Chapter 1383 The Doom of the Allied Fleet
The Allied Combined Fleet plunged into the strait, preparing to destroy Ganchao's escort fleet.
Suddenly, the soldiers on the Wangfight exclaimed, "Master Commander! A large group of warships appeared at the entrance of the strait in the rear!"
Commander Kovic felt a stern. He was shocked and quickly picked up his telescope to watch. Sure enough, he saw nearly ten warships appearing behind the fleet, and then looked at the flags hanging on it, "Damn it! It's the fleet of Luzon!"
Kovic's eyes were red in an instant. Not long ago, he failed to attack Malacca. During the retreat, he was intercepted by the Luzon fleet, causing him to lose a battleship.
Now the fleet of Luzon is behind him again, which makes Kovic's backyard tighten, and he feels like he is trapped.
Is it an ambush?
Just when the joint fleet was in amazement, the Ganchao escort fleet they were chasing suddenly stopped running away and began to turn around, as if they were going to fight them to a decisive battle.
Kovic realized that he might have fallen into the trap, but he underestimated himself and the United Fleet too much.
At this time, he was about to continue moving forward, rushed out of the strait, and then turned around to fight the decisive battle with the fleets of Ganchao and Luzon, but the soldiers in the fight sounded again.
"Your Excellency Commander, there are also many warships ahead!"
Kovic heard the soldiers' nervous shouts, and quickly looked forward again, immediately seeing the Red Dragon Flag on the mast.
The ships of the joint fleet also saw clearly that they were indeed the fleet of people who were in charge of the people, and the main fleet of people who were in charge of the people!
"Sell Gad!" The combined fleet exclaimed in surprise, and many people were crossing their chests, completely missing the rampant moment just now.
At this time they finally realized that the transport fleet was still a conspiracy, with the purpose of introducing them into the ambush circle.
On the flagship of the enemy fleet, the Weiyuan, the commander of the squadron who had fled all the way, had led the fleet to turn the direction. He looked at the Allied Fleet blocked in the strait with hatred and shouted angrily: "Check the flag and tell the general that our troops have completed the task of luring the enemy. They will avenge the soldiers of Yang Yong, Zhongwu and Guan Yong! The ships charge along the south side of the strait!"
The Luzon fleet appeared at the entrance of the strait, and the Ganchao main fleet appeared at the exit of the strait. The pursued Ganchao escort fleet rushed back against the strait, and Kovic was sweating coldly.
The situation this time is different from the last time in Malacca. The Strait of Malacca is wide and the State of Luzon cannot block it at all. The current strait is only about ten miles wide between the two islands.
If the diving areas on both sides of the strait are removed, the width of the boat can be narrower.
"The whole fleet rushed out at full speed!" Kovic shouted frantically.
The coalition fleet cannot be just done. The fleet must fight to the death. One ship can be rushed out, and if it cannot be rushed out, it will also seriously damage the Ganchao fleet. Otherwise, once the entire joint fleet is destroyed and the sea control power of the Indian Ocean falls into the hands of Ganchao, it should Ganchao and blockade the Allies.
Compared with the British and French fleets, the time for the army to form a dynasty fleet is short after all, and their fleet is vulnerable. The joint fleet has God's protection and will definitely be able to build this naval battle.
"Fire!" Gu San first issued an order on the newly-killed Weiyuan.
At this time, the joint fleet sailed east along the middle line of the strait, rushed directly to the east strait, and occupied the main force of the T-head's Gan Army.
Gu San led the escort fleet, turned around and sailed from east to west along the coastline of the island to the south. The moment the two fleets intersected in the strait, both sides opened fire together.
The side guns of the five escort fleets roared at the same time, and the shells hit a French sail cruiser in the Combined Fleet. The shells tear open the side of the ship and smashed the wood.
The Combined Fleet fired guns, splashing water columns into the strait, and two shots were hit on the side of the Weiyuan, but the Combined Fleet did not dare to fight. The fleet quickly passed by, and the Combined Fleet rushed directly to the main fleet.
Because of the bombardment of the escort fleet, the combined fleet was in panic, and the formation was already chaotic. The fast sail cruiser ran in front, while the battleship was landed behind.
Gan Chao Indian Ocean Fleet, on the flagship Zhengyuan, the fleet commander Huang Fei looked at the enemy who was rushing over and shouted coldly: "Aim and then fight! Sink his first ship in one round!"
The joint fleet rushed to the front with a light cruiser Marseille equipped with forty artillery, and in front of him were ten Ganchao battleships spread out in one word.
The Marseille walked into the center of the strait, first entering the range of the two Yuan-class three-deck battleships in the middle of the Ganchao fleet, and the flagship Zhengyuan was on its thirty-two-pound cannon, which first roared.
With Zhengyuan as his loyalty, the warships on both sides immediately opened fire, and nearly a hundred shells roared out. The Marseille, who rushed in front, was hit several shells one after another. The sailors and soldiers on the ship were directly bombed into the sky, and broken wood and soldiers flew around the sky with broken limbs and broken arms.
The Allied fleet behind was instantly stunned by the scene in front of him. The Marseille exploded one after another and was torn to pieces in a moment. All the soldiers on the ship went to see God. The Marseille's corpse sailed forward more than 100 meters with inertia and finally sank into the sea.
Kovich was extremely frightened. He had obtained information from Kolkata and said that the warships in Ganchao had already started to use flowering bullets, but he did not expect the effect to be so terrifying.
Of course, this is mainly because the Marseille is a light cruiser, and the wood on the hull is easily blown up. If it were replaced by the battleship of the United Fleet, it would not have been easily sunk like this.
At this time, a British warship on the Marseille saw that the Marseille was sunk and immediately turned its rudder. The warship left the central line of the strait, and pierced diagonally toward the northeast while firing a cannon and counterattack.
The warships of the joint fleet also understood that the center line would face the most artillery fire, and they followed the British warships. The joint fleet presented a "V" formation, the "one" formation of the main fleet of the middle-sighted army, and the two sides had a fierce artillery battle.
After half an hour of naval battle, in order to prevent the enemy ships from breaking through the edge, the Ganchao fleet was divided into two fleets and continued to shell the enemy's ships respectively.
Under the powerful firepower of the Ganchao fleet, the British ship Wales were hit one after another, but they still supported their injured bodies. While avoiding the Ganjun's shelling, they continued to move forward. They were eventually forced to strand on the shore and became targets for the Ganjun warships, and were soon beaten to pieces.
From the moment the joint fleet entered the strait, their fate was actually destined, and they were only surrender or destroyed.
"To be honest, there are still many places in the Allied Fleet, which is something that we can learn!" Looking at the tenacious joint fleet and on the Ganjun flagship, Huang Fei sighed.
Chapter completed!