Lord Moyu was forced to open

Standing on the national command flagship, Zheng Shen had been watching the movements of Rene Grenon and his men through a telescope. When he saw them breaking out to the south while being surrounded, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

As the saying goes, if you are surrounded on three sides and one is missing, if there are dead ends on all sides, the enemy will definitely fight desperately. Although their warships are not as powerful as the Song Dynasty's fleet, it is still a fleet of 300 ships after all. If they fight with all their might, they will definitely be able to bite off a piece of meat from them.

But this was his first battle, and this battle also determined whether the Zheng family could obtain the title. His father's expectant eyes before the expedition made Zheng Shen understand that he must win a resounding victory to obtain this title for the Zheng family.

If the battleships suffered heavy losses, even if they won in the end, the Zheng family's title would be unstable.

Therefore, Zheng Shen understood that only victory achieved at the lowest cost could allow the Zheng family to get what they wanted.

The south side was a hole he left deliberately. If there was a hope of breaking through, the enemy would not fight to the death, and he could gradually consume the enemy.

As expected, the other party went towards the gap left by Zheng Shenke, and there Zheng Shenke left a lot of gifts for them.

There is a gap, but whether we can get out of it is not certain.

Rene Grenon and his men naturally did not know about this. Driven by the desire to survive, the fleet broke out to the south and soon collided with the thirty Zhenhai-class ironclad warships in the south.

The Zhenhai-class ironclad warships of the Song Dynasty are the weakest of all the ironclad warships in the country. But even so, each Zhenhai-class ironclad ship has a length of more than 50 meters and a beam of 18 meters. With its armor, the draft and tonnage of the entire ship are twice that of a Great Britain-class battleship.

At the same time, the speed reached level eleven.

It can be said that no matter in terms of speed, offensive capability or defensive capability, it far exceeds all ship types of the Europa Combined Fleet.

But there are only thirty ships here, which is a deliberate result caused by Zheng Shen.

When the two sides collided, René Grennon immediately commanded a fleet of more than 300 people to rush towards the thirty huge ships, leaving some people behind to engage in a fight while the rest of the fleet took advantage of the opportunity when the Zhenhai ships were entangled to flee.

Bang bang bang!
More than 300 warships fired at the same time, and the overwhelming barrage of shells hit the 30 Zhenhai-class battleships. Due to the size of the Zhenhai-class battleships and the density of the barrage, although most of the shells were avoided, at least a quarter of the shells hit the hulls. But after a roar, the smoke dissipated, and these shells did not cause any damage other than leaving large black marks on the hulls of the 30 Zhenhai-class battleships.

The gunpowder used in Europe is still black powder. Attacking an ironclad ship with the power of black powder would only cause as much damage as tickling.

This scene was still seen by both parties, and both sides fell silent for a while.

The Song army was silent because they did not expect the attack of these Europeans to be so weak. As they were used as bait, they had naturally prepared themselves mentally. Facing a fleet of more than 300 European ships alone, they were actually prepared for at least half of them to be sunk.

However, Europa's attack power was so weak that they were unable to react for a while.

As for Rene Grenon, they were a little devastated by the fact that the power of the salvo fire from the old man's 300-man fleet was only this much!

What do you mean?
That was an attack by 300 warships! At least thousands of shells!
That's it? That's it?
What kind of monsters are these Song Dynasty fleets!
Why can't their shells even break through the defense! Gary Hall, the old man, was silent for a moment before speaking out after seeing only a black Zhenhai-class battleship in the distance:

"What on earth is that? Is it really a ship? How did the people of Song make it? How can a ship made entirely of steel sail on the sea?
I originally thought they were just covered with a layer of iron, but now it seems that the entire ship is made of steel! Otherwise, it would be impossible to have such defensive power, but is the Song Dynasty already so rich?
Regardless of how they made the all-steel ship unsinkable, where did they get so much steel?!

If we build a ship of this size, with our country's steel production, we can only build two ships in the whole year, right?

But they have hundreds of them!"

Gary Hall looked at everything in front of him in disbelief, unable to believe what he saw.

The same was true for Rene Grennon standing by. Both of their worldviews collapsed at this moment. If they knew a word from later generations, they would definitely understand that Song Jun's behavior was clearly that of a nouveau riche!

Iron and steel, which is extremely precious in their country, is not only used to build ships in the Song Dynasty, but also to build railways crazily. That's it! The annual steel production capacity is still not exhausted.

With the continuous upgrading of the industrial chain, the steel production of the Song Dynasty is now ten times that of the past. Now, what the Song Dynasty court worries about every year is not how to increase the production of high-speed railways, but how to spend the annual steel production!

The iron-smelting blast furnace cannot be stopped, as the losses would be too great if it were to be stopped. However, the annual output is so high that it is frightening.

The rulers and ministers of the Song Dynasty never imagined that one day the city would be troubled by too much steel!
"Gary Hall, now is not the time to be shocked. Hurry up and go to the Saint-Lodu and lead 250 warships to break through. I will stay with the remaining 50 to hold them back!"

René Grenon was not shocked for too long and soon came to his senses and made arrangements.

Gary Hall was surprised by his arrangement and said:
"You are the commander of the combined fleet. Even if anyone stays, it should be me!"

René Grenon looked at the scene in front of him and smiled bitterly:
“I am the one who brought the fleet to this desperate situation. I must be held responsible for this. However, I do not want to return to my country to face a military court. Rather than dying like a coward, it is better for me to die gloriously on the battlefield.

Okay, stop talking nonsense. I know you have always been dissatisfied with me. Now I will hand over the command to you. If you think you are better than me, then you should do your best to bring back the hope of Europe and don't let them all die in the sea of ​​the Far East!"

Gary Hall took a deep look at this old rival whom he had always disliked, and then nodded heavily. The war was urgent, and he knew that he didn't have much time to hesitate.

Soon the Saint-Lodo arrived next to the Queen Victoria. Gary Hall moved over, took a last look at René Grennon, and then without hesitation, commanded the Saint-Lodo to break out with the 250-ship combined fleet.

René Grenon immediately commanded the remaining fifty ships to actively engage the thirty Song Dynasty's Zhenhai-class warships.

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(End of this chapter)