Chapter 959: The Battle of the Bay of Bengal (7)
"God, is this a joke you are playing with your people! Why did the heretical Eastern Ming Empire have such a terrifying warship! In this way, how can I, Sparport, spill your light on the territory of the Eastern Empire! Archbishop Spaport cried out in despair.
At this moment, Archbishop Sparter completely lost the slightest vigor and self-confidence, and only despair and fear.
The powerful Daming steel battleship completely destroyed the self-confidence and morale of the upper and lower levels of the European Combined Fleet.
"Nope! The Combined Fleet cannot afford to fail! Obaro's pride cannot be buried in my hands! Duke Peter Burston gritted his teeth and roared extremely unwillingly.
The nominal supreme commander of the Combined Fleet, commanding the 1,221 warship groups of the Combined Fleet, was originally Peter Burston's proudest honor.
But now, the fleet saw no hope of victory in the naval battle, and the huge group of warships went out on the expedition and would be defeated at the hands of his Peter Burston, which was not an honor, but a disgrace, and if this naval battle could not be won, he, Duke Peter Burston, would become a sinner for the whole of Obaro.
"Rush, sink them----" Duke Peter Burston roared with red eyes, and unwillingly ordered the fleet to continue to charge forward, and continue to bombard the Ming fleet in front of him.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "In response to Duke Peter and Burston was the fierce artillery fire of the ninety-six steel warships of the Ming fleet.
Compared with the heavy artillery fire of the Ming fleet, the firepower of the European Combined Fleet not only became weaker and weaker as more and more European Combined Fleet warships were sunk, but also as the morale and will of the European Combined Fleet were destroyed.
Trade-off!
The fierce artillery fire of the Ming fleet, even if the number of cannons was much smaller, had already completely suppressed the European Combined Fleet in terms of the fierceness of the artillery fire.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom!" A shell hit the Dutch flagship directly on the commander of the Dutch fleet.
This is a 250 mm caliber main gun shell, and the powerful force of the shell directly shattered the hull of the Dutch flagship, severely damaging the Dutch flagship.
The commanders of the Dutch fleet on the battleships were all swept over the deck by blazing waves.
Perhaps the Dutch flagship would have sunk after a 250 mm shell hit, and the Dutch fleet commander would probably be the first to die in battle.
Not only the flagship of the Dutch fleet commander, but also the flagships of the fleet commanders of other countries were also hit by shells.
Although these flagships, which were carrying the commanders of the fleets of various countries, had already stopped sailing forward and avoided the rear of the combined fleet, as most of the warships of the combined fleet were sunk, even the flagships of the commanders of the fleets of various countries that were hiding at the back of the combined fleet were inevitably affected by the shelling of the Ming fleet.
"Boom-" This is the Polish flagship of the commander of the Polish fleet, after being hit by another cannonball, most of the hull of the battleship has been blown up, the keel is broken, the battleship is sinking, and the commander of the Polish fleet has already been swept off the sea by the blazing waves of cannonballs, and he does not know whether he is alive or dead.
Finally, the Dutch Fleet Commander became the first of the Fleet Commanders of the United Fleet to die in battle.
Soon after, three more flagships of small European nations were sunk, including their fleet commanders, to the bottom of the sea in the Bay of Bengal.
"Nope! They are the devil! It's the devil that can't be defeated! "Finally, in the midst of boundless fear and despair, the commanders of some of the fleets of various countries collapsed and began to flee in fear.
Some of the warships of various countries began to turn around, no doubt preparing to flee.
They have no hope of winning the naval battle, until now, they still haven't been able to sink even a Ming battleship, the steel battleship of the Ming Dynasty is too terrifying, the Ming fleet has no possibility of defeat, continue the naval battle, they can only be sunk, go to the sea to feed the sharks!
Not only did the fleet commanders of some small countries begin to flee with some of their own warships, but the commanders of the Spanish fleet, one of the five major sea powers and one of the five main forces of the combined fleet, also began to flee with the remaining Spanish warships.
Soon, the commander-in-chief of the French fleet also began to rout with the remaining warships of the French fleet.
However, the commander of the French fleet was more unlucky, and just turned the bow of the battleship and began to rout, his French flagship was hit by a 250 mm caliber main gun shell, and the fire of the shell explosion enveloped the hull of half of the French flagship, and the French flagship was instantly severely damaged, and more than half of its power was lost.
The French commander on the flagship, having risen from the deck, looked at the broken half of the ship, his face pale and full of boundless fear.
More and more Combined Fleet warships began to flout.
At this time, the distance between the two fleets was actually only a few hundred meters, but the European combined fleet only had more than 300 warships left, and nearly 900 warships had been sunk.
With such miserable losses, most of the remaining warships of the combined fleet began to break out.
"Hey, hey! It's late! Don't even think about escaping! On the side of the Ming fleet, Shen Jingchao sneered gloomily.
The main gun range of the Daming battleship is more than 7,000 meters, and now that the distance between the two fleets has been shortened to several hundred meters, the remnants of the European Combined Fleet want to escape, and it is impossible to escape the ultra-long range of the Daming battleship, and the steam-powered Daming battleship can be nearly twice as fast as the European wooden battleship, and under such an asymmetry, the possibility that the remaining battleships of the European Combined Fleet warship can escape is almost zero.
Of course, not all the remaining European Combined Fleet ships were fleeing, at least the British and Dutch fleets were still holding on.
On the part of the British fleet, it was because Duke Peter Burston was already mad and could not accept the defeat of the fleet, and he would become a sinner for the whole of Europe.
The strength of the Ming warship made him desperate and made him unwilling! He still couldn't believe that the huge warship group of 1,221 warships in the United Fleet he led could not sink even a single Ming warship.
"Nope! Daming's battleship must be sunk! It must be possible! "Duke Peter and Burston is crazy, even if he has realized the defeat of the naval battle, but he still wants to sink even one of the Ming warships.
On the Dutch side, the flagship of the Dutch fleet commander has been hit hard, and he can't escape if he wants to, and the Dutch fleet commander is also a little crazy, and he also knows that even if he escapes, it is impossible to escape from the ultra-long range of more than 7,000 meters of the Ming fleet warships in such a short distance, so he also frantically ordered the Dutch fleet warships under his command to continue to attack forward.
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