Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 916

[Chapter 916]

“General, we have discovered the traces of the Xitu Fleet, and they are coming to the port of Wanghai City.”

When Gong Ying was thinking, a navy soldier sent information about the Xitu Fleet.

“Get ready to fight!” Hearing this, Gong Ying put on her military cap and headed for the port.

He will command twelve galleys and twelve steamships to fight in person.

To make this decision, he was naturally not passionate.

In this battle, he will not fight recklessly with the coalition fleet, but will cruise around them, looking for an opportunity to take a bite.

In this way, they will not be able to concentrate on harassing Yizhou or the southeast coast.

If they attack with all their strength, he runs and wears them down.

Time is on their side, and when the reinforcements arrive, it will be the end of the Western Land Alliance fleet.

Arriving at the port, Gong Ying boarded his flagship.

The steamboat towed the sail warship and set sail towards the southeast of Yizhou.

In an hour’s time, he discovered through the telescope the mighty naval fleet of Western Earth.

“If you have enough momentum, you don’t know if you will be beaten or not.” Gong Ying spat.

Hundreds of warships sailing at sea are really scary.

But this is not the first time he has experienced a naval battle, and he is very calm at the moment.

at the same time.

Malfoy also spotted the oncoming Dasong fleet through binoculars.

Noticing the size of the fleet, he smiled.

“It’s really pitiful. There are only so few warships guarding Yizhou, but they are so brave that they dare to take the initiative to attack.” Malfoy put away the binoculars, proud of the success of his plan.

For him, the Dasong Navy must be in a hurry at the moment.

Even King Yan of Dasong may have an embarrassing expression.

“Compared to us, you are just fragile babies.” Malfoy said to himself again.

Immediately, he ordered the fleet to be divided into two and outflank the past.

If the Daesong Navy doesn’t escape, he’s bound to sink them all, it’s revenge.

He did not forget the British soldiers who died in the Eastern Sea Battle.

“They stretched out two hands to catch us. They are really greedy.” Xitu Navy changed its formation, and Gong Ying immediately judged its intentions, “Since this is the case, we can’t be fooled by them. They have one hand.”

After that, he raised the flagship to convey the order.

The steamer towed twelve sailing warships and immediately headed northeast.

“Remember, shoot as long as you are within range, and only attack their steam ships, and ignore their sail warships.” While observing again, Gong Ying gave another order.

He was well aware of the strengths of his fleet—rifled guns and cone-shaped shells.

The Battle of Japan, they are sure of one thing.

The range of their rifled guns exceeds that of the opponent’s artillery.

Combined with the cone-shaped flower bomb, the opponent will either die or be injured when hit.

What’s more, due to insufficient production at that time, there were only a small number of rifled guns on their battleships.

But it’s different now, all of their naval guns have been modified.

Eighty-six cannons on both sides will provide powerful firepower.

At this moment, the distance between the two sides is about thirty miles.

In two quarters of an hour, the distance between the two sides quickly shortened to about ten miles.

Seeing that Da Song’s army rushed straight to the battleship on the north side, Malfoy did not change his strategy.

He knew that the next step might lead to the loss of the northern fleet.

But as long as the fleet on the south side can get around to the rear of the Dasong fleet, they will win half of the battle.

For this reason, even the loss of a few warships is worth it.

However, he immediately regretted his decision.

When the fleets of the two sides were eight miles away, the Dasong fleet suddenly formed a horizontal formation and launched an artillery attack on them.

The flames flickered, the guns rumbled, and after a short flight, the shells landed at the front of the northern fleet.

Some shells exploded in the air, but more shells fell into the sea and exploded, causing huge waves.

However, this first bombardment failed to hit any ships.

The shells only exploded near the Xitu battleship, and many shells even exploded a mile in front of the battleship.

However, the admirals of Malfoy and Quevedo looked more solemn than ever.

They knew that this first shelling was nothing more than a distance test for the artillery.

The ensuing shelling will be even more deadly.

“God, what kind of enemy have we encountered?” Suddenly, Malfoy felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet.

Just now, Da Song’s army fired the flowering bomb eight miles away, which is four kilometers away.

The normal combat distance of their West Turk Navy is 500 meters.

Although their naval guns can shoot solid bullets for eight miles.

But the solid bullets at this distance have almost no power.

The reason why Xitu’s battleships engaged within 500 meters was because it was able to ensure that the solid bullets penetrated the opponent’s hull.

This is the same as the British column tactics.

The range of the flintlock guns is 200 meters, but they usually choose to suffer casualties before firing the first shot within 50 meters to ensure sufficient power and accuracy to defeat the enemy in one wave.

But what is the Great Song Fleet doing?

They no longer rely on the impact of the shells, they only need the shells to explode on the hull of the battleship.

(end of this chapter)