Chapter Ninety-Four—Armed Convoy

The navy was once again in Kaohsiung Port, and after handing over the materials and personnel to the remaining troops of the Patriotic Army, they immediately left the port with their sails full. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It behaves like a frightened fawn!

Because considering that this time he went to escort the convoy, he might encounter a naval battle, Zhang Yun temporarily assigned Jin Yishan to serve as the temporary commander of the navy.

At this time, he had already received Zhang Yun's order, and dozens of wooden-hulled warships from Britain and the United States were looking for his traces everywhere in the waters near the East China Sea, wanting to teach him how to behave......

Therefore, after unloading the personnel and materials, Jin Yishan immediately turned around non-stop and directed the fleet to drive to the depths of the vast sea.

The reason why the navy is called the navy is because they can attack and escape, and when they have been beaten, they rush up to torture and kill people, and if they can't beat them, they will immediately cry out in the wind!

Therefore, Jin Yishan has never been mentally prepared for a big battle with the British and American navies in the East China Sea, and now is the time to escape......

Although Jin Yishan bought a few days at the beginning...... But this is useless, and it does not mean that the fleet is out of danger.

After all, the straight-line distance from Sanya, Hainan to Kaohsiung, Taiwan is more than 1,000 kilometers, and at the speed of the sail warship, every day the sailors do not sleep endlessly, constantly manipulating the sails to run, and it takes seven or eight days to run the whole distance!

And now it is obvious that there is no time to run away for Jin Yishan, so after unloading the goods from Kaohsiung Port.

Jin Yishan immediately led the fleet to the direction of the continental shelf, and relying on the continental shelf, he slowly advanced in the direction of Haikou, Hainan......

As for the most time-saving route from Kaohsiung directly in a straight line to Sanya, Hainan, Jin Yishan avoided this nearest route like avoiding snakes and scorpions.

Although Jin Yishan was not very proficient in naval warfare, he had an intuitive premonition that the main fleets of Britain and the United States must be waiting for him to die on that road!

Therefore, as soon as Jin Yishan left Kaohsiung Port, he immediately turned his fleet and drove towards the continental shelf, and after arriving in Fujian, he continued to advance along the continental shelf in the direction of Guangdong......

It was a night, the wind was high and the waves were urgent, Jin Yishan did not rest, still commanded the fleet, and took advantage of the night to move along the continental shelf and in the direction of Hainan...... But I don't know why?

It has been smooth sailing in the past few days, and logically speaking, it will not be able to reach Hainan in a few days, because at this time it is close to the overseas of Maoming, Guangdong, and it is only one or twenty kilometers away from the continental shelf, and it is already very close to Hainan Island!

But Jin Yishan has always felt that something is going to happen tonight?

However, this intuition has no basis, so it is not possible to give random orders to the fleet and put the ships of the fleet on guard.

After all, the sailors had to climb onto the sails at any time, maneuver the sails, capture every trace of wind force that could be used, and try to speed up the ship itself.

If he ordered a guard when he didn't see the enemy, Jin Yishan suspected that someone might not be able to help but shoot his own black gun!

You still can't squeeze your subordinates too much, especially now, in such a dangerous situation where you will encounter enemies at any time!

But the fact is such a coincidence, just when Jin Yishan decided not to remind the ships that he would not sleep tonight, and should be a sentry for the entire fleet, there was an abnormal situation in the distant sky.

When Jin Yishan raised the telescope and took advantage of the good moonlight tonight to observe in all directions, he observed that there was an abnormality in the south.

There was also a fleet in the southern sea, and there were also people on it, who picked up the telescope and looked in all directions, and at the same time that Jin Yishan found him, he also found Jin Yishan......

Immediately, there was a commotion between the two fleets, because the entire East China Sea was searching for the fleet of the Patriotic Army, and the British and American fleets were divided into several teams.

Each team was only a dozen or so warships, and this one discovered the small fleet of Jin Yishan, and it was also a small fleet of more than a dozen ships.

But even so, Jin Yishan didn't want to meet them, after all, there were many other transport ships around him who had no combat effectiveness at all, and they would only have to deliver food after taking pictures.

Therefore, as soon as Jin Yishan discovered the enemy's situation, he ordered the entire flagship to sound the alarm, and at the same time, through a wireless telegraph, clearly pointed out that the unarmed transport ships should do their best to flee to the south......

At the same time, all ...... Armed warships, all as close to the continental shelf as possible, pulled their sails in the same way, and ran south in high spirits.

Anyway, according to the distance observed by the telescope, the two fleets are still at least one or twenty kilometers apart, and it is unlikely that the fleets behind will catch up with their own transport ships!

However, the same own warships could not get rid of the British and American coalition forces behind, and Jin Yishan was ready to fight a big battle with the small fleet behind him near the coastline.

At the same time, he ordered all ships and all gun positions not to fire at the opposite fleet from a distance of one kilometer, even if the other side fired first, he had to endure it!

Show the enemy weakness first, and wait for the enemy fleet to take the bait, when the distance between the two fleets is not more than one kilometer, and then open fire on your own side, so that it is convenient to solve the opposite side at one time, even if it can't be solved, it will be hit hard!

What followed was a tense pursuit...... The combined fleets of Britain and the United States pursued desperately in the rear, at dawn.

The distance between the two sides finally entered the effective range of the British fleet's front-loading guns, and several iron pillars hit by the opponent's front-loading guns fell near their own fleet, making splashes.

Seeing that he could no longer escape, Jin Yishan hurriedly ordered the warships to turn around and fight a naval battle with the other party here, otherwise the transport ships on the other side would have no chance to retreat at all!

Seeing that the fleet of the Patriotic Army was divided into two routes, one of which fled first, and the other remained in place, the British and American fleets also followed suit and wanted to divide into two teams.

Seeing this, Jin Yishan ignored the fleet that went to pursue the transports, even if he passed by within the range of his own artillery, and let them go.

On the contrary, he ordered all the guns on the ship, a full fifty 130 cannons, to be aimed at the frontal five British and American warships, but they were still not allowed to open fire without permission.

When they are approaching their own fleet for about a kilometer, they will be given a salvo, Jin Yishan hopes that this volley can cripple them, and then he can go to the rescue of the transport ship!

Otherwise, it will be even more dangerous to suffer from the enemy on the belly and back, and even, maybe there is a danger of annihilation, time flies quickly in silence, and the distance between the fleets on both sides is already only two kilometers!

The Patriotic Army fleet, under the strict orders of Jin Yishan, has always been patient and has never opened fire, on the contrary, the British and American fleets will not be so polite, when the distance between the two fleets is only two kilometers, they will take the lead in firing!

"Boom ......"

The front-loading guns of the opposing fleet began to fire round after round, although they also caused some damage to the Patriotic Army's fleet.

However, due to the defect in the rate of fire of the front-loading guns, this short distance of about a kilometer could not allow them to fire a few rounds, and the distance between the two fleets had already reached the red line of one kilometer.

Seeing this, Jin Yishan immediately ordered all artillery to open fire immediately......

In an instant, there were fifty loud noises on the entire sea!

"Boom ......"