Alchemy Greater China

The two freighters in front of the Zhenshi suddenly crossed, blocking part of the Gogol's view of the Zhenshi, and when the line of sight was restored, the Zhenshi's course turned 90 degrees, heading due west. North direction, speed up!

In just a few tens of seconds, in a daze, the Zhenshi almost broke away from the first phalanx, and was about to break through.

Benson and Fremantle on the Gogol were immediately dumbfounded, and it took a long time to realize that the binoculars fell to the ground, and they blurted out curses in unison: "Damn it, the Earl of Beihai is going to run away!"

No wonder the two of them were surprised and even angry. This is like the wedding procession arriving at the door of the house, and the bride actually escaped from the marriage!

On the deck of the "Bride" Zhenshi, Rear Admiral Miller was so frightened that his face turned pale!

He was not upset by the sudden turn of the cruiser under his feet, but was so frightened by Gao Tianyang's escape order that his heart almost stopped.

You're cheating, didn't you say you were going to 'completely annihilate' Benson's fleet?

Why did you turn around and run away?

Fuck it, you run back, but can you outrun Benson's battleship? [

Isn't this "forcing" Benson to fire the cannon, asking me to die in the bottom of the sea with you?

Rear Admiral Miller held on to the railing of the ship, and tremblingly said, "Don't you want to start a war? Seeing that the distance is getting closer, why are you running?"

Gao Tianyang turned his head and smiled happily: "This is not called running, this is called strategic turning, do you understand?"

I know, I know shit!

I figured it out, you took so many ships out of the port just to wait for this opportunity, so that you could use this cruiser as bait to cover the escape of the Earl of the North Sea who is hiding on which ship in your family!

Miller's eyes were red: I don't want to play with people like this. I think I am a majestic major general of the Federation, and I was played by a young yellow-skinned boy in the palm of my hand?

"Don't fire. There's no Earl on this ship! Don't fire, this ship is a decoy!"

Regardless of the height of the wind and waves, Miller rushed out of the railing half of his body, and desperately shouted at the Gogol, which was hundreds of meters away.

"Don't waste your energy, you haven't practiced the lion's roar, the sound can't travel that far!"

Gao Tianyang patted the back of Miller's neck.With a strong lift, his voice immediately became thinner: "Major General, you and I are on hard-working missions. Well, before Benson's battleship catches up, we still have to stand on the deck to suffer from the wind and the cold..."

450 meters, for ships on the ocean, it is an awkward position not too close or too far, and it is not easy to join the ship.It is also not conducive to long-range bombardment. On the contrary, it is a very suitable escape distance for the weaker side.

It has to be said that the timing of Zhenshi's U-turn was chosen quite negligently!

Although Benson and Fremantle responded quickly, none of Nye's subordinates were prepared to deal with such a sudden change. By the time the Gogol and other six battleships were activated, the Zhenshi had already headed northwest. Hundreds of meters!

Benson was so angry: "It's too shameful. This cruiser hides its speed, it seems to be faster than us!"

Of course.Battleships are not good at speed, let alone Gogol and other six old-fashioned battleships that are about to be eliminated. It is normal that the speed is not as fast as light and flexible cruisers. [

Fremantle was also angry, and at the same time he didn't forget to remind: "Little Benson, do you want to chase? Although our speed is inferior. But the victory lies in the endurance. It's not that there is no hope of catching up with that cruiser."

Benson clenched his fists and said, "Chasing, I must chase!" The Earl of Beihai was on that boat, how could he give up?

Freemant raised two fingers: "One chases for 2 dollars. Six chases together is worth [-] dollars, little Benson, how about it?"

Benson turned his head and said angrily, "What time is it, are you still haggling over money with me? Fremantle, if you can't catch the Earl of Beihai, your captured men won't come back either!"

Freemante said leisurely: "Of course the money has to be counted. This pursuit was unplanned. Who would have expected that the Earl of Beihai would slip away halfway? The consumption of coal, the consumption of boilers, the consumption of guns... these are not all money?"

