Above the sea, two fleets of the enemy and ours were engaged in a frantic exchange of fire.

The opponent obviously realizes that they have more battleships and stronger firepower. How can they give up this almost obvious advantage?

There is no rush to take further action and let the surrounding destroyers do the escort and warning work. The enemy fleet simply wants to maintain the status quo and then rely on the number and firepower advantages of its own battleships to blow them up.

The Yangtze River Fleet maintained its speed and continued to avoid the enemy fleet's bombardment.

At this moment, along with a loud roar, the Yangtze River hull beneath the seat suddenly shook significantly.

Yuan Xi, who was on the boat at the time, asked directly...

"what happened?"

"Reporting to the Colonel, it should be the salvo fired by the enemy fleet just now. One of the shells hit the stern armor of our battleship."

Yuan Xi did not panic when he heard this. The battleship's armor was thick enough, and the shells hitting the armor plate would not have much impact on them.

While my thoughts were whirling, I heard Yuan Xi quickly giving instructions...

"There is no need to rush to launch a counterattack. The highest priority is to avoid enemy artillery fire."

"yes!"

After receiving the instructions, the Yangtze River Fleet began to focus on avoiding attacks, and the frequency of attacks obviously began to decrease.

This move fell into the eyes of the commander of the enemy fleet, who naturally thought that the opponent had been suppressed by their naval gun fire. Unavoidably, there was a bit of joy on his face, and he quickly signaled his fleet to continue firing and pursue the victory.

Just as Yuan Xi wanted to make great achievements through this battle, as the naval commander of the enemy fleet, Lal Chirac also had the same idea. After all, their fleet had been idle for several years.

On weekdays, apart from daily training and occasionally beating up the natives on the sea, I don't even have a chance to make meritorious deeds. I spend most of the year just eating. Sometimes I want to apply for an additional drill, and the above will be listed as "financial funds".

Dismissed on the basis of 'insufficiency'.

In this situation, as the commander-in-chief of this fleet, he didn't know how many people from the army stabbed his spine every day, especially when he applied for naval funds every year. He couldn't even raise his head. This time, he finally got it.

How could you let go of such an opportunity?

Fierce artillery fire continued to sweep across the ocean. However, at this time, Lal Chirac obviously did not notice, or it was impossible to notice at all, that a crisis hidden under the sea was quickly approaching them...

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The battleship maintained its speed and sailed quickly on the sea, and the naval guns it carried constantly adjusted the attack angle, always pointing at the Yangtze River Fleet who was trying to avoid the bombardment.

All of this was an almost logical move in pursuit of victory, without any problems, until the ship's hull while sailing unconsciously hit an object in the sea...

"Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"

The roar of three consecutive explosions and the huge splash directly drenched a group of soldiers who were standing on the deck of the battleship at that time, and caused the ship's hull to visibly shake.

"Fake! What the hell is going on?!"

Lal Chirac, who was on the battleship at the time, roared directly.

As far as he knew, the fleet on the opposite side didn't fire at all just now. Why was their battleship suddenly bombarded?

The completely confusing situation made Lal Chirac's mood become quite bad in an instant.

However, this was not over yet. Soon, the successive explosions made the ship's body shake more violently. At the same time, the Yangtze River's heavy-fire main gun was pointed at the enemy fleet from a distance.

Fire simultaneously.

It’s too late to say it, but it will be soon!

The shells that escaped from the barrel clashed violently with the air, and directly hit the hull of the enemy battleship with a hellish scream.

Completely different from the previous shelling that only scratched the Yangtze River's stern armor, this round of shelling from the Yangtze River was simply accurate! The flying shells hit the ship hard and fast.

Amidst the loud roar, a cannonball that landed on the deck directly destroyed everything around it, and at the same time claimed the lives of a group of enemy naval soldiers. Most of the remaining cannonballs were hit by

On the ship's body, while causing damage to the outer armor plate, the tyrannical firepower impact also made the battleship that was continuously bombarded like a mayfly on the sea, as if it would sink under the gunfire at any time.

The Yangtze River's firing was like some kind of signal, and the eight battleships of the Yangtze River Fleet launched a strong counterattack at this moment.

At the same time, the destroyers responsible for the assault also quickly dispersed, relying on their speed to make a detour towards the enemy fleet.

This counterattack undoubtedly surprised the Europa fleet under Charles Crombel.

However, after all, they are regular troops who have received rigorous training, so they will not fall into trouble like this.

Amid Lal Chirac's roar, an entire fleet quickly started to evade while launching a counterattack.

But even during this avoidance process, situations that were completely beyond their expectations happened one after another.

Violent explosions continued to occur under the sea, impacting every warship passing through this sea area, disrupting their rhythm and having a complete impact on them.

At this moment, the battleships are busy taking care of themselves, and the situation of the outer destroyers will only get worse.

Amidst the continuous explosions, a shell directly hit the torpedo launcher of a Europa destroyer. Now the fun was getting louder. With a loud bang, the Europa destroyer was almost sunk on the spot!

"What's going on? What the hell is going on?!"

At this moment, Lal Chirac had no idea what was happening.

They were clearly in a good situation before, so why did it suddenly become like this?

"General, general! It's a mine! There are a lot of mines deployed in this sea area!!"

When Lal Chirac heard this, his vision suddenly went dark, and he almost went crazy.

"Mines? Why are there mines in this place? How could there be mines?!"

During the previous pursuit, they kept an eye on the enemy fleet's movements throughout the entire process. If the opponent's destroyer dropped mines, they would not be able to detect it!

In fact, of course they couldn't detect it, because the destroyers of the Yangtze River Fleet had never deployed mines at all.

And where did these mines, which seemed to appear out of thin air and caught the Europa fleet off guard, come from?

The answer comes from a special force in the Yangtze River Fleet, the Water Lizard Warriors!

Of course, a more accurate term now would be to call them 'Underwater Combat Forces!'
Chapter completed!