On May 11, the eighth year of Yuanzhuo, the English Far East Fleet, which had just entered the waters of the Badas Islands, collided head-on with the main fleet cluster of the Qing Dynasty that was rushing to the Qing Dynasty with full sails, and saw the huge lineup of the Qing fleet, Admiral Nadal's face was green, and he knew very well that his calculations had been seen through by the Qing fleet, and now there were only two options in front of him - one was to turn around and escape, and the other was to face the battle

War? Obviously, the chances of defeating the main fleet of the Qing army are very small, Admiral Nadal is an old qualified navy, and after only looking at it for a while, he calculated the strength of the main fleet of the Qing army - eighteen large warships, twenty-five medium warships, twenty-one small warships, and a total of sixty-four warships, both large warships and the total number of warships far exceeded the Far East fleet of England, not to mention that the Qing army was waiting for work, all the warships were intact, compared to the English fleet that had already fought a battle, it was too strong, If you want to win the battle, unless the commander of the Qing army makes a low-level mistake, this elimination is not impossible, but it is not much different from the probability of fishing for the moon in the water

There is no chance of winning the war, then there is only escape, as for the so-called glory of the English navy, it is not much different from a piece of paper in front of his own life, but this escape also has a special - at this moment, the distance between the two fleets is about ten nautical miles, and it will take about an hour to reach the place where the English fleet is located at the speed of the Qing army, and the English fleet still has enough time to decide the direction of escape At this time, the Qing army came from the east, and the English fleet headed southeast, and the two sides were not in a straight line, The east side of the Badas Sea is the direction where the Qing Fleet is located, and that direction cannot be rushed through at all, and the south side of the Badas Sea is Sumatra Island ^^ First 520^^ The area is shallow and has many reefs, and the Grand Fleet is impassable at all; To the northeast is the Tumbilan Sea, as long as it can rush through the Tambelan Maritime Area, it can turn into Brunei Bay, but unfortunately that road is on the side of the Qing Fleet, and the English fleet cannot pass through the Tambelan Sea before the Great Qing Fleet; The northwest corner of the Bardas Sea is the direction from which the English fleet came, and there is still a detachment of the Qing Dynasty guarding the place, and that road is obviously impassable, so there is actually only one way left for the English fleet - to withdraw to Shan Maxi

Withdrawing Shan Ma Xi is certainly sitting back and waiting to die, but it is better than disappearing immediately, isn't it? Admiral Nadal, who was helpless, thought about it repeatedly, and gave an order with a blushing face: "Order: The whole fleet will immediately turn to the southwest and withdraw to Shan Ma Xi" With the order given, the entire England fleet immediately began to turn around and sail rapidly in the direction of Single Ma Xi

"Lord, the Englishman has turned and sailed due west" The lookout post on the mast of the "Wasion" was the first to detect the movement of the English fleet and immediately raised the alarm

"Lord Wang, the British are really planning to sneak back to Shan Ma Xi, now it's up to Xiao Sanlang to see if he can entangle the British Yankee," Liu Yao, who was standing next to Yun, said with a smile

"Hmm" Yun replied noncommittally, and there was no indication on his face, now the main fleet of the Qing army is already sailing at full sail = 520 starters == Can it seize the Far East Fleet of England and force it to take the initiative in a decisive battle is not on the side of the main fleet of the Qing Dynasty, at this time Yun can only pray that Xiao Sanlang's weak detachment can complete the interception task and strive for a favorable fighter for the main fleet of the Qing army

The turning of the English fleet made the position of the "Weilong" that followed closely behind extremely embarrassing - the "Weilong" was originally about a nautical mile behind the British Far East Fleet, but after the England fleet completed the turn, the "Weilong" was about half a nautical mile in front of the side of the English fleet, and if it continued to sail forward, it would have to crash headlong into the English fleet, even if the "Weilong" was a large warship, with thick skin and thick flesh and strong firepower, once it was swept into the English fleet, it would have to be put down in two strokes. Even if you can delay a little time for the main fleet, it will definitely not be much, but you have sacrificed your own life in vain, and then turn around, which is good, the "Weilong" has become the lead ship of the England fleet, and the embarrassment is indescribable

