Napoleon II Reborn Chapter 216

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"Quick, get rid of that **** warship, it is attacking the 'Barcelona', and the 'Barcelona' is about to fail." Boult yelled frantically. At this time, the "Barcelona" was surrounded by a group of gunboats and three-masted clippers. The battleship was seriously damaged and very dangerous. And a British third-tier battleship saw that there was a bargain to pick up, and approached the "Barcelona" from the side, with a distance of at most one kilometer. The dozens of artillery pieces on its left side had already revealed their hideous muzzles, and Barcelona The ___ was too busy with the gunboats and clipper clippers to notice it.

Under Boult's order, the "Madrid" gave up the entanglement with his opponent, a British second-tier battleship, and turned its guns to the third-tier battleship that was about to fire on the "Barcelona". "Ready! Release!" Under the command of the gunner, all the cannons of the "Madrid" fired a salvo at the third-tier battleship in the shortest possible time. Since the distance between them was only about 3,000 meters, even if they fired hastily, they still achieved considerable results. One of the four 105mm shells hit the target directly, and one nearly missed. Two of the four 75mm artillery shells also directly hit the target. Although the British third-tier battleship is much stronger than the average gunboat and three-masted clipper, this level of damage is still not something it can bear. In particular, the 105mm artillery shell directly hit its side, and tore a big hole with a length and width of 4 meters near its waterline, and the cold water poured in instantly. In less than two minutes, the hull was heavily tilted to the right. The other two 75mm artillery shells all hit its bridge, and all commanders, including the captain, were instantly killed by broken shrapnel. Five minutes later, the battleship sank, and all the sailors on board were killed except for a very small number.

"Okay, well done." Bult exclaimed excitedly when he saw the target was hit. "Lie down." At this moment, an officer threw him to the ground, only to hear a "boom", and the "Madrid" was hit again. When the 'Madrid' rescued the 'Barcelona', its opponent, the second-tier battleship, seized this opportunity to launch a fierce shelling attack on it. Fortunately, due to the relatively long distance between the two sides, the 'Madrid' It can also be regarded as 'rough skin and thick flesh', so it pushed through again, but the left string was also penetrated with a large hole with a radius of half a meter. Fortunately, it was above the waterline, and the damage control personnel also blocked the hole in time. Only then did the 'Madrid' continue to fight.

The sea is now completely in chaos, the two sides are entangled together, and the Iberian Navy's artillery range advantage is also completely lost at this moment. But their artillery fire was very fierce, and basically no British warship could stop a salvo of them, but only if they could hit the target. The advantage of British warships is that they have a large number of artillery, especially battleships, each of which has dozens to hundreds of artillery, even if it is fired from one side, it is very scary. Iberia's warships basically have to withstand dozens of shells each time. Although they are "thick skin", they will not be able to withstand more fire, just like the current "Barcelona", which belongs to the The object of British warships' focus is in line with the old saying "kill your life while you are sick". Under such an attack, the "Barcelona" was scarred and severely damaged, with several large holes pierced, and a batch of damage control personnel died. In addition, the machine guns manipulating the heavy machine guns were almost dead. Three of the four heavy machine guns had misfired. The sailors on the ship have suffered more than half of the casualties so far, but they are still fighting.

At 3:35 in the afternoon, after an hour of melee, the 'Barcelona' finally couldn't stand it anymore. Under the heavy bombardment of the British warship, several holes on its starboard side were connected together, and the sea water was in that moment. The crazy influx caused the 'Barcelona' to tilt heavily and sank after only 3 minutes. None of the hundreds of sailors on board could escape. The 'Barcelona' became the first battleship sunk by the Iberian side since the start of the war, but before it sank, it had already damaged a second-tier battleship and a third-tier battleship of the enemy, sinking a Three tier three battleships, two gunboats and three three-masted clippers, it can be said that the results of the battle are brilliant.

The sinking of the "Barcelona" greatly stimulated the morale of the British army. At the same time, it also aroused the anger of the living officers and soldiers of the Iberian Navy, and the two sides fought together frantically again.

