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Chapter 1645 The Unlucky Turkish Fleet
The fire illuminated the secret port of the Ottoman Empire on the island of Chios. Black smoke billowed, obscuring sight. Half of the body of the warship sank to the bottom of the sea was exposed. There were floating planks, dead sailors, and broken flags on the sea.

The soldiers of the Ottoman Empire on the island saw the heavy losses of the secret fleet they had accumulated with great difficulty, and they wanted to cry without tears.

A squadron of 14 warships from the Allied Forces attacked the port, causing great damage.

Seventeen Turkish galleons and galleys were sunk or burned, and five galleons were captured by the Allied forces.The three captured ships were sunk at the mouth of the bay by the coalition forces, blocking the exit. With the sunk ships, the channel became blocked and complicated, which basically paralyzed the military function of the port.The hulls of the rest of the ships were more or less scarred by shells.

"This group of people is simply demons! If it weren't for our large numbers of people, they might have destroyed all the ships in the port!"

"The fleet we secretly built on Chios Island has been destroyed. We originally planned to attack from Chios Island by surprise and join the fleets from Rhodes Island and Constantinople... Now that we have encountered such a catastrophe, we what to do……"

"The fleet immediately withdrew from Chios Island and headed for Rhodes Island! The secret fleet of Chios Island has been exposed, and they may summon more warships to attack!"

After a brief discussion, a group of officers of the Ottoman Empire agreed that the other party would make a comeback.

The 14 warships of the coalition forces dared to raid the port with nearly 100 galleons and galleys. They would definitely not let go of this piece of fat.

In fact, the Ottoman defenders on Chios Island expected well. Zheng Zhihu and Black led the squadron to rampage in the port until the afterglow of the sunset. They were afraid that they would be counterattacked by the Turkish fleet with superior numbers after nightfall, so they retreated temporarily.

On the other hand, a group of their wooden sailboats were seriously damaged in the shelling of the Turkish fleet. All the crew, sailors, and oarsmen were exhausted and unable to fight any more. They planned to go back to find the steam ironclad "Huo Qubing", "Fubo General" to clean up the secret fleet hiding in Chios Island.

Zheng Zhihu, Black, Zheng Chenggong, Hannah, Castella and others returned to Tenedos Island, where the blockade fleet was located, and reported to Commander Sun Xu that there was a huge Turkish fleet hidden in Chios Island .

Sun Xu was quite surprised to learn that Zheng Zhihu and others found a secret Turkish naval port after tracking the Turkish merchant ships: "The Venetians never told us that Chios Island has nearly 100 warships of various types." The thing, I'm afraid they don't know that the Ottoman Empire built a lot of new shipyards in order to occupy the entire Mediterranean Sea. You raided the port and not a single ship was sunk or captured. Well done. I will send the Huo Qubing ironclad ship and the rest 5 ships join you to aid you and go with you again to destroy this Turkish fleet."

Zheng Chenggong, Hannah and others successfully hijacked a Turkish galleon and captured a group of Turkish sailors, which was praised by Sun Xu, the commander of the Fourth Fleet. responsibility for the matter.

The iron-clad ship Huo Qubing led the other 5 ships to join the squadron hunting Chios Island. Although their mission was to block the Dardanelles, there was such a huge Turkish fleet hidden nearby, how could they not Let them go.

With the addition of the Huo Qubing, the squadron arrived at Chios Island again. The Turkish fleet that had been hiding in the port had already fled in fear. They left Chios Island ahead of schedule and sailed to Rhodes Island in the south, trying to communicate with Rhodes. The governor of the island, Huoshan Zand, met.

"It seems that they have been scared by us. If they knew that they would not risk their lives so much, they would have the courage to stay here." Zheng Zhihu and Black think about it now, and they regret not being able to wipe out this Turkish fleet. There are at least 70 ships. The ships fled here.

The Huo Qubing steam ironclad ship did not show its "muscles" to the Ottoman Empire on Chios Island as imagined. The officers and soldiers of the ironclad ship fired more than a dozen shells symbolically at the fort of Chios Island as a warning .

They didn't waste shells on the island that lost its value. The real mission of the steam ironclad was to capture the forts in the Dardanelles and capture Constantinople.

The 70 wounded Turkish fleet that escaped from Chios Island went south to Rhodes Island, but they were unlucky-they had just escaped from the clutches of Zheng Zhihu, Black, Zheng Chenggong, Castella and others, but they were on the way one evening , was bumped into by the main force of the coalition fleet led by Nelson, Capello, and George Monk!

The Turkish fleet was frightened when they found the steam iron-clad ship Weiqing, which was emitting black smoke, and the King of the Seas led by George Monk, and the Venetian warship led by Capello. The fleet is much larger!

The Turkish fleet immediately accelerated and fled southeast!
"It's really lucky. The governor of Rhodes Island of the Ottoman Empire has been avoiding us, and finally captured a Turkish fleet. The number is quite amazing!"

Nelson and others were overjoyed and immediately pursued.

At this time, night began to fall, and the line of sight was seriously hindered. The main force of the coalition fleet could not launch a large-scale sea battle immediately because of the darkness, so they had to follow and chase the huge Turkish fleet of 70 warships.

Nelson showed amazing command skills. In order to capture this Turkish fleet, he dispersed the Zhili fleet into several daily small-scale battle formations.

Five of the faster sail frigates, including the Constitution, quickly rushed to the front of the Turkish fleet in the dark, attracting the firepower of the Turkish fleet and preventing them from escaping.

At the same time, the steam engine of the ironclad ship Weiqing was fully fired, leading the other five warships of the Zhili fleet to speed up and pounce on it!

The English Royal Fleet and the Venetian Fleet, who hadn't reacted yet, watched in amazement as the Zhili Fleet launched a fast hunting operation by moonlight at night. They laboriously followed the Zhili Fleet's rear and passively participated in this pursuit.

The capture battle in the night battle was thrilling. The steam-powered and sail-powered ironclad Weiqing surpassed any Turkish ship. It brutally knocked over a Turkish galley, and the heavy artillery installed on the artillery deck fired more than The 100-pound solid bullet roared into the hull of the Turkish warship!Ironclad warships slay the Quartet in the night!

(End of this chapter)