Bobby is the commander of the fleet, but the captains in the fleet are not convinced by him. The reason is that the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain are all traditional seafaring powers, although they are declining. However, the dead camel is bigger than the horse, and the captains of the warships seem to have more experience than Bobby, both in terms of sea navigation and naval warfare. The United States relied on its deep pockets and prominent position in the coalition forces, so Bobby was appointed commander of the blockade detachment, which was to put it bluntly, a balance.

Fortunately, the Northern Expeditionary Army did not have the ability to fight at sea, and even if Bobby's prestige was not high, it was not dangerous to take on the blockade mission, and it was safe. However, after receiving the news that the torpedo boats had entered the Mawei Military Port and then blockaded the Mawei Sea, the captains questioned Bobby's command ability, especially the arrangement of troops. Just yesterday evening, the captains of cruisers and gunboats held a military meeting on the flagship to study the question of how to fight.

Bobby worked out in detail how to strangle the torpedo boats, and I thought the captains would agree. But everyone picked bones in the eggs, expressed their opinions and quarreled, and Bobby's planned strangulation Jihua did not pass. Bobby was very depressed, so he ordered the meeting to be adjourned, asking everyone to come up with their own plans and continue the military meeting on the flagship tomorrow. But where did Bobby think that the next day the Northern Expeditionary battleships covered the torpedo boats and killed.

When I woke up in the morning, the weather was overcast. A gentle wind blew on the sea, and the wind and waves were not strong. After daybreak, a light rain began to fall, and Bobby told the captains of the ships to continue the military meeting. Soon, with the exception of the captains of the small gunboats, who did not attend the military meeting, the other ships lowered their boats, and the captains boarded their boats and headed for the flagship. Just then a cruiser in front suddenly raised the alarm, and there was no doubt that the Northern Expeditionary fleet had been spotted. There was some confusion on the sea, and the small boats laid down by the ships quickly turned around the ships.

Seeing the Northern Expeditionary fleet coming, Bobby raised his binoculars to observe, but in fact, he was not panicked. There were 20 small gunboats under his command, and the small gunboats were in Yang Wei on Kinmen Island, and the torpedo boats were powerless. Without the threat of torpedo boats, the old warships of the Northern Expeditionary Army were no match at all. But where did Bobby think that although the battleships of the Northern Expeditionary Army had been hiding in the military harbor and did not dare to come out, the main guns on the ships had been updated. To put it bluntly, naval warfare is a duel between naval guns, and whoever hits the artillery accurately, well, far, and with powerful explosions will have the initiative.

Bobby ordered the small naval guns to intercept the enemy torpedo boats first, and then he waved the flag and ordered the ships to meet the enemy in battle formation. Bobby's hands trembled slightly when he saw the Northern Expeditionary Army dispatch more than 20 large sail warships. He was not scared but a little excited, thinking that his opportunity had come to create a brilliant record at sea. Since the captains of the ships were to return to the battleship, there was a delay for a while, and the gunboats, which naturally went forward, distanced themselves from the fleet.

On the flagship Yang Wei, He Meng held up the telescope and saw the coalition fleet, and immediately ordered all ships to enter combat readiness. At the same time, Dai Hui in front was notified in the flag language to carry out the proposed combat jihua. The torpedo boats in front slowed down and gradually moved closer to their own fleet. The coalition forces have always believed that the battleships hiding in the Mawei military port have old guns and are not a big threat. Therefore, the small gunboats of the coalition forces bravely moved forward and attacked the torpedo boats in front.

"Commander! The enemy fleet weishenme is dragging behind, will there be an ambush? An operations staff officer worried. Regardless of him, we are fully committed to dealing with small gunboats, and the original battle jihua remains unchanged. He Meng gritted his teeth so as not to waver in his determination. In any case, you must defeat the coalition blockade detachment, otherwise you will be trapped in the military port, and the offshore strategy will be ruined. If he knew about the situation of the enemy fleet, I am afraid he would be more confident. The coalition gunboats came into effective range, and the torpedo boats in front suddenly stopped advancing. The front main artillery of the Northern Expeditionary Army began to roar.

A small gunboat that rushed to the front was hit instantly, only to see the shells explode in the middle of the gunboat, and a puff of black smoke rose. The small gunboat suddenly rolled on its side, and the steam began to rise, apparently hitting the boilers. With a larger explosion, the small gunboat suddenly split apart and flipped over, and sank in the blink of an eye. Immediately after that, another gunboat was hit, black smoke rose from the front, and then the ammunition exploded, and a large hole was blown open in the front of the gunboat. As the gunboat was attacking at high speed, after the ammunition was detonated, the gunboat plunged headlong into the sea and watched it sink.

Suddenly hit, the small gunboats began to turn left or right and fled. The gunboats were more than enough to evade torpedo attacks, but their maneuverability to dodge shells was far worse than that of torpedo boats. In the second round of firing, two more gunboats were hit, and although they did not hit the vital point, they ignited a fire. At this time, the gunboat was in a mess in the sea, and during the turn, the speed had to slow down. This Kung Fu Nanyang Fleet had 5 cruisers with full rudder on the left and 8 76-mm guns on the side and began to bombard intensively.

In the process of escaping, a funny scene appears. Due to the panic, two gunboats actually collided together, and in a blink of an eye, I saw that these two gunboats rolled over and sank quickly. The gunboat collapsed and fled, and at this time 5 more cruiser side guns joined the heavy shelling. Although the explosive power of a 76-mm shell is much different from that of a 130-mm shell, it is enough to make a small gunboat incapable of sinking with a single shell.