"***, fight!" Liu Ningji's eyes suddenly turned red as he looked at the approaching England fleet, and he shouted loudly: "Brothers, whether it is dead or alive!" Kill it, fight to the death! ”

"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! The officers and men of the entire "Weilong" shouted battle horns at the same time, and the spirit of hatred for the enemy shook the sky, and the sail-filled "Weilong" plunged into the English fleet along the diagonal line like a sharp arrow off the string

"Oh God! The yellow-skinned monkey is crazy! Rear Admiral Brown, who was standing on the deck of the flagship of the England fleet, couldn't help but shout as he saw the "Weilong" launch a suicidal attack

Admiral Nadal has long been accustomed to the Qing army's style of fighting to the death, and he didn't feel anything strange about Rear Admiral Brown's emotion, his brows furrowed slightly, and he quickly ordered: "Order: Rear Admiral Connelly will lead the Scotsman, the Pioneer, the Vigorous, and the Victory to intercept and drive away the fly, and the rest of the ships will move at full speed" As the signal men on the "New Wales" waved the signal flag and conveyed Admiral Nadal's order to the ships, the English fleet divided one first-class battleship and three second-class battleships to meet the sprintThe "Weilong", these four battleships turned while sailing, and soon formed a small battle line, blocking the way of the "Weilong" ground, and hundreds of black holes aimed at the high-speed killing of the "Weilong" England fleet, this division of troops moved extremely quickly, the tactical action was reasonable and concise, the whole operation did not cause much confusion, and the impact on the speed of the entire fleet was almost negligible

With one to four, the "Weilong" has no chance of winning, but if the "Weilong" stops to compete with these four British warships, it will not necessarily be a big problem for a while, at least it is not a problem to hold on until the main fleet of its own side arrives, but it is impossible to drag the entire English fleet ****

Five hundred meters, four hundred meters, three hundred and fifty meters, the "Weilong" is getting closer and closer to the small battle line of the British army, facing the rows of black hole guns, Liu Ninghai calmed down on the ground, and ordered in a low voice: "Order, don't slow down and rush over with all your might, the gunners of the whole ship are ready, half solid bullets and half flowering bombs, don't care about these four interception ships, as soon as you enter the British fleet group, you will immediately open fire and hunt freely!" ”

Seeing that the "Weilong" did not slow down, but sprinted at full speed, Rear Admiral Connery's face suddenly darkened, and he ordered in a loud voice: "Fire!" Suddenly, the cannon rumbled, hundreds of cannons fired in turn, tongues of fire lit up on the ships, hundreds of shells roared and smashed into the galloping "Weilong" At this moment, the "Weilong" frontal facing the British battle line, only three foredeck guns could fire, but in such a high-speed sprint situation, the hull was very turbulent, and this accuracy was about equal to zero at all, so Liu Ninghai did not give the order to counterattack, and the whole ship was buried in the head and rushed wildly

The British army's gunner training level is undoubtedly second to none today, and the quality of artillery is only behind the second place in the world in the Qing Dynasty, but it is not easy to hit a high-speed battleship, although the first salvo fired at a distance of 220 meters between the two sides was spectacular, but it did not achieve much effect, except for hitting the "Weilong" more than 10 rounds, the rest of the shells all fell into the air, turning the surrounding of the "Weilong" into a forest composed of water columns, even if the more than ten shells were hit, they were not givenHow much loss the "Weilong" bringed, it only damaged one of the sidesails of the "Weilong"**520*** killed and injured several officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to that, it smashed a few shallow pits on the foredeck of the "Weilong", and the results were not great

Seeing that the "Weilong" did not have the slightest intention of stopping and exchanging fire, Rear Admiral Connally immediately understood the plan of the "Weilong", and hurriedly ordered: "The Scotsman, the Trailblazer, and the Vigorous, are all solid, ready to fire!" ”