After so many days of observation, the treacherous and cunning Fremantle has already seen that Benson attaches great importance to Long Hao. If he doesn't ask for a big sum at this time, when will he wait?

Seeing the receding back of the Zhenshi and the proud waving of the Earl of Beihai on the deck, Benson gritted his steel teeth angrily: Well, his original idea was to run away halfway!It must be that the 338e division is approaching, and it is not safe for him to go on land, so I took advantage of a loophole in my thinking and escaped by sea under the cover of a hundred freighters...

After he figured it out, Benson was furious, but he still ordered decisively: "One hundred thousand dollars, give me all I can to stop that cruiser, no, no, no, everything, price, price!"

On the wide sea, it seems to be divided into two worlds. On one side is the Benson Fleet: six battleships, neat and orderly like the Royal Salute, and on the other side, there are more than a hundred people who are in chaos like wandering soldiers. ships.

However, this mess of more than a hundred ships caused a lot of trouble for Benson's fleet.

Since the first phalanx had already entered the 500-meter area around Benson's fleet, they only adjusted their position a little, and created a huge obstacle for Benson's fleet to pursue.

The Zhenshi took a long ride to the northwest, but the Gogol led five "little brothers", but it seemed to have stepped into a rotten swamp where residual leaves and air bubbles coexisted.

Even if the Gogol is strong enough and dares to directly smash into the freighter blocking the way, the starting speed is still weakened after all. What's more, the six battleships are now commanded by Fremantle, and these six ships are under his control. The old man of the Far East Fleet would naturally not be willing to go head-to-head with those dozen or so death squad-like freighters.

The more than ten freighters in the first phalanx are all led by the Dragon Scale Navy. Therefore, they spared no effort to cover the Zhenshi. I saw that they had an orderly division of labor and manipulated the freighters to chase the Zhenshi. The most favorable routes were all blocked. Although the formation was not neat enough, scattered like a checkerboard in the endgame stage, it was enough to make Colonel Benson feel as if he had swallowed a pus-feeding toad, and his whole body was extremely sad.

"Bypass, bypass them!"

Benson got angry and ordered one after another, but this situation cannot be solved by shouting alone, and the six battleships turned around in a catastrophe.It is simply impossible to avoid these freighters that are blocking the channel regardless of their presence in a short period of time.

The six battleships were struggling to get out of the 'swamp', but the freighters behind the first phalanx were still pouring upwards, and the scope of this 'swamp' was suddenly enlarged, as if a piece of mud had been sprinkled. The overwhelming net firmly engulfed six battleships including the Gogol.

See this situation.Benson's face was almost green with anger. He saw that the Gogol managed to turn an angle and speed up to bypass a freighter. But not far ahead, two more freighters came slowly and leisurely. Their huge The hull happened to block the changed channel of the Gogol!

"Cannonball, bombard me! These bastards belong to the Earl of Beihai, and he hired them to make trouble for me!"

Benson yelled angrily: "Don't care which country's flag they hang. As long as they block the way, I will bombard them all!"

"Fire, you have to pay extra..."

Freeman said lightly.

"Yes, I'll give it all! But I'm telling you, if you don't catch the Earl of Beihai, you won't get any money!" Benson turned his head viciously, and growled at Fremantle who was all about money. .

Benson's roar still had an effect, and Fremantle's order was quickly issued to every battleship.High-quality British sailors stepped onto the control room and the fort one after another, leading the march and firing of the six battleships.

The original crew manned the original warship.Immediately, the efficiency improved several levels. I saw the Lude Huan and the Moder Shuang rushing out obliquely towards the two wings, firing two cannonballs in a row, awed the group of freighters who came to make trouble behind the first phalanx, and the cannonballs The huge wave column caused by the falling into the sea stopped the freighters who were not directly related to Long Hao.Thinking about whether to move on...

After all, the Benson fleet opened fire, and these freighters had to start thinking about self-protection.

It is understandable that the non-direct lineage is so unreasonable, but the "direct line freighters" in the first phalanx seemed to be frightened by the bombardment, and they all moved out of the channel one after another.In a panic, let Benson's fleet pass.

