"Soldiers, prepare to board the ship! Kill the thief with me! Kill ——!"

As Xu Tianzhang continued to shout, the battleships in the front row of the sailor queue adjusted their collision angles and crashed into the enemy ships at full speed, including the flagship of the "Longmen" sail battle column where Xu Tianzhang was.

Since the number of ships in the Celestial Empire's naval fleet is twice that of the Mekeris fleet, and at this moment, there is only the main fleet of the Mekeris in the sea area of the Piercing Ocean, so although the firepower is unmatched, the number is weak after all.

In addition, the main guns of the dreadnought-class all-heavy artillery battleships are mostly large-caliber single turrets, and once they are close, it is difficult to turn around, and the power is too great, so it is inevitable to injure themselves when used at close range.

Therefore, even though the naval guns of the Imperial Army were far more advanced than those of the Guangdong Naval Division, and the artillery fire was constantly destroying the naval division's warships, in the face of the suicidal charge of the Heavenly Naval Division's fearless death, dozens of naval divisions still broke through the fire blockade of the Mecheris all-heavy artillery battleships and rushed through the defensive line formed by the shells.

As soon as it got closer, the Imperial fleet's large-caliber main guns became cumbersome, and they had to rely on the bow guns and rifles for mid-range melee combat.

However, in this way, there was no advantage in the face of the Guangdong Naval Division, and the melee small artillery could not sink several huge sail battleships in front of the Celestial Empire, although the Imperial Navy's guns were still superior to the Celestial Naval Division, but compared to the huge gap in firepower and armor between the two warships, this advantage became minimal.

At this point, after losing hundreds of ships, Xu Tianzhang's sailors finally stood on the same starting line as the Mekeris fleet.

Dozens of small frigates were directly broken by the former displacement division battleships, and even the heavy cruisers' fierce artillery fire could not stop the assault of several naval division warships for a while, and there would always be a Celestial Empire soldier in one direction who was about to be able to board the ship.

Even the Imperial sergeants on the "Dreadnought" all-heavy artillery battleships were very frightened in the face of the ships of the Celestial Empire Naval Division that were about to ram them, and some soldiers even dropped their guns in fear and stopped shooting, but began to grasp the iron wall on the deck or the railing outside the bridge, ready to deal with the imminent huge earthquake.

The sail flagship of the "Dragon Gate", which was in the foremost row and whose masts had long been damaged, rushed directly towards the heavy cruiser flagship of the "Pharaoh" commanded by Colonel Theon Firth, who had been depowered by the bombardment and was floating on the sea.

Xu Tianzhang's soldiers were all charging with iron shields in the front row, and the soldiers in the back row were desperately using rifles to suppress the shots so that the imperial soldiers did not have time to reload the side with shells, and the main gun of the "Pharaoh" lost power due to the cannon in the cabin, and it was impossible to even turn the turret at this moment.

Under the continuous shelling of the bow guns and the continuous fire of thousands of soldiers, the imperial sergeants on the Pharaoh could not raise their heads under the dense bullets, and the two ships were getting closer and closer.

Finally, the ramming horn of the Dragon Gate stabbed at the Pharaoh's hull like a sword, only to hear a dull cracking sound, and a splash of water rose into the sky, and the water column stirred and poured down on the collision between the two ships.

However, the hull of the Pharaoh only shook slightly, and the outer steel armor had slight marks, while on the other hand, the Longmen had a direct break in the impact angle, and the hull was even more abruptly tilted, and all the 2,000 soldiers on the hull fell.

The bow of the Longmen ship was broken and the body of the ship was tilted sideways, and the fault finally landed on the hull of the Pharaoh, Xu Tianzhang hurriedly got up, and saw that the broken bow had been connected to the enemy ship.

He immediately ordered all the soldiers of the "Longmen" to board the ship bravely, and led his own soldiers to rush towards the bow of the Longmen, which had broken back and formed a steep slope.

Theon Fils, who was on the deck of the cruiser flagship of the Pharaoh, saw that the Celestial Empire's sailors were about to board the ship, and hurriedly said:

"Stop! Shoot me!"

However, the soldiers on the "Pharaoh" were forced to breathe by the constant pressure on the Longmen at the moment, and they were completely powerless to fight back.

