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"It's not good, the Qing army wants to escape!" The fleets on the battlefield soon discovered this problem, the Qing army was deflecting its course, and the warships that were originally entangled with the Mawei army adjusted their sails and galloped away in the direction of due east. In this direction, the First Fleet and the Fifth Squadron were nearly a kilometer wide in the middle, and the Qing army puffed up its sails and rushed to the gap with lightning speed.

"Pass my order, all the warships of the Yuanzi formation immediately adjust their sails, and line the river to the left at ninety degrees, and the speed should be fast!" Although this gap is one kilometer wide, the Mawei battleships on both sides will not just do this, and let Wang Zhiding lead the remaining Qing warships to break through. It was also at this time that the Yuanzi formation, under the leadership of Wang Zhenbang's ship, Zhenyuan, came to this side, preparing to use the warships of the Yuanzi formation to block the Qing army's warships and escape.

This battle has reached this point now, and Wang Zhiding really feels that his spine is a little cold. When he really wanted to remove the battlefield, he clearly found that there was only so little warship left under his command. The reinforcements of the Mawei Navy just now were already so ferocious that they made the Qing army's fleet jump and flee in all directions. And now there is another batch of reinforcements from afar, although the number is not as large as just now, but I am afraid that their Qing army fleet is really going to be bad. Especially at the moment when it appeared, the other party just blocked his escape route, and it would be strange not to cause a stricter panic.

Wang Zhiding was in chaos, he had been fighting for nearly an hour before, and the artillery was flying very densely, but it was not all the warships of the Mawei Army? The power of the artillery of the Mawei Navy is a little too powerful. The firepower on their ships was far from that of the Mawei Navy. In the end, it is closer to the far-reaching formation to leave the sand island. It's only about five minutes. When the Qing army's warships were still nearly a kilometer away from this side, Wang Zhenbang's Yuanzi formation had already inserted into this gap. Prepare a word across the river, and form a typical T-shaped battle formation in naval battles with Qing warships.

"Line up!"

", the enemy ship is coming over, quickly reload!"

"Volley!"

Navy Commander Wang Zhenbang personally commanded the battle and quickly gave the order. From Wang Zhenbang's point of view, the Qing army's warships were really too chaotic, and they had no intention of fighting at all. In such a situation. The ferocious salvo of the Mawei battleship was the most effective. For the time being, I don't know what the results of the three detachments on all sides of the river will be, but the soldiers of the Yuanzi formation are the most eager to establish meritorious deeds, and they will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity. In previous naval battles, as the direct formation of the naval commander, they had very few opportunities to fight, and they were only a little better than the two detachments that were finally formed. However, in the future, they still won't have many opportunities to fight, and the fleet in front of them will do it first!

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

The time of a stick of incense. The Qing warships dodged the attack of many artillery fires and rushed in front of Wang Zhenbang and other twenty warships. However, Wang Zhenbang's Yuanzi formation did not completely block this gap, and the Qing warships could pass through the middle several hundred meters away. But even then, the first round of salvos began to sound. Dense chain bombs, flowering bullets and grape bullets smashed towards the Qing warship in front, like a gust of wind, and a Qing warship that rushed to the forefront was shrouded in it. The Qing warships, which were similar to the distance from them, immediately noticed that something was wrong, and subconsciously wanted to deflect their course to avoid shells.

Although only half of the warships of the Yuanzi formation that had begun to block this gap were adjusted and began to fire, there were also more than 200 cannons firing at the same time, and the power can be imagined, especially in the case of a large number of chain shells and flowering shells. The hit rate is quite high at a distance of less than a kilometer, and the lethality and deterrent power of these two shells cannot be replaced by other weapons. And on some of the battleships that continued to follow, grapeshothus also began to prepare, and when the Qing warships approached within 500 meters, they immediately began to ignite!

The closest Qing warship to Wang Zhenbang's Zhenyuan was less than 800 meters away. At such a distance, a salvo shot over almost hit the target Qing warship. More than 10 rounds of shells landed on this large Fu ship warship, and the warship suddenly could not withstand the bombardment, and the soldiers were killed and wounded. And the chain projectile flew onto this warship, and all the sails were torn almost at the same time, and the mainmast was even more severely frustrated.

In the face of the fierce attack of the Mawei Navy and the Qing Army, the reaction of the Qing fleet seemed to be a little sluggish. For example, the Qing warship that was attacked in front of him did not fully react at all, and chain bombs and flowering bullets rained down. However, they had already broken through and escaped, and now only this direction was their only hope, even if they had to speed up against the shells!

At this moment, not only Wang Zhiding, the commander of the Qing army, but also the entire Qing army fleet was already a little confused at this time, and it was out of control. Most of the Qing soldiers, including the pipe belt (captain) of the Qing warship, have lost the courage to fight desperately with the Mawei Navy and the navy. The first thing they think of is how to save themselves, how to keep themselves alive. As for everything else, it's all puffy clouds.

The two successive attacks of the Mawei Navy, the surprise attack of the First Squadron, and the interception of the Yuanzi formation were indeed devastating to the Qing soldiers' psychological blows. In the face of such a powerful Mawei Navy, they no longer have the courage to fight, and they only want to escape from this terrifying place as soon as possible.

For the current situation, even Wang Zhiding feels that the general trend has gone. He didn't expect that the artillery fire of the Mawei Army would be this fierce method, not to mention them, even the Zheng Army's naval division was far inferior, it was not at the same level at all, he knew that their Qing army fleet had no possibility of winning.

