Earl Rewodon drew a bright red line on the chart.

This is the first red line of the ending of the Battle of Lerober Bay, indicating the Andes' trajectory. Starting from its current position, it moves slowly in a straight line, and suppresses the exit of the fifth channel with a powerful posture.

With the operation of the Andes... the Hornet will inevitably move into the dynamics. The biggest possibility is to give up the battle and seek to escape from the fourth channel.

In this way, the Trailer and Fortress, stranded in the waterway, can easily enter the bay and join the Andes to form a formation.

Three twists and turns of color lines, this is the battle situation in the fifth channel area.

Then there is the key fourth channel.

The severely damaged Golden Deer fled to the fourth channel first, and the Totem has been sent to intercept.

The British would definitely think that the purpose of the Totem is to sink the Golden Deer, but in fact...

Earl Rewodon turned his wrist dexterously, and the straight line immediately turned tortuous.

The Totem will sail at high speed and enter the fourth channel first.

Although the Brig-type combat firepower is weak, as long as the distance is right, you can still be able to achieve a one-man pass in the waterway.

At the same time, if the Jinlu ship Lucky Horseshoe, which had not been put into battle, could not implement the tail-breaking tactic if it was not for the purpose of the battle.

In this way, the fourth channel was blocked, the Golden Deer, the Hornets, and the Lucky Horseshoe would be locked in the bay and were forced to start the second round of decisive battles against the new French combat fleet, and the fifth channel fleet with the Andes as the core.

Comparison of strength between the two sides...

On the west side of France is the intact fourth-class ship Andes, the same intact pioneers and fortresses.

On the British side is the seriously injured Golden Deer, which is paired with the wasp and the lucky horseshoe.

The decisive battle is foolproof!

Earl Rewodon easily drew a huge fork outside the Fourth Channel, smiled and threw down his quill, looking for his adjutant.

"How is the situation with the Hornet?"

"The target distance is 2700, and it is Zhang Fan, but it has not yet been anchored."

"Is there still a chance?" the count shook his head, "What about the reply from the Kaidao People to the order?"

"The fifth channel responds, [The density of artillery bombardment in the channel increases, and there is a risk of being bombed when continuing to move forward. Please give more time]."

"The distance between the two sides?"

“The distance is 630, it’s difficult to move.”

"The British speed that is annoying..." The Count stroked his beard in disgust. "This is a practical difficulty. In the narrow and long waters, the British shelling was indeed without defects... The permission request was ordered to give them enough pressure to force them to give up their battle positions."

"Yes! Admiral!"

"And that reckless hired destroyer...where did you escape?"

"The distance is 5200, speed is 2, and the Totem's catch-up is effective. The relative distance has been reduced to 1100, so it will definitely occupy the channel before the target."

"Didn't the captured lucky horseshoe stop?"

"The lucky horseshoe still remains moving on the outside, and there is no sign of participating in the battle."

Rewoddon was stunned for a moment.

"You said there was no sign of joining the war?"

"yes!"

"What do you think, staff?"

"The staff advisers have suggested that the flag flying by the Lucky Horseshoe belongs to the employed chamber of commerce and is likely to refuse to perform the tail-breaking mission."

“Refused to perform tasks?”

The Count stroked his beard and thought about it. After halfway, the Fleet Chief of Staff came over and gave the salute, he stuffed a new update into the adjutant's arms without saying a word.

The adjutant glanced at it and his face changed drastically.

"What? Have you received bad news?" the Count asked strangely.

"The Admiral... Lucky Horseshoe enters the battlefield... Speed ​​12 knots, target... Andes."

"What!"

...

On the vast sea, the lucky horseshoe gallops on the wind.

Due to differences in terrain and landforms, naval warfare is hugely different than land warfare.

For example, there are very few strategic places on the sea that are suitable for hiding troops, and the key lines of the battle are only a few, such as deck vision, observation vision, navigation boundaries, etc.

Moreover, sailing warships are slow to move, and they cannot be as agile as the army. The endless wind and waves on the sea limit the firepower arm span of the sea. No matter how effective the naval gun is, the actual combat range can only reach 500 meters at most.

These restrictions have changed the concept of the word ambush in naval warfare. Ambush at sea is generally based on the concealment of tactical intentions, that is, shaping or capturing various conditions that can cause misjudgment, causing the enemy to mistakenly pre-promote the entire battle situation and form a ship dispatch that is beneficial to one's own side.

Therefore, when the Lucky Horseshoe's target was exposed and the fog on the battlefield was swept away, Lorraine basically showed her tactical intentions to everyone.

It was still the King Che who had advised him that he had changed his position.

During the previous stalemate, because the Lucky Horseshoe formed a strategic Duizi with the French Totem, Lorraine had to bite the bullet and fight the Andes with the Golden Deer, so she could never find an opportunity to turn the battlefield disadvantage.

