Chapter 21 Superior Skills, Great Powers Defeated (Part 1)
The cold wind roared and the waves rolled. On the Atlantic Ocean about a thousand miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, a fleet of 150 super battleships was slowly sailing northward. Van Mendy stood at the bow of the flagship and was extremely excited.
According to the investigation report of the secret sentry ship in front, the Ming army fleet did not find any abnormalities and was still heading south. Calculate the time and could encounter it in about an hour.
It has been more than a day since the Ming army's fleet left the port, and it is unlikely to turn back, and the ambush of the allies is really an ambush on all sides.
To the north is the Swedish fleet;
The northwest is the Denmark fleet;
The West and the Southwest are British fleets;
The south and southeast are the Dutch fleets;
East and Northeast are French fleets;
There are eight fleets, each fleet is one hundred and fifty super battleships, which together have 1,200 super battleships!
The number of Ming army warships has been discovered, with a total of only 600 super battleships and four treasure ships. Faced with a double the number of Allied fleets, they would never be able to escape as long as they were surrounded.
The preset battlefield was ahead. Fan Mendy couldn't help but raise the telescope frequently and looked forward. There was no abnormality yet. The Ming army fleet should have been settled this time.
Come quickly, come quickly, he kept shouting in his heart, and his hands holding the telescope were even trembling. This time, he was surrounded and annihilated by the main force of the Ming Empire Navy. As long as he succeeded, he, Fan Mendi, will be recorded in history and become a world-famous naval general!
Just a few years ago, when he just fled back from the Far East, the parliament was even discussing that he would be given a "waste governor" and a "fresh general" and then executed the death penalty. Fortunately, he was quite popular and was sentenced to only a life sentence.
What he unexpectedly expected was that more than a year ago, he was released again, and he had also restored his rank as an admiral, and even became the commander-in-chief of the Allied Army!
I have to say that his luck was simply outrageous, because the Anti-Habsburg Alliance wanted to vigorously develop the navy. At this time, let alone commanding thousands of super battleships to fight, there were very few generals who had commanded hundreds of super battleships to fight. Moreover, he had an advantage, that was, he had commanded the fleet many times to fight with the Ming Empire Navy, and although he was defeated in the end, he had fought with the Ming Empire Navy after all, and was many times stronger than those generals who had never seen the Ming Empire Navy. Therefore, no one of them opposed him, the defeated general, who was elected as the commander-in-chief of the Allied Army!
Fan Mendi is really impatient at this moment. This time, he must take down the main force of the Ming Empire Navy and avenge his previous shame!
Looking forward, looking forward, there was finally a black spot on the sea ahead. He quickly raised his telescope and saw that it was a warship, indeed a warship of the Ming Empire. Although it was not very clear, he knew that this was definitely a fleet of the Ming Empire, because what the probe said was that the fleet of the Ming Empire was scattered, and the distance between the queues was about ten miles. Isn’t the sparse group of warships in front just like this?
Finally caught, Van Mendy shouted excitedly: "Order, all warships should advance at full speed, all left and right naval guns are loaded with solid bullets, ready to fire."
Looking at the Ming army warships that slowly became clear in the telescope, Fan Mendy's excited face deformed, and she won, and the Ming army had entered the encirclement, one thousand two to six hundred, even if they were powerful, they had to lie down.
At this time, the Ming army's fleet seemed to have discovered them, and something that shocked Fan Mendi happened. The Ming army's warships actually began to turn around, and they turned around in a mess. Some were facing left and some were facing right, and there seemed to be no command at all, and the entire formation was in chaos!
The Ming Empire actually sent such an idiot commander. OK, Fan Mendi's face was flushed with excitement.
Seeing the Ming army warships turn around in a mess, it is unlikely to attack with the naval guns on both sides, because everyone's speed is about the same, and the Ming army turns around several miles away, and it is difficult for them to catch up.
However, it doesn't matter. Allied fleets are all from all directions to the west. The Ming army cannot escape, and the left and right naval guns cannot reach them. The cannons on the bow can still be bombed. Fan Mendi shouted excitedly: "Order, all warships and the bow cannons are loaded with solid bullets and ready to fire."
After shouting, he made way out of the middle position and stood on the right side of the bow cannon. He wanted to stand in the middle again, but his butt would be blown away by the bow cannon.
Is the Ming army really so chaotic? In fact, these are all illusions. If Fan Mendi could stand in the sky and see the entire fleet of the Ming army, he would find that all the Ming army's warships were gathering in one direction. There, four treasure ships, one in front of three behind, were arrow-shaped, and were accelerating towards the Swedish fleet in the north.
Zheng Chenggong stood on the command platform in the middle of the treasure ship with a calm expression, and calmly ordered: "Order all treasure ships to load solid bullets on the heads of the treasure ships, and all the super battleships to load solid bullets on both sides of the naval guns, and rushed directly from the middle of the enemy ships in front."
The enemy fleet was not as scattered as the Ming army warships at the beginning, and rushed forward like this. If the enemy ships did not avoid it, they would definitely be colliding into a bunch. Isn’t it a bit of a risky way to do this?
Soon, the enemy ships entered the range of the twelve-inch giant cannon, and Zheng Chenggong shouted directly: "All treasure ships, the giant cannons on the heads of the ships opened fire, solid bullets, and bombarded for five consecutive rounds."
"Boom Boom Boom" With a loud noise that shook the huge treasure ships and ships shook a few times, and more than a dozen large basin shells flew towards the enemy ships ahead like meteorites from the sky.
The commander of the Swedish fleet was ordering people to load shells, and a huge roar suddenly sounded in front of him. He subconsciously thought that the enemy commander was sick. It was obvious that there were still five or six miles away. At this time, the fire was so bad!
However, "Kakuk" several loud noises, and several of the two rows of warships in the middle of the fleet were actually shot!
How is this possible? He quickly raised his telescope and looked at the battleship that was shot. Oh my God, is this a shell shot?
The wood chips of the warship that was shot were flying everywhere. At the position of the shooting, there was a huge hole that was one person high. The warship had already begun to tilt slowly and was about to sink to the bottom of the sea!
A shell sank a super battleship! The Swedish commander was stunned. What kind of cannon is the Ming army? Is it a giant cannon worth more than ten inches?
He was really guessing that the Ming army's super battleship was loaded with twelve-inch giant cannons, and not one, but six, three in front and back.
"Boom Boom Boom" Not long after, the treasure ship giant ship opened fire again, and several other super battleships were bombarded with wood chips flying and sank down.
Chapter completed!