From the battle just now, Wang Zhiding has also clearly felt that these warships of the Mawei Army are the most professional combat ships, and they can be said to have been exerted to the extreme in terms of various performance and combat effectiveness. And they had a large number of warships owned by the Qing army's Jiangning Naval Division. Except for a small number of professional warships. The others were converted from merchant ships. Such a warship can only be beaten in front of a professional battleship.

To say that among the Qing warships that can compete with the Mawei battleships, that is, the sporadic few big ships and the two Dafu ships obtained by capturing Zheng Jun, it is a pity that just now, the only remaining Dafu warship in their Jin Dynasty has also been anchored by the artillery fire of the Mawei Yuanzi formation! In fact, even if these warships of the Qing army are intact, they still cannot be the opponents of the Mawei battleships, which also involves the question of the warrior Su zhì, what is the level of the Mawei naval warriors. What is the level of the Qing army's many new or veteran sailors, there is no comparison at all, and the difference is too far.

"Squeak Quack"

"Boom"

The Qing warship that was speeding up to break out of the encirclement was only halfway sailing, and the Yuanzi formation had already knocked out the Qing warship at the front, which was the only remaining Daifuku ship. Originally, the maneuverability of the Daifuku ship was not good, but this ship, as one of the main warships of the Qing army, had been rushing ahead, but at this moment, the main mast was broken by several chain bullets, and then smashed down, and at the same time, the Qing warship became a mess. A large area of sails on the ship is slowly soaking into the river under the pull of the mainmast. Next to this Daifuku ship, a large number of Qing soldiers were desperately swimming outside.

This unlucky main warship of the Qing army. In front of the Mawei battleship, he was completely in a state of passive beating, and he had no strength to fight back at all. In the face of an overwhelming rain of bullets. Many of the sailors on the Qing warships wisely chose to jump into the water to escape. As it turned out, they had made the right choice, and if they had remained on the ship, they would have been either dead or wounded. At this moment, one of the main warships was finished, and the other Qing warships were even more frightened. To the north of them, the Sixth Detachment of the Mawei Navy continued its rampage. Behind them and to the south, it was the Fifth Detachment of the Mawei Navy that was furious and blocked the connection between the small boats behind and the main warships of the Qing army, and also blocked the retreat of Wang Zhiding and other Qing fleets. Now they can only escape by rushing forward quickly to the east, otherwise they will definitely not be able to escape the fate of being destroyed in the end.

The superiority of the Qing army's fleet has long been gone, and the number of ships, the grade, the number and power of artillery, the difference is unbelievable. Even if Wang Zhiding was given hundreds of the same warships at this time, he would have no way to turn the tide. Because, the balance of the battle has been tilted strictly to the side of the Mawei Army and Navy, and the soldiers have almost no intention of fighting, how can this battle be fought! At this time, the morale of the Qing soldiers had also fallen to the bottom. Even the lowest sailors knew that they had fallen into the encirclement of the Mawei Army and Navy, and it was unknown whether they could rush out at this moment......

By this time, the Qing fleet was basically dispersed, and the warships in front and back became the targets of the Mawei Navy. So far, only one Mawei battleship has been sunk, sixteen warships have had their sails or masts destroyed, and ten whole battleships have been damaged and cannot continue fighting, but the overall number is close to three times that of the Qing army. At this time, part of the Mawei Army's First Fleet, Sixth Fleet, and Fifth Fleet had already joined the pursuit of Wang Zhiding's remaining fifty or so warships.

"After the last five warships were broken, the other warships sailed rapidly!" Wang Zhiding bitterly helplessly distributed the latest order. Under the current circumstances, all he can do is to let some of the warships break off, and resist as much as possible to contain the Mawei battleships. These are also the main warships of the Qing army, and it is very distressing to lose one, and this time it is five. However, he is used to this battle!

The salvo of the first and sixth fleets of the Mawei Navy made the Qing warships in the rear scattered, and they wanted to flee the battlefield one after another. But at this time, they received Wang Zhiding's order to break them off, and the pipe belt on several warships immediately stopped, and there were already Qing warships surrendered before, and they were not missing, so it was important to save their lives!

"Damn, we're abandoned!" The captain of the last boat roared. "Brothers, we have become outcasts, it's really not worth it to work for the Qing court, listen to my orders, lower the sails and hang the white flag, and surrender!"

As soon as his voice fell, many of the soldiers on the ship cheered, and carried out the order with sloppy movements.

There was one leader, and the other warships did the same, and they all lowered their sails, raised the white flag, and officially surrendered, and it happened that the many guns of the Mawei battleship were preparing to fire, and when they saw this situation, they had to adjust their guns again and bombard them at other Qing warships!

"Rush me!" Wang Zhiding shouted viciously. "Come on, give them a heavy blow at the end, or we won't go far!"

He still wants a way to live, but the far number is blocked here, and they must break through it, since the other side does not let it, then they can only fight with the other party to break the net. And as long as they can concentrate their firepower and defeat the Jiangyuan as quickly as possible, the best can sink a few, so that the Mawei battleships can't keep up with them quickly, so that they can run away calmly.

"Preparing for an attack"

"Preparing for an attack"

"Preparing for an attack"

It is getting closer and closer, and the Qing fleet will never be willing to be annihilated, they will definitely fight back desperately, and their artillery is also very ferocious. However, no matter how hard the bones are, they have to be gnawed down. Every officer and soldier on the battleships of the Mawei Navy took a deep breath and filled themselves with strength.

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

At this moment, the guns of each ship threw out a large number of marbles, forming a rain of bullets, and the dense marbles fell on the sea surface, splashing a layer of water, as if covering the sea with a thick layer of white mist, which was breathtaking. And there are also many chain bombs whistling down towards the Qing warships...... (To be continued......)