As soon as the battleships of George and Wu Sangui sailed out of the dock, a series of explosions were heard behind them.

"Bazooka!" Wu Sangui screamed. He was a knowledgeable person and knew what the rocket launcher meant. He once wanted to make a rocket launcher, but unfortunately the rocket fuel workshop was on Changxing Island. There was a Liao army stationed there all year round.

With the strength of the regiment, and a large number of new recruits being trained on the island, Wu Sangui would not dare to take action there even if he was extremely courageous.

George was even more surprised than Wu Sangui. He did not expect that his fleet would suffer a devastating blow before it even left the port. What kind of weapon was this? Its range was so incredible.

Son of a bitch! His power is also fucking incredible!

Countless pieces of wood were flying in the sky, and parts and warship fragments were raining down from the dock. George watched as a rocket penetrated into the battleship, and the five-masted sailboat was torn directly from the middle. The entire dock was burning.

Like torches, countless people on land and sea screamed for help.

"Oh God! This is a scene only seen in hell!" George finally spoke, his two paws clenching the railing helplessly.

"Mr. George, retreat. If we retreat now, we still have a chance to return to Java." Wu Sangui's heart was completely cold. He originally thought that with a fleet as large as England's, he could give Li Xiao a fatal blow to the weak navy. But.

Unexpectedly, the Liao army already had such a huge warship. When I heard that the shipyard in Lushun was building ships, I didn't expect to build such a large warship.

"No! In the Royal Navy of the British Empire, there is no fleet commander who has escaped from battle. Mr. Wu, if you are afraid of death, I can give you a lifeboat." George looked at Wu Sangui with disdain. In his eyes, Wu Sangui was not a real soldier at all.

Wu Sangui was so angry that his head was smoking. Lifeboat? I paddled that thing across the East China Sea to the South China Sea, and then across the entire South China Sea back to Java? Are you fucking kidding me?

Unable to use the lifeboat as a warship, Wu Sangui could only shut up. He looked at the distant coastline, which should be not far from Ningbo. Forget it, if he was caught on the shore, his death would definitely be worse than that of a pig.

Li Xiao looked at the results of the battle with admiration. The power of the rocket launchers was incredible. Forty-eight huge rockets were all thrown into the harbor. Although less than one-third of them hit the target, the destructive power they could cause was unparalleled.

Destructive.

In particular, the scattered hull fragments caused a secondary blow to the surrounding ships. Many five-masted warships sailed out of the dock in embarrassment, their sails were blackened by smoke, and they also had big holes and small eyes. This

When the wind and waves are small, if the wind and waves are stronger, the sail may be torn apart.

Once the sail of a sailboat is broken, it basically loses power and can only drift with the tide.

The two ships Zhenyuan and Dingyuan made a circle and turned sideways. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Royal Navy fleet of England also rushed forward. George was completely desperate. Even if he wiped out all the expedition fleet today,

We must keep these two giant ships here. If Wu Sangui is right, as long as Li Xiao is on board, it is worth losing the expedition fleet.

Through these days of interrogating the prisoners and interrogating the captured civilian husbands, George had a deeper understanding of Li Xiao. He determined that Li Xiao was a genius and that bastard Wu Sangui did not lie and was telling the truth.

A nation cannot always produce geniuses. When God distributes geniuses, it also means to distribute them equally. As long as Li Xiao is killed, the Ming Empire will immediately fall into chaos. Only a chaotic and disorderly warlords fighting in the Ming Empire can consume the most.

The national power of this huge empire. When the second fleet arrives, the British Empire can use one force here to rule this ancient eastern country. In India, this is what they did.

So far! Very successful!

Seeing that the English fleet was not even in formation, they rushed over in a panic to risk their lives. Just as they crossed Zhenyuan and Dingyuan across the ship's hull, a volley of sidegun fire was fired.

Conical cannonballs have better accuracy than round cannonballs, and the rate of fire of breech-loaded shells is much higher than that of front-loaded shells. Before the English fleet rushed up, three or four warships were hit. Conical cannonballs

It effortlessly got into the hull, and then made a huge roar. The air waves of the explosion carried the sailors and countless sawdust flying around!

