Chapter Seventy-Four** (Ask for Collection)

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"Command the ships! Speed up and rush up! Kill all those Chinese! Allah will bless us! "On the battleship 'Holo', the commander of the Navy of the Sultanate of Sulu, General Ahmed, gave a loud order!

Through the flag, the standard-bearer gave the order to more than seventy warships of the Navy of the Sultanate of Sulu! After receiving the order, the ships sped up one after another. Under the action of the sea breeze, the sails on each battleship puffed up, making these battleships rush towards the twelve 'Shark-class' cruisers of the Xinhua Navy as if they were arrows from the string.

Although, the warships of the Navy of the Sultanate of Sulu were also loaded with artillery! It's just that most of the time these guns won't be used! Rather than using artillery, the navy of the Sultanate of Sulu preferred to use warships to get close to local warships, and then soldiers rushed to the enemy's warships with broadswords and spears to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy! In this case, if you win, you will be able to capture the enemy's warship! It's a win-win!

"Humph! Damn the Chinese, they were able to build such a big battleship! This Britain is the equivalent of a third-class or fourth-class battleship for those Westerners! However, when this naval battle is over, these warships will all belong to us! "Admiral Ahmed was on the battleship 'Holo', staring at the twelve 'Shark-class' cruisers of the Xinhua Navy, and thought secretly. For these warships of the Xinhua Navy, he is very disdainful on the surface, but deep down he is full of jealousy and envy! The Chinese, who had always been looked down upon by him, actually built such a large warship, which caused his lofty pride to be greatly hit!

Under the order of General Ahmed, more than 70 warships of the Sulu Sultanate Navy rushed to the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy in a swarm, without any formation to speak of. Although the Sultanate of Sulu was slightly more civilized than the Sultanate of Maguindanao and the Sultanate of Buayan, it was ultimately an indigenous state. On the battlefield, they fight even more on instinct, and do not use tactics or the like!

On the cruiser 'Xinhua', Luo Sangu calmly gave the battle order! Although the warships of the Sultanate of Sulu were charging at a rapid pace, it was as if they did not put any pressure on her! Those small warships, in Luo Sangu's eyes, are no different from small sampans! Any Shark-class cruiser can easily send them to the bottom of the sea! It's just that there are too many opponents, and the Xinhua Navy has to fight cautiously! The possibility of ants biting and killing elephants still exists! Not to mention anything else, although the displacement of the 'Shark-class' cruisers was 1,200 tons, because of the small number of guns, there were only more than 100 people on each battleship. Although the naval warships of the Sultanate of Sulu are small, there are quite a few people on them, and in addition to the crew and sailors, there are also quite a few fighters! Once the Shark-class cruiser is docked by the warships of the Sultanate of Sulu and boarded by those warriors, it will be in trouble!

"Scatter the ships! Distance yourself from enemy ships and use artillery to destroy them! Luo Sangu ordered.

The standard-bearer used Luo Sangu's order to inform the ships of the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy with the rest. After receiving the order, the ships dispersed. The gunners on the battleship are also ready for battle, whether it is the bow, stern and side guns, they are already loaded, as soon as the warships of the Sulu Sultanate's navy approach, they will attack! Against those small boats with only a few tens of tons, I am afraid that only one shell will be able to tear to shreds!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "At half past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the naval battle began! When the warships of the Sulu Sultanate Navy were only more than two thousand meters away from the warships of the Xinhua Kingdom, the warships of the Xinhua Navy opened fire one after another!

At this time, the warships of the Xinhua Navy were aimed at the incoming warships of the Sulu Sultanate Navy with their sideboards, which was conducive to giving full play to the firepower of the warships!

One shell after another fell into the sea, splashing columns of water. It's just that because the distance is too far, and the naval warships of the Sultanate of Sulu are smaller, in the first round of shelling, they did not hit the target!

The shelling of the navy of the new country frightened the navy of the Sultanate of Sulu. However, when they found that the shells had fallen into the sea and did not cause any damage to them, they were no longer afraid, but accelerated their speed, and rushed towards the warships of the Xinhua Navy with a roar!

"Boom!" A battleship of the Sultanate of Sulu, which was charging rapidly, was hit by a 105-mm shell! It was as if the battleship had crashed headlong into a solid wall, and the entire bow shattered at once! Then, in the explosion of shells, the battleship fell apart! The hundreds of officers and men of the navy of the Sultanate of Sulu on board the battleship were all transferred into the sea. Except for a few who were killed on the spot, the rest of them all fell into the water! Of course, on the battlefield where the artillery is raging, no one will come to their rescue! As for whether they will be able to hold out until the end of the battle, it is difficult to say. Maybe before the battle is over, they've become a shark's meal!

