#1185 Sea Firepower
After the sound of gunfire, it quickly returned to the calm sea, leaving only a piece of wreckage, and the destroyer Pioneer slowly passed by the wreckage.
In the face of this steel fleet that completely surpassed their era, the two small warships on the border of Liu Zitao were almost completely crushed without the strength to resist.
The giant eagle knights took off one after another, quickly exploring the surrounding terrain, and inspecting the location of the next island.
Obviously, they have long known that this abandoned island has nothing of value on it.
However, under this circle of exploration, the giant eagle knights who occupy the high-altitude field of vision have made new discoveries...
Controlling the giant eagle under his seat, a giant eagle knight quickly landed on the deck of the flagship Yangtze River.
"Report to the colonel, thousands of miles away from the southwest of our fleet, we found a huge enemy fleet!"
The giant eagle knights occupy both high-altitude vision and the flying ability of the giant eagle, and the detection range is naturally astonishing.
When they say that the distance is thousands of miles away, it basically means that the distance is very far, and it has reached the point where it is impossible to judge the distance only by visual inspection.
Standing on the deck of the Yangtze River, as the highest commander of this fleet and also the commander-in-chief of this battle, the expression on Yuan Xi's face at the moment did not reveal any carelessness.
Although just now their Yangtze Fleet showed their overwhelming strength, crushing the two small warships on the opposite side.
But since the Eagle Knights said that they found a 'large-scale enemy fleet', they must be vigilant. They are on an expedition and relax, but it is the most taboo thing!
Raising the binoculars in his hand, Yuan Xi glanced in that direction, and he said to the adjutant beside him without turning his head, not finding any trace of the enemy...
"Lieutenant Colonel, send the order, change the course, change to the southwest direction, maintain the speed at 20 knots, and fire directly once the enemy fleet is spotted!"
Yuan Xi's order was quickly conveyed, and the entire Yangtze River fleet drove directly to the southwest after a simple disguise.
The speed of twenty knots made the sailing speed of their fleet extremely stable, leaving plenty of leeway for themselves.
However, maintaining this state of being close to each other, after a period of time passed, Yuan Xi, who had been unable to meet the enemy fleet for a long time, could not help frowning.
But he has never lacked patience, and he has not lost his footing.
He calmly signaled the fleet to maintain the speed of twenty knots and continue to move forward.
On one side of the sea, time has passed, and dark shadows gradually appear at the end of the horizon in the distance, indicating that the two fleets have finally launched their first face-to-face confrontation.
Yuan Xi, who was clearly aware of the approaching target, gave the order again, indicating that the Yangtze Fleet began to detour to the left front.
As long as you have a certain understanding of warships, you must know that in the case of frontal fire, a warship basically has few cannons that can be used, and the firepower is completely limited by the shooting angle. To maximize firepower, you have to sideways the hull.
In this way, while narrowing the distance, it is the best way to go straight to the left front or the right front side.
At the same time, it is precisely for this reason that in some sea battles where the battle situation is anxious, there is often a strange sight of the warships of the enemy and the other side constantly circling each other.
Liu Zitao on the opposite side undoubtedly knew how to play naval battles, and while constantly approaching, he also gradually realized that something was not right.
Looking at it from a distance, the fleet on the opposite side seems to be different from what he expected?
Along with this doubt, he subconsciously touched his waist and made an action of wanting to hold a telescope.
It turned out to be empty...
After all, he was still enjoying the beauty sunbathing a second ago, but he was only wearing a pair of big pants, and there was no room for him to put his binoculars in those pants.
"Telescope, get my telescope!"
At this moment, Liu Zitao, who was vaguely aware of something bad, had a bit of uncontrollable anxiety in his voice.
The guards who heard the order naturally did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly presented their Emperor's binoculars.
As a result, Liu Zitao had just taken it, and before he had time to make the next move, the roar of artillery fire from a distance had already frightened him to the core.
The roar of the artillery fire was far away from where they were, and when it reached here, there was basically no sound that was too loud.
But for Liu Zitao at this moment, that voice is more terrifying than anything!
"Avoid! Quickly avoid it!!!"
The almost hoarse roar did nothing.
The next second, along with a loud noise, the main battleship that was hit by the enemy's artillery bombardment was directly punched through a hole in the huge hull!
Heck, he really is a ghost!
Look what happened to him in this black iron rank?
It turned out to be a steel fleet? ! What kind of international joke is this playing on him? Where did the odds come from? !
This is really an almost desperate sea firepower!
Under a round of artillery salvo, Liu Zitao, who was instantly deprived of his resistance, shouted and called his fleet to quickly turn around and retreat.
His main battleship is a typical sail battleship. The huge main part is divided into three layers. Each layer is equipped with a large number of smoothbore guns, with a total of 80 guns. Nine hundred people.
This kind of sailing warship should have been the sea fortress of this rank.
However, now that he has encountered a steel battleship that directly surpassed his era, this time, even a sea fortress has to collapse!
And the most terrible thing is that due to the fact that it is equipped with 80 smoothbore guns and a large population, the weight of this sailing warship is extremely exaggerated, so that the speed can only be kept below ten knots...
In other words, he couldn't escape at all.
What's the difference between hitting the steel fleet on the opposite side and hitting the natives?
Taking advantage of the speed, the four destroyers cooperated with the battleship Yangtze River to quickly spread out the formation, chasing and firing all the way.
Among Liu Zitao's fleet, the smaller warships were basically unable to withstand such firepower. One or two shells came over and they were directly forcibly sunk.
And he has always been proud of, and feels that the sailing battleship is very windy. At this moment, the huge size has completely become a living target of the opposite battleship.
After several rounds of shelling, the entire hull had become fragmented.
Gradually despaired in the face of absolute power, and then completely collapsed. At this moment, this feeling in Liu Zitao's heart can be said to be unprecedentedly clear!
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