Chapter 2264 Two battles and two victories (4)
Crython, who came from afar, and his powerful Royal British Navy, naturally would not, and would not bother to bring fire attack ships.
Therefore, although the strength of this battle is huge, Shi Lang has room to fight back.
That's not all. As more warships burned on the sea surface, the sea surface in the dark has lost a reliable reference. Then, the focus of both sides in the battle is on the enemy's warships in their vision.
And this point, under the control of a dedicated person like Shi Lang, the joint fleet will be slowly taken into the ditch.
For example, the joint fleet, which was originally outside the range of the shore artillery in the Wuyu shore artillery, inexplicably entered the range of the shore artillery.
As a result, the battle situation began to change slowly.
Shi Lang fought very fiercely. For fire attack ships to approach enemy ships, they often need two or three or even more ships to cover them, and the ending of these ships is destined.
But there are still many shore cannons in Wuyu, and the shells are not endless.
The continuous volley was fired down, and even the new type of artillery could not withstand it. The sound of the shore cannon gradually became silent.
As the fire attack ships harvested the results, the number of warships available in Shi Lang's hands was getting fewer and fewer. After an hour, there were only a handful of warships floating on the sea around Shi Lang's flagship.
This time it was really the last moment.
Shi Lang's eyes were blood red. He never expected that this plan would be so painful to escape the tiger and break through each of them.
Escape, this time I really can't escape.
Because Shi Lang could no longer get the warship that could cut off his back for him at this time.
As the battle situation progressed, the enemy ships that scattered had invisibly completed the siege of Shi Lang's flagship.
Shi Lang slowly pulled out his sword from his waist, although this sword was useless at all.
He whispered his throat and shouted to the people around him: "Today's defeat is not our fault for the war, but Wang Yilin misled me... Fortunately, we finally died for the country today... On the way to the underworld, we can explain to our ancestors... Men, let's go on the road with this general!"
Shi Lang's flagship took the banner and took the lead in setting sail for full force, accelerating towards the enemy's formation.
Any warship that can still move will follow, but there are only more than a dozen broken warships that can move.
No one thinks he can win at this moment.
But no one thinks that if they don’t follow the flagship at this time, they can still escape.
Instead of being sunk while escaping, it is better to hit the enemy.
Everyone stood quietly on the bow of the ship, and there was no sound of shelling sound.
More than a dozen ships were quiet, but quickly rushed towards the enemy formation.
Everyone was thinking that when they hit a ship with enough capital.
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Crithorne was shocked.
Although he despised the yellow-skinned monkey on the opposite side for not being as decent as a knight, he used such uncontrollable and very inferior means to use fire attack ships to ignite many of his warships, Crithorne admired his opponent's tenacity even more.
Those who dare to face the enemy that is several times more powerful and fight back are worthy of their respect.
Crithon had originally breathed a sigh of relief, because although the sea battle in the middle of the night had suffered a considerable loss, the result was finally in line with Crithon's expectations, and the fleet in front of him was finally wiped out.
But when Crython discovered that Shi Lang's flagship did not retreat but instead rushed towards him, what surged in his heart was definitely not fear or fear, but deep regret and inexplicable respect.
Crithon did not think that Shi Lang's lead to the crowd to impact at this time was an effective tactic.
With such a distance of less than 300 warships, more than ten broken warships had no chance to hit the target, because they had become hunting targets for all warships and guns.
Crython slowly raised his hand, and the messenger behind him stared at Crython's hand nervously.
Crython's hand finally waved heavily, which was the order to fire the ships in a volley.
The best way to respect the enemy is to let the enemy die decently under your own hands. This is the honor of the warrior.
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The dense sound of cannons suddenly rang out.
The dark night sky covered the thick smoke rising from the muzzle.
A column of water more than two meters high suddenly splashed on the sea surface, and the entire sea surface was boiling.
"What's going on?!"
Crython, who was almost falling down, asked loudly, yelling loudly as the flagship deck shaking.
In fact, even if Crithorne didn't ask, he would soon find out.
Because at this time, countless shrill alarm sounded around the flagship...the enemy attack!
Where did the enemy come from?
This may be the question that Crython wants to know the most at this time, but he least wants to guess.
Because he was actually very clear in his heart that only the other two navy leaders who could attack and dared to attack his enemies were Jianxing.
Then, no matter which navy comes to help, it represents the outcome and ending of the squadrons of the joint fleet.
Crython did not hesitate and subconsciously issued an order to set up the anchor to meet the enemy.
But the problem is that he had ordered a salvo fire before. Although it had not been implemented at this time, the gun muzzles of each warship had been locked and turned around, which would take time.
The time required for a main ship to turn the side cannon is at least one incense stick.
What made Crython the most painful was that it took more time for the warship to go from stagnation to maximum speed. If the ship was sailing and turning the muzzle, it could dodge, but now it could only be beaten and use its head to resist the shells smashed at it.
So now, what the United Fleet needs most is time.
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Wang Yilin's flagship took the lead.
He stood at the bow of the boat and had been standing for almost an hour.
He stood at the bow of the boat when he left the waters of New Port Ayat.
He felt a deep sense of self-blame and guilt.
Just because he was more than an hour late, Shi Lang and his navy might suffer significant losses.
But Wang Yilin didn't regret it. If he had to choose again, he would have to choose this way.
But when he really saw the battlefield, Wang Yilin cried.
Wang Yilin was a person who had seen life and death. When his uncle Wang Zhiren died in battle, he was on the spot.
The Shi Lang Navy suffered huge losses and was even severely damaged, which was expected by Wang Yilin.
But Wang Yilin never expected that Shi Lang would be so stubborn and beat him up to this point.
The entire fleet was wiped out by Wang Yilin. His uncle's naval army was wiped out on the Yangtze River, but his uncle's naval army collapsed at that time, and there were not many people who actually fought until they were sunk.
Today, Shi Lang Navy is different. They fought to the end, and no warship left... It was so miserable!
Men will not shed tears easily.
Tears as big as beans hit hard on the solid deck, splattering and shattering.
"…rush over…at any cost… to save one… is one…!”
Wang Yilin was hysterical and used all his strength to roar hoarsely.
Chapter completed!