A warship of several tens of tons will not be able to withstand the artillery fire of the Xinhua Navy at all! A shell from a 105-mm naval gun is enough to shred a battleship! Even shells from 75-mm naval guns are enough to hit them hard! Hundreds of tons of warships, almost the same! The warships of the Navy of the Sultanate of Sulu are almost no different from paper paste under the fire of the Xinhua Navy! Often, once hit, there is almost no other result than being sunk!

As the distance continues to close, the shelling of the Xinhua Navy is becoming more and more accurate! One after another, the naval warships of the Sultanate of Sulu were hit, caught fire, burned, and sank to the bottom of the sea! The sea is littered with floating wrecks of warships and the sailors of the Sultanate of Sulu who fell into the sea!

"Allah! How is this possible? How could the artillery fire of those Chinese be so fierce? "On the battleship 'Holo', Ahmet, the commander of the Navy of the Sultanate of Sulu, watched all this with disbelief on his face. Because the battleship 'Holo' was relatively large and slow, it fell behind the most! Watching his own warships sink one after another, General Ahmed's heart was almost bleeding. At the same time, his confidence was gradually declining. Originally, he thought that he would be able to capture it, but now it seems that the development of the battle situation is about to exceed his expectations!

"Order the ships, speed up the Sultan! Rush up! As long as we can rush to the side of the Chinese warship, we will win! Ahmed's eyes were filled with madness. Now he has no way out. Although the combat power of the Chinese warships surpassed his appearance. However, this battle must be won by the Sultanate of Sulu! If he fails, Sultan Suleiman will definitely not let him go!

Under Ahmet's orders, the naval officers and men of the Sultanate of Sulu charged with their lives! They believe that Allah will bless them! They're going to win against the damned Chinese!

Although the distance is shortened, the shelling accuracy of the Xinhua Navy is getting higher and higher. But at the same time, it also poses a certain threat to them! If you get close to the naval warships of the Sultanate of Sulu, you will probably not be able to get out of it. Therefore, when the distance between the two sides was only more than 1,000 meters, the warships of the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy also accelerated their speed one after another, keeping the distance between the two sides at about 1,000 meters!

Although the displacement of the Shark-class cruiser was as high as 1,200 tons, the flying scissor design and the huge sails on the mast made the speed of the Shark-class cruiser not slow compared to the small warships of the Sulu Sultanate! It is very difficult for the warships of the Sulu Sultanate Navy to catch up with the 'Shark-class' cruisers of the Xinhua Navy!

On the sea, dozens of naval warships of the Sultanate of Sulu rushed to the warships of the Xinhua Navy! The warships of the Xinhua Navy were scattered, sinking the naval warships of the Sultanate of Sulu with artillery fire on one side, and the other side widened the distance to avoid being caught up by the warships of the Navy of the Sultanate of Sulu!

"Boom! Rumble! "A warship of the Sultanate of Sulu Navy was hit on the side by a 75-mm naval gun shell. The five-kilogram shell easily tore through the wooden side of the ship and blew a big hole near the waterline! The sea poured into the battleship through this opening. The officers and sailors of the battleship tried to plug this opening, but it was in vain! As more and more water entered, the battleship began to pour rapidly. In less than two minutes, the battleship with a displacement of almost a hundred tons sank to the bottom of the sea! Of the more than 100 officers and sailors of the Sultanate of Sulu on the battleship, except for a few who jumped into the water in advance to escape, the rest sank to the bottom of the sea with the battleship!

In this naval battle, the Xinhua Navy fully brought out the performance of the 'Shark class' cruiser! Take advantage of the ship's speed to keep a distance from the ships of the Sultanate of Sulu Navy, and then strike the Sultanate of Sulu naval warships with heavy artillery bombardment!

The advantage of the large number of warships of the naval forces of the Sultanate of Sulu could not be brought into play at all in naval battles! With one battleship after another sunk, the chances of victory for the Sultanate of Sulu became slimmer!

"General! The Chinese are so shameless! With such vile and shameless tactics, our warriors simply could not board their ships! It can only be destroyed by their artillery fire! If this continues, our navy will be finished! "A naval officer of the Sultanate of Sulu said to General Ahmet!

Admiral Ahmed's face was already gloomy, as if he could drip water! In less than an hour before the battle began, the navy of the Sultanate of Sulu had already lost more than thirty warships, which already accounted for half of the total number of warships he led this time!