C2738 Unidentified fleet (2/2)

This was an excellent tactic determined by the structure of the battleship, because the battleships were narrow and long, the cannons were concentrated on both sides, and both the bow and tail had only one small caliber defense cannon.

Because of the structure of this battleship, the firepower on the side was much greater than on the front side. In the naval warfare, whoever got the T-shaped line first would have the advantage of being able to shoot on the side first.

During the movement, the key to victory was to always ensure that one's side would be in the same formation as the other side. That was the key to victory in the battle of cannons!

Now that the unknown fleet had appeared in the southwest, Huo Fu let the battleship head northwest in advance, forming a long snake formation. This way the six battleships' Left side s could use all their cannons to fire at a large area.

The 140-and 150-caliber cannons were all on alert. The searchlights formed a snow-white pillar of light on the sea, and the silhouettes of the fleets in the distance became clearer and clearer.

Huo Fu was also getting nervous, because in his field of vision, he could see that the number of warships on the fleet was increasing.

Amidst the dark waves, one, two, three … More and more silhouettes of battleships could already be seen. Soon, there were more than ten silhouettes with independent silhouettes.

”My God! What kind of a fleet is this? It can't be Prussian! That was impossible … ”Look at the number of battleships this fleet has!”

At this time, the lookout hand suddenly shouted, ”There's a signal! The other side sent a signal... The other side has lighting signal s coming over … ”

Anyone could hear the excitement in the lookout hand's shouts. They knew that their opponent had signaled them not to start firing as soon as they came up, which meant that their opponent was not an enemy.

”Oh God... ”Great!” ”It must be the British fleet. Since they did not choose to fire or change the array, but chose to communicate with them, it must be the British fleet!”

This fleet that suddenly appeared on the battlefield was none other than the Royal Navy. The flagship was actually the world's fastest naval vessel, the King's Battleship.

This was a huge being that could drain water to more than eight thousand tons, its power was the combined power of the wind sail and propeller, the pure white sail in the night was like a cloud pressing towards French Fleet.

”Captain, the other party has sent out a signal, British Fleet is here to escort the envoy to Berlin to mediate this war! The envoy is the British Duke of Newcastle! ”

”A total of eleven battleships, the flagship is the Sovereign!”

Listening to the long translation, Huo Fu swallowed his saliva and cursed in his heart, ”Damn it, these Englishman are really too rich, are they really as wealthy as the navy?”

”Just for the sake of sending the envoy here to show off his strength, eleven battleships came out in one go … ”I'm on an expedition to Prussia, and I only have six battleships. The rest are cruisers …”

”You really can't compare to others!”

After muttering for a while, Huo Fu shouted back, ”Send a signal to the British, convey my respect to the Duke and to the Queen's health!”

”Please forgive me, British Fleet. France and Prussia have entered a state of war and the sea has become a battlefield …”

”For the safety of the envoy, please do not enter the battlefield. Please choose to transfer the train from Holland to Berlin!”