Test artillery has always been the prelude to naval battles, and Chen Han's sailors have almost seen the eager red-haired sailors fill the hexagonal cannonballs into the barrels, and the barrels of the cannons are slowly raised, pointing at them maliciously.

However, Chen Han's sailors, who had already happily eaten a 'sumptuous' meal yesterday evening, could only scold 'hell', and then prepared to bear the painful blow that was bound to come.

They had a big meal yesterday evening, and now it's really a bit of a rush to report and report. Even the situation is so similar!

At this time, most of the sailors are praying to the gods and Buddhas, either Mazu Niangniang or the Dragon King. These are the two most widely believed deities among Master Chen, the latter accounting for 60%, and the former about 25%. As for the remaining 15%, they only believe in their own defenders.

In fact, after experiencing several dangers and artillery fire, the sailors will change from believing in Mazu and believing in the Dragon King to believing in themselves.

The medics cautiously poked their heads out of their cabins, clutched the medical kit in their hands, ready to attack, took a deep breath and waited for the blood of the fearless soldiers of the empire to burst out, war is inseparable from blood and fire.

With a loud bang, the first hexagonal cannonball smashed into the sea between the Silver Shark and the White Shark, startling three or two seabirds. The logistics soldiers in the battleship, the damage management soldiers in the bilge, and the engineer soldiers all felt the tremor from the war at this moment, but they also knew that this was the fate of their soldiers, and the highest glory of the soldiers - fighting for the country - had come!

The enemy's test artillery is over, and it is normal for the first shot to miss, and there are few sharpshooters like Zhang Bao, and there are not many in the entire Chen Han Naval Division. Even if this guy doesn't know a lot of big characters, he can mix with a high-ranking sergeant major with this skill.

The guns of the Surut only stopped for less than two minutes, and a row of white smoke bloomed in turn enveloped the entire battleship, and hexagonal cannonballs flew over in the roaring cannonballs, the Silver Shark is not an illegitimate son of God, so many cannonballs, even if it can avoid some, it will eventually be hit. Indeed, the Silver Shark took five shells this time.

The only fortunate thing was that one of the shells concentrated on the stern turret and did not cause substantial damage. Two shells tore the sails, which was not a big deal. Only the last two shots made their way into the Silver Shark's cabin, killing and wounding five sailors.

Now that the Europeans have opened fire, all Chen Han can do is to counterattack.

Don't look at the large number of people in the European fleet, but there is a long distance between the battleships and the battleships, which can chase the Silver Shark in a short time, and there are only four warships in front, not to mention that it is stronger than the aging fleet, and the combat effectiveness is weaker than the Silver Shark. The only advantage of the latter is the reliance behind them, relying on the large fleet behind them, they only need to entangle Chen Huacheng into them, and this battle will be stable.

In the previous battles, Chen Huacheng also took advantage of the mentality of the Europeans, chasing after their buttocks and bombarding them non-stop, from 11:20 in the morning to sunset in the afternoon to settle the battle. If it weren't for the incessant bombardment in the previous few hours, at the time of the final 'Armageddon', Chen Huacheng would not have been able to take down half of the opponent's warships [three] without any injuries.

On the command platform of the Silver Shark, a sailor held an instrument and carefully measured the distance between the two sides. Although the instrument is not very accurate, it can estimate an approximate distance of 800 to 1000 meters.

When the Silver Shark had completely reversed course, there was only so much distance between him and the Surut.

“Md！” After hearing this number, Chen Huacheng cursed fiercely. The fog really hurt them.

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On the Qin Shi Huang, Ye Tingyang didn't know Chen Huacheng's current predicament. He hadn't closed his eyes for two days, but Ye Tingyang didn't feel sleepy at all, he just sat in front of the nautical chart, playing military chess again and again.

Ye Tingyang can't sleep at all now, he is not sleepy at all. The excited nerves made his brain extremely clear, and everything was waiting for the next battle. If he wins, Ye Tingyang can rest assured and boldly go to sleep, he can sleep until he wakes up naturally; And if he fails, Ye Tingyang feels that he can sleep forever.

Of course, an unbeaten run is more likely.

Ye Tingyang doesn't have the confidence to defeat the enemy, yes, he is more cowardly. Armageddon is about to begin, but as the main general, he has no determination to defeat his opponent, but he doesn't need to really defeat his opponent. Even if he loses this battle, it's okay.

