The shock tactics of the Qing front-line fleet are the first in today's naval warfare, and by surprise, the English fleet fell into chaos, and the long snake formation was divided into two by the Qing front-line fleet, and the end could not be taken care of, but after all, the English fleet is the strongest naval fleet today, and its combat experience is far beyond the fledgling Daqing fleet, but in a moment, Admiral Nadal judged the combat intentions of the Qing fleet, although some were shocked by the boldness of the Qing army's tactics, but there was no trace of panic.

Admiral Nadal thought for a moment, and immediately replied quickly to a series of battle orders: "Order: The 'Sabre' will raise the flag and take over from the ship as the flagship of the fleet, and the rear line fleet will be carried out by Kassel; Rear Admiral Flynn commanded in a unified manner, and it was necessary to hold off the rear line fleet of the Qing Dynasty and not allow it to rush into the middle line of the battlefield; The ships on the front line are led by Captain Sean of the 'Celtics'; Rear Admiral Connally commanded as a whole to crush the enemy's interception fleet as soon as possible and move closer to our ship; The 'Mayflower' entangled the enemy's No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 ships, and must hold out until our front-line fleet returned to help; All the officers and men of this ship are ready to engage in the broadside battle at once! ”

Broadside warfare, the oldest way of naval warfare, of course, is also the most cruel naval warfare method, refers to the naval warfare method of using one's own ship side close to the enemy's ship's side, and the soldiers jump to the gang to fight, this kind of tactics has been gradually eliminated since the formation of battle line tactics, and it is no longer the main naval warfare mode, but it is still often staged in large-scale naval battles.

At this moment, this sea battle in the waters of Heidao has been fought for nearly an hour, and both sides are biting very tightly, each with casualties, but neither of them has flinched. After receiving the order of Admiral Nadal, the England rear line fleet immediately coalesced, and stabbed obliquely to meet the Qing rear line fleet, which was accelerating towards the central battlefield, and the two sides no longer put any battle lines at all, all the ships were mixed together, full firepower, shelling each other, and fell into a tug-of-war; The English frontline fleet constantly launched surprise attacks on the Qing frontline fleet, which formed a blocking line. Trying to break through the blockade of the Qing frontline fleet and converge with the flagship, while the Daqing frontline fleet desperately fired, fired and fired, constantly repelling the British army's crazy impact with fierce artillery fire, at this time the British frontline fleet could not fire back due to course problems, and several successive charges were defeated by the Qing fleet, not only failed to break through the blocking line, but lost two second-class battleships and one third-class battleship, but the English frontline fleet never gave up the impact efforts.

on the central battlefield. The "Dancing Girl" of the English fleet has been sent into the depths of the ocean by the ferocious artillery fire of the three ships "Weining", "Weiyi", and "Weiwu", and the remaining "Mayflower" is surrounded by three mighty ships on both sides, and it is only a matter of time before it sinks, just to see if it can hold out until the arrival of the England front-line fleet. After a burst of bombardment between the "Great Britain" and the "Weilong," the distance between the two sides had been shortened to less than 30 meters. At this moment, neither side fired any more, but most of the officers and men of the whole ship gathered on the deck, silently watching the approaching other ship.

Admiral Nadal stood on a small high platform under the mainmast, his face grim. took off his military hat, revealing his full head of white hair, pointed to the "Weilong" that was approaching rapidly, and said in a loud voice: "Warriors of Great England, the sea belongs to England, as long as there is an ocean, it is the paradise of my Great England fleet, for Her Majesty the Queen, for the pride of my England navy." Take your courage and show the yellow-skinned monkeys what a real navy is! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! The officers and men of the English Navy who were neatly arranged on the deck suddenly shouted wildly, all of them with hideous faces and murderous spirit, eager to jump over the distance of more than 20 meters, rush to the deck of the "Weilong" in one breath, and slaughter all the officers and men of the Qing Dynasty.

