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Because the wind was too strong, the Ming army's airship did not take off, so the first to find the abnormality was the Ottomans heading south, after all, under the cloudless clear sky, the black smoke when the steam-powered battleship sailed was too easy to recognize, and it could be seen dozens of miles away. But it is a pity that the Ottomans did not realize this, because behind this black smoke, the smoke burning at the Canakkale Castle was even more striking, and the Ottoman commander who commanded the fleet mistook the black smoke from the Ming warships for part of the smoke coming from the Canakkale Castle.

Also because of this judgment, he thought that there was already a danger, so he directly gave the order to sail at full speed.

He had a total of thirty-four battleships under his command.

Among them, sixteen of them were retired warships purchased from the Ming Dynasty, including four second-class battleships, all of which were all raised and sailed in two columns in a strait less than four kilometers wide at its widest point and more than two kilometers at its narrowest point, driven by a strong sea breeze blowing from behind, and soared southward at a speed of nearly ten knots.

At this time, the Ming army observers also saw the mast of the forest.

"Enemy fleet!"

On the battleship Dingyuan, with an exclamation, the hand-cranked siren sounded immediately after.

"Change formation!"

Xu Shou shouted excitedly.

The ironclad fleet, which has never fought any naval battles so far, is looking forward to this opportunity to engage at sea, after all, the constant bombardment of the shore makes him very unfulfilled.

The four ironclad ships and fourteen cruisers that were sailing quickly began to adjust their formation, with the ironclad ships in the center, and the cruisers dragged diagonally to the two wings, like an elongated triangle, at a speed of seventeen knots, and only ten minutes later, the two fleets directly met each other.

The Ottoman fleet was immediately in disarray.

Looking at the eye-catching tricolor battleship on the sea in the distance, all the captains were dumbfounded, this is more than 50,000 tons of steel, even if they don't open the cannon light, they will crash at the current speed, and it will be devastating against their wooden boat.

Before the commander gave the order, all the Ottoman battleships turned to both sides in horror like crazy, and some simply lowered their sails as fast as they could, and then rushed to the shore to prepare to run aground, they were not going to fight a naval battle with the Ming army, their task was to cooperate with the coastal defense fortress to block the strait, the largest wooden sail battleship of more than 2,000 tons went to fight with the 6,000-ton ironclad ship, even if the power of the Zhen lord gave them a bonus, it would not be crazy to this point.

But alas, it was too late by this time.

"Fire, fire!"

Xu Shou brandished his saber like a convulsive and roared.

On all the Ming warships, the cannons suddenly roared, huge cannonballs whistled through the sky, and then the flames exploded on the opposite Ottoman battleship, and then in the flying debris, half of the battleship's capital was blown away.

The Ottoman fleet was even more disorganized.

But at this time it was too late to do anything, although the distance between the two sides was still several kilometers, but it was not a simple task for their fleet to complete the turn, especially in such a narrow passage, just as they continued to be confused, the cannons on the Ming battleships continued to roar, and five- and four-inch shells continued to shoot out at a frequency of less than a minute, and soon the two Ottoman battleships were blown to pieces by these shells weighing hundreds of pounds and filled with more than a dozen pounds of cotton gunpowder, and then sank with fireworks all over their bodies.

However, to Xu Shou's surprise, after the initial confusion, most of the Ottoman warships stopped turning and began to regroup.

"Like a man!"

He said with satisfaction.

"Anyway, even if they run, it's a dead end, so it's better to die like a man with honor!"

The officer under him said.

"Then make them perfect!"

Xu Shou said with satisfaction.

Indeed, the Ottomans had no choice, even if they completed the turn, it was useless, it was impossible for the sail battleships to outrun the steam battleships, not to mention that they were still headwinds, in this case the speed difference between the two sides was at least four times, so what else to run, just go out and fight!

Except for the six cowardly escaped to the shore and ran aground, the remaining twenty-six Ottoman battleships re-lined the battle line, and directly crashed into the Ming army with full sails downwind, all the guns on the battleships were all opened, and the twenty-four pound cast steel rifled guns of the Ming Dynasty stretched out of the muzzles, and the Ottoman warriors on all the battleships shouted the slogan of the Zhen Lord, and began a decisive charge with their hatred for the Ming army, and even the logistics personnel on many warships took up arms and prepared to simply play the ancient jumping gang once they entered the Ming army formation.

As for how to jump at a relative speed of more than 20 knots, there is no need to think about this.