As long as a ship is hit by a cannonball, it will immediately become a mess. Without waiting for the captain's instructions, the crew will put down the lifeboat and escape. Then you will see flames coming out of the cabin, and then people who are covered in fire rush towards the ship.

Get out of the cabin and jump into the sea.

George's eyelids jumped and he looked at the sea. Half of his ship was left, and more than fifty warships were fighting against one. If he couldn't win, he might as well commit suicide. No matter how big the bull was, he would be killed by wolves.

Bite to death.

The horn sounded, and the English ships rushed towards the two huge warships that were spitting fire like moths to a flame without any formation.

The accuracy of the cone-shaped shells was shocking. Twenty shells were fired at a time, and they still hit a moving target. Almost 40% of them hit the target, and damn, it was the first hit. This hit rate made Li Xiao very satisfied.

The stoker next to the boiler kept throwing shovelfuls of coke into the furnace. This thing was used in steelmaking in the past and was famous for its high heat and firepower. Now, it is everywhere in the boiler room.

The workers pushing the carts were transporting them inside one cart at a time.

Zhenyuan and Dingyuan looked huge, but in fact a large part of the space was filled with this huge boiler. The power generated by a large boiler was enough, the propeller rotated rapidly, and the seawater behind the ship rolled as if it were boiling. There was an unlucky big one.

The fish was hit by the propeller and immediately split into two pieces.

The shells kept drilling into the hulls of the English warships, and explosions were heard one after another. Before they could reach the effective range, another six or seven English warships were destroyed. The sea was littered with sailboat fragments and crew members seeking help. Two rows of lifeboats stretched out.

The paddle paddles like a centipede on the sea.

"Send two warships to rescue the crew members who fell into the water." Seeing this scene, George had to send two warships to rescue the crew members who fell into the water.

As a naval officer, he knows the importance of these naval crew members. It takes at least five years to grow from a young boy to a reliable crew member. Although these people are not many in number, they are definitely the essence of the Royal Navy.

The ship can be rebuilt after it is gone, but it is impossible to train so many crew members in just a few decades. Talents are much more important than the ship.

After paying a heavy price, the English Royal Navy warship finally approached the Dingyuan.

"Faye!" the captain roared angrily, and the cannon fire from the side strings all fired at the huge enemy ship.

Because the cannon was fired at the farthest distance, only a dozen shells from dozens of artillery hit the target. George saw this scene through the telescope and almost jumped with excitement. Although the enemy warship was huge, it was still made of wood.

As long as the ship is made of wood, it is impossible to withstand the bombardment of cannons. There are also disadvantages to a large ship. Being so big, the probability of being hit by cannonballs is naturally high.

If it were an ordinary sailboat, it would be good if a salvo of this size could hit a few hits.

The shell hit the side string of the Dingyuan, and there were countless rumbling explosions. The huge smoke produced by the explosion suddenly enveloped the Dingyuan.

"God bless, as long as one shell penetrates into their ammunition compartment, this big ship can be blown up." George sincerely prayed to the omnipotent God, hoping to receive Jehovah's protection.

The Dingyuan suddenly burst out of the smoke, and its huge bow smashed into waves one after another, causing the broken waves to scatter in all directions. The ship's absolutely superior speed suddenly widened the distance between the two fleets again.

Clearly, the Lord is not in the service area.

This is the Far East, the Ming Dynasty, and Mount Putuo. Theoretically, this belongs to the territory of the Bodhisattvas.

Li Xiao smiled slightly, my ship was equipped with composite armor. In order to carry these composite armors, I even packed a lot less coal.

These exterior panels composed of steel plates, ceramics, and asbestos plates effectively protect the side of the Dingyuan. But speaking of it, the famous Chobham armor is also an invention of their Anglo-Saxons. I pirated it and used it to deal with your ancestors.

It can be considered an interesting reincarnation.

The explosion blew away the fixed wooden planks outside, but the round shells failed to penetrate the hull. The explosion did not affect the side panels of the ship at all. George's tongue stuck out and was not recovered for a long time.