On the "Weilong", Qiao Hailong stood at the forefront of the deck. Calmly look at the "Great Britain" not far away. Without looking back, he said, "Brethren, do not forget the oath you have taken. This is our moment, for the emperor, for the Qing Dynasty, fight to the death and never retreat! ”

"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! The officers and men of the Qing Dynasty on the deck of the "Weilong" let out an angry roar, and the rumbling cannons around could not suppress the roar of the officers and men of the Qing Navy from the bottom of their hearts.

Twenty meters, fifteen meters, and ten meters, the distance between the "Weilong" and the "Great Britain" in the same direction was gradually shrinking, and the officers and men of the two sides stared at each other with machetes and rifles, but they did not make a sound, and no one even took the lead in firing, just staring at each other, their eyes collided with fierce sparks, and the time had finally come to reveal who was alive and who was dead.

"Raise your gun, shoot!" Qiao Hailong, who was standing on the deck, unceremoniously took the lead in giving the order to open fire, and more than 200 naval officers and men equipped with rear-loading needle pistols immediately raised their bayonet rifles in their hands when they heard the sound. More than a dozen brave English sailors braved the fierce bullet rain of the Qing army to throw out the rope hook in their hands, the gangplank with a barb hook, hung on the side of the "Weilong", the two huge warships soon collided together, the soldiers on both sides immediately swarmed across the side of the ship to rush to each other to kill the past, the hull of the Great Qing Wei was taller than the "Great Britain", the Qing officers and soldiers were in a condescending posture to kill the past, but the English soldiers were generally a head taller than the Qing officers and soldiers, although they were hit below, but did not suffer a big loss, The two sides started a desperate battle near the side of the ship, and the soldiers who were killed continued to scream and fall into the gap between the two ships, this bloody battle has only one word to describe, that is, tragic!

Commander of the England Front Fleet, Sean; Rear Admiral Connelly is an old man in his fifties, has experienced countless naval battles, is the only civilian in the English Navy, starting as a sailor, all the way up to the captain's rear admiral, since joining the English Navy at the age of sixteen, he has served for nearly forty years, and his rich combat experience is also considered to be among the top few figures in the English Navy. If it weren't for his bad background, he would have been a general a long time ago. At this moment, Rear Admiral Connelly stood on the foredeck of the first-class battleship "Celtic" with a cold face, and used a telescope to check the situation on the central battlefield, and his originally blue face suddenly darkened a little.

It's not good, it's not good! Once the "Mayflower" sank, the "Great Britain" would simply not be able to stop the siege of the four Qing giant ships, and once the central war subsided, the first thing that the Qing fleet that had freed up its hands would inevitably be the England front-line fleet, which had already suffered heavy losses. Rear Admiral Connelly couldn't believe that his scarred and demoralized frontline fleet could stop the sweep of the five giant ships of the Qing Dynasty, and once the frontline fleet was destroyed, the chances of the England rear line fleet, which was entangled with the Qing rear line fleet, would be slim to escape.

No, never! The pride of the Great England Navy must not bow its head to this! Rear Admiral Connelly clenched his fists angrily and gave the battle order in a loud voice: "Order: All third-class battleships and cruisers will step forward and continue to attack, and the rest of the battleships will follow the ship and cut in from the upwind and prepare to engage in broadside battle." In any case, if you want to break through the interception of the yellow-skinned monkey, rushing over it is victory! "With the order of Rear Admiral Connery, the English frontline fleet in the confusion immediately stabilized, and the troops were divided into two lines: one was a detachment composed of the remaining four third-class battleships and four cruisers, arranged in a single formation. At a 90-degree angle, he rushed towards the blocking line of the Qing front-line fleet, ignoring the fierce artillery fire of the Qing fleet, nor firing, but just blindly moving forward. Forward, and then forward, the "Quinine", which acted as the vanguard, was bombed into a big torch before it rushed to a distance of 80 meters from the Qing fleet, swayed a few times on the surface of the sea, and sank to the bottom of the sea, but the "Liege" that followed closely behind took the opportunity to kill and continued to rush towards the Qing fleet, of course. The "Liege" did not go far, and under the bombardment of the Qing army, it became a ghost at the bottom of the sea, but the remaining English battleships were not frightened back by the Qing army's ground artillery fire as they had done in the previous times, and still rushed forward one after another.