At this moment, the soldiers in the adjacent cabin hid behind the iron wall of the bunker one by one, and most of the soldiers on the deck also fell prostrately, and all the soldiers who tried to raise their heads and shoot back were beaten into a sieve before they could see the enemy in their eyes.

They couldn't even deal with the front row of shield soldiers on the bow of the "Dragon Gate", and even if they left cover and stood up to fight back, they couldn't inflict damage on the approaching enemy, and their own combat strength continued to die.

Not to mention that in the back row of the shield soldiers, there are more than 1,000 sailors with rifles and constantly changing columns to shoot.

The Imperial Navy did not expect that the Celestial Empire Navy would use this kind of suicidal charge, and before it could kill or injure the enemy, its own Navy Division would lose two-thirds first. This way of fighting is simply unheard of.

And they weren't equipped with ballistic shields for melee combat, or rather, they didn't expect melee combat at all.

At this time, the front row of the Longmen approaching the bow of the ship, hundreds of shield soldiers all touched their waist swords, ready to board the ship to fight.

The sailors in the back row are all good bayonets, and the soldiers of Xu Tianzhang, who is in the middle of the queue, are closely followed by the shield soldiers, and the soldiers of Xu Tianzhang in the middle of the queue are even more than one color of the lancet, and the Longmen is nearly 2,000 soldiers, and after the artillery attack, there are still more than 1,500 people at this moment, they are all gearing up, morale is high, and they will board the "Pharaoh" in a few seconds!

And just when Xu Tianzhang's Guangdong Naval Division and Mekheris Fleet were fighting bloodily, no one noticed that another small boat sailed out of the Longmen Waterway......

"Kill ——!"

The shield soldiers of the Celestial Empire Navy Division took the lead in boarding the flagship of the "Pharaoh", rushed to the imperial soldiers one by one, threw the shield plate at the enemy, and then drew their waist knives and jumped to the deck, slashing at the foreigners.

Once they fell into hand-to-hand combat and hand-to-hand combat, the Imperial soldiers fell into disadvantage in an instant.

Huang Qisheng, the deputy general of the naval division, followed the shield soldiers, jumped into the deck of the "Pharaoh", and immediately killed one person with an embroidered spring knife, and then rushed to the enemy, slashing left and right. With the blessing of a strong internal force, wherever the embroidered spring knife in his hand reaches, the heads of foreigners are flying, so Huang Qisheng swings a knife to kill the enemy wherever he goes, like cutting melons and vegetables.

Xu Tianzhang and more than a dozen of his own soldiers of the water division also rushed to the forefront without flinching, Xu Tianzhang's personal soldiers all had deep internal strength, they rushed into the nest of imperial soldiers, and took dozens of lives in an instant.

The captain of the "Pharaoh", Colonel Theon Fils, saw that the situation was not good, and wanted to flee in a small boat.

Xu Tianzhang, who was ill-eyed, happened to catch a glimpse of his actions, so he threw out the treasure knife, which immediately hit him and plunged straight into his chest, and Xi Weng fell to the ground in response and died immediately.

Seeing that the captain of the "Pharaoh" was killed, the imperial sergeants scattered one after another, panicked and even jumped into the sea, leaving behind the brave soldiers of the Celestial Empire who were also invincible to the martial arts.

The close battle between the two armies was crushed by one side, and its momentum was like an autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and the thousands of soldiers of the "Pharaoh" Empire were about to be slaughtered in an instant.

At this time, the main warships of the other Mecheris fleet, which had not yet been collided or boarded, hurriedly retreated when they saw that the situation had reversed.

Claude Mecheris's "Imperial Australia" fled more than ten nautical miles south of the main battlefield sea in advance of the fleet. At this moment, when he received the report of the rout, he wanted to stop the main force from retreating:

"Tell them to hold on for a while, the reinforcements will arrive in a while, don't retreat, retreat will only be a rout! Hold on until the reinforcements arrive!"

In order to take the lead, Claude led the main force of the fleet to attack the "Longmen" before waiting for the whole ship to assemble, but he never thought that the enemy army would pour out of the nest, and he was so fearless of death, resulting in the rout of the main force of the fleet.

"Damn it!"

Claude knew that the tide was turning, and at this time, the communications corps suddenly reported that Commodore Wyster Charles, the fleet's lieutenant commander, and all the men of the cruiser flagship "Queen Victoria" had been killed.

This caused Claude to be shocked by the light, so he was shocked and ordered the fleet to retreat, and had to wait for the arrival of scattered ships and reinforcements.

