Today, I read the book review area, and some people say that Australia is a continent, not an island, and it is bigger than Greenland.

In the last chapter, Xiaocai considered this issue when using the words island or mainland, Xiaocai was more interested in geography class, and clearly remembered that when the middle school geography teacher taught Australia again, he said that Australia was an island, and it was smaller than Greenland, and the geography teacher said it repeatedly...... Xiaocai went to see Baidu again, but I was dumbfounded, Australia is really bigger than Greenland, Xiaocai that~! @￥%………… On January 21, the weather was fine.

The early morning sun was very warm, and Lin Jun and the others faced the morning sun and began to search for traces of the combined fleet.

Finally, at about seven o'clock in the morning, the clippers who had gone out to reconnoiter discovered the traces of the Combined Fleet, thirty miles to the south.

"Today, all ships are free to go around and shoot upwind." Lin Jun gave the order.

…… After a night of sailing, the commanders of the three countries argued, and finally tacitly decided to go on the offensive.

Although there was no agreement on the details, their goal was the same, to pull out the strongholds of the Far Easterners and acquire their artillery technology.

No matter how big the loss is, it is worth it.

Possession of advanced artillery technology meant maritime supremacy, and European countries had come to realize this since the British defeated the Spanish Armada.

And just yesterday, these Far Easterners were like the British against the Spaniards, using the fast warships of the British, and at the same time armed with more powerful artillery than the British.

It's just that they are glad that there are not many ships on the other side. There were only five British [***] ships and five corsairs. And the combined fleet has more than eighty warships.

Even if you are disturbed, you will not be sunk. Because although the cannonball was very powerful, it really had no effect on the navigation when it hit the hull and deck.

"Sir, sir...... The Far Easterners are here again. The lookout shouted.

Lookouts on the warships of the Combined Fleet almost all spotted the American Fleet in the waters to the north.

"Keep going." The commander of the Dutch fleet ordered that they now had the largest number of warships in the entire coalition army, forty-three.

The French had twenty-nine warships, and the British were the worst, with only six left, and they were not the kind of fast warships.

The Dutch could not bother or bother in any way, and first went to Jinshan to uproot these strongholds of the Far Easterners. The disturbance of these Far Easterners only needs to mend the ship at night, and at most some people will be stoned to death, and it is not a big deal, how can there be no immortal in a war.

With this in mind, the coalition forces calmly continued to advance.

The two sides approached quickly, and soon the two sides were a kilometer apart.

Lin Jun and the other warships and pirate ships of the fleet quickly turned sideways, and the hull of the ship tilted slightly in the cold sea breeze.

"The gunner is in position."

"Done."

"Fire!"

Lin Jun gave an order, and the warship he was on suddenly opened fire.

The 200 caliber guns at the bottom were unusable in the upwind position, because the doors had to be closed due to the waves.

But the 165-mm heavy gun of the second layer can be used, the 165-mm cannon has an effective firing range of 1600 meters, and a maximum range of 3000 meters!

The uppermost 125-mm cannon has an effective firing range of 1100 meters and a maximum range of 2000 meters.

The number of flagship broadside guns under Lin Jun's command reached 31, including 10 200-mm guns, 12 165-mm guns, and 9 125-mm cannons.

23 shells flew out.

Towards a Dutch warship.

Whoa...... There was a sound of shells falling into the water, and all 23 shells hit below the waterline of the Dutch warship, followed by a muffled sound from below the surface of the sea.

The shell exploded!

Not all of the shells that hit below the waterline of the Dutch warships hit, and some of them hit too low and hit the bottom of the water, but half of them still hit the waterline.

The shells that hit the waterline went directly into the hull of the Dutch warship, and the violent explosion directly tore huge holes in the watertight compartments.

The sea rushed in from there.

The Dutch soldiers on board suddenly screamed in horror as they noticed that their ship was sinking.

Seeing this sinking speed, some well-managed sailors jumped into the sea without hesitation, and then swam away with all their might. And the thousands of Dutch soldiers on the ship, who were not sailors, knew that the ship was going to sink, but the judgment was not so fast, and the hull of the ship suddenly tilted in hesitation, and then sank to the bottom of the sea with a gurgling grunt, and at the same time formed a spiral nest, which was brought to the bottom of the sea with the guys who could not swim away in the future.

