The British ship Orlando was hit by a shell, and the huge power of the 35mm shell instantly damaged the ironclad ship with a capacity of more than 5,000 tons.

The fire is burning and the smoke is rolling.

The flames rushed up the mast and ignited the sails, and could be seen dozens of kilometers away.

British sailors kept rushing out of the sea of ​​fire and jumping into the sea screaming.

This scene fell into the eyes of the British ship friends around them, and they were stunned.

On the flagship Nelson, Klaus looked as if the shot hit him, and the anus was hurting.

"Report, the Orlando blew the flag, this ship was hit hard, and it quit the battle sequence!"

"Report, the Orlando blew the flag, this ship was hit hard, and it quit the battle sequence!"

The messenger thought Klaus didn't hear it, so he repeated it loudly.

"My ears are not deaf, so there is no need to be so loud!"

Klaus roared unhappily, obviously he was angry, and the messenger was caught in the shooting.

Marin waved his hand to send the messenger down and said to Klaus: "Commander, please order the firing!"

"You're in your mind? This distance cannot reach the effective range of our military artillery. You can barely fire. Even if you hit it, you can't penetrate the armor of the enemy ship!" Klaus angrily scolded, and Marin was scolded.

"Telection, all ships don't have to worry about the enemy's artillery fire, and give me all my strength to attack!"

"The first one to fire at the standard range will be promoted to another level!"

"The first one to sink an enemy ship will be promoted to third level!"

Klaus issued a reward, and I have to say that this is a good psychological tactic, especially for the British Navy, because the British are the most greedy people.

Sure enough, the British army was screaming and driving the warship to launch a rapid attack as if they were stimulant.

Although the East China Sea Fleet only has ten shallow water heavy gunboats, each of the fire-fifty 35mm giant cannons fired volleys, it caused huge panic and threats to the British fleet.

This panic and threat became increasingly intense and dangerous as the British ship accelerated to approach.

Twenty minutes later, the two sides were 15 meters apart.

At this moment, on the Songjiang battleship, Lin Jiyun ordered again that twenty-two sail battleships lined up, and the cannons on the waist were hung up one after another. One black cannon suddenly spewed out dazzling fireworks.

Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong...

Twenty-two battleships fired volleys, hundreds of artillery roared in an instant, and instantly they were bombing like rain, setting up a death blockade line at a distance of 15 meters.

This is Lin Jiyun's tactic, using ten shallow water heavy gunboats as flesh shields to shoot the enemy from a long distance. In order to prevent the enemy fleet from approaching the shallow water heavy gunboat group, twenty-two sail battleships provide firepower to suppress the rear.

They are also ships with waist-mounted gun battleships, but the British warships are just wrapped in more armor than the warships of the East China Sea Fleet.

However, the warships of the East China Sea Fleet have another advantage, that is, the artillery on it is no longer the British bore gun, but has been replaced with advanced rear-load guns, which greatly improves both range and power.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang b

Hundreds of shells exploded in the British fleet, and water columns soared into the sky, and British ships were constantly hit by shells.

However, compared with the power of the previous 35mm heavy artillery shells, the killing power of this round of artillery is much smaller, and it cannot even break the armor of the British ships, and it can only cause certain damage to the British sailors.

Despite this, the British army was shocked.

What surprised Klaus even more was that the opponent fired twice in a row within one minute.

Damn it, what kind of gun fires so fast?

Marin explained on the side: "Commander, Li Weiguo has moved the rear-mounted infantry cannons used by the army to the naval warships. The rear-mounted gun can fire at a rate of two rounds per minute or more."

Klaus was very jealous. This was a dignified British Empire and known as the world's largest naval power. He is still using the front-loading guns. Looking at Li Weiguo, he was just a warlord of the Qing Dynasty. He could actually equip the navy with such advanced "speed-firing guns". If Europeans knew about this, the British Royal Navy would be too embarrassing.

Marin continued: "Master Commander, have you noticed that the enemy deliberately placed the sail battleship behind and blocked the front with an ironclad ship, which was exactly one thousand meters away. It was clearly a standard tactic to deal with us in a targeted manner."

Klaus naturally discovered the tactic and asked, "What do you mean?"

Malin said: "I suggest that we should not stick to the rules. Our naval guns don't have to wait a distance of one thousand meters before firing. Now, fire, first attack the wooden warships of the enemy fleet. As long as we sink a few, our army's morale will surely be greatly boosted."

Marin suffered a loss from a standard tactic of one thousand meters a few days ago, so now he naturally wants to remind Klaus.

Klaus is not a conservative person. He clearly felt the trickyness of the East China Sea Fleet. It would be fine if it were normal. Now it is related to face issues, and the British Navy can no longer fail.