Xu Tianzhang, who was fighting a bloody battle on the heavy cruiser flagship of the "Pharaoh", saw that the other party was defeated and wanted to flee, so he hurriedly mustered up all his strength and shouted:

"Huang Qisheng!"

Hearing this, Vice Admiral Huang, who was in the midst of a bloody battle, immediately urged his internal force with all his strength, and used his sword to split the two soldiers of the Emperor Mekeris fleet beside him into half, and ran in the direction of Xu Tianzhang with all his strength, shouting as he ran:

"The last general!!Is the military gate unharmed!"

Xu Tianzhang also shouted in response:

"This governor is safe! Quickly order the Lingyuan ship and the Tengfei ship to pursue the enemy, and be sure to kill them all, otherwise when they rectify and replenish, my Longmen Pass will be in danger!"

When Huang Qisheng heard that he would no longer rush to help Xu Tianzhang, he knew that Xu Tianzhang's personal soldiers around him were also warriors, so he no longer cared about it.

After glancing around, he saw that there was no time for foreigners to disturb him, so he sat down on the spot, brewed the true qi in his body, and took a big breath.

Then he howled:

"Shen Long——! Chen Liansheng——! Xu Junmen ordered the two of you to lead your troops to pursue and annihilate the enemy, and all the remaining sailors and ships are under the command ——!of the two of you!

Huang Qisheng's voice was like thunder, and the sound was transmitted by air, and the whole sea heard it.

After hearing this, the two pipe bands, who had been fighting fiercely for several miles, hurriedly drove the ships, mobilized the ships around them, and each locked on a heavy warship to pursue it......

Everyone only knew how to fight, but no one noticed that the sky was already a little bright.

At this time, Xu Tianzhang and the officers and men of the "Longmen" had already killed the entire imperial navy of the "Pharaoh", the flagship of the "Pharaoh", but because the "Pharaoh" was no longer able to move, and the hull of the "Longmen" was full of holes, and the rest of the ships of the Navy Division were also caught in a fierce battle, Xu Tianzhang and more than 1,000 officers and men of the Navy Division were trapped in the ocean for a while......

Just as Xu Tianzhang was hesitating, a shout came from behind him:

"Lord Admiral! Lord Admiral—"

Xu Tianzhang turned around and looked at the back of the ship, a man in black who had never seen before, the man was standing on a small boat, with a jade crown and no beard, a handsome face, long hair on his shoulders, a long Pu knife behind him, and an equally long and thick double-barreled shotgun hanging from his waist.

While Xu Tianzhang was surprised by this person's identity, he didn't know how he drove a small boat to catch up with him, and he was immediately a little puzzled.

"Lord Admiral, I am a minister of the Han Prince Zhu Shikai's family, and Ji Yun, the general of the Gong Han Dynasty, is also, this is the prince's token, and the last general is here, it is the edict of the Taishi Zhang Hongyi, and I ask Xu Junmen to order the retreat!"

Ji Yun said as he threw down the bamboo pole of rowing and took out the Prince of Han token.

"You are the famous General Ji Yun, who was the commander of the Jinyi Guard? General Ji is fortunate to meet, but it is difficult for me to obey the orders of the Taishi.

Generals and look, our army has fought hard all night, lost countless soldiers, and lost more than 100 warships to achieve this tragic victory. Now that our army's victory is in sight, I have ordered the enemy to be annihilated, and we cannot retreat!"

Seeing that Xu Tianzhang on the ship did not obey, Ji Yun immediately frowned and persuaded:

"The military gate, the poor can't be chased! Don't hide it from the military gate, the Taishi has long known that the foreigners are coming, and he thinks that the defense of the South China Sea is the weakest, so he sent me to come in the starry night a few days ago.

At the end of this trip, more than a dozen horses were transferred to BMWs, three horses were killed, six horses were stunned, and the last general had not closed his eyes for three days.

I only arrived at the gate at night, and when I heard that the defenders said that the military gate had sent troops, I felt that something was wrong, and this trip was to prevent the military gate from fighting, and I never thought that it was still a step too late.

