The Banshee is finished, and the Renees is about to be stranded! Now the only French battleships are the flagship Glory, Vaubon, Cecil, and Ksmore, which are still able to fight!

But they could not stop the charge of Zhiyuan. Hoff watched Zhiyuan rushed towards him, and the shells blew up the warships and exploded the waves soaring into the sky in the sea.

Hoff was timid. He was completely controlled by fear at that moment. Without saying a word, he issued Zuo Mandu's order. The tragic situation of the Banshee completely scared him!

The Glory's resignation made the fragile battle formation suddenly lose control. The other three warships were out of control, and they did not know how to defend the enemy without Hoff's order!

The Vaubon and Cecil were quite clever. They thought Hoff was about to change the array and wanted to avoid the impact of Zhiyuan, so they followed the Glory and the left rudder.

The three warships drew a white wave arc in the sea at the same time. Their strategic intentions were very obvious. Think about seizing the head shooting position again and avoiding the collision of the Zhiyuan!

But the Ksmo was not so lucky. The commander did not understand Hoff's "Great Strategy" and the stubborn and conservative madman, and he still firmly fired the Zhiyuan on his side!

Those 140 and 150 caliber artillery desperately poured out shells. People could even see the shells flying and cutting through the white lines caused by the rain curtain!

The Zhiyuan was already scarred at this moment. After nearly two hours of fierce fighting, more than 80 sailors had died and more than 100 sailors were injured!

There was no complete area on the entire warship surface. The shell explosion burned out ugly scars after piece of armor, and even the armor was deformed by the explosion, which was sunken for three inches!

In fact, according to the tradition of the British Navy, it is no longer embarrassing to retreat if a warship hits this part. The record of sinking one ship and seriously injuring one ship is enough to allow the Zhiyuan to occupy a strong and powerful scene in the history of naval warfare.

However, Zhiyuan hung the flag of residual blood and started today's decisive battle in the most tragic way, and fought the French without hesitation.

This is really awesome and afraid of being stunned, and afraid of being desperate!

Hoff thought he was the butcher holding a butcher knife, but he didn't expect that he would turn into a fish meat in the vegetable shop!

The fate of the Renees and the Banshee made him completely frightened. At the last moment of Zhiyuan's rushing forward, he actually started to widen the distance!

But Hoff is also a person who wants to save face. He shouted loudly, "All battleships have full left rudders to avoid the enemy's shelling! We are not retreating, we are taking advantage of the enemy's retreat!"

"Open your eyes and take a look! Now the Chinese have entered our encirclement. No matter how powerful this warship is, once it enters our encirclement, he will not be able to escape!"

Shameless! Hoff's shamelessness made all officers who were proficient in naval combat tactics blush!

Hoff was right. Zhiyuan was still rushing to death at this moment! The situation on the battlefield just now was very subtle. Six armored battleships were arranged in the northwest of Spike Island, dragging the array from the southwest to the northeast!

This shaped shooting array just blocked the charge Zhiyuan!

And after this shooting array, there is a chaotic cruiser's own array!

This time the French really invested a lot. Not only were there six advanced iron armored warships, but more than 20 cruisers were fast cruisers that combined steam power and sail power!

In order to defend against the British sneak attack, they were anchored on the coast of Spicke Island to protect the 30,000 Marines. This was the main force of the army that threatened Hamburg. The Navy knew very well that the navy itself could not conquer Hamburg.

To complete the mission of the Emperor, one must rely on the cooperation of the army, or the army needs to bear the casualties of the final battle!

So Hoff must ensure the safety of the landing troops, but this also caused a serious consequence, that is, the battleship alone!

If Hoff did not divide his troops from the beginning, he would let the battleships and cruisers form a shooting front to fight against the Zhiyuan sneak attack together!

I'm afraid the ending of today's naval battle is a different matter!

You should know that although Zhiyuan has strong firepower and thick armor, it does not meet the standards in the first battle. More than four inches of armor are invincible in this era, but its structural strength has not reached the level of despair.

You should know that during World War I, the thickest armor of the battleships in various countries reached a terrifying 11 inches, which was a total of thirty centimeters thick!

That kind of protective power is indestructible and solid!

The Zhiyuan is still far from reaching such terrifying defense capabilities. If the French fleet really gathers all its firepower to deal with it, four-inch armor will also be breached!

But there is no regret medicine in this world. It is precisely because of Hoff's wrong command that the special mixed fleet's troops were dispersed, which gave the Zhiyuan a chance to raid!

But it was clearly a mistake in Hoff's command, but now he changed his opinion and actually said that he wanted the Zhiyuan to surrender himself?

If we look at the battlefield situation, this is true! Once the Zhiyuan pierces the battleship position and once the Guangrong completes the left-handed rudder and picks up the Zhiyuan retreat, it will form a situation where cruisers and battleships surround each other!

It’s not wrong to say that you are a self-sentencer, but people cannot be so shameless! This is obviously not what you arranged on purpose, it is clearly what the Chinese people themselves have crazily rushed in.

Use two expensive battleships as bait? You Hoff is so willing to do it! How should you explain to the Emperor?

But at this moment, Hoff can no longer care about so much. As long as he sinks into Zhiyuan, it doesn’t matter no matter how much sacrifice he makes!

Hoff seems to be an ideal figure in the officialdom, and his shameless spirit is not something that ordinary bureaucrats can shoulder!

Xiang Ying didn't care what Hoff was thinking at all. He could only try his best to expand the results of the battle, and his eyes were staring at the lonely KSMO again!

The Ksmo is a light battleship with a displacement of only more than 3,000 tons. In theory, this kind of warship with tonnage is a type of small ship that is easy to turn around. If he wants to escape, the Glory will run faster.

Unfortunately, the captain of the Crusmo is a fanatical soldier. He is a die-hard fan of the Bonaparte family and a die-hard militarist!

In the eyes of such people, war is the only way to resolve conflicts, and victory is the fate of all soldiers! For the glory of France and the glory of the emperor, he really dared to die!

"Continue to fire! The enemy is already full of holes. We... the brave Ksmo, we will be the last sword to pierce the enemy's heart!"

"Fight to the end! Never retreat!"

Boom boom boom... The sound of the Ksmo cannons rumbled, and the smoke filled the sea, but he could not stop the pace of Zhiyuan's advance!

Almost in a blink of an eye, Zhiyuan rushed to a close distance of ten meters from the Ksmo!

At this moment, all the sailors on the deck of the Ksmo saw the black muzzle of Zhiyuan and the terrifying smile that the god of death burst out!
Chapter completed!