"Order, each ship will open fire immediately, the first squadron suppresses the enemy ironclad fleet, the second squadron, and the third squadron concentrate their firepower to attack the enemy sail battleship behind!"

The rigid standard tactics have long been criticized in the British Navy, but no one dared to mention them first, just to be the first to be the one who stands out.

With Klaus' order issued, the captains of the British ships were relieved. They had long been suppressed by the fierce artillery fire of the East China Sea Fleet, so they ordered the artillery to fight back.

"Left rudder forty-five, S-type tactics advance, artillery preparation!"

"fire!"

...

As the British fleet fired fire and fought back, the two sides instantly fell into a fierce battle. Water columns on the sea surface soared into the sky, densely packed, waves splashed, and the sea water boiled instantly.

Thousands of shells on both sides came and went, the explosion was deafening, the scene was extremely shocking, and the smoke covered the sky and the sun, just like the end of the world.

At this moment, under the sea, a huge black shadow appeared behind the British fleet.

It is the Holland C-type submarine.

Holland personally acted as the driver in the submarine. After all, he built the submarine by himself. Because of the tight time, all the test work had not been completed. At the critical moment, Holland had to drive it himself just in case if there was no problem.

Chen Cheng is the commander, responsible for the mission of hunting the British ships. He is observing with a periscope and issuing orders continuously.

In front of me is the Yu Lai cabin. There are two Yu Lai hands responsible for the loading and launching of Yu Lai, and there is also a maintenance worker who is responsible for the operation and maintenance of submarine equipment. In addition, there is also a staff officer who is responsible for drawing sea charts and calculating various combat parameters.

"Enter the war zone!"

"Lock the first attack target! The distance is about 14 meters, the direction is 2. The speed is about to be saved!"

As Chen Cheng reported a set of data, the staff quickly used straight rulers, triangle rulers, compass and other tools on the chart to proficiently calculate various parameters and advance quantities, and finally draw the submarine ambush position and fish radium attack route to provide Chen Cheng's reference.

"The orientation is 12, the speed is 4 knots, and the speed starts to slow down after 2 seconds, and the float starts to float after 3 seconds!"

"Yu Lai is ready!"

Two sailors quickly installed a fish radium and sent it into the fish radium launch pipeline.

"Yu Lai is ready!"

"slow down!"

“321 floats up!”

The Holland submarine began to float and soon surfaced.

Since the fish radium has just been developed, in order to enter the battlefield as soon as possible, it is not only rough in workmanship, but also very simple in technology, and it is impossible to even submarine launch. The submarine must be allowed to float to the sea before it can launch fish radium.

Only when the submarine floats up can it launch fish radium, which means that it is exposed, and fragile submarines are easily sunk by enemy ships.

On the battlefield, this is very dangerous, but it is also a helpless move. It is already very good that submarines and fish radium in the 1860s were able to do this.

Huolan, Chen Cheng and others were very nervous, especially Chen Cheng, who was the commander and an observer, and could see the fierce battle on the sea. The shells flew around and exploded, and the waves rolled. The small submarine was pushed back and forth by huge waves as soon as it floated out of the sea. Especially many shells fell nearby and exploded, causing a row of cold sweat on Chen Cheng's forehead, and his nervous heart was almost jumping out.

He would be discovered by British ships at any time. Chen Cheng dared not stay for too long.

"The direction is a little bit short, 25!" Chen Cheng shouted.

"The left rudder corrects five degrees!" The staff officer reminded Holland.

Holland quickly adjusted the direction of the submarine and aimed at 25 directions.

“In place!”

"emission!"

"emission!"

With Chen Cheng's order, Yu Lei quickly pulled down the firing wrench with his hand (note that the firing device here is a mechanical wrench instead of an electric button).

Bang!

The fish radium shot out from the submarine's fish radium launch tube, penetrated into the sea, and then floated out of the sea, hitting the British ship in front at a speed of 25 knots.

More than ten seconds later, a violent explosion sounded, and a British ship was hit by fish radium.

The warhead with a 5-kilogram ladder loading exploded, stirring up huge waves more than 100 meters high, instantly shattering the bow of the British ship.

I saw the British ship facing downwards, and the sea water poured violently in, sinking at a speed that I saw.

"I've hit it!"

"Sink one!"

There was a lot of cheers inside the submarine.

Holland immediately shouted happily: "Sir Chen, you are so awesome. You're sinking an enemy ship for the first time!"

Chen Cheng's forehead was sweating and he felt a little embarrassed.

I thought this was too nervous just now. I was aiming at the 7,000-ton British ship, but I didn't hit it. Yu Lei hit the 4,000-ton British ship behind.

"Float, change the place, don't let the British discover it!"

Chen Cheng did not defend himself. He was a person who wanted to save face and could never admit to being a mistake at this time.
To be continued...