In the dense fog, a third-class sail warship belonging to the navy of the Great Chongqing State was cruising on the sea. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since reaching an agreement with the Dutch to recapture the coastal routes of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, the navy's warships have been responsible for ensuring the safety of sea routes and combating pirate plundering of merchant ships.

It's just that the oceans are vast, and even then it is sometimes impossible to avoid the plundering of merchant ships, but this is a rare occurrence for merchants.

"It's rare for this sudden fog to come."

The third-class battleship named the "Dreadnought" was led by Captain Xie Yuan, who had commanded the battleship to the Three Mountains Kingdom after resupplying the city of Geranza two days earlier, which was the route they had taken.

Hearing this, the first mate Ding Chang said: "Yes, you can't see anything from fifty meters away. “

Xie Yuan frowned, and he said, "Let the soldiers cheer up and be vigilant, if we are attacked by pirates at this time, it will be very disadvantageous for us." ”

"Yes, Captain." Ding Chang said, and then shouted to the soldiers on the ship: "Be vigilant, all the gunners are in position in the cabin and ready to fight." “

Having received orders, the soldiers entered their positions in an orderly manner.

After cruising on the sea for a year, they know that the sea is like a child, and their faces can change, just now it may be a clear sky, and a storm may come in the blink of an eye.

The fog was the same this time, the sea was calm, but the fog suddenly covered the battleship like a wall of clouds.

Laying out the precautions, Xie Yuan looked at the nautical chart on the ship at this time, they were still a hundred miles away from the dock of the Three Mountains Kingdom.

After confirming his position, Xie Yuan turned the hourglass upside down again, and they all used this thing to record time at sea.

While he was carrying out his daily tasks according to the regulations, suddenly a musical bell rang from the sea.

Hearing this, Xie Yuan immediately went from the cabin to the deck, and he asked Ding Chang, "Did you hear that?" “

"I heard, it was a hurried bell." Ding Chang's face was solemn, and all kinds of terrifying legends suddenly poured into his mind, making him feel uneasy.

He had never seen such a strange situation in the sea for a year, and who would ring the bell on the vast sea?

Like Ding Chang, the soldiers on the ship were also nervous, the theory of ghosts and gods was not so easy to eradicate, and the more they thought about it, the more afraid they became.

While everyone was concentrating, suddenly the soldier on the mast lookout shouted, "Is there something unusual ahead?" “

When Xie Yuan heard this, he immediately picked up the binoculars and looked at the fog in front of him.

I saw that the sea water at this time was not blue, and it looked turbid and gloomy under the dense fog, and at the moment when Xie Yuan looked at the fog, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared in the dense fog.

Without waiting for Xie Yuan to react, this black shadow suddenly found a burst of yellow light, Xie Yuan was shocked when he saw this, and he shouted: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of cannon roaring came from the dark shadows, and black cannonballs flew like lightning towards the Dreadnought.

The sound of "knock knock ......" shells piercing through the hull sounded, and the battleship was suddenly in chaos.

Xie Yuan was a little undecided at this time, only their navy was equipped with artillery in this sea area, and judging from the dark shadow, the appearance of the other party's warship was very similar to theirs.

He suspected that it was a mistake by the other naval warships to take them for enemies, but now he couldn't see each other clearly, and he couldn't confirm it.

"Captain, what should I do?" Ding Chang asked, this round of shooting made the battleship very embarrassed, and sawdust flew everywhere, and he shouted: "Fire the cannon first." ”

Ding Chang answered, and immediately gave the order to open fire.

At this moment, a round of cannon fire sounded from the bilge of the ship.

After the sound of the cannon, the black shadow that was getting closer and closer seemed to fall into silence, and a glimmer of hope rose in Xie Yuan's heart, and he was about to scold the captain who didn't have long eyes for hitting them by mistake, when suddenly the black shadow lit up again with a burst of fire.

"Get down!" Xie Yuan pressed Ding Chang directly on the deck, his face was gloomy at this time, no matter who it was this time, he was going to fight back.

"Knock knock ......" The shell smashed the battleship again, Xie Yuan endured the pain of the sawdust falling on him and said, "Fight back immediately." “

"Fight back! Counterattack! ”

After this round of volleys, he was also a little furious, and if he didn't fight back, the Dreadnought would be sunk.

The place in the cabin where the shells hit began to dew, and the carpenters immediately took planks and nails to repair the hull that had been pierced by the shells.

The artillerymen, who had received the order, reloaded at this time and began to return fire at the black shadows in the sea.

"Boom, boom, boom......" The cannon roared, and the shells flew towards the black shadow.

On the deck, Xie Yuan watched nervously, and as the two sides got closer and closer, he finally saw the other party's battleship clearly when the two sides were fifty meters apart.

It is a ship that bears some resemblance to the Dreadnought, except that the flag on the ship has a rice pattern.

And on the battleship stood a group of soldiers wearing red tuxedos, black leather shoes, white leggings on their calves, and black hats.

This scene made Xie Yuan a little dumbfounded, he had read some information about the countries of the world in the Bowen Academy, if the information was correct, they were now encountering a British warship.

Xie Yuan's heart sank, he knew very well how powerful this country's navy was, and Yue Yun sometimes drank and talked about what happened to him when he went south.

Even though he was laughing and talking, they could hear the seriousness.

Just when he was stunned, the redshirts on the opposite side suddenly raised their flintlock pistols and pointed them to this side.

Confirming that the other party was coming with hostile intent, Xie Yuan immediately calmed down, and he once again asked the soldiers to lie down and dodge.

After they lay down, there was a burst of fire from the battleship opposite, and the flintlock bullets crackled on the battleship.

"Damn, bullied your father." Xie Yuan's anger surged, and he said to Ding Chang: "Give me a hard beating." ”

Ding Chang was almost hit by a bullet, and he was also enraged, he scolded: "What are you doing in a daze, and you don't fight back, this is not a wolf, it's a red-haired ghost." “

The soldiers lying on the deck immediately got up, they picked up their flintlock pistols and fired at the opposite side.

Just then there was another artillery salvo on the opposite side, and the Dreadnought was also colored.

The two sides exchanged shelling of the battleships passing by, at which point the British battleship again entered the dense fog and disappeared.

Xie Yuan stared intently at the sea around him, and after waiting for a while, the British warship was still nowhere to be seen.

"Captain, what now?" Ding Chang asked.

Xie Yuan frowned, it was very strange for the British to appear in this sea area, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Return to Dengzhou immediately, we need to report this situation to General Yue Yun." “

Ding Chang nodded when he heard this, and immediately ordered to return.

At this time, the British third-class battleship Duke was heading towards the Japanese kingdom, and Captain Wilson on the deck looked at the dense fog behind him and pondered......