The first round of shelling was effective, and Lin Jun immediately asked people to adjust their position.

The other warships did not achieve such good results, most of them because the hull was too tilted, and as a result, the shells went to the bottom of the water and did not hit the waterline of the coalition warships.

It doesn't matter if you fail, come again!

Drawing on the experience of the first round of shelling, the captains began to adjust the firing position.

After yesterday's day's battle, these captains have learned a lot.

How to move is the most important.

In different situations, there are different ways to move, and the most basic point is not to fall into the encirclement of the enemy, as long as you do not fall into the encirclement, you can continue to fly kites.

The Combined Fleet directly sank a warship, and the faces of the captains changed in a flash.

This time, these Far Easterners have opened their minds and know how to shoot in the upper hand.

"We can't go on like this, we'll all be sunk if we do it again."

But what if you don't? Retreat? ”

Neither advance nor retreat!

That resentment!

"We're going to fight!" The Dutch finally decided to fight.

Suddenly, the entire Combined Fleet, led by the Dutch, began to outflank this small disturbing fleet of the American Fleet.

The combined fleet suddenly moved, and the warships and pirate ships immediately turned.

They went all the way to the periphery of the Combined Fleet and were in a sea area with a wide field of vision, and they fought and retreated, and the Combined Fleet simply could not surround them.

At this moment, a corsair suddenly broke into a distance of 800 meters from a French [***] ship, and the eleven heavy guns on the side opened fire violently, and almost all the eleven shells hit the waterline of the French [***] ship...... The pirate ship didn't look at it, and after firing a shot, it quickly turned around and pulled the distance.

And the French [***] ship sank in a short time.

You Jianwei saw the sinking of the Fa [***] ship through the telescope on the deck, and clenched his fists excitedly, this was the first time he had sunk an enemy ship since he became the captain.

Strictly speaking, he was only one captain. The Phantom he commanded was only a pirate ship, and he himself had just been promoted to captain.

You Jianwei's performance is not very good, and this time he can become the captain because of his seniority.

However, the next battlefield became a stage for his performance.

I saw that he calmly commanded the 'Phantom', constantly cruising around the coalition forces, relying on his amazing intuition, commanding the 'Phantom' to weave through the pockets of the coalition forces, and then reach the best attack position and give the order to open fire.

One by one, the Coalition warships were sunk by the Phantom.

Every time, You Jianwei always relied on accurate judgment to break out of the encirclement from the gap of the coalition army.

After the naval battle lasted for more than two hours, the Phantom led by You Jianwei had sunk eight coalition warships, and the Phantom had been shot in many places at the moment, but the cannonballs used by the coalition forces were not too destructive for the Phantom, and they were not hit in the vital parts, and they were still fighting.

The other warships and pirate ships did not have the guts of Yu Jianwei, and dared to risk being in a semi-surrounded state for the sake of the chance of sinking the opponent.

But they also had their own successes, sinking only one or two coalition warships, and some only wounded the other side, but did not sink them in one go.

The Navy lasted two hours, and for the coalition forces, it was a nightmare.

Their warships were under the artillery of the Shandong Army, and the position of the waterline was like paper paste. Their heavy artillery is amazing.

The Coalition forces didn't even touch the corners of each other, and although their sailing skills were good, they were only superior to the commanders of the American Fleet in terms of judgment, and in terms of piloting skills, the two sides were about the same.

In such a sea area with a wide field of vision, it is simply impossible to encircle the other party under the speed gap.

The battle continues.

The coalition forces are already unstoppable.

Because they retreated, and could not be exchanged for the indulgence of the American fleet.

You advance and I retreat, you retreat and I chase!

The officers of the American Fleet were inexperienced, so they were very conservative in tactics, and many times often missed the opportunity to sink their opponents.

You Jianwei, on the other hand, is an officer who is constantly adventurous, but in his adventures, he shows extraordinary judgment. The next battle is still his stage.

