C1036 The sudden arrival of the fleet

The cannons at the Ikek Port never stopped. After Esmeralai led the Chile to disperse the Peruvian Navy, they continued to swim outside of the Ikek and used cannons to suppress the shore defense cannons.

In a naval battle, generally speaking, the battleship and the base of the turret carry out bombardment, but the side of the battleship always suffers a loss. Because the base's cannon was directly installed on a sturdy cannon emplacement, they were not afraid of recoil so they could install cannons with even more large caliber. Its power was not something that the battleship's cannons could compete with.

Furthermore, the Eternal Hardening Cannon had also been constructed with a thick and heavy fortification. Using reinforced concrete in the modern era, as well as a slightly primitive stone cannon, the defensive capabilities of the cannon were also very good. The cannons of the battleship's small caliber really tickled the cannons of the cannon, and when the cannons fired their ammunition onto the battleship, the 20-30 mm thick metal armor was really hard to defend against.

Fortunately, the strategic intent of this battle was to harass and suppress the Chile Navy, so they did not consider using battleships to solve the problem with their cannons. Therefore, the fleet had always been shooting from the edge of the furthest range, although their accuracy was lacking, the accuracy of their cannons' firing had also decreased greatly.

Compared to the navy's soy sauce, the army was in full swing. The sailors on the fleet were all extremely excited as they watched the war going on on on the shore. They all exclaimed, "Oh my god, it seems that we won't be able to obtain any merits even after the war ends. The army is really too lucky …"

However, how could the God of War ignore the pleas of these soldiers? Not long after the land-based offensive order was issued, a mysterious fleet suddenly sailed over from the Pacific Northwest.

"Reporting, sir..." "A huge fleet was discovered in the northwest, heading towards us at high speed …"

"What?" Fleet! Could it be the main force of the Peruvian Navy? They're risking everything to fight us? Guys, the victory you're looking forward to is right in front of you. lookout hand will report the situation at any time! "

Orders were issued one after another from the flagship Esmeralai. The flagships' flagmen began to communicate, and soon the fleet was out of the firepower range of the shore defense cannon. All of their attention was focused on the Pacific Ocean.

"Reporting, sir..." The identity of the enemy warship has been confirmed... It was the Peruvian Navy's flagship, the Huska … Peruvian Navy is out in full strength … "

"Wait! The quantity was wrong! "Sir, the numbers are wrong …"

lookout hand put down the telescope, rubbed his eyes, then raised it up again to examine it carefully. Seven Eight Nine... "Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen …"

"Twenty three, twenty-five... Twenty-eight, twenty-nine... My god, the Peruvian Navy's fleet sent 29 battleships? How could there be so many!? "

The officers of each ship were climbing onto the side of the ship and using their binoculars to look around. Each of them had a look of disbelief on their faces, "No, you're wrong!" You must have seen wrongly, the total number of soldiers in the Peru is only twelve, since when did it become twenty-nine? Wait, there are actually wooden Sail battleship behind the fleet? "

"Dammit, it really is twenty-nine beasts, the number of Iron-armored Ship has increased to twenty, the remaining nine are wooden Sail battleship, where did their reinforcements come from?"

Without any time to think, the two fleets quickly closed in on each other's effective range. With an effective range of two kilometers, it was entirely possible for both sides to unleash the greatest 24 lb cannon power.

"Prepare for battle... The gunner loads... flowering bomb Ready... Aim at the enemy's flagship, release! "

Almost at the same time, both fleets started firing at each other. The 24 pound cannon had a caliber of 148 mm, and in the current ocean, these cannons were considered the main force within the cannons.

The brand-new musket guns allowed the projectiles to have a more stable range. In the past, when both sides were shooting at each other from several hundred meters away, the two or three thousand meters of fire gradually became mainstream.

The sound of artillery fire rumbled above the sea and black smoke permeated the air. In an era where nitrocellulose explosives were not widely used, most of the air coming out from the battlefield was black smoke like this.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The explosion set off huge waves in the sky, and some of the armor's distortion was even directly pierced through. There were always people thrown into the air from the flames, and the wreckage fell down like rain.

Xi Lapizuo turned pale with fright at the sudden battle in the sea, "Peruvian Navy actually dared to attack? That little warship's strength actually dared to come to a decisive battle? Damn it, what's going on? "

Before the war, he had patted his chest to ensure that the Peruvian Navy would not dare to act rashly. It was only after eliminating the threat of the sea, did Tie Toutuo and him come up with such an adventurous plan to help the enemy.

But now, the situation had suddenly reversed. If the Peruvian Navy defeated the Chile's navy, then the western seas of the Ikek would become their enemy's artillery position. Even if the city were to be taken, they would be mercilessly bombarded.

If the cannons of the sea and the cannons of the fort were to join hands and bombard the army, then even a small number of field gun would be unable to help.

Just as Xi Lapizuo was at a loss for words, Tang Lei ran back angrily. "What's going on? General, what about your previous promise? Didn't you say that Peruvian Navy doesn't have the courage to fight? "Then what is the sea?"

"No, no, no …" I really didn't know that such a thing would happen. There was no such fleet in our intelligence network.

Tang Lei angrily stomped his feet, "There's no other way, we'll meet on a narrow path and win. Now we can only fight with our lives and pile up on top of people, before the enemy's fleet can control the sea, we have to pull out these fortresses, at least we have to control the shore defense cannons!"

"Please give the fleet the order to fight to the death, fight to the death, and even perish together with us. Let them block the enemy, they definitely have to protect our flanks …"

"It's time for the fight to the death. Now that all schemes have failed, take out your courage! Fill the city with your life! "

Xi Lapizuo watched as Tang Lei made his decision, a blazing flame ignited in his heart, and he unsheathed his sword as he bellowed, "From me onwards, the headquarters will move forward, we will follow the footsteps of the charging soldiers! Forward! "

"Send a signal to the Esmeralai, tell him that I, Xi Lapizuo, have personally come to the frontlines to initiate a decisive battle with the enemy! Let them remember the glory of the Navy! Even if we have to perish together, we have to protect the sea! "

"Brave Chile Army... Victory! "

"Victory!" shouted the entire Headquarters and all the reserve troops. Victory! Victory! " All of Chile's army reserve team, including Commander Xi Lapizuo's personal guards also pulled forward. The war had entered into its most critical and bloody phase.