Steel Dynasty - Chapter 966

[Chapter 960 Ironclad Ship Attacks]

In the vast sea, gunpowder smoke and flames obscured the original color of the sky, where dozens of warships fought each other to the death.

After destroying the twenty warships that were preparing to land in one fell swoop, Levi led the remaining ten warships and rushed towards the battleship group led by Wilson.

After the battle just now, the morale of the soldiers of the Great Chongqing Kingdom reached its peak. Each of them had firm eyes and looked like they did not care about life or death.

On the contrary, Wilson’s mood was at this time. He watched twenty warships being sunk by the Chongqing warships before his eyes.

In all his years of commanding naval operations, he had never suffered such a huge defeat.

“Advance at full speed, we must kill them.”

Wilson has ordered the remaining fifty-six warships to regroup. He will sink all ten warships with absolute strength advantage.

In contrast, Dick kept his eyes fixed on the warships of the Great Chongqing Kingdom. He said to Wilson: “If we can capture one and bring it back to England, it is worth sacrificing all the warships.”

“Dick, this is me now. On the battlefield, I don’t care about the tricks of you politicians, what I want to do now is to defeat my enemies,” Wilson said angrily.

After saying that, he picked up the binoculars and walked to the front of the deck to keep an eye on the movements of the Great Chongqing warship.

Fifty-six battleships formed a pocket under his command, trying to surround Livy’s ten battleships.

Wilson’s purpose was quickly discovered by Li Wei. Before the encirclement was completed, he moved decisively eastward and broke out of the encirclement through the unfinished gap.

Then, he led the warships to sail north, went around behind the northern blockade, and violently bombarded the twenty warships coming out of the military port.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

The dense rain of bullets instantly covered the enemy’s warships. Along with the explosion, several battleships burst into flames, and the ammunition depot of one of the battleships was directly hit.

In the violent explosion, the entire ship was blown into the sky.

However, these people became smarter when the first batch of warships were destroyed by the Great Chongqing Kingdom. Facing the warships of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, they adopted a chaotic formation in which they fought independently.

The same wave of shells poured towards the warships of the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

The Chongqing warships with full power were traveling very fast on the sea. Although they aimed at the Chongqing warships, after their cannonballs flew out, they could only land behind the Chongqing warships. .

“Fuck it!” Wilson roared. In this round of attack, they were defeated again. After losing two warships, the warships of the Great Chongqing Kingdom were obviously more cautious. This time they have been taking advantage of their power to bombard their warships. .

Dick’s expression also changed. Now he no longer had the extravagant hope of capturing a Great Chongqing warship, but only wanted them to achieve victory this time.

But his wish was destined to fail. In front of them, their combined fleet soon turned into a burning bonfire on the sea, and the Great Yu warship passed through the flames and appeared in front of them like a demon.

Now they only have half of their military strength left. At the same time, the eight Great Chongqing sail warships that were originally in the military port rushed out of the military port. They merged with the black smoke-belching warships and formed a huge fleet.

After all, the leader is a first-class sailing battleship, but the 130 cannons on the side are enough to scare people, not to mention the second-class battleships that follow closely behind. Now Dayu is preparing to fight them decisively.

“Wilson, we should retreat now. This battle can’t be fought.” Dick shouted.

Forty warships were easily killed by the Chongqing Kingdom, which made Dick completely lose confidence.

Wilson’s forehead was covered with cold sweat. They never thought that they would also have such a day. The British Navy, which had once been rampant at sea, would be defeated by a navy that had just been established.

But although he was unwilling to do so, he had no way to regain the advantage now.

Looking at the rapidly approaching Chongqing warships, Wilson said desperately: “It’s too late, do you think we can outrun these warships?”

Dick fell silent for a moment. It was obvious that they had lost from the beginning.

“Ordering all warships to engage in free combat. Facing such an array of warships is simply a disaster.” Wilson’s eyes were firm. Fighting to the death has always been the tradition of the British Navy. As the top general this time, he also cannot lose the face of the British Navy. . ‘

So in despair, Wilson decided to fight to the death with the Great Chongqing. Although he knew that he could not win, sinking the warships of the Great Chongqing as much as possible would be enough to save his dignity.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

The sound of cannons sounded again on the sea. This time, the British warships completely lost their combat tactics. The British warships fought independently and scattered on the sea.

This scene made Levi frown.

The British battleships lined up in an array were like a natural target, which was very beneficial to them. However, in such a scattered situation, the battleships were like beans spilled on the ground, forming a mess.

Coupled with the advantage of numbers, it is difficult for them to attack without being attacked by others.

“Ring array.” Levi gave the order.

Faced with this situation, only all-round shooting can sink the opponent’s warships as much as possible. Moreover, steamships are very flexible and it is very simple to arrange various arrays. Once the battle situation is unfavorable, they can completely change from arrays to free combat.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

After quickly completing the array, the Great Chongqing warship opened fire violently. The ferocious firepower immediately damaged several enemy warships, especially the first- and second-level fan battleships, whose firepower was extremely fierce.

However, this time Wilson already had the confidence to fight to the death, and they quickly approached the warships of Dayu regardless of losses.

After reaching the shooting range, the remaining thirty or so warships opened fire on Levi’s warships.

“Dong dong dong…”

The dense shells fell on the warships of the Great Chongqing Kingdom. In an instant, the two sail warships burst into flames, and the three steamships were also somewhat damaged.

Seeing this, Levi shouted: “Fight back, fight back immediately!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the first mate suddenly ran up from the bottom of the ship and said urgently: “Captain, no matter what, we don’t have many shells left.”

” I said this round of firepower is so weak, damn it, why don’t you use it sparingly? “Li Wei scolded his mother angrily.

The first mate said aggrievedly: “Just now you gave the order to hit hard, hit hard, and don’t save ammunition. After these two rounds of fighting, just one of our ships fired 1,700 shells.”

Li Wei was angry when he heard this. He jumped to his feet and said, “We will win soon. If we withdraw from this city now, these eight sail warships cannot stop us.”

Just when he was anxious, suddenly the cheers of the semaphores came from the mast, and the soldiers on the ship were also happy. shouted.

Levi followed the soldier’s gaze and suddenly felt happy.

At the exit of the military port, a warship covered in iron armor was slowly approaching the battlefield.

(End of chapter)