The fifth battleship Lion itself was already on fire, and the third round of shelling was even worse! The sailors who tried to fetch water to extinguish the fire fell to the ground one after another with the explosion of flowering shells! What's even more terrifying is that at this time, there was an explosion inside it! A deck the size of a carriage was actually blown away by the explosion! Flames and smoke erupted from the breach, like a miniature volcano.

The remaining ships were also injured in their own right. This entire battle line is basically disabled!

Seeing the results, the excited Wu Yizhou laughed and shouted: "All ships shoot for the last time!" Then turn on the spot, and the column becomes a horizontal line! Cut straight into their battle line and completely destroy every enemy ship in this battle line! ”

As soon as the cannon fire stopped, the high-spirited sailors turned their ships around and began to cut into the opposing battle line. And the gunners of the bombardment guns in the bow of the ship were still firing shells. Hope to inflict more damage on your opponents!

This is Baron François, who has already woken up from his surprise and panic, desperately shouting: "Shoot,!" Shoot! Stop them! Stop them! ”

He had already guessed Wu Yizhou's combat intentions. Because one of his battle lines had been crippled, the speed of the ships in the battle line had dropped considerably. Wu Yizhou's fleet, which was originally parallel to them, turned from a column to a horizontal line at this time, and they would pass through the gap between ships in the middle of the battle line.

At that time, the stern of those damaged ships will be exposed, and they will be hit with ferocity! At that time, eleven ships on the entire strategic line will be completely incapacitated!

The ships led by Baron François fired shells desperately in an attempt to stop the opposing fleet from approaching. But the gunners, who were already panicked, had difficulty aiming at their opponents. In addition, the opponent has twisted the hull, leaving only the bow with the smallest bomb area facing them. So most of their shells were empty.

Only a few of the cooler gunners knew how to reload chain shells to break the sails of the opposing ship. But their efforts didn't do much.

The distance of more than 100 meters was crossed in the blink of an eye! The ships of the first line of battle of Wu Yizhou's fleet, successful

The ground is inserted into the opponent's battle. When they had a firing angle, the guns on both sides fired at the same time, constantly hitting the front and rear ships.

And the ship's shelling focused on the weak point of the stern of the ship on the right. And the battleships that could still return fire on the battle line could not shoot because they lost their angles. The damage to the sails made them clumsy, and they had to passively withstand the blows.

The stern of Western warships was their weak point. There was the captain's quarters, with only very thin planks. The bombardment gunners of Wu Yizhou's fleet deliberately lowered the firing speed, and when the broadside guns smashed the opponent's stern, they fired flowering shells into the breach!

The explosion of each flowering bomb shook the hull of the enemy ship. If you're lucky, you'll even start a fire!

Being able to shoot the enemy so happily makes the sailors' emotions run high to the extreme! Even if it was against a shell on another battle line of the Combined Fleet, they would first tear all the ships on this battle line to pieces!

In this confrontation, Wu Yizhou's fleet undoubtedly had the upper hand. After paying a certain number of casualties, they completely destroyed the first battle line of the Combined Fleet! Of the eleven battleships on this battle line, only four managed to escape. The others either turned into a roaring bonfire, or were paralyzed on the surface of the sea and slowly sank.

This result stunned Baron François. In less than two hours after the two sides started the battle, their own side lost nearly half of its combat strength! This made him completely unable to accept this reality!

However, he quickly calmed down and ordered: "Pick up the four warships at once." At the same time, it turned around and returned to the mouth of the strait. We're going to fight a blocking battle there! ”

One of the officers objected, "My lord, but what about the ships that can't be moved?" Do you want to abandon them? Besides, it's too humiliating to run away in front of a group of pirates! ”

Baron François exclaimed: "Put away your pride! If you look at the current situation, we have already lost almost half of our combat effectiveness! If you delay it any longer. We're all going to die here! At least figuring it out

Before that new weapon is anything, we have to withdraw it! Without these ships, how can we defend the kingdom's colonies in the East? ”

The officer stopped talking and began to carry out the orders of François men and women together with the other officers. At the same time, they began to fire a large number of chain bullets in order to destroy the sails of Wu Yizhou's fleet and slow down their pursuit.

Baron François thought for a moment and said, "Immediately send a signal to the three English warships and ask them to follow us back to the sea." ”

Baron François's aim was to keep the three English warships in the fleet. At the same time, they also want to keep an ally. At this time, their combat effectiveness was weakened, and they urgently needed the assistance of England.

But the three English warships did not speed up to keep up, but reduced their speed to a minimum and put on a harmless posture.

Baron François immediately understood the minds of these Englishmen! These English people clearly wanted to make contact with the pirate king's men, and wanted to leave Spain and the Netherlands behind and trade with the East alone! Maybe they're still trying to figure out the truth about that new weapon.

But at this time, Baron François no longer cares about these English people! He had to evacuate at full speed while the ships he was leading were unscathed. So his mind turned very simply, leaving behind his companions who were still struggling to fight back, and ran towards the mouth of the strait! He must return to his colony as soon as possible and inform Batavia of the operation.

Wu Yizhou quickly made a judgment after observing the situation with a telescope. All of his ships have damaged sails, and they will definitely not be able to catch up with the escaping ships in a short time. So he made up his mind to eat the participating team in front of him first. Then take a brief break after the pursuit. Anyway, the guys from the Intelligence Bureau have already reported their strongholds. When the time comes, you can follow the map and chase it.

Under Wu Yizhou's order, the fleet fired at the remaining ships on the sea like a carnival, sinking them all into the sea! It was the four ships that escaped, except for the Scepter who escaped and ascended to heaven, the other three ships were also destroyed and became campfires floating on the sea.