The British ship Orlando was hit by a single shot, and the huge power of the 305-mm shells instantly caused heavy damage to the ironclad ship of more than 5,000 tons.

The fire was scorching and the smoke was billowing out.

The flames jumped up the mast and set the sails on fire, visible from dozens of kilometers away.

British sailors constantly rushed out of the flames, screaming and jumping into the sea.

This scene fell in the eyes of the surrounding British ship friends, and they were immediately stunned.

On the flagship Nelson, Klaus looked iron-blue, as if the shot hit him, and the chrysanthemum pulled the egg in pain.

"Report, the Orlando raised the flag, the ship was heavily damaged, and it withdrew from the battle sequence!"

"Report, the Orlando raised the flag, the ship was heavily damaged, and it withdrew from the battle sequence!"

The herald thought Klaus hadn't heard, so he repeated it aloud.

"I'm not deaf, so I don't need to be so loud!"

Klaus roared angrily, apparently he was angry, and the herald was lying down.

Marin waved his hand to send the herald down, and said to Klaus, "Commander, please give the order to open fire!" ”

"You've got water in your head? This distance is simply not up to the effective range of our artillery, and even if you barely fire, even if you hit, you will not be able to penetrate the armor of the enemy ship! Klaus lashed, and Marin followed suit.

"Order, all ships don't care about the enemy's artillery fire, give me an all-out impact!"

"The first one to enter the standard range and fire first will be promoted to one level!"

"The first one to sink the enemy ship will be promoted to the third rank!"

Klaus issued a bounty, and it has to be said that this was a good psychological tactic, especially against the British Navy, because the British army was the most greedy people.

Sure enough, the British army roared as if they had been stimulated, and drove the battleship to launch a rapid attack.

Although the East China Sea Fleet had only ten shallow-water heavy gunboats, forty or fifty large-caliber 305-mm guns fired every salvo of fire. All caused great panic and threat to the British fleet.

This panic and threat became more and more intense and dangerous as the British ships accelerated closer.

Twenty minutes later, the two sides were 1,500 meters apart.

At this moment, on the battleship Songjiang, Lin Jiyun ordered again, and the twenty-two sail battleships were lined up, the gun doors on the waist of the ship were hoisted one after another, and the black guns suddenly spewed dazzling fireworks.

Knock knock......

Twenty-two battleships fired a salvo, hundreds of guns roared in an instant, bullets rained down in an instant, and a death blockade was arranged at a distance of 1,500 meters.

This is Lin Jiyun's tactic. Ten shallow-water heavy gunboats were used as meat shields to fire at the enemy at long distances, and in order to prevent the enemy fleet from approaching the shallow-water heavy gunboat group, twenty-two sail battleships provided fire suppression in the rear.

They were also ship-waist artillery battleships, and the British battleships were just wrapped in an extra layer of armor than the ships of the East China Sea Fleet.

However, the warships of the East China Sea Fleet have another advantage, that is, the guns on them are no longer British breech guns, but have been replaced with advanced breech-loading guns, which have greatly increased both range and power.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Hundreds of shells exploded in the British fleet. Columns of water rose into the sky, and British ships were constantly hit by shells.

However, compared to the power of the previous 305 mm heavy artillery shells, the lethality of this round of artillery shells was much smaller, and it could not even break through the armor of the British ship. It could only inflict a certain amount of damage on the British sailors.

Despite this, it still frightened the British army.

What surprised Klaus even more was that the opponent fired two consecutive volleys of fire in one minute.

What the hell is this Nima, what kind of cannon has such a fast rate of fire?

On the side, Marin explained: "Your Excellency, Commander. Li Weiguo has already moved the army's rear-loading infantry guns to the navy's warships, and the rate of fire of the rear-loading guns can reach two rounds a minute or more. ”

Klaus was jealous, this Nima was dignified in the British Empire. It is known as the world's first naval power, but it is still using front-loading guns, and then looking at Li Weiguo, who is just a warlord of the Qing Dynasty, can equip the navy with such advanced "rapid-fire guns", if the Europeans know, the British Royal Navy is really too embarrassed.

Marin continued: "Your Excellency, Commander, have you noticed that the enemy deliberately placed the sail battleships in the back and blocked the front with ironclad ships, which is exactly a thousand meters away, which is clearly the standard tactic of targeting us. ”

Klaus naturally spotted this tactic and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Ma Lin said: "I suggest that we don't stick to the rules, our naval guns don't have to wait until a distance of a thousand meters before firing, fire now, first hit the wooden warships of the enemy fleet, as long as a few are sunk, the morale of our army will definitely be greatly boosted." ”

Marin suffered a loss of 1,000 meters of standard tactics a few days ago, and now he naturally wants to remind Klaus.

Klaus is not a conservative person, he clearly feels the trickiness of the East China Sea Fleet, if it is in peacetime, it will be counted, and now it is a matter of face, and the British Navy can no longer fail.

