Volume 18 Chapter 21

The cold wind was howling, the waves were rolling, and a fleet of 150 super battleships was slowly heading north in the Atlantic Ocean about a thousand miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar.

According to the report of the dark sentry ship in front, the Ming fleet did not find anything abnormal, and was still heading south, calculating the time, and it would be encountered in about an hour.

It has been more than a day since the Ming army's fleet left the port, and it is impossible to turn back, and the ambush of the allies is really an ambush on all sides.

Due north is the fleet of Sweden;

To the northwest was the Danish fleet;

To the west and southwest were the British fleet;

To the south and southeast were the Dutch fleet;

To the east and northeast were the French fleets;

Eight fleets, each of which is one hundred and fifty super battleships, adds up to one thousand two hundred super battleships!

And the number of warships of the Ming army has been proven, a total of 600 super battleships and four treasure ships, in the face of the Allied fleet that is twice as large, as long as they are surrounded, they will definitely not be able to escape.

The front is the preset battlefield, Fan Mendi couldn't help but raise the telescope frequently, looking ahead, there is no abnormality so far, the Ming fleet should be planted this time.

Hurry up, hurry up, he kept shouting in his heart, and his hand holding the telescope was even a little trembling, this time it was the main force of the Ming Empire's navy, as long as he succeeded, he Fan Mendi will definitely be recorded in history and become a world-famous naval general!

And just a few years ago, when he had just fled back from the Far East, the parliament was even discussing that he should be labeled as a "waste governor" and "a general who has always been defeated", and then carry out the death penalty.

To his surprise, more than a year ago, he was released again, and he was restored to the rank of admiral, and even became the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces!

I have to say that his luck is simply against the sky, because the anti-Habsburg alliance wants to vigorously develop the navy, and at this time, let alone command thousands of super battleships to fight, there are very few generals who have commanded hundreds of super battleships to fight, and he also has an advantage, that is, he has commanded the fleet many times to fight with the Ming Empire Navy, although he was defeated in the end, but, after all, he has fought with the Ming Empire Navy, and he is not known how many times stronger than those generals who have never seen the Ming Empire Navy, so, He, the general of the defeated army, was elected commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, and there was not a single opposition!

Fan Mendi is really a little impatient at this time, this time, he must serve the main force of the Ming Empire's navy, and he will be ashamed!

Looking forward to it, looking forward to it, there was finally a row of black spots on the sea in front of him, he hurriedly raised his binoculars to see, it was a battleship, and it was indeed a battleship of the Ming Empire, although it was not very real, but he knew that this was definitely the fleet of the Ming Empire, because that's what the survey said, the fleet of the Ming Empire was very scattered, and the distance between the queues and queues was more than ten miles.

Finally caught, Fan Mendi shouted excitedly: "Order, all warships, move forward at full speed, and the left and right naval guns are all loaded with solid shells and ready to fire." “

Looking at the Ming warship that slowly became clear in the telescope, Fan Mendi's excited face was deformed, victorious, victorious, the Ming army had entered the encirclement, one thousand two to six hundred, no matter how powerful they were, they had to lie down.

At this time, the fleet of the Ming army seemed to have discovered them, and something happened to Fan Mendi who was dumbfounded, the Ming warships actually began to turn around, and they turned around in a chaotic manner, some to the left, some to the right, as if there was no command at all, and the whole formation was completely chaotic!

The Ming Empire actually sent such an idiot commander, okay, Fan Mendi's face was flushed with excitement.

Seeing that the Ming warships turned around in a mess, it was impossible to attack with naval guns on both sides, because everyone's speed was about the same, and the Ming army turned around a few miles away, and it was difficult for them to catch up.

However, it doesn't matter, the west is full of Allied fleets, the Ming army can't run away, the left and right cannons can't reach, and the cannons in the bow can still hit it, Fan Mendi shouted excitedly: "Order, all battleships, the bow cannons are loaded with solid shells and ready to fire." “

With that, he directly got out of the middle position and stood on the right side of the bow cannon, and if he wanted to stand in the middle again, his ass would be blasted by the bow cannon.

Is the Ming army really so chaotic? In fact, these are all illusions, if Van Mendi can stand in the sky and see the movements of the entire Ming fleet, he will find that all the warships of the Ming army are gathering in one direction, where four treasure ships are in the shape of arrows, accelerating towards the Swedish fleet due north.

Zheng Chenggong stood on the command platform in the middle of the treasure ship with a calm face, and calmly ordered: "Order all the treasure ships and giant ships to load solid shells with their bow guns, and all the guns on both sides of the super battleships to load solid bullets, and rush directly from the middle of the enemy ships in front." “

The enemy's fleet is not as scattered as the Ming warships at the beginning, just rush up, if the enemy ships do not avoid, it will definitely crash into a pile, is it a bit risky to do so?

Soon, the enemy ship entered the range of the twelve-inch giant cannon, and Zheng Chenggong shouted directly: "All the treasure ships and giant ships, the bow of the giant cannon fires, solid shells, five rounds of continuous bombardment." “

With a loud sound that shook the sky, the huge treasure ships and huge ships shook a few times, and more than a dozen cannonballs the size of a basin flew like meteorites from the sky to the enemy ships in front.

The commander of the Swedish fleet was ordering someone to load the shells, and suddenly there was a huge roar in front of him, and he subconsciously thought that the enemy commander was sick, and it was obvious that there were still five or six miles away.

However, there were several loud "clicks", and several of the two rows of battleships in the middle of the fleet were shot!

How is this possible, he hurriedly raised his binoculars and looked at the battleship that was shot, my God, is this a shell?

The battleship that was hit by the bullet flew sawdust, and the location of the bullet was enough to have a huge hole that was more than one person high, and the battleship had begun to tilt slowly, and it looked like it was about to sink to the bottom of the sea!

A cannonball sinks a super-battleship! The Swedish commander was directly dumbfounded, what kind of artillery is this in the Ming army, a giant cannon of more than ten inches?

He really guessed correctly, the super battleships of the Ming army were loaded with twelve-inch cannons, and there was not one, but six, three in the front and three in the front.

Not long after the "boom, boom, boom", the treasure ship giant ship opened fire again, and several more super battleships were bombed with sawdust flying and tilting and sinking.

How can this be fought, the Ming battleship has not yet entered the range, and his side has already lost more than a dozen super battleships!