Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

As the messengers conveyed Sha Zhenhai's orders in flags, the soldiers of the entire imperial fleet felt suffocated in their hearts.

In terms of tonnage, our side is more than five times that of the Malacca fleet, and in terms of number of battleships, our side is also more numerous.

As a result, the battleship was sunk first, which made the Imperial Navy officers who were determined to avenge their shame feel angry in their hearts.

Subsequently, the soldiers of the Imperial Fleet, facing the artillery fire of the Malacca Fleet, began to adjust the artillery elements and aim at the enemy ships not far away.

At this time, the Malacca fleet wanted to repeat its old tricks and once again ordered the torpedo boats and destroyers to approach quickly and launch torpedoes against the imperial fleet.

But this time, these destroyers and torpedo boats did not have such good luck.

Ever since the Aircraft Research Institute released the aircraft, these ship designers immediately felt the threat.

So they redesigned a rapid-fire gun that can be used both high and flat.

It needs to be mentioned here that anti-aircraft guns have been available for a long time, but the empire has not equipped and developed them.

Later, when he became stronger, Lin Yi took out some drawings and asked the Weapons Research Institute to research and manufacture them.

However, the initial anti-aircraft guns had a relatively small caliber but a fast muzzle velocity, but the rate of fire of this anti-aircraft gun was very slow.

Because what it needs to deal with is not an airplane, but an airship.

In addition, Asian countries have almost no airships, so the empire only developed and trial-produced a few before stopping.

Later, when Feng Ru and the others made use of a fast aircraft like an airplane, the people at the Weapons Research Institute immediately realized how useful the airplane would be on the battlefield in the future.

As a result, the Weapons Research Institute began to develop weapons to counter aircraft.

In the end, they developed several new anti-aircraft weapons, and anti-aircraft guns from 20 mm to 75 mm were developed one after another.

Although these anti-aircraft guns have different calibers, they all have one characteristic, that is, the cannons eject quickly and fire quickly.

Later, after Jinghai Shipyard learned that the Weapons Research Institute had produced this weapon, it moved the anti-aircraft gun directly onto the warship.

And for the 75mm caliber anti-aircraft gun, Jinghai Shipyard has made improvements.

They converted this anti-aircraft gun, which was originally used to defend against aircraft, into a dual-purpose aircraft. Because engineers at the shipyard discovered that this high muzzle velocity 75-caliber gun is also very lethal to light armored ships and can be used as supplementary firepower for warships.

Later, when Lin Yi found out, he called him an expert.

At this time, the torpedo boats and destroyers of the Malacca fleet once again rushed towards the Imperial fleet, but what greeted them was a wave of firepower covering their heads and faces.

The Malaccan fleet, which was about to approach the imperial fleet and launch torpedoes, was instantly beaten and turned upside down.

The destroyer was a little better. How much of its tonnage was there? Although it was covered by anti-aircraft guns, the deck was covered with fire and there were many casualties.

But those torpedo boats were not so lucky. They were only more than [-] meters long and had almost no armor.

Being swept by these anti-aircraft guns, a dozen speedboats were blown up in an instant. Seeing that something was not going well, the remaining speedboats turned around and fled back.

Just kidding, although the navy of John's Empire is famously tough, this does not mean that they are not afraid of death.

With the kind of firepower they had just now, they had no chance of rushing through. Continuing to move forward will only increase casualties.

After Sha Zhenhai saw that his side had repelled the torpedo attack of the Malacca fleet, he immediately ordered an attack on the enemy fleet.

Immediately, the imperial fleet roared in the direction of the Malacca fleet.

However, due to darkness, this wave did not hit any warships of the Malacca fleet.

However, looking at the impact points of the bombs, they were all near the Malacca fleet, so they were considered near-misses.

There were even a few shells that formed a straddle fire.

This scene directly frightened the commander of the Malacca Fleet into a cold sweat.

He wanted to ask when the Daxia Empire's fleet could achieve such accuracy.

It's just that the first wave of attacks formed a cross-fire, so if the Daxia people adjust for a few more rounds, can they hit themselves directly?

Thinking of this, the commander of the Malacca Fleet made his fleet move at high speed while adjusting the muzzle of the gun to counterattack the imperial fleet.

But at this time, the technological generation gap between the two warships was completely reflected.

Although the training level of soldiers in the Malacca fleet is higher than that of the Imperial fleet, their warships are older and do not have automatic loading equipment, so they can only use manpower to pull the shells.

The Daxia Empire, on the other hand, was equipped with a lift. The cannonballs were hoisted directly from the ammunition depot, and then the soldiers pushed the cannonballs into the barrel.

The efficiency on both sides is completely different. Basically, it took the empire to fire three rounds before the Malacca fleet could fire two shells.

At this time, the sky in the east has turned slightly white, and it looks very beautiful from a distance.

But in this sea area, the naval battle between the Daxia Empire and the John Empire continued.

At this time, the commander of the Malacca fleet was already a little timid, because the number of warships on his side was already at a disadvantage.

On Daxia's side, almost all of them are new ships, and their combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of his side.

He had received news before that Daxia's fleet was heading towards the South China Sea, and he knew that the Daxia people's goal was Malacca at his feet.

He knew through intelligence that the Daxia people's warships were almost four or five times his size, and he did not dare to hide in the port.

Therefore, he took the Malacca fleet out of the port and avoided the Daxia people behind Batam Island.

After Daxia's fleet began to attack the port of Malacca, he led the fleet to attack in order to sneak attack a wave of Daxia people.

Before the Daxia people could react, they caught the opponent off guard and gained the upper hand.

As a result, he did not expect that his sneak attack was successful, but the damage caused to the Daxia fleet could only be said to be negligible.

Likewise, he also underestimated the training level of the Daxia fleet and the technological level of their battleships.

So much so that he is now at an absolute disadvantage.

If he continues to fight with the Daxia fleet, he will most likely die here.

The commander of the Malacca Fleet looked around the battlefield and found that more than [-]% of the warships on his side had been hit.

It can be said that their current combat effectiveness is less than 40% of what it was before the war, and [-]% of the warships have sunk.

Seeing this, the Malacca Fleet Commander, after thinking again and again, finally issued the order to retreat.

Because, before leaving the port, he had contacted the supporting fleets from East Africa and Tianzhu, and knew that they would not arrive in four days.

In order to preserve his strength and counterattack Malacca in the future, the Malacca commander could only order a retreat.

When the flag of retreat was raised, the soldiers of the John Empire's Malacca fleet, who were still fighting in a bloody battle, obviously breathed a sigh of relief.

The enemy was so powerful that even after a bloody battle, they could not see any hope of victory.

If there is no hope of victory, then of course the first priority is to save one's life. Who wants to die if he can't?