"The artillery on the Haw Par Army's warships has a longer range than ours, and the other party must want to keep a distance from us and unilaterally slaughter ......us," the commander of the imperial court sailors, with a gloomy face, muttered to himself.

As soon as he finished speaking, the lieutenant general standing beside him asked anxiously.

"My lord, then we will watch the Haw Par Army continue to shoot flowering catapults into our fleet without being indifferent...... The range of our artillery is only two miles at most. If the Haw Par Army doesn't let us get close to them, the shells we shoot won't help them at all. ”

The coach replied without thinking: "Of course you can't be beaten passively." Don't forget, we are the court sailors. As for the other party, it is just a group of temporary sailors who have been formed for less than twenty days...... No, say that the sailor also complimented them. In the opinion of this officer, they are not even called sailors, at most they can be regarded as a fleet of ships that can shoot artillery. ”

"I can be sure that as long as we come to our senses, we will fight them with all our might. This improvised sailor could not stop our attack at all. ”

"So, the urgent thing we need to delay now is how to disrupt their formation...... As long as this is done, our warships can pounce on them like wolves. Then, with the artillery we were equipped, we sank these Haw Par Army warships that dared to sneak up on us, one by one. ”

Speaking of which, the stern sù on the commander's face was already unconsciously covered with a trace of murderous aura.

After taking a deep breath, he ordered loudly: "The commander will order the fleet to be divided into two and pursue the Tiger and Par Army fleet...... from different directions. Launch an attack on the Haw Par fleet. Other than that. warships. Regardless of whether it is close to the range of the artillery, it will be fired at the officer. ”

"Even if the shells we shoot can't hit the opposing ships, they can still have a certain deterrent effect......"

"The Haw Par Army Naval Division is composed of a group of recruits who have been trained for less than 20 days, and this kind of artillery deterrence is likely to have some unexpected results."

Twenty warships of the Haw Par Army, with the help of the sea breeze, quickly made a detour to the two flanks of the official fleet. However, action has already been taken. And the imperial fleet, which has received the general's order, obviously will not be captured like this.

The warships, which numbered less than eighty, were also divided into two and chased in the roundabout direction of the Tiger and Leopard Army.

During the pursuit, although there were flowering bullets fired by the Haw Par Army, they continued to fall around the warship or exploded on the deck of the warship. However, dozens of imperial warships, still without the slightest intention of stopping, continued to pursue with full sails. And that's not all. The red-coated cannons equipped on the warship also emitted a series of deafening roars.

Although the whistling flowering bomb smashed on the surface of the sea more than a hundred battles away from the fleet, it exploded. But after the explosion of these flowering shells. The one or two hundred thick water columns lifted from the sea still scared the tiger and leopard army.

In the face of the attack, these sailors who had not experienced war for a long time, and even boarded the warship for the first time, directly showed a heartfelt panic expression on their faces.

Under the influence of such psychological factors, the speed and accuracy of those gunners were directly affected very much.

Especially as the imperial navy continued to approach, the thick water column that the flowering bombs constantly lifted was getting closer and closer to the warship where he was, and this panic spread directly on the warship.

In the face of the increasingly severe battlefield situation in front of him, the expression on the face of fleet commander Li Xinlong can already be described as gloomy.

As for the deputy general standing beside him, he could no longer see the smile on his face after he had just wiped out more than a dozen warships in the imperial court.

I saw Li Xinlong standing on the deck with a gloomy face, without saying a word. The adjutant general could no longer suppress the anxiety and worry in his heart, and asked directly.

"Commander, the number of warships in the fleet of the imperial navy is really too much...... Rushing at us from all directions, we can't guard against it......"

"If we don't think of a way, these warships of the imperial court sailors will rush towards us from all directions like vicious wolves, surround us, destroy the warships under our feet, and destroy us."

If you are commanding a fleet of well-trained sailors, you will face the situation in front of you. will definitely rely on the artillery advantage in his hand to meet the imperial fleet without hesitation and fight with them head-to-head.

However, the fleet under his command not only did not meet the requirement of being well-trained, but also had a very large gap.

In this case, if you still have a hard confrontation with the imperial fleet, then there is only one result waiting for you, that is, the total annihilation.

Just when Li Xinlong was under the gaze of several pairs of eyes, thinking about possible solutions. I don't know if it's God's favor or what. The wind and waves on the sea, as if they had been discussed, actually stopped.

Not only that, but the visibility on the pitch black sea is surprisingly good.

Although he is already two or three miles away from the pier. However, the lights on the pier still appear very clearly in Li Xinlong's field of vision.

Facing the brightly lit dock, a very bold idea quickly surged into Li Xinlong's mind.

He shouted loudly as his subordinates looked at him.

