The brutal broadside battle between the "Great Britain" and the "Weilong" continued, but at this time the battlefield had shifted from the side of the ship to the "Great Britain", the side of the "Great Britain" had been lost, and the officers and men of the Qing navy, who had not forgived the force, swarmed to kill the deck of the "Great Britain", and the two sides were killed together on the deck of the "Great Britain", and everywhere there were shaking figures, waving knives and guns, screams, roars, the sound of weapons crashing, and rifle fire mixed together, and bravery was the theme of this timeThe soldiers on both sides were red-eyed, and the blood of the dead dyed the deck of the ship "Great Britain" a shocking dark red.

There is no doubt that in this brutal hand-to-hand combat, the Qing navy had the absolute upper hand, which is certainly the result of the heroic officers and men of the Qing navy, but it does not mean that the English sailors are greedy for life and afraid of death, nor because the English sailors do not know how to fight the broadside battle, let alone because the number of English sailors is small. In fact, the quota of the "Great Britain" was 880 people, while the quota of the "Weilong" was only 860 people, and the number was more than that of the English side; as far as the experience of broadside warfare was concerned, the English sailors had fought more or less, and it should have been much stronger than the Qing navy that fought the first broadside battle, but the English navy still failed to block the impact of the officers and men of the Qing Dynasty. The reason for this is simply that the breech-loading pistol used in the Qing navy was much stronger than the front-loading gun used by the English navy.

In the English navy, each battleship has a team of about 100 musketeers, its use in addition to serving as a gendarme, more mainly for the purpose of broadside combat, of course, those musketeers in the English navy still use front-loading flintlock pistols, both loading speed and accuracy are far less than the rear-loading pin rifles in the hands of the officers and men of the Qing navy. At the beginning of the war, the English musketeers did not immediately go on the attack, but hid behind the English sailors. From time to time, the Qing officers and soldiers who were shot at high places with platoon guns brought a lot of casualties to the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, and even were once put on the deck of the "Weilong" by the English sailors, until Ke Mingda realized that something was wrong, and concentrated all the officers and soldiers armed with rifles at hand to shoot at that team of English muskets, and after relying on the advantage of the rear-loading needle gun to wipe out the group of English musketeers, the English sailors could no longer hold the side of the ship, and were killed by the sailors of the "Weilong".

"Kill!" The shirtless Comminder slashed to death a tall English sailor in front of him. Rushing forward wildly, the target was Admiral Nadal, who was standing under the mainmast, but seeing Kominda's muscular figure like a humanoid tank rampaging through the crowd, all the English sailors who tried to block him were killed by his wild sword technique, and the small group of guards who followed behind Kominda were all armed with knives and revolvers in one hand, but all the English sailors who tried to sneak up on Kominda were killed in the hands of this group of guards.

At this point in the battle, there was no suspense about the outcome of this port-of-side battle, and the fall of the "Great Britain" was a foregone conclusion. Admiral Nadal's white hair fluttered in the wind, but his face was calm and composed, and he saw the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty rushing towards him like mad tigers, his wrinkled face did not have a trace of panic, and his eyes flashed with determination. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he drew the saber at his waist and roared: "For Her Majesty, for the pride of the Great England Navy." Kill! Drive the yellow-skinned monkeys off the boat! As soon as the words fell, he planned to rush to Ke Mingda, who was facing him.

"No!" Rear Admiral Green, chief of staff of the Far East Fleet of England, who was covered in blood, came out of the stab, grabbed Admiral Nadal, and shouted: "Come on, release the lifeboat, take the commander away!" A group of guards around Admiral Nadal swarmed up as if they had just woken up from a dream, and no matter how Admiral Nadal struggled, he picked up Admiral Nadal and went to the back deck.

"Put me down. That's an order. Admiral Nadal roared: "Put down, put down, although I am old, I still have the heart of a warrior!" ”

Major General Green glanced at Admiral Nadal, who had been taken away, and muttered: "A warrior's heart? I have it too! Then he roared: "Kill! He led the few men around him to rush to Ke Minda, who had already killed through the crowd and was killing under the mast......

Qiao Hailong did not join in this broadside battle, when the Qing officers and soldiers broke through the interception of the English sailors and killed the "Great Britain", Qiao Hailong climbed the high mast of the "Weilong". Standing in the lookout frame overlooking the entire battlefield. Ready to command the whole fleet at any time, but unfortunately he came up a little late - four English cruisers broke through the resistance of the fleet on the front line of the Qing Dynasty. Already rushed into the central battlefield.

At this moment, the hand-to-hand combat on the "Great Britain" was still going on, and although the Qing army had an absolute advantage, it would take some time to achieve the final victory; Under the fierce attack of the three mighty ships, the "Mayflower" has become a raging torch at this moment, and its sinking is inevitable, but the three mighty ships that have risen up have not stopped there, but have continued to waste unnecessary artillery fire, but can fight happily; Although the Qing army's warships were three or four fewer than those of England, they did not suffer in such a melee, and both sides bit to death, and no one could easily get out and join the central battlefield; At this time, the Qing frontline fleet was in an extremely unfavorable situation, and it was a foregone conclusion that the English frontline would break through the blocking line.

Command error? There is a point, but that is not the key, the key is that the tactical literacy of the English Navy is too high, and it can be transformed into two neat columns at high speed, which the Qing Navy can not do anyway, once all the warships of the Qing front-line fleet are caught in hand-to-hand combat, the remaining five English warships are bound to join the central battlefield without hindrance, if so, the results of the Qing fleet's efforts for more than half an hour will come to naught, and the victory at your fingertips will fly, not only that, Once the Qing fleet is defeated in the central battlefield, the overall situation will be irreversibly in a predicament, and a defeat will come.

