The naval battle between the two sides was inevitable, and the Ming fleet composed of hundreds of steel battleships was magnificent, and the pressure on the coalition fleet became stronger and stronger as the fleets of both sides continued to approach.

The commander of the coalition fleet, the Duke of Yorkfield from England, was already sweating his palms and looking nervous, which showed how much pressure the Ming fleet in front of him had brought him.

There is no way, the Ming fleet is too strong, and no one is confident that they can defeat the Ming fleet.

In the previous two naval battles, the first time, more than 600 European Combined Fleet warships faced off against 300 Ming warships, and suffered a heavy defeat in the Strait of Malacca, and only less than 30 Dutch 'empty ships' returned to Europe, which was very miserable!

The second time, the European Combined Fleet was a group of more than 1,220 warships, and the Ming fleet, which had only 96 steel warships, was also defeated in the waters of the Bay of Bengal, and this time it was undoubtedly even more miserable, with more than 1,220 warships of various European countries completely wiped out, and none of them was able to return to Europe.

The combat effectiveness of the Daming steel battleship is too strong, and now, the steel battleship of the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly bigger than back then, and the combat effectiveness is bound to be stronger than back then, a full hundred huge Daming steel battleships, more than the last sea battle in the Bay of Bengal, and their combined fleets of European countries can't get the same number of more than 1,220 warships as back then, even if they can get it, they may not be able to defeat the Daming fleet.

It's been just a decade since the last Battle of the Bay of Bengal.

In that naval battle, the losses of European countries were too great, and the naval warships were all golden beasts, all of which were 6 armies in 10 years and navy in 100 years. One of the reasons why it takes a navy a hundred years to grow into a powerful navy is the accumulation of warships.

In the case of Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, France, and Portugal, and other five countries with the most powerful maritime power in Europe, when the five countries had the most abundant funds, they could only produce about a dozen warships every year with all their national strength, plus the consumption of fighting a naval war from time to time, as well as the additional investment and maintenance every year, etc., wouldn't it take decades, or even a hundred years, to accumulate a sufficiently large fleet?

Both the Dutch and the British were built after decades or hundreds of years of unremitting efforts to finally support a large enough fleet to dominate the seas.

Therefore, ten years, even if not a single ship was consumed in the process, it was not enough for countries to restore their strength back then, after all, in addition to the lack of time, the funds of various countries were not as abundant as when they colonized the world. Ten years is simply not enough time for the maritime power of various countries to recover.

With Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, France, and Portugal as the core, there were only 537 warships from European countries gathered in the Aegean Sea, less than half of the number of naval battles in the Bay of Bengal that year.

With this little force, how could the Duke of Yorkfield, the commander of the coalition fleet, not be nervous.

The Duke of Yorkfield looked at the thirteen British 'ironclads' in the coalition fleet, and then thought that the shells used in the cannons on most of the warships of the coalition fleet were all new shells filled with new high gunpowder, and the power of the shells was twice as large as the original shells filled with black powder, and the range was also increased, which made him still have a little confidence.

"Hehe, the British even made their own 'ironclad ship', but unfortunately it is far from the real 'ironclad'!" Zheng Sen scanned the thirteen British 'ironclad ships' through the binoculars, and looked quite surprised, but then said disdainfully.

Obviously, Zheng Sen looked down on the thirteen so-called 'ironclad ships' of the British at all, at best, they were just armored ships equipped with a layer of iron plates, in fact, they were still wooden hulls, not to mention, they didn't even have steam power, they were still only sail power, and the cannons installed were the same as the cannons of other warships.

It can be said that it is just one more layer of iron armor than other wooden battleships, and there are no other changes, how do you let Zheng Sen, who commands a hundred battleships with a minimum of 5,000 tons, look at it.

With the full voyage of the Ming fleet, the distance between the two fleets became closer and closer, and soon, the European Combined Fleet, which was originally stagnant on the sea, also began to sail, after all, they knew very well that the range of the cannon of the Ming battleship was far greater than the cannon of their European Combined Fleet battleships, and only by approaching the fastest degree, they could also include the battleships of the Ming Fleet into their range.

"Ships, prepare for war!" Zheng Sen ordered indifferently.

The guns of the various battleships were aiming.

8,000 meters, 7,700 meters-----

This was the ultimate range of the main guns of the Daming battleships, and several battleships rushing ahead fired at the European coalition fleets first.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The fire erupted from the muzzle of the gun.

More than a dozen shells exploded in the European coalition fleet, although only one hit, but directly hit the middle of the hull, under the huge power of the three hundred and five mm caliber shells, the unfortunate European battleship was shrouded in the flames of the explosion, half of the wooden hull was directly shattered, the hull instantly tilted, showing signs of imminent sinking.

Although the other dozen shells did not hit the European warships, they hit the sea and also exploded huge columns of water.

Many of the sailors of the European Combined Fleet turned pale with fright.

"Boom, boom, boom---- As more and more Ming battleships reached range, more and more shells were being poured into the European Combined Fleet.

At the same time, from time to time, the warships of the European Combined Fleet were hit, and those who were lucky were hit by two before they sank, and those who were unlucky were directly hit by the hull of the ship, and if they hit one, they were directly blown up and sunk.

In the end, it is a wooden hull, and under the tremendous power of 305 mm caliber shells, it looks like paper paste.

One by one, the warships of the European Combined Fleet are sinking.

Just like the Battle of the Bay of Bengal that year, the absolute superior naval gun range of the Ming battleships allowed the Ming fleet to take the lead and sink a large number of European warships before the European warships in Europe also reached their own range to return fire to the Ming fleet.

Faced with such a situation, the top management of the Combined European Fleet had no choice but to order the fleet warships to charge all the ships and rush through this distance as soon as possible because the range was not reached.

By six thousand meters, fifty-three ships of the Combined European Fleet had already been sunk, and another twenty or so had been severely damaged.

At 5,000 meters, another 38 battleships of the European Combined Fleet were sunk, and in addition to the heavy losses, the European Combined Fleet lost more than 100 warships before firing a single shot.

"Shoot back!" The Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, the Duke of Yorkfield, yelled angrily.

At a distance of five thousand meters, some of the specially made cannons of the Combined Fleet warships were already within reach, and they could finally make a preliminary return fire.

There are only more than 30 warships of the European Combined Fleet that can reach the firing range and fire at the Ming fleet, and at most more than 400 shells are poured into the Ming fleet at a time.----

Although the special naval guns of the European Combined Fleet were not very accurate because they were too heavy and technically inadequate, nearly ten shells hit the Ming battleship in each round of shelling.

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