C1242 Away from the Battlefield

If the Russian didn't escape, then what were they waiting for? Right now, EdStefanski and the rest were not only facing problems from the Zhiyuan Warship s, but also from the cannons on the shore.

Just as the St. Peter was leading the many battleships and fighting back against the coastal mountains, Molière suddenly felt that the ship beneath his feet was shaking abnormally, and there was even a slight noise.

Just when Molière thought that he was hallucinating, a soldier suddenly rushed up from below the deck and shouted, "There is a strange object at the bottom of the ship, we have scratched it!"

Soldiers looked down from the railings. Fortunately, there was no marine pollution, and the water was clear and transparent. If people looked closely, they would find hidden reefs under the water.

"Commander... We have entered the reef area, and can no longer move forward.

The St. Peter s were the flagship of the main force, and could eat the most water at their tonnage. Other battleships that could eat the shallow water had not even touched the bottom of the sea rocks, but the St. Peter s had already encountered the accident of scraping up the bottom of the ship.

The carapace of the wooden battleship didn't reach the bottom of the ship. If they kept going forward, God knows what would happen to them!

At this time, EdStefanski really wanted to slap himself twice. Why did he have to sail so close to the coastline? What do I have to boast about!

"Right full rudder!" "The principle is close to the sea, charging directly from the northeast …" The commander looked at Molière and said with a long sigh, "Let's do as you say! "I admit that my judgement was wrong. I should have listened to you just now …"

Molière did not have the time to mock the commander, he anxiously judged that the situation was critical and quickly ordered them to retreat. "The Diamond is only slightly injured, it should be able to hold on, let General Venia lead the right wing of the warship and continue entangling the Zhiyuan Warship …"

"After all, Emperor Tongzhi and Xiao Letian are on that boat, and they can't carry out the bayonet on the sea forever. The adventure just now was simply to provide an opportunity for the ambushing soldiers on the shore to fire their cannons …"

"Now that the ambushers have appeared, and they have forced us into the shallow water, they want us to hit the rocks and sink! This is such a vicious plan. As expected of the hero of this generation! "

"We can't hesitate anymore. The tide will set in a few hours, if we don't leave now, we won't be able to leave, and even the frigate will hit the reef!"

"If you are a hero, you have to have the courage to break your wrist! Let General Venia prepare to sacrifice himself to the Empire! Let him lead his fleet to stall the Zhiyuan Warship, and try to force them to the east as much as possible … "

"If there's no other way, we'll crash into it! Jumping off the ship to fight! I refuse to believe that they wouldn't care about the safety of the Emperor and the Prime Minister! "

Molière turned around and looked at the resupplying fleet and troop carrier in the distance. "Let them follow us closely. No matter what kind of provocation they face, they are not allowed to retaliate.

Take a deep breath, take another deep breath! Molière punched the railings, "There's hope! We can still be saved! As long as we increase our speed, I estimate our losses to be within 25%! Our vitality has not been damaged at all! "

The depressed Venia received the latest order, but he did not feel resentful at all. He knew that this was the only path left for him to take. He began to issue frequent orders to the right wing fleet, the battle formation of the linear division started to disperse, gradually transforming into an inverted bowl, pressing the Zhiyuan Warship towards the south.

The distance between the Russian Army's battleships widened, and all the cannons concentrated on the Zhiyuan Warship s. Regardless of how high the hit rate was, or whether there were any damage effects, the commotion caused was not small.

From beginning to end, Lin Zhen had been suppressing the speed of the main cannon. The goal of this sea battle was not to completely annihilate the enemy, but to deliberately expose the location of the Zhiyuan Warship, thus dispelling the concerns of the Russian Army. Only by doing this would they be able to relax and venture into the Gold Island, where the main battlefield would be where the enemies would be buried.

"I'm not satisfied, I'm too unhappy!" When would she be able to go easy on them? Fire the cannon, and blow up the frigate at the direction of the nine o'clock! "

Boom … Bang! With a loud noise, a gust of wind blew across the bow of the ship, and the high explosive projectile hit the water line of the Russian Army frigate. The huge explosion tore apart the iron armour and the wooden shell on the ship.

"Damn it!" Lin Zhen, what are you so sure about? Keep it down! "We need to stall for time, we need to stall for as much time as possible …" Xiang Ying cursed, so angry that he wanted to throw his sleeves and go back to the cabin to sleep.

The slowly sinking battleship intimidated the enemy troops, and the enemy battleships that were suppressing the Zhiyuan Warship subconsciously increased the distance, they were afraid that they would become the next sacrifice.

The battle was no longer intense, the Russian did not dare to get too close, and the Zhiyuan Warship did not want to be locked down, causing the entire battlefield to be in a deadlock.

The battleships fired a round at each other after ten minutes, slowly retreating to the southeast in alert. Right now, only the New Imperial Army s of the Yan Shan and Gu Jiao Mountain still had high spirits. They had blown away the St. Peter, and then immediately followed up with bombing the supply ships and troop carrier.

The rumbling gunfire scared the Russian Army supply ships as they turned towards the east. They no longer dared to approach the Chinese coastline, so they ran as far as they could.

On the troop carrier, the Russian army had gone completely crazy. Bastard! They were all trash! The Navy is a total waste... " Scolding voices could be heard everywhere. They never would have thought that the powerful Expeditionary forces would suffer such a huge loss.

After three hours of fighting, six warships were injured, two of the frigate were sunk, and what caused all of this was just one warship, a Chinese warship.

"All these incompetent marines should be hanged! Why would the great tsar waste gold on such rubbish! We should be the strongest army in the His Majesty the Tsar! "

"Damn it, this war will still depend on us! You Qing Guo Nu, you yellow monkeys … Just you wait, we'll take care of you! "

Boom! Boom! Boom! The cannonball exploded in the sea, the surging waves splashing all over those who were cursing.

The Minjiang Estuary Sea War started at around 9 in the morning and ended three hours later. By 2pm, there were no longer any battleships left on the battlefield. Russian Army and his supply ships and troop carrier broke out of the siege from the northeast and entered the deep sea region.

As for the Zhiyuan Warship, it was slowly moving towards the southeast under the entanglement of General Venia.

Only the corpses and wreckage of the sea were evidence of the war. The smell of smoke in the air had yet to dissipate, and the frightened seabirds in the sky were constantly circling and chirping.

Deng Shichang looked at the horizon where the battleship disappeared, and heard the cheers from the Ancient Horn Mountain. Clenching his fists tightly, he swore, "A good man should be like this! A good man should act this way! I must command such a warship in my life, or else I will never rest in peace! "