The Arma and the British fleet were still killing each other.

However, as the battle deepened, the Armadada's disadvantage in strength gradually became apparent, and the casualties of the Armada became larger and larger under the counterattack of the British ships.

Originally, the Invincible Armada thought that they could gain the upper hand in the competition with the British ships by means of ambushes, but they did not think that the British ships were stronger than they imagined, although they were ambushed by the Invincible Armada and suffered a lot of losses, but the main force was still there, still intact, coupled with their strong combat effectiveness and rich combat experience, they quickly stabilized their positions under the ambush of the Invincible Armada and gradually launched a counterattack.

The shape was naturally reversed, and the British ships had the upper hand under the ambush of the Taiping army.

In this way, the shape shì has undergone significant changes, and if the shape shì is allowed to deteriorate further, the Armada will be in danger of falling into a desperate situation.

This shape shì changes so fast.

As the helmsman of the Invincible Armada, Li Hongzhang and Luo Bingzhang were of course under tremendous pressure because of this, and they originally planned to be able to severely damage the British ship through an ambush, but they didn't think that they could steal chickens and lose a handful of rice, which became a situation where the gains outweighed the losses.

Moreover, if the situation is allowed to deteriorate any longer, it will not only be a matter of outweighing the losses, but it is possible that even the entire Armada will be in trouble, and at that time, it will be troublesome.

The strength of the British navy has indeed exceeded the expectations of Li Hongzhang and others.

What to do? Li Hongzhang had to come up with a way, but there were only a few ways, and none of them were good ways, and Li Hongzhang, who had always been resourceful, was also very embarrassed.

At present, there are several solutions:

One, they either risk continuing the exchange of fire with the British ships. Waiting for the opportunity of a reversal in the future, however, the emergence of such a chance is obviously very small, and it can even be said that it is basically impossible, so even if you want to continue fighting. That also has to change the strategy, and it can't be obvious.

Second, retreat and then look for an opportunity to fight the British ships, which will certainly preserve the strength of the Armada, but they will also lose the opportunity to destroy the enemy, and the consequences after this will be difficult to predict, the British reinforcements may converge with the British and Indian forces in New Delhi, and the subsequent Indian campaign is very likely to be changed by this. All of them will deviate from their predetermined direction and track, and all of them will no longer be under their control, which will be the worst outcome.

Third, they did not hesitate to fight to the death with the British ships, exchanging their own casualties for the casualties of the British, so as to kill and injure the British and the British fleet more probably, and the advantage of this was that it was very likely that the British ships would lose most of their combat effectiveness. It can even make most of the main forces of British ships in the ambush circle today come and go. This is the method of killing a thousand enemies and inflicting eight hundred losses. It's basically a desperate approach.

However, although this helped to achieve the predetermined goal, the disadvantage was also obvious, that is, the Taiping Armada might need to pay the price of the entire Armadama, which was unacceptable to the Taiping military leadership, including Huang Xu. Unless things have come to the point of last resort, this path will not work.

The above three countermeasures are not perfect, and Li Hongzhang's embarrassment is here.

In contrast, Li Hongzhang is more willing to choose the first strategy. That is to continue the fight with a change.

However, this change is not easy to say, because now that the two armies are in the middle of a war, any change may bring about unintended consequences, and we must be cautious and cautious, and Li Hongzhang must think carefully.

After repeated discussions with Luo Bingzhang, Li Hongzhang made a decision.

Armada needs to make changes and fight again.

Their general idea was that Luo Bingzhang would lead the main force of the Invincible Armada to continue the desperate battle with the British ships, while Li Hongzhang would lead the giant gunboats to quietly withdraw from the battle sequence, and then dive towards the flanks of the British fleet.

After analysis, Li Hongzhang found that the flanks of the British fleet were their weak link.

The firepower of the British fleet to defend in this place was relatively small, but the number of transport ships concentrated was the largest, and they placed all their powerful firepower at the forefront of the conflict with the Invincible Armada, and placed the transport ships without their own firepower in the rear, and the transport ships were loaded with British reinforcements, and they were very numerous, and Li Hongzhang was going to them.

As long as you can make a move on these transport ships, if you are lucky, it is not impossible to kill and injure a large number of these reinforcements, which is of decisive significance to the entire battle situation, of course, even if the luck is not so good, the action against the transport ships can also attract the firepower of the British ships, thereby indirectly dispersing the firepower of the main attack direction of the British ships, so that the Invincible Armada can find a breakthrough point from it.

In short, as long as it can create a certain "sensational" effect among the British transports, it will have a crucial impact on the subsequent operations of the Armada.

Li Hongzhang was aiming at one point.

The giant gunboat led by Li Hongzhang slowly approached the location of the British transport ship from the flank of the Invincible Armada, and the firepower of the British ship was attracted by the main force of the Invincible Fleet led by Luo Bingzhang, but they knew nothing about Li Hongzhang's actions, and completely ignored the existence of this part of Li Hongzhang.

Therefore, Li Hongzhang took advantage of the situation to advance, and when the transport ship was included in the fire range of the giant gunboat, Li Hongzhang did not hesitate to order the giant gunboat to fire at the British ship.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble...

The loud roar slowed down the air around them, and the meteorite-like cannonballs whizzed through the sky, mercilessly striking the British transports.

Then, I saw smoke rising, only the flames soared into the sky, and only the shouts were heard, and then I saw the transport ship slowly tilt until it slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

When the transport ship was completely submerged under the water, a huge wave of water rose into the sky, as if it was a sigh brought by God.

One, two...

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen transport ships sank to the bottom of the sea, and along with the sinking of the transport ships, more than 10,000 British soldiers will be turned into the dust of history along with the transport ships.

And these things happened in a slightly stunned time, and the changes are not unpleasant.

And when the main force of the British ships woke up, they were angry, how could they have been so sinister, this was completely unbearable, so the main force of the British fleet directly gave up the battle with the main force of the invincible fleet led by Luo Bingzhang, and instead concentrated its firepower to attack Li Hongzhang and dozens of huge gunboats led by him.

The British are crazy, they cannot tolerate this naked challenge, and they want to get this dignity back.

And when the main force of the British ships turned around, Li Hongzhang and his giant gunboat became the targets of the British ships to vent their anger.

The dense shells carried the anger of the British, and they were smashed on the side of Li Hongzhang and others in an instant, so that they immediately fell into danger, and in the face of such an unreasonable tactic, Li Hongzhang broke out in a cold sweat, and could only regretfully give the order to retreat.

If you don't run at this time, you will wait for when.

He thought the Englishman was a little too crazy.

As a result, one hits, one runs, and the angles of hitting and running are also reversed accordingly.

This is also what happened between the calcium carbide sparks.

When Luo Bingzhang found out that the situation was not good, he immediately planned to support Li Hongzhang, and he immediately ordered the main force of the Invincible Armada to chase and attack them from behind the British fleet.

It's messed up, it's crazy, it's all messed up, it's all crazy.

This is like a life-and-death struggle, but it is like a nonsense, completely blind and child's play.

Of course, the worst thing is Li Hongzhang and the gunboats he leads, only they understand what it means to run under artillery fire, but, despite this, they still have to run, and if they don't run, they can only wait for death. (To be continued......)