However, fortunately, the military is superior in wisdom and bravery, and can defeat the thief army, but the foreigners are equipped with spirits, and there are many strange things. Now, while our army's naval division has not yet been destroyed, he has also asked the military gate to order the withdrawal of the army, and the Taishi has another strategy to break the enemy. ”

Xu Tianzhang was displeased when he heard this, and sneered:

"Doll, don't use the Taishi to press me, although the Taishi is a veteran of the two dynasties, thirty years older than me, but in terms of rank, I am almost the same as the Taishi, and I will not be subject to the orders of the monarch outside, at this moment our army is about to win a big victory, and I will withdraw my troops forbearingly?

Besides, do you know that the ships of foreigners are strong and strong, and their guns are extremely long-range and powerful.

At this moment, if the enemy is allowed to return, when he regroups, and strikes again, he will directly attack our Longmen Pass, and wait for the enemy's artillery to scatter in the pass without noticing the shadow of his ship, then it will be too late!

It is a great fortune to take the initiative to attack this time, as for the withdrawal of troops, Hugh has to reply, forgive this governor for not having time to receive the general at this moment, wait for our army to triumph, and then pick up the wind and dust for General Ji!"

"Military Gate! If you can win and annihilate it, then it will be okay for the military gate to chase it, and the last general is only afraid that the pursuit will be in vain, and our sailors will be annihilated by the enemy!

The military gate did not know, and the Taishi asked me to inform the military gate that Yiguo still has a back hand in this march, and its sailors are equipped with a kind of 'iron whale' (submarine) that can lie under water and throw mines, if they use this ambush, our army will be defeated!"

Xu Tianzhang suddenly froze when he heard this, if he usually heard this, he would have scoffed.

But he had already seen the strength of the foreigner fleet last night, and he immediately remembered in his heart that the Yi army had bypassed the mine net and destroyed the beacon tower before, could it be the iron whale?

If this is the case, then Ling Yuan, the second ship of Tengfei is in danger! Immediately believe what Ji Yun said, and order Huang Qisheng to send an order to withdraw the troops.

Before he could say anything, a huge cannonball struck from a distance and fell sharply towards the Pharaoh. ”

The shell was fired remotely from the USS Australia, commanded by Rear Admiral Claude Mecheris, who had already pulled away.

This is precisely the fighter brought about by the gap in communication technology.

He received a radio telegram from the ship in front of him, and knew that the "Pharaoh" had been damaged and fell, and immediately ordered the main cannon to bombard the Pharaoh, killing his own sergeants and the soldiers of the Celestial Empire.

He knew that the enemy commander was on the "Pharaoh" at the moment, and the enemy commander's flagship had also lost the ability to maneuver, and there were no frigates around, so this cannon must have made a difference!

It's just that what he didn't expect was that the Celestial Empire soldiers had already slaughtered all the soldiers on the "Pharaoh" before he fired the cannon, which helped Claude so that he didn't have to suffer the hatred of the evil ghosts and undead who originally had more than a thousand soldiers.

Huang Qisheng watched the giant cannonball go straight to the "Pharaoh", and the secret passage was over, this cannonball was fired from the enemy's largest caliber main gun, and at this moment the "Pharaoh" could not move, and there was a sea of fire on all sides, even if he had time to jump into the water, the military gate in the middle of the deck was too late. So he wanted to use light skills to preemptively die with the cannonballs to cover the military gate.

However, a dark shadow preempted him.

Ji Yun noticed the incoming cannonball while Xu Tianzhang was still speaking.

Immediately, his eyes froze, he held his luck and jumped to the "Pharaoh", and then jumped into the air.

The right hand touched the blade four feet long, the handle of the two feet eight Pu knife, the strength of the shatter on its sealing cloth, the sealing cloth has not yet scattered, it has been one-handed swing knife forward, its knife action is very fast and crisp and neat, everyone can not see its specific gestures and knife skills, only to see the knife fall and the shell separated, the fragment did not explode, it fell into the sea......

This whole set of coherent movements was only completed in an instant, and after cutting off the crisis in front of him, Ji Yun fell towards the "Pharaoh" from mid-air, and after performing such a slash, his feet landed on the deck without a sound, and he said softly with a calm face:

"Xu Junmen, please also order the sailor to withdraw his troops, as for how to defend the pass and retreat from the enemy, the Taishi has another disposal. ”

Xu Tianzhang didn't have time to be stunned, so he nodded subconsciously, and then looked at the cannonball that fell into the water and made a loud noise, and was speechless for a while.

The pro-soldiers around Xu Tianzhang were also jaw-dropping in shock......