The river in the Bagua Lane is only about 20 to 30 meters deep, and it is very unsafe for the submarine to hide underwater, so Zhong Yanping had no choice but to give an order to retreat and send a telegram to the general headquarters.

Wang Hongliang was only about two kilometers away from the Bagua Channel, and when he heard the continuous sound of roaring artillery, he thought that the ghost submarine formation had been discovered by the British, so he returned fire with fierce artillery.

There are also heavy guns in these guns, definitely 140mm caliber naval guns. Wang Hongliang didn't have time to think about it, nor did he have time to send a report to Sun Hao, let alone send a report to Zhong Yanping for inquiry, so he issued a combat order.

With the main battleships of the First Fleet, each battleship is equipped with eight twin 15-inch/42-diameter guns, and there is no pressure to hit the enemy at a distance of four kilometers. Although the Bagua Channel blocked the view, the enemy ship could not be seen. But the rules of this channel are already quite familiar to the First Fleet, and they can shoot shells outside the Bagua Channel with their eyes closed.

The captains of the warships saw that the flagships had issued a combat order, so the captains of the warships ordered to adjust the mooring orientation of the warships, and the battleships began to move, and black smoke began to rise from the high chimneys.

Five Elizabeth-class battleships, 10 Prestige-class battlecruisers, 15 cruisers with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, and 20 destroyers with a displacement of more than 4,000 tons began to get busy.

Almost 10 minutes later, dozens of battleships adjusted their positions for shelling.

"Fire!" The flagship Warrior opened fire first. After the data obtained from the fire control system, the artillery commander gave the order to open the gun.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Several thunderous shelling sounds, and the four twin 380-millimeter guns on the flagship Warrior let out a roar. 4 shells smashed into the British fleet four kilometers away.

Immediately afterwards, the other warships opened fire one after another, this time a total of 15 guns with a caliber of 380mm, only to see countless 885 kg shells flying in the air, slamming into the Bagua Channel.

The guns of the main battleships have already opened fire, 15 cruisers, 20 destroyers are not far behind, the caliber of the guns of these destroyers is not large, only 152 mm caliber, but there is no pressure to hit targets at two kilometers.

Boom! The guns of the 20 destroyers all opened fire, and countless shells rained down on the Bagua Channel two kilometers away.

The total number of guns on these ships was several hundred, and a single salvo would fire hundreds of shells. So many shells landed on the river about two kilometers wide, and it was enough to cover the river completely.

After Zhong Yanping, who was retreating, heard countless large-caliber artillery firing, she knew that Wang Hongliang was worried that something would happen to her, so she hurriedly decided to open fire. So, Zhong Yanping hurriedly ordered to send electricity to Wang Hongliang, there was no need to waste shells.

Just as Williamt was busy ordering the soldiers to fire the cannon indiscriminately, he suddenly heard countless large-caliber artillery sounds, after hearing it, Williamt's face turned blue with fright, this artillery is definitely a 380mm naval gun, at least about 100 guns, a fleet that can have so many large-caliber naval guns is definitely a super powerful fleet.

After knowing the strength of the fleet of this mysterious force, Williamt began to despair, this distance of less than four kilometers, under the ravages of so many large-caliber naval guns, there are absolutely no bones left. Even if he didn't die in the mouth of the python. and be buried in the cannons.

"Withdraw!" Williamt shouted in horror. Then, William heard numerous 152mm guns firing. As a good officer of the British Imperial Navy, as long as the enemy fires artillery, he can hear the number of opponent's guns, as well as the caliber. Hearing the numerous destroyer guns firing again, Williamt was essentially in despair.

"Withdraw! Fast! Williamt cried out loudly and in horror.

Donakin, who was outside, was already pale with fright when he heard the sound of dense large-caliber artillery firing, and his feet began to tremble.

"Sir! Sir! Let's retreat! "A sailor was also scared half to death, but this sailor was an experienced veteran, and knew that it was useless to be afraid, and instead of staying here, it was better to retreat immediately, and perhaps escape through the gaps of countless shells and ascend to heaven.

Dozens of merchant ships are ready to flee the area.

Woohoo! Countless cannonballs flew in the sky, boom! Countless shells exploded outside the Bagua Channel, blowing up a column of water that was very high.

Several unlucky merchant ships were directly hit by shells, and the fragile armor simply could not stop the 152mm shells, let alone the 380mm ones. As long as the merchant ship is hit, it will be directly blown apart.

Donakin saw several merchant ships directly hit by shells, the crew members of the merchant ships were blown to pieces, the bones were gone, and the fragments of the merchant ships were flying everywhere. Donakin was already stupefied by the heavy artillery fire, and if it weren't for a sailor beside him to help him, he would not have been able to stand still.

Boom! The second round of shells then fell on the river, and more than 800 kilograms of shells smashed on the water, blowing up columns of water that rushed to the sky, raising water curtains, and then falling down with a bang, as if forming a small waterfall.

Boom! Then 152mm and 127mm shells fell on the river, and the shells almost covered the entire river.

Williamt had just withdrawn from the Bagua Channel, and saw countless shells falling on the river, so he ordered all ships to retreat into the Bagua Channel. The experienced Williamt's decision was quite wise, and it was his decision that saved the lives of hundreds of British soldiers.

Williamt even flaged Donakin's ship, telling him to withdraw to his side. But Donakin was already frightened, but fortunately he was holding his sailors with great experience, so he ordered the gunboat to go to Williamt's place.

However, other gunboats and merchant ships were not so lucky, and many merchant ships or gunboats were either hit by cannonballs or overturned by the shock wave from the explosion of large-caliber cannonballs.

Williamt stood on the ship and saw the rain of countless shells falling on the river outside, and everyone looked out in horror, while praying for the soldiers outside, may God bless them.

Shells were blazing outside, and the soldiers on the four ships inside the Bagua Passage were fighting countless pythons, many naval officers and sailors were killed or swallowed by the pythons, and even the captain of the Mary, Michael, did not escape his fate.

Countless pythons climbed onto the ship from the water, and even many soldiers fainted in fright after seeing the python.