"Are you sure?" Major General Hall looked at the subordinate with the eyes of an invertebrate with only instinct and no intelligence, who was either an idiot or an idiot. [Full text reading]

Seeing his boss looking at him with such a gaze, the lieutenant colonel felt angry and aggrieved in his heart, but he still adhered to the courtesy of a subordinate to his superior. "Yes, I'm 100 percent sure, Major General Hall."

At this time, the loud shouts of the scouts at the lookout post sounded again in the interval between the artillery fire, and this time, Rear Admiral Hall also heard it clearly, but this made him even more puzzled, the enemy battleship with billowing smoke, the smoke billowing from the battleship could only have one possibility, that is, the battleship caught fire.

The enemy battleship that caught fire is rushing towards this side, what are they coming to do? Say hello or do you want your own warship to help them with firefighting? Maj. Gen. Hall felt like he was going to cramp in his head. "Tyson, I remember we didn't send a detachment to attack in that direction, did we?"

"Yes, sir, there are no of our warships in that direction." As Major General Hall's aide-de-camp, Captain Tyson's answer appeared crisp and powerful.

"Damn, give me the binoculars, are these Orientals killing each other themselves? Or maybe they had just fought a battle with the Spaniards? Major General Hall's mind was filled with countless questions.

Through the telescope, Rear Admiral Hall finally saw clearly those Eastern battleships that had shown their true faces from the horizon, there were not many of those battleships, probably more than twenty of them, according to their height and hull, they should belong to the fourth-class battleships, which should belong to a force that should not be underestimated, but the color of the hulls of these battleships is very strange, and they are all emitting billowing smoke, and what makes Rear Admiral Hall even more incomprehensible is that the speed of these smoking battleships is really unbelievably fast, even if it is a good battleship, it is still a little difficult to run at such a speed.

"Tell Colonel Mario to lead a detachment to intercept it, and not to let them approach our main fleet, perhaps the Easterners want to use fire attack. However, this is not a narrow sea lane, and we are not stupid beginners at sea. "Out of prudence, Rear Admiral Hall gave an order that was impeccable in the eyes of any naval commander and fighter of this era.

Colonel Mario's squadron consisted of fifteen warships, including one third-class battleship and the rest fourth-class battleships.

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The detachment led by Colonel Mario quickly detached from the formation of the main fleet and headed towards the smoke-filled Eastern warships.

Colonel Mario stood confidently on the stern of the battleship, the military insignia on the beautiful ship-shaped cap was shining, and a beautiful naval uniform made him look even more majestic and majestic. Most of the officers and soldiers in the detachment he led were his old subordinates, and the cooperation was very smooth, let alone interception, even if he defeated such an opponent, he was seventy or eighty percent sure.

The detachment of the United States of America cut through the waves, drawing a beautiful arc in the sea, a door of naval guns was pushed out of the gun window, and the gunners on the ship's gun deck methodically prepared for the firing under the loud shouts of the artillery commander.

On the deck of the battleship, there were already many soldiers, with flintlock pistols in their hands, forming a standard formation under the orders of officers of all ranks.

"What do they want to do? They didn't slow down, do these guys really want to die?! "Colonel Mario doesn't need a telescope to see the outline of the incoming ship at this moment, but the actions of the opponent's battleship make him feel a kind of humiliating anger, yes, the other side seems to have ignored the fleet that is not weak, and has already arranged a firing formation, and still maintains a high speed rushing.

Just as Colonel Mario was scolding at his opponent, the opposing group of warships suddenly began to change direction, yes, about seven warships began to change direction, while the other dozen warships were diagonally inserted into the rear of the fleet led by Colonel Elio.

It can be seen that the other side wants to entangle his fleet with those seven warships, so that the remaining warships can rush over and directly rush into the formation of the main fleet of the United States of America.

This approach made Mario admire the courage of his opponent at the same time, but also extremely stunned by the stupidity of his opponent, because his detachment completely occupied the upper hand, and the opponent's change of direction was equivalent to putting himself completely in a headwind.

And all the open sails of the other party at this moment all fell, but their speed did not slow down at all, and they still approached quickly, which made Mario and a group of American Navy officers and soldiers a little confused, the sail battleship put away the sails, and could still maintain speed, this scene was completely beyond the scope of their brains.

