"Have you been outflanked, I don't know if you are alive or dead. "Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Jiao Qiang indifferently looked at the Royal Navy warship that was spreading its formation and forming horns, intending to surround the Li Wenzhong.

"After all, the British don't know that we easily ate three of their ships last time, and they probably are used to being domineering at sea, so they didn't take us seriously." The political commissar summed up, and his guess was also very accurate, the British don't care which country's warship or civilian ship you are, as long as they are interested, they will have to find you trouble.

Jiao Qiang nodded and said casually: "Then let's start the mobile operation." ”

"The enemy ship entered me at 11 o'clock 3600 yards!" Guantong report.

"Pay attention to keep a distance, 45 degrees on the right side, pay attention to all gun emplacements on the port side, and check before firing one last time."

"Forty-five degrees, right rudder~!"

"All port guns are normal!"

"Enemy ships enter our firing range!"

"Fire!" Jiao Qiang's voice would be more powerful when he shouted such an order, but his shouts were quickly overshadowed by the roar of artillery. Eight guns of two calibers on the port side fired shells fiercely at the small British battleship, and in the flames, the shells burst through the chamber at an unimaginable muzzle velocity of the British, and flew directly towards the British ship.

"None of the first rounds of shelling hit." Guantong also hesitated a little when shouting out the results of the shelling, because the effect of the shelling was not good, which made people feel a little embarrassed.

In fact, such things were not uncommon in naval warfare, and until the First World War, the hit rate of the ships of the great powers at sea was basically in the single digits, and it was relatively normal to keep it below five percent. However, in the Datang Navy's drill code, the average naval ship is firing guns. All within effective range. And many times only half of the effective range. Not a single ship since the creation of the army has fired at the maximum range of artillery.

Jiao Qiang's Li Wenzhong gunner is relatively high in the entire navy, Jiao Qiang himself is an officer student of the orthodox professional naval school, and the things he learned in that era are also similar to those used by the Tang Navy, so compared to the Ming Dynasty who have not seen the modern navy, or the modern navy that has eliminated naval artillery warfare, Jiao Qiang plays these things the most smoothly.

The ship's weapons were also relatively calm, and in fact, the main purpose of the design of the first round of guns was to calibrate the fire. Therefore, in the first round of shelling, the eight guns were not fired in a salvo, but in order.

"Adjust the shooting elements." Don't look at the Li Wenzhong is only a steam-powered warship with wooden sails, but it is equipped with a simple rangefinder. The Navy's fire control device appeared relatively late, and it began to be used at the end of the 19th century, but its principle and process are not too complicated, so Datang's precision instrument manufacturing institute has successfully produced a batch of rangefinders with an accuracy equivalent to that of the early stage of World War I, which are distributed to various ships.

None of the eight shells hit, but they still startled the British.

"My God, how far is this? Four or five thousand yards. How could that ship carry out shelling at such a distance? Shu Dehan's cold sweat came down as soon as he brushed it. He could see that the round of shelling just now was definitely not a blind fire. Instead, it was a serious calibration shot, and this kind of calibration was also very orderly, and the eight guns were fired one after another, which shows that the opponent has good tactical literacy. What made him even more uneasy was that the shells of these shells were all near the British Sloop-of-War, and although most of the shells fell in front of the battleship, the nearest distance was only fifty or sixty yards away from her, and one shell had actually passed over the ship and hit her behind.

This only shows one thing - the enemy's artillery really has such a long range!

Before he could break free from this shock, the second round of school firing came, and this time none of the shells hit, but what made Shu Dehan's heart tug hard was that this time the impact point of the bullet walked more tightly, and most of the shells fell within thirty yards of the British ship's left and right!

"It's a straddle shot!" On the two ships, the expressions of the two commanders, Jiao Qiang and Shu Dehan, were shocked, but this kind of shock had completely different meanings.

"Concentrate fire, salvo!" Jiao Qiang ordered.

"Evade quickly!" Shu Dehan no longer thought about the problem of prey, even if the ship that was straddled was only a small warship, but the accuracy of the enemy's artillery bombardment had already surprised him.

What reassured Shu Dehan a little was that although the enemy's range was relatively long and the accuracy was terrifying, it seemed that the enemy's firepower was not particularly perverted, and eight guns were bombarding the front and back.

Soon he knew that he was wrong, and the port side of the Li Wenzhong, which had completed the calibration, roared again, and the cannonball smashed fiercely on the hull of the small British warship through a distance of more than 3,000 yards. The power of the explosion directly made the ship feel like it had been hit hard by Thor's sledgehammer, and half of the eight shells hit or nearly missed, as long as it gnawed on the body of this sloop-of-war, it was a big hole in the heart.

