Miao Shan is the captain of a fishing boat, it is not easy to go to sea to fish in these years, if you are not careful, you will encounter pirates, as well as strong winds and waves, unlucky to meet the foreigner's steamer, and may be hit and sunk by it, this is not alarmist, I know that there are three fishing boats that were sunk by the foreigner's steamer. He took five fishermen on a hard sailing boat this time to be lucky, the harvest was not small, and on the way back, a fisherman pointed ahead and shouted: "Boss Miao, look, foreigner steamer!" ”

Sure enough, there was a fleet of foreigner steamers in front of us, and several warships with guns held high! Not only that, but there was also a warship coming from the other direction, and the speed was terrifying.

"Quick, turn, grandma, why are you so unlucky, even the warship has been encountered!" Miao Shan muttered, the fishermen are all old sailors, and the skilled operators turn the sails, but how fast can they go in a hurry. Suddenly, a "tom" sound, oh my God, it's all starting to **, Mazu Niangniang bless, don't fight here!

"Turn, cut in from the left." Lu Hai ordered that there were indeed three warships in the transport fleet, but they were all old-fashioned warships and did not pose a threat to themselves. A destroyer turned around and left the formation and drove over to this side, waving a flag asking about its identity and intentions. Seeing that this side ignored this, the destroyer opened fire decisively, and a shell fell in the sea a thousand meters away from the Nanhai, which was the meaning of a warning.

Lu Qi, a genetic sailor, was squatting in the gun position, waiting for the warship to enter the attack position, he looked back and saw that several ordinary sailors were squatting aside with serious expressions as his helpers, and one of them was still trembling slightly. Lu Qi smiled at the man and said, "You only need to be responsible for carrying the shells, and we will take care of the rest, the battle is very simple, do it as you usually train." The strength of those foreigner warships is too poor, and they are far worse than our Nanhai, so don't worry. After saying that, Lu Qi nodded and signaled, and then prepared to aim, the Nanhai finally entered the attack position and could fire, just waiting for the order to be given.

"Concentrate on that destroyer, open fire!" Lu Hai roared angrily, and the twelve 152-mm guns opened fire at the same time, and the sailors immediately loaded the shells after a round was fired. The first round was a test firing, but there were still two shells on the destroyer, which was too close for the Nanhai to be easily hit by their main guns, but for the destroyer Feeme, this distance was beyond the range of the guns. If you don't die, you won't die, and the little destroyer actually came to die alone!

Bruce was dumbfounded, that strange warship actually opened fire! The fire on the destroyer Fermay, even if it is a 152 mm caliber armor-piercing projectile, is the product of technology decades later, and it is definitely not something that this old destroyer can compete with. The first round of shelling was a direct hit at a distance of nearly 5,000 meters, and this kind of accuracy even the Royal Navy could not do, it was definitely luck. Bruce hurriedly ordered two cruisers to come to the rescue, and a little later I am afraid that the Fermay will be finished.

The Ferme was not in a good situation now, with one of the two armor-piercing shells hitting the No. 2 gun position, directly shattering the two guns, and the other hitting the right side of the tail. The sailors didn't have time to react, the second round of shells followed, and the captain of the Ferme, Captain Pete, was going crazy, it was less than ten seconds apart, what artillery could achieve such a rate of fire! It's not scientific!

"Boom!" Four armor-piercing shells hit the destroyer Ferme almost simultaneously, and within a minute of the exchange of fire, one of the coalition destroyers was heavily damaged. The Nanhai fired a second salvo and immediately turned away, and the two armored cruisers behind it had already increased their horsepower to chase after them, and Lu Hai wanted to lure them elsewhere to create an opportunity for Luzon under the sea. He glanced back, and the destroyer was slowly sinking under thick smoke.

Captain Hydra of the German armored cruiser Swallow frowned, this battle was too unexpected, he was not normal, for example, the warship did not fly any flag, and it was very fast, more than twenty-three knots by sight; The accuracy of its artillery salvo is amazing, judging by the muzzle flame, the caliber of the artillery is not small, it should be about one hundred and fifty millimeters, and the power of the shells is not small, and the armor of its own warship may not be able to resist. There are too many strange places, it is like a devil's ship from hell, weird and powerful, full of death. General Bruce's reaction was very correct, he had to drive the warship away or even sink it, and the cargo carried by the transport fleet knew it himself, so there could be no mistakes, but after the two escort warships pursued, would other ships come to sneak attack?

General Bruce also took into account Hydra's thoughts, but the warship was so powerful that one could not be safe, so he could only risk letting the two catch up together, hoping to settle the battle as soon as possible and rush back, and during this time he could only rely on the small-caliber guns and sailors on the transport ship to defend himself.

The Nankai made a large circle, made a turn and left at a speed of twenty knots before coming within range of the main guns of the two cruisers, so that it could not only get out of the range of the pursuers, but also not too far away, allowing the two warships to follow from a distance. The Annoah and the Swallow are not really armored cruisers, but they are both built in the eighties of the nineteenth century, protected by the more mature dome armor of the time. The Swallow had a maximum speed of only 18 knots, and the Annoah was about the same, and the two warships tried their best to catch up, but the closer they got, the more uneasy Hydra became.

Bruce and the others were equally uneasy, because the warship was too big to match the size of a battleship, and both cruisers had a full load displacement of about 5,000 tons, and the most disturbing thing was that the warship had about twelve guns of more than 150 mm caliber, and it was extremely powerful and had an amazing rate of fire, which was the most puzzling place. With four 150-mm PKL35Krupp C80 guns, 105-mm Krupp rapid-fire guns, the rest are small-caliber guns, it is difficult to say what will happen after the start of the war.

Miao Shan and the fishermen on the fishing boat were lying on the boat panting, it was too thrilling just now, a warship turned and drove over just facing the position of the fishing boat, fortunately rowed from the fishing boat more than 100 meters away, the waves almost overturned the fishing boat, and the more thrilling was behind, the two warships chased from both sides of the fishing boat, Miao Shan felt that his heart was beating with the fluctuations of the waves, and he almost didn't faint! Fortunately, I picked up a small life.

The pursuit lasted two hours, and the warship was so unhurried that Bruce even suspected that he would never be able to catch up with the warship, and the Swallow waved the flag, and the steam engine was overwhelmed at full speed, and the pursuit could not be continued. Bruce was helpless, and was just about to give the order to return, when the warship in front of him turned the hull sideways and sailed to the upper left!

"They're in combat positions, quick, ready to fight, grab the 'T' spot!" Bruce shouted, it's finally time to fight head-on, let's show the power of the Royal Navy of the British Empire! He was fed up with the endless pursuit, and with ten transports laden with valuable cargo waiting behind him, he had to rush back as soon as possible.