No sooner had they left the shore than two American frigates came across three American warships led by Major Charles heading for the harbor. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info So, these two cruisers and three frigates were combined.

Perry transferred himself to the cruiser "Saladorga", which was used as the flagship, and appointed Major Charles as his lieutenant, and led the crippled East India Fleet in a column to return viciously to the mouth of the river, preparing to recapture the flagship of the Mississippi.

It was only then that Major Charles had the opportunity to tell Perry that the outer bay had been blocked by a large number of warships, and that there were even five small Western warships.

Perry was taken aback. I wanted to get out of here first, but I couldn't swallow it.

Yes, he has always looked down on these dwarf oriental yellow-skinned monkeys, but he didn't expect that this time he would be teased and captured. If it weren't for his cleverness, maybe a lifetime of wisdom would have been buried here.

Moreover, the two cruisers "Mississippi" and "Suskehana" were his most proud steam engine warships, and even took the largest cruiser in the entire United States, the "Mississippi", as his beloved flagship, but these two warships were snatched away by the trickery of these hateful Oriental Chinese, and he would never give up.

It must be snatched back. No matter how bad it is, it's better to sink than to be captured by them!

Perry made up her mind. Of course, it was also because he was sure that the yellow-skinned monkeys would not be able to pilot his advanced cruisers.

In his opinion, these natives of the Far East, that is, driving these broken plank ships, the real naval battle still depends on their European Caucasians.

As for the large number of warships that Charles said were blockading the bay, Payne made them a joke. With those broken planks, you also want to blockade your own East India fleet? When he recaptures the flagship "Mississippi", he will not only be able to easily rush out of the bay, but also smash these Oriental warships that do not know whether they are alive or dead!

Fighting a sea battle in a dignified manner, I haven't been afraid of anyone yet!

With Perry's huffing thoughts, five warships lined up in a column and had blocked the two cruisers "Mississippi" and "Suskehana".

The battle began!

The officers and men of the captured army were indeed ill-prepared, they had just barely adapted to the two cruisers, they were not yet fully acquainted with it, the firing of artillery was even more hasty and reluctant, the angle would not be adjusted, and there were no special observers and lookouts, so it was undoubtedly self-defeating to fight blindly.

At this time, knowing that he could not be spared and was already tied to a boat, Buchanan suggested to Rosen and the regiment commander Chen Dingao that they should not fight and just escape.

Although Chen Dingao was aggrieved, he knew that he really couldn't defeat the five warships of the foreigners, so he fled along the estuary.

Perry led five U.S. warships in pursuit, shelling along the way.

At this time, Luo Xuan took the flagship of the "Humen" and led five Western warships and more than 40 ordinary warships to support.

It turned out that he saw three foreign warships rushing towards the mouth of the river, so he followed them all the way, and because the speed was a little slow, he only caught up at this time.

The two fleets were less than two miles apart, and Luo Xuan ordered the five captive fleets to advance in two columns, preparing to clamp the American foreign fleet to the death.

However, the speed of the Western warships was relatively fast, and the "Humen" broke away from the rest of the ordinary warships and rushed to the front.

Perry had so much experience in naval warfare that he immediately seized the opportunity to command the fleet to go straight over and divide the five warships and ordinary warships into two.

Perry commanded the "Saradoga" to open fire first, and the rest of the cruiser and three frigates also opened fire. In addition, because it was directly in the middle of the captive fleet, the sides of the ships on both sides opened fire at the same time, attacking five Western warships such as the "Humen" on one side, and ordinary warships on the other side.

The "Saradoga" had strong firepower, with 12 9-inch smoothbore guns, 2 150-pounder guns, and a small-caliber rapid-fire gun in the stern. The second round of artillery hit the small powder magazine at the stern of the "Humen," causing the tail of the "Humen" to explode and catch fire, killing and wounding more than 40 people on the spot, and the entire "Humen" was covered in thick smoke.

Luo Outline was shocked! He didn't expect the foreigners' warship artillery to be so sharp, and hurriedly organized soldiers to rescue the wounded, extinguish the fireworks, and repair the cabin. At the same time, he led five warships to adjust their angles, moved small gunboats and fast sailing ships to the periphery, and bombarded the US ship "Saradoga" from a long distance.

At the same time, the ordinary warships, which were bombarded in the rear, finally squeezed within 300 meters of the "Saladorga" after losing 6 warships.

Of the more than 30 ordinary warships, nearly 20 opened fire at the same time, bombarding the "Saradoga" and a frigate next to it.

