As soon as the flagship sounded, the trumpets of the squads immediately followed, and the fastest reaction was naturally the cruiser, Lin Haitao listened to the trumpet of the attack, and saw that the battle flag was also raised at the flagship, and immediately led his cruiser fleet to penetrate the rear of the enemy formation from the left to cut off the opponent's retreat.

Lin Wei and Archer also led their teams to the Anglo-Portuguese fleet on the left and right, but the fleet led by Shi Shibiao approached the Anglo-Portuguese fleet directly from the middle.

Seeing that the other side was attacking in three directions and a cruiser fleet outflanked the rear of his fleet, Wells, the commander of the Anglo-Portuguese fleet, couldn't help but sneer: "The British Navy will never leave a way for itself to retreat in a naval war. Looking at Shi Shibiu's flagship, which was rushing towards his battleship, he ordered in a deep voice: "Raise the flag of St. George, order the fleet to move forward half-sail, and kill their flagship first." After giving the order, he couldn't help muttering in a low voice, "Damn Qing people, there is no gentlemanly demeanor." As he spoke, he threw the glass in his hand into the sea.

As soon as the British fleet saw the flagship raise the blood-red pennant - the St. George flag, it immediately broke out into a thunderous cheer in response, St. George is the protector of England, and raising the St. George flag in the naval battle is to tell the opponent, but also to tell their own soldiers, from this moment on, will fight to the end, never retreat, never surrender!

When Archer saw this, the commander of the Cadiz fleet, couldn't help but curse secretly, "Crazy! As soon as the war began, the flag of St. George was raised. He couldn't help but secretly cry out in his heart, today must be a hard battle, it's nothing, but in this way, I'm afraid I won't be able to capture many warships, damn it, perverted British!

The team led by Shi Shibiao attacked directly from the middle, the distance was the shortest, and the Anglo-Portuguese fleet accelerated its advance. Soon, the Anglo-Portuguese fleet came within the range of thirty-two pounders, and after glancing at the slowly moving battleships in front, Shi Shibiao said in a deep voice: "Lower half sail, left full rudder." Thirty-two pounder cannon preparation. ”

As the sails were half-lowered, the speed of the battleship slowed down sharply, and then the hull of the ship tilted sharply, drawing a beautiful arc, and the whole battleship was completely sideways. As soon as the battleship returned to a level state, there was a cry "The artillery is ready." And it came up.

"Aim at the opponent's flagship, hit him on the waterline, and shoot five times in a row!" Shi Shibiao shouted in a deep voice.

"Boom, boom, boom" A series of deafening artillery sounds kicked off the naval battle of Sagres.

Seeing that the other party was fifteen hundred yards away, Wells was about to make a big disdain, but before he could say anything, he felt the battleship under his feet shake violently. Immediately after that, I heard the sound of "bang" impact, and I was shot? And there are quite a few of them! He couldn't help but be amazed, God, how is this possible! At a distance of 1,500 yards, the guns of the Qing warships were able to accurately hit the target at 1,500 yards!

"Adjutant. Immediately ordered them to report the damage. Wells was anxious to find out how powerful the Qing artillery was.

Herbert's face was also pale, no wonder the Qing people dared to abandon the conventional way of playing, it turned out that their artillery had far surpassed Europe, he couldn't help but look back at the blood-red pennant fluttering on the mast - the St. George flag, today's naval battle is really going to be bloody to the end, I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated. He couldn't help but worry for a while.

The damage report was still ahead, and the second round of shelling on the opposite side had begun again, and Wells's brow was now twisted into a big Sichuan letter. He didn't need to look at his watch, he also knew that the interval between the two rounds of shelling was less than a minute, which was faster than the speed of their long-trained and skilled gunners, how did the gunners of the Qing Navy train? This is still a navy that has been created for less than six years, and we have done it? Oh, God. How will this battle be fought?

Because it was half a sail that was lowered, Shi Shibiu's battleship fired two rounds of artillery salvo. The battleship had already brushed over Wells' flagship, but the first round of shelling of the third class battleship 'Yellow River 001' followed closely behind him.

As soon as he saw this, Herbert knew that he was being targeted by the other party, and hurriedly said: "Wells, they are targeted, go to the cabin and command." ”

"The cabin is not necessarily safe." Wells was unmoved, glanced at the fleet filled with gunpowder on the opposite side, and looked at the battleships coming one after another with full rudders, he gritted his teeth and ordered in a deep voice: "Open fire, order the heavy artillery to return fire!" ”

Herbert couldn't help nodding, at this time the artillery fire is undoubtedly the most correct, more than a thousand yards away, although the artillery is inaccurate, and there is no lethality, but let the opponent continue to shell, and it is a hit, if the cannon is not fired back, the morale will soon collapse, at this time, even if the cannon is empty, it can also play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army.

Although he was nervous, Wells looked calm and calm, showing the demeanor of a veteran, and as soon as he groaned, he gave a second order, "Order all ships to raise their sails, raise their sails, rush forward, and do their best to fight them in close combat!" Scrimmage! ”

After giving the order, Wells muttered: "Mess up, it's better to mess up, it's better than being hit by a target ship." ”

Herbert couldn't help but be speechless for a while, the price paid would be very terrible, but in the current situation, melee, melee combat is indeed the only way, I hope that the Qing fleet is inexperienced in the big war, otherwise even if the whole army is annihilated, it will not cause much damage to the Qing fleet.

"Boom." A cannonball exploded in the air on the battleship, fragmented shrapnel splashed everywhere, and many sailors on the deck who were busy immediately fell in a pool of blood. Herbert couldn't help but be surprised, without saying a word, as soon as he picked up Wells and hurried into the cabin, both of them were full of solemnity, but they were speechless.

The adjutant hurriedly ran in at this time and reported: "Two generals, the bilge is badly damaged, there is already a lot of standing water, and the losses of the gunners on the lower deck are also quite serious. ”

"Is it a hole?" Wells asked immediately.

"No, General." The adjutant hurriedly replied: "However, although there is no hole, the damage is very large, and the place where it was hit is leaking." ”

Hearing this, Wells and Herbert couldn't help but look at each other, it seems that the Qing artillery not only hit far and accurately, but also the power is very amazing, at 1,500 yards of shelling, it can still cause serious damage to the long wall, this battle is really impossible to fight.

Herbert sighed lightly before he said: "Now I finally understand why the Luzon fleet was surrendered by the entire fleet of the Qing country's cruisers, and if this news does not spread, I don't know how many fleets will be planted in the hands of the Qing fleet." ”

"There is no precedent for the British Navy to lower the flag of St. George." Wells said a word, and then stopped making a sound, at this time, the sound of the cannon suddenly became intense, and he didn't need to look, he also knew that the Qing fleet had launched an all-round attack.