At the time of the hand-to-hand encounter, the Anglo-Portuguese fleet temporarily changed formations, causing not only chaos, but also panic!

The officers and men of the Anglo-Portuguese fleet immediately developed a great fear of the artillery power of the Qing fleet, and the morale aroused by raising the flag of St. George immediately declined.

In the face of this great opportunity, the Qingxi fleet would not let it go, the three large battleship squadrons immediately seized the fighter planes and attacked fiercely, and the Anglo-Portuguese fleet saw that after the flagship opened fire, it also followed with frequent artillery firing back, although the captains of the ships knew that there was no accuracy in firing under such circumstances, but in order to stabilize the morale of the army, they also took care of that much.

Soon, the whole sea became a pot of porridge, nearly 100 warships fired fiercely at each other on the wide sea, and the rumbling cannons rose one after another on the sea, becoming more and more dense, first only heavy artillery, and then 24-pounder guns, 18-pounder guns, and 12-pounder cannons all roared one after another, and thousands of guns fired intensively, the power was amazing, and the sound of cannons was even more resounding in the sky.

An unlucky British third-class battleship rushed too fast when it changed formation, broke away from the fleet, and rushed towards Lin Wei's team in the lead. ”

As soon as the order was given, the guns on the ship immediately roared, and there was no need to order, and the heavy gunners also knew how to aim at the opponent's waterline, because once the battleship entered the water, the speed would immediately slow down.

As soon as Lin Wei's battleship opened fire, the other warships had to abandon the target they were attacking one after another, and instead concentrate their artillery fire on this third-class ship that dared to threaten their safety. At a distance of 800 yards, the hit rate of the guns could be as high as about eighty percent, and in an instant, the unlucky third-class ship that became the target of the public was hit by countless shells, not only the gunners on the ship were seriously killed and wounded, but the speed also slowed down, after three waves of continuous shelling. The hapless third-class ship finally came to a slow halt and began to slowly tilt.

As soon as they saw this situation, those with a little experience knew that this battleship was powerless and would soon sink, and a burst of cheers immediately broke out on the battleships of the Lin Wei team, and the four battleships that came to the rescue of the Anglo-Portuguese fleet immediately began to change course and prepare to return to the queue.

Lin Wei glanced at the last fourth-rank ship, resisted the urge to sink it, and ordered in a deep voice: "Full sails." Left rudder three. ”

With the order, the speed of the battleship immediately increased. Distanced himself from the Anglo-Portuguese fleet again, Lin Wei glanced at the scrapped third-class battleship, the officers and soldiers on the ship who were still alive were abandoning the ship and jumping into the sea, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile, the battle has just begun, don't worry, this battle. There was no suspense about victory, but the South Sea Fleet was far away in Europe, and every soldier was precious. He had to avoid casualties as much as possible and try to win the naval battle with the least possible cost.

In less than a quarter of an hour after the start of the war, a main battleship was lost, and all the officers and men of the Anglo-Portuguese fleet felt their scalps tingle, and the artillery of the Qing fleet was really terrifying, not only did it hit far and accurately, but also the speed of the artillery bombardment was much faster than theirs, and the artillery of both sides was completely unequal, what would be the result of this battle?

Everyone couldn't help but think of the situation when they bullied the Indians with muskets and artillery, in front of the Qing artillery, they were no different from the Indians, this was an unequal battle at all, and the morale of the Anglo-Portuguese fleet also dropped again and again.

However, the Nanyang Fleet tasted the sweetness of hurting its ten fingers, and it was better to cut off one of its fingers, and began to frequently concentrate firepower to storm a battleship, and they were all aimed at the opponent's waterline position, and less than half a time after the war began, two main warships of the Anglo-Portuguese Fleet, the third-class battleship, were hit into the water, and they were greatly tilted, and the officers and men on the ships abandoned the ships and dived.

In the face of the new tactics of the Qing fleet, the Anglo-Portuguese fleet was extremely unadaptable, and in the past naval battles in Europe, both sides lined up in battle lines to bombard, and often after a battle, both sides were evenly matched, and the losses were not very large.

Seeing this situation, the captains of the main warships of the Anglo-Portuguese fleet realized how correct the order of the commander Wells was, and began to rush towards the Qing fleet with full sails, trying to be able to fight in close combat and level the disadvantage, but what disappointed them was that the Qing fleet did not give them a chance to fight in close combat, and kept a distance of seven or eight hundred yards from them. The opponent will also bite a battleship, often with three waves of artillery strikes, which can severely damage a battleship.

