Chapter 741 (1/2)
”What's going on?” Prince Leighton's face was startled.
”It seems that the lookout has found the enemy.” The captain of Brey said calmly, ”go, go out and see what's going on.”
Is it the fleet led by the eternal night army? Grasp the rescue situation, take the initiative to attack?
A guess flashed through captain Cornell's mind and was forced down by him.
After all, the difference in the number of fleets on both sides is too large.
Being stuck on the Donau river is a matter of one yard. In the vast sea area, it is another.
Even if they are more ferocious, can they break up the huge fleet of 800 warships with 20 or 30 warships?
But when we got to the command platform, the captain of Cornell could not help but exclaimed: ”it is the fleet led by the army of eternal night. It is the fleet led by the army of eternal night. They have abandoned the barrier and actively intercepted us. Your highness, prepare for the battle. Prepare for the battle soon.”
”The fleet led by the eternal night army comes to attack us on its own initiative? With less than 30 warships? ” There was a flash of anger in Prince Leighton's eyes. ”They don't take us seriously, do they? Order the whole fleet to attack and destroy them at all costs. ”
The captain of the ship Bree on one side, knowing that Prince Leighton had just given an order, was somewhat angry, but did not stop him.
Because this is the best solution he can think of.
The other side comes out too suddenly, the two sides are too close, they have no other reaction.
Naval warfare is different from land warfare.
For the land war, more than ten minutes, a few kilometers, that is a very long time, incomparably far away, enough to fight a small battle.
But for naval warfare, it only means that the two sides will fight each other at once.
After all, to make a 180 degree turn at high speed, a surf class schooner has to turn around several nautical miles, not to mention the hurricane class and the fearless class.
Captain Bree's heart was filled with deep worry. Although it was ten years ago that he had a positive contact with Yongye military leader, the war impression left by this new force is still indelible. Over the years, his research on Yongye leader has never stopped.
From top to bottom, this force is famous for its reason.
Especially on the battlefield, the structure of their military staff headquarters makes them rarely act rashly. Once they launch an attack, they will inevitably have their own deep meaning, and some deep-seated enemies will not understand until a long time later.
Including this fleet attack, it should not be an accident.
The reason why the other side was so close was not that their lookout post was negligent, but that the other side used the island in front of him as a barrier to hide his or her whereabouts.
Are they so confident in the sea fighting ability of their fleet?
”Enemy attack, enemy attack, enemy attack, prepare for battle, prepare for battle.”
”Give Prince Leighton's order, the whole army, the whole army.”
Drums roar and flags flutter.
The donghaiguo rescue fleet opened at full speed, and rushed to the unknown fleet.
On the way to rescue, although Prince Leighton held several high-level meetings, he explained in detail the danger of the rescue mission to the middle and high-level captains and captains, especially the terror of the leading warships of the Yongye army.
But most of the captains and captains, giggling, didn't pay any attention to it. It was Prince Leighton who made excuses for the defeat of his father, stubin.
At the moment, I only saw less than 30 warships, which naturally did not pay much attention to.
These 23 warships, no one else, are the explorers' fleet led by the eternal night army.
At first, the two sides were facing each other directly, but when the distance reached two nautical miles, the Explorer fleet's sailing direction showed a certain degree of deflection, close to the rescue fleet of donghaiguo's large troops forward.
The main body distance between the two sides should be kept above half a mile.
This distance has entered the attack range of Yongye army's ship borne artillery, but most of the catapults of Donghai state warships are powerless.
”Gun 1001, pyrotechnics, fire!”
”Gun 2003, pulse bomb, fire!”
”Gun 3010, rip, fire!”
”Gun 8015, regular, fire!”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of command and the roar of guns came and went.
This time, the Explorer fleet simply ignored the consumption and directly tilted the most lethal ammunition.
Among them, the most frequently used is the flame bomb.
This kind of cannonball is definitely the fatal enemy of wooden warships.
Once hit by it, it will burn a raging fire, which is difficult to be extinguished by normal water.
”What kind of shell is this? Why is it so powerful?”
”Put out the fire, put out the fire, the warship will be set on fire.”
”Hell, these fires can't be extinguished. Abandon the ship. Abandon the ship.””My ears, why can't I hear? I can't hear anything!”
”My leg, who saw my leg?”
”The ship is going to sink, the ship is going to sink, everybody run for their lives quickly!”
”Turn the rudder to the left, turn the direction, and then they must be close to them to launch an attack!”
”Idiot, turn the rudder right, turn the rudder as far as possible. Don't you see how vicious their shelling is? Do you want to go up there and die? ”
The donghaiguo rescue fleet was directly bombed by a round of shelling from the explorers' fleet and became a mess.
There are all kinds of reactions.
Struggling to rescue a warship that sank or caught fire.
Desperate, abandoned the ship to escape alone.
Angry, the warship rushed up to fight with the explorers fleet.
Fear, trying to take a warship away from enemy warship bombardment.
Soon, some of those who are angry turn into struggling and despairing people, because they find that they are the ones who run behind other people's buttocks, and the distance is getting bigger and bigger.