New Ming Empire mixed in America

The bombardment started quickly, just as the captain of the "Reserved King" expected. After the first round of bombardment, excluding those that were shot away, only three shells successfully penetrated the opponent's armor.

But it didn't matter, because in addition to the cannonballs, there were two slight water marks on the sea that rushed towards the opponent's warships.

Then the second battleship moved to the position of the "Reserved King" just now, and there was another round of bombardment.

The opponent's warships basically lost their ability to move after all four armored warships of the Xinming Empire completed a round of bombardment.

In addition to being hit by an armor-piercing projectile that penetrated the hull and watertight compartment of the ship and caused an explosion in the boiler, the sailors and sails on the deck were also baptized by small-caliber artillery on the deck of the New Ming Empire Navy warship.

Now this third-level ship with the British can declare its withdrawal from this naval battle.

Just as the armored battleships of the Xinming Empire attacked, gunboats from both sides also engaged in a melee.

These expedition fleet steam gunboats, which were cruising outside the capital ships to provide cover, were caught off guard by the armored battleships headed by the 'Reserved Sovereign'.

Because they have to guard against battleships getting close to each other, most of the gunboats cruise in front of the fleet.

But I didn't expect that the Xinming Empire's warships would suddenly increase their speed, so there were not many gunboats on the flanks.

At this time, the steam gunboats of these expeditionary fleets were already fighting with the armored gunboats of the Xinming Empire.

In order to give the battleships a chance to bombard, the armored gunboats rushed directly into the gun formations leading the British expeditionary fleet.

Forcibly disrupting the opponent's outer defense formation, the 'Reserved King' had the opportunity to lead the other three armored warships into the torpedo firing range.

"Turn the turret quickly. The guns of these bastard gunboats are actually on the deck. Let me attack the deck directly!"

The captain of an ironclad gunboat discovered that most of the British steam gunboat's guns were concentrated on the bow.

So he immediately ordered his armored gunboat to turn and rush toward the opponent's stern!

At the same time, the rotary machine gun on the armored gunboat started firing from a long distance away. There was no way to aim on the bumpy sea anyway, so it was better to put a blind on it and see if it could hit.

If you hit, you earn money. If you don't, it's okay. Just change the ammunition belt and keep shooting.

Wait until the steam gunboat leading the British Expedition Fleet sees this strange armored gunboat that is running and firing approaching its stern.

A dozen unlucky sailors on the deck had already been hit by bullets fired from the rotating machine guns.

This kind of random shooting, which was more difficult to avoid than face-to-face shooting, brought great trouble and fear to the sailors on the steam gunboat.

"Go back to your posts...don't run around..."

"Fire...fire...don't stand still...change the shot quickly, you idiot..."

The boatswain and captain's orders continued to ring out on the deck, but this could not restore their decline.

Because the armored gunboat is so fast, even though it only has artillery installed in the bow turret, it is easier to aim than the artillery on the deck of the steam gunship.

At least the turret can be turned to the angle the gunners want by relying on the motor, but it is not easy to adjust the direction of the guns on the steam gunship.

Those artillery fixed on the deck gun mounts could only wait for the armored gunboats of the New Ming Empire to come to the muzzle and fire back.

Therefore, the armored gunboats that kept scurrying around in the formation of steam gunboats took a lot of advantage. Even if they occasionally hit a few shotguns and solid rounds, most of them would be bounced away by the armor outside the ship.

But it is not without casualties. Although the shooters operating the rotating machine gun outside are equipped with bulletproof steel plates in front of the rotating machine gun, they are still occasionally hit by stray bullets after the shotgun hits the hull. Gu

The gunners in the turret will also be hit by enemy artillery instantly due to the opening and closing of the gun window, so every shelling from both sides may take away the lives of some soldiers.

"Damn, what is that!"

Although a warship carrying the British Expeditionary Fleet on its flank was not the target of concentrated fire, two torpedoes that did not hit the warship in front of it actually rushed towards it.

Because when they just passed the battleship in front, they would inevitably be affected by the waves brought up by the movement of the battleship, so the two torpedoes had already risen to the sea surface.

Just like that, half of his body was exposed outside, and he rushed towards the battleship with the thrust of half the propeller.

Occasionally in naval battles, solid-core bombs will jump slightly along the sea surface like water.

So after seeing the torpedoes exposed on the water, the captain's first reaction was that the Oriental's shells were deflected, but they managed to rush towards him alive.

"Raise your gun and shoot, hurry up!" Although I don't know what this is, it must be correct that it can't touch my warship.

Taking out his revolver, the captain kept pulling the trigger directly towards the torpedo position, and waited until the captain at the bow moved away from his previous position due to the turn of the battleship.

The two torpedoes were still moving forward unhurriedly, and the round of gunfire just now made them lonely.

At this time, the battleship was in the process of turning, and its speed had not increased.

Therefore, it was like his battleship was performing in conjunction with the torpedo, directly relying on inertia to steadily catch the torpedo with its stern.

With the sound of two violent explosions, a huge hole was blown open in the stern power compartment of the battleship.

The torpedo exploded near the waterline, leaving the damage control crew in the cabin without a chance to make repairs. They were directly hit by the fragments generated by the torpedo explosion, and were then submerged by the incoming seawater.

Although the stern was flooded, after sealing the cabin just now, the battleship relied on the power of the sails to begin to follow the large forces to change formations.

But the 'Reserved King' did not give it this chance, seizing the opportunity when the battleship lost its auxiliary steam power and slowed down because its stern was hit.

There was a shelling in the distance. Because of the distance, the artillery was fired at a small elevation angle, so most of the shells landed near the deck.

It caused a lot of damage to the British navy who were constantly running on the deck to adjust the sails.

There was even an armor-piercing bomb that hit the captain's cabin. Fortunately, the captain was giving command at the bow just now and did not stay in the captain's cabin.

Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to leave a whole corpse at the bow of the ship like now.

"The captain was hit by debris..." The boatswain informed the adjutant of the news in a piercing voice, asking him to take over the captain's duties.

But what I didn't expect was that the adjutant also lost two legs in the shelling just now.

So the person who took over the command became the first officer, and his first order was to order his warship to withdraw from the combat area.

It's not that he is a coward, it's because the Eastern cannonballs are weird. After being hit, not only will fragments fly around, but they can also ignite planks and other things on the ship.

Now his battleship has started to catch fire. If they don't withdraw to put out the fire, they can go directly to accompany the captain when the opponent's second round of shells comes.

The armored battleships of the first formation relied on their speed advantage to fiercely attack the British expedition fleet that had lost its formation.

The new warship led by Song He himself also encountered the oncoming interception warship Dai Ying.

Facing these enemy warships, Song He showed a grin on his face and ordered: "Speed ​​up and crash into them!"