"The Adventure is badly flooded, the deck is badly damaged, the mainmast is broken, the captain is seriously injured, and has lost the ability to continue sailing and fighting, and the Adventure asks to withdraw from the battle and rescue!" Schudhan's subordinates reported the situation to him, and the rear admiral could not have imagined that just four shells could kill a multi-hundred-ton warship.

Of course, in fact, the luck of this blow was also good, the two most powerful 105mm grenades were hit, one hit the deck directly, killing several people on the deck, and overturned the mast, the mast collapsed and killed several unlucky people, and the falling grenade pierced the deck and killed several people below the deck. Another 105 grenade smashed into the hull of the ship below the waterline, directly blowing out a large hole, and the sea water poured in mercilessly, and it was too late to fill it.

Jiao Qiang also discovered the damage to the Royal Navy Sloop-of-War Adventure after this round of shelling, the main mast was destroyed, serious flooding, the ship was doomed to sink, although there were still eighteen guns on it, but the combat effectiveness was completely lost, so Jiao Qiang ordered: "The next target." ”

However, the rate of fire of the 76mm naval guns was still a little faster, and before he could finish his order, the gunners fired a few more shells and also made the hit, which made the adventure even worse. There are not many spare bombs on the Li Wenzhong, even if there are some spare bombs on the Fubon in New York Harbor, but the Li Wenzhong will be able to fight such a naval battle again, and then the Li Wenzhong will choose to leave the East Coast and return home.

So now Jiao Qiang intends to destroy as many enemies as possible with the least amount of ammunition consumed. As for eating all the dozen or so warships of the British army and nearly 10,000 soldiers, he thinks that this in itself is a very unrealistic thing. There is no too high goal, Jiao Qiang is steady and steady, not impatient or impatient, which also avoids unnecessary losses.

The next target of the Li Wenzhong was a 24-gun sixth-class frigate, although the target was changed, but the ship was not far from the Adventure, and this time the school shot was lucky to hit, and a 76mm shell hit her bow, destroying the bow statue. Dense firepower soon enveloped the frigate, and her fate was no different from that of the previous sloop-of-war, and after being severely damaged and navigating difficult, the Li Wenzhong gave up continuing the attack on her.

Finally, after the second ship was heavily damaged, Shu Dehan realized: "We can't defeat this ship by shelling, her artillery is too strong." Which country's warship is this, and why is it so powerful? ”

The young staff officer in the fleet asked, "Then how should we deal with her?" ”

"Approaching her, we still have a lot of army boys on the ship, and we can only use this more retro way to deal with them in this more retro way, and if we are lucky, we will be able to take this ship, and then we will know why their artillery can hit so far and so accurately, and see what kind of magic is used!" Shu Dehan said loudly.

The staff officer also said: "In this case, the loss of two light warships will not be considered compensation." ”

However, it soon became clear to the British that they had been mistaken. The Royal Navy fleet, led by the Chatham, desperately tried to get close to the Li Wenzhong, and they didn't even think about shelling, but when they broke through to a distance of more than two thousand yards, the black smoke from the huge chimney of the Li Wenzhong became thicker, and then the speed of the square-headed ship soared directly to 14 knots, and the direction was to the right, and it began to move away from the British.

Shu Dehan was shocked: "Running so fast, are they planning to escape?" ”

"No, they're turning around!"

Completed a U-turn Li Wenzhong this time the starboard side towards the British ships, and the U-turn just now made her increase the distance from the Royal Navy fleet, keeping it at a distance of three thousand yards, the British drove in her direction, and the Li Wenzhong maintained a little angle, because she was faster, so she was able to keep a good distance and shoot calmly.

The shell finally landed on the Chatham, and Shudhan was overturned by the blast of air, and although he suffered minor injuries and a bruised scalp, it was not fatal. At this moment, he finally understood the pain that the two friendly ships had suffered during the attack just now.

"This kind of enemy can't be won." This thought appeared in Shu Dehan's heart. The other side had much more speed, and the captain of the ship was obviously a very experienced fellow, he would not rush lightly, and with his speed and artillery range, he would always attack from a distance where the British ship could threaten him.

The broadside battle that Schudhan intended to engage was also impossible to talk about, because the British had no way to get close to the ship, and the battleship of unknown nationality hung the British like a kite until all their blood was drained with their terrible artillery.

"No, we can't fight like this, we have to retreat, if we are entangled by this ship, none of us will be able to escape!" At the moment when the Chatham was hit in succession, Shudham came to the conclusion and ordered the Royal Navy ships to scatter and escape, abandon the fight with the ship, and split up to escape. (To be continued.) )