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The Nicene ironclad ship Santa Maria, despite its superiority in firepower and speed, faced a siege from a fleet. And those Seljuks were undoubtedly determined to sink them completely.

"Full speed ahead! The broadside guns are ready! "Plekhanov stood on the flybridge and commanded the battle. Their only advantage at this time was a speed of 18.5 knots and two 210 mm Keberu main guns, although equipped with powerful secondary and rapid-fire guns, but they could not be deterred from distance. Once caught in the Seljuk fire, they will be extremely passive.

"Captain, should we ...... it now" First Officer John looked at the two unused Krupp guns, their most powerful weapons, and in front of them, the old sailing battleship was vulnerable.

However, Plekhanov waved his head and continued to command his men on the ship.

The northwest corner was the direction of the Nicaea's retreat, and it was obvious that the Seljuks knew this, but they did not dare to easily block the opponent's retreat because they were afraid of the two Keberu main guns, and instead used wolf pack tactics to harass the [St. Mary].

"Tsk, aren't you fooled?" Plekhanov sneered, but he also felt that the enemy was very tricky this time, originally he chose not to fight the Seljuks, and even directly made a hasty appearance of fleeing in order to lure the opponent's battleship close and then use the main gun to sink it. However, it is clear that the other side did not fall for it, but outflanked it from the rear, and instead of using their breech-loading howitzers to threaten the Nicene warships. If it weren't for the first mate John piloting the battleship to dodge, I am afraid that he would have been hit, and even if he had not been sunk, he would have suffered casualties.

The Seljuk ships were small but nimble enough to be free from the Nicene secondary artillery, and as long as they were kept at a distance, the Hatch Chase rapid-fire guns were unlikely to pose a lethal threat. On the contrary, it was their three-deck gundeck warships that were more threatening. Although the whole ship of the [Saint-Marie] was covered in steel armor, it was difficult to withstand the bombardment of a large number of side guns.

All this was in the hands of the female Pasha, who saw that under the command of her flagship, the encirclement was shrinking, and as long as the fire net was covered, she could turn the battleship into a steel tomb on the sea.

And Plekhanov is also the most aware of this.

"Let Ali Pasha outflank them from the left!"

Under the arrangement of the female Pasha, four three-deck battleships marched in front of the detachment. These spearheads, which were in front of the fleet, could pounce the Niceans with their gunwales. It's just that the distance is too far, and it can only cause the shells to fall into the sea and stir up waves. And the Nicene broadside guns could not hit the opponent, the opponent's speed was too high, and the range of the Hatch Chase rapid-fire guns was also at the limit.

The opponent was in no hurry to get closer, and the artillery began to fire. But only two or three rounds were fired from the forward guns of each ship, but even then the battle was terrifying, and although each shell did not pose a real threat, it still terrified the Nicaeans. Especially in the middle, the main guns of the opposing side almost hit them. The Turkish warships cruised back and forth on the flank of the Santa Maria, firing from their broadside guns from time to time. It can be said that the Nicaean simply could not stand such pressure.

The collapse has reached a critical point! Every Nicaean admiral had a heavy heart, and this was the first time they had encountered such a disadvantage.

But there was no expression on Plekhanov's face.

"Huh, is that all? If that had killed me, I would have died at the bottom of the ocean fourteen years ago. "Although the current naval situation is very stressful, it is still a pediatric existence compared to the past.

"If you want to defeat me in this regard, let me see how good you are?" For a moment, a cold light crossed Plekhanov's eyes.

At the same time, the Seljuk Pasha sneered at the ironclad ship that was struggling to break through, like a fisherman looking at a fish struggling in a net.

"Since the original legend was created, it will be even more legendary if you die here! Let Ali Pasha act as planned! Immediately, the woman gave the order to fight.

At the southern end of the battle line. That is, the ships of the Turkish left flank detachment, under the command of Ali Basha, tried to complete the outflanking of the Nicaeans, which was the task assigned to him by the Pasha. Their ships were inferior in firepower, but they had an advantage in speed, and it would be difficult for the Nicaeans to restrain their movements.

This was the Pasha's battle plan, as long as the left flank army firmly intercepted the enemy's escape route. Even if they hindered Nicaea's advance and bought enough time, the Seljuks could completely surround each other with even incomplete "pocket formations", and at that time, those arrogant Nicaans would only end up being surrounded and annihilated.

"Accelerate, quick, accelerate! If we succeed, the Pasha will reward us! Alibasha's eyes were filled with fanaticism, and everyone was struggling to speed up the sails.

Seeing that the fleet of these Seljuks was about to complete their mission.

In such a perilous situation, if the Seljuks succeeded, the Nicaeans would surely die, and they almost succeeded. The Seljuk fleet, under the command of their Pasha, made a feint on the right flank of Santa Maria, and although their artillery was not enough to sink the ironclad ship, the hegemon of the sea, there was no doubt that Plekhanov wanted to avoid being covered by a fire network and retreat like the south, at this time it was to give Ali Pasha and the fleet the opportunity to form a three-sided encirclement network, even if it did not completely cut off the Nicaean retreat, it was enough for them to die under the heavy artillery cover.

However, it is not a success to be just one step away from success!

Just as Ali Pasha was struggling to lead his detachment in an attempt to outflank him, an astonishing bombardment shattered his dream!

What a horrible shot, as if the whole sea was about to be blown apart!

"What!!" The stunned Ali Pasha only saw the arrival of the red lotus of death at the last moment of his life.

This was followed by the sound of splintering explosions, and then the ship's dragon fractures and its masts crashing down, unlike any previous naval battles. In comparison, the Seljuks were not sunk, but were blown to pieces alive.

