Become a feudal king from today - #920 - Chapter 932: Battle in the Raging Sea

“General, we have found traces of the Western-Turk Fleet. They are coming to the port of Wanghai City. Read”

While Gong Ying was thinking, a naval soldier sent information about the Western-Turkish Fleet.

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

He would command twelve sailing warships and twelve steamships to fight in person.

Naturally, he was not a passionate person when he made this decision.

In this battle, he will not fight head-on with the coalition fleet, but will cruise around them, looking for opportunities to take a bite.

In this way, they would not be able to concentrate on attacking Yizhou or the southeastern coast.

If they attack with all their strength, he will run away and wear them out.

Time is on their side. Once reinforcements arrive, it will be the end of the Western-Turkish coalition fleet.

Arriving at the port, Gong Ying boarded his flagship.

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

Within an hour, he discovered the mighty Xitu naval fleet through the telescope.

“If you have enough momentum, you won’t be able to survive the beating.” Gong Ying spat.

Hundreds of warships sailing on the sea are indeed scary.

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

at the same time.

Malfoy also spotted the oncoming Great Song fleet through his telescope.

Noticing the fleet’s size, he smiled.

“It’s really pitiful that there are only so few warships guarding Yizhou, but it’s really brave to dare to take the initiative to attack.” Malfoy put away the telescope, feeling proud that his plan had succeeded.

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

Even King Yan, who was singing the praises, looked embarrassed.

“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 it.

If the Dasong Navy did not escape, he would surely sink them all, which would be revenge.

He did not forget the British soldiers who died in the Battle of Japan.

“They stretched out two hands to catch us. They are really greedy.” The Xitu Navy changed their formation, and Gong Ying immediately judged their intention. “In this case, we can’t be fooled by them. Let’s go for one hand and specifically attack them.” They have one hand.”

After saying that, he raised the flagship and conveyed the order.

The steam ship towed twelve sail warships and immediately headed northeast.

“Remember, shoot as soon as you enter the range, specifically hit their steamships, and ignore their sail warships.” While observing again, Gong Ying gave another order.

He was well aware of the advantages of his fleet – rifled guns and conical shells.

They are certain about the Battle of Japan.

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

Coupled with the cone-shaped explosive bullet, the opponent will be killed or injured if hit.

What’s more, due to insufficient production at that time, they only had a small number of rifled guns on their warships.

But things are different now. Their naval guns have all been modified.

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

At this moment, the two sides were about thirty miles away.

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

Seeing Dasong’s army rushing straight towards the battleships on the north side, Malfoy did not change his strategy.

He knew that the loss of the northern fleet might follow.

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

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

However, he immediately regretted his decision.

Just when the fleets of both sides were eight miles away, the Dasong fleet suddenly formed a horizontal formation and launched an artillery bombardment at them.

The fire flickered, the cannons rumbled, and after a short flight, the cannonballs fell at the front of the fleet on the north side.

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

However, this first bombardment did not hit any battleships.

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

However, the faces of Malfoy and Quevedo’s admirals were more solemn than ever.

They knew that this first shelling was just a distance test for the artillery.

The next bombardment would be even more deadly.

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

Just now, Dasong’s army hit the bombs eight miles away, which is four thousand meters.

The normal combat distance of their Western Navy is five hundred meters.

Although their naval guns can push solid projectiles eight miles.

But solid bullets at this distance have almost no power.

The reason why Xitu’s warships engage in battle within 500 meters is because they can ensure that solid bullets can penetrate the opponent’s hull.

This is the same as Britain’s line tactics.

The firing range of the flintlock gun is two hundred meters, but they usually choose to suffer casualties before firing the first shot within fifty 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 cannonballs, they only need the cannonballs to explode on the hull of the battleship.