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"Boom! Rumble! "Two explosions sounded on the surface of the sea, and two columns of water rose from the surface. It's just that the place where these two 105-mm shells exploded was still not a short distance from the cruiser "Warrior", and the nearest one was more than 500 meters away from the cruiser "Warrior"!

On the cruiser 'Xinhua', Luo Sangu's face was a little unsightly, the first round of shelling, actually fought like this, didn't the past more than a month of training have no effect? You must know that in ordinary training, the gunners on the cruiser 'Xinhua' have played a much better level than this!

"Keep firing! Tell those guys! Aim and hit again! If I don't hit again, when the battle is over, I'll wash the deck! Luo Sangu gave the order with a dark face.

"Yes, Commander!" The sailors on the cruiser "Xinhua" were all terrified. Luo Sangu is the queen of Xinhuaguo, and at the same time serves as the commander of the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy, plus she is also the big boss of the pirates of Flying Fish Island in the past, and she has great prestige among the top echelons of the navy, and everyone obeys her.

At the same time that the cruiser "Xinhua" opened fire, the cruiser "Zamboanga" also opened fire. However, the performance of the cruiser Zamboanga was worse than that of the cruiser Xinhua, which made the captain of the cruiser Zamboanga, Wei Yong, furious, and pointed at the gunners of the cruiser Zamboanga, and scolded the other party's face.

This was the first naval battle since the formation of the Xinhua Navy, and the enemy was still the navy of the Kingdom of Spain. Although the Kingdom of Spain has declined, their naval strength is still not to be underestimated, at least in the whole world, except for a very few great powers such as Britain and France, no one is their opponent. Under such circumstances, the officers and men of the Xinhua Navy will be more or less nervous, and this will affect their artillery level. The navy is different from the army, and if you want to build a strong navy, you will never be able to build a strong navy without the accumulation of time and the test of blood and fire. The Xinhua Navy has just been established, and there is still a long way to go if it wants to become a first-class navy in the world!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The cruisers 'Xinhua' and 'Zamboanga' kept firing at the cruiser 'Warrior'. The distance between the two sides continued to shorten, and after experiencing the initial tension, the soldiers of the Xinhua Navy slowly found their senses, and they became more and more accurate. After several rounds of shelling, the nearest point of impact was already only a few tens of meters away from the cruiser 'Warrior'.

The officers and men of the Spanish Navy aboard the cruiser 'Warrior' could no longer laugh at the moment. As the enemy's shelling became more and more accurate, the disdain on their faces was gradually replaced by solemnity. Now the distance between the two sides is a full two kilometers, and the shells are almost falling on their heads. This made it difficult for the Spanish naval officers and sailors to accept, when did these pirates have such large warships and such high accuracy of shelling? Could it be that these pirates were disguised by a warship of the navy of a certain country? Many officers and sailors of the Spanish Navy thought so.

"Send a signal to the Manila, the enemy is strong, we need support!" Although the cruiser 'Warrior' did not receive a single shell at this moment, Colonel Bernal still gave the order for help.

After receiving a request for help from Colonel Bernal, Colonel Adrian, who built the battleship "Manila", found it somewhat incredulous. Nevertheless, he ordered the battleship Manila to increase its speed even further.

At 2:36 p.m., the two 105-millimeter guns in the bow of the cruiser 'Xinhua' continued to open fire, and the distance between the two sides had been reduced to about 1,800 meters. The cruiser "Warrior" still did not fire, and at this distance, neither the bow guns nor the guns on the side of the ship could hit the battleship of course. Therefore, there is no need to waste shells!

"Boom!" A loud bang rang out on the cruiser Warrior, and then a huge fireball ignited in the bow of the cruiser Warrior. A 105-mm shell hit the bow deck of the cruiser Warrior, and the wooden deck was blown out of a large hole in the explosion and burst into flames. Several Spanish Navy soldiers on deck were killed on the spot!

"Damn! Hurry up and put out the fire! Colonel Bernal got up from the deck in disbelief, and gave the order in a loud voice. When the cruiser 'Warrior' was hit, the shaking of the explosion caused him to fall hard.

The officers and men of the Xinhua Navy aboard the "Xinhua" cruiser cheered. Finally hitting the target gave them a lot of confidence. You know, when you didn't hit the enemy ship, everyone felt a heavy pressure!

