Maxwell didn't answer, but walked up to the telephone, grabbed the microphone and said, "Pick me up Governor Sanders." ”

It didn't take long for Sanders' voice to ring on the phone: "Commander Maxwell, I heard that the situation on Corregido Island is very unfavorable for us?" ”

Maxwell said in a deep voice: "Lord Governor, the Chinese pigs are very cunning, and we are indeed in a disadvantageous situation on the battlefield. ”

"Our reinforcements are still a long way off, and you must hold off the pigs," Sanders said.

"No, Lord Governor, I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for reinforcements to arrive, and now the Chinese pigs are attacking fiercely."

Sanders heard this with a little annoyance in his tone: "You mean that we are going to lose Corregidor Island?" ”

Maxwell hurriedly said, "No, no, no, Lord Governor, although the situation is very unfavorable for us, we still have a chance to turn the tide of the battle. ”

"What is this opportunity?" There was a hint of excitement in Sanders' tone.

"Report to the Governor, we still have two cruisers, if these two cruisers can be dispatched to cut off the connection between Corregidor Island and the enemy army, we can turn the enemy troops on the island into a lone army under siege, and we will definitely be able to annihilate them all at that time."

Sanders thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I see, I'll order Commander Banderas to set off, their warship is fast, and it doesn't take much time to prepare, and it will be there in about 25 minutes." ”

After saying this, Governor Sanders put down the phone and gave the order to Commander Banderas, who received the order to set off immediately, and he also took Normanston, the captain of the Charles I ship.

Commander Banderas was in a relaxed mood, because he already knew that it was the people of the Huaxia Empire who had launched the attack, and the Huaxia Empire had only one warship.

Two unprotected cruisers, one named "Cortés" and the other named "Pizarro", "Cortés" and "Pizarro" are both more famous people in Spanish history, the former conquered the Aztec tribes in Mexico, the latter conquered the Inca tribes of Peru, destroyed the civilization that lasted for thousands of years, and Commander Banderas put his command on the Cortés.

It was 5:30 a.m. in the morning, the sky was slightly bright, and the Pangu ship that went out to reconnoiter found black smoke coming from two warships, and Gao Longcheng immediately sent a message to Lin Fei: "Report to the fleet commander, our ship found two black smoke columns in the east, and the target situation is unknown." ”

Lin Fei's heart moved, and he secretly thought, are these two ships warships or civilian ships? We are fighting here, and the people of Manila should be able to know, so the civilian ships should not dare to leave the port, and those two black plumes of smoke should be sent by the enemy ships.

Lin Fei thought of this and sent a message to the whole fleet: "There are ships suspected of being enemy ships in the east, and all ships are ready for battle. ”

Shangguan Yunlong, the captain of the Nuwa ship, said in the blue bird machine: "Your Majesty, let me go in this battle." ”

Lin Fei thought for a while and said, "Yes, order the Nuwa ship to go forward to meet the Pangu ship, cooperate with the Pangu ship to reconnoitre, and if it is determined that the unknown ship is an enemy ship, allow the Nuwa ship to attack it." ”

Shangguan Yunlong said in a deep voice: "Yes... Understood..."His voice was still cold, and there was no trace of excitement from it at all, Lin Fei knew that Shangguan Yunlong was notoriously cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and he didn't care, as soon as Lin Fei put down the microphone, Liu Daming came over and said: "The Nuwa ship is an old ship, how can we let it be the main force?" ”

Lin Fei smiled meaningfully and said, "I have my own clever plan..."

Liu Daming laughed and said: "You have a ghost idea again, forget it, I won't ask more, the Spaniards are going to be unlucky again." ”

At this time, it was 5:58, the sky was bright, and a large number of civilian ships sent by Lin Fei began to land on Corregido Island, these civilian ships were requisitioned from all over the Chinese Empire to transport ammunition to the troops landing on the island, under the guidance of Lin Fei's public opinion, many fishing boats joined this team, not only ammunition on board, but also civilian workers, these migrant workers brought down the ammunition on the ship and transported it to various troops.

At 6:07, the Pangu ship sent a message: "Report to the commander of the fleet, the identity of the unknown ship has been identified, it is two Spanish unprotected cruisers." ”

Lin Fei immediately said: "Order your ship to break away from the enemy ship, and let the Nuwa ship take the enemy." ”

As soon as Lin Fei's order was given, the Pangu ship immediately turned its bow and sailed away from the possible battle area at high speed, attacking the enemy ship from the Nuwa ship, in the command room of the Nuwa ship, the captain Shangguan Yunlong held a monocular in his hand, and looked into the distance, only to see two Spanish warships emitting black smoke and sailing in his direction in a horizontal formation, and the interval between the two ships was about 2,000 meters.