During the Chinese New Year, the emperor gave a reward to the Grand Fleet, and also sent a secret letter to Ye Tingyang.

Chen Ming did not ask Ye Tingyang to defeat the enemy, and Ye Tingyang could also fight with the Europeans to lose both, because this would be enough.

Chen Ming did not intend to invade Europe completely, but he had to dispel the Europeans from the idea that he was awesome about the navy.

The latter has become a pillar supporting the Western world after the European Army has already half-knelt on the ground. After all, in the history of the West, it is not a matter of once or twice that the weak defeat the strong in naval warfare, not to mention the comprehensive strength, naval battles are indeed stronger in Europe.

Some in Europe even believe that Chen Han's vigorous promotion of sailing ships and steamships is to erase the gap between them in sailing warships.

After all, as soon as the status of the steamship was recognized, the sail battleship became backward. It's like the Spanish Armada whose Carrac ships were finally eliminated, just as the galleys were eliminated by the sailboats. It's all inevitable.

Many people in Europe are aware of the superiority of steam ships, but their current level is not as good as that of China for the time being, and they can still rely on sailing ships. With the deliberate connivance of some big names, the debate between sailboats and steamships in European society has been boiling to this day, and in terms of momentum, sailboats have largely suppressed sailboats.

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"Brother Ye Zhang, Brother Ye Zhang......" In a daze, Chen Huacheng suddenly heard someone shouting his name, but when his consciousness became a little clearer, the first thing that came to his brain was a piercing pain from all over his body.

His head, arms, chest, abdomen, and left and right legs ......, and God, he felt pain in every part of his body!

Chen Huacheng couldn't make a sound, and it was difficult to even open his eyes. He used all the strength in his body to open his eyes, and he could only vaguely feel a glimmer of light.

What's wrong with me?

Chen Huacheng was not shocked or anxious, his brain could only work until this bright light appeared, and then the others passed out again. If Chen Huacheng's brain could continue to work at this time, the three ultimate questions of life would definitely sound in his mind: Who am I? Where am I from? Where am I going?

"Brother Ye Zhang...... Brother Ye Zhang ......, "I don't know when, that voice came again, and Chen Huacheng was awakened from his coma again.

It was a male voice, and it sounded familiar, but who was it? Chen Huacheng couldn't think of it for a while.

After two more shouts, the voice did not sound again. The environment seems to be very quiet, but a rumbling machine can be faintly heard.

Thinking about it, a pain came from his brain, and Chen Huacheng lost consciousness again. Or rather, he fell asleep again.

It's really that the more I want to hear what the other party is saying, the more anxious I become, and I faint in a hurry. And when Chen Huacheng woke up for the third time, the sharp pain that had been all over his body from above and below was clearly transmitted to his brain, and at that moment, Chen Huacheng's consciousness was completely awake. He had been in a coma for a long enough time before, it was the body's self-protection mechanism, and now that this protection mechanism has been lifted, it can be said that Chen Huacheng's life has been saved. At the same time, he was completely conscious, and the pain he felt before could be clearly felt.

Chen Huacheng was not alarmed by the pain coming from his body, he was lucky to be lucky to survive the big explosion. In his brain, he still remembered the scene when the command platform was destroyed, and his whole person was thrown up and thrown out.

The flames rose in the sky, and countless fragments flew in the explosion, which was the last memory of Chenhua.

When the explosion occurred, Chen Huacheng never thought that he would survive from that moment, and his only chagrin was the destruction of the Silver Shark......

Chen Han is not a Red Dynasty, and he will not regard ship equipment as more important than human life, and he will not be able to go up and down. With a warship like the Silver Shark, as long as Chen Han wants, he can easily produce ten or eight ships. However, the lives of the three or four hundred officers and men on the Silver Shark were extremely important, and this was an elite soldier with real combat experience. And this explosion was enough to wipe out the officers and men on the Silver Shark......

When being chased by the Europeans, the Silver Shark was put at the end of the entire 'fugitive' team by Chen Huacheng, Chen Huacheng fought with them all the way for two or three hours, and then the big battle between the two sides came, Chen Huacheng, as the commander of the sail fleet, bravely took the Silver Shark to lead the sail fleet to kick the Europeans' ass.

