insignificant losses.”

Zhou Yi’s smile grew stronger, and Song Xiang was very serious compared to Gong Ying.

He was just joking.

Then he patted Song Xiang on the shoulder, “Expose the ironclad ship too early, and the enemy will be scared away by us. When they get into the opponent’s range and they turn the bow, our ironclad ship will attack again.” The

sailing warship changed from the forward state to the shooting state , you need to turn around and aim the side at the enemy.

This movement transition takes time.

For Zhou Yi, this is the best time for them to attack.

Because at that time, it will take a lot of time for the coalition navy to realize that something is wrong, and then to change from the shooting state to the fleeing state.

By then it was too late for the coalition navy. .

In response, Song Xiang continued to observe the situation of the Xitu Fleet.

According to Zhou Yi’s plan, after the Xitu fleet entered the range of the Dasong battleship, the outer sail warships began to bombard.

Cone-shaped cannonballs flew out like thunder, rushing towards the Xitu warship that was rushing over.

“Boom boom boom…”

Rifled guns on the Great Tribute are more accurate than smoothbore guns.

The shells fell into the huge group of Xitu warships, and some Xitu warships were hit immediately.

Amidst the explosion of shells, more than a dozen Xitu warships were blown into huge gaps, and sea water poured into the warships, submerging the Xitu soldiers in the cabins, and then the warships sank slowly.

“Don’t look back, go forward with all your strength, and let the opponent come within the range of our naval guns!” Malfoy’s face was gloomy as the screams of the naval soldiers came from his ears.

Such a result, he had predicted before the war.

He reminded numerous naval officers.

This time their tactic was to injure eight hundred enemies and one thousand themselves.

Even if all their nearly 500 warships were sunk, as long as they won, everything would be meaningful.

Like Malfoy, the other Western Army officers gradually calmed down after their initial palpitations.

They avoided the sinking warship and still headed towards the Dasong fleet.

Now, they are still about eight kilometers away from the Dasong Fleet, and they still need to travel four kilometers.

Only their naval guns can fully attack the fleet.

But this short four kilometers is so long for the officers of the Western Turks.

During the voyage, one coalition warship after another sank.

Some battleships were even hit by ammunition, and the whole ship exploded, and some battleships burned and turned into a fireball.

The coalition soldiers who fell to the bottom of the sea kept calling for help, begging other warships to fish them up, but none of the warships stopped, they just passed by them, allowing them to be swallowed by the sea.

Because as long as the warship stops, it will not only affect the speed of the entire fleet, but also become a living target.

In such a tragic process, the Xitu Fleet approached step by step, and finally arrived at the position four kilometers away from the Dasong Fleet.

At this time, hundreds of warships had been lost in three directions.

But in any case, they achieved their strategic goals.

Under Malfoy’s order, the main force of the West Earth Fleet in the east stopped, and began to turn the bow, aiming sideways at the Great Song battleship.

“You bunch of lowly eastern natives, I’m going to kill you all now.” On the

flagship deck, Malfoy held onto the railing tightly, leaning forward, as if he was going to fly four kilometers away, and the opposite General Da Song ate it.

Having endured so many casualties, now he wants to pay for his blood.

While the naval officers on the other battleships were extremely angry, the pleasure of revenge rose in their hearts at the same time.

In their view, the Great Song Fleet is doomed.

They still have more than 300 warships, while the opponent has only 60 warships.

What’s more, Da Song’s fleet is all within their range.

With five times the firepower of the opponent, it is impossible for them to lose.

Port of Calcutta, Bolt also stood up from his chair.

“Hahaha, Malfoy, you will be remembered by history. When you return to the Britons, everyone will shout your name.” He stared at the sea, laughing wildly.

Although the silence of the sixty warships in the port made him feel distressed, they finally achieved their goal.

This time they were finally able to wipe out the Dasong fleet in one fell swoop.

And as long as they regain control of the sea, they can use the mobility of the navy to attack around the coast of Da Song.

At that time, even if the guns and artillery of the Da Song army are more powerful than them, they can only be exhausted.

“General, the time has come!” Song Xiang said to Zhou Yi when Malfoy and Bolt were extremely excited, with a calm expression.

They had practiced this situation before the war and knew how to arrange troops to deal with it.

“It’s time for the ironclad ship to see blood!” Zhou Yi narrowed his eyes when he heard this.

When the Xitu fleet approached, he didn’t do nothing, but arranged the next attack method.

Under his command, the formation of the Great Song Fleet began to change.

The formation of armored ships covered by sailing warships and steamships has become an array of ironclad ships outside, sailing warships and steamships in.

The purpose of this array is to use the ironclad ship as a shield to protect the vulnerable sail warships and steamships inside, and then use the firepower from the front of the ironclad ship to attack the opponent’s warship.

Almost at the same time, both the Dasong Fleet and the Xitu Fleet completed their formation changes.

At this time, the Xitu Fleet couldn’t wait to fire at the Dasong Fleet.

Ball-shaped bullets flew out of the muzzle of the smoothbore gun, and rushed towards the ironclad ships located on the outskirts of the fleet.

“Boom boom boom…” Many shells immediately exploded near the ironclad ship.

However, most of them fell into the sea, and some shells hit the iron armor and fell into the bottom of the sea.

A few shells exploded on the outer armor of the battleship, unable to shake the heavy armor of the iron-clad ship at all.

After all, the thickness of the armor on the side of an ironclad ship is 350 mm, and even the armor on the deck is 100 mm.

“What’s going on?” Seeing that many shells hit Da Song’s battleship.

But the Great Song battleship remained unscathed, and Malfoy frowned slightly.

After thinking for a while, he continued, “Let the battleship behind move forward and get closer.”

He thought it was because the Dasong fleet was at the limit of their shooting, so the shells could not penetrate the side of the Dasong battleship.

(end of this chapter)