In fact, as Colonel Corona had hoped, the lookout soon noticed that a steamship had soon appeared in the far distance on the right, dotting the entire fleet in the distance, and the lookout quickly passed the news in, and the adjutant on the side was also a little surprised by the audacity of the pirates here.

"Colonel, is this pirate of the East even crazier than the pirates of the Caribbean? Even the fleet escorted by ironclad ships wanted to make up their minds."

Colonel Corona shrugged his shoulders and looked helpless, "I don't understand either, is it because the yellow pigs in the East have stupid heads?" Pay attention, if the other party dares to make any move, we will destroy him, and you will send a message to Lieutenant Commander Toren of the cruiser 'Sea Serpent', and let him follow the fleet to protect it, and we will be responsible for the attack."

The adjutant of "Compliance" immediately went out and issued a flag order.

Receiving the news of the pirate infestation, the fleet sped up, and all of them increased their speed by one section in preparation for the rapid passage of Guò to this area, while the two warships increased their speed, occupying the sides of the fleet for protection.

Half an hour later, the suspected pirate ship that followed in the distance increased its speed and gradually inserted itself into the fleet, which made Colonel Corona, the commander of the armored cruiser "Sorens" escorting the right flank, a little strange.

He observed the speed of the other party, the speed of this steam cargo ship will not exceed 10 knots, he immediately ordered to turn the bow of the ship to meet the other party's ship, the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, and soon the lookout post could clearly distinguish the other party's flag, to his great dismay, the other party actually hung the red skull flag used by the legendary "Saladin of the Sea" Barbarossa

The meaning of the so-called Red Skull Banner is simple, give up resistance, or you will be killed all

Barbarossa, one of the most bullish pirates in European history, the sworn enemy of Christians, is undoubtedly one of the most famous pirates in Europe, I didn't think that the pirates of the East also inherited his banner, which made the Christian Colonel Corona very annoyed, damn the pirates of the East to die......

"Go up and sink this pirate ship" Corona immediately ordered to attack, he didn't find that the opponent had any hole cards to rely on, as long as it was within range, he was completely sure that two 100mm rapid-fire guns could beat the opponent and couldn't find the north

But what made him even more depressed happened, the other party did not wait for him to get close at all, as soon as he saw him out of pursuit, he quickly turned around and withdrew, Colonel Corona observed the distance, the distance between the two sides was 6 kilometers away, with his speed of 5 knots faster than the other party, it would have to catch up for a little and a half hour, he pondered for a while, and also played a trick.

"Maintain a cruising speed of 10 knots and slowly pursue the enemy" Corona immediately gave a new order, which made the adjutant a little baffled, the other party also had a speed of at least 10 knots, such a speed was impossible to catch up, but he still immediately passed the order to the cockpit.

After 10 minutes of undead pursuit on the sea, the armored cruiser "Sorens" turned around and returned to the team, and Colonel Corona took the telescope to observe the pirate ship in the distance, which seemed to be calm, but he was quite excited in his heart, because his little trick seemed to have succeeded, and the pirate ship saw that it had returned to the team, and turned around and followed

"Keep course, keep an eye out for other pirate ships, and let me know when you reach the maximum firing range" Corona nodded in satisfaction and gave a new order.

At this time, the pirate ship that appeared on the sea in the distance was an armed merchant ship under Liu Hong as a bait, and the ship's boss Hong Ba was yelling at his subordinates angrily at this time, "Bastard, hurry up, the boss has spoken, if you don't lure this battleship away, this deal will not be perfect."

"Boss, there is a battleship on the other side, and those with cannons must not be too close," a leader cautiously admonished beside him......

But immediately kicked Hong Ba to the ground, "Your ma, the boss took you in, is it that the French on the other side of the other side of the girl and eat flowers and wine every day Even if there is a cannon, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that he can hit us, and now Lao Tzu has received the grace of Lord Qin, the minister of Nanyang, and rewarded him with a top, I'm afraid that he will have a ball, just take the French man's head for the top."

The little boss was inexplicably kicked by the leg, jumped to the side and muttered, "Boss, then get closer to 1 mile of land"

"Mao Yili, the bastard on the other side chased for another ten minutes and retreated, MD, approaching to 4 kilometers, so that the kid on the opposite side has a chance to fire, don't go to Bo at this time, your dog lives for dry birds" Hong Ba roared loudly, waving the Winchester lever rifle in his hand. ,

The armed merchant ship quickly plugged in, this time he went straight to the merchant ship behind the opponent's fleet, and saw from a distance that the merchant ship on the opposite side had caused a commotion, many French merchant ships were crowded, and the merchant ships that ran the ocean in this era basically had armed personnel, after all, the vast sea route, this pirate is a global workplace regardless of nationality and race.

Soon, Hong Ba quickly approached the opponent's fleet, just as he was about to provoke and show the method of agitation he learned from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the leader of his subordinates had already rushed to report in a hurry, "Boss, something happened that the armored battleship caught up, and the speed was fast."

