Twenty iron-clad ships shot all the shells of the entire ship in one hour. As a result, six of the ten British battleships completely lost their combat power. The remaining four ships, although they still maintained their combat power, were still unable to fight. Because basically more than 80% of the skilled artillery soldiers had lost their combat power during the artillery attack, many of them were shocked to the hard objects on the ship and then directly hit and fell into a coma. Even if they could wake up, they were confused and not hitting their own battleships.

There was no way, twenty ironclad ships, forty dormitory artillery, and thousands of shells of various shells were considered to be considered before they were broken. Then, the ironclad fleet, with all the shells, walked out of the British fleet circle at an extremely fast speed and headed towards Storm Harbor. They had to go back for inspection to see if there were any bad situations. Both ships weighed hundreds or hundreds of tons, but that was because the entire hull was made of steel, with the same weight, much smaller than the wooden sailboat.

Britain had fifty-five warships, twenty cruisers, and thirty-five frigates left. The Storm led the fleet and began to turn around when the ironclad ships retreated. The crazy 75mm artillery destroyed one approaching frigate after another. The cruisers opened fire from a distance, trying to gather fire to kill them. However, even the twelve-pound cannons hit the modified frigate, and were blocked by the steel plates installed in the cabin, without causing much damage.

At this time, the Ijik's sailing frigates also began to burst out all speeds. A steam unit could give the frigate a speed of 20 knots. In the British's stunned state, the frigate first completed the steering and began to retreat. Then the cruiser crossed the hull under the cover of the frigate, and the artillery on both sides spitted wildly, causing the cruiser that the enemy wanted to approach were repelled. The Storm completed the steering amid the sound of artillery.

The fleet retreated at full speed, and all ships walked out of the battlefield safely. It was not that the British did not want to pursue it, but Ijik was ready to use artillery fire to separate the wreckage from the British's large fleet and them. Only a part of the frigates on the periphery had the speed to bypass the entire wreckage and then chased the retreating fleet. However, with the frigates alone, why do you have to chase after it? You can only die. With the firepower of their frigates, there is no way to use Ijik's fleet. Instead, as long as you get a 75mm shell, they will be disabled.

Therefore, without any British warships chasing, Ijik and others returned to Storm Port safely, under the protection of shore defense artillery and heavy howitzers. One by one, the supply of shells and the repair of ships can return to perfection in half a month. They are not worried that the British will take advantage of this time to attack Storm Port, but they hope that the British will rush over with a fool. Ten shore defense artillery has been built here, each with three 250mm caliber heavy punches and thirty front-mounted rifled guns.

Because the war officially started with the British, in order to protect the safety of Storm Harbor, Xiao Lin spent a lot of money again, allowing the engineers to liberate fifty heavy howitzers, merged with the original port's artillery regiment, and turned into one hundred again. The power of the one hundred heavy howitzers could not be resisted by a fleet without a battleship. Only the battleships could withstand a few more shots with their rough and thick body, forcibly break into and design Storm Harbor. If the British came, they would dig their own graves.

To be honest, the British did not dare to come. When they set out, sixty-five large and small warships were full of energy. However, after an encounter, after inspection, the four battleships had no possibility of emergency repairs. The specific details were too far away and the damage was too severe, so they could not be dragged back to the shipyard in time. Each of the remaining battleships needed to be repaired. To restore the full combat effectiveness, three of them had to enter the shipyard for more than a month. The shipyards on the North American continent were even more behind the local ones, let alone comparing with the company.

Xiao Lin's shipyard has invested $2 billion in purchasing backward equipment in the 21st century, and its technical capabilities were in the 1970s. Except for some necessary details, other aspects have already entered mechanized operations. The British shipyard in North America mainly relies on manpower, with at most several torque devices. Therefore, the efficiency of repairing battleships is so slow. Moreover, the three huge battleships alone have already squeezed out most of their repair capabilities.

In addition to the casualties of battleships, the losses of cruisers and frigates were also very large. Twenty cruisers, six of which were sunk in the fire when they were shot against Ijik's cruisers. Ijik relied on the advanced cruisers to act like a rogue. The guns were powerful and fast, and the cabins were filled with thick steel plates. Faced with the British artillery fire, five or five were fired at the enemy's cruiser. Under such a rogue tactic, it was natural to sink six ships.

