C1234 The sudden arrival of a battleship

"Sound the horn, send an emergency alert..." An unknown ship was discovered in the northeast! Unknown identity, type unknown... "

"Visual measurement of incoming ship speed: 15 knots. No sails, pure steam power …" "Oh my god, why is the speed of this ship so fast?"

"Supply ships, troop carrier s, detach themselves from the fleet and move towards the back … The main battleship s will enter the defensive formation, the St. Peter will control the left wing, and the Diamond will control the right wing … "

The boys from the Ship Management Academy had good eyes. These sailors from the distant Northern Europe had good eyesight as well. When the faint smoke appeared on the surface of the sea, the entire bugle horn sounded continuously. The flagmen started sending out signals to each other, and the fleet's formation began to change in an orderly manner.

Yan Fu, Liu Buchan, Ye Boyun, Deng Shichang and the others were all outstanding students in the academy. Their homework were all top of the line, they could obviously understand the meaning behind the steam boat's smoke belt.

Generally speaking, coal with more impurities would be cheaper than coal with too much sulfur. However, this kind of coal had weak firepower and insufficient heat. When burned, it would produce a large amount of black smoke, which could be clearly seen over ten miles away from the sea.

This kind of coal is only used by merchant ships seeking to maximize their profits.

White coal, also known as anthracite, was a high-quality coal that could be ignited with one piece of oceanic fire. Its firepower was fierce and its heat was sufficient. The key was the smoke released.

However, the biggest drawback of white coal was that it was very expensive. Its price was already three times that of ordinary coal. Besides using it for battleships, ordinary factories would not be willing to use this kind of good stuff.

"Heavenly Emperor Bodhisattva has opened its eyes!" It must be a battleship that could use white coal. Where did this battleship come from? British? French? and it's even from the Americans … "

Actually, everyone's heart was filled with a single name, but none of them dared to say it out loud. They were afraid that everything in front of them was just a dream, and that all of their dreams would be shattered as soon as they spoke.

At this moment, Deng Shichang's tears could not help but flow down. Those were no longer droplets of tears, but two streams that flowed down his cheeks.

He didn't know what he was doing, but in such a tense moment, he was actually thinking of tidying up his clothes.

"It's that battleship!" I have a premonition that it is that battleship! Legend has it that by attacking the Dakar at night, he singlehandedly fought against the gigantic Ocean Steel Beast of the Ikek … It's Zhiyuan, it must be Zhiyuan! "

"Xiao Letian is here, Xiao Letian is here!" Deng Shichang choked with sobs. His shoulders continuously rose and fell, his fists clenched tightly until his nails embedded into his skin.

Yan Fu was calmer than him by three points, he said while trembling, "That may not be so! There was only one Iron-armored Ship in Prime Minister Xiao, and it was rumored that this warship was secretly sneaked back from Europe, so it was almost destroyed by the English and French in the Atlantic Ocean! "

"This is the Ryukyu's ultimate weapon. This is their final trump card, how can they possibly send it out to attack? This doesn't make sense! "

After all, Ri Yige was still a Frenchman, he did not have any good impressions towards Xiao Letian and Ryukyu. "Don't care about any battleships, let's immediately avoid travelling towards Minjiang Estuary.

"No!" Everyone shouted in unison, "Instructor, I beg you to let us watch the battle. We want to see that battleship, we want to see this sea battle!"

"Nonsense!" You are all students, so my mission is to guide you in class instead of watching the battle. Furthermore, even if it's Xiao Letian's warship, a Iron-armored Ship would never be a match for a fleet. Only you idiots would hold such unrealistic expectations … "

The students' emotions were already unstable so how could they withstand the French instructor's sarcasm? Liu Buchan and his group of students surrounded them.

"What did you say?" "Say that again if you dare …" Liu Buchan pointed at Ri Yige's nose and berated him, "You get a thousand taels of silvers every month, your income even surpasses a first rank official of the Beijing! "You actually said that you would only take us to class?"

"Let me tell you, Master Zuo hired you to teach us how to become the naval officer, not to do business after we become the ship's captain! Now that the sea battle that has decided the fate of everything is about to begin, do you dare to not let us watch? Say that again if you dare! "

"Right, say that again if you dare!" The students surrounded Ri Yige tightly. This time, the French large nose was afraid.

"No no no, I'm just worried about your safety … What if, if something happens to you, you want me to take responsibility? "What if you depend on me?"

"Damn!" This lord's family has four generations of scholars, and four generations of officials, will this lord scam you? Listen up, even if we all die here today, you won't have to take responsibility for it! "

Just as the boat political academy's training ship s staged a show about how they wanted to seize power, an intense argument broke out on the Russia's flagship St. Peter.

The French Knight Molière said anxiously, "No, I definitely do not agree to hold a sea battle here. If that ship really is a Zhiyuan Warship, we would not have any chance of winning at all, I can't let you take the risk!"

EdStefanski looked at him coldly. "What did you say? You want our entire fleet to escape? Escape from a warship? Are you insulting us? Even if that battleship's performance is advanced, we can still drown it with the advantage of quantity! "

"No!" Lord Commander, please listen to me... Take a look at this information first, this was sent to me by the intelligence ship that we just contacted. We cannot afford to offend this battleship, so we cannot fight it head on! "

Molière had a thick stack of information, it was information that the British and French military officials had recorded in detail when the Zhiyuan Warship was on patrol in the Ryukyu.

There were photos, hand-drawn sketches, and some deductions made by the military officials. As Molière had fought with the Zhiyuan Warship at a close distance, he obviously knew that all the statistics were real.

To put it in an exaggeration, the data here was far from the true battle prowess of the Zhiyuan Warship, and its true combat strength would at least double!

"Commander, I ask for your calmness... We can't even compare to the Zhiyuan Warship's firepower, the power of the 210 caliber main cannon is not something our iron armor can withstand! "As long as you are hit by a bullet, you will definitely be penetrated …"

"Not only that, the diameter of Zhiyuan Warship's cannons are several times greater than ours. I have once observed that the accuracy of these three cannons within eight kilometers has already reached the level of our four kilometers of firing! How could she fight like this? They can definitely kill us off at a distance of eight kilometers! "

"Competing speed? You haven't seen how fast this ship is, so other than the scissor boat s, no other ship in the ocean can catch up to him! This is a devil ship, and it is not a devil ship that can be produced using technology! "