The sail fleet is not suitable for interspersed division, which is a great waste of their excellent maneuverability. The best use of a sailboat is to go after the stern of the enemy and kick them in the ass. This would have to change the enemy's entire Grand Fleet.

When the Silver Shark exploded, the naval battle was not over, and Chen Han won some advantages, but the advantage was not large. Because the Europeans have a lot of small and medium-sized warships, in fact, the Silver Shark is 'dead' in the hands of those small and medium-sized warships.

How to win or lose, this is the most urgent thing for Chen Huacheng to know now.

But his eyes were obviously open, why was it still dark in front of him?

"Uh...... Anyone? Chen Huacheng tried hard to come out with these few syllables, which didn't look like his usual voice at all, it was too dry, just like the words of a person who had been thirsty for a month in the desert, but he didn't have the energy to think too much at this time.

"Brother Ye Zhang, you have finally woken up! Mazu Niangniang bless! The voice from the side was not loud but seemed very excited, and after a while, a figure slowly appeared in front of Chen Huacheng's eyes. It's Guan Tianpei!

Chen Huacheng's private friend, Guan Tianpei's title of 'Little Chen Huacheng' is also partly because he is very close to Chen Huacheng.

"Zhong Yin? When did you arrive? ”

Guan Tianpei is going to the north to guerrilla, when did he join the Grand Fleet?

"You've been in a coma for six days." Guan Tianpei explained the reason in one sentence. Six days is enough time for too many things to happen.

"Naval Warfare...... How's the fight? Where is this? Chen Huacheng's head was a little messy, and he didn't know which question to ask first.

"You're on the Bian Que." This is a hospital ship with the best logistical conditions for Chen Han, "The military doctor has already taken care of the wounds for you, although you have broken a lot of bones all over your body, except for the penetrating wound in the abdomen, which will be a little troublesome, the injuries in other places are not serious!" Do you know? I'm afraid you'll be unconscious all the time. It's dangerous to be in a coma for a long time, but now that you're awake, it's fine! Guan Tianpei said a lot in one breath, stuffing Chen Huacheng's newly restarted brain to the brim, making it take him more time than usual to understand these words. And Chen Huacheng also discovered the injury on Guan Tianpei's body, one of this guy's arms was hanging on his chest, and his leg was also in a plaster.

Obviously, Guan Tianpei's experience is not very good. But Guan Tianpei was able to return to the Grand Fleet alive, which shows that the Egret was not lost.

"The Grand Fleet must have won. We sank eight red-haired battleships, among which there was a really big one, four gun decks. Fifteen small and medium-sized warships were also sunk. The number of enemy soldiers killed is not yet certain, but the number of prisoners has long been sorted out, there are 1,600 people! ”

"Our side was sunk and two sailing ships were destroyed, and four other battleships were sunk, and the Huo Qubing and Di Qing were seriously damaged, among which the Huo Qubing caught fire, and the explosion lifted off the upper gun deck." In other words, Chen Han is also the loss of eight battleships [combat power], but two of them have not yet sunk, and their face looks a little better. But in fact, the ratio of the loss of the capital ships of the enemy and us was eight to eight, because the Huo Qubing and Di Qing were obviously finished, and there may be no repair value, and the two sides were tied.

"The seven small and medium-sized warships that went out to fight were all wiped out." Except for Chen Huacheng, the Europeans had too many advantages in the number of warships, and after the war, their small and medium-sized warships directly surrounded the rear of Chen Han's fleet, just like the fleet of sailing ships kicking the Europeans in the ass. Chen Han's eye-catching thing was the seven small and medium-sized warships, and their fate was the same as that of their counterparts in the European fleet-the small and medium-sized warships of the Europeans were also eye-catching. It is not surprising that the whole army was annihilated.

"Two sailing ships and five sailing ships need to be overhauled...... which in turn means that seven capital ships have lost their combat effectiveness.

Overhaul, that's the word used when the battleship goes to the shipyard. If the carpenters on the ship could have done the repairs themselves, the word 'overhaul' would not have been used.

"We lost at least 3,000 people."

This is only the price paid by the Grand Fleet, if you count the Cai Lian fleet and the sacrifices of the previous five squadrons, it is not uncommon for the casualty figure to double again.

"I don't know what happened to General Cai. After crossing the eastern entrance to the Strait of Magellan, we quickly dispersed. The Egret is not lost, and the Seagull has long been unable to find it......"21010