Aiming at them was the 210mm Krupp breech gun, a large caliber of the Saint-Mary's pride, a main gun that was enough to reduce everything to smithereens, and its range was much greater than the Seljuks had originally anticipated.

"What!"

Seeing this scene, Pasha's eyes widened and he looked at all this incredulously.

Is this the weapon of the Westerners? At this moment, this woman's arms also had to tremble, she was full of confidence in her tactical command, but in the face of the West's strong ships and artillery had to fail. This miscalculation cost the Pasha a capable warrior and a warship. What a shame!

The detachment lost its commander, and in that case they would undoubtedly face the slaughter of the Nicaeans.

"Let them retreat immediately!" Pasha immediately reacted, this is a game set by the other party for himself, from the very beginning, the Nicaean people can use the main cannon to attack them, because they had misjudged the range of the Krupp heavy artillery before, but at that time, it was a loose formation The other party chose not to attack, which made this Pasha paralyzed!

But at this moment, how could Plekhanov spit out the meat that was brought to his mouth. Another medium gun was already aimed at the panicked fleet. Because of Alipasha's carelessness, his warships were all close to each other and scrambled to be the first to be the first to be attacked.

"Fire and send them on their way!" Plekhanov scoffed, and then the heavy artillery fell into the Seljuk battleship, which had no time to disperse.

Under the violent explosion, the entire battleship was wiped out, and if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, the Seljuks would never have believed that the other party's artillery was so powerful!

"It's you—Plekhanov!" Seeing her fleet being battered, this Pasha's beautiful face turned iron blue, and her own conceit actually caused such a fiasco, which was difficult for her to accept.

But now, her most proud move has been eaten by the opponent, and the Nicene ironclad can completely retreat, and there is no point in pursuing......

At this moment, all the crew members on the [St. Mary] have experienced a life-and-death duel, and they can breathe a sigh of relief.

And First Officer John was still apprehensive, and he finally understood his chief's intentions in the first place. Obviously, he could use heavy artillery to return fire, but Plekhanov kept holding back, and it turned out that he was waiting for this time.

It's dangerous!

"Captain, did you expect that from the beginning?" Looking at Plekhanov standing on the flybridge, John asked with a look of awe.

But Plekhanov gave him a blank look and said: "I'm not an immortal, how could I have predicted it in advance." I just don't think it's cost-effective to use heavy artillery before. Who would have thought that those Turks were really fooled. The man's eyes were full of playful disdain. In comparison, it was Constance Dante and his party who fled that made this man unwilling.

Tsk - looks like another troublesome character is coming! Plekhanov said silently in his heart.

……

At this moment, another pursuit battle was still going on, and Muswar, who was ordered by the Pasha, did not care about the life and death of Constance, Dante and others, and the artillery fire was wildly and indiscriminately. And Constance Dante can only dodge left and right, although they are powered by steam engines, but after all, they rely on sails, and their speed is not much faster than the other party.

And now they have to flee at full speed in all their might.

"These guys ......," Berchis looked at the stern, with a solemn look on his face. Originally, they thought that as long as they could get rid of those Nicaeans, they would be safe, but in fact they were still naïve.

"Did you get bitten by these guys?" Constance Dante looked at the behemoth in the rear, this four-layer gun deck battleship is simply a strange existence, if it is intercepted by the other party, it is estimated that it will be bombarded and there is not even slag left. Although Constance Dante's sailing ships were also armed merchant ships, their weapons really did not pose any threat to the other side. Now he is being pursued closely by the other party, and he doesn't know when the other party will give up.

What's worse is that they seem to be within range of the opponent's artillery, and if it weren't for the fact that the opponent hadn't made up his mind to destroy them, Constance Dante believed that they would have died at the bottom of the sea. But if this continues, sooner or later they will touch each other's bottom line, and once that happens, it is difficult to say whether these Seljuks will show mercy to their subordinates.

"Artabok, if this continues, sooner or later they will be out of our range!" At this time, on the battleship, his subordinates looked at Muswar, who could only fight, and admonished, although the speed of the other party was not much faster than them, but if it continued like this, sooner or later it would be out of the range of artillery, and now they were too far away from the fleet. From the beginning, he did not understand what their commander meant, and while he opened fire on the sailing ship, he did not let anyone take aim and did not know what he was trying to do.

However, Muswar nodded lightly and said, "Don't worry, I'm just giving them a chance, and it would be nice to sink it at the end when the time comes." In that case, the Pasha wouldn't blame anything. ”

"This—" Some of the subordinates who didn't understand looked at Muswar speechless, but Muswar gave him a cold look.

"What's the problem? I'm the one in command now! ”

"Understood, Artabock."

And Cons, Dante, who had died at sea, also understood their situation, and if they continued like this, I was afraid that danger would come. Now it is just a deterrent warning, and if this continues, I am afraid that everyone will have to fall into the sea to feed the fish.

"Let them slow down for a moment!" Constance Dante suddenly gave the order.

And everyone looked at Constance Dante in disbelief, knowing that they had the advantage in speed, and now they were only close to getting rid of the other party's pursuit.

"Grand Duke......"

"Hurry up!" Constance Dante shouted loudly, and his face was gloomy and terrible.

This made everyone look at each other, and at that moment, Belsch spoke.

"Do as Your Highness says!"

Unexpectedly, even Bersches was on the side of Constance Dante at this time, and the people who were completely confused had no choice but to do so.

Looking at the sailing ship that was gradually slowing down, Muswar also ordered his men to contact the lock of the artillery on Constance Dante and others, if they did not slow down just now, they would undoubtedly be buried under the fragments under the artillery.

"Cut, it seems to be very sensible! It's really curious how you made the Pasha so important. He actually asked me to go after it myself. Muswar sneered. (To be continued.) )