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"Commander! The Second Fleet is turning! Now they are starting to fight the enemy with the stern! The communications officer reported to the commander of the First Fleet, Wei Yong!

"Ha Lu Ha! It seems that Haipeng's kid is finally no longer reckless! Wei Yong said with a smile. He had always been worried that Lu Haipeng would fight hard with the Spaniards, which would most likely cause unnecessary losses to the fleet. Now it seems that he is overthinking. When necessary, Lu Haipeng is still very aware of the overall situation!

"Order the ships to turn! Now face the enemy on the port side! Wei Yong then ordered.

In previous battles, the First Fleet had fought the enemy with the stern of the ships. Only two 105 mm guns in the stern of each battleship were capable of fighting. Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible to achieve much success. Now the course of the fleet changed, and the Second Fleet began to sail westward, while the Spanish fleet followed them. Therefore, the First Fleet is just done to be able to face the enemy on the port side!

The Third Fleet, which was on the east side of the battlefield, also followed and followed from the southern part of the Spanish fleet, facing the enemy on the starboard side of the fleet. In this case, the three fleets of the Xinhua Navy still surrounded the Spanish fleet in the center with a situation of encirclement on three sides, bombarded the Spanish fleet with fierce artillery fire, and sank as many warships as possible!

"Damn! How so? "On the battleship 'Isabella', Admiral Fernandens, commander of the Spanish Expeditionary Force, had a gloomy face as if he could drip water. He did not expect that the tactics of the Xinhua Navy would also be adjusted in time with the Spanish fleet. As a result, the Spanish fleet remained in a threatening situation. is still at the point of being beaten passively!

"General! Those yellow-skinned monkeys are so shameless! If this continues, we will not be able to defeat them at all! Major General Andrés was also flushed. His suggestion did not have any effect. It made him feel very embarrassed!

"Major General Andres, it's not your fault, it's those yellow-skinned monkeys who are too despicable and shameless!" Admiral Fernance said very aggrievedly. In his decades in the army, this battle was perhaps the most humiliating battle he had encountered, even in the Battle of Trafalgar and the British Navy, he had never encountered such a scene. Xinhuaguo's tactics are too despicable and shameless. It's not chivalrous at all. Naval battles in Western countries often involve the capital ships of both sides lining up in battle lines, and then at a distance of one thousand to several hundred meters. The two sides exchanged fires until one of the battleships was sunk. However, the Xinhua Navy has stretched the combat distance to 3,000 meters away. At such a distance, it was simply impossible for the Spanish Navy to hit the warships of the Xinhua Navy. On the contrary, their own warships are constantly being sunk! And so on. The consequences can be imagined!

"General, what are we going to do now?" Major General Andrés asked anxiously. After all, by now, the Spanish fleet had lost 11 warships. This is already one-sixth of the total number of fleets! Although the lost warships were all fourth, fifth, and sixth class warships, once they could not gain numerical superiority, it would be even more difficult for the Spanish fleet to defeat the Xinhua navy!

"The current situation is very bad for us! Those yellow-skinned monkeys always hide three thousand meters away. They won't give us a chance! Admiral Fernance said. The disparity in the performance of battleships and naval guns has almost pushed the Spanish fleet into a desperate situation!

"Command the fleet. Keep turning! Sail south! Admiral Fernance ordered.

The southeast monsoon is blowing on the sea right now, and if you sail south, you will sail against the wind. The speed of both sides will be further reduced. In this way, the advantage of the warships of the Xinhua Navy in speed will not be so great. Perhaps the Spanish fleet would have a chance to regain its inferiority. No matter how bad it is, it will be delayed until the evening! At that time, with the help of the cover of night, the Spanish fleet may be able to approach the Xinhua Navy. In the night battle, the hit rate of the Xinhua Navy will be greatly reduced. The artillery superiority of the Spanish fleet could be brought into full play. Perhaps, that would be the only chance for the Spanish fleet to come back from defeat! It's almost six hours before it gets dark. All Admiral Fernance had to do was to reduce the losses of the fleet as much as possible before it got dark!

"Yes, General!" Major General Andrés nodded, he had already understood Admiral Fernandens' intentions. He also believes that this is undoubtedly the only way for the Spanish fleet! If this cannot be won, then the Spanish Navy really has no chance in this battle! In this battle, the tragic end of the Spanish Expeditionary Force was doomed!

On the orders of Admiral Fernand, the huge Spanish fleet once again began to turn. The course turns from due west to due south. The sails on the battleship begin to adjust their angles, and when sailing against the wind, the speed of the battleship will decrease even further!