"Hmph, a bunch of bastards, they'll be honest after just two shots!"

Benson was very satisfied with the result, snorting, and was about to say to Fremantle: Save a few shots, and use it later to bombard the escaped Earl of the North Sea... However, before the words came out, another few shots came out. However, it was the Quidexia Leyan and the Dadeban that were firing the guns!

The previous ten days were spent firing at the harbor, targeting 'dead' ports, how could it be as refreshing to shoot 'moving targets' now?

So the artillery on the four auxiliary ships (Lu, Mo, Kui, and Da) who were suffocated, got an order, so why didn't they throw off their arms and bombard?

It's all money!

Benson muttered angrily, and said, "The channel is cleared, so stop firing, and chase at full speed!"

Freemante chuckled: "Understood, little Benson, don't feel bad, these bastards don't need to be dealt with, they will still linger!"

Sister Yinhun, as long as we rush out, can you catch up with us with the lame speed of the freighter?

Benson groaned, but he raised his binoculars and found billowing black smoke from a freighter: it turned out that a cannon shot hit the hull just now, and at the same time, there were huge cheers on the Dadeban. Voice.

It is worth clarifying that the artillery hits the target in the naval battle!

"Scatter, scatter, the young master said, the other party will dodge as soon as they fire, don't bother!"

"We are separated, that freighter is just unlucky!"

"Let's withdraw, anyway, the Zhenshi has already sailed a long way, and our mission is completed."

"Hey, that artillery is really scary, this is the main gun of the battleship!"

"Tsk tsk, a freighter has been scrapped just like that, the young master will be fine, right?"

"I think it should be fine, who is the young master? If he is not fully sure, he will not take the initiative to lure Benson's fleet away!"

Letting go of the dozen or so freighters that opened the channel, the Dragon Scale Navy commanded by them spoke one after another. Their task was to delay the pursuit of Benson's fleet. Destroyed Long Hao's plan.

Long Hao's plan has surfaced at this point, that is to use the opportunity of "boarding the ship for investigation" to make Benson's fleet retreat one kilometer, give way to the blocked sea outlet, and use the thick fog to make more than a hundred freighters He covered himself and killed, and when he got close, he suddenly turned and fled, luring Benson's fleet to chase after him.

These freighters have successfully completed their task of delaying Benson's fleet.And attracting the other party to fire, it can be said that the merits and virtues have been completed, and you can retire with success.

After such a delay, Zhenshi has sailed more than 800 meters away from the first phalanx, and more than 1000 meters away from Benson's fleet, getting closer to the goal of "escape" in Benson's eyes.

"Escape?"

Yu Haosheng sneered from the corner of his mouth.He said to the busy operator: "I overestimated those Yankees and Brits, it took so long to get rid of the entanglement of the freighter, hehe, it seems that they didn't do a good job at all Preparations for battle...we have to slow down and wait for them."

The operator who was manipulating the Zhenshi quickly replied: "Report to the captain, is it possible to reduce the speed to 15 knots?"

"Let's reduce it to 14 knots, give them some hope. Otherwise, it's hard to guarantee that they will give up halfway." Yu Haosheng thought about it and ordered.

Standing on the deck of the Zhenshi is Gao Tianyang, and the real captain of the cruiser is Yu Haosheng, the authentic captain.

Being able to fight against six powerful iron-clad battleships, Yu Haosheng was so excited last night that he didn't sleep all night!

"Slow down, the Zhenshi in front has slowed down!"

The Benson Fleet, which got rid of the freighter attack, finally received good news.Zhenshi, which has always been ahead, has a speed of about 17 knots.It dropped to 14 knots impressively!

Don't underestimate the decrease in these 3 knots. For the Benson fleet with an average speed of 15 to 16 knots, it is a difference between 'being able to catch up' and 'not being able to catch up'.

The six battleships of Benson's fleet are all old models, and they are not good at speed, so they are brave.Finding that the opponent's speed has dropped to a level that he can catch up to, the boost to morale cannot be underestimated.