At the same time that the attention of the Qing frontline fleet was attracted by the death squad fleet of England, the main force of the England frontline fleet, which had already rushed to the upper wind, lined up in a straight formation, rushed towards the Qing army array at a thirty-degree angle like a wild horse on the loose.

"Haha. Well played! Refreshing! It's so cool! "Rear Admiral Liu Ninghai, commander of the Great Qing Front Fleet, stood at the bow of the "Majesty". Seeing the small ships in England that were charging to death being beaten into torches by the artillery of the Qing Dynasty, he suddenly laughed with joy. It's a pity that his pride didn't last long, and he was interrupted by the exclamation of the lookout post: "Lord Liu, look, the fleet of red-haired ghosts is rushing over from the upwind." ”

"Oh shit, damn it!" At this moment, the main force of the England frontline fleet had rushed to a distance of less than three hundred meters from the Qing frontline fleet, and the Qing fleet was still busy destroying the remnants of the remaining England death fleet at this time, and there was no time to adjust the formation, and there was not even much time to adjust the angle of the artillery.

"Herald: Ships don't have to worry about the English boats rushing in a straight line, pay attention to the upwind, and prepare for battle!" Liu Ninghai saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly issued a combat order, although this order was issued in time, but it can only be said to be a wrong order - although the English fleet was sunk by half of the Thai in a straight line, but the rest are all high-speed cruisers, although the firepower of these four cruisers is not strong, but the speed is very fast, much faster than the three third-class battleships that have sunk, just as the Qing frontline fleet is busy preparing to meet the main force of the England frontline fleet, The four English cruisers took the opportunity to rush through the blocking line of the Qing frontline fleet, entered the central battlefield, and joined the "Mayflower".

The speed of the main charge of the England front fleet was extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye, it followed the wind to the upper hand of less than two hundred meters away from the Qing fleet, and at this time, the Qing fleet just had time to turn the muzzle, and before it had time to aim, it was bombarded by the English fleet that had already been prepared, not to mention heavy casualties, many warships were also on fire, and before the Qing army could react, the main force of the England front fleet that was moving at high speed suddenly divided into two columns, and an English column led by a first-class battleship continued to move forward, Along the way, the Qing fleet was constantly bombarded, while another English column, composed entirely of second-class battleships, braved the artillery fire of the Qing counterattack and approached the Qing fleet, and the deck of the ship was full of English naval officers and sailors ready to engage in broadside battle.

"Quick, change the bullets! Fuck me! "Liu Ninghai is not stupid, he saw through the attempt of the English fleet at a glance, the English column that bombarded the Qing fleet was just playing a covering role, and the seven or eight warships that were approaching at high speed were the real killers, once the broadside battle started, they could not take care of the rest of the Qing front-line fleet, and could only watch the English covering fleet swaggering into the central battlefield, so that the situation that was originally favorable to the Qing fleet would be irrepressibly reversed, if so, the Qing fleet would not be defeatedIt is inevitable that it will be hit hard.

Disorderly! What a mess, the Daqing Frontline Fleet, which had just been disrupted by the sneak attack of the main force of the English frontline fleet, was busy preparing to fire and counterattack, but suddenly received an order to change the fire bombs to attack the England hand-to-hand combat fleet that was rapidly approaching, and it was inevitable that something would go wrong in the busyness, some tried to change the fire shells immediately, and some planned to fire the solid shells in the gun chamber before the fire bombs, and the result was that the firing cannons were sparsely formed into a fire blocking line, not only failed to threaten the England covering fleet, Even the threat to the hand-to-hand fleet of England was not great, and the situation suddenly became serious......

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