Ming Zuo

The speed of the sailing warship is not fast.

If there is no comparison, it will even give people the illusion of being motionless on a calm sea.

This slow speed is naturally conducive to firing artillery.

The second salvo of the Imperial Fleet was quickly fired.

At this time, the British fleet narrowed the distance, and as a result, the blows encountered were even more serious.

I saw that the front of the British fleet was like fireworks blooming continuously, and dozens of warships suffered heavy damage one after another.

As many as a dozen ships were sunk on the spot, and although the rest were not sunk by luck, they almost lost their combat effectiveness.

Robert Black's scalp was numb, and it was the first time he saw such a terrifying opponent.

But he has no way out.

Behind is the United Kingdom.

Therefore, he could only order that the fleet continue to charge.Only when they get close to the imperial fleet and form a chaotic battle can they gain the upper hand.

At the same time, he kept praying, hoping that George Monk could defeat Marton Tropp as soon as possible, and then rush over to support.

Kong Zhiguang didn't concentrate on the enemy in front of him.

He raised his binoculars and carefully observed the situation on the Dutch side.

Although the two battlefields are far away from each other, the Imperial Navy's telescope has a high magnification, and some situations can still be vaguely observed.

The condition of the Dutch fleet was very bad.

They have been mingled with the British fleet, and the two sides are almost face to face and are frantically bombarded with artillery.

However, the number of the British fleet was too large, and it almost surrounded the Dutch.

If this continues, the rout of the Dutch fleet is not far away.

Although the Dutch fleet was used to drag George Monk, Kong Zhiguang also understood that once the Dutch fleet was defeated, they would be caught in the double attack of the British.

That being the case...

Then you have to help the Dutch out.

With that in mind, Kong Zhiguang issued an order.

"Tell the ships to maintain speed and head northeast."

The battlefield between the Dutch fleet and George Monk was in the northeast, and the imperial fleet made an arc in the sea in order to face Robert Blake, and it happened to be heading there at this time.

After receiving the order, the warships kept bombarding the British fleet with artillery, while quickly approaching another battlefield.

Robert Blake was going crazy.

He had never seen such a fast-firing naval gun, and the imperial navy's shells seemed to never stop hitting his fleet.

Especially at this time, seeing the imperial fleet sailing towards the distance, with the intention of leaving the battlefield, he gritted his teeth even more.

"Cunning Chinese, what exactly do you want to do?"

The linear array stern ships of the Imperial Fleet have already turned the corner, while the forward of the British Fleet is still 300 meters away.

The bow of the ship is facing this way again, so the side artillery is completely useless.

At this time, the last Zhenjiang was finally hit.

But the sporadic spherical shells are like scratching an itch for the Zhenjiang, and they don't need to be concerned at all.

Li Dayou, the captain of Zhenjiang, judged the situation and saw the British fleet chasing after him, so he made corresponding deployments.

"Drop the oil."

There were two iron pipes at the tail of the Zhenjiang, which were opened at this time, and the billowing fuel was immediately dumped into the sea.

These fuels are all refined products of petroleum, which are very flammable and explosive.

Although it cannot provide power to ships in this era, it is a sharp weapon to kill the enemy in naval battles.

On the third-tier battleships of the empire, each ship will be loaded with about ten tons of oil.It can be made into an incendiary bomb, and can be thrown on the sea to artificially create an isolation zone.

The British were beaten badly, but they could hardly fight back, so they suffocated and just chased after them frantically.

They didn't notice that the color of the sea surface under their feet had changed.

After the oil was poured into the sea, it began to spread around with the surge of sea water.

However, the weather conditions are very good today, and there is no wind on the sea, so the speed of oil spread is not very fast, and a large area is gradually formed.

Seeing many British warships sailing into it, Li Dayou smiled.

"ignition."

The soldiers immediately fired the rocket with the bed crossbow, and the fire spread rapidly after it fell to the sea.

The fire burned so fast that it was too late for the British to discover it. More than 20 warships were trapped in it on the spot and were ignited by the flames.

For a moment, the sea was filled with the screams of the British, as if the gate of hell had opened.

Robert Blake, who was following behind, saw that the sea area in front of him suddenly turned into a huge fire scene, and his vision was even darker.

When he saw the two warships trying to rush in to rescue the friendly troops, but they were also set on fire, he understood the horror.

"Detour! Detour immediately!"

The British could only tearfully abandon their comrades in arms, turn the bow of the ship around for a long distance, and resume chasing the imperial fleet.

But taking advantage of this time, the imperial fleet has rushed to the periphery of another battlefield.

"Signal to General Tropp to get the Dutch out of the field immediately."

The rest of the contact methods that have long been tacitly formed between the Imperial Fleet and the Dutch Fleet.

Marton Tropp couldn't help feeling relieved when he saw the imperial fleet approaching and issuing the signal.

They have persisted for a long time, and the loss is particularly serious.It might be good to hand over the next battle to the Imperial Fleet.

"Order the ships to advance at full speed and pass through the encirclement of the British."

After all the Dutch warships received the order, they no longer cared about the British attack, and all headed towards the distance.

They have all seen the power of the imperial fleet, and they don't want to stay in place and be covered by firepower with the British.

George Monk has the upper hand and is trying to expand his results.Seeing the Dutchman start to flee, he thought the victory was over.

Just as he was about to order all the warships to continue the siege and try their best to destroy more Dutch warships, he suddenly received a warning from the sentry tower.

"Mr. Duke, the Chinese fleet is coming."

George Monk was taken aback.

He had great confidence in Robert Blake's ability, and he didn't think that the Imperial Fleet could get any benefits from his old friend.

Why did the imperial fleet come here?
He suddenly turned his head and looked behind him.

I saw that the seven imperial warships had begun to turn slowly on the sea, and at the same time aimed their sides at their own side.

Obviously there is still a distance of 600 meters, the steering of the Imperial battleship is quite puzzling, but George Monk still feels the crisis.

"Enemy attack! Pay attention to avoid!"

Before the words fell, the roar of hundreds of artillery suppressed everything.

When the British fleet confronted the Dutch fleet, its formation was already chaotic.There was no time to sort it out, and they encountered a fatal blow from the Imperial Fleet.