Soon, the captains of the main warships of the Anglo-Portuguese fleet found that it was simply an extravagant hope to engage in the most common melee confrontation in European naval warfare with the Qing fleet.

Within an hour of the start of the battle, five of the main battleships of the Anglo-Portuguese fleet, the third class battleships, had been scrapped, two had sunk, and three were still in the process of sinking.

Wells's flagship was hit seriously by the water at the beginning, and its speed was greatly reduced, but it was also lucky to stay out of the situation, seeing the British and Portuguese naval flags fluttering on the battleships tilting on the sea, Wells and Herbert's hearts were dripping blood.

At this time, the adjutant stepped forward and reported softly: "Within an hour of the start of the war, we sank four enemy warships, two fourth-class ships, and two cruisers, all of which were Spanish, and severely damaged one Spanish third-class ship and two fourth-class ships of the Qing Kingdom. After a slight pause, he continued: "Five of our third-class battleships, eight fourth-class ships, and six cruisers were heavily damaged and sunk. ”

An hour after the start of the battle, almost half of the battleships had been sunk, how could this battle be fought? Herbert couldn't help but glance up at the sky, it was at least two hours before it got dark, at this rate, it would not take an hour and a half for the battle to be completely over, and glanced at Wells, who had a grim look in his eyes, he finally pursed his lips and did not say a word.

Wells also didn't say a word, but raised the telescope and quickly observed the battlefield in the entire sea area, the five teams of the Qingxi fleet were still wandering, but the Anglo-Portuguese fleet was hugging three groups, when the other party approached, they shelled each other from a distance, like a group of lambs to the slaughter, helpless, on the sea, countless soldiers were asking for help and struggling.

After a while, he sighed lightly and said, "This is not a battle, this is a complete massacre." After taking a deep breath, he said heavily: "Let me set this precedent, lower the St. George's flag, I have no right to let these brave soldiers die in this ocean in vain." As he spoke, he turned his head and said with great difficulty: "Hang the white flag, blow the trumpet, and announce the surrender." ”

"Honor, General." The adjutant hurriedly saluted.

"It's not your fault, old man." Herbert hurriedly reassured: "It was the right decision. ”

"I know." Wells seemed to suddenly grow old, and said slowly: "I can't sacrifice these heroic soldiers for the sake of my personal reputation, even for the honor of St. George's flag!" After a slight pause, he said, "Hurry up and organize a small boat to rescue the soldiers who fell into the water." ”

When the loud trumpet sounded, the cannon on the sea gradually subsided, and when they saw that the St. George's flag hanging on the flagship of Wales had been lowered and replaced by a dazzling white flag, many British soldiers wept for it, and some young officers even wept.

Seeing the white flag flying on the flagship of Wales, the commander of the Spanish Cadiz fleet, Archer, couldn't help laughing heartily, and the invincible Wells also had a time to raise the white flag and surrender! The soldiers on the Spanish battleship immediately cheered.

The Nanyang Fleet then erupted in loud cheers, victorious! The Qing Empire's first naval battle in Europe was won by an absolute majority!

On the afternoon of the second day, the battle report of the Battle of Sagres was delivered to Lisbon, and the self-righteous King João V of Portugal read the battle report as if he had been hit in the head, and the combined Portuguese and British fleet was wiped out in the Battle of Sagres! How is this possible? He asked in disbelief: "Since the whole army was annihilated, who sent the battle report?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is a gift from Baron Toris in Port Lagos."

João V leaned weakly on the back of his chair, there is absolutely no problem with the source, it seems that the Portuguese-British combined fleet is really completely annihilated, the strength of the Spanish fleet, he is clear, can completely annihilate the Portuguese-British combined fleet, how strong is the Qing fleet? After a long pause, he ordered: "Inform Britain of this situation as quickly as possible." ”

In Tangier Port, as soon as Shi Shibiao and Lin Wei led the fleet to the shore, Yinzhen, Fu Anding, and Wu Sidao came up to congratulate them.

A few people politely entered the temporary headquarters of the Nanyang Fleet, and after greeting and sitting down, Shi Shibiao said in a deep voice: "This battle, although we won beautifully, but it can be regarded as a hornet's nest, Britain and Portugal will definitely not give up, and will inevitably raise troops to retaliate, next, how do you think the prince should deal with it?" ”

Yin Zhen glanced at Wu Sidao and said, "Mr. Wu, what do you think?" ”

Wu Sidao glanced at the crowd, and then said: "Lord, the expedition to Europe is mainly to disrupt the situation, and it is naturally impossible to fight hard with Britain and Portugal. ”