"What the hell is that?!" At this time, a naval officer woke up the people around him with the terrible screams of his father's dead mother remarrying. A strange battleship with no sails at all, a dark black hull, and billowing smoke from above, revealed its true face after the battleship in front of it changed formation.

"Those ships are also wrong, you see, the hull of their battleship seems to be wrapped in copper skin!" Someone else shouted loudly, but even if he didn't, almost everyone saw that the smoking hull of the battleship was really wrapped in a layer of yellow copper, shining in the dazzling sunlight.

Looking at the Oriental warships wrapped in a thick layer of copper, Colonel Mario's face turned a little blue, although he didn't understand why these strange warships were emitting thick smoke and why they could still run fast after lowering the sails, but it did not prevent the excellent naval commander from giving what he thought was the most correct order: "Fire, fire with all your might, and beat all those strange ships of the yellow devils into the sea!" ”

Naturally, the copper skin wrapped around the battleship was intended to improve defense, but Colonel Mario did not think that such a turtle would become a magic weapon for the Orientals to win. "Order all ships to shoot with solid and chain bullets!"

Boom Boom! At this moment, the battleship at the forefront of the formation had already fired at the eastern battleship that had entered the firing range, and the thick smoke of gunpowder accompanied by the scream of the shells began to disperse on the surface of the sea.

The main function of solid shells was to destroy the hull of the enemy ship, and after these Eastern battleships were wrapped in a layer of copper on the outside of the ship, the medium guns of the United States fleet on the upper two gun decks were not able to cause any serious wounds except for cleaning the superstructure of the Eastern battleship and leaving depressions in the copper skin on the hull.

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As the artillery bombardment began, Colonel Mario's expression became more and more ugly, the opponent's turtle-like protection made it difficult for the enemy's naval guns to destroy the opponent's battleship, and the opponent's sails had been completely folded, the speed and movement of their battleship still seemed very fast, and the mainmast of an enemy ship was blown off in the first round of shelling, but the speed of the battleship was not affected at all, and it acted flexibly and returned fire.

"Colonel, Your Excellency General asks if you need reinforcements." Tyson loudly briefed Colonel Mario on the situation.

Mario didn't answer Tyson's words, because at this moment his gray-green eyes were staring at the black sailless monster ship that showed its true face, and this strange ship was so brazenly rushing directly towards the center of the battleship's formation, without the slightest intention of slowing down.

Although Colonel Mario had never seen such a strange ship, due to his keen sense of life and death, this strange ship gave him the feeling of being very dangerous. "Fire, let the Reading and the Patriot fire at all hands on this strange ship."

Dense artillery fire suddenly exploded in the middle of the fleet, and dozens of solid projectiles screamed and pounced on the strange ship that was rushing straight ahead. Adjutant Tyson's eyes were also attracted by the target of the cannonballs, I have to say that the gunners of this detachment are very capable of being very strong, and nearly half of the dozens of cannonballs smashed on the strange ship, but Mario's smile has not yet rippled before the corners of his mouth have frozen.

The sound of the clashing of gold and iron could not be concealed even by the roar of artillery fire, and the strange black warship was unscathed, and still rushed straight towards the detachment. Tyson's eyes bulged outward, whether it was a fast battleship or a battleship with excellent defense, after being hit by dozens of shells, how could it break a few big holes, just like those battleships with copper skin that rushed over to entangle this detachment, they had already cracked a few holes under the bombardment of heavy artillery, but Tyson saw with his own eyes that those shells were actually bounced away by the hull of this strange ship, and not even a single dent fell.

Just when these people were stunned, the handle of the iron pot with a handle on the front deck of the strange ship suddenly erupted a burst of flames, and before anyone could react, the hull of the Reading Power that had just fired at the strange ship suddenly trembled, and then an explosion like the sky and the earth cracked loudly, and the hull of the Reading Power suddenly collapsed, and a red and black flame stretched open the hull of the ship like an infinitely powerful demon god, propped up the deck above, and the fragments that flew away even scattered to the sea dozens of meters away.

A terrible and terrifying hole was revealed in the middle of the hull of the Readership...... "My God, what the hell is this?" Could it be the devil's battleship?! Adjutant Tyson's mouth trembled like a leaf in the wind, and Colonel Mario's telescope smashed into his boot without pain, his mouth open like a blue whale about to eat, and his face was as gray as a lime-pickled cucumber.

(To be continued)