Chapter 395: Blocking and Demolition

Qi Zhentao held binoculars and watched from afar on the bridge for a few days, and was bloodied several times by himself. Bad luck! The old man muttered, and then ordered: "Turn the rudder, let's go north for a while today." ”

After a few days of maneuvering with the enemy, it was impossible for a large number of the enemy's fleet to compete with such an escort fleet as their own, and the other side left five times the strength of Qi Zhentao, and the rest of the ships only went in the direction of the main battlefield. However, the old man's naval combat skills are vividly reflected these days, these days he fights and walks, making full use of the excellent performance of the Huya ship and the advantages of his own well-armed equipment, and drags the opponent in a circle, sinking and wounding twice as many ships as himself, so that the other party has to transfer ships from the main battlefield to come back to join the round-up operation.

Several generals of the Kingdom of Pertha were now furious, and gave a death order to sink or capture all of Qi Zhentao's convoy. This is no longer a military decision, but a battle of wills. But when the other party is entangled, and the old man can't get out, it's really getting more and more precarious. Qi Zhentao's escort fleet had not suffered much loss in combat strength in these days, and they had only conducted a small broadside battle. The rest of the time it's ballistas and Mars shells at work. However, after so many days of continuous combat at sea, food and water are almost at the bottom, and what is even more troublesome is that the consumption of Martian bombs is too great. Now the whole fleet together does not exceed two hundred Martian bombs. Although the old man has stubbornly not used flamethrowers to launch Greek fire, everyone still has an ultimate means of fighting, but Greek fire is more unreliable than Mars bombs, and it consumes faster to use, once it encounters a battle of a certain scale, maybe it can be used up in a single battle. In the past two days, the old man has relied on the speed of the Huya ship to take the other party around in a circle in the entire huge sea area. The old man also knows that this is not a solution, and his activity space has been squeezed smaller and smaller. The old man thought about it, whether to take a little risk and break through directly to the east to pull it down, at most it would be a little embarrassing, at least half of the brothers here today should be able to return to Hengbo Port.

The old man's luck in this regard is really bad, Assad and Qi Chase's mixed fleet originally came all the way, but it was because the old man had been maneuvering at sea that he actually missed it. Assad and Qi chased to the main battle area, but they were entangled in endless battles and could not be killed.

As the fleet turned, the wind blew from Qi Zhentao's side, and his heart was refreshed. Qi Zhentao never had the consciousness that he was already a strong party, but it was at sea that he continued to participate in various battles that made him feel a little interesting. And Qi Zhentao's flagship, except that the captain's cabin is full of things he likes, is no different from other Huya ships. The old man lay on the bridge, stretched his body, ignored the enemy troops following him, and was thinking about what route to take today to lead away the opponent.

"Old man, there's some movement on Golden Leaf Island." The lookout on the top of the bridge shouted at the old man.

"Oh? What the? The old man was shocked. Golden Leaf Island is in front of his right, according to the familiar saying now, it is two o'clock direction, if there is an enemy ambush behind Golden Leaf Island, I am afraid that it will not be possible to fight today. But when the old man picked up the binoculars and swept over, he tried to look at it for a long time, and finally found out what the lookout was talking about. At the top of the wooded Golden Leaf Island, an airship hovers silently over the top of the treetops, trying to keep it down.

"Airship...... Haha, reinforcements have arrived! The old man slapped the railing excitedly and shouted, "Signalman, see if the contact is up." ”

As soon as the signalman who stayed in the flag with the lookout spotted the airship, he began to calculate the angle of the sun and use the reflection of the mirror to signal it. As soon as the old man shouted, he replied with a "yes" and continued to fiddle with the mirror on the small wooden shelf. The airship must be its own person, everyone understands this. Although it is said that some people in the Frankish kingdom have already flown hot air balloons, and those countries that have suffered in the Great War in the Middle East are also trying to make such flying things, at least for the time being, it is their own people who have mature flying skills. The outgoing signal was quickly responded.

"Old man, that's reinforcements from Hengbo Port. The airship is signaling to their flagship over there, acting as a relay. What do you want to say, old man? The signalman shouted loudly downwards with his flag in his hand. Everyone on the entire deck looked at Qi Zhentao with a blank eye, seeing what decision he was going to make.

"Ask the other side for their specific location, and if they are behind the island, let them set up a formation to meet us in the north of the island, and we will turn to join the battle after passing on one side of the formation." Qi Zhentao thought for a moment and shouted.

