Alchemy Greater China

Ginger is still old and spicy!

Benson got the advice, woke up like a dream, and was overjoyed. As soon as he pointed the flag, the six battleships turned around and headed towards the commercial port.

"Report sir, a battleship is found ahead!"

As the Gogol was approaching the safe range of the commercial port, an American sailor came to report.

"A battleship?"

Benson interrupted his consultation with Fremantle, immediately pulled himself together, stood up and asked, "Which country's flag is it flying?"

If it is from Spain, it is likely to be the eight cruisers of the Earl of the North Sea!

The American sailor shook his head and said, "Sir, I'm not sure."

Benson was furious, feeling that he had lost face in front of General Fremantle again, he took out his binoculars angrily, and cursed: "You trash, you can't even see the national flag clearly, what do you need?"

The American sailor backed away aggrieved: I really don't know it, I have never seen such a flag...

Benson walked to the observation window and looked through the binoculars. He saw five ships moored about one kilometer away from his fleet, spread out and not too far apart.

Three of them were smaller, but had contraband guns front and back, and they formed a glyph around a Danish-flagged merchant ship.Opposite the merchant ship, there is a larger cruiser with more than a dozen cannons on both sides. From the appearance, it looks very similar to the earl cruiser described in the information sent back by the Zhelin!

Three small, one large, and four warships with prohibited guns flew a banner never seen before.

Because it was dusk, Benson, whose eyesight was 5.2, couldn't see clearly. It seemed that there were some animals with claws and claws painted on it, but its majestic aura could be felt even from such a long distance.

It didn't take Benson to use his imagination to figure out what kind of animal was on the flag.An event beyond his imagination happened before him.

The warship that was suspected to be the earl's cruiser was facing the Danish merchant ship on the side...Suddenly, a series of loud sounds of 'boom boom' shook the sea, and the dazzling flames lit up from the side, illuminating the dark sky ,Then.The warship shook violently. At the same time, the Danish merchant ship on the opposite side emitted black smoke, obviously being hit by a shell!

Oh!

Benson's jaw dropped: This, is this shelling?Grass, I didn't see it?A cruiser fired a salvo and destroyed a Danish merchant ship? !

Is this still San Francisco's commercial port?Are you sure it's not the pirate-infested Caribbean?

The loud sound of shelling not only shocked Benson, but even Fremantle, who was reading a novel in the captain's cabin, suddenly stood up and said sharply, "Bombardment?! Is it bombardment? Benson. The enemy opened fire? Damn it!" , You trash, we are battleships, how could you let the enemy fire first?"

The six battleships including the Gogol belonged to Fremantle, and they could be lent to Benson, but if they were damaged due to Benson's poor command, then the enraged General Fremantle could kill little Benson.

Benson replied aggrievedly: "It's not the enemy, ah. Maybe it's the enemy! The target they shelled was not us, but a Danish merchant ship!"

"Oh. God! You can't even tell if you're an enemy, Benson, I'm so sorry for using your boss!"

Freemant snatched the binoculars from Benson's hand, and looked over: "Is it the battleship of unknown nationality that fired? Humph, it's just a small cruiser, and the muzzle is small. Their shells have a strong impact on our armor. Not a threat..."

Seeing the size of the Zhenshi, Fremantle broke away from the tension and recovered his proud expression. He didn't care about the Danish merchant ship that was on fire and entered the water, but threw the binoculars back to Benson: "Fire in the coastal waters of the United States. Little Benson, I don't need to teach you what to do next..."

The Gogol was like a giant. After watching a dwarf beat another dwarf to death, instead of calling 120 for help, he happily enjoyed the dwarf's death pain.

Yes, after confirming that the 'violent dwarf' on the opposite side did not pose any threat to him, the Gogol and the five battleships behind it did not stop, but 'smiled' while heading towards the Zhenshi go around.

Six giants besieging a dwarf and three little mice is indeed as easy as an outing, and the artillery can be put away.

Can just use the shadow to scare the opponent to death?

After the Gogol was laughing and laughing, the orderly typed out Benson's order with a semaphore: "The opposite ship immediately stops shelling, turns off its power, and accepts the inspection of the US Navy!"

Long Hao was the first to discover the appearance of the Gogol on the Zhenshi, but at that time the artillery had already been fired and could not be stopped.

Therefore, under Benson's nose, the Zhenshi smashed Viscount Bendtner's merchant ship right through it.

This kind of behavior is no different from the kidnappers shooting the hostages to death when the police arrive. This is a cruel behavior that only the most vicious gangsters will do!

This kind of 'cruelty' made Viscount Bendtner weep loudly, and also made reporter Dong Dongke's face pale.

Yu Haosheng was the first to feel something bad when he noticed six huge black shadows appearing on the far sea level one by one. He leaned into Long Hao's ear: "Master, is there a good idea?"

As the captain of a cruiser, Yu Haosheng knew that there were six powerful battleships coming from the north, so when he saw the shadow of the ships, Yu Haosheng became very energetic.

"It's probably not wrong, see? The American flag is hanging on it!" Long Hao curled his lips.