At this point in the battle, the balance of victory has begun to tilt towards the Iberian side. The Dragon Tedesk Squadron now has only one first-class battleship, two second-class battleships, two gunboats and four three-masted ships. The clippers, and except for the two three-masted clippers, all other warships were wounded, and one second-tier battleship had basically lost its combat effectiveness. On the other hand, on the Iberian side, by this time, only the "Barcelona" had been sunk, and several other warships were still there. In addition, the "Lisbon" was forced to withdraw from the battle due to serious damage. The 'Madrid' and 'Valencia' also lost 40% of their combat effectiveness, and the other four warships were not damaged. In general, the combat effectiveness of the Iberian side is already far ahead of the British side up.

In this case, Boult ordered: "Everyone work harder, finish them all and go after that son of a **** Nelson."

At 3:50 p.m., the battered second-tier battleship of the Dragon Tedesk Squadron was sunk by a salvo from the Cadiz. At 3:55, a gunboat of the Dragon Tedesk Squadron was sunk by the 'Malaga'. At 4:04, one of the remaining second-tier battleships of the Dragon Tedesk Squadron was sunk by the "Sevilla". At 4:16, the first-class battleship "Iron Duke", the flagship of the Dragon Tedesk Squadron, was hit by the "Madrid" and suffered heavy damage. At 4:22, the "Iron Duke" was sunk by a salvo from the "Zaragoza". More than 400 British naval soldiers, including Vice Admiral Long Tedesker, all fell into the water, and no one was rescued. The remaining British warships were all captured except two three-masted clippers who escaped.

At this point, the fierce sea battle between the Burt fleet and the Nelson fleet has temporarily come to an end.

At 4:45, the Boult fleet, which had cleaned up the battlefield a little, began to return, preparing to assist the defenders of Valencia in fighting against the remaining fleet of Nelson. It's just that more than two hours have passed by this time, and Nelson's fleet is not far from Valencia now.

At 5 pm on March 10th, on a hill less than 30 meters high behind the Valencia shipyard, Xiao Jie and a group of military and political leaders in Valencia were gathering in a church on the hill. The location here is very good, you can It is easy to see the movement on the sea, so it was immediately requisitioned as the temporary headquarters of the defense of Valencia.

"Is there any news?" Xiao Jie anxiously paced back and forth in the room. This was the 12th time he asked this question today.

Eck shook his head. Since the Boult fleet went to sea, they have only sent back 4 news. The last news was that they had encountered Nelson's fleet, but since then, there has been no news.

After a few minutes, a guard suddenly came to report: "His Royal Highness, there is movement on the sea. A fleet is heading towards Valencia. It is observed that it is the Nelson fleet of the Royal Navy."

"What?" Xiao Jie was taken aback, quickly grabbed the binoculars and ran out. Through the binoculars, he saw the Mi Zi flag flying high above the battleships, and the size of this fleet was much smaller than the report, and many battleships were still wounded. left after the battle of the Special Forces. The arrival of Nelson's fleet only shows one problem, that is, they have already defeated the Boult fleet, and the Boult fleet must be in danger now. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Thinking of this, Xiao Jie felt very sad, not only because of the loss of all the hard-working navy, but more because of the loss of those naval officers and soldiers, they are the biggest Iberian navy. Wealth, warships can be rebuilt when they are gone, but people can never be found when they are gone. Especially Bulter, who has always been a general that Xiao Jie values ​​very much.

"Order an artillery position to get ready, and open fire as soon as the enemy warship comes into range." Xiao Jie gritted his teeth and gave the order. Eke stood silently behind Xiao Jie, without expressing any opinions. He deeply felt Xiao Jie's anger, and the loss of the Boult fleet made him very sad.

At this time, Nelson was in high spirits, and he was completely out of the embarrassment he had when he was fighting the Boult fleet. Valencia was close at hand, which also meant that his mission was about to be completed. As for the cost of completing the task this time, it is indeed relatively high, but the British shipbuilding capacity is the largest in the whole time, and the sailors are also the largest in the world. I believe that it will be fully replenished within a year, and Valencia shipbuilding Once the factory is destroyed, the Iberian navy will be completely killed. At that time, the sea will still belong to the British Empire, and the Royal Navy of the British Empire will still be the most powerful navy in the world. Thinking of this, Nelson couldn't help being in a good mood, as if the goddess of victory had lifted her skirt towards him.

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