"Order, all ships immediately open fire, the first squadron suppresses the enemy's ironclad fleet, and the second squadron and the third squadron concentrate their fire to attack the enemy's sail battlefleet behind!"

Rigid standard tactics have long been criticized in the British Navy, but no one dares to be the first to put forward them.

As Klaus's order was issued, the captains of the British ships immediately breathed a sigh of relief, they had long been impatient to be suppressed by the heavy artillery fire of the East China Sea Fleet, so they ordered to fire back.

"Forty-five on the left side, S-shaped tactical advance, artillery fire ready!"

"Fire!"

……

As the ships of the British fleet returned fire, the two sides instantly fell into a fierce battle, and the water columns on the sea rose into the sky, densely packed, the waves splashed, and the sea water boiled instantly.

Thousands of shells from both sides came and went, the explosion was deafening, the scene was extremely shocking, and the smoke of gunpowder covered the sky and the sun, as if the end was coming.

At this moment, under the surface of the sea, a huge black shadow appeared behind the British fleet.

It was the Holland C-type submarine.

In the submarine, Holland personally served as the pilot, after all, the submarine was built by him, because of the tight time, all the test work has not been completed, and when the battle situation is critical, just in case, there will be no problems. Horan had to drive it himself.

And Chen Cheng is the commander, responsible for the mission of hunting the British ship, he is observing with a periscope, and constantly giving orders.

Directly in front of the Fish Ray cabin, there are two Fish Ray operators responsible for the loading and launching of the Fish Ray, and a maintenance worker, who is responsible for the operation and maintenance of submarine equipment, and Chen Cheng, next to him, there is also a staff officer, who is responsible for drawing charts and calculating various combat parameters.

"Enter the war zone!"

"Lock on to the first target! The distance is about 1400 meters. Direction 020, speed about 8 knots! ”

As Chen Cheng reported a set of data, the staff officer quickly used rulers, triangular rulers, compasses and other tools to skillfully calculate various parameters and advance quantities on the chart, and finally drew the direction of the submarine ambush and the attack route of the fish and radium, providing Chen Cheng with reference.

"Azimuth 120, speed 4 knots, deceleration after 20 seconds, and ascent after 30 seconds!"

"Fish Radium ready!"

Two sailors quickly installed a Fish Radium and sent it into the Fish Radium launch pipe.

"Fish Ray ready!"

"Slow down!"

"3-2-1-Float!"

The Holland submarine began to surface. Soon surfaced.

Since the fish radium had just been developed, in order to put it into the battlefield as soon as possible, it was not only rough in workmanship, but also very rudimentary in technology. It can't even be submarined, and the submarine must be brought to the surface before it can be launched.

The submarine could only launch Fish Radium after it had surfaced, which meant exposing itself, and the vulnerable submarine could easily be sunk by enemy ships.

On the battlefield. It was very dangerous, but also a helpless move, the submarine and the fish radium of the sixties of the nineteenth century. It's good to be able to do this.

Huo Lan, Chen Cheng and the others were very nervous, especially Chen Cheng, he was the commander and observer, they could see the fierce battle on the sea, the shells were flying around and exploding, the waves were rolling, and the small submarine was pushed around by the huge waves as soon as it surfaced, which was very unstable, especially many shells fell nearby and exploded, which made Chen Cheng's forehead sweat a row, and his nervous heart was about to jump out.

He would be discovered by the British ship at any time, and Chen Cheng did not dare to stay too long.

"It's a little bit off, 025!" Chen Cheng shouted.

"Left rudder correction five degrees!" The staff officer reminded Horan.

Holland quickly adjusted the direction of the submarine and aimed it at the 025 direction.

"Get in place!"

"Launch!"

"Launch!"

At Chen Cheng's command, the fish and radium hand quickly pulled down the firing wrench (note that the firing device here is a mechanical wrench, not an electric button).

Boom!

The Fish Radium was shot out of the submarine Fish Ray launch tube, penetrated into the sea, and then surfaced and rammed the British ship in front at a speed of 25 knots.

More than ten seconds later, a violent explosion sounded, and a British ship was hit by Fish Radium.

The warhead of the 50-kilogram ladder NT charge exploded, stirring up a huge wave more than 100 meters high, and instantly shattering the bow of the British ship.

I saw that the British ship was facing head-down, and the sea water poured into it violently, and it was sinking at a speed that I could see.

"Hit!"

"Sink one!"

There was cheering inside the submarine.

Huo Lan suddenly shouted happily: "Chief Chen, you are too powerful, you sank an enemy ship the first time!" ”

Chen Cheng sweated on his forehead, a little embarrassed.

Xindao Nima was too nervous just now, obviously aiming at the 7,000-ton British ship, but it didn't hit, and the fish and radium hit the 4,000-ton British ship behind it.

"Float down, change places, don't let the British find out!"