"If you have a way, immediately contact the warships with signal lights, light all the lights on the warships, and retreat in the direction of the dock...... The signal informed the heavy artillery regiment stationed at the dock that our naval division fleet intended to introduce the imperial naval division warships into the dock. As long as the ships of the imperial navy enter the range of heavy artillery, all heavy artillery, all cannons......"

"This official doesn't believe that under the simultaneous attack of five or six hundred heavy cannons, the imperial court sailors still have the courage to continue to approach us...... When the time comes, as long as they express the idea of retreating in the harbor, we will catch up with them, and use the guns of the warships to chase them. ”

"Of course, if they dare to attack us in turn, then we will lead them to the docks and let the brothers of the heavy artillery regiment clean them up ......"

On the battlefield of naval warfare, where the sound of artillery continues, as the engagement continues. The morale of the officers and men of the Haw Par Army can be said to be getting lower and lower. And the imperial court sailors are becoming more and more high-spirited, and the more they fight, the more energetic they become.

Under such circumstances, the smile on the face of the commander of the imperial court sailor also became stronger and stronger.

Just when he was eager for victory and loudly boosted the morale of his soldiers. The Haw Par Army sailors, who were being chased by themselves, suddenly turned around and retreated frantically in the direction of the dock.

Seeing that the Haw Par Army's naval division was about to enter the range of his artillery, how could the commander of the naval division watch the duck fly like this.

Therefore, the commander of the imperial court sailors gave the order to continue the pursuit without thinking about it.

Perhaps at this moment, all the generals of the imperial court were blindfolded by the upcoming military exploits in front of them. In the face of the commander-in-chief's order, not a single person thought about the crushing defeat of the fleet at the dock ten days ago, and not a single person questioned this order.

Just when the mighty imperial navy division followed behind the tiger and leopard army warship and rushed to the dock.

On the dock, which was also brightly lit, thousands of gunners were fiddling with the heavy artillery in front of them amid the shouts of their respective generals. As hundreds of heavy guns slowly raised their black holes, one by one, the flowering shells were also stuffed into the breeches of the gunners, ready for shelling.

When the gunners on the dock were waiting for battle, they could clearly see the ships of the Haw Par Army Naval Division. The order to open fire, like a plague, quickly spread throughout the artillery positions.

As soon as the deafening cannon sound sounded, the flowering shell with a screaming sound flew out of the cannon chamber and flew towards the sea three miles away, where the imperial court sailors were in a frantic pursuit.

After the heavy artillery regiment on the pier opened fire, it was as if fleeing for their lives, and the twenty warships that returned to the pier were not idle.

After only a brief pause, the three hundred heavy guns roared again, firing one after another into the sea two miles away, where explosions were constantly occurring.

The outcome of this artillery battle was not unexpected.

Although the imperial navy division still has more than 70 warships and nearly 1,000 artillery pieces of various kinds. However, because the imperial navy was in pursuit, the bow of the ship moved forward. There are not even two or two hundred artillery pieces that can really shell the pier.

The Haw Par Army, on the other hand, has more than 500 artillery pieces with a longer range and faster rate of fire.

Therefore, as soon as the tragic artillery battle lasted for a tea time, the imperial navy lost more than twenty warships.

As for the Haw Par Army Naval Division, there were only two warships in the full battle, and several warships intercepted by the imperial court sailors rushed through the artillery fire and were hit, and several large holes were smashed out of the deck.

In the face of huge losses, although the imperial court sailors were very unwilling. However, under the threat of death, a retreat had to be carried out.

However, what they didn't expect was that. They had just withdrawn from the range of the dock heavy artillery, and they had not yet had time to breathe a sigh of relief. The remaining eighteen search warships of the Haw Par Army rushed out of the dock after him, followed him three miles behind, and continued to fire flowering shells at him, destroying his fewer and fewer warships.

"The Haw Par Army is simply too deceitful, and they have the ability to fight a naval battle with their own officials...... What kind of ability is it to hide in Tibet like this. "Facing the flowering bombs that are constantly exploding around me. The commander of the ship's sailor division, who was hit hard again, couldn't help but scold.

But his scolding did not allow the flowering bombs that fell around, in any way.

When he saw another warship beside him, it turned into a fireball in the explosion of the flowering bomb. The gloomy face gradually began to become anxious.

looked at the deputy general beside him, and said eagerly.

"We can't go on like this. If we continue to fight like this, these warships we brought will all be blown up and sunk by the Haw Par Army's flowering bombs......"

The lieutenant general, who also saw the problem, followed suit.

"Your Excellency, by now, we have less than fifty ships left, and almost half of them have been lost. In such a situation, there must be no further losses. Otherwise, we will not be able to explain to the imperial court at all. (To be continued......)