After the sound of artillery fire, the sea quickly returned to calm, and only a piece of wreckage remained, and the destroyer USS Pioneer slowly sailed past the wreckage.

In the face of this steel fleet that completely surpassed their era, the two small warships on Liu Zitao's border were completely crushed almost without even having the strength to resist.

The Eagle Knights took to the air, quickly surveying the surrounding terrain and inspecting the location of the next island.

Obviously, they had known for a long time that there was nothing of value on this island that had been treated as an outcast.

However, under this circle of exploration, the giant eagle knights who occupy the high-altitude field of vision have made new discoveries......

Controlling the giant eagle under the seat, a giant eagle knight quickly landed on the deck of the Yangtze River, which was the flagship.

"Report to the Colonel, thousands of miles to the southwest of our fleet, a large enemy fleet has been discovered!"

The Giant Eagle Riders occupy both the high-altitude vision and the flight ability of the Giant Eagle, and the detection range is naturally amazing.

When they say that the distance is thousands of miles away, they basically mean that the distance is very far away, to the point where it is impossible to judge the distance by visual inspection alone, which is why such a statement was born, not some precise number.

Standing on the deck of the Yangtze River, as the supreme commander of this fleet and the commander of this battle, the expression on Yuan Xi's face at this moment did not show any carelessness.

Although just now their Yangtze River Fleet showed overwhelming strength and crushed the two small warships on the opposite side.

But since the Giant Eagle Knights said that they had discovered a 'large enemy fleet', they must be seriously vigilant, they are out on an expedition, relaxed carelessness, but the most taboo thing is the most taboo thing!

Raising the telescope in his hand, Yuan Xi glanced in that direction, and he didn't find any trace of the enemy, and he said to the adjutant next to him without looking back......

"Lieutenant Colonel, give the order to go down, change the course, change to the southwest direction, maintain the speed at twenty knots, and once you find the figure of the enemy fleet, open fire directly!"

Yuan Xi's order was quickly delivered, and a whole fleet of the Yangtze River headed directly in the southwest direction after a simple disguise.

The speed of twenty knots allowed their fleet to sail at an extremely smooth speed, leaving themselves with plenty of leeway.

However, maintaining this state of proximity to each other, after a period of time, Yuan Xi, who had not been able to meet the enemy fleet for a long time, couldn't help but frown.

However, he has never lacked patience, and he has not lost his position because of this.

Calmly motioned for the fleet to keep moving at a speed of twenty knots.

On one side of the sea, time passed minute by minute, and black shadows gradually appeared at the end of the horizon in the distance, indicating that the fleets of the two sides had finally launched the first face-to-face confrontation.

Yuan Xi, who was clearly aware of the approaching target, gave another order and signaled the Yangtze River Fleet to start making a detour to the left front.

As long as you have a certain understanding of battleships, you must know that in the case of frontal fire, a battleship, in fact, has few cannons that can be used, and the firepower is completely limited by the firing angle, and if you want to maximize the firepower, you have to go sideways to the hull.

In this way, it is best to close the distance and make a detour directly to the front left or right front.

It is precisely for this reason that in some scorching naval battles, there is often a strange sight of the warships of the enemy and us circling each other.

Liu Zitao on the opposite side undoubtedly knew the way of naval warfare, and while constantly approaching in a roundabout way, he gradually realized that something was not quite right.

At a glance from afar, the fleet on the other side seemed to be different from what he expected.

With this doubt, he subconsciously touched his waist and made a movement to hold the telescope.

It turned out to be empty......

After all, he was still enjoying the beauty sunbathing a second ago, but he was only wearing a pair of big pants, and there was no place for him to stuff his binoculars in those pants.

"Binoculars, get my binoculars!"

At this moment, Liu Zitao, who was vaguely aware of the slightest hint of malaise, already had a bit of irrepressible anxiety in his voice.

The guards who heard the order naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly presented the telescope of His Majesty the Emperor.

As a result, Liu Zitao had just taken over, and before he could make the next move, the roar of artillery fire in the distance had already scared him to death.

The roar of the artillery was far away from where they were, and by the time they arrived, they had barely heard too much movement.

But for Liu Zitao at this moment, the sound is more terrifying than anything else!

"Avoid! Hurry up and avoid !! ”

The roar, which was almost hoarse, didn't do anything.

In the next second, with a loud bang, the main battleship that was hit head-on by the enemy's shelling was directly pierced through a hole on the huge hull!

Hell, he's really alive and damn!

Look at what he encountered in this Black Iron Rank?

It turned out to be a fleet of steel?! What kind of international joke is this playing on him? Where's the odds?!

It's a sea-to-earth firepower that's almost desperate!

Under a volley of artillery fire, Liu Zitao, who was instantly robbed of the power of resistance, yelled and told his fleet to quickly turn around and retreat.

His main battleship is a typical sail battleship, the huge main part is divided into three layers, each floor, a large number of smoothbore guns are placed, the total number of 80 guns, and the ship's personnel configuration is 900 people.

This kind of sail warship was supposed to be a sea fortress of this rank.

However, now that he has bumped into a steel battleship that directly surpasses him by an era, even if it is a sea fortress, it will collapse!

And the most important thing is that due to the fact that it is equipped with 80 smoothbore guns and a large population, the weight of this sail warship is extremely exaggerated, resulting in the speed of the ship can only be maintained below 10 knots......

In other words, there was no way he could escape.

On the other side of this steel fleet, what is the difference between fighting them and fighting the natives?

Taking advantage of their speed, the four destroyers quickly spread out their formation with the battleship Changjiang, chasing and firing all the way.

In Liu Zitao's fleet, the smaller battleships were basically unable to withstand that kind of firepower, and one or two shells came over and directly sank them forcibly.

And the sail battleship, which he has always been proud of and thinks is very windy, has completely become a live target for the opposite battleship at this moment.

After a few rounds of shelling, the entire hull of the ship had become fragmented.

Gradually despair in the face of absolute power, and then completely collapsed, at this moment, this feeling can be said to be unprecedented in Liu Zitao's heart!

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