The sudden turn of the Spanish fleet caught the Xinhua Navy by surprise. Originally, the Third Fleet of the Xinhua Navy was located just south of the Spanish fleet. Now, after the Spanish fleet turned around, it undoubtedly came straight to the Xinhua fleet, and there was a great tendency to split the Third Fleet of the Xinhua Navy in half. However, this is also an opportunity for the Third Fleet of the Xinhua Navy, which is exactly at the T-shaped head, and has already crossed the hull, and the firepower on the starboard side of the 12 battleships is all aimed at the incoming Spanish fleet!

On the No. 31 cruiser of the Xinhua Navy, Liu Xu, commander of the Third Fleet, stood on the side of the ship, holding a telescope, and watched the approaching Spanish fleet. A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Command the ships! Shoot at the ships at the very front of the Spanish fleet! We have fifteen minutes to go! Liu Xu ordered. At the current speed of the two sides, in 15 minutes, the distance between the two sides will be reduced to about 1,800 meters. When the time comes, the Third Fleet will have to speed up its departure! Otherwise, the Third Fleet would have to face the Spaniards' massive naval guns!

"Fire!" The commander of the guns of the cruiser No. 31 gave the order, and the four 105-mm guns and four 75-mm guns on the starboard side opened fire at the same time! The huge recoil force shook the battleship violently, and if it weren't for the special reinforcement of the battleship's keel, a few more salvos, maybe the battleship would have been hulled. The warships of the Western Navy, despite the large number of artillery, often do not fire a salvo. Otherwise, a salvo might be enough to disintegrate the entire battleship!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Led by cruiser No. 31, the 12 'Shark-class' cruisers of the Third Fleet opened fire one after another, targeting the three sixth-class battleships and two fifth-class battleships at the front of the Spanish fleet!

Dense shells exploded around these warships, and the water column of the ship's hull was more than ten meters high. The water jets fell and smashed on the deck, drenching the clothes of the Spanish sailors. However, no one can care about so much at the moment!

"Boom!" A crimson glow shone on the foredeck of a fifth-tier battleship. A 75-mm naval gun shell hit the battleship, blasting a large hole in the foredeck, scattered shrapnel and killing several sailors.

Immediately after a minute, two 105-mm shells hit the hapless battleship again. The power of a 105-mm shell is much greater than that of a 75-mm shell. After eating two shells in a row, the fifth-tier battleship had already suffered heavy damage. Under the water in the bow of the battleship, a large hole of more than two meters was blown out. The sea water poured into the hull of the ship frantically, and the bow of the battleship began to slowly sink into the water. In less than two minutes, the sea water overflowed the foredeck of the battleship. Soon, the battleship sank to the bottom of the sea with the bow down and the stern facing up!

"Damn! This is the 12th ship! Admiral Fernance scolded, almost every loss of a battleship would make his heart tighten!

When the Spanish fleet approached 1,800 meters, the Third Fleet of the Xinhua Navy completed the attack and accelerated away. Although the Spanish fleet retaliated and launched a heavy artillery bombardment, those shells killed some fish in the sea. The warships of the Xinhua Navy almost did not constitute any losses!

The Spanish fleet continued to sail south, while the three fleets of the Xinhua Navy pursued the Spanish fleet around it, waiting for an opportunity to attack the Spanish fleet's warships. Just like a shark in the sea, although the size of the Spanish fleet is huge, it cannot withstand the constant attacks of the Xinhua fleet. The difference in the number of warships between the two sides is constantly decreasing as the number of sunken Spanish fleets increases!

When the setting sun shines on the sea, the day's battle is almost over. The officers and men of the navy on both sides were very tired after a day of fierce fighting! However, the officers and men of the Xinhua Navy were undoubtedly joyful and excited, and in this day's battle, they had sunk 22 warships of the Spanish fleet, including 4 4th class warships, 7 5th class warships, and 11 6th class warships. Although the main battleships of the Spanish fleet were intact, there was no doubt that such losses were enough to break the Spanish fleet! In the Xinhua Navy, only two 'Shark-class' cruisers were caught up and received a few shells when they were evasive. But fortunately, they were all minor injuries and were not seriously injured. To be on the safe side, both ships were ordered to withdraw from the battlefield so as not to be sunk by the Spanish fleet!

The first day of fighting came to an end. The strength ratio between the two sides has dropped to 43 to 34, and the Xinhua Navy has gradually reversed the disadvantage! After the sun sank to the bottom of the sea, the navy of the new country began to turn around and withdraw from the battlefield! (To be continued......)