Taking advantage of the time when the English fleet was loaded with ammunition, the "Weilong" rushed to a distance of more than 80 meters from the English battle line, and at this time the British army finally completed the preparations for the second round of artillery firing With the order of Rear Admiral Connally, more than 200 guns opened fire again, and in the roaring cannons, the shells whistled like locusts towards the "Weilong", this time, the "Weilong" was not as good as the first time, at a distance of more than 80 meters, the hit rate of the British artillery was very high, In particular, the chain bombs fired by the "Scotsman" and the "Pioneer" facing the "Weilong" swept across the deck of the "Weilong" like a whirlwind, hitting the entire foredeck of the "Weilong" with bullet marks, and although the Qing officers and soldiers on the deck had already fallen on the deck, they inevitably brought huge casualties, and even Liu Ninghai's right arm was hit by a marble, and the blood flowed like a spring, and what was worse was that the "Weilong" was destroyed two pairs of side sails. However, due to the problem of the angle, the two English gunboats that fired solid shells hit more than 30 shells of the "Weilong", but only seven or eight of them really pierced the side of the ship, and they were all in some places that were not too critical, and they did not cause much damage to the "Weilong".

"Leave me alone! Go change the sidesail! Rush over and win! Liu Ninghai pushed away several Qing officers and soldiers who hurriedly ran to try to bandage Liu Ninghai after seeing that the main general was injured, jumped up, and ordered loudly

At that time, the "Weilong", which had been damaged in the Kota Ding Voyage, suffered two waves of blows one after another, and the casualties of the officers and men on the whole ship had reached more than 100 people, especially the sailors on the deck who were responsible for adjusting the sails suffered heavy losses, coupled with the loss of the side sails, the speed of the ship inevitably slowed down, but by inertia, the speed was still amazingly fast, and after the completion of the third loading of the artillery of the English interception fleet, the distance between the two sides had approached more than 20 meters. Standing on your own deck, you can clearly prepare the expressions on the faces of the enemy on the opposite side

"Rush over! Rush! Rush! Rush! Liu Ninghai waved his bleeding arm and shouted wildly, while Major General Connery ordered loudly with a gloomy face: "Fire!" Hurry up! ”

At this time, the distance between the two sides was too close, because of the angle problem, only the "Scotsman" and "Pioneer" in the middle of the four warships of England could open fire, even so, the two battleships fired a hundred shells are simply a bullet, and hit the "Weilong" solidly, and the "Weilong" was immediately beaten into a sieve, and the whole ship was on fire everywhere, and the officers and men were killed and wounded, but fortunately, the rudder was not damaged, and the whole ship broke through the blockade of the British interception fleet in flames. Killed the British fleet thirty meters behind, and at this time the English interception fleet could no longer open fire—although the guns on the other side had already been loaded, it was difficult to say whether this artillery was shelling the "Weilong" or attacking the main force of its own fleet

Disorderly! There was a big chaos, and the England fleet, which was moving at high speed, really didn't expect that the "Weilong" would be so desperate, and it really killed it regardless of life or death, and it suddenly became a mess, and all the ships turned to avoid it, trying to avoid the invasion of this suicide ship

"Fire! Free Hunt! At this moment, the officers and men on the battleship "Weilong" still lost one-third, and more than ten guns were damaged, but the remaining gunners were already ready, as soon as they got the order to fire, they didn't care if they aimed or not, nearly 100 guns roared in turn, and the shells roared in turn, and the shells roared into the surrounding messed up of the English battleships loading, firing and reloading, and firing again! The entire "Weilong" emitted billowing black smoke, and like a fiery hedgehog, it continued to pour artillery fire on the British fleet, causing chaos in the formation of the English fleet

Just when the English fleet was in chaos due to the disturbance of the "Weilong", a group of Qing warships suddenly appeared in front of it, and a dragon flag swayed in the sea breeze with a majestic momentum - Xiao Sanlang's second fleet was killed! The sharp-eyed English lookouts immediately let out a desperate scream...