Chapter 771: Battle to Establish Authority

"There is no other way, we can only fight to the death." After a brief panic, Wolfe slammed his fist on the table.

Compared to the naval battle that was about to come, he was more shocked that Yanzhou had the ability to build steamships.

Even in the Western Land, they only started to explore it twenty years ago, and the technology is only now mature, and they have begun to mass-produce steamships.

Although he is not the person in charge of shipbuilding, he knows it very well.

Steamships represent the level of a country's steam industry.

Therefore, the appearance of these twenty steamships is equivalent to telling him that the King of Yan has the same steam industry as the Western Land countries.

"We will definitely win. Your British fleet is the most elite fleet in the Western Land. You have hundreds of years of sailing experience, and your soldiers are tempered in the flames of war. "The Watanabe case aroused Wolfe, but it also seemed to be a comfort to himself.

After the Japanese sailing warships were launched, he had to admire them almost every day before he could fall asleep peacefully.

He fantasized that he could annihilate the fleet and dominate the East Sea immediately.

But he didn't expect that the fleet of King Yan would arrive suddenly.

And it carried 24 steamships, which was twice as many as the British.

The most important thing is that they don't have time to hide in the inland river now.

They can only fight with the fleet of King Yan.

"You are right, our British fleet is the most elite fleet in the world, I will not embarrass Britain and damage the glory of the fleet." Wolfe stood up and gritted his teeth, "King Yan dared to challenge the most powerful Britain, we will make him taste the taste of failure, for hundreds of years, the enemies who challenged us have all died with hatred. "

After saying that, he stood up and went to the port.

As soon as they found the Yanzhou fleet, the soldiers of the British and Japanese fleets boarded the warships.

At the same time, under the command of the commander, they aimed their sides at the Yanzhou fleet, as if ready to engage in battle.

When Watanabe and Wolfe arrived at the dock, the two sides were still confronting each other.

"Lieutenant, they have twelve steamships and eighteen sailing warships heading to the mouth of the Edo River, seemingly to prevent them from hiding in the inland river." Adjutant Wolfe came over.

After a pause, he continued: "The remaining Yanzhou fleet has no intention of attacking, and even retreated a distance."

"What does this mean?" Watanabe heard this, puzzled.

When Wolfe heard this, his face became more gloomy, and he said: "They are provoking us, wanting to fight us with the same number of warships and defeat us."

Watanabe suddenly came to his senses, and the number of Yanzhou warships left was the same as theirs.

"It's really arrogant, but this is a chance to defeat them. "Watanabe was overjoyed.

Wolf was not as optimistic as Watanabe.

He had fought with the Yanzhou fleet, and they were not reckless people.

They must have something to rely on if they dared to fight them fairly.

But he couldn't guess what they relied on.

However, he seemed to have no choice but to fight.

So he said to his adjutant: "In this case, let's fight! "

Boarding the flagship, he led the fleet to the Yanzhou fleet, followed closely by the Japanese sailing warships.

At this time, Watanabe's heart was in his throat.

He only hoped that the British could destroy this damn Yan Wang fleet, otherwise Japan would be finished.

At the same time.

On the battleship Leting, Zhou Yi was observing the British fleet.

Seeing the British fleet coming towards them, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Originally, he could launch a sneak attack and catch them off guard.

However, this is a battle for the Yanzhou Navy to establish its prestige.

After this battle, the oceans of the East will be decided by the Yanzhou Navy.

So, in this battle, he will defeat the British fairly.

Let them pass this news back to Tianzhu, and even back to Britain, to make them understand one thing, the oceans of the East belong to the Yanzhou Fleet.

"Prepare for battle! "The British fleet was getting closer and closer, Zhou Yi gave orders.

At the moment, his fleet was facing the British fleet.

The bows were facing the bows of the other side.

After entering the 500-meter range, the British fleet began to turn the bows and aimed the side guns at them.

At the same time, Zhou Yi also gave the order to turn, and the Yanzhou fleet also turned and aimed its guns at the other side.

This time, they were not pulled down when they turned, and the sailing warships towed by the steamships completed the turn almost at the same time.

The sailing warships without steamships turned slower, and the speed was about the same as the turning speed of the Japanese warships.

"Boom boom boom..." The fleets were traveling in two parallel straight lines, and both sides opened fire almost at the same time.

Black projectiles flew out of the British warships and fell like raindrops on the position of the Yanzhou fleet.

The shells of the Yanzhou warship flew over at the same time.

However, most of these shells were round, while a small part were conical shells.

Under the bombardment of the British warship, the Yanzhou fleet was covered with wood chips.

On the British warship, Wolfe's brows were twisted into a Sichuan character.

A change in formation showed that the performance of Yanzhou's steamship was no worse than theirs.

This was even more unbearable for him.

Looking at the flickering fire of the Yanzhou warship, he and his adjutant went down to the cabin.

For him, the next step was to compete for who could hold out longer.

However, he had just sat down in the cabin when he suddenly heard several huge explosions.

Wolfe was startled and immediately climbed out of the cabin.

He saw a steamship 300 meters away from him with a blazing fire, and countless wood chips were flying in the sky, as if the whole ship had been blown up.

In addition, behind his warship, two sailing warships also exploded, and half of the hull of one warship disappeared.

And four Japanese warships were on fire, and thick smoke rose into the sky.