Time? There is no time! Qiao Hailong only glanced at the entire battlefield a few times before judging the trend of the entire battle situation, and issued an adjustment order without hesitation: "Order: The frontline fleet opens its mouth, allows the British fleet to enter the central battlefield, and then covers the kill; The two ships 'Weiyi' and 'Weiwu' didn't care about the four small boats and sailed with full sails. The course remained unchanged, and immediately went to intercept the English fleet entering the battlefield; The 'Weining' continued to engage fire with the four English warships that had just entered the war zone, paying attention to maneuvering and covering our ships. The signal soldier standing beside Qiao Hailong quickly shook the signal flag in his hand and conveyed the order.

The two large warships of the "Weiyi" and "Weiwu" gave up the temptation to sink the "Mayflower" and rushed forward at full speed, preparing to meet the English frontline fleet that had entered the Central Theater; "Weining" fired a volley. After completely sinking the "Mayflower," which was on fire, he turned around in a circle with satisfaction, turned around and rushed toward the four English cruisers that were killing the "Weilong." Relying on the ship's height and sufficient firepower, they rushed straight over in a daze. An artillery battle between the two sides broke out again, and although the "Weining" was defeated by one to four, it did not suffer much loss in the number of guns, and although it could not repel the four cruisers, it did not cause much danger for a while.

The Qing front-line fleet was already ready to take over the battlefield. But as soon as he received the order from Qiao Hailong, he did not hesitate to oblique left and right, and opened a large opening of more than 300 meters, and the English battleship, which was approaching the Qing army's blocking line at high speed, immediately rushed towards the open gap with cheers. However, the main fleet of the English front, which was originally used as a covering fleet, did not fall for it, and had no intention of rushing into the central battlefield at all.

At this time, the Qing frontline fleet was in an extremely embarrassing situation - if the whole army went to pursue the English fleet that had broken through the blocking line, the England frontline fleet behind took advantage of the situation to pounce and attack from behind, and the entire Qing frontline fleet fell into passivity, which was obviously a stupid move. Divide troops to intercept? In front of him, the main ships of the England front fleet also had one first-class battleship and five second-class battleships. It is comparable to the strength of one large warship and six medium-sized warships of the Qing front-line fleet, and at this time, the original blocking line of the Qing army no longer exists, and if it wants to entangle the opponent, the Daqing front-line fleet can only send one or two medium-sized warships at most to pursue the two second-class warships and three third-class warships that have broken through the blocking line, and the help for the central theater is only better than nothing.

"Fight!" Liu Ninghai stomped his foot violently and ordered in a loud voice: "The three ships 'Majesty', 'Yancheng', and 'Yanhua' immediately filled their rudder to the left and headed for forty-five degrees. Array. Sail forward, ready for battle; The rest of the ships immediately filled their rudders. Fight your way into the Central War Zone. ”

As soon as the Qing army moved, the main force of the England front-line fleet also quickly adjusted its formation, and rushed towards the Daqing interception fleet headed by the "Majesty" in a V-shaped formation, with a posture of fighting more and fighting less, intending to eat this Daqing interception fleet first and then turn back to reinforce the central theater, and in an instant, the two fleets facing each other were strangled together, the sound of artillery was thick, and the smoke was billowing out, although the Qing fleet was at a disadvantage, it fought extremely tenaciously and did not have the slightest intention of retreating.

The England hand-to-hand combat fleet that entered the central theater of operations did not have time to rejoice for a long time, and saw two mighty ships rushing over, the tall hull of the mighty ships was not at all the England second and third class battleships that the main ground fleet could lean on to start hand-to-hand combat, and the English sailors standing on the deck cheering had to hurry up and prepare for the artillery battle, and at the same time, the four medium warships of the Qing front-line fleet rushed to reinforce while the English fleet was busy adjusting its formation. The central theater suddenly formed a chaotic battle like the rear battlefield of the two sides, and it was impossible to see who would win in the end for a while.

At the moment of Shen, this naval battle has been fought for nearly two hours, the sound of artillery has gradually thinned out, most of the ammunition reserves on both sides have been exhausted, even if there are still shells, the already overheated cannon can no longer be used, the battle is close to the end at this time, but both sides are unwilling to retreat half a step, the ancient tactics such as broadside battles and ramming battles are constantly staged on the ocean again, until the English military flag on the "Great Britain" was torn off by the Qing army, and this desperate sea battle is considered to have come to an end.

Admiral Nadal, commander of the Far East Fleet of England, who had already been transferred to the new flagship "Sabre", finally glanced at the "Great Britain" that had just hung up the dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty, and gave the order to retreat with tears in his eyes, and the English fleet, which was originally entangled with the Qing army, began to cover each other and withdraw from the battle, and the Qing army, which was already exhausted, did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and also slowly retreated, slowly gathered near the flagship "Weilong", lined up in battle, and watched the English fleet slowly move away, The sea that had been noisy for most of the day finally quieted down, and only the billowing black smoke showed the tragedy of the battle just now.

Won? It seems like yes! Qiao Hailong, standing on the tall mast of the "Weilong", did not have a trace of joy after victory on his face, after a big battle, although he captured an English first-class battleship, sank one first-class battleship, six second-class battleships, and five third-class battleships, his own losses were not small: a total of three large battleships were sunk, six medium battleships, and all three small battleships as auxiliary supply ships were sunk, and the remaining ten battleships were also scarred and unbearable to fight again. The most terrible thing is that there is also a medium-sized warship that has fallen into the hands of the British army intact, and the advantages of artillery, gunpowder, and muskets possessed by the Qing Navy may disappear.

"Victory! We're victorious! I don't know which soldier was the first to shout the cheers of victory, and suddenly the joyful shouts of the Qing officers and soldiers resounded on the originally calm sea......

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