Although their clothes were soaked by the blown seawater, Duke Peter and Archbishop Spaport seemed to be unconscious, and their faces were already in a trance with shock. Nature's ".'" 2

The shock given to them by the Ming warship was so powerful that it had filled their hearts with fear.

After this meeting, although all the 5,000-meter-level battleships that had reached the firing range had been destroyed, before all the battleships were destroyed, the five-thousand-meter-range cannons on the battleships had hit Da Ming's battleships more than once, but without exception, they did not cause any obvious damage to Da Ming's warships.

The flowering bomb exploded on the Daming battleship, only blowing up a ball of fire, and the solid bullet hitting the Daming battleship could only hit a black spot.

The strength of the Ming warship is completely beyond their cognition.

"God, how exactly was this warship of the Evil Eastern Empire built, and why did it have such a powerful defensive capability." Archbishop Spaport muttered.

Now, Archbishop Spaport no longer has the confidence he had at the beginning, not to mention Archbishop Spaport, Duke Peter Burston and other fleet commanders of other countries have also lost their confidence.

"Why! It's impossible for a battleship to have such a strong defensive capability! Unless--------" Duke Peter Burston was full of doubt, and suddenly his face froze, and his expression was full of fear.

"Unless the Ming Dynasty's warships are built of all steel!" Duke Peter Burston finally shouted out in a trembling tone!

"Hiss---, impossible! How is it possible to build a battleship all out of steel! Archbishop Spaport, who was next to Duke Peter and Burston, exclaimed loudly when he heard Duke Peter Burston's words, his tone full of disbelief.

"Nothing is impossible, and this is the only possibility!" Duke Peter Burston said categorically.

Although it is also unbelievable that this is true, but other than this possibility, Duke Peter and Burston can think of anything else, and only a battleship built of all-steel can make the battleship itself have such a strong defensive capability.

Duke Peter Burston was an experienced naval commander, and when he said it, he had completely confirmed his guess that the battleship of the Ming Dynasty was a battleship built of all-steel!

"A battleship built entirely of steel!" Archbishop Spabot's face turned pale, his tone trembled and frightened, indeed, except for this reason, there was nothing else that could possibly make the Ming battleship have such a powerful defensive capability!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The Ming battleships continued to fire cannons, and the warships of the combined fleet were constantly sunk.

The distance was shortened to less than four thousand meters, and the secondary guns on the Daming steel battleship also participated in the salvo, and the large number of secondary guns suddenly doubled the firepower of the Daming fleet.

If it is said that more than 30 European Combined Fleet warships were sunk every 500 meters when the two fleets approached, now 70 European Combined Fleet warships have been sunk every 500 meters by the fleets of both sides.

Such losses are horrifying.

"Bang! Boom! Boom! "A large number of pillars of sea water exploded, and the battleships that were hit were constantly sinking in the firelight.

Two more jets ——-of water exploded around the flagships on which Duke Peter and Bertton and Archbishop Spaport were riding.

Once again, the blasted waters drenched Duke Peter Burston and Archbishop Spabot.

This time, the cold sea finally pulled the two of them back completely.

"The firepower of the Ming fleet is too fierce, if our flagship continues to move forward, it is likely to be sunk in the next moment, and we all have to go to God!" Archbishop Spaport said with fear.

After waking up, Archbishop Spabot was filled with fear, the fear of death.

Although he is loyal to God, he does not want to see God so soon, he hopes to personally sprinkle the glory of God into the territory of the Ming Empire in the East, and his task has not yet been completed.

The firepower of the Ming fleet was too fierce, and a large number of shells had exploded around the flagship of the combined fleet on which Duke Peter and Bertton and Archbishop Spaport were riding, and in this case, if the flagship continued to move forward, it was very likely to be sunk in the next moment.

On this battleship were Duke Peter Burston, the nominal supreme commander of the fleet, and Archbishop Spaport, the messenger sent by the Vatican Pope, and these two people could never have an accident before the naval battle was decided, otherwise it would directly and seriously blow the will of the entire fleet.

Not to mention Duke Peter and Burnston and Archbishop Spaport, even the commanders of the fleets of other countries could not sink their ships before the naval battle was decided.

"Order the flagship, stop for the time being and continue sailing!" Duke Peter Burston gritted his teeth and ordered the flagship on which he and Archbishop Spaport were riding to stop sailing forward to avoid being sunk prematurely by the Ming warship.

Not only the flagship of Duke Peter Burston and Archbishop Spaport, but also the flagships of the commanders of the fleets of other countries have stopped sailing forward and commanded in the back!

The fact that the Ming warship may have been built of all steel has almost been confirmed in the minds of Duke Peter and Burston and the commanders of the fleets of various countries.

These battleships built by Daming all-steel are undoubtedly terrifying, making them feel terrified in their hearts just thinking about it.

However, the naval battle is already underway, and to retreat is to lose! This is definitely not something that the combined fleet can afford, they must achieve victory in this naval battle.

Duke Peter Burston and the other fleet commanders all had a gloomy face.

Although the fleet has sunk more than 200 warships, they still have nearly 1,000 warships, which is still ten times that of the Ming fleet, and now the distance between the two fleets has been shortened to less than 4,000 meters, as long as they can survive a distance of less than a thousand meters, then most of their warships will be able to reach the range.

They can't fail in this naval battle, even if the warships of the Ming fleet are really built of all-steel and have strong defense, they can still only firmly believe that as long as they enter the range of three thousand meters, when they really enter close combat, they can also sink the terrifying steel battleships of the Ming Dynasty by relying on a larger number of warships!

"Boom! Rumble! ——-At a distance of less than four thousand meters, all the cannons on the Daming steel battleship were able to reach such a range, and the ninety-six steel battleships of the Daming fleet completely wielded their most powerful firepower.

Almost every 100 meters of the fleets of both sides, a dozen European warships were sunk.

3,600 meters, 3,400 meters, 3,200 meters-----------

Finally, when the Combined European Fleet was about to get rid of the situation of being beaten because of insufficient range, the Combined European Fleet had already sunk more than 100 warships.

By the time the distance between the two fleets had shrunk to three thousand meters, the combined European fleet had less than 850 warships left, and the losses were heavy.

However, no matter how heavy the losses were, they finally endured a range of less than three thousand meters, and the range of three thousand meters is the range of most of the warships of the Combined Fleet, and the Daming battleships can no longer rely on the advantage of range to bombard the Combined Fleet one-sidedly, and the Combined Fleet can finally really start a counterattack!

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