Until that magical shot that was so magical that the alchemy crossbow narwhal received a direct shot of a twenty-four-pound cannon with its tough body.

Under the tragic appearance, the Golden Deer suffered almost no damage to its combat capability.

Lorraine's opportunity finally came. The Golden Deer fled far away, the Totem chased, and the Andes set off to suppress the Hornets. The idle lucky Horseshoe emerged and replaced the Golden Deer and became the Andes opponent.

The strategic stalemate is broken!

The timing of Lucky Horseshoe cutting into the battlefield is extremely clever.

On the one hand, the Hornet is not a bad guy. Even if the Andes continues to forcefully implement the plan to open up the fifth channel, Collingwood is enough to stick to the merger with Bell, forming a two-to-one blockade. Even if it cannot cause a decisive blow to the Andes, the Fifth Channel is still blocked.

On the other hand, even if the Andes gave up the plan to open up the fifth channel and chose a seemingly more stable action, and merged with the Totem, the distance between the four ships was doomed to both sides to resume cooperation. Even if it was close, a new game between the Golden Deer and the Andes against the Lucky Horseshoe was indeed formed.

Tian Ji and his friends raced horses, and they played against Youma with bad horses. They lost. Youma vs. Good horses and bad horses, and they won two times, so they won.

Although there is not so much idealism in the real battlefield, Lorraine finally changed the concept and changed the conditions for victory from the decisive victory between the Golden Deer and the Andes to the speed of defeat of the totem and the lucky horseshoe.

The one who takes the lead in solving the enemy in front will gain the privilege of two enemies and one!

Lorraine took the handwheel again.

"Just like that, come on, see if you sink Bell first, or I will make your followers lose their combat power first... the right rudder! Take the T-head!"

The Golden Deer, who had been wandering for a long time, suddenly recovered her spirit with this battle order. She was 800 meters away from the Totem. Her course changed suddenly, and she cut to the middle between the Totem and the fourth channel in a sharp arc.

"The entire door chain blast, the target is 470 meters ahead, fire!"

Meanwhile, Bell Judea.

During the pursuit, Bell was looking forward to the Andes being able to choose a direction to start the artillery battle.

Although this may seem to pose a threat to Lorraine's plan, in fact, the Andes in the movement are more fragile.

The hit rate of shelling will drop significantly, and the spread sail will increase the bullet surface. At the same time, the clumsy hull will not seriously improve its ability to dodge attacks.

However, what Bell could think of was Rewoddon, who was famous for his stability and conservatism.

The Andes stopped without hesitation, gave up all support directions, lowered sails and stood up, and waited for the lucky horseshoe to come in the most powerful state of still artillery.

"Sink me first, is it still your absolute advantage? Then give it a try, old thing!"

"The target distance is 920, the relative speed is 7.5, get in the battle!"

Bell caught a turbulent flow from north to south, and the handwheel suddenly went to the right, and the Lucky Horseshoe made a big wave and cut into the diagonal line of the Andes bow.

"Saturated shelling!"

More than twenty projectiles flew out from the Andes side. After a distance of more than 600 meters, Bell ignored it and pressed his handwheel to approach it firmly.

Lucky Horseshoe's speed has almost not dropped at all!

From the launch of the artillery bombardment to the fall of the shell, she bravely cut the shells and threw all the shells straight behind her.

“460,400,340,280…Satisfied shelling!”

Everyone thought Bell would turn and leave, but Bell still did nothing!

The turbulence still maintains a wind direction from north to south. At this time, turning the rudder will stall the lucky horseshoe, and... the distance of 280 meters is not suitable for Brig-type shelling at all.

charge!

The dense shells fell around the Lucky Horseshoe, and the huge waves raised hit the rudder and fed back to Bell's palm, and the handwheel kept shaking.

“220,180,140…”

Bell clenched his fist and pulled the handwheel, and left rudder ten degrees, parallel!

"Open fire!"

With a roar, the lucky horseshoe tilted to the left at an inclination of nearly ten degrees, and the starboard cannons were fully opened in sequence, and the rumbling cannon sounded at close range to declare an offensive!

Attack and escape!

The warship, which seized the moment the turbulence ended, still maintained a speed of more than 5 knots, and the projectiles flying up like flowers of the celestial girl, flying all over the entire sea.

"Effective deterrence!" the observer shouted excitedly, "Three shells leaped over the target and shot in the back waters, with a distance of 50,70,220, which is an effective deterrence!"

Effective deterrence means making the Andes feel threatened.

The round of artillery fire just now had three shells falling behind the opponent, which means that as long as you are lucky enough, the Lucky Horseshoe can throw the chain or shotgun onto the deck, causing real damage to the Andes.

Bell breathed a sigh of relief, stuck his handwheel, and shook his stiff arm hard.

"Cut off the wing sail, and the stern cannon is launched. It's time to escape, brave gentlemen..."
Chapter completed!