It was three days before Mirage Kazuo led the fleet and escorted the Mirage transport ship that was preparing to land on the island for reinforcements to arrive at the sea off Dongwan Island.
Because he lost contact, he had concluded that East Bay City was in serious danger. But he still did not retreat, but led the fleet to continue rushing towards Dongwan City.
According to his idea, he planned to have the army troops storm the Dongwan Port dock and recapture Dongwan City after severely damaging the enemy fleet in the open sea.
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He is still very confident in this: on the one hand, his naval fleet is large enough, and on the other hand, the army he escorts is also elite.
The Mirage Navy fleet includes 15 paddle steamers - this is already a powerful force that is difficult to ignore in the western part of the Endless Sea.
In addition, he also had 30 sail warships and some armed merchant ships to make up for it. With such a huge fleet, Mirage Kazuo did not believe that he would lose.
As long as he defeats the enemy's maritime fleet, he can then use naval guns to suppress the harbor and send soldiers ashore.
The soldiers he transported were equipped with Cyric Type 1 bolt-action rifles, and they were the elite among the elite of the Mirage Army.
Once these troops land, their combat capabilities will naturally be much more powerful than the second-rate troops equipped with Cyric flintlocks. Retaking the port is not a problem at all. They can even go south to defeat the enemy and retake Dongwan Island!
It was precisely because of this certainty that Kazuo Mirage led the fleet and continued to move south even though it was known that Dongwan Port was occupied by the enemy.
Soon, they arrived at the sea outside Dongwan Port, and then they saw a weak enemy fleet - the Datang Group's fleet lying across the sea. It didn't look like there were many, only three large, three small and six warships. .
But the speed of these warships was very fast. Before the Mirage Navy fleet could get close, the warships of the Datang Group did not retreat but moved forward, showing a desperate attitude.
Mirage Kazuo did not flinch. He actually had the intention of completing the battle. When he saw that the enemy fleet did not run away, he was immediately overjoyed. The two armies immediately formed their own formations on the sea.
Bernard put down the telescope in his hand, looked at the adjutant beside him, and ordered: "Keep the fleet parallel to the enemy! Load all the broadside artillery! Fire at a distance of 2 kilometers! The enemy's formation is dense, don't You need to care about the shooting percentage.”
"Understood!" The adjutant stood at attention and saluted, and then immediately passed the order to each ship. With the command, the entire fleet turned and pointed its broadside at the enemy fleet in the distance.
Then, all the turrets on the side began to rotate, and the slender 150 mm cannons turned the black muzzles in the direction of the enemy.
In the early morning of the 12th day of the Dongwan Island Landing Battle, the naval fleets of both sides conducted the first large-scale steam-powered warship naval battle in human history off the coast of Dongwan Port, which is known in history as the Great Battle of Dongwan Island.
The Wolf 3 ship headed by the Datang Group fleet opened fire first, firing a salvo of six cannons on the sides, directly hitting the enemy sailboat two kilometers away.
Only one round of bombardment destroyed two sailing warships and suddenly disrupted the formation of the Mirage Navy fleet that was trying to get close to them for a melee.
In order to avoid the two burning and sinking sail battleships, the Mirage Navy fleet had to turn again, and its speed was also affected to some extent.
As a result, the Datang Group's naval fleet, which had an absolute advantage in speed, began to attack the enemy with a T, and the distance between the two sides remained at about 2 kilometers.
After Mirumi Kazuo discovered that the enemy fleet was traveling at extremely high speed, he immediately changed his tactics. He ordered the fleet to turn north and form a circular formation, trying to cover each other and avoid being cut into the fleet's T-shaped favorable position by the enemy.
Along with the chaotic formation change, the Tang Dynasty Navy Wolf 4 battleship found the right opportunity to open fire, firing a salvo of six artillery pieces, once again hitting two sail warships, directly sinking these warships equipped with muzzleloader guns.
The Mirage Navy began to fall into chaos. The captains of the wooden sail warship, which was originally slow in speed, had a large target, and was not very strong, already regretted coming to such a miserable place.
Mirage Kazuo finally realized that the opponent's warships were much more powerful than his own paddle steamers. The Mirage fleet stationed on Dongwan Island was not a loser, but was really invincible!
After confirming this, Kazuo Mirage has fallen into despair - he can't run away, he can't seem to win, and it's already difficult to win.
What's even more tragic is that if his fleet cannot defeat him and the whole army is annihilated here, it will only be a loss to the navy. At least he can die in peace.
But the problem is that he also brings a troop transport ship to transport the army! There are also elite troops of the Army up there! The bolt-action rifles in the hands of these troops were all bought with real money. If they are all lost...who will take the blame?
"General... what should I do..." The deputy general also realized the seriousness of the problem and asked in frustration behind Mirage Kazuo.
"What else can we do? At any cost! Send the army to the dock!" Mirage Kazuo, who was already red-eyed, decided to make a desperate move.
He asked himself that it was impossible for him to cover the retreat of the slow-moving troop carrier. In the current situation, it might be the best solution to send the landing troops to the shore first.
Seeing the enemy warships in the distance firing again, and another warship on our side being hit and exploding, Mirage Kazuo became more and more anxious.
The original leaders of the battle were the original elite of the Mirage Navy, 10 large sail warships. Now, almost all of these warships have been killed in the process of turning around.
If the fight continues, the main force of the Chinese army consisting of 15 paddle steamers will be directly engaged with the opponent.
This is the remaining wealth of the Mirage Navy. If it is destroyed here, the Mirage Navy will not be able to cheer up in a short time.
In other words, the mirage may even fail to recover - as long as this war does not end in an honorable way, the mirage that has lost its navy will be very passive.
While he was standing on the side of the ship looking at the enemy fleet that was firing in the distance, Bernard was also looking at this mirage naval fleet from the bridge.
Frankly speaking, this is the most combat-effective enemy fleet he has ever seen. The opponent quickly responded to his attack in the most reliable way, but the battleship was too poor and was no match for him.
However, he had no intention of holding back. Mercy was not in line with his personality - so he ordered the fire to continue and let the fleet circle around the enemy to massacre, preparing to annihilate this huge mirage fleet on the spot.
But what he didn't expect was that just when his fleet was halfway around, the opponent frantically expanded its formation, desperately preparing to entangle Bernard's fleet.
The enemy transport fleet, which had been at the core and protected, began to rush towards the East Bay City port desperately.
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I admit that I am a big pig. Now I am starting to think about 004’s long legs, black stockings and high breasts...
The number of words today is small because I have been watching 003 for a whole day. Well, I have been watching it until now, and suddenly I feel excited and boring. I don’t know why...
