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Chapter 204 Provocation Fiasco

"Commander, please take a look! A British fleet is coming on that side. They want to get close to us!" A communications soldier ran over and said to Li Haiyang, the commander of the First Fleet.

"How is that possible?" Li Haiyang was a little surprised, took out his telescope and looked to the northeast direction pointed by the communications soldiers. Sure enough, he saw a large fleet with the rice flag heading towards the fleet where Zhu Haitao was visiting.

After defeating these foreigners' navals many times in succession, Li Haiyang already felt that the other party was no match for the Ming Navy at all, and he also felt that other foreigners knew the power of the Ming Navy and would definitely not provoke them again. But he didn't expect that there were still people who wanted to fight head-on. In his opinion, these British people were seeking death.

"Notify Your Majesty's ship to hide, and then inform the Second Fleet to distribute five warships to defend Your Majesty. The remaining ships come and block them with me!" Li Haiyang said.

"Yes!" The communication soldier immediately went down to convey the order.

It is around 10:30 in the morning. Zhu Haitao and Li Junmei have just finished the best things between humans in a comfortable room and are enjoying the beautiful aftertaste. Suddenly someone knocks on the door outside.

"Your Majesty, please be prepared! There is a British fleet not far away!" said the person knocking on the door. Hearing the sound, he should be the captain of the "Fuxing" Su Jun.

"Okay! Tell Li Haiyang and Zhao Junfeng to prepare for battle. If you enter within three kilometers of the fleet, open fire and sink them!" Zhu Haitao said to the outside.

"yes!"

Within three kilometers, the accuracy of the naval guns of the British fleet will be greatly improved, which will greatly threaten the safety of the fleet. Therefore, this is a red line that cannot be crossed no matter what. As long as the British crossed, they will be hit by shells.

Before the fleet left, Zhu Haitao had already discussed with Zhao Junfeng and Li Haiyang. This time, if you encounter something, let Li Haiyang, who has the most experience, make a decision. Zhao Junfeng assists, all wars at sea will be subject to the orders of these two people.

After receiving the signal sent by Li Haiyang, Zhao Junfeng immediately asked his warships to meet with Li Haiyang with the other four, and asked Deputy Commander Wu Cheng to lead the remaining five "Xia"-class warships to protect Zhu Haitao's shipboard and other transport fleets.

The five warships led by Zhao Junfeng quickly approached the First Fleet. After the two fleets merged, they immediately sailed towards the British fleet that was rushing towards them.

"Commander, they seem to have assembled a fleet to intercept us!" The observer said to Lieutenant General William, the commander of the British Far East Fleet, on the first-class battleship "George I".

"According to the plan, all the warships are divided into three routes, the middle lane is close to drag these yellow monkeys, and the other two routes are surrounding Zhu Haitao's ships! If they reach the range, fire immediately!" Admiral William said. He has made all his bets now. If they succeed, he will make unparalleled achievements. If they fail, it is his personal behavior. This interception operation was done by him privately and did not notify the Admiralty Department, so he only brought one first-class battleship, five second-class battleships, ten third-class battleships, and fifteen fourth-class battleships.

"Yes!" The communication soldier sent an order.

The British Navy quickly began to divide its troops according to the previous plan.

"What's wrong with these British people? Are you really stupid? Hahaha, since they think they are so powerful, let's give them some color! Let's destroy their left, then destroy their right, and then destroy the roads! Let them all go into the sea to feed the turtle!" Li Haiyang smiled. In his opinion, the commander of the British navy opposite was simply stupid. With such a small amount of troops, he actually wanted to divide his troops to attack, which was simply seeking death!

The left wing of the British fleet is composed of four third-class battleships and four fourth-class battleships, and the same is true for the right wing. These fleets have relatively fast speeds, and their target is the battleships behind the frigate.

Li Haiyang and Zhao Junfeng, with their fleets under their command, immediately rushed towards the left-wing British fleet. The Xia class warship once again showed its high speed and soon rushed towards the left wing from about seven kilometers away from the British Central Fleet.

At 11:04 am on February 15, 1783, after almost two hundred years of separation, a war broke out again. The last time was when Britain attacked the fort at the Pearl River Estuary during the Chongzhen period and was finally repelled. However, the Ming Dynasty suffered heavy losses, but this time, the British would definitely let the British know the feeling of the destruction of the entire army.

Ship 8 took the lead and rushed towards the third-level battleship "Beram". When it was about four kilometers apart, four 105mm cannons fired immediately.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" Four cannons sounded one after another, and the 105mm blast bomb quickly flew towards the unlucky third-level battleship.

"Boom..." This third-level battleship could not withstand the bombardment of shells at all, and was blown into several pieces by shells, and sank to the bottom of the sea in a few minutes.

After the first battle, the No. 8 ship aimed the artillery at a third-class battleship "Weymouth" 4 kilometers away, and soon four more shells were fired out. This third-class battleship, with the same fate as the "Beram", broke into several pieces and sank into the sea.

During this process, Li Haiyang's flagship also sank a fourth-level battleship, and then aimed at another third-level battleship, which allowed it to sink to the bottom of the sea within a few minutes.

The 105mm blast bomb is quite powerful, and one hit can cause devastating damage to the inside of the wooden hull.

In less than fifteen minutes, the left-wing fleet was completely wiped out, and soon Li Haiyang took his "Xia"-class warships to quickly drive towards the right-wing fleet. As for the central fleet, they were all first- and second-level battleships, with a slow speed and were still far from approaching Zhu Haitao, who had already begun to dodge.

The right-wing fleet also had the same fate. Within less than fifteen minutes, it was sunk by fifteen "Summer"-class warships from the First Fleet and the Second Fleet.

"This..." Looking at the "Summer" class warship that was marching on the sea like driving a sports car, Lieutenant General William in "George I", I felt like a fool.

He was originally lucky and thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to eradicate Britain's major concerns in one fell swoop, but now...

He didn't want to be sent to a military court, he didn't want to be hanged.

"Fight the white flag! Condemn them in flag language. This is an invasion of the British Empire. We were originally conducting normal patrols, but these yellow-skinned monkeys wanted to fight undeclare." Lieutenant General William issued an order.
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