Chapter 2494: Smooth start

After receiving information about the white skin fleet going out to sea from the cruise ship reconnaissance, Yan Changwu ordered his large fleet to go west, and dozens of cruise ships lined up in front to seek out the enemy.

The role of cruisers in naval battles is not small. Without their fast maneuvering to find the traces of the enemy's large fleet, the heavy sailing battleships will be futile. After the naval battle, the cruise ships are responsible for cleaning the battle, searching for those who fall into the water, and guarding them. The hope brought them, therefore, the officers and soldiers on the battleship did not dare to underestimate the officers and soldiers of the cruise ship.

Yan Changwu's move proved to be correct. It didn't take long for the mast of the White Fleet to be found in front of the South China Fleet, so the South China battleships quickly caught up.

The White Fleet did not avoid war, but wanted to enter the Italian Sea (there was no unified Italian country at that time, it was split into many kingdoms, duchy, autonomous cities and small feudal territories, but they all believed in God) and opened up there. On the battlefield, avoid being unable to rescue the people who fell into the water in case of defeat.

Some of the white skins that fell into the water during the Kali-Limenes naval battle came ashore, but immediately after the South China Army landed, the area was surrendered by the horrified white skin defenders, and all of them were taken prisoners.

The advantage of fighting in one's own waters can also be assisted by local fishermen, who can search the waters and rescue the people who have fallen into the water, and the injured ships can return to the nearest port for refuge. This is the home advantage.

Since the battle has been fought, the strengths and weaknesses have been reversed, and every sailor is precious. Baipi has lost too many experienced sailors and has to save some use.

The two sides chased for a day. At dawn, when the South China Fleet was advancing in a scattered formation, the White Fleet formed a closely connected battle line according to the original plan. The overall heading was southwest, and the distance between the two fleets was 16 km.

The fast cruise ship of the South China Empire walked in front, biting the white skin fleet, and constantly firing firework rockets to report the position, making the white skins itchy with hatred.

Many white-skinned people don't necessarily want to start a war. If the Chinese didn't find them, wouldn't it be wonderful!

The sky was gloomy, there were clouds above the sky, the moonlight was not visible, and the semaphore could not be recognized. It was not until about 6:30 in the morning when Yan Changwu signaled "Go forward in two columns in turn", so Mr. David's detachment moved forward to the fleet. Forward right.

Then, Yan Changwu issued the order to "drive the wind in the northwest direction", and at 6:55, he ordered "preparation". At this time, the rear team of the White Fleet was already in sight!

"Fire the cannon, hit him!" The ship "Southeast Asia 62", which was at the forefront, bombarded the enemy ship in front with bow artillery, and the artillery shells fell into the water.

However, the "Southeast Asia 62" ship still fired from time to time, reminding Baipi that "we will follow you" to create an atmosphere of panic.

The white-skin battleships fired back with stern artillery, but they still didn’t have much artillery. After all, they were not as wealthy as the South China Army and could not waste ammunition.

The great sea battle between Baipi and the South China Army is a confrontation between "knights". It is rare that cruise ships intercept and kill the opponent's supply fleet. It is not that I don't want to, but I dare and cannot!

The South China Fleet is powerful and has a large number of cruise ships. The focus of the white skin construction is on battleships. The construction of cruise ships is seriously lagging behind. Merchant ships are often used as gunboats, which is incomparable compared with the Chinese.

The white skin did not move the supply ships of the South China Fleet escorted by cruise ships, and the South China Fleet did not move their supply fleet. The two sides reached a tacit agreement.

At this time, the White Fleet formed an irregular crescent shape with a length of about ten kilometers. It maneuvered westward. After a night of sailing, its fleet formation was chaotic. Some ships were too close to each other, and some were too close to each other. The distance between the ships was too large, leaving a gap for enemy ships to penetrate. Such a scene made Yan Changwu, who had also fallen into chaos in the fleet, see an opportunity.

At this time, the wind was in the southwest, and the South China Fleet was upwind. The formation was chaotic by the wind, and it barely maintained its course.

The South China fleet is divided into two columns. The upper wind column is led by Yan Changwu, and the lower wind is by Mr. David. There is very little wind blowing from the southwest, and there are only huge waves pushing westward in the sea.

"The speed of our fleet was originally estimated to be 5 kilometers, but soon it was reduced to 2.5 kilometers due to insufficient wind." The star officer on the flagship wrote down the situation in the logbook.

Yan Changwu did not order the reefing of the sails. He believed that under such wind conditions, it is impossible for the two columns to form a regular battle line formation.

"The warplane is fleeting, go to war!" Yan Changwu ordered. He no longer intends to round up the enemy-the plan is to target the front part of the enemy fleet and keep more enemy ships behind, but let his column go straight in. The middle section of the White Fleet, and Mr. David's column attacked the enemy's rear team. At about 10:08, another earth-shattering battle began!

After the war, Mr. David’s column sailed westward, and the interval between each ship was about a "chain" (a unit for calculating distance in the Navy, a chain was about 185.2 meters, the British system, the South China Fleet was under the British, according to Use it correctly) to become an irregular diagonal line, but because the white-skin battle line is curved in a crescent shape, the two sides are still almost parallel.

In this way, Yan Changwu's pre-war vision was realized, instead of having to re-arrange the battle line after meeting the two sides, the battle line would go to war directly!

After the two sides approached, the "Passion" (74 artillery) in the British fleet was enthusiastic. First, it fired on Mr. David's flagship "Fuqiang", continuously bombarding the "Fuqiang" in the form of platoons of artillery shells. On the ship, while the "Fuqiang" did not fire back, only the officers and soldiers on the ship shot the white skins on the "Passion" with rifled guns, and cleared the field.

The South China Fleet always pays attention to the tactics of rifled gun clearance, and has trained many excellent shooters. In the battle, many white-skinned casualties were caused by rifled guns. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

Then, the battleship "Challenge" (a second-class battleship with 90 guns) in front of the "Passion" fired a shot on the "Fuqiang", but the "Fuqiang" never returned fire. Mr. David ignored the enemy's Attacked and commanded his battleship to approach and penetrate into the enemy's battle line (positioned between the "challenge" and "passion"). When it faced the stern of the "challenge", the "fuqiang" Fired at the latter with his starboard gun, and the **** tower collapsed in one fell swoop!

The non-commissioned officer of the "Challenge" reported to the ship's Captain Falk: "Sir, the heretics have cut our tails!"

"Xiete!" Captain Fack cursed: "This **** Eastern heathen, if you don't learn well, you will learn from the Ottoman Baotou with a scimitar!"

Then a loud noise came from the stern of his ship, a cloud of smoke rose, and another non-commissioned officer came to report: "The heathen threw a bomb and destroyed our rudder!"

Captain Fack was not angry and rejoiced, and ordered: "Quit the battle, we can go back to have tea!"

In this way, just five minutes after the official start of the war, Baipi reimbursed a valuable second-tier battleship!