"Keep up the good work! Sink the Warrior for me! Luo Sangu's face also showed a hint of a smile.

Subsequently, the attacks of the cruisers 'Xinhua' and 'Zamboanga' became even more intense. This directly put the cruiser "Warrior" into a crisis.

In order to change this situation of being passively beaten, the captain of the cruiser 'Warrior', Colonel Bernal, also gave the order to return fire. Although at this distance, the guns on the cruiser 'Warrior' could not hit the target at all, but it was able to make the soldiers on the battleship feel a little reassured! Otherwise, the morale of the officers and men will continue to decline, and it will be even more impossible to defeat the enemy at that time!

The officers and men of the Xinhua Navy on the cruiser 'Xinhua' and the cruiser 'Zamboanga' were getting more and more accurate, as if they were helped by God. They kept smashing shells on the cruiser Warrior. The shells of the 105-mm naval guns weighed 12.5 shots, and the armor-piercing ability of the conical shells was much more powerful than the round shells used by Western artillery. Almost every shell exploded after hitting the target after it had penetrated the deck, which caused more damage to the cruiser Warrior.

In the following ten minutes, the cruiser 'Warrior' suffered several shells, and many holes were blown out of the two decks, and many places were on fire. Despite the efforts of the Spanish sailors on board, they were unable to extinguish the fire. The fire was extinguished in one place, but the other was burning, leaving them scrambling!

The return fire of the cruiser 'Warrior' did not pose any threat to the two cruisers of the Xinhua Navy. At a distance of more than a thousand meters, the cruiser 'Warrior' wants to hit the target unless God appears!

"Oh God! How so! How could those two pirate ships have such strong attack power? "On the battleship 'Manila', Colonel Adrian put down the binoculars in his hand and said with a look of disbelief. As the battleship Manila got closer and closer to the battlefield, he also saw the situation on the battlefield clearly. He was shocked by the scarred sight of the cruiser Warrior, and at the same time he was full of questions and anger about the two huge pirate ships.

"It must be the British's battleship! Only they will be able to build such a powerful battleship! Do they want to destroy the peace and rob us of our gold? Colonel Adrian secretly guessed. After the Battle of Trafalgar, Britain signed peace treaties with France and Spain, and although there was still competition between the two sides, everyone was ostensibly peaceful.

Colonel Adrian subconsciously regarded the two pirate ships as the warships of the British Navy, and in his opinion, only the British Navy had that kind of strength. Although the two corsair ships in front of him are smaller than the battleship Manila, their displacement is almost as large as that of a fourth-class battleship, coupled with their unique appearance and accuracy of shelling, except for the British Navy, Colonel Adrian really can't imagine any country's navy has such a strong strength!

"Hurry up, get to the battlefield, and defeat those damn Brits!" Colonel Adrian gave the order. Even in the face of the British Navy, he had the courage to fight. The 74 guns on the battleship Manila gave him great confidence. The power of a third-level battleship is not comparable to that of a fourth-level battleship, even if it is one or two, Colonel Adrian is sure of winning!

While the battleship Manila was speeding to the battlefield, the cruiser Warrior was on the verge of life and death. The constant hits left the cruiser, which had a displacement of only a few hundred tons, scarred. So far, both the cruisers 'Xinhua' and 'Zamboanga' have fired with 105-mm naval guns in the bows. Although the shell of the 105-mm naval gun was only 12.5 kg, it was in no way inferior to the 32-pounder gun of Western navies. After successive hits, the cruiser 'Warrior' has already taken heavy damage!

At 3 p.m., the cruiser 'Warrior' had already tilted because it had been hit on the side and had too much water intake. Damage management personnel were unable to plug the loophole, resulting in more and more water ingress. By this time, the cruiser Warrior had lost all chance of survival. The captain of the ship, Colonel Bernal, gave the order to abandon the ship. However, there were only a few small boats on the cruiser 'Warrior', and except for a few naval officers and men who were able to get on board first, the rest of the men had to jump into the sea to survive.

A few minutes later, the cruiser "Warrior" sank into the sea, and most of the more than 200 naval officers and sailors on the battleship were floating on the surface of the sea, waiting for rescue! It's just that at this time, the task of the battleship 'Manila' was to defeat the two pirate ships that suddenly appeared, not to rescue them! These Spanish naval officers and men can only pray for God to bless!