The boldness and fearlessness of the British generals were something Chu He did not expect. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info his previous turn, and the situation he expected to deal with was that the British followed him to turn slightly to this situation.

If the British are not resolute, but bite the Ming Empire for a slight turn, then the previous aiming rhythm will be somewhat disrupted, and the fleet of the Ming Empire will be able to get about 10 minutes more respite.

However, now that the coalition fleet has turned around and aimed its own bow at the fleet of the Ming Empire, this makes Chu's little trick useless.

The enemy army put up an assault formation, and the Ming Empire's plan to widen the distance between the two fleets was completely frustrated.

"Message from the watchtower...... The enemy fleet had turned into an assault formation and was rapidly approaching. The chief of staff clenched his fists and reported to Chu He the latest changes in the battle situation.

The enemy army was rapidly approaching, which also made Chu He fall into deep thought. He did not expect the enemy to be so resolute, so difficult that he would not be given the slightest chance.

The moment he used himself as bait, he was ready to lose both. It's a pity that the enemy doesn't seem to want to give him even the result of losing both.

"Turn right on the rudder and turn back on the original course! Keep firing at enemy ships! Chu weighed it for two seconds before making his own judgment.

Since the enemy gave up his numerical superiority and used the method of advancing with the whole army to shorten the distance between the two armies, he was given another chance.

This opportunity is that Chu He can now use all his firepower to bombard the coalition fleet, and the coalition fleet can only use a small half of the firepower to fight back!

At least until the enemy ships cut closer, the main fleet of the Ming Empire still has an advantage in firepower for the time being. The current number of artillery is 70 to 48, and the Ming Empire has the advantage.

"Reverse course! Turn right rudder! Resume course! All artillery continues to fire! The order was immediately issued, and the main fleet of the Ming Empire once again turned its bow and resumed its original course.

In this way, it is equivalent to saying that the Ming Empire has seized the T-shaped position of the coalition fleet and achieved a positional advantage.

However, the advantage in this position did not last long. Just a minute later, the Lushan, the first battleship at the head of the main fleet of the Ming Empire, was attacked by dense enemy fire!

The three new battleships of the British Empire, which had seized the T-shaped position in advance, finally appeared in the distance, and aimed at the Lushan battleship of the Ming Empire with their 381 mm caliber guns.

"Boom!" The huge explosion stirred up dozens of meters of seawater, and the water column formed by the seawater was even higher than the conning tower of the Lushan battleship, which looked very spectacular.

Such a huge explosion, again and again, fell not far from both sides of the battleship Lushan. As if reminding his opponent that he had forgotten something.

In fact, the main fleet of the Ming Empire did selectively forget that the enemy still had some new battleships.

It wasn't until these battleships joined the battle circle that everyone remembered that they had to face not 12 enemy battleships, but as many as 15!

The enemy has twice as many battleships as yours! This is the problem that Chu is facing, and it is also the most fatal weakness in the tactics of the Ming Empire's fleet.

Sharing too many ships to do other things eventually accumulates disadvantages into a huge chasm. At this moment, the main fleet of the Ming Empire was surrounded on both sides and completely fell into passivity.

At this moment, it seems that the situation will be even more unfavorable, but the Ming Empire fleet, which does not have an advantage in speed, cannot use the tactics of frontal breakthrough to break through the T-shaped position that the enemy has occupied.

Now, there are not many options left for Chu to do, one is to maintain the formation, let the Lushan fend for itself, and continue to fight the coalition fleet by itself.

Another option is to make the fleet turn around on the spot, and the rear team will become the front team, sailing in the opposite direction, trying to get rid of the entanglement of the enemy's three new battleships.

The latter way, even if successful, is only a temporary escape. The enemy will take advantage of the high speed to catch up and bite the tail of the Lushan and continue the attack.

"Turn! The fleet immediately turned! Turn the bow of the boat! Chu immediately made a decision and gave the order for the fleet to abandon the attack and turn to retreat.

All he had to do was to buy time for the other two fleets as much as possible, so the decision he made was to prolong the decisive battle at sea as much as possible.

As long as his main fleet is still floating at sea, there is no way for the enemy's main fleet to break away and support the troops elsewhere.

Therefore, preferring to give up the opportunity to attack the enemy ships, Chu He also decided to let his fleet turn in place and continue to entangle with the enemy forces.

This kind of turning in place is actually a last resort. Because in the fleet of the Ming Empire, the speed of each warship is different.

After ordering the entire fleet to turn, Chu He added his own order: "Let the two ships of Jingting Mountain and Damao Mountain keep course!" Keep heading south! ”

If the two battleships of Jingtingshan and Damaoshan were allowed to lead the way after turning, the speed of the entire fleet would be slowed down. It is easier for the enemy to catch up, and the rest of the tactics are not easy to arrange.

Therefore, Chu He planned to abandon these two battleships and let these two battleships continue to go south, keep the original course, and continue to rush to the three new British battleships.

These two battleships are a wall to stop the opponent's battleships, and if the opponent's new battleships want to pursue, they must sink these two battleships first.

Of course, a bypass is also an option - but the British battleships don't seem to have the habit of making a detour, so what Chu wants is the time for the British battleships to sink these two battleships!

Because Chu He ordered the turn, the angle of the fleet began to deviate again, and except for the two turrets at the stern of the ship, the other guns gradually lost the angle of fire.

As a result, the firepower of the battleships of the Ming Empire also began to decrease, and the main fleet of the coalition forces that was advancing on the opposite side suddenly felt the pressure drop sharply.

Balek? Admiral Rem got the telegram from his forward guerrilla fleet, threw it aside proudly, and said: "How easy is it for the enemy ships to get rid of us?" Keep on the rush! Let them see how good we are! ”

After all, the bow of the ship pointed to the fleet of the Ming Empire, so the horizontal long snake formation of the coalition fleet approached the fleet of the Ming Empire very fast.

The distance between the two fleets is now shrinking rapidly, and the guns of both sides are beginning to become more accurate. Just when everyone was busy adjusting their course, almost at the same time, the battleship Ganning in Ceylon was hit at the same time as the Damaoshan of the Ming Empire.