The fiefdom increases by 1 soldier in 1 second, and the empress kneels down and begs not to rebel

"Is this gun smoke?!"

"Why is there so much smoke? What on earth did the Yan countryman do?!"

In the Dawn Fleet, almost all the soldiers standing on the deck had stopped their work at this moment. They stretched their necks, stared with wide eyes, and looked at the large amount of smoke appearing on the sea in the distance. The expressions on their faces were either stunned or shocked.

The vast ocean would not produce white smoke inexplicably. There is no doubt that the Yan Kingdom fleet was born here under the smoke. Some people think that this is gunpowder smoke. After all, when gunpowder is ignited, a lot of smoke will appear. But careful people find that these smokes seem to be somewhat different from gunpowder smoke.

Perhaps because they were located upwind, they could not smell any pungent smell of gunpowder.

As of now, the white smoke behaves more like the gas formed when hot water boils as it rises and dissipates.

But under what circumstances would so much water vapor be produced? Could it be that every Yan Kingdom warship has a huge boiler hidden inside, with boiling water inside?

No one knows the answer to this question yet.

But there is one piece of information that everyone can accept and see clearly.

That is, in the headwind, the Yan State fleet still did not open the sails, but their warships seemed to start moving.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would have been an unreal dream.

Their warships were so huge, at least the size of a first-class warship. How could their warships start moving without the help of sails and the power of the wind? !

Is it driven by manpower at the bottom of the cabin rowing the oars? How many people and oars are needed to drive such a huge warship on the sea?

It's almost impossible!

What’s more important is that the Yan State warship seen through the telescope does not have any sliding oars at all!

Such thoughts echoed in the minds of almost every soldier at this moment, including Clemento. His confident expression had disappeared. At this moment, he was dumbfounded and terrified, and his head was buzzing, as if the white smoke floating in the air in the distance had rushed into his brain.

After all, what I saw before my eyes was really bizarre and horrifying!

He even felt that it was the Yan people who used their ancient, mysterious and evil witchcraft to make the warship move. How else could it be explained?

"Marshal! They are really coming! They are rushing towards us!"

The panicked shouting of the soldiers woke Clemento from his trance. He looked carefully and found that the movement of the enemy fleet was not an illusion, but a real thing. They were sailing on the sea at this moment, and their speed was not slow.

Of course, their sails were still furled.

Clemento was too shocked by the situation to even think about it. He immediately raised his arms and shouted:

"Don't panic! Don't panic!"

"Keep calm! Follow the original plan!"

"Don't retract the sails! Use the wind direction to keep sailing at full speed, and when the enemy is within shooting range, launch a fierce attack!"

As the distance shortened, the size of the opposing fleet gradually became clearer and clearer. The reason why Clemento still did not change the battle plan was precisely because he saw the size of the opposing fleet clearly.

Unlike the Yan Army fleet seen in the South China Sea last time, the number of enemy warships sailing on the sea this time has been significantly reduced. Clemento roughly estimated that there may be less than half of the last time.

Although it was still unclear what force was behind their warships, the number of warships they had gave Clemento more confidence.

The enemy is smaller than ours, so we have an advantage in this naval battle.

But even so, Clemento did not feel too happy. Although the number of enemy warships was not large, his own combat power had been reduced.

He turned his head to look behind him. The Rose Fleet had completely completed the turn. Not only that, they were even pulling up the sails and sailing at high speed against the wind in the direction they came from.

It was obvious that, just like last time, they had deserted before the great war.

Clemento clenched his fists and punched the air several times with all his might. He was extremely angry:

"Damn Shenglu people! Just wait!"

"When this battle is over, when I return home, you are finished! You are finished!!!"

If we say that the Shenglu people retreated in the last battle of the South China Sea because they had seen through the conspiracy of the Yan people and had to leave the battlefield, it seems understandable.

This time, the enemy army appeared so clearly on the sea, but the Shenglu people once again retreated in the face of the enemy. This was an unforgivable act.

Clemento made up his mind that he would settle accounts with the Shenglu people after the battle was over!

Federici had the same idea as him. On the one hand, he was horrified by the strange warships of the Yan Kingdom fleet, and on the other hand, he was angry about the withdrawal of the Rose Fleet.

Watching them going farther and farther away, Federich was almost furious. If the enemy was not rushing towards them at this moment, he would definitely order the Giant Whale Fleet to fire a few heavy shots at the Rose Fleet.

New and old hatreds came all at once. At this moment, he regarded the Rose Fleet as the same enemy as the Yan Kingdom Fleet. Fortunately, his adjutant stepped forward in time to comfort him:

"Marshal, we can't control those cowards!"

"Look! The speed of the Yan Kingdom's warships is not right!"

Upon hearing this, Federici hurriedly turned around and looked to the left front. The Yan Kingdom fleet, which was still very far away the moment before, had already advanced a long distance in the sea.

This speed is unusually fast, considering that they are sailing against the wind.

Without the help of sails, it seemed to be sailing even faster than its own fleet with the wind. If Federich had not seen it with his own eyes, he would hardly have dared to imagine that an ironclad ship could display such a speed.

They were clearly loaded with armor, yet they were able to sail so fast. Could it be that the armor on their hulls was extremely thin?

Federich really couldn't figure it out, and at this moment another adjutant shouted in horror:

"Marshal! Look at the style of their artillery! It's completely different from ours!"

"Their warships are not arranged in a vertical battle line! What kind of formation is this?!"

Everyone was talking at once, but Federich had no way to think because the enemy's warships were approaching at a speed far exceeding that of his own fleet.

They are about to clash.

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Inside the Yan Kingdom fleet sailing in a "T" shape.

The leading row of warships are loading shells. A few months ago, their guns were mounted on both sides of the ship, and they needed to fire from the side during combat. But today, their guns are arranged in the middle of the ship at a certain angle. In addition, these guns are rotatable, which means they can fire in all directions, thus meeting the tactical requirement of facing the enemy with the bow.

This type of ironclad ship with a central gun room is like moving a land bunker onto a ship. In order to protect the artillery from attacks, the gun room is covered with armor. These armors have been proven in the last battle with the Allied Fleet. Their hard shells make it completely impossible for the Federal Fleet to attack them, let alone penetrate the armor and damage the artillery.

At this moment, the Yan soldiers were not holding the previous round shells, but new conical shells.

In addition to the different shape from previous shells, the power of the new shells is also completely different.

In the past, solid shells relied on their own weight and impact to cause damage, but today's new shells rely more on the destructive power caused by the explosion after hitting the enemy ship.

This is a demolition bomb.