Above the sea, the exchange of fire between the enemy's and our steel fleets continued.

Although it was the first time for Yuan Xi to face an opponent of such a large scale, his top five-star talents were there. After a successful wave of offensives, Yuan Xi, who gradually mastered the rhythm of the battle, could be said to be becoming more and more stable as he fought.

In the previous round of indiscriminate bombing, the battleships suffered too many attacks, and the Europa fleet suffered various degrees of damage. As the battle progressed, various problems were constantly exposed.

Gradually, the entire fleet has completely fallen into disadvantage.

Now that Yuan Xi is gradually taking advantage, it is absolutely impossible to give the opponent a chance to make a comeback!

Led by the flagship Yangtze River, the main fleet, which had originally maintained a distance, began to approach with long-range bombardment.

At the same time, excluding individual frigates, a large number of destroyers took advantage of their speed and moved quickly, vaguely spreading an invisible encirclement net.

Lal Chirac's face turned pale as he realized his situation at this moment.

In these rounds of fighting, he has clearly realized that the opponent he is facing at this time will not give him any chance to make a comeback.

In this current situation, his defeat seems to have become settled.

"I haven't been able to wait for an opportunity to go out for so many years, but as soon as I go out, is this what happens?"

Thinking of this, Lal Chirac couldn't help but reveal a sad smile on his face.

However, he had no intention of being killed just like that!

"Send the order, and the entire fleet will break out to the east!"

As soon as the Europa fleet moved, the surrounding destroyer fleet immediately followed suit.

The advantage of the destroyer's speed can be said to be fully demonstrated at this moment.

After wading through the minefield and enduring the continuous baptism of torpedoes and shelling, the destroyers of the Europa Fleet were already overwhelmed and could no longer pose a threat to the destroyers of the Yangtze River Fleet.

After losing their restraints, they now acted more unscrupulously.

A sea net always surrounds the Europa fleet, making it difficult for them to escape.

There is no doubt that by this moment, the suspense of this battle has been killed.

However, the tenacity of the Europa fleet still exceeded Yuan Xi's expectations. He originally thought that the battle would end earlier, but he did not expect that it unexpectedly cost him a lot of time.

Amidst the roar of giant cannons, the Charlemagne slowly sank in the distance, bringing the curtain down on this naval battle.

But what I still have to mention is that this battleship, which was obviously named after Charlie Crombell himself, had indeed cost a lot of money. It was really quite capable. Yuan Xi didn’t even know he was fighting.

How many rounds of artillery shells were dropped?

Now back to the topic, the only way to deal with those Europa soldiers who fell into the water is to shoot them.

The mission of the Yangtze River Fleet was to make a surprise attack on the enemy's rear. It had no intention of returning and obviously had no time to capture them.

Moreover, according to the current situation, capturing these enemy soldiers will not only increase their risks, but also increase the consumption of resources on the ship. No matter how you think about it, it is extremely obstructive.

But when it comes to resource consumption, Yuan Xi, who is on the Yangtze River, naturally thinks of the supply ship on the opposite side at the first moment.

Just like when their fleet goes on an expedition, they have to bring supply ships to supply resources. According to the size of the opponent's fleet, there must be supply ships.

As for the location of the supply ship, it is most likely behind the main fleet.

After all, a battle may break out on the main fleet side at any time, and bringing the supply ship would be too much of a hindrance. It would be a safer way to keep the main fleet and the supply fleet apart for several days and sail at a distance.

At least this is what the Yangtze River Fleet does today.

While his thoughts were whirling, Yuan Xi ordered someone to confirm the damage to his own fleet.

After spending a lot of time, a statistical report was finally delivered to Yuan Xi.

Seven destroyers were sunk, five were seriously damaged, and most of the others suffered minor injuries.

On the battleship side, two battleships' main guns were damaged by enemy shelling, one ship's hull armor was severely damaged, and three were moderately damaged...

This is enough to show how tenacious the resistance of the Europa fleet is.

After taking a long breath, Yuan Xi calmed down his thoughts and spoke slowly...

"Find the nearest island to dock. All the severely damaged warships will dock and stay on the island, waiting for rescue by the rear supply ships. The other warships will continue to advance with me to search for the location of the enemy's supply fleet!"

What is a supply ship at sea? It is a treasure full of supplies! No matter what the considerations are, Yuan Xi has no reason to let it go.

After briefly judging the position of the Europa fleet at that time, Yuan Xi led his Yangtze River fleet and launched a search directly in the opposite direction.

This is definitely not a particularly difficult thing.

It would be too troublesome to bring the supply ship directly, but in order to facilitate supply, the supply fleet will never be too far away from the main fleet.

And this was indeed the case. Only three days later, the Europa Fleet's supply fleet appeared within Yuan Xi's field of vision.

The number of the opponent's supply ships reached eight, and there were ten frigates escorting them around.

However, this formation battle is obviously impossible to pose a threat to the Yangtze River Fleet.

In this era, the maximum speed of a supply ship filled with resources is estimated to be around twenty knots. At this speed, it is impossible to escape even if you want to.

Against their main fleet, they would basically be slaughtered.

The battle started quickly and ended even faster. All ten frigates were sunk, all supply ships were captured, and eight ships of fuel, food and military supplies fell into the hands of the Yangtze River Fleet.

This harvest is not small, it is big enough to make the crew cheer!

Although they originally had six supply ships to transport supplies, they were relatively sufficient.

However, considering the scale of the expedition, the daily consumption of each soldier must still be controlled.

However, now that the resources of these eight ships have been harvested, coupled with the victory in the previous naval battle, as the top officer of the Yangtze River Fleet, Yuan Xi is also quite enlightened and said that it is time to celebrate.

To put it bluntly, sailing is boring. Going to sea for a long time will often only leave you with boredom in the end. If a person's spirit is in this state for a long time, stress will accumulate invisibly.

Therefore, it is necessary to allow the soldiers under your command to relax and vent appropriately.

But there is nothing interesting on the sea. At most, it is just for the soldiers to eat and drink, but that is enough.

The cheers of the navy soldiers continued to come from outside. Yuan Xi himself did not join in. At this time, he was sitting in his captain's cabin, eating the canned fruit in his hand and looking at the portion in front of him.

nautical chart.

This chart was found from the supply ship they captured. Through this, he has now completely confirmed the location of the enemy's coastal city!
Chapter completed!