As soon as the flagship horn sounded, the horns of each team immediately sounded, and the fastest reaction was naturally the cruiser. Lin Haitao heard the sound of attack. Seeing that the battle flag was also rising on the flagship, he immediately led his cruiser fleet to penetrate directly from the left to the rear of the enemy formation to cut off the opponent's retreat.

Lin Wei and Archer also led their teams to penetrate the British and Portuguese fleets on both sides, but the fleet led by Shi Shipiao directly approached the British and Portuguese fleets from the middle.

When he saw the opponent attacking in three ways, a cruiser fleet surrounded the rear of his fleet, the commander of the British and Portuguese fleet, Wells, couldn't help but sneer: "The British navy will never leave a way out for himself in naval battles." Looking at Shi Shipiao's flagship that was rushing towards his warships, he ordered in a deep voice: "Rise the St. George's flag, order the fleet to advance half a sail, and kill their flagship first." After giving the order, he couldn't help but mutter in a low voice, "Damn the Qing people, there is no gentlemanly demeanor." As he said that, he threw the wine glass in his hand into the sea.

When the British fleet saw the flagship raise the blood-red pennant flag - the St. George's flag, it immediately burst out with a thunderous cheer. St. George is England's patron saint. Raising the St. George's flag in the naval battle is to tell his opponents and his soldiers that from now on, he will fight to the end, never retreat or surrender!

When Archer, the commander of the Cadiz fleet, saw this, he couldn't help but curse, "Crazy! As soon as the war begins, the Saint George flag will be raised." He couldn't help but complain in his heart. Today is definitely a tough battle, it's nothing, but in this case, I'm afraid that many warships will not be captured. Damn, the perverted British guy!

The team led by Shi Shipiao attacked directly from the middle, with the shortest distance. With the acceleration of the British and Portuguese fleet, the British and Portuguese fleet soon entered the range of the 32-pound cannon. Looking at the slowly moving battleship in front of him, Shi Shipiao said in a deep voice: "Slow down half of the sail, the left full rudder, and prepare for the 32-pound cannon."

As the sails fell halfway, the speed of the warship suddenly slowed down. Then the hull tilted suddenly and a beautiful arc was drawn. The entire warship had completely crossed. As soon as the warship returned to its level, the sound of "Arson is ready." came up.

"Aim at the opponent's flagship, hit him in the waterline, and shoot five consecutive shots!" Shi Shipiao shouted in a deep voice.

"Boom boom boom" a series of deafening cannons kicked off the Battle of Sagris.

Seeing that the other party was at a distance of 1,500 yards, he fired the cannon first. Wells was about to despise him, but before he could say anything, he felt the warship under his feet swaying violently, and then he heard the "bang" sound of impact, and he was shot? And there were quite a few! He was shocked, God, how could this be possible! This was at a distance of 1,500 yards, the artillery of the Qing warship could actually hit the target accurately at a distance of 1,500 yards!

"Adminton, order them to report the losses immediately." Wells was anxious to figure out how powerful the Qingguo artillery was.

Herbert's face was also pale. No wonder the Qing people dared to abandon their conventional fighting style. It turned out that their artillery had far surpassed Europe. He couldn't help but look back at the blood-red pennant flying on the mast - the St. George's flag. Today's naval battle is really going to end, but it's probably the end of the destruction of the entire army. He couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

The loss report is still in the future, and the second round of artillery fire on the opposite side has begun. Wells' brows have now twisted into a big Sichuan character. Without looking at the watch, he also knew that the interval between the two rounds of artillery fired less than one minute, which is faster than the speed of their trained and skilled gunners firing. How did the gunners of the Qing Navy train? This is still a navy that has been created for less than six years. What did we do? God, how did this battle be fought?

Because he was half sail, after two rounds of artillery fired by Shi Shipiao's warship, the warship had passed by Wells' flagship. However, the first round of artillery bombardment of the third-level battleship "Yellow River 001" followed behind him followed one after another.

Seeing this, Herbert knew that he had been targeted by the other party and said anxiously: "Willes, they have been targeted by them. Go to the cabin to command."

"The cabin may not be safe." Wells was unmoved at all. He looked at the fleet filled with smoke on the opposite side, and looked at the warships that were coming from the rudder after the rudder. He gritted his teeth and ordered in a deep voice: "Fire the cannon and order the heavy cannon to fight back!"

Herbert nodded. At this time, the fire-firing counterattack was undoubtedly the most correct one. With a distance of more than a thousand yards, although the fire-firing has no accuracy and no lethality, he allowed the opponent to continuously shoot, and if the hit is extremely high, he would soon collapse if he did not fire the fire-firing counterattack. At this time, even if the fire-firing is empty, it can still play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army.

Although he was nervous, Wells looked calm and calm, showing his style as an old general. After pondering slightly, he gave the second order, "Order all ships to raise their sails, raise their sails, rush up, and try his best to fight them in close combat! Fight!"

After giving the order, Wells murmured: "It's better to be messy, just messy, it's better than being beaten as a target ship."

Herbert couldn't help but feel speechless. The price he paid would be very terrible. However, in the current situation, melee and melee are indeed the only way. I hope that the Qing fleet would not have enough experience in the war, otherwise even if the entire army was wiped out, it would not cause much damage to the Qing fleet.

"Boom." A shell exploded on the warship in the air, shattered shrapnel splattered everywhere. Many busy sailors on the deck immediately fell into a pool of blood, and the other party had flowering bullets. Herbert was shocked. Without saying a word, he pulled Wells up and ran into the cabin. Both of them had solemn faces, but they couldn't speak. There was a lot of danger in this battle, and it was basically a foregone conclusion that the entire army was wiped out.

The adjutant hurriedly ran in and reported: "The two generals have severely damaged bottom cabins, and there is already a lot of water accumulation, and the gunners on the bottom deck are also quite serious."

"Is it pierced?" Wells asked immediately.

"No, general." The adjutant replied hurriedly: "However, although it was not pierced, it was very damaged, and the places where it was hit were leaking."

After hearing this, Wells and Herbert couldn't help looking at each other. It seemed that the Qing artillery was not only far and accurate, but also had amazing power. With a 1,500-yard artillery bombardment, it could still cause serious damage to the long wall. This battle was really impossible to fight.

Herbert sighed lightly before saying, "Now I finally understand why the Luzon fleet was defeated by the Qing cruiser, and the entire fleet surrendered. If this news doesn't spread, I don't know how many fleets will fall into the hands of the Qing fleet."

"The British Navy has no precedent for the St. George's flag." Wells said, and stopped making a sound. At this time, the sound of cannons suddenly became fierce. Without looking, he also knew that the Qing fleet had launched a full-scale attack.

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