How is this possible? How could the cannonballs not hit the wooden warship? They clearly saw the cannonballs exploding, but their ship seemed not to be affected at all. Now even George is not sure whether the thing driven by the Mingguo people is actually a ship.

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"Mr. George, I heard Li Xiao say it before. He said that steel can be made to float on the sea. He also said that as long as the steam engine matures, steel ships can be made to sail across the ocean. Their two ships are not made of steel.

Battleship...!" Wu Sangui suddenly remembered a drunken conversation between Li Xiao and his great uncle Dashou.

"How is this possible for a warship made of steel? How can an iron ship float on the sea!" George thought Wu Sangui's words were nonsense, but he could not explain why the two ships were not afraid of cannonballs.

"Go in a circle! Show the other side of the ship, and the engineers quickly repair the damaged protective armor." More than twenty pieces of the protective armor were blown off, and the ship's side planks were exposed in many places on the outer string. This thing can't withstand artillery shells.

After the collision, Li Xiao quickly decided to use the other side of the ship's gunfire to meet the enemy, and at the same time ordered the protective armor to be reinstalled.

Zhenyuan and Dingyuan relied on their high speed to quickly draw a large circle on the sea. When they came back, the side of the ship facing the enemy had changed to another side.

On the other side of the ship, the engineers quickly hung ropes and went down to the side of the ship to remove the damaged armor. With the help of lifting pulleys, new protective armors were installed in place. Huge bolts were tightened to replace those

Damaged protective armor.

After switching sides, Zhenyuan and Dingyuan once again sprayed out tongues of fire. There was another salvo, and five more warships of the Royal Navy were hit. One of the shells penetrated directly into the ammunition compartment, and the people on that warship

Without even a chance to escape, the entire warship turned into a big fireball. Li Xiao even looked through the telescope and saw people baring their teeth and claws in mid-air, waving their arms helplessly.

"Mr. George, you are committing suicide. You are taking the lives of soldiers to defend the worthless spirit of chivalry." Wu Sangui was anxious. If this continues, the entire fleet will be destroyed here. It has only been just over half an hour.

The fleet lost ten battleships. At this rate, all the English battleships will be turned into pieces of wood before nightfall.

"You are not allowed to insult the spirit of chivalry, you yellow-skinned monkey!" George was so angry that he grabbed Wu Sangui's neck and shouted.

"Then please don't waste the lives of the soldiers. They also have wives and children, you white-skinned pig." Wu Sangui became angry and refused to give in.

When the subordinates of both sides saw the boss getting started, they took out their weapons and pointed them at each other.

"Boom!" A shell fell on the sea more than 30 meters away, and the huge explosion set off a column of water. The huge impact pushed George's flagship several meters away. Everyone on the ship tried to stand still, several times

The guy who didn't catch it was thrown directly into the sea.

George and Wu Sangui were soaked by the sea water like two drowned rats. "Mr. George, retreat. There is no need to fight this battle! Your fleet will be ruined here. This fleet will be needed to defend Java, Sumatra and India in the future."

He wiped the seawater from his face in embarrassment, and took a look at the two huge warships that were hit again but were unharmed again, and used high speed to break away from contact. Damn it, how could such a big ship run so fast?

From the outside, they do look like wooden warships, and they don’t look like they are made of iron. Why can’t they be penetrated?

When Zhenyuan and Dingyuan used high speed to circle back again, both George and Wu Sangui collapsed, because the side of the ship that had been blown up like a man's head just now was now intact again.

There’s really no fucking way to fight this battle!

"Retreat!" George roared and gave the order. When the battle has reached this point, there is no need to continue fighting. The weapons, ships and even personnel are not on the same level. If you want to win these two battleships, you must

We need more powerful cannons and more powerful ships.

The sound of the horn echoed on the sea again, and the command of the flagship was heard. The English fleet immediately fled!

"As expected of a veteran naval power, the warships escaped in different directions. We only have two ships, and we can't annihilate them all by relying on speed." Seeing the Royal Navy of England acting so quickly, Li Xiao shook his head helplessly.

.It seems that the plan to completely annihilate the English fleet has failed!
Chapter completed!