The frigate hurriedly moved to the side to dodge, but the "Saradoga" was lucky enough to be hit by two shells in the bow, one of which hit a side mast and broke instantly, and the other broke a hole in the side panel, but it was fine.

The speed of the three frigates was a little faster than that of the Western warships on the side of the captive army, and they pulled their sails at full speed, and lined up with their side sides against the four warships following behind the "Humen" in a round of a port salvo, and a total of 6 8-inch guns and 27 32-pounder guns on one side of the three frigates fired 33 shells at the same time landed around the four warships.

Suddenly, the wooden sailing gunboat "Chen Kai" and the armed steamship "Tieniu" were severely damaged, and the "Chen Kai" was even directly blown up, the lower part of the entire stern was cracked, the flanks of the ship were broken in half, and the sea water poured into it violently, killing more than 30 of the more than 70 soldiers on the gunboat.

The rest of the captives were forced to plug the wounds in the hull with wooden sacks, and at the same time pushed the two guns equipped on the ship into the sea, so that the wooden boat could float a little. However, it was only supported for a long time, and the "Chen Kai" had been completely destroyed, so it would sink sooner or later.

At the same time, the four warships commanded by Luo Xuan also began to fire fiercely, hitting a frigate that was bombarding the generals, hitting three shells, instantly blowing up the bow and auxiliary guns of the smallest American frigate, and also damaging the hull.

Seeing the destruction of a wooden sailing gunboat of the captive army, Perry was overjoyed. Drill straight out of the cabin and stand on the deck to direct the battle. He ordered five warships of the East India Fleet to again make a roundabout interspersed salvo from both sides.

Suddenly, the wooden sailing ship "Four Eyes" was damaged again, and the voyage slowed down. The armed steamship "Iron Bull" was even more damaged, not only was the steam system destroyed, but even the hull began to enter the water, and it had to abandon the ship.

Luo Xuan's eyes were split, he didn't expect that this American foreigner's warship was so powerful, the artillery was accurate, and it was only two rounds to completely destroy his two warships. He shouted and ordered: "Stick it up, bloody blade battle!" ”

Suddenly, only 26 ordinary warships were left to fire again at the smallest American frigate, and suddenly, the frigate, which had already been damaged to the hull, was seriously injured and could no longer fight, so it immediately withdrew from the battle and anchored aside. But the ordinary warship wandering outside would not let it go easily, rushed forward and threw down the cable, dragged the frigate aside, spread the sampan and rushed to the frigate, engaged in bloody fighting, and took it in two blows.

A few ordinary warships rescued dozens of soldiers who had fallen into the water, but hundreds of more soldiers were swept into the sea and were never seen again.

The "Saradoga" and another American cruiser also began to be wounded by this time, the auxiliary mast and stern sail were damaged by shells, and the lack of steam engine power slowed down a little. When the other two frigates saw that the smallest frigate had been captured by the captives, they both retreated and swam outside, so that the power of the guns immediately decreased, and the pressure on the "Humen" and others was greatly reduced.

At this time, Chen Dingao, who had fled to the side, commanded the two cruisers "Mississippi" and "Suskehana" to finally stabilize, and the soldiers on the ships were also somewhat familiar with the artillery, and began to drive the warship up and fire back. Although it never hit the enemy ship, it also used strong firepower to make the enemy ship not dare to fire unscrupulously, but kept swimming.

The more than a dozen ordinary warships of the captive army, because the power of their artillery was too small to be effective against the US ships, they used the tactics of crowds to surround a large frigate, and several ships pulled each other's cables to pull a large wandering frigate.

Seeing that the "Saradoga" was wrong, he rushed to support, and Perry personally went to the deck to command. Unexpectedly, he was shot in the arm by the captives on the "Saskehana", and he was bleeding profusely.

Perry hurriedly asked people to help them back into the ship and hide.

At this time, the sky slowly darkened, the dark clouds pressed down, the wind and waves became stronger and stronger, and the warships shook violently. The lookout came to report that a huge storm had hit.

In those days, storms were very dangerous for fleets. Especially beware of frigates, which are prone to capsize and sink. As a result, Perry ordered his troops to sail northeast to the shore to escape the storm.

And Luo Xuan and the others here also saw the weather anomaly, and hurriedly collected their troops, even with the twenty or so ordinary warships that had been notified to blockade the bay, gathered up, and sailed into the estuary.

In an instant, the wind was fierce, and a hurricane blew, almost overturning several ordinary warships, Luo Jian didn't care about chasing the foreigners, and hurriedly took refuge in the river bay, and found a leeward place to anchor.