Ming Zuo

Chapter 1613
More than 20 top warships arced across the sea, slowly pointing their flanks at the port, and all the gun windows were opened.

In this scene, any fool knows what to do.

In the port, the shrill bells kept ringing all the time.

All the Englishmen ran out as hard as they could to get to their posts.

It is the instinct of every colonist to resist and fight back when attacked.

This has been the case for nearly 100 years.

The process of colonization was accompanied by blood and killing, without mercy and morality.

If you don't resist, you will be killed.

This is the iron law that every colonist keeps in mind.

As for whether you can fight or not...

You'll only know after you've played it.

In other words, even if you can't fight, the one who can run is one.

Therefore, the British ran desperately to their own ships, trying to let the warships leave the port before the enemy approached.

A warship that is docked and does not move is just a target to be beaten.

Fortunately, the British, as a rising star in the age of great voyages, strived to catch up in order to surpass other countries, and those who fought on the sea have developed good habits.

Even when the warship docked, the sails never lowered, and there were enough people on board to guard it.

This way, you can react as quickly as possible.

The enemy is still far away, so there should be still time.

"The sun and the moon are full of red flags, it is the warship of the empire! The dragon stepping on the sea flag is the regular army of the empire!"

The British are naturally no strangers to empire.

There have long been British businessmen who went to the coast of the empire to do business and passed information back.

Before a conflict of interest erupted, the Empire treated Britain no differently than other countries.

Seeing the imperial fleet attacking at this time, Peter Charles was going crazy.

He couldn't understand, why did the empire do this?
There is no contradiction between the two sides!

Even though we know that the empire is allied with Portugal and the Netherlands, there is no need to go to war with Britain for these two countries, right?

After all, it is Portugal and the Netherlands that are approaching the borders of the empire, and Britain is only operating near Tianzhu.

Fortunately, Peter Charles laughed out loud when he saw that the warship of the Empire was still in the distance and began to turn inexplicably.

"The Easterners are really not good at sailing. At this time when the warship turns, their shells can only fall into the sea. After our warship picks up speed, we will definitely teach them the cruelest lesson."

In his opinion, the distance from which the imperial battleship turned to reveal its flanks was too far, too far.

This distance has completely exceeded the range of the naval gun.

European countries have long reached a consensus that the best distance for naval artillery engagement is actually 100 meters to 500 meters.

Beyond this distance, it is almost impossible for shells to destroy the side of the battleship.

But now the warships of the Imperial Navy actually started to turn at such a distance, obviously due to unskilled operation.

Just as he laughed, the third team opened fire.

From the very beginning, the sound of the cannon was very different, and the smoke that rose was very different.

Peter Charles' laughter stopped abruptly when he saw the artillery shells smashing into the range of the British warship across the thousand-meter sea area.

When can naval guns hit so far?

This can only be done by the fortress artillery on land!
It's okay to hit this far, the power of the shells made him lose his blood in an instant.

I saw that some shells hit the warship, and what was presented was not the scene of sawdust flying across, but the terrifying shock wave of the explosion accompanied by billowing black and red smoke.

The galleon that could hold [-] tons was directly blown to pieces, wood and human bodies splashed everywhere, and even the sea water boiled.

Other shells did not hit directly, but fell into the water.

But the shells that fell into the water also exploded, still opening a big hole in the warship.

The sea water poured in crazily, causing the battleship to tilt at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it would be a matter of time before it sank.

It's not that Peter Charles has never seen shells that can explode. Flowering shells are standard equipment for Western armies.

But the explosion of the flower bomb was completely different from the explosion he had seen now.

He immediately realized that the artillery mounted on the Imperial Navy battleship in front of him was an incomparably powerful weapon.

This weapon is enough to change the rules of naval warfare.

"Let them run away, run away immediately, as much as they can run away!"

Originally, Peter Charles planned to board the battleship to take command, but now he is desperate.

There is no possibility of winning this battle.

What to do at this time is that someone must be able to run away and report the situation here to the governor in Tianzhu.

Otherwise, it would not be their death, but the disaster of the entire East India Company.

So time is running out, someone must rush out and inform the Governor of the situation here.

The British warships that were preparing for the battle saw the order, although they didn't understand it for a while, they faithfully carried out it.

They no longer formed a stubbornly resisting formation, but quickly dispersed.

It has to be said that the hit rate of artillery in naval battles is really too low.

Even with the power of the Imperial Navy's artillery, it is impossible to wipe out all the British with a single salvo.

Therefore, amidst the flames of war at sea, the British began to flee.

Seeing this scene, Xu Xizhong was also helpless.

"Spread out and chase around. The sixth team is responsible for landing and attacking the castle."

The third detachment also dispersed, each locked on the enemy, and mustered their sails to pursue.

It's just that both sides are Galen ships, and the British ships are smaller and lighter, so it is quite difficult to chase them.

In the fierce battle, there were still three warships that bypassed the interception and headed west all the way.

How could the third detachment be reconciled, and insisted on it.

On the vast sea, chasing and fleeing are constantly in progress. In order to win and survive, both sides have put in their best efforts.

Just watching the British ship getting farther and farther away, the third detachment gritted their teeth, but there was nothing they could do.

However, just when they were about to give up, a puff of black smoke suddenly rose from the formation of the British in front, and a ship was smashed on the spot.

The remaining two ships were also affected, and their speed was greatly reduced.

The third team was intrigued and had no idea what was going on.

But the British have slowed down, which is of course good news for them.So they immediately cheered up and outflanked them.

When we got close, we could hear the familiar rumbling of the cannon that was devastating the British.

Soon another ship was wrecked.

The stern of the last ship was also hit by a shot, and it was unable to move across the sea, so the white flag had to be hoisted.

To the west of the British, three imperial battleships were slowly approaching.

These boats look weather-beaten and seem to have made an arduous journey.

"I am Xu Erjue, deputy envoy of the European Mission of the Empire. Which part do you belong to?"

The two sides met, and the other party's report surprised everyone in the third team.

The imperial mission to Europa's team finally came back.

　Not today!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)