The end of the military era

"Withdraw! Let's withdraw too! That bastard Cui Hong dug a hole for me!"

Song Limin didn't expect the incoming pirates to fight so hard. The two all-steel battleships only fired three salvos of main guns, and dozens of pirate ships turned around and started to escape.

This wins?

At this time, Song Sheng shouted excitedly: "Father, we can't let the pirates leave so easily! We must pursue them!

The more pirate ships you sink, the more you can deter other pirates, making the waters near Ganyang City a restricted area for pirates! "

Song Limin nodded, "Send a report to the Jinghai, Pinghai, Anhai, and Shuguang, maintain formation, and start chasing the escaped pirate ship!

After this battle, I want all the pirates along the coast of the Han and Tang Empire to piss their pants in fright when they hear the name of our Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet! "

Chapter 27 The White Flag

Among the two all-steel battleships and two armored cruisers of the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet, the slowest flagship, Zhenhai, can reach a speed of about 16.5 knots.

Jinghai can drive to almost 19.5 knots at the fastest, and the two armored cruisers Pinghai and Anhai can both drive to nearly 20 knots.

Therefore, in the process of chasing the pirates, Song Limin could order the four warships to form a formation to start the pursuit at a speed of 16 knots.

As for the Shuguang, which can only drive to about 14.5 knots at the fastest, it is required to follow the formation and help the four battleships clean up the battlefield.

The speed of the ships on the pirate side, including those old-fashioned warships, was far behind the four capital ships of the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet, and they were soon brought closer by these four warships.

当双方距离缩短之后，镇海号上面的12门45倍口径150毫米副炮，靖海号上面的6座双联装45倍口径230毫米副炮。

There are also two double-mounted 2mm main guns with a 200-caliber caliber and 6 150-mm secondary guns with a [-]-caliber caliber on the Pinghai and Anhai, and they also bombarded the pirate ships one after another.

Since the four pirates were divided into left, middle and right groups, the four capital ships of the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet have not disbanded their formation.

So Song Limin set the target of pursuit on the largest group of pirates in the middle, that is, the pirate ships under the command of the living king Cui He.

Seeing that another gunboat was sunk, Hu Wei said helplessly to Cui He: "The big bosses must disperse and flee, otherwise we will lose all our wealth today, and"

"And what?"

"Boss, the top speed of the general and the fierce general is only 12 knots, and the opponent is chasing our two armored battleships. It may be very difficult for the general and the fierce general to escape today."

Cui He's face was very ugly. In fact, Hu Wei didn't say anything, but he knew in his heart that it was almost impossible to escape these two ironclad battleships that he was proud of today.

What made Cui He even more aggrieved was that the design of the General and the Ferocious General had flaws. When they were escaping, the main guns of the General and the Ferocious General could not fire backwards.

Only relying on the two 2mm secondary guns at the stern of the ship to fight back against the chasing enemy warships will not be able to stop the enemy at all.

Cui He gritted his teeth, and said in a low voice: "Fourth brother, hurry up and transfer to the carrier pigeon with me, the carrier pigeon is fast.

Let the general and the fierce general attract each other's firepower, and we still have a chance to escape. "

Hu Wei's expression was a little gloomy, "Master, go away! If I also leave, the brothers on the General may raise the white flag immediately.

Master, I will try my best to help you lure these warships of the Zhou family away. "

Hearing this, Cui He was moved and said: "Fourth brother, a friend in need is a friend indeed, I really did not misunderstand the person!"

Then Cui He took a few of his cronies, boarded a lifeboat on the General, and was put on the sea.

Cui He and several of his cronies rowed the lifeboat with all their might, and approached the light cruiser Homing Pigeon. The light cruiser Homing Pigeon was the fastest ship under Cui He's command.

After Cui He left, the atmosphere on the bridge of the general ironclad battleship suddenly became very oppressive. A pirate leader said unwillingly to Hu Wei: "Sir, if we go to lure away the opponent's warships, it is not equal to death. ?"

Hu Wei looked at the other pirate leaders in the bridge, sighed and said: "You brothers have been with me for many years, and in today's situation, the General cannot escape.

Of course I don't want to see my brothers die on the bottom of the sea with the General. Now that the boss is gone, let's turn off the boiler and raise the white flag! "

As soon as Hu Wei finished speaking, cheers erupted in the bridge of the General.

Hu Wei looked at Cui He and the others on the lifeboat from the observation window of the bridge, and murmured to himself, "It's not that I'm unjust, but surrender now, and there's only one way to die."

Under the support of the light cruiser Pigeon, Cui He and several of his cronies finally climbed onto Pigeon from the lifeboat.

Suddenly, a close aide exclaimed: "Your Majesty, look quickly! The General is hoisting the white flag!"

Cui He turned his head and looked, his face turned livid, "Hu Wei, you rebellious boy, it's in vain that I trust you so much!"

Then another voice sounded, "Boss, I said that Hu Wei is unreliable, but you still don't believe me.

When life is at stake, it really is unreliable! "

Hearing this voice, Cui He's expression became even uglier, "Second brother, why are you here?"

It turned out that the person who spoke was Cui He's second-in-command, Kono Deli, who was from the Niu tribe. Most of the warships in Cui He's hands were purchased from the Bull Empire through Kono Deli.

But Conodelli should not appear on the light cruiser Pigeon at this time, he is the leader of the ironclad battleship Relentless.

Conodelli said with some embarrassment: "Boss, the four warships of Zhou's family have been chasing the fierce general, so I just

Boss, not only me, but also the third one. "

Immediately, Cui He also saw that Zheng Wei, the third boss under him, was standing behind Conodelli.

Zheng Wei is the leader of the armored cruiser Brave under Cui He's command. Seeing Cui He's eyes on him, Zheng Wei stammered and said, "Brother, the speed of Brave is only a little over 13 knots. So so I'll"

Cui He gritted his teeth and said, "You all ran away, what about the Resilience and the Brave?"

A confidant next to Cui He exclaimed at this time: "You are in charge, the brave general and the brave have also raised the white flag!"

Cui He suddenly felt a little dark in front of his eyes, and his body couldn't help shaking. If it wasn't for the support of his cronies, Cui He might have to fall on the deck.

Done!It's all over!

Without the general, fierce general and brave to distract Zhou's warships, would he still be able to escape?

Early in the morning of June 6th, Zhou Rui, who was in high spirits, and thousands of officers and soldiers from the garrison gathered at the wharf of Ganyang Military Port to welcome the returning coastal defense fleet in triumph.

At this moment, on the sea in the distance, in addition to the five warships of the coastal defense fleet, there are two more armored battleships, one armored cruiser and one light cruiser.

The two armored battleships are the General and the Resolute General under Cui He's command, and the armored cruiser is the Brave under Cui He's command.

The last light cruiser under Cui He's command was not the carrier pigeon light cruiser that Cui He boarded, but the Purple Eagle.

In the process of escaping, the light cruiser Pigeon was hit by a 200mm main gun shell from the armored cruiser Pinghai and hit the ammunition compartment.

Cui He, as well as his second-in-command Conodelli and third-in-command Zheng Wei, as well as more than 200 pirates on the light cruiser Carrier Pigeon, all died on the seabed together with Carrier Pigeon.

After all the nine warships docked, deafening cheers erupted from the entire pier, and the officers and soldiers of the Coastal Defense Fleet on the warships also cheered.

Song Limin brought a large group of officers from the Coastal Defense Fleet to Zhou Rui, and uniformly gave Zhou Rui a military salute.