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After hearing the sound of Major James's flagship in the rear, Major Charles's eyelids trembled, his heart fluttered, and he said loudly with all his strength: "Fire-"

Immediately, "a total of more than 20 guns on the deck and under the deck of the 'Henry VII' were fired at the same time, and the nearby Scottish Navy was only stunned for a moment, and also fired out in one go."

Immediately, more than 130 ships, large and small, ignited gunpowder and fired shells.

At this moment, the sea on the side of the Union Navy of England was covered with white smoke, like the fog of the early morning, covering the Union Navy, and the air was filled with the smell of sulfur, which made the noses of some sailors uncomfortable.

From the side of the French army, the English ships suddenly burst out of countless sparks at this time, and then the smoke spread, and the originally small shells continued to magnify in their eyes.

And this round of salvo, the recoil of the artillery moved the entire United Navy ship back by more than ten feet, and the distance between the ships was also vacated out of thin air.

There were even merchant ships and ships of the Scottish Navy that were in disrepair and almost the entire ship was about to crack due to a volley, and they could only slowly retreat and withdraw from the battle.

The first salvo, in which hundreds of ships and cannons were fired at the same time, can be said to be a scene (this time and space) that has never been seen before in historical naval battles.

In the same minute, thousands of cannonballs flew into the French ships with a force that could not be matched by humans, and under the astonished eyes of the Venetians and the French,

At this moment, more than a dozen ships of the French army were directly sunk, and more than 30 ships were injured and damaged.

And at this moment, the fighters who were on the deck and ready to engage in the broadside battle were killed and wounded by the shells that fell on the deck, while many more sailors jumped into the sea to avoid the fatal blow.

Of course, there are still a few people who are forced to jump into the sea, and most of them are because the cannonballs fell near the ship, and the big splash was slammed down, or they were shaken by the ship.

This round of salvo fire by the British army completely blinded the Venetians, didn't they directly board the ship to fight? When did naval battles change to artillery battles.

While they were in a circle, their companions in the sea kept calling out to them for help.

Just as they were preparing to come to the rescue, a second round of firing began on the side of the Union Navy of England.

At this time, the French army had not slowed down, perhaps because they had forgotten to slow down.

There was a gap of almost three minutes between the first and second volleys.

Therefore, the "Hunter" at the forefront of the French army was only 2,500 yards away from the "Sea Monarch" at the farthest point of the British army, and only 2,200 yards from the nearest one.

And the ships at the rear of the French army were only about 2,600 yards away from the nearest Union Navy of England, which was completely within range.

This time it was also the 'Sea Monarch' that began firing, and then the entire Union Navy also began a second salvo.

Since there is no timer, and some artillery leads are of different lengths, the salvo here refers to firing in less than a minute.

Due to the inexperience of the first salvo, some of the lightly reinforced light guns on the deck of some ships suddenly jumped up after firing shells, rolled around a few times, and even some unlucky people were killed and injured by the light guns that jumped up in this way.

It is said that it is a light artillery, but it is relatively speaking, and it weighs hundreds of pounds, so the danger is great.

Therefore, during the second salvo, many ships directly pressed some stones or heavy cargo, and then let the sailors support them behind, so that they dared to continue the launch.

On the French side, in the gap after the first salvo, General Reinado hurriedly got up from the cabin and directly asked the "Hunter", which ordered him to sit down, to start firing shells.

The original range was not reached, and the French army was not prepared for a while, so they had to hurry up and prepare.

After the second salvo of the coalition forces, due to the closer distance and the dense artillery, more than 50 ships were hit, of which 39 were directly sunk, and 16 were seriously damaged and could not participate in the battle and remained in place.

In two volleys, fifty-three ships were directly sunk and thirty-two ships were badly damaged.

That is to say, the French expeditionary fleet, which originally had more than 150 ships, only half of the ships left at this time could participate in the battle, and the number of troops was reduced by more than 50%.

Of course, at this time, the side of the British coalition could not know the losses of the French expeditionary fleet, and the time was too short to be counted.

And General Reinado, who was on the flagship, did not know the losses of his side, and chose to open fire directly after the second salvo.

After the 'Hunter' opened fire directly, the remaining more than 70 intact ships and more than 40 damaged ships that had not lost their artillery attack capability also chose to open fire.

In this way, in the minutes between the second and third rounds of the English coalition, the English coalition also tasted a salvo.

Thousands of shells sparked directly at the densely packed English coalition forces.

At this time, Major Charles, who was holding a telescope and looking at the chaotic and dire French expeditionary fleet, beat his chest full of chest hair happily and laughed.

"Mardy, I'll just say that these Venetians are here to fight us to their deaths, and that's true!"

"God forbid—" Major Charles drew a cross on his chest, soothing his little irritated heart.

The first mate on the side did not say that he had been scolding the street before, and ordered the sailors to steer the sailboat and flee the battlefield when the war was unfavorable.

At this moment, suddenly there was a loud noise on the deck, and a cannonball with a burst of force pierced directly into the cabin, narrowly stopping eight feet (nearly two meters and four) in front of Major Charles, directly interrupting Major Charles's prayers.

"Mom! God forbid, God forbid, it's so dangerous! Looking at the shells not far away, Major Charles was stunned for a moment, then wiped the cold sweat that kept breaking out on his forehead, and gasped for air.

"Your Excellency Major, are you alright?" The adjutant on the side walked over with a cower and greeted him flatteringly.

"It's okay, Mardy, shoot Lao Tzu to kill those Venetian sons, artillerymen, shoot me!"

This fright directly annoyed Major Charles, who came to the gunner's vicinity and shouted at the gunner.

As soon as the boss urged, the gunner hurriedly picked up speed, cleared the muzzle of the gun, and then put the shell into the gun and ignited the cannonball.

Almost at the same moment, the two capital ships of England, the Sea Monarch and Henry VII, were launched together, and then the third volley of England came before the eyes of the Venetians.