Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 917

[Chapter 917]

“Advance at full speed and approach their battleship.” Malfoy quickly recovered from the shock and hurriedly gave orders.

The obvious problem is that their warships are at a disadvantage in the case of long-range shooting.

So he decided to change tactics.

In naval battles, sometimes they will approach the opponent’s warship against the opponent’s artillery fire, shoot close to each other, or engage in side-to-side battles.

This is like the hand-to-hand combat between the two sides after the line of fire, both of them gave up the use of muskets, and only relied on the courage of the soldiers on both sides to decide the victory.

Especially when the opponent’s musket is superior to his own, this tactic is undoubtedly very wise.

Under his command, the coalition steamship towed the sail warship and rushed over with all its strength.

In order to avoid reducing casualties, they also adopted a chaotic formation, charging like skirmishers on the battlefield.

“The opponent’s general is very experienced.” On the

flagship, Gong Ying frowned slightly as she watched the coalition fleet changing its formation.

He had to admit that the opposing admiral made the right decision.

Then think that the other party did not go to Luzon, but attacked Yizhou backhanded.

He even felt that the Xitu navy general was a seasoned character who should have experienced many battles.

If the navy was on the same level as them, Yizhou might suffer disaster this time.

But the firepower of Da Song’s battleship is much better than theirs, so this sneak attack, they will return home in defeat.

“His Royal Highness has always been exhaustive. Why did he agree to General Zhou’s battle plan this time? Didn’t he consider the opponent’s sneak attack?” Gong Ying suddenly showed a puzzled look.

“Perhaps, His Highness just believes that we can handle any situation!” Gong Ying secretly thought.

Thinking of this, his eyes became firm.

This naval battle is a test for the Great Song Navy.

If they can defeat the fleet of the Western Turkmenistan Allied Forces, then they will be qualified to go from the offshore to the deep sea in the future.

Confront the Western Turk Navy in the global seas and compete for the supremacy of the oceans.

If they are defeated, their wishes become empty dreams.

Can’t win at home, can you still defeat the opponent in the deep sea?

“Free fire, always observe the distance between the two warships, and retreat when the opponent enters a distance of 500 meters.” Gong Ying ordered.

Within 500 meters, the artillery of the opponent’s warship is threatening.

Since they are all sea cavalry, he naturally wants to use his own artillery to fly a kite and hang them to fight.

“Boom boom boom…”

His order was issued, and the twelve sailing warships each aimed at their own targets and poured rounds of shells.

These shells fell on the path of the Allied warships, blasting a cloud of flames in the air or creating huge waves in the sea.

At this moment, on the sailing warship of the coalition forces, from the captain to the soldiers, all of them were heartbroken, and beads of sweat hung on their foreheads.

Having roamed the sea for two or three hundred years, they have never encountered such a powerful enemy at sea.

Especially a place so far away from the West.

However, due to the strict training and discipline of Xitu, they, like army soldiers, are not afraid of facing line-to-line shooting and absolutely obey orders.

But even so, when the shell exploded near the battleship, they couldn’t help but tremble in their hearts.

“Boom!”

In such a tense atmosphere, an explosion suddenly occurred at the mast of a coalition warship.

The entire mast broke instantly and fell down, the white canvas was ignited, and the fire was raging.

Soldiers on other coalition warships immediately looked over, and someone shouted, “That’s the Fitz.”

“God, they’re done,” lamented a veteran.

They knew very well that as long as one of the cannons on the side of the sailing warship could hit the opponent, then more shells would definitely hit the opponent next.

Because so many cannons are concentrated together.

Sure enough, the next moment they saw a scene destined to be unforgettable forever.

Three black figures on the sea pierced through the air rapidly, and hit the Fitz’s front bow, deck, and sideways successively.

The frontal shell pierced the planks, and the shell was half embedded in the hull, but did not explode immediately.

The crew on the nearby battleship was about to breathe a sigh of relief, at this moment, with a “boom!”, a big gap was blown out of the front of the Fitz, and sea water poured in.

The other sides also exploded successively, causing considerable damage to the hull.

“1,500 meters, they actually sank a warship at a distance of 1,500 meters.” The captains of the other warships felt heavy in their hearts.

Originally, he had full confidence in this sneak attack.

But now, their mood was unprecedentedly solemn.

Is this really a sneak attack? Or is it a trap.

“It’s simply unimaginable.”

At this moment, on the flagship of the Dreadful, Malfoy also opened his mouth.

Witnessing the destruction of a British warship with his own eyes, he could finally imagine the despair of the British fleet during the battle in Japan.

However, this did not scare him.

Instead, a more urgent thought arose to destroy the Great Song fleet.

In this short period of time, Da Song established such a powerful navy.

If they are allowed to develop, is there still room for the Xitu Fleet to operate in the vast ocean?

For the benefit of Britain and even the western lands, even if all the warships that came to support them fell, they would still destroy them, at least severely damage King Yan’s fleet.

If you can’t do it once, then you can do it twice, if you can’t do it twice, then you can do it three times.

Although Xitu was aware of Da Song’s threat this time, they obviously didn’t pay enough attention to it.

Therefore, all countries only sent a small number of warships, thinking that it would be enough to defeat a small country in the West.

But the reality is that Britain may have to deal with Da Song with the determination to go to war with the country of Ross.

What’s more, it may also require the full cooperation of other Western countries.

“We must not fail.” Marfour narrowed his eyes.

They have more than 500 warships in Britain, more than 400 warships in Frank, and Ross, Sam, Francier, and Stedam also have large fleets.

This is the capital for them to compete with the Dasong Navy.

Even if Da Song’s battleship has an advantage in firepower, so what?

Can they stop the wolf pack tactics at sea?

Can they withstand a full-scale war, and Xitu attacks Dasong again and again?

“Three hundred years of accumulation, we will never lose to an indigenous country in the east.” Ma Fuer clenched his fists.

The feeling of regret for the destruction of the battleship disappeared instantly.

Looking forward, he continued to issue orders for the battleship to adjust its position.

In the process, as the fleets of both sides got closer and closer, more warships were hit.

Among these warships were six steamships and eight sailing warships.

But in exchange for these losses, the distance between the coalition warships and the Dasong warships was extended to 500 meters.

The battleship on the south side is about to detour to the rear to encircle.

The battleship Da Song suddenly stopped its shelling and ran away from the southern gap before the encirclement closed.

(end of this chapter)