"Master, are we going to fight with them?" Yu Haosheng's tone was full of excitement and no fear. It must be that the three shots just now were not enough for him. Now, he actually has another arm wrestle with six battleships. idea.

"What kind of fight? Have you hit it?" Long Hao rolled his eyelids, a little dumbfounded: "Captain Yu, pass on my order, everyone retreat!"

You know, the six ships opposite are the greatest ocean killers of this era!Zhenshi is a small cruiser, what can I use to fight others?Even if the dragon boat protects it and hits it, I'm afraid it won't sink the opponent?Fortunately, Yu Haosheng was able to say this out loud.

The displacement of the Zhenshi does not exceed 1500 tons, but the combined total tonnage of the six opposite ships exceeds 3!With such a disparity, the first reaction of ordinary people must be to run away.How could someone like Yu Haosheng want to challenge him?

Is there something wrong with Yu Haosheng's head?

Actually not, the reason still falls on Long Hao.

This Young Master Long is too accustomed to surprising his subordinates. Yu Haosheng is one of the three hundred tigers who once went to 'rescue' Long Hao, so he knows what Master Long is capable of.In addition, coupled with the feat of the young master a few days ago when he manipulated the Zhenmo to one against five and smashed the opponent's five destroyers to pieces, Yu Haosheng thought that this time there would be an unsuspecting victory, so he came forward The 'ridiculous' idea of ​​meeting the enemy.

Regardless of the huge tonnage gap between the two sides.

Even though the young master said that he was going to withdraw now, Yu Haosheng was not disappointed at all.In his heart, Long Hao is a god, no matter what decision he makes, it is wise and correct.Just do it yourself.

"Okay, I'll do it now!"

Yu Haosheng promised to carry out the order, but Long Hao added another sentence: "By the way, change the flag and hang the Spanish flag!"

"it is good!"

Yu Haosheng was slightly taken aback, but didn't ask any further questions.The Spanish flag Dragon Scale Army has it on every ship, so change the flag.It's not too much trouble.

Long Hao confessed quickly, and Yu Haosheng executed it well. No, it wasn't until Yu Haosheng had almost conveyed the order to retreat that the semaphore from the opposite side could be passed.

I saw that the already pitch-black sea area.A flame burst out on the top of the Gogol... Don't worry, it wasn't shelling, but the other side used the fire to send an order to stop the ship for inspection.

When Long Hao saw it, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes.I thought: Oh, is it another set of stopping the ship for inspection?Hehe, this group of U.S. Navy all use exactly the same excuses to find fault, nothing new, it really deserves to come from the same place!

When the semaphore came over, although Long Hao disdained it, he couldn't stop the large group of reporters on the deck of the ship.

My God, are those six huge warships coming for us?

Oh, my eyes are not very good. Is that the American flag hanging on it?

In the semaphore they played, they seemed to call themselves the U.S. Navy?

The experienced and knowledgeable reporters were extremely surprised, while the inexperienced and inexperienced reporters were very nervous.

The weakness of the U.S. Navy on the ocean is well known. Leaving aside the distinction between the east and west coasts, just take the six behemoths in front of us as an example...it is absolutely impossible for them to be American warships?

Look at the huge hull, look at the thick and long gun barrels on the ship, these six... It is clear that the ultimate goal of bombardment is a war behemoth - battleship!

Hey, we are being watched by a terrifying battleship. If the other party hits us with a shell, how can we hide?You know, the diameter of the shells on it is more than a few inches thicker than those fired by the Earl of Beihai just now!

If this cannon fires, how many of us will be alive?

The reporters were terrified and panicked by the appearance of the six battleships, while Viscount Bendtner wept bitterly and washed his face with tears: Will your sister's U.S. Navy die if it appears earlier?Huh, my merchant ship has just been bombed, and you came here. Coincidentally, you can write scripts, huh, on behalf of Denmark, I want to sue the US government for your negligence of duty!

Dongdong Ke frowned. He was an experienced and knowledgeable reporter: Where did our country get a battleship... Ah, the other party is probably a British guy!

Dongdongke deserves to be a 500th-century 'fifty cent' worth US$19. With first-class military knowledge, he guessed the truth at once: the opponent is most likely the Far East Fleet deployed by the United Kingdom in the Pacific Ocean!

The retreat of the Earl's fleet (Zhenshi and three training ships) was orderly and swift.The sailors on the Zhenshi quickly controlled the group of reporters who showed signs of disturbance. At this time, the entire hull had turned around and sailed back to the commercial port. The three training ships not far away turned around due to their small size. The speed of the bow was even faster. Almost at the same time when the fire signal on the Gogol was played, they had already abandoned the slowly sinking Danish merchant ship. Splash, return the same way you came from.

Benson stood in the captain's cabin of the Gogol, keeping a close eye on every move of the Earl's fleet through the binoculars. When he saw that the enemy ignored the warning, turned the bow of the ship and began to flee, he became furious: "Hey, don't dare Stop for inspection, these ships must be the warships of the Earl of the North Sea! Hey, hey. I was caught right now. I dared to fire artillery in the waters of the United States and destroy foreign merchant ships. This is a felony, I am Benson On behalf of the Federation, I want to personally arrest this daring yellow-skinned monkey!"