"Fuck" Hong Ba kicked again, but this time he was deftly dodged by his subordinates, "Mother's back, don't you hurry up and notify the bastard who drove the boat, and withdraw at full speed"

At this moment, Hong Ba had the opportunity to pick up the telescope and observe the French armored cruiser that turned around on the other side and chased after him, and sure enough, the smoke from the chimney of the battleship on the opposite side was billowing out, obviously accelerating with all his might, and when his ship turned around, the distance could not be pulled away at all, and he was an empty ship, almost without weight...... MD, played a trick on the French

However, if you want to kill Lao Tzu, there is no door, Hong Ba rushed out of the bridge with a few men, "Go and call all the bastards who can move on the ship, gather at the hatch in the end, a group of 5, give me the tail cannon to prepare to fight with the French and tell the bastard who drove the boat, he can't drive the East Island, let him go and blow up the chrysanthemum with a foreign gun"

After saying this, he immediately ran to the stern with his men, where a 120mm gun profile protective rapid-fire gun produced by the Horsetail Artillery Bureau was installed, which was firmly covered with canvas on weekdays, and now it was already exposed in the stern, and then he was ready to fire, he shouted loudly, "Wang Liuzi, you kid in the first round, don't let the French get too close to Luo, we have a chance"

At this time, the French armored ship that was chasing after had already opened fire, and the first gun was naturally a 200mm heavy gun from the bow of the ship, and this gun also played a super level of play, and it directly hit the lookout of the Hongba armed merchant ship, and in the surprised eyes of the licensed pirates, the lookout at the top of the mast and a pirate disappeared as a whole, and they burned up

"Fuck the god horse, shit luck," Hong Ba scolded loudly, "Wang Liuzi, can the artillery hit it?" ”

"Boss, the French ship is still 3 kilometers away, and the maximum range is still a cut away."

"Open the cannon, open the cannon" Hong Bawan went berserk, "Let the French also know that we also have artillery"

A puff of black smoke came out of the tail of the pirate ship, a 30-pound cannonball rose into the air, flying aimlessly into the sky, far in front of the "Sorens", the explosion set off a small wave on the sea The pirate actually had artillery, and it was a flowering shell, this cannon was really inaccurate, but it made Colonel Corona also surprised, this pirate in the East is really capable, and he was also equipped with a tail gun, it seems that the quality of this gun is really good, and then it was only 20 seconds apart, The other side counterattacked again, confirming his conjecture.

Pirates in this world also have rapid-fire cannons...... This thing has only begun to be equipped in the French Navy in the past few years, what kind of situation is this, but this makes Colonel Corona's original plan to catch up and solve the other party's idea of solving the other party with rapid-fire guns is shaken, after all, rapid-fire artillery bombardment, he will inevitably be damaged, he does not plan to fight with a small pirate hand-to-hand

Otherwise, it was rumored that Colonel Corona, a new recruit in the French Republic Navy and about to be promoted to rear admiral, was damaged while pursuing a pirate ship, which was not only about the battle record, but more importantly about the reputation and face of the nobles, so he immediately issued a new order, "Keep your distance and shell beyond the maximum range of the opponent's artillery"

Outside the maximum range, that is, a distance of almost 3 kilometers, in fact, this distance is within the effective range of the "Sorens" 200mm heavy gun, and it is almost the best range, but now there is a problem that affects the accuracy of shelling, that is, the excessive speed of the ship in pursuit.

Although the preparation and range of the rapid-fire guns on the pirate ship were completely insufficient to cause trouble for the "Sorens", Colonel Corona's conservative opinion made the exchange of fire between the two sides seem very intense.

The sharp rapid-fire cannon fire, the dull roar of heavy artillery, and the black smoke rising from the two sides made the captains of the merchant fleet in the distance very nervous, but at this time, there was another cruiser "Sea Serpent" escorting the flotilla on the side of the fleet, and the fleet still maintained an acceleration to get out of this place where piracy was rampant. ,

Lieutenant Colonel Tolon, the commander of the cruiser "Sea Serpent", also maintained the greatest vigilance at this time, the other party knew that he had two warships escorting the escort on his side, and he dared to come out to provoke, this pirate in the East was really bold, but for Colonel Corona to quickly annihilate the enemy, he naturally had no doubt, what he had to do was to keep the fleet on course during this time.

He immediately ordered the alert level to be raised, and let the lookout post be on alert for the enemy situation nearby, while he stood in front of the bridge window with a telescope to observe the situation of the battleship "Sorens" pursuing the pirates in the distance, at this time the pirate ship had been firmly bitten, and every shot of Colonel Corona set off a big wave around the pirate ship.