In the same way, the Ming warships were also moving forward at full speed, the five-inch main guns on the bow of the ship continued to pour cannonballs forward, and the hit rate of the shells rose sharply as the distance was shortened, and the Ottoman battleships were blown up by these powerful cannonballs on the way to the charge, but as long as they were not sunk, the remaining battleships still insisted on moving forward, and then sank one after another in the huge explosion, looking at this tragic scene, even the two battleships that had escaped and were ready to run aground were infected by their comrades, The sails were raised again and the charge was joined.

Of course, this doesn't help.

They were still constantly sunk by the shells of the Ming army.

The entire strait quickly turned into a battlefield of blood and fire, the ancient Ottoman warriors fearlessly moved forward at full speed for their faith, for their honor, for the defense of their homeland, their warships were shattered in the explosion, their lives were shattered in the explosion, their faith was still the same, the glory of the Zhen Lord shrouded them, at this moment they were not alone, they had countless comrades-in-arms moving forward side by side, there were countless brothers behind them shouting, and the light of the Zhen Lord was shining above their heads......

Then, they succeeded.

With a relative speed of more than fifty kilometers per hour, they rushed through the Ming artillery fire in less than ten minutes, and although there were only six battleships left at this time, they still got what they wanted.

Almost at the same time, the six Ottoman battleships separated to the left and right, and each showed their sides to the Ming warship, which was already less than five hundred yards, and one cannon after another finally let out a roar.

And then......

Still useless.

I don't know for what reason, all the Ottoman battleships were aimed at the battleships of the Ming army, at a distance of five hundred yards, the accuracy of rifled guns was already very high, and the four battleships, including the Dingyuan, were clanged by more than a hundred shells pouring from the hail. But even at such a distance, you can't use a shell equivalent to a 100-millimeter cannon at most to penetrate a steel-surfaced wrought iron plate more than 20 centimeters thick, that thing is not something that this level of artillery can gnaw at all, and the Japanese army's 152 artillery can't gnaw during the First Sino-Japanese War, let alone their 100-millimeter level.

Except for a cannonball that somehow smashed into the shell of a four-inch secondary gun, causing casualties to several Ming soldiers, the only gain for the Ottomans was to knock out the decorative golden dragon on the bow of the Dingyuan.

"Bastard, that's gilded!"

Of course, they also reaped Xu Shou's angry roar.

Then, before the six five-inch main guns could fire, the huge battleship Dingyuan, like a raging dragon, crashed headlong into the Weihai of the Ming Navy in front of it, and now the second-class battleship Selim of the Ottoman Empire. The huge angle of attack under the water pierced through the planks of the battleship with eighty guns without hindrance, like a piece of tissue paper, and the terrifying force of the charge at a speed of thirty kilometers per hour with 6,000 tons of steel was like a huge axe, and instantly split its keel. Before the Ottomans on the Selim could come to their senses, the teak warship built by the British East India Company in Mumbai emitted a very strange creak.

At the same time, the Dingyuan, which was pushing it forward, finally stopped, but then the propeller started to reverse, and under the terrifying power of more than 7,000 horsepower, the giant ship immediately retreated, and quickly separated from the already miserable Selim. But it was at this moment that its own weight began to press on the Selim's keel, which had broken keel and was mostly split apart, and finally it broke off from the middle like a toy with a series of loud snapping sounds, and quickly sank sixty meters deep with more than 700 sailors on it.

At the same time, three other battleships each rammed an Ottoman battleship, sending them to the bottom of the sea in the same way.

"Well, what's the trouble?"

Xu Shou looked at the starboard side and said melancholy like a poet.

There, the last two bruised Ottoman warships had each attached a cruiser, and the Ottoman sailors on the deck were brandishing their swords and guns like crazy and roaring, looking like they were ready to jump, but unfortunately they didn't know that the Ming warships were not afraid to jump to the gang, because immediately after a rapid-fire gun spewed flames, firing more than sixty high-speed five-barrel rapid-fire guns per minute, and in a blink of an eye, the decks of the two Ottoman warships were smashed into a sieve.

The Ottoman fleet was wiped out.

And this is almost all the capital ships of the Ottoman Navy, and after the failure to fight with the French for control of the Mediterranean, the only thing left of the Ottomans is this Black Sea Fleet, and from this moment on, the door to Istanbul is completely open.

"Keep going!"

Looking at the messy sea in front of him, Xu Shou said very heroically.

The huge Ming fleet rearranged itself in two columns and continued north along the Dardanelles, and after passing the four Ottoman warships that had been flagged with white flags, they unceremoniously drove the men away, and then blasted the cannons to pieces, and then left under the fearful gaze of the Ottomans. Then, after blasting open the Ottoman fortress at the northern mouth of the Dardanelles, it went straight into the Sea of Marmara, and when the news of the total destruction of the naval fleet reached the ears of Ahmet III, the fleet also appeared in the eyes of the residents of Istanbul.