At the same time, nine ships had to enter the repair shop. Frigates were the ones that suffered the most losses. British frigates could not give full play to their design advantages in front of the battleship group led by Ijik. The speed and flexibility were not as good as the company's frigates. Instead, they surpassed cruisers and battleships, but did not form an overwhelming advantage. On the contrary, they were at risk of overturning in their artillery fire. When the ironclad ships in front attacked, they went to intercept them without knowing how to do anything.

Thirty-five frigates were sunk by submarine hunting ships and missile speedboats. Behind, eight were sunk by sank ships, and fifteen were gathered. There were six more ships who came to the front of the sank ships and wanted to harass the sank ships, but were blasted by the sank artillery. Ijik and his fleet retreated and burned on the sea. In addition, the other ships were not damaged, and even the repair shop did not need to enter. However, the loss of twenty-one numbers caused most of the British frigate clusters to lose most of their combat effectiveness.

After this battle, the British had less than thirty warships left with enough combat power. Because of the large losses of the frigate, the fleet's tactical choices were greatly limited. Without the frigate, the fleet would not have enough flexibility and could only squeeze in a group at all times and rely on powerful dense firepower to prevent the enemy from approaching. If they were scattered a little, they would be divided by the enemy and eat up the entire fleet bit by bit. Now, in their opinion, the company's navy is a good player in the division of guerrilla tactics.

Although he was very disgusted with this despicable tactic, he had to admit that they could not think of any way to deal with it. In desperation, Kamal could only take the fleet back to avoid being wiped out by the company's fleet on the sea. Even so, he would be ridiculed by those who were hostile to him and scolded by the three counts of Linman, and he could only choose such action. When Kamal returned with the fleet, the number of wounded hulls was greatly reduced, which made all the British people who were looking forward to the victory of the fleet in the port.

Unlike what I imagined, it was not like winning a battle at all. Most people were lucky enough to start asking the navy ashore about the situation of the battle. The navy's silence and haggard state told these people that they did fail. After paying a huge price, they did not leave an enemy warship. This was not the record that the unparalleled British fleet in this era could achieve. Even the navy soldiers who liked to brag the most could only walk away silently.

I don't know who took the action first, a conflict between the navy and civilians broke out in the public office of the port. It may be that the civilians could not bear the incompetence of the navy and took action in anger. It may be that the navy could not tolerate the civilians' inquiries with a tone of criticism. It was a little rude that triggered a fight. When Lin Man and his three private soldiers arrived to maintain order, five navy and twelve civilians died in the fight. Kamal was locked up for this. Lin Man and others already believed that Kamal was a talentless naval general.

Later, the company's naval power was heard from the naval soldiers who experienced this battle. The entire North American continent knew that the Yanhuang Trading Company, the power dominated by Indians in their eyes, had broken through the limitations of the tribal Indians and established a powerful fleet that could defeat the British in the naval power. First, the responding to this was the second batch of Spanish and Portuguese who received the news.

Both sides restrained their own methods and took back the hand that they extended to the company. Both did not believe that the company could completely crush the British, but wanted to take advantage of the war between the two sides. Whether it was robbing or stealing, as long as the result was good, any means could be used. However, since the company's fleet defeated the terrible navy of the British, it means that all the previous legends had a great basis for fact.

In this case, it was not in their interest to rashly attack such powerful forces before obtaining further detailed information. At this time, the French began to cause trouble in the European continent. After obtaining the manufacturing technology of the two weapons provided by the company, the French King Louis XV immediately let the arsenal start to be built. At the same time, many large arsenals began to transform production lines with the help of the company's French textbooks and the help of several junior engineers.

Louis XV burst out with great enthusiasm, and even took out the royal private property to support the reform. In just half a year, the production and repair of Hall M819 muskets and heavy punches were completed. Louis XV began to show his fangs to the British, and all 10,000 elite French troops began to assemble on the border.
Chapter completed!