Chen Cheng did not defend, he was a face-saving person, and he must not admit that he had hit him by mistake at this time.

The submarine quickly surfaced, then dived, continuing to search for prey.

The sunken British ship was the Goddess of Aurora, with a full load displacement of up to 5,600 tons, and her sudden bullet caused the entire bow to be blown to pieces, which immediately frightened the other British ships.

"What's going on?" Klaus was also stunned by the sudden situation.

The Aurora was not in the first echelon of attack, but in the rear, with two battleships in between, how could it be hit by shells.

You must know that the naval artillery of this era was all close-range direct-fire artillery, and it was impossible for the shells to cross the battleships in front and hit the back.

"The Goddess of Dawn has sunk!"

Marin couldn't answer, and watched as the Dawn Goddess sank into the sea in less than half a minute, and most of the hundreds of British sailors on it failed to escape, and were sucked into the bottom of the sea by the whirlpool.

What the hell is this Nima?

The roar of cannons and the splashing of waves, this kind of high-intensity naval battle made almost every British soldier nervous, and their attention was almost focused on the ships of the East China Sea Fleet in front, so no one paid attention to the approach of the Holland C-type submarine under the sea, even if it was not discovered in the twenty seconds when the Holland submarine surfaced.

This Nima science fiction submarine suddenly appeared here, and no one would believe it.

"Damn it! Hit me hard! ”

Klaus was furious, and after more than half an hour of fighting, the enemy did not lose a single one, while his fleet sank two ships in succession, and one was heavily damaged and withdrew from the battle sequence.

This Nima has suffered such a big loss, how can Vice Admiral Klaus, the star of the dignified Royal Navy of the British Empire, still have a face? It's no wonder if you don't get angry.

Ten minutes later, Chen Cheng found the huge British battleship he wanted to sink again, which was Claus's flagship, the Nelson.

After Chen Cheng calculated, he quickly lifted the submarine.

"Launch!"

Boom!

A second laser shot out and shot at the USS Nelson at 27 knots (the power of a hand-built air compression engine could not be the same).

However, this time it failed to hit again, just in time for the battleship Nelson to make an emergency turn to avoid a salvo of shells from the East China Sea Fleet, and as a result, it happened to avoid the Fish Radium.

Chen Cheng was immediately disappointed when he saw that he didn't hit, but the next moment, he saw that the fish and radium hit the British ship Blake, which was on the same battle line as Nelson.

With a loud bang, the ironclad ship of the Blake was hit by fish radium, and a hole more than a meter wide was torn open in an instant, and the sea water poured into it violently.

Nima, too! What shit luck!

Chen Cheng's heart blossomed, and Huo Lan and the others cheered again and congratulated Chen Cheng.

"Haha, it just so happened! By coincidence! ”

Chen Cheng smiled thickly.

This time, Klaus saw it unexpectedly, as the Ironclad Blake was hit right in front of his eyes.

The problem is that the gap of the explosion is on the opposite side, and it is absolutely impossible for the shells of the East China Sea Fleet to hit there.

Ghosts!

Klaus's years of experience made him subconsciously run to the other side of the ship, look around, and sure enough, after not finding a possible enemy ship on the sea in the distance, he found the Holland submarine exposed on the surface of the water not far away.

Of course, Klaus didn't know it was a submarine, but he was 100% sure that it must have been the thing.

At this time, Chen Cheng was adjusting the orientation so that the submarine Fish Radium Launch Tube was aimed at the British ship Nelson in front, Chen Cheng didn't know that it was Klaus's flagship, he only thought it was the largest British ship, so he wanted to sink her.

"There are enemies on the port side!"

Klaus shouted, the British army was well-trained and reacted quickly, and the British troops in the Nelson gun deck quickly ran from starboard to port, loaded shells and propellants, and quickly aimed their guns at the Holland submarine not far away.

"Fire!"

"Launch!"

The battleship Nelson opened fire, dozens of shells were fired at the Holland submarine, and at the same time, Chen Cheng also ordered the launch of Fish Radium.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Although Chen Cheng commanded the Holland submarine to float urgently, the explosive force of the shell was too strong, and a shell launched into the sea exploded, and the shock wave instantly hit the Holland submarine.

The submarine rolled and spun in the sea, and Chen Cheng, Huo Lan and others were instantly shaken to the ground, only to feel that the sky was spinning, and they were dizzy.

On the surface of the sea, a fish radium whirred and swooped white smoke towards the Nelson.

"What's that?"

The British looked into the sea curiously, not knowing what it was.

Although Klaus had never seen a fish radium, he guessed that it was not a good thing, and the previous Goddess of Dawn was probably sunk by this thing.

"Avoid! Evade quickly! ”

Klaus shouted, but it was too late, only to see the fish and radium instantly hit the tail rudder of the battleship Nelson.

With a loud bang, the rice flag flew into the sky, and the chrysanthemum burst. (To be continued.) )