Benson roared loudly.Fremantle next to him was so shocked that he rubbed his ears vigorously: Tsk, it's just dealing with a few small warships, so is there any need to talk so much nonsense?Little Benson, you're too young. With this time, why not contact the five battleships next to you, line up your formation, adjust your guns, and block their possible escape routes... Sigh.What am I worrying about?Now these six battleships belong to the United States. Anyway, all the consumption and loss will be borne by the little Benson. I just want to watch the show...

Yes, in General Fremantle's view, with six battleships including the Gogol as absolute combat power, no matter how rubbish the commanding skills of Benson, a rookie, he will not lose this naval battle!The only difference is that it consumes a little more coal and shells and a little less.

After Benson shouted, the order to speed up and catch up was quickly passed on.The six battleships were shocked, and the power of the boilers was raised to a higher level.It seems that they are going to compete in speed with Zhenshi and the others.

But in the process of speeding up, Benson made a discovery that almost made him turn his nose in anger.

It turned out that the four "fleeing in panic" warships actually lowered the invisible "animal flags" and then raised the Spanish flag swaggeringly.

"It's so arrogant to openly change the national flag right under my nose!"

One sees the familiar Spanish flag hoisted.Benson was even more certain about the identity of the Earl's fleet: the relationship between the Earl of Beihai and Princess Melissa was well known in the world, and the eight cruisers that came out of Alaska were all flying the Spanish flag.

"The other party is very cunning. He hung up the Spanish flag, little Benson. You will be timid when you bombard it?" Freemante commented like an outsider.

"I won't shy away! That bastard is the murderer who destroyed five of my destroyers and left hundreds of sailors alive and dead!"

Benson's eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I am at odds with the Earl of the North Sea. Does he think that a broken Spanish flag can protect him for the rest of his life? Hmph, I have evidence that he bombarded the Danish merchant ship, even if I fired , is also reasonable!"

"Oh, since you've made your decision, little Benson, I don't have to worry about it." Freemante smiled lightly: "However, according to the agreement, you have to pay twice the price in cash to compensate for the loss of each shell. Oh me!"

"Uh……"

Benson's mouth twisted, and the bombardment that he finally brought up was dispelled by more than half: Damn British, miser, can you not mention money at this time?How much hurts the feelings and morale of raising money?

Freeman didn't care if it hurt Benson's morale, he raised his binoculars, looked at it for a while, and then said lightly: "Little Benson, it seems that your sailors have gone through so many days of training, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with them." Make some progress! It's getting dark, and in my opinion, we probably won't be able to catch up with those small sampans..."

The proud British contemptuously called the Zhenshi and other four warships "small sampans", which meant that they could be easily overturned by just a wave...

Do it, you will say sarcastic remarks, how can such a big battleship be controlled by my few sailors alone! ?It was the voyage in the past few days, wasn't it because of the help of your sailors that we were able to sail here smoothly?

Hearing Fremantle's leisurely ridicule, and then contacting the speed of the six battleships on his side that did not seem to increase significantly, Benson almost grabbed Fremantle's neck and scolded his mother: "Greedy British, can you not do this?" Greedy for money?The enemy you have been looking for for so many days is in front of you, can't you capture the enemy first and then ask for a reward?

It turned out that the sailors of Fremantle had an unwritten rule during the voyage: at night, they would not work any more. If they wanted to work, it was fine, and Chief Benson was asked to pay 'overtime pay'.

Just now Fremantle said 'it's getting dark', he was asking for money!

"Okay, I understand. I will hand out the money verbatim, and I would like to ask General Fremantle to go out and say, please... British soldiers, work overtime!" Hatred turned to hate, but Benson I also had to put on a smiley face, and asked those British uncles and sailors to help... Your uncle!

With the promise of payment, Freeman became very easy to talk to. He also had his own orderly, and immediately passed on the news that Benson promised to pay overtime to the six battleships.

In less than 10 minutes, the Gogol and other six battleships finally "shuddered" again and really speeded up.

However, after such a delay, the four warships including the Zhenshi had already sailed very far away, and they were almost within 500 meters of the commercial harbor!

If Benson wants to shell within that range, he has to weigh whether it will accidentally injure the surrounding ships. Moreover, it is close to the harbor, and the draft is much lower than in the ocean. Without the guidance of the harbor personnel, there are everywhere around. It is a 'reef', stronger than a battleship and dare not charge hard.

"Bastard, let them escape!"

Benson was so angry that he smashed the binoculars. At the same time, he felt sorry for the expensive overtime pay he had just promised.

"Don't worry, little Benson, the little money you spend will be worth it."

Fremantle seemed to read what Benson was thinking, and said leisurely: "Our soldiers in the British Empire are the most committed. Since we have received overtime pay, we will definitely let you fight to the end at night. Look, we are not without gains. , Those small sampans, on top of that..."

"What small sampan? They are about to enter the port, but we are still slowly advancing here! Is this the efficiency of your British Empire Navy?" (To be continued...)