At 30:[-] in the morning, six battleships and an armored cruiser chased back and forth, and they had left the waters of San Francisco for more than [-] kilometers, which was considered to have entered the scope of the Pacific Ocean.

This moment.The golden light flashed, and as far as the eye could see on the sparkling sea, only these seven ships were still sailing at high speed, splitting thousands of hectares of waves.

"Is the distance decreasing?"

After chasing for more than an hour, Benson asked his men impatiently.

"Report to the captain, there are still about 700 meters left. At this speed, it will take more than 20 minutes to catch up!" The surveyor replied.

The speeds of the six battleships were different, and the surveyors answered in more than 20 minutes, based on the fastest Lu Dehuan as the standard.

"Okay, order the Lude Huan to catch up and block it horizontally, and bombard it with artillery!" Benson squinted his eyes and ordered to the signal soldier.

Five minutes later, there was another burst of jubilation on the Gogol: the speed of the Zhenshi dropped again, and now it was only about 5 knots.

Fremantle stroked his chin and said, "Look, I have already said that, in terms of endurance, this cruiser is no match for my battleship of the British Empire."

As soon as the speed of the Zhenshi dropped, the six battleships approached for a while, and the Lu Dehuan, which rushed to the front, was already within 300 meters of the effective range of the Zhenshi!

Fortunately, the mission of the Lude Huan is to intercept, otherwise, it will definitely have a blast first.

Townstone, on deck.

Major General Miller's face was pale: "Why did you slow down again? Which country's power unit is your cruiser using? It's too bad, right? Hey, but, you can delay it for so long, enough for the Earl of Beihai to escape Just pity us, we will soon become Benson's captives! Look, that battleship will overtake us in 10 minutes at most!"

"I won't be a prisoner!"

Seeing that Benson's fleet finally "approached" after more than an hour of chasing, Gao Tianyang didn't panic at all, and said with a smile: "As I said, we will wipe out Benson's fleet today!"

Also wipe out, wipe out your head!

Ah, I see, you want to die rather than surrender, and drag me to be buried with you!

After Miller figured it out, he hurriedly said, "Hey, don't be too hard on yourself, everyone is young, you should surrender, I will help you speak nice words to Benson, and I promise I won't kill you!"

"Kill us?"

Gao Tianyang was stunned, and then laughed loudly: "This place is not bad, the sky is high and the sea is wide, and it's not bad as a burial place... But it's for Benson and the others!"

Mlgb's, death is imminent, you yellow-skinned pig are still bragging!

Miller cursed in his heart, his mouth started to itch again, and the pain also came out of his body...

At 33:30, the Lu Dehuan and the Zhenshi were running side by side. The tonnage of the two ships was not the same order of magnitude. The distance between the two was less than [-] meters. The waves splashed by the side of the Lu Dehuan seemed to be able to drown the Zhenshi. generally.

"Hahaha, Earl of Beihai, we surpassed you!"

"Stop the ship, trying to escape from our British navy, such a ship hasn't been built yet!"

"That's right, we're waiting for you at the front, if you still resist, you will be greeted by our artillery!"

"Come on, let's fire, look at such a short distance, can your small steel cannon hit us?"

There were bursts of presumptuous ridicule from the Ludehuan, and soon, the Ludehuan surpassed the Zhenshi and ran to the front.

"Stop the boat and turn off the boiler!"

Yu Haosheng ignored the provocations from outside, and ordered the Zhenshi to shut down the power group.

Once the power group was turned off, Zhenshi's speed dropped sharply again. In the blink of an eye, it became farther away from Lu Dehuan, but closer to Benson's remaining five battleships.

This is the posture of being deeply encircled, Zhenshi, seeing that there is no hope, did you give up?

Seeing this situation, Benson was overjoyed: "Haha, it stopped the ship, it is about to surrender! Let's surround it, remember, don't shoot randomly, don't hurt the Earl of Beihai ! I want to catch alive..." (to be continued...)

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