Shangguan Yunlong picked up the microphone and contacted Lin Fei and said, "Report to Your Majesty, our ship has discovered the enemy ship, how can we fight?" ”

Lin Fei smiled and said, "How are you going to fight?" Say what you really think. ”

Shangguan Yunlong hesitated for a moment and said: "Okay, I'll say my truest thoughts, I observed that the distance between the two enemy ships is 2000 meters, I want to rush directly between the two battleships, and then attack the two enemy ships at the same time with the firepower of both sides, but this is too risky, I know you won't agree......"

Lin Fei laughed loudly: "Who said I didn't agree? I agree, you just fight as you say. ”

Shangguan Yunlong was surprised for a while, and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, you're not talking back, you mean to be sarcastic, right?" ”

Lin Fei said in a deep voice: "At the moment of the great enemy, will I be in the mood to play word games?" ”

Shangguan Yunlong hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, Your Majesty, I'll rush over according to my thoughts..."

After Shangguan Yunlong finished speaking, he put down the microphone and gave an order in a loud voice, the crew on the Nuwa ship were all newly trained by the Naval Officer Academy, each in their twenties, it was the age of strong blood and fearlessness, seeing Shangguan Yunlong give such an order, not only was he not afraid, but he inspired a heroic intention, and manipulated the Nuwa ship to rush between the two enemy ships.

At this time, Commander Banderas also saw the Nuwa ship, he recognized the Nuwa ship at a glance, and the old hatred of the Battle of Le Island instantly surged into his heart, at this time Normanston said softly: "The warship on the opposite side doesn't seem to have the intention of turning, is he going to rush straight over and engage us?" ”

Commander Banderas raised his binoculars and looked at them for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't think so, he only has one warship, and we have two, and he is at a complete disadvantage when he rushes over to fight." ”

After Commander Banderas finished speaking, he called the signalmen and ordered, "Send a signal to the Pizarro and ask them to close the distance between them and us to 1,500 meters." ”

At 6:25, the distance between the two sides reached 3,000 meters, and Commander Banderas saw that the Nuwa ship had no intention of changing course, and was still rushing between the two warships, and couldn't help but be surprised, and said to Normanston: "What's the matter with the battleship on the other side?" Rushing over so straight and straight, aren't you afraid of being sunk by us? ”

Normanston was also confused, and at this moment, the observer suddenly reported to Commander Banderas: "On the starboard side of our ship, two unidentified ships have been discovered, and they are approaching our ship at high speed..."

Commander Banderas hurriedly walked to the porthole, raised the telescope in his hand and looked into the distance, only to see two warships approaching one after the other, the bow of the battleship constantly splitting the waves, Commander Banderas judged from the height of the splash...... These two ships were traveling at a speed of eighteen knots...

Commander Banderas's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he secretly thought, what is going on with these two battleships? Could it be that they are the warships of the Huaxia Empire? That's not right... The Chinese Empire doesn't have a brand new warship... Could it be that these two battleships were British? The British and the Chinese Empire joined forces?

Commander Banderas hurriedly looked at the hull of the ship, but he didn't see any "rice flag" symbolizing the British Empire, and what surprised him even more was that there was no nationality mark on the warship at all, and the warships of the Chinese Empire were like this...

If these two warships are really from the Chinese Empire, then it is very likely that they were the ones who sank Charles I's ship on Corregido Island, their rate of fire is amazing, and our warships may not be their opponents...

Thinking of this, Commander Banderas was like a huge hand, gripping his heart with fear, and Commander Banderas hurriedly ordered: "Turn, retreat..."

Normanston hurriedly advised: "You can't turn around, as soon as we turn our side will be completely exposed to the guns of the cruiser Cuba." ”

Commander Banderas shouted loudly: "That's better than being caught between three battleships, don't talk nonsense, quick, turn immediately..."

The Cortez gave the signal, and the two battleships began to turn in the water, which exposed the side to the Nuwa... It turned out that this was Lin Fei's plan, he first let the Nuwa ship rush between the two warships, and then led the Tianlong ship and the Yunlong ship to outflank the starboard side of the enemy ship at high speed.

The steam engine equipped with the Tianlong ship and the Yunlong ship is specially used on large merchant ships with a displacement of 5,000 tons, and the output power is very strong, Lin Fei has carried out a drag reduction design for the underwater part of the hull, especially the use of a bulbous bow with excellent drag reduction performance, although the bulbous bow made by the current mechanical processing means is not perfect, and the drag reduction performance is much better than that of ordinary warships, and the dragon-class cruiser has reached a speed of 18 knots.

If the Spanish warship did not turn, the Tianlong and Yunlong ships would use the Vulcan cannon to destroy them, and if the Spanish warship turned, then no matter which way it turned, it would be killed by the fire of the Nuwa.

Shangguan Yunlong on the Nuwa ship saw that the enemy ship had exposed the side to him, and his eyes lit up with excitement, like a vicious wolf that had seen a fat sheep, and he ordered in a loud voice: "Open fire..."

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