It is a very tiring job to use mirror reflection to play signals, and both sides need to confirm again and again, especially whether the airship is still a relay, and it is not coordinated by itself, and the efficiency is even lower. But after some communication, the other party quickly called to agree with Qi Zhentao's plan and was coordinating the signal of the formation. The old man laughed, and ordered to quickly turn southeast after bypassing the narrow strip at the northern end of Jinye Island.

In the past few days, the pursuit fleet of the Kingdom of Bosa has gradually felt that the combat effectiveness of Qi Zhentao's escort fleet is declining, and it is especially fierce today. Mixed sail-slurry warships in the Middle East may not be suitable for non-contact warfare, and they have responded poorly to things like Martian bombs, which they have suffered in all naval battles. The warships of the Kingdom of Bosa are fast and have a large number of people, and once they form a ramming battle and a broadside battle, the sword and axe men of the Kingdom of Bosa can exert great power without fear of death. They fought so hard to lose so much and finally dragged Qi Zhentao down, and now they are determined to win.

When Qi Zhentao preemptively bypassed the northern tip of Jinye Island and just turned around, he was taken aback, the fleet that came to the aid was not waiting quietly on the sea in formation, but all raised half sails, circling in circles in the blind corners of the field of vision of both sides, maintaining a certain speed, and the fleet that was divided into three teams to circle always maintained a fleet that could attack the enemy who appeared around the corner at any time.

Qi Zhentao was amazed, this kind of mature fleet control was something he couldn't get now. On the one hand, he was very aware of the requirements of this kind of fine command for intensive communications, and on the other hand, the old man had always been very arrogant in naval warfare, and he never asked for such a delicate operation. The old man glanced at the flags on the ships, and saw the fuchsia fleet flags embroidered with white whale patterns that he had never seen before, and in the entire large-scale fleet, Ning Xuan jumped into his eyes at once. The old man is too familiar with all kinds of ships, especially the Huya ship that he participated in the design, but he has never seen this kind of Huya ship with a bow, and it is still used as a flagship. The general flag and ceremonial flag hanging on the flagship made the old man bluff, and the crew members in the escort fleet who were familiar with the flag were also stunned for a second: blue cloud pattern on a white background, there is a big leaf character, which is Ye Tao's handsome flag; On a light blue background, there is a simple Min character in the font, which is a flag that can be used by the sailor generals from the Min family, and the thunder pattern on the edge of the flag shows that this must be a figure at the level of the family elder of the Min family, and it can only be Min Yue; The white, with a golden silk decoration on the edge and a bright yellow tiger-shaped ornament in the middle, means that there are members of the Dongping royal family on the flagship......

"Really...... Give face......" Qi Zhentao laughed and led the fleet to slow down past Ye Tao's flagship. The old man and Ye Tao waved to each other at a short distance, and at this time, Tan Weixin was sitting next to Ye Tao, wearing leather gloves and teasing a few white-headed sea eagle chicks. Tan Weixin nodded calmly to the old man.

Qi Zhentao's fleet passed through the formation of the incoming fleet and then turned around, but the Perza fleet chasing behind his ass was not so lucky. Seeing that Qi Zhentao's fleet had a tendency to turn, they began to adjust their course and took a tangent line, just so as not to lose too much speed when turning. The fleet commander wanted to turn, but it was too late for a while, and the considerable number of Huya ships around him also made the crew and captains of the Bosa fleet feel cold.

"The first team intercepted head-on, the second team approached from the side, and the third team inserted diagonally...... That's it. "Min Yue had already made up his mind for the battle, and now he was just carrying it out according to his previous idea, adjusting who did what, and the entire fleet immediately moved in an orderly manner, ready to annihilate the enemy in one go.

The Ning Xuan only reduced some of the gun positions and ammunition load, but did not weaken the courage of the crew. The first team they were in was going to engage in a close-to-medium and close fight with the other party, while Ye Tao calmly issued orders to carry out his task as a first-class shooting commander.

The Huya is indeed suitable for non-contact warfare, but the Huya is not afraid of ramming. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Bosa fleet simply rushed headlong, if it could not break through the interception, but also wanted to at least form a stalemate of the battle, relying on their manpower advantage in the broadside battle, so that the place besieging on the periphery did not dare to use Mars bombs to say anything at will, so as not to affect their own people. However, they soon discovered that this calculation was difficult to start. In the face of such an obvious situation of the Bosa fleet, Min Yue did not slow down at all, but performed an extremely difficult all-fleet turn, turned a small angle, and faced the Bosa fleet obliquely. And at this time, a volley of the whole fleet enveloped the demonic flames all over the world......