Huo Qubing had been next to the Hongzhang all along, and when the signal man on the mast gave the order, Huo Qubing took the lead and began to speed up, leading three cruisers and several destroyers to leave the team and rush to the southwest. Ran Wen ???.? ｒ?ａ?ｎ?? ｅ?ｎ?`ｏ ｒ?ｇ

"Prepare for battle." Seeing that Huo Qu had already led the first detachment to leave, Li He took a deep breath and gave an order to Yan Zheng in front of him.

Coo-goo-goo....... Coo-goo-goo....... Piercing sirens sounded, and the artillery of the entire fleet began to move. 、

On the Hongzhang, the jackets of the two main guns had been lifted, and the batteries began to turn, aiming the barrels at the enemy fleet in the distance.

That is, when the Combined Fleet for the South Seas Combat began to prepare.

The Spanish support fleet, the piercing sirens were already loud.

What's going on? Ming Xin, who was drinking, heard this voice, and immediately looked out suspiciously,

His current position was in the middle of the command stand, and he couldn't see the situation outside at all.

The sound of chaotic footsteps sounded, and after more than ten seconds, Mingxin's adjutant ran in front of Mingxin.

"Discover the Holy Chinese Imperial Fleet."

Bang, Ming Xin, who heard this voice, actually dropped the wine glass in his hand to the ground all of a sudden.

Quick, ready to fight, ready to fight. Mingxin, who was shocked, began to pull his throat and shout loudly.

It's a mess. The captains in the entire command podium began to skewer like flies.

Ming Xin regretted it in his heart, he was thinking that he shouldn't have made such a foolish decision today.

It was too late to regret it, Ming Xin could only put aside the regret in his heart, and then came to the bridge under the leadership of several staff officers.

When Ming Xin came to the bridge, it was the most panicked time for the entire fleet, because the captains of the other warships were not there, and the ships didn't know how to deal with it.

Although the sirens have begun to sound, the armor on the ship's guns has not yet been torn off.

"Raise the commander's flag." Ming Xin, who came to the bridge, did not observe the situation of the other party, but first ordered the command flag to be raised.

A few minutes later, the red commander's flag hung over the mast.

Cuckoo...... The batteries began to turn, and the artillery began to adjust its direction.

After all this was ready, Ming Xin took the telescope from the side.

The distance is less than fifteen nautical miles, I really don't know, what are my subordinates eating, looking at the soot in the distance, Ming Xin frowned.

In fact, you can't really blame your subordinates for this matter, the adjutant had already notified it once, but Mingxin didn't listen, so it caused this situation.

But it's okay, it's still in time.

Woowoo....... The two large fleets began to whistle and began to pounce on each other at a faster pace.

On the bridge of the Hongzhang, Li He quietly looked at the Mingxin fleet that rushed over.

The man had placed all three battleships in a row, and they had already begun to shape their ships horizontally. The bow of the ship was all transferred to the northeast.

Well, the reaction is not bad, okay, I'll give you a tough encounter today, seeing that Mingxin's fleet is already beginning to change, Li He smiled, and then looked at Yan Fu beside him.

"Turn left at six."

Turn left at six o'clock, then the direction is exactly the same as Mingxin's current formation.

Having received the order, the fleet began to turn en masse, and at the same time, the remaining battleships began to line up in front, and behind were cruisers.

"So, we should be able to fire at them at about half-past three?" After looking at the time, Li He said to Yan Fu in front of him.

After listening to Li He's words, Yan Fu raised the glasses in his hand and took a look, now the distance between the two sides is about fourteen nautical miles, and after the distance is eight nautical miles, the fleet can open fire. “

Now, there's also the Progressive Seven Nautical Miles, and both sides are driving fast and are still fifteen minutes away at most.

"Yes, it will start at half-past three at the latest." Yan Fu, who put down his glasses, thought for a while and said.

Well, Li He, who heard this, nodded, and he thought the same way.

"Take a good look at this last calm." After speaking, Li He buckled up his steel helmet and began to watch the fleet in the distance.

"Eighty yards from the enemy ship. Eighty yards from the enemy ship. "At 3:17, the surveyors of the Hongzhang mast began to give signals.

"Open fire." The artillery commander, who had already received the order, heard that the distance had been reached, and waved his arm first.

Boom....... The Hongzhang 310-mm gun roared.

Boom..... Boom Boom Boom ....... The white smoke instantly obscured the entire fleet, and the artillery of the entire fleet fired shells in less than ten seconds before the Hongzhang opened fire.

On the sea, the sound of artillery was thick and the smoke of gunpowder was billowing out.

Columns of water, up to several tens of meters high, began to appear on the surface of the sea.

"Fifty meters of drop, corrective shooting." The artillery commander gave the order to correct the shell that had just fallen into the water.

It's terrifying, such a long distance, the drop is less than fifty meters. On the bridge of the flagship, Ming Xin swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he didn't expect that the other party would actually fire at a distance of eight thousand meters, and the first round of shells fell less than fifty meters away from him.

"Commander, do you want to fight back?" The adjutant asked, widening his eyes and looking at the enemy fleet in the distance.

Returning fire was just a waste of shells, and he understood that his officers and men, less than 5,000 meters away, the shells fired out had no effect at all.

"Can we hit it?" Ming Xin, who thought for a while, asked.

This, the adjutant immediately closed his mouth, he also knew the capabilities of the domestic navy.

Then it can only be beaten, the adjutant who heard this sighed.

Rumble....... Boom...... In less than a minute, the ships of the Holy Chinese Empire fired another salvo.

Rumble....... The fire burst out, and one of the enemy's battleships received a shell in the tail and immediately burst into flames.

The ability to hit the enemy in the second round, and it was at a distance of eight thousand meters, which already satisfied Li He.

Boom...... Three minutes later, Mingxin's fleet began to return fire.

Yes, it's less than forty meters. Li He, who was standing on the bridge, looked at the water column in the distance, and praised Ming Xin on the other side in his heart.

Although the two countries are enemies now, Li He is like this, he respects his opponents, and he will praise his opponents, powerful is powerful, there is nothing to say.

Boom Boom Boom ....... The shells continued to bombard, and shells flew through the sky like rain before falling on the surface of the sea.

The entire surface of the sea has been beaten into a nest of porridge. There was a smell of gunpowder everywhere. (To be continued.) )