On the flagship, Bobby was taken aback when he saw the gunboat suffer a sudden blow and immediately ordered the fleet to advance at full speed to rescue the gunboat. Seeing that several gunboats were sunk, Bobby forgot about the threat of torpedo boats. Just when the naval guns began to roar and the small gunboats of the coalition forces were in chaos, Dai Hui ordered the 1st and 2nd detachments to the left and the 3rd and 4th detachments to outflank the coalition fleet on the right side. When Bobby led the fleet to rush up and open fire, the eight small gunboats on the sea were gone.

If you look closely, you can see that smoke is rising from the decks of many gunboats, and they have been severely damaged to varying degrees. Bobby ordered the cannon to fire, and the main gun in front of the Lincoln was a 203mm naval gun, which was very powerful. The first change hit the cruiser Evergreen, only to see that the Evergreen was shot in the rear, and the sail began to catch fire. The sailors struggled to put out the fire, and due to a large hole in the tail, the rear watered battleship began to tilt, and the sailors began to abandon the ship and dive.

Bobby's spirits lifted, and the other warships also came up to fight back. Frankly speaking, this hodgepodge fleet is inferior to the British in naval combat capabilities, and its will to fight is also far behind, and in addition, it fights separately, and its combat efficiency is greatly reduced. However, in the face of danger, the warships of the Northern Expeditionary Army still did not hesitate to bombard the small gunboats. At this time, two more gunboats were seriously wounded and sunk, 10 gunboats were gone, and 6 gunboats were in the sea with smoke rising from their decks, leaving only 4 gunboats.

In the face of the heavy artillery fire of the blockade fleet, many warships of the Nanyang Fleet were shot, and another cruiser was hit by the key point and sank, and the power of the Lincoln's naval guns was reflected. Bobby seemed to be getting braver and braver, "Commander! Torpedo boat! Just then, an adjutant shouted. I saw the shadow of a torpedo boat appear on the left and right wings, and Bobby's head suddenly became big when he saw this, and he forgot about the torpedo boat. Without waiting for his order, the four Spaniard's medium gunboats, located in the rear, were the first to flee. It stands to reason that they should protect the flagship, but when the Spaniards saw the torpedo boats, they didn't care about it at all, and it was important for them to save their lives.

The Dutch, Portuguese, and Italian warships began to flee without waiting for the order, and they were already psychologically terrified of the torpedo boats of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and with the chaos, the Allied fleet collapsed in the blink of an eye. When the allied sail warships turned around and fled, the guns of the South China Sea Fleet took the opportunity to open fire, and the allied sail warships were shot one after another, and one of the sail cruisers caught fire. Since the Lincoln was a steel battleship, it was large and clumsy. When the other sailboats turned around and fled, the Lincoln had just turned halfway in the bow.

Seeing this scene, Fan Tao immediately ordered eight gunboats to bite the enemy flagship to create conditions for the torpedo boat attack. Suddenly, the 8-gunboat rushed forward at full speed. Although the Lincoln could reach speeds of up to 20 knots, the reason for the slow turn lagged behind. A few small gunboats remained, and they were very brave, and they circled the two wings of the Lincoln to help defend it. At this time, the coalition fleet was in a mess, and there was no way to help defend it, but everyone scrambled to escape.

Dai Hui led the 1st and 2nd fleets to outflank them from the left side, and when he saw the enemy fleet fleeing, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered to intercept and attack head-on. By this time, four medium Spanish gunboats had already run away, and it was too late to pursue. Therefore, the torpedo boats simply attacked the eight large warships of the coalition forces, and then the Northern Expeditionary warships pursued them, and the torpedo boats attacked on both flanks, and the coalition fleet fell into a catastrophe.

The fastest to escape was an Italian sail cruiser, which was fast but only 16 knots. It was seen that two torpedo boats were aimed first at the Italian battleship. The Italians had heard about the fear of torpedo boats, and when they saw them coming, some of the gunners were so stupid that they forgot to fire. Entering the range, two torpedoes burst through the air and glided side by side on the sea, accompanied by two dull explosions, accurately concentrating the battleship's waist, and the Italian battleship was blown up and almost jumped at sea.

The Italians had a nightmare as the battleship was broken in two in the middle, and then the hull in two rolled on its side and floated on the sea. One of the advantages of a wooden battleship is that it does not sink into the sea. At this time, many Italian sailors climbed onto the upper part of the broken battleship to save their lives. The sailors who fell into the water also struggled to climb the overturned battleship, and the scene was terrible.

Killing this cruiser so easily, Dai Hui felt a little strange. I feel that the combat effectiveness of this coalition fleet is somewhat weak, especially the accuracy of artillery fire is worse than that of the British Navy. A closer look reveals that the flags on each battleship are different, and the uniforms of the sailors on the battleships are also different. Dai Hui was overjoyed by this discovery, and immediately ordered all torpedo boats to attack freely, targeting the sail cruiser first. Dai Hui ordered the captain Xiangyou to flank a cruiser to launch an assault.

At this time, Fan Tao also saw that this coalition fleet had been a hodgepodge, so he ordered the gunboats to entangle the coalition flagship, covering the torpedo boats to deal with the seven sail cruisers. When the cruiser is done, it will come to pack up the steel battleship.