The Phantom was the closest pirate ship to the Union, and after more than two hours of fighting, the Blade had a better idea of where to shoot.

Under what kind of wind, how much the ship will tilt, and how far such an incline can hit the enemy's waterline, all depend on the judgment of the commander.

You Jianwei became more and more unrestrained, and the distance from the coalition forces became closer and closer, once breaking through to a distance of 600 meters, and then sinking the enemy ship.

And the coalition army is, after all, a coalition army, and it is very chaotic in command.

Needless to say, the Dutch is a navy that is good at close combat, and melee combat is more focused on giving full play to the ability of the commander, so the Dutch navy is corrupt in military discipline.

France, on the other hand, is not a naval power at all.

Britain, the warships are almost sunk.

In terms of mutual cooperation, the coalition forces often rely on the judgment of each captain, and the overall command is almost equal to zero.

This gave You Jianwei an opportunity, and a pirate ship kept weaving around the coalition forces, but the coalition forces were never able to surround him.

The crew of the Phantom became more and more courageous, and collectively entered a state of euphoria.

The more the coalition forces fought, the lower their morale became.

They had long since discovered that this was a naval battle in which it was impossible to win.

After more than two hours of naval battle, the coalition forces had sunk nearly twenty warships, and the soldiers floating on the sea had no one to salvage them.

Even if they sink all the opponents now, then they are still defeated.

Of the entire coalition warships, there are only sixty left.

And a problem arose, that is, the French and the Dutch, now neither of them were willing to be cannon fodder on the periphery, and they were less and less energetic in pursuit of the encirclement.

Outcome...... After the naval battle lasted three hours, the coalition forces turned from chasing to fleeing...... The French ran first, and they always adopted conservative tactics, and when they had no chance, they ran away to preserve their naval strength.

And when the Dutch saw that the French had run, they began to run as well.

As a result, the American fleet went from being pursued to being pursued.

In the pursuit, there is no need to worry about being surrounded, so there is no need to adjust too much direction, and you can boldly continue to shell, and you don't have to be afraid that time will not have time to be surrounded.

With superior speed, the American Fleet bit again.

Because the wind direction is not quite right, if the American fleet is in the upwind position, it can only hit the stern of the opponent's ship, so there are not too many opportunities to strike in the upwind position.

However, the coalition forces began to flee, but it was possible to blow their sails and make some pause in return.

If the coalition forces are reluctant, then stop and fight again!

If the coalition forces are willing, then the stopped warship is waiting to be captured!

As a result, the coalition forces ignored the warships that were paralyzed and ran away.

But instead of capturing the paralyzed warships, the American Fleet surrounded them, sank them directly, and then pursued them.

Capturing these warships requires events, and they are not as fast as clippers, and if they are delayed, they will really be lost.

Captives can come back last.

The coalition ran all the way, and they chased all the way.

From 11 o'clock in the morning to 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the pursuit lasted for four hours, and the coalition forces lost 11 warships one after another, and finally the coalition forces reluctantly ordered to disperse and escape.

Now it's out of the question!

As soon as they dispersed, the American fleet had to choose a target to catch up, and then use the speed and artillery advantages to paralyze it on the surface of the sea and capture it.

When night fell, three of the various warships and pirate ships of the American Fleet were grouped, and each captured one warship, and the other seven were scattered in the surrounding seas.

And the coalition forces have already run away.

When dawn broke the next day, Lin Jun gathered five ships one after another, and each captured a coalition warship.

Lin Jun searched around for a day, and in addition to the more than 3,000 coalition soldiers, two warships and pirate ships that had not yet returned were not found.

On the third day, Lin Jun returned to Jinshan.

After a few days of fighting, a total of 51 coalition warships were sunk and 8 were captured, and the coalition lost at least 59 warships, which were basically crippled.

The coalition forces are nothing more than paper tigers. Of course, they were able to achieve such a strong record because they knocked out the British [***] ships in the coalition at the beginning, otherwise this battle would not be easy to fight.

The reason why the British [***] ship was defeated was because of the intelligence of the Spaniards.

