Distance is a fatal problem, due to the Qing artillery in the rate of fire and power of the range of fire, resulting in the British fleet as soon as the battle began to suffer a loss, by the Qing army a cannon attack to be embarrassed, even more unfortunate is: the Qing army this artillery fire is generally selected the sails of the ships of the English fleet, masts and other easily destroyed targets for shooting, at a distance of 250 meters Although the accuracy of shooting is not too high, but the hit rate is also passable, the main mast of the Thai half of the ships in the English fleet, The side masts were damaged to varying degrees, but fortunately, the English fleet was already half-sailing at this time, and the speed was not fast, so although the action of adjusting the battle line was affected, it did not fall into chaos, and still desperately tried to close the distance between the battle line and the Qing army.

When the distance between the battle lines of the two sides was shortened to 210 meters, the Qing army had completed the reloading of the artillery, and the two sides issued the order to open fire almost at the same time, and the number of artillery pieces that could be fired by the two sides together reached an astonishing nearly 6,000, just as a large number of artillery opened fire almost at the same time, the rumbling sound of artillery on the entire battlefield was deafening, and the smoke of gunpowder drifted on the sea, combined with the billowing black smoke ignited by the ships that were shot and caught fire, covering the sky and the earth, as if the fog was filled for a long time.

The two columns of battle lines running in the opposite direction are like two strange snakes that are constantly breathing fire, constantly smashing deadly shells on each other's heads, you go back and forth and fight inextricably, until the two battle lines are staggered, the Qing army carried out a total of six rounds of salvo fire, and although the British gunners are well-trained, but because of the backwardness of the artillery, only four rounds of salvo fire, plus the number of their own warships is less than that of the Qing army, this first round suffered a small loss, although no battleships were sunk because of this, but each battleship has different degrees of damage. In particular, the sail system of the main target of the Qing army was seriously damaged, which brought some trouble to the turn of the English fleet, until the Qing army had completed the U-turn and began to return to the battlefield, the English fleet was still busy coordinating the distance between the ships, and the advantages and disadvantages between the two sides were clear at a glance.

The tactics of the battle line duel, especially the battle line duel in the reverse direction, are extremely simple and rigid, and the battle is all about the total number and quality of artillery of the two fleets and the level of training of the gunners. As far as the commander is concerned, the main task is to coordinate the unified actions of all ships and maintain the ability of coordinated combat among all ships. The Qing fleet had obvious advantages in the total number of warships, the total number of artillery and the quality of artillery, and although the training level of the gunners was slightly worse than that of the English gunners, it was not much worse. But it's just a miserable victory, if you really want to divide the winner without two or three hours of fierce battle, I'm afraid it's impossible to do, and at this time it's already a unitary time, and it's only a little more than an hour before it gets dark, once the night comes. The possibility of the English fleet escaping at night was extremely high, so although the English fleet was at a disadvantage at this time, it did not mind a protracted battle with the Qing army.

Admiral Nadal stood under the mast of the "New Wales" with a calm face. He did not interfere with the arrangement of the troops of the chief of staff, Major General Brown, and did not even look at the battle line of the Qing army that had completed the U-turn and began to drive back, but set his eyes on the two Qing army detachments anchored not far from the battlefield, constantly speculating about the intention of the Qing army's move, but he couldn't understand why the Qing army was doing this - the number of these two detachments was not very large, that is, there were more than ten large and small warships each, and they had already dropped their sails at this time, and they were completely a spectator. In addition, it is a headwind, it is impossible to insert at high speed and complete the interspersed operation of the British army's battle line, if the Qing army is so arrogant that it is unwilling to fight more and less, Admiral Nadal will not believe it, but he can't guess the reason why the Qing army made this strange formation.

Yun Yu stood on the deck of the "Weihai" with a smile on his face, and was very satisfied to find that the adjustment of the course of the English fleet had become a little sluggish due to the damage to the sail systems of each ship, and ordered with a cruel smile: "Order: All ships in the battle line should pay attention to attacking the sail system of the enemy ships. The upper gun decks of each ship were replaced with flowering shells. attacking its deck sailmen; Ordered Xiao and Chen to stand by and attack, once the two battle lines exchanged fire again. Xiao Bu to the left and Chen Bu to the right detoured back to the upwind to carry out the combat mission of cutting off the enemy fleet. ”

The two columns of the two sides of the battle line in opposite directions soon began the second exchange of fire again, the sound of artillery became a piece, the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield became thicker and thicker, and the battleships appeared and disappeared from time to time in the billowing black smoke, and all the attention of both sides of the artillery battle was focused on the increasingly fierce artillery battle, and no one found that the two Qing fleets that were originally moored outside the battlefield at this time quietly set sail, and one left and one right began to detour the battlefield.