However, this Oriental pirate who dared to hoist the Barbarossa red skull flag still had some ability, and was constantly changing course, trying to dodge heavy artillery fire from behind, but the 10 knots speed of the pirate ship had no possibility of escaping in the face of the 16 knots speed of the "Sorens", and now, it was only a matter of time before the pirate ship was sunk

The two ships rushed to a small island in the distance, and the pirate ship was hit again a few minutes ago, billowing black smoke rose from the stern, and after a few minutes the two ships disappeared behind the island, Lieutenant Commander Toren sighed, he didn't see the pirate ship sunk and destroyed, and he felt a little unfinished

Suddenly...... The artillery battle behind the island in the distance seemed to escalate, and the sound of rapid-fire guns suddenly converged into a huge movement, and at least several or more heavy guns rang out at the same time, and the low roar surprised everyone

Lieutenant Colonel Torun listened attentively, and with his rich experience in naval warfare, he immediately heard that there were at least a dozen rapid-fire guns among them, and there was indeed more than one heavy artillery...... A thought came to his mind—an ambush

Pirate ...... with heavy artillery There is absolutely no way that this heavy cannon is definitely not supported by the pirate's financial resources, even the pirate in front of him with a rapid-fire cannon is already very, very incredible

This contradictory assumption caused Lieutenant Colonel Tolun's brain to short-circuit for a while, and a thought flashed through his mind...... Could it be that the consulate officer mentioned the British fleet that was being investigated here when he was out at sea? This is indeed a possible explanation...... But now he couldn't do anything, and the only thing he could do was wait for Colonel Corona to return.

In fact, it was only 10 minutes at most from the time the "Sorens" disappeared from the island to the time it reappeared, but it was undoubtedly an extremely long 10 minutes for Lieutenant Colonel Tolun, who looked at the island in the distance with his eyes piercing, imagining all kinds of situations behind the island blocking his view.

However, there is always only one truth, and when the armored cruiser "Sorens" reappeared in the visible field of view of the fleet, almost everyone failed to recognize the ship as the French ironclad cruiser that had been very invincible in pursuit of pirates 10 minutes earlier, because the superstructure of this battleship was almost shrouded in black smoke and fire.

Lieutenant Commander Tolun, by virtue of his familiarity with the "Sorens", judged that the completely crippled battleship should be ...... It was the armored cruiser "Sorens" under the command of Colonel Corona.

You must know that the armored cruiser "Sorens" is a new type of battleship that was launched at the beginning of the year, and Lieutenant Commander Toren commanded a steely wood-hulled broadside gun battleship eight years ago, which is a training battleship like him that has just been promoted to the commander of a battleship for training.

"Raise the alarm, order the fleet to move through this area at full speed, and if necessary, disperse and retreat" Lieutenant Commander Toren observed the new warship in the distance, and had basically confirmed that the Sorens ...... It's over.

Behind the island, immediately behind the Saurens, another huge shadow appeared, accompanied by the appearance of this shadow, it was a new round of earth-shattering heavy artillery from the opponent's cannon barrel, and the hull of the Solrens, which had only half a breath left, was shocked, and a fierce flame erupted in the middle of the hull, accompanied by the violent explosion of the cannonball, and it was broken into two.

Lieutenant Colonel Tolun immediately understood that he had been promoted, and it was the commander of the flotilla who had been promoted from the coordinated command of the flotilla to the flotilla

"Retreat" He gave this order without hesitation, the Sorens, which was much stronger than himself, became a soul at the bottom of the sea without any suspense, what qualifications did he have to continue to resist, this was a complete conspiracy, and it was a conspiracy that his strength could not resist at all,

After making the decision to retreat, the "Sea Serpent" couldn't wait to speed up to the front of the fleet, and the other merchant ships obviously found something wrong, although the battleship that was sunk in front of him was too out of shape, but the battleship that pursued from behind the island was obviously not the "Sorens".

Just a few minutes later, the shadow of the pirate ship appeared in all directions of the entire fleet, and it quickly approached the entire fleet, but the "Sea Serpent", which was the first to escape, was blocked by the other two oncoming iron warships in front of it.

Under the circumstance, Lieutenant Colonel Sauron chose to hang up the white flag, he already knew very clearly that the other party was definitely not an ordinary pirate, under this kind of firepower, now he would die if he resisted, if he did not resist, there was still a glimmer of life, so he made a wise choice.

The remaining ten merchant ships all chose to scatter and break out, but their plan still failed, and the number of pirate ships besieging around him was more than twice as large, and the ships were all equipped with small-caliber rapid-fire guns, which was almost a target game at a distance of a thousand meters.

The two fastest merchant ships were quickly caught up and exploded into a big fire at sea, and the remaining ships chose to surrender voluntarily after being intercepted, and the choice under the muzzle was really not too skillful.

Xu Shoushan did not appear in front of the French fleet except for the ambush of the "Sorens" ironclad ship, after all, the Nanyang Naval Division was the regular navy of the Qing Dynasty, and the pirate work naturally had the following people to take care of it, and he would only show the strength of the Guangzhou fleet at the necessary moment.

On the periphery of the battlefield, there are even pirate ships intercepting passing fleets, temporarily isolating this sea area into a closed space, from the beginning of the ambush to the end of the battle, it only took an hour, Liu Hong ran quickly with the ship, and reported an unexpected situation, among the captured merchant ships, there were two British merchant ships, and asked how to deal with them.

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