Steel Dynasty - Chapter 963

[Chapter 957 Counterattack]

Under the blue sea and blue sky, seventy warships were sailing on the sea.

On the mast of the battleship, the national flags of three different countries were flapping in the sea breeze.

On the British flagship leading the team, a general wearing a black navy tuxedo uniform was using a telescope to observe a warship emitting black smoke ahead.

Not long ago, they encountered this battleship. Immediately, the battleship began to escape towards Dengzhou, Great Chongqing, and soon left them behind.

“Is this the new warship of Great Chongqing? It’s really shocking.” Wilson put down the telescope and frowned deeply.

The middle-aged Congressman Dick beside him heard this and said: “I have to say that the House made a stupid decision this time. What should we do now? Obviously, we have been discovered. If a warship like Dayu is If the number is large enough, we will have no way to escape and be sunk by them one by one.”

“Don’t be so pessimistic, Dick, we are using new types of shells this time, these shells will send them to hell.” Wilson said now. The fleet is very confident in its strength.

Just last month, the British mainland sent a batch of brand-new artillery shells. After the experiment, his confidence increased a lot. In a battle with the same weapons, he believed that the British warships could defeat the Chongqing fleet with their rich experience. .

“It’s just that they also have this kind of shell that can send us to hell.” Dick was not as optimistic as Wilson. He participated in the attack plan as soon as he arrived in India from England.

In order to destroy the naval power of the Great Chongqing in one fell swoop, Queen Victoria even ceded part of her South American colonies to Spain in exchange for their support this time.

The reason why Victoria and the House of Representatives are willing to pay such a price to destroy the Great Chongqing fleet is all due to their fear of the Great Chongqing.

After discussion in the House of Representatives, they finally decided to launch this dangerous operation, because as long as the navy of Dayu is destroyed or severely damaged, Dayu will not have the ability to colonize overseas, and it will not have the ability to attack Europe in a short time. .

In this way, they had precious time to absorb the technology of Dayu. To this end, Vidomia even met with the president of the secret society and asked all the technical talents in the society to participate in researching the actual technology they obtained.

Wilson frowned, “Dick, are they sending you here to say depressing words? Warships from the Great Yu Kingdom have appeared in Europe together with Dutch merchant ships. This is intolerable to us, do you understand?” Otherwise, why do you think the French are willing to cooperate with us? This is our interest in Asia. Da Yu cannot destroy everything we have built over the past hundred years. “”

Sorry, I just told the truth, but I am not afraid. , it has always been my belief to destroy Britain’s enemies and pay the price with my life, but this time I am not here purely for war. If we cannot win, we must try our best to destroy their shipyards and seize them. The warships even took away some workers instead of simply going to die,” Dick said sternly.

Wilson looked at Dick and gradually calmed down. He said, “I’m not a fool. I will adapt to circumstances.”

“This is best.” Dick looked to the northwest. In the distance, they could already see the outline of Dengzhou City.

At the same time, the Great Yu warships in front of the combined fleet were heading towards the Dengzhou Military Port at full speed. Yue Yun took away most of the warships as they headed south.

Currently, there are only 24 battleships docked in the military port, including one giant first-level sailing battleship, two second-level large sailing battleships, nine third-level battleships and twelve hybrid warships.

“Hurry up! Hurry up!”

In the boiler room of the battleship, the soldiers were putting all their strength into feeding coal into the bottom of the boiler. Under the heat of the flame, the steam followed the pipes and entered the steam engine to drive the propeller to rotate continuously.

Under the powerful power, the battleship shuttled quickly across the sea.

On the deck, Levi and his adjutant were staring at the huge fleet left behind. At this time, they looked solemn and frowned.

“There are seventy ships in total. They definitely came from bad intentions when they came to Dengzhou this time. They probably took the opportunity to attack our military port. It’s a pity that they didn’t escape our routine patrols in the end.” The adjutant pondered.

“The United Kingdom, France, and Spain are all powerful countries in the West now. It seems that they are crazy in order to prevent the rise of Great Yu.” Li Wei looked fiercely at the battleship group that was chasing them.

“They are probably making a desperate move this time. If they destroy their navy in Asia, our navy of Great Chongqing will have no rivals in Southeast Asia from now on.”

“That’s right, since they are here, we will accompany them this time Have fun, the Chongqing Navy will fight to the end even if there is only one warship.”

Li Wei said firmly.

As the two talked, the speed of the battleship increased significantly. An hour later, they successfully arrived at the military port, but the combined fleet still had half an hour to reach here.

At an emergency stop at the pier, Levi immediately sent his adjutant to ring the warning bell on the pier.

“Dong dong dong…”

The rapid bell rang throughout the military port. Upon hearing the sound, the soldiers of the Chongqing Kingdom quickly rushed out of the barracks and went straight to their respective battleships.

At the same time, the semaphore relayed messages to other warships on the mast through semaphores.

The soldiers quickly understood what was going on?

“British!”

Xie Yuan and Ding Chang looked surprised after reading the flag.

“Great, last time we were attacked by these grandsons at sea and almost sank the ship. Now we can finally take revenge.” Xie Yuan’s eyes showed a hint of madness.

He was shot in the dark by the British in the thick fog, and he always remembered it as a humiliation.

Originally he was a little unhappy when Yue Yun asked him to stay at the military port, but now the gloom in his heart suddenly dissipated. He said to Ding Chang: “Let all the coastal defense soldiers enter the fort, and the warships move out of the way to see if they can come in.”

“Yes.” Ding Chang immediately asked the soldiers to play the flag.

The soldiers who received the order quickly entered the forts in the arc-shaped bay. These forts were all constructed of reinforced concrete. The forts were not open-air, but domed fortresses. Hollow spaces were reserved on the outer walls of the fortress through which the artillery could pass. The gap reserved pointed the gun muzzle at the harbor.

In the fortress, boxes of cannonballs were neatly placed, and there were enough cannonballs to cope with emergencies.

Watching the soldiers quickly enter the fort, Xie Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. He had already put all the sail warships into shooting postures, and he ordered the remaining twelve hybrid warships to leave the harbor and use their power advantage to find opportunities to destroy enemy warships. .

(End of chapter)