Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1086

[Chapter 1076 Blockade]

“The intelligence is correct. The Chinese Empire does have muskets that can fire continuously. This is terrible.”

On the deck, Cobansi was also paying attention to the situation of the imperial fleet. When he noticed the continuous firing of weapons on the deck Then my heart suddenly sank.

“The Chinese Empire is too terrible. As long as they have this kind of weapon, we will only be massacred on the battlefield.” Feilin said solemnly.

Cobansi nodded, “That’s why we must obtain their advanced weapons at all costs and send them to China for imitation.”

As he was speaking, he suddenly noticed that the lights of the Imperial Fleet flagship suddenly went out, and he said happily: “That’s great. Their commander is on this warship and asked the soldiers to focus on attacking this warship. As long as their flagship is captured, they will definitely be in chaos.”

Feilin also saw it at this time, and he looked at Ke with some admiration. Bansi, this Spanish naval star is worthy of being called Spain’s maritime fortress.

Faced with such a disadvantage, they are still playing equally, which is very rare.

“All gunners attack the sixth battleship from the left in the southwest!” Felin gave the order.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

A salvo was suddenly fired after the order was given, and the bombs went straight to the armored ship King.

At the same time, other battleships successively focused their firepower on the armored ship King. Under the cover of the battleship’s gunfire, small boats in the sea quickly approached the King.

Cobansi looked at this scene with a sneer on his lips, and then his eyes turned to an ironclad ship in the southeast. This ironclad ship was on the edge of the imperial fleet.

He said: “Immediately send soldiers to attack the first battleship on the right. Now the enemy’s flagship is besieged by us. The other battleships will be eager to relieve the siege and ignore the warships on the edge to capture the ironclad ship!”

“What a brilliant move!” Feilin said excitedly Said, he asked the messenger holding the lantern to give the order again at the edge of the deck, and let some of the boats approach the east side.

On the Sovereign, Marines continued to suffer casualties under enemy bombardment. After the searchlights were extinguished, it seemed that all the enemy’s artillery fire was concentrated on the Sovereign, and enemy shells were thrown from time to time on the deck.

The intensive attack caused heavy losses to the marines on the battleship.

“General, it’s too dangerous here. You must return to the cabin.” Liu Chen said to Yue Yun. The King is the core of the ironclad ship, and Yue Yun is the core of the King. Once something happens to Yue Yun, this naval battle will be won. It would be a disastrous failure.

Yue Yun’s expression was cold, and he said: “I thought that as soon as the iron-clad ships came out, the Qingzhou fleet would be able to run rampant. This naval battle really taught us a lesson. The emperor is right, strategically we must despise the enemy. , but we must pay attention to the enemy strategically.”

After that, he said to Liu Chen: “Order the King to turn and use the movement advantage of the steam engine battleship to annihilate the enemy battleship. We cannot be too confident about this kind of disparity. We were hit hard. “

While the two were talking, the soldiers brought up the spare searchlight. After some installation, the searchlight turned on again.

Liu Chen looked at the more than sixty sail warships burning on the sea. Although the enemy’s wooden ships were approaching them, the enemy’s losses in this kind of bombardment were also heavy. After all, relatively speaking, the endurance of ironclad ships was much greater than that of wooden sail warships. .

Nodding, he immediately asked the searchlight to issue instructions for the fleet to change its formation. This time they would annihilate the enemy’s warships during the voyage.

And let those small wooden boats float in the sea.

After the order was issued, the armored fleet immediately set sail again. Taking advantage of their speed, they kept a distance from the small wooden boat but remained within the shooting range of the machine guns.

This kind of kite-flying style quickly made the soldiers on the boat tired. The steam engine battleship relied on the power of the steam engine, and they relied on manpower.

Cobansi’s expression dropped after he noticed the changes in the imperial fleet. Because it was a sneak attack, the imperial warships were parked at first, which was conducive to their approach.

But now their commander is obviously aware of this problem, so the warships have pulled anchor and set sail.

And the most disgusting thing is that although these armored ships are bulky, they are not slow. If they were sail warships, their small boats could catch up with them, but these steel monsters ran too fast, and the small boats could not catch up with them, but they were hung up by them. beat.

Feilin’s excited expression also disappeared, and they were now in a very embarrassing situation, where they could only be beaten and could not fight back.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

The moving ironclads continued to shoot at the sail warships, and the rotating turrets allowed them to attack the enemy in any direction.

“Sixty-five ships, seventy ships, eighty ships…” Every time an enemy warship was hit, Liu Chen would report the number to Yue Yun.

Freed from the entanglement of the small boat, their attack seemed to be more manageable, and the balance of war once again tilted towards them.

“Don’t let any one go. Send ten warships to bypass the flanks and block the entrance of the Ganges River.” Yue Yun said.

His order was issued, and ten ironclad ships broke away from the team and sailed straight towards the mouth of the Ganges.

The movements of the imperial fleet were seen by Cobansi, and he slowly put down the telescope. He sighed heavily, “It’s not that my command is incompetent, but the ironclad ships of the imperial fleet are too strong. If we don’t have ironclad ships, Europe will probably dominate the era of maritime hegemony.” Gone forever.”

Although Feilin was extremely reluctant, he could only choose to bow his head when facing the eighty sail warships burning in the sea. He understood what Cobanxi meant.

“Retreat!” Cobansi issued the final order. The attack of the imperial warships did not stop, and their fleet continued to lose. Once the Ganges Estuary was blocked by the imperial warships, they would have no way to escape. Depending on the speed of the ironclads, they would be defeated. Sinked one by one.

“Yes.” Felin’s voice was trembling.

This order was very cruel, because it meant that they would abandon the soldiers in the small boats at sea, but he had to execute it. Rather than destroy the entire army, it would be more appropriate to retain some of the warships for future use.

Thinking of this, he asked the messenger to issue the order to retreat. The captains of the remaining seventy battleships had long been looking forward to this order, and now they were sailing towards the mouth of the Ganges regardless of anything.

On the King, Yue Yun showed a victorious smile. For him, the remaining warships were not enough. After this war, the route from India to Europe was decided by the Imperial Navy.

Even if they hide in the Ganges, they cannot escape their control.

“Starting tomorrow, battleships will cruise along the Indian coastline in groups of three, sinking any supply ships coming from Europe.”

(End of Chapter)