When the coalition forces arrived in Puerto Dios, the American fleet was on the opposite side of Panama, and the Spaniards directly revealed the arrival of the coalition forces to the American fleet.

Receiving the intelligence, the American fleet sailed at full speed to the exit of the Strait of Magellan and devised tactics to lure the enemy into an ambush.

What made Lin Jun not very reassuring was that the 'Phantom' commanded by You Jianwei had not been found yet, so it couldn't be an accident, right?

…… The coalition forces fled all the way, and finally fled to the Strait of Magellan one after another.

However, in the Strait of Magellan, there are obstacles.

You Jianwei took the Phantom to block the entrance to the Strait of Magellan directly, and whenever he encountered the arrival of a coalition warship, if it was a lone warship, he would stick it directly and then try to capture it.

Because the coalition forces were scattered and ran away, they entered the Strait of Magellan one after another.

This gave You Jianwei an opportunity to take advantage of, just like a hungry ladybird, rushing up to paralyze the other party when he encountered a lone coalition warship.

Coalition warships that were crippled usually chose to surrender.

If you don't surrender, you will be killed if you are sunk, and only a few warships will resist stubbornly, but the result is that they are all sunk by the order of You Jianwei.

And when those two or three coalition warships appeared, You Jianwei didn't touch them.

Because there are not many shells on the warship.

After a few days of fighting, there were not many shells left in the cabin, and the Phantom itself was relatively small and did not carry too many shells.

Three days later, there were no more coalition warships.

You Jianwei then returned with the four warships he had captured, and on the way, he joined up with the warship he had captured before, but because he was paralyzed and incapacitated, he was left on the edge of a small island.

A warship with five warships that had been beaten to the point of immobility, almost dragged each other along, moving as slowly as a turtle.

But looking at these five warships, You Jianwei was very excited in his heart.

When I go back, I will definitely be able to become the captain of the ship.

But he didn't like the Dutch, French warships, he liked the British warships, but he preferred the frigates that were still being built in the shipyards.

Because the speed of the frigate is the fastest, although the tonnage is small, You Jianwei feels that the combat effectiveness of the frigate is stronger than that of the British [***] ship after refit.

Just because it's fast.

This battle made him feel the importance of speed even more.

A strong navy, with its superiority in artillery and speed, will be invincible. If his Phantom could be a little faster, it wouldn't be so troublesome to fight.

You Jianwei was very cautious all the way, and guarded the captives very strictly, because he had too few people, and the Phantom only had one hundred and fifty people.

The gunners were transferred to guard and take prisoners.

After the continuous repair of the captive warship, the speed gradually increased.

On the eighth day of the second lunar month, You Jianwei finally arrived in Panama City, where there were people from the California colony, and the Spaniards would not do anything to them.

The Viceroy of New Spain had just received news a few days ago - a great defeat for the coalition forces.

The news was so jaw-dropping that it was hard to believe it was true.

And it was an almost one-sided defeat. According to the Allied soldiers who came to Dios to resupply, these Far Easterners first ambushed the British Royal Fleet, and then, using despicable tactics, defeated the Combined Fleet.

And these Far Easterners did not sink a single ship.

The Viceroy of New Spain found out that he had once again underestimated the strength of these Far Easterners.

originally wanted them to lose both, but it turned out that the strength of the two sides was asymmetrical, and they secretly helped these Far Easterners, but they actually helped too much.

It's really frustrating!

At the same time, the viceroy of New Spain was also frightened and deeply uneasy about the California colony.

With the speed of expansion of these Far Easterners in the New World, they do not know which day bad luck will befall them, after all, the Central and South America they occupy can make any country covet existence.

But with the current situation, it is almost impossible for the coalition forces to launch another offensive in the short term.

The next step should be to negotiate soon!

These Far Easterners cannot be allowed to continue to expand, and the way to curb their expansion is through peace talks.

Because the way these Far Easterners expanded was very violent and direct, that is, robbery. But if the peace talks are successful, they will no longer be able to blatantly rob everywhere.

The Viceroyalty of New Spain, which felt that it was necessary to unite the European countries, immediately began to lead peace talks between the California colonies and the Netherlands, France, and Great Britain.

(To be continued)