Chapter 1117: Jealousy

"Yes, Admiral."

The adjutant beside Malfoy immediately conveyed Malfoy's order through the change of the flag on the warship.

After receiving the order, the reserve warships at the rear, towed by the steamship, passed through the gap of the front warship and approached the Dasong fleet.

When the Western Fleet launched an attack, the ironclad ships would naturally not be beaten in vain.

The Dasong ironclad ships had two rotating turrets at the front and back, and the side guns of the sailing warships were still retained on the sides to ensure the firepower of the warships.

And it was different from the naval guns on the sailing warships.

The things on the ironclad ships were the most advanced in Dasong at present. .

The naval guns were naturally the same, after the rear-loading guns were equipped with the army.

The naval guns on the ironclad ships also used the rear-loading method.

Facing the artillery fire of the coalition warships, the ironclad ships immediately began to counterattack, and the side guns and the front rotating turrets fired at the same time.

Since the naval guns of the Dasong Navy all used rifled guns, while the Western Navy was still using smoothbore guns.

And the quality of the naval guns is no longer the same level.

In all previous naval battles, the naval guns of the Dasong Navy basically beat the naval guns of the Western Turks.

At this moment, at a distance of four kilometers, the shells fired by the Dasong Navy's naval guns are undoubtedly more powerful.

Therefore, in the first round of mutual shooting, the Dasong fleet was unscathed, but six warships of the Western Turks fleet were directly penetrated by shells, and a big hole was blown out in an instant.

"General, the Western Turks Navy really sent warships to approach."

When the mutual shelling began, Song Xiang and Zhou Yi entered the cockpit of the ironclad ship.

Noticing the situation of the Western Turks fleet, Song Xiang said to Zhou Yi.

"Humph, the closer they are, the better." Zhou Yi snorted coldly.

There is no doubt that the Western Turks have never seen an ironclad ship, and they don't even have this concept.

They are still only in the era of sailing warships.

So after seeing that their shelling is useless against the ironclad ship, the officers of the other side will inevitably be confused and order the warships to continue to approach and shoot to prevent the shells from being insufficient due to the distance.

And this is exactly what Zhou Yi wanted.

The Western Navy clearly wanted to eat them up in one bite.

Don't they want to do the same?

"Boom boom boom..."

For the next half an hour, the two sides went back and forth on the sea, bombarding each other.

The breech-loading rifled guns of the ironclad ship had a fast firing rate, and the Western Navy had warships silenced one after another.

Although the ironclad ship was constantly bombarded by the opponent's shells, it remained strong.

Only some masts on the deck were blown off.

But this was not a critical damage to the ironclad ship.

After all, the mast was only to save raw materials when the ironclad ship sailed long distances, not a power source.

Seeing that his own warships were constantly damaged, while the warships of the Dasong fleet could still fight back, Malfoy's forehead was constantly sweating.

But until now, he still couldn't imagine that the opponent's warships had iron plate armor, and thought that the wood of the Dasong warships might be better.

So, he let the warships get closer and closer, so that the distance between the warships of both sides was reduced to one kilometer.

However, at this moment, he found that the formation of the Dasong Navy suddenly began to change.

The twelve warships on the periphery turned their bows and rushed towards them in three directions.

This was exactly Zhou Yi's heart command.

Seeing that the Western Turkic Navy had completely fallen into his trap, he was ready to end it.

From the initial unilateral bombardment to the mutual bombardment, the Western Turkic Navy lost about 150 warships.

Together with the warships destroyed by Gong Ying, it reached half of the coalition navy.

For the remaining half, he was ready to take a faster offensive method to end this naval battle.

Under his command, six ironclad ships went to the main force of the Western Turkic fleet in the east.

Thirty-six steamships towed sailing warships behind the ironclad ships.

Three ironclad ships went out to the south and west, and twelve steamships and sailing warships followed the ironclad ships.

These warships included Gong Ying's warships that had just attacked.

"Boom boom boom..."

When the Dasong fleet changed its formation, many Western sailing warships kept firing at the Dasong fleet, with flashes of fire and spherical shells whistling.

In order to avoid the sailing warships and steamships behind them being hit by shells.

The ironclad ships tried their best to adopt a protective formation.

When sailing, the ironclad fleet formed a "human" shape.

Many sailing warships were hiding behind the formation.

However, because the Western fleet was too close and there were many artillery pieces, many shells finally passed through the gaps and fell on the sailing warships and steamships.

But fortunately, the opponent's spherical shells did not penetrate enough and it was difficult to penetrate the deck.

Even so, the shells fell on the sailing warships, causing considerable damage to the sailing warships.

When rushing towards the coalition warships, the masts of the Dasong Navy's sailing warships were constantly blown off, or the wooden structures on the deck were ignited in the explosion, and the soldiers also suffered casualties.

On the flagship, Zhou Yi observed these situations.

Although he regretted it, he understood that this was war.

Turning his head, he stared at the Western Turkish warship in front of him.

On the deck, two rotating turrets kept bombarding the Western Turkish warship in front.

As the distance kept getting closer, the rotating turrets almost hit every shot.

Western Turkish warships were constantly sunk.

At this time, the Western Turkish navy seemed to finally realize that something was wrong.

They turned around collectively, but they were not running away, but like them, they rushed straight towards them.

Zhou Yi immediately realized that the other side must have thought that the artillery battle could not be won, and they were ready to fight with bayonets.

I want to rely on the advantage of numbers to fight the last battle and engage in a boarding battle!

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