In the reverse battle line duel, in order to ensure the hit rate, the warships on both sides can only travel in half sails, and the speed is not fast, and when the two sides are staggered and passed, Admiral Nadal, who has always been paying attention to the two Qing army detachments anchored outside the battlefield, suddenly found that these two detachments have detoured to the other side of the battlefield at some point, and are adjusting their course towards the upwind at this moment, and his heart suddenly sank, and then he realized why the Qing army was desperately attacking his own sail system in these two rounds of exchanges. Seeing that the two Qing army fleets were sailing towards their own battle line like two sharp blades, Admiral Nadal's face suddenly darkened.

"Keep course, shrink the formation, do not leave gaps between the ships, pay attention to the enemy fleet upwind, fire with all your might, and be sure to block the penetration of enemy forces. Admiral Nadal stopped Rear Admiral Brown from turning around and giving the order, ignoring the fact that the main force of the Qing fleet had already begun to turn around and kill back, and roared hoarsely. It was only at this time that the English ships noticed that the two Qing detachments were killing at high speed at the upwind port, and immediately became in chaos, trying to adjust the formation according to Admiral Nadal's orders, but the problem was that the British sail system was severely damaged in the two rounds just now, not to mention the sailors who operated the sails also suffered heavy casualties, although the English sailors desperately adjusted the battleships, but unfortunately it was to no avail, and the originally neat battle line caused a lot of confusion because of this.

"Order, all ships adjust their course, thirty degrees to the northwest, rush up, prepare for the broadside battle, and be sure to annihilate the English fleet here!" Seeing that the fighters had arrived, Yun Yu gave the order for a general attack, and in an instant, the main force of the Qing fleet, which had already completed the U-turn, began to adjust its course and chased after the English fleet that was in chaos.

Faced with the fate of being cut into three by the Qing army, the English fleet began to play with its life, regardless of the main force of the Qing fleet that was chasing at high speed behind it, and launched a fierce bombardment of Xiao and Chen. For the two detachments of the Qing army traveling at high speed, due to the course and speed of the ship, it is impossible to fire and counterattack at this time, and can only be beaten passively, if there is no courage to die, such tactics will not work.

Guts? The last thing the Qing army lacks is courage! Under the ferocious fire attack of the English fleet, the two small warships of the Qing army soon turned into a burning huge torch, hovering on the sea surface and sinking to the bottom of the sea, but the other warships did not flinch at all, and they killed the past with no indomitable move, and took advantage of the situation to kill the English fleet, and cut the English fleet into three pieces, and at this time, the main fleet of the Qing Dynasty, which had caught up, unceremoniously surrounded the last two English fleets in distress with more and less, and launched a crazy siege.

Admiral Nadal was also trapped in the encirclement of the Qing army at this time, it was not the first time he had seen the Qing army's interspersed tactics, and he knew the stakes. ”

"Lord Wang, the enemy's front-line fleet has fled, heading due west, with a total of two first-class battleships, three second-class battleships, and two cruisers. The lookout post on the mast of the "Wasion" noticed the unusual movement of the English fleet and immediately raised the alarm.

"Lord Wang, do you want to send a fleet to pursue?" Liu Yao, who was standing beside Yun Yu, asked tentatively.

"Don't care, they can't escape, when they return to Shan Maxi, it should have been our territory a long time ago, order all ships, ignore the British ships that are leaving, and go all out to encircle and suppress the main force of the British army in the encirclement!" Yun Yu sneered and said.

Blood is burning, the sea is boiling, the sailors on both sides launched an ancient broadside battle under the bloody sunset, although the troubled English navy broke out the most stubborn resistance, but in the face of the powerful attack of the Qing army, all this was in vain, the battle until nightfall, as the flagship of the English fleet "New Wales" raised the dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty, the battle came to an end - except for a few warships of the British Far East Fleet escaped, the rest were either sunk or fell into the hands of the Qing army, Admiral Nadal was killed in battle, Rear Admiral Brown, Chief of Staff, was captured, and Vice Admiral Bradley, the deputy commander, surrendered with the rest of his troops, and thus the British Far East Fleet ceased to exist as a main body, and the Qing Fleet won the final victory in the Battle of Malacca.

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