C1947 skirmish (1/2)

The Mar Ta's poor, thin, single-axis propeller was struggling under the water. White bubbles were forming on its surface.

The sails were still flying in the sky, following the wind, and the sea breeze provided a powerful kinetic energy that was transmitted to the ship's hull through the mast and the rope.

The combined power of the steam power and sail had a total of more than 4000 horsepower. This was the strength of 4000 war horses at the same time, which made Arnold completely unable to defeat this kind of power.

Before the impact, none of the French thought they would fail. In their hearts, they thought that the Zhiyuan Warship's armor was stronger than the Marienthal's, but in terms of power, how could Prussian engineers compare with France?

In Anno's judgment, there would be some damage to the Mariana after the impact, but this damage was definitely controllable, because the ship was completely designed with watertight compartments, and destroying a small amount of water in the first part of the ship would not affect the overall buoyancy of the ship.

This meant that the Malan Pagoda would be injured but not sink, and as long as Arnold could guarantee this, he would have nothing to worry about. Behind him, the battleship's powerful kinetic energy would crush him, firmly blocking the Zhiyuan Warship's advance.

The reason that Arnold and the others were so confident was because the wind was very strong today. The northwest wind had reached level 5, and the battleship was moving towards the south from the north.

With this, forget about 4000 horsepower, even 4500 horsepower would be enough to break through.

With such powerful motivation, the Ma Ran Tower could firmly hold on to the Zhiyuan Warship. Not only could it prevent him from advancing, it could even force him to retreat.

It was too good to be wrong, but it was a pity that the French suffered because of their unclear intelligence. The French engineers used the small amount of data they had gathered to analyze Zhiyuan Warship s, and naturally, they came up with the wrong answers.

On Marantas desk was the evaluation report of the French Intelligence. On it were written in black and white, saying that the Zhiyuan Warship's limit was no more than 4000 points in horsepower. The evaluation report was filled with the arrogance of a France, filled with disdain towards Prussia and the Eastern Countries.

But today, the cruel reality slapped him hard in the face. Not only did the Zhiyuan Warship not stop, it even spat out black smoke like a giant, calmly and steadily pushing the Malan Pagoda backwards, back, and continue to back up!

The British were completely dumbfounded. They watched the two ships collide and then the Zhiyuan Warship began to push forward with all its might. The two ships were stuck in a deadlock for around five minutes, but after that, the Mar Tower could no longer hold on and the entire ship began to slowly retreat.

”My God! France can't hold on... The Mariana was smashed into pieces, and it was even pushed back! ”

”What kind of battleship is this? How strong exactly are the Zhiyuan Warship? ”

Jie Sen calculated the numbers in his mind back and forth, and in the end, he made a judgment of seven thousand... It's definitely 7000 + horsepower, otherwise it would be impossible to push such a huge warship! ”

”All our information is wrong! Did Prussia have such a high level of industry? God, I have to telegraph to London... ”

”Men, gather the sailors …” Get on the Zhiyuan Warship and help! Damn it, don't let them go on a rampage! ”

Jie Sen had guessed right, the flustered and exasperated French sailors was not one to be trifled with. Seeing that their plan had failed, they all picked up their rifles and prepared to engage in battle. Very quickly, seventy or eighty French sailors s came out from the bow of the ship.

At the moment, the Zhiyuan Warship s had already cut into the ship's bow, connecting the two sides as one. The Zhiyuan Warship s were more than one meter above the French warship, which formed a situation of attacking from the back.