Chapter 1079: blockade

"The intelligence is not wrong. The Chinese Empire really has a musket that can fire continuously. This is terrible."
　　
　　 On the deck, Corbancy was also paying attention to the situation of the imperial fleet. When he noticed the weapons fired continuously on the deck, his heart sank.
　　
　　 "The Chinese Empire is terrible. As long as they have this weapon, we can only be slaughtered on the battlefield." Ferryn said in a condensed voice.
　　
　　 Corbancy nodded, "That's why we have to get their advanced weapons at all costs and send them to our country for imitation."
　　
As he was talking, he suddenly noticed that the lights of the Empire Fleet’s flagship suddenly went out. He said happily,
Great. Their commander is on this warship. Let the soldiers focus on attacking this warship. If the flagship is captured, they will definitely mess up."
　　
　　Filin also saw it at this time, and he glanced at Corbanci with some admiration, the Spanish naval admiral deserved to be called the Spanish sea fortress.
　　
　　 Faced with such a disadvantage, they are still playing equally well, which is already very rare.
　　
　　 "All gunners attack the sixth battleship from the left in the southwest!" Ferryn issued an order. "Boom boom boom..."
　　
　　 A round of volleys were suddenly sent out after the order was given, and one after another, the bombs went straight to the King's armored ship.
　　
　　 At the same time, other warships gradually focused their firepower on the King's armored ship, and under the cover of the warship's gunfire, the small boats in the sea quickly approached the King.
　　
　　 Corbancy watched this scene, with a sneer from the corner of his mouth, and then his gaze turned to an ironclad ship in the southeast, which was on the edge of the imperial fleet.
　　
　　 He said: "Immediately send soldiers to attack the first battleship on the right. Now that the enemy's flagship is besieged by us, other battleships will be eager to clear the siege and ignore the battleship on the edge and seize that ironclad ship!"
　　
　　 "What a brilliant trick!" Ferryn said excitedly. He asked the messenger with the lantern to issue another command on the edge of the deck to let some small boats approach the east.
　　
On the 　　 King, the Marines suffered constant casualties under enemy shelling. After the searchlights were extinguished, it seemed that all the enemy’s artillery fire was concentrated on the King, and enemy bombshells were thrown over from time to time on the deck.
　　
　　The intensive attack caused heavy losses to the Marines on the battleship.
　　
"General, it's too dangerous here. You must go back to the cabin." Liu Chen said to Yue Yun. The King is the core of the armored ship, and Yue Yun is the core of the King. Once Yue Yun has an accident, the naval battle will be won. It is also tantamount to a fiasco.
　　
Yue Yun's expression was cold. He said: "I thought that as soon as the iron armored ship came out, the Qingzhou fleet would be able to run wild from then on. This naval battle really taught us a lesson. The emperor is right. Strategically, we must despise the enemy. , But we must pay attention to the enemy strategically."
　　
　　 After all, he said to Liu Chen: "Order the King to turn around and use the steam engine warship to annihilate the enemy warship. We can't be too big. We suffer a lot from such a small number of shots."
　　
　　 While the two were talking, the soldiers brought up the spare searchlight. After some installation, the searchlight turned on again.
　　
Liu Chen looked at the more than sixty sailing warships burning on the sea. Although the enemy's wooden ships were approaching them, the enemy suffered heavy losses in this kind of shelling. After all, the iron armored warships can withstand much more than wooden sailing warships. .
　　
　　 nodded, and he immediately let the searchlights issue instructions to change the formation of the fleet. This time they will annihilate the enemy's warships while sailing.
　　
　　 And those little wooden boats let them float in the sea.
　　
　　 After the order was issued, the iron-clad fleet immediately set sail again, using the advantage of speed, they always kept a distance from the small wooden ship, but kept within the shooting range of the machine gun.
　　
　　This kind of kite-flying style quickly made the soldiers on the boat exhausted. The steam engine battleship relies on the power of the steam engine, and they rely on manpower.
　　
　　 After noticing the changes in the imperial fleet, Corbancy looked down. Because it was a sneak attack, the imperial warships were always parked at first, which was conducive to their approach.
　　
　　 But now their commander is clearly aware of this problem, so the warships have pulled anchors and set sail.
　　
And the most damning thing is that although these iron armored ships appear cumbersome, but their speed is not slow, if it is a sailing warship, their boats can still catch up, but these steel monsters run too fast, the boat can't catch up with them, but they are hung by them. hit.
　　
　　 Ferryn’s expression of excitement also disappeared, and they are now in a very embarrassing situation. They can only be beaten and cannot fight back.
　　
　　 "Boom boom boom..."
　　
　　The moving iron-clad ships continue to shoot at the sailing warships, and the rotating turret allows them to attack the enemy in any direction.
　　
　　 "Sixty-five ships, seventy ships, eighty ships..." When every enemy warship was hit, Liu Chen would report to Yue Yun.
　　
　　 freed from the entanglement of the boat, their offensive seemed easy, and the scale of war tilted towards them again.
　　
　　 "Don't let go of any of them. Send ten warships to bypass the flank and block the Ganges' entrance to the sea." Yue Yun said.
　　
　　 At his order, ten iron-clad ships separated from the team and drove straight to the Ganges.
　　
The movement of the imperial fleet was watched by Corbancy, and he slowly lowered the telescope. He sighed heavily, "It's not that I am ineffective in command, but the imperial fleet is too strong. If we don't have iron armored ships, Europe will dominate the era of maritime hegemony. Gone forever."
　　
　　 Although Ferryn was extremely unwilling, but facing the 80 sailing warships burning in the sea, he could only choose to bow his head. He understood what Corbancy meant.
　　
"Retreat!" Corbancy gave the final order~EbookFREE.me~The offensive of the Imperial warships has not stopped, and their fleets are still losing continuously. Once the Ganges mouth is blocked by the Imperial warships, they will have no escape. They will be sunk one by one at the speed of the armored ships. "Yes." Film's voice trembled a little.
　　
　　 This order is very cruel, because it means that they will abandon the soldiers in the small boats in the sea, but he has to execute it. Instead of destroying the whole army, it is more appropriate to keep a part of the warship for future use.
　　
　　 Thinking of this, he asked the messenger to give an order to retreat. The captains of the remaining seventy warships had long been expecting this order, and now they desperately headed towards the Ganges.
　　
On the 　　 King, Yue Yun showed a triumphant smile. For him, the remaining warships were not enough. After this war, the Imperial Navy had the final say on the route from India to Europe.
　　
　　Even if they hide in the Ganges, they will not be able to escape their control in the end.
　　
　　 "Starting tomorrow, the warship will cruise along the Indian coastline in groups of three, sinking any supply vessel from Europe.") Download the free reader!!