Steel Dynasty - Chapter 691

[Chapter 690 Enemies in the Dense Fog]

A third-class sailing warship belonging to the Great Yu Navy was cruising on the sea in the thick fog.

Since reaching an agreement with the Dutch to recapture the coastal routes of Great Chongqing, the navy’s warships have been responsible for ensuring the safety of sea routes and combating pirates’ plunder of merchant ships.

It’s just that the ocean is vast and infinite, and even so, sometimes merchant ships cannot be prevented from being robbed, but this is a rare occurrence for merchants.

“This sudden heavy fog is really rare.”

The third-level battleship named “Fearless” was commanded by captain Xie Yuan. After replenishing the city of Relanja two days ago, he commanded the battleship to head towards the Three Mountain Kingdom. This is exactly what happened. The route they took to cruise.

The first mate Ding Chang heard this and said: “Yes, basically you can’t see anything fifty meters away.”

Xie Yuan frowned and said: “Let the soldiers cheer up and stay vigilant. If they are attacked by pirates at this time, The attack will be very detrimental to us.” “Yes, Captain,” Ding Chang said, and then shouted to the soldiers on the ship: “Stay alert, all gunners are in position in the cabin and ready to fight. “

The soldiers are ordered to be in order

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into their respective positions.

After swimming on the sea for a year, they know that the sea is like a child, and its expression changes at a moment’s notice. The sky may be clear just now, but a storm may come in the blink of an eye.

The same goes for the heavy fog this time. The sea was originally calm, but the heavy fog suddenly covered the battleship like a wall of clouds.

After setting up precautions, Xie Yuan looked at the chart on the ship. They were still a hundred miles away from the dock of the Three Mountains Kingdom.

After confirming his position, Xie Yuan turned the hourglass upside down. They used this thing to record time at sea.

While he was performing his daily tasks according to regulations, suddenly a burst of musical bells came from the sea.

Hearing this sound, Xie Yuan immediately went from the cabin to the deck. He asked Ding Chang: “Did you hear it?”

“Yes, it was the rapid ringing of the bell.” Ding Chang’s face was solemn, and all kinds of terrifying legends suddenly poured into him. mind, making him feel uneasy.

After a year of cruising on the sea, he had never seen such a strange situation. Who could ring the bell on the vast sea?

Like Ding Chang, the soldiers on the ship were also uneasy. The theory of ghosts and gods was not easy to eradicate, and this strange fog made them more and more afraid.

While everyone was concentrating, suddenly the soldiers on the mast observation deck shouted: “Is there something abnormal ahead?”

Upon hearing this, Xie Yuan immediately picked up his telescope and looked at the heavy fog ahead.

I saw that the water at this time was as blue as it was, and looked turbid and dark under the thick fog. The moment Xie Yuan looked towards the fog, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared in the thick fog.

Before Xie Yuan could react, the black shadow suddenly saw a burst of yellow light. Xie Yuan was shocked when he saw this. He shouted: “Enemy attack! Enemy attack!” As

soon as he finished speaking, the roar of artillery came from the black shadow. There was a sound, and black cannonballs flew towards the Dauntless like lightning.

“Dong dong…” The sound of cannonballs penetrating the hull sounded, and the battleship was suddenly in a mess.

Xie Yuan was a little undecided at this time. Only their navy in this sea area was equipped with artillery. Judging from the black shadow, the opponent’s warship looked very similar to theirs.

He very much suspected that other naval warships mistakenly regarded them as enemies, but he couldn’t confirm it now that they couldn’t see each other clearly.

“Captain, what should we do?” Ding Chang asked. This round of shooting made the warship very miserable, with sawdust flying everywhere. He shouted: “First fire the gun.”

Ding Chang responded and immediately gave the order to fire.

At this time, a round of gunfire sounded from the bottom of the ship.

After the sound of the cannon, the approaching black shadow seemed to fall into silence. A glimmer of hope arose in Xie Yuan’s heart. Just as he was about to scold the short-sighted captain for accidentally shooting them, the black shadow suddenly lit up again. Firelight.

“Get down!” Xie Yuan pushed Ding Chang directly to the deck. At this time, his face was gloomy. This time, no matter who it was, he would fight back.

“Dong dong…” The shells hit the battleship hard again. Xie Yuan endured the pain of the sawdust hitting him and said, “Counterattack immediately.”

“Counterattack! Counterattack!”

After this round of salvos, he was also a little frightened. , if we don’t fight back, the Dauntless will be sunk.

Dew began to appear in the cabin where the shells had hit the ship, and carpenters immediately repaired the shell-pierced hull with planks of wood and nails.

The artillerymen who received the order reloaded their ammunition and began to fight back at the black shadow in the sea.

“Boom, boom, boom…” The artillery roared, and the shells flew towards the black shadow.

Xie Yuan watched nervously on the deck. As the two sides got closer and closer, he finally saw the other side’s warship clearly when they were fifty meters away.

This is a battleship somewhat similar to the Dauntless, except that the flag hanging on the battleship has a rice pattern.

There was also a group of soldiers standing on the battleship wearing red tuxedos, black leather shoes, white leggings on their calves, and black hats.

This scene made Xie Yuan a little dumbfounded. He had read some information on various countries in the world at Bowen Academy. If the information was correct, what they were encountering now was a British warship.

Xie Yuan’s heart sank. He knew very well how powerful this country’s navy was, and Yue Yun would sometimes talk about his experiences going south when drinking.

Even though he was talking and laughing, they could hear the seriousness in it.

Just when he was stunned, the red-shirted soldier on the opposite side suddenly raised his flintlock gun and pointed it this way.

After confirming that the other party came with hostility, Xie Yuan immediately calmed down and once again asked the soldiers to lie down to avoid them.

After they lay down, there was a burst of fire on the battleship opposite, and flintlock bullets made a crackling sound when they hit the battleship.

“Damn it, your father is being bullied.” Xie Yuan’s anger surged, and he said to Ding Chang: “Hit me hard.”

Ding Chang was almost hit by a bullet and was also angered. He cursed: “What are you doing standing still and not fighting back? These are not Japanese pirates, they are red-haired ghosts.”

The soldiers lying on the deck immediately got up, picked up their flintlock guns and fired at the opposite side.

At this moment, there was another salvo of artillery fire from the opposite side, and the Dauntless also fired back.

The battleships of both sides passed each other during mutual shelling. At this time, the British battleship disappeared into the thick fog again.

Xie Yuan stared at the surrounding sea with all his concentration. After waiting for a while, there was still no sign of the British warship.

“Captain, what should we do now?” Ding Chang asked.

Xie Yuan frowned deeply. It was very strange for the British to appear in this sea area. After hesitation, he said: “Return to Dengzhou immediately. We need to report this situation to General Yue Yun.”

Ding Chang nodded after hearing this and immediately ordered to return.

At this time, the British third-class battleship Duke was sailing towards the Japanese country. On the deck, Captain Wilson looked at the thick fog behind him and thought deeply…

(End of this chapter)