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"Your Highness, Britain's warships have withdrawn!"

In the camp, Zhao Xu was drawing a drawing, and Chang Wei rushed in excitedly.

Since the south wind blew, he ordered people to observe the movement on the sea at all times.

Zhao Xu stopped writing in his hand and felt excited. Zhou Yi's fleet must have arrived. He said: "Seize this opportunity and immediately launch an attack on the Eastern and Turkish Allied Forces on the coast."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei gave Zhao Xu a military salute and turned to leave.

Zhao Xu also left the camp and came to the position of the royal army.

Taking the telescope from Xu Lie, he looked at the coast.

Sure enough, the British battleship had turned its bow and headed east.

The departure of the British battleship meant that the other side lost five to six hundred artillery pieces.

The pressure faced by the royal army was suddenly reduced.

The orders were passed down one after another, and the howitzers roared first.

Howitzers flew into the sky one after another, drawing perfect curves, and fell into the trenches of the Eastern-Turkish Allied Forces.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The loud noise of the shell explosion filled the coast, blasting out craters one after another.

There were even soldiers from the Eastern-Turkish Allied Forces who were blown away by the shock wave, and the soil flew into the sky.

"Don't be afraid of wasting cannonballs, hit me hard and shoot out all the cannonballs." Zhao Xu said.

This is the last battle. As long as the remaining Eastern-Turkish coalition forces are annihilated, the war in Goryeo will be a complete victory.

There is no need to save ammunition.

With Zhao Xu's order, the artillerymen suddenly burst into joy.

The roar of the howitzers continued, and the explosive shells fell on the opponent's trench position as if they were free.

Compared with the ease with which the Royal Army's pro-army troops were able, the Eastern-Turkish Allied soldiers in the trenches were very miserable.

They lay tightly on the ground, buried their heads in the soil, and did not dare to move.

Some soldiers were so frightened that their crotches were wet and their whole bodies were trembling.

"For the general, and for Japan, we will fight to the end!"

Some Japanese generals walked through the trenches with their bodies low, shouting.

They had fled back from Rangcheng and experienced the fear of being bombarded by artillery shells.

To encourage soldiers in this way is to keep them going.

"We will definitely win! Kill him, kill them all!" There were also Japanese generals who looked crazy. One of them tore off his shirt, and without squatting, he walked in the trench and shouted.

Before he had gone a hundred steps, a cannonball fell beside him.

He flew up and hit the wall of the trench hard, vomiting blood and died instantly.

The surrounding soldiers looked at the tragically dead general, their eyes suddenly filled with fear...

"Boom boom boom..."

Howitzers were bombarding the trenches of the Eastern Turkish Allied Forces.

The harassment war at sea also began.

The steam engine ship pulled twelve British warships out of the mouth of the bay.

The Wu warships followed the British warships to attack the Yan King's fleet.

From time to time the flashes of artillery flashed across the sea.

"Don't fight them head-on, divert the British warships away, and then order Gong Ying's left team to attack the Wu warships." Zhou Yi gave the order.

The speed of Britain's warships is obviously much faster than that of Wu's warships.

As long as the British warships are moved away, the remaining Wu warships are just lambs to be slaughtered.

Realizing this, he decided to personally lead the right group of eighteen warships to engage the British warships.

His command was given and the different colors of the flags changed.

The eighteen warships commanded by Gong Ying headed towards the Wu warships that were gathered together.

"Boom boom boom..."

While Gong Ying was acting, Zhou Yi led the fleet and kept moving towards the British battleship.

The British battleships also came towards them.

The warships on both sides faced each other.

But just five hundred meters away from them.

The British battleships suddenly turned around under the tow of the steamship and aimed their sides at them, forming a "one" formation.

Zhou Yi's eyes narrowed. At this moment, he finally saw the significance of steamships to sail warships.

Since the wind was southerly, he was upwind from south to north.

In naval battles, the fleet in the upwind direction often has the advantage.

Because the opponent is in the headwind, the battleship must turn slowly.

But due to the presence of steamships, the British battleships turned smoothly, even slightly faster than them.

Noticing this, he immediately ordered the fleet to turn to starboard, also leaving the side to the British battleships.

The opponent has twelve ships, but he has eighteen ships.

Even if the opponent turns a little faster, he will not suffer a loss under the confrontation.

"Boom boom boom..."

The fleets of both sides formed a parallel "two" shape, and the British battleship opened fire first.

Dense shells flew towards the Yanzhou battleship from five hundred meters away.

Most of the shells fell into the sea, but many shells still hit the Yanzhou battleship.

"Dong dong dong..." The Yanzhou battleship made a dense and loud noise, like hail hitting wood.

Some shells struck the ship's railing, shattering it and sending wood chips flying.

Some cannonballs also hit the mast, causing the entire mast and the soft sail above to shake violently.

More shells struck the planks on the side and fell into the sea.

"Boom boom boom..."

After the bombardment by the British battleships, the Yanzhou battleship also sounded the roar of artillery.

Eighteen warships smashed their cannonballs into the opponent's sail warship.

There were no cannons on the steamships, so it was not worth their while to waste cannonballs.

"Whoosh whoosh..." The shells, much denser than those of the British battleship, flew towards the British battleship.

Similarly, the British battleship was smashed into sawdust.

Wolfe looked solemn as he listened to the sound of the cannonball hitting the wooden planks.

"Their artillery is not inferior to ours at all." Wolfe said to his adjutant.

"They are more numerous than us." the adjutant added.

Although they took the lead in this round of shelling, they actually suffered a loss.

The duel of warships at sea is to see whose warship can resist longer.

It would be very detrimental to them to continue the bombardment like this.

"Get into the wind!" Wolfe ordered.

He wanted to put the Yanzhou fleet at a disadvantage.

In this way, the steamships will be more flexible according to the wind direction.

Thus turning around faster and bombarding their warships.

His order was issued, and the steamship towed the sail warship to the east, escaping from the bombardment range of the Yanzhou Fleet, and then headed south, trying to get around to the back of the Yanzhou Fleet.

Zhou Yi judged the intentions of the British fleet at once.

Now, he finally understood why King Yan was so cautious about naval battles.

The basis of naval warfare of sailing battleships lies in the "T" tactics.

The fundamental purpose of this tactic is to aim the side of the battleship at the front of the opponent as soon as possible.

Since there are a large number of artillery loaded on the sides, the front is the most vulnerable place, and there is no artillery that can fight back.

Once the opponent successfully seizes a horizontal bar in the "T", the opponent will be at a disadvantage.

Now, the British fleet obviously wants to gain the upper hand and cooperate with the steamships to continuously gain an advantage in the process of fighting for T.