Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

At this time, there are actually some disadvantages for the combined fleet.

Originally, Edward did not think that his fleet would be attacked by Daxia people. Even if it was a sneak attack, the direction of the attack should be from the ocean.

After all, no one would really attack a battleship from land. Do they really think that the battleship's guns are just decorations?

Therefore, Edward naturally ignored the threat from land.

In addition, Jinghai Port is not a large port and cannot dock so many warships at the same time. So Edward let the battleships dock vertically in the port to increase the number of docked battleships.

In this way, his warships were very crowded when docked, and there was no room for maneuver.

Finally, in order to save coal, Edward put most of the battleships in a semi-parked state. The steam engines in many battleships were not in standby mode, and the internal steam pressure was not enough to drive the battleships.

If you want to make the warship move, you must first boil the water to generate enough steam to make the ship move.

Boiling water and getting the boat moving is easy to say, but not so easy to do. It would be impossible to launch such a huge battleship within an hour or two.

"Order each ship to add excess coal so that each ship can move as soon as possible!"

"Order the secondary guns of each ship to fire freely! Block the enemy from approaching the port!"

"Order the Marines to defend the port and not take a step back! Take back the gangway!"

"Finally, get those destroyers on the outside back! Cover the main ships!"

Edward issued four orders in succession. He could only delay the enemy's boarding progress as much as possible.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!" Upon hearing Edward's order, Edward's adjutant immediately saluted and quickly exited Edward's room.

As Edward's order was conveyed, the Allied fleet began to use secondary batteries to attack the newly formed [-]st Division on land.

However, the fleet's secondary guns had only fired one round, and they saw a large splash of water suddenly rising near their own ship.

Fireballs even rose from the decks of some battleships.

Edward, who had just dressed, walked out of his room and came to the bridge, saw a fireball suddenly appear on the deck of his flagship, and he frowned.

As an experienced rear admiral, he could tell that the explosion just now was just a shell fired by a small-caliber artillery.

Looking at the power of the explosion, the caliber of this artillery is definitely less than 100 mm.

On our own side, even the destroyers have 127mm artillery, which is not so powerful, and it is even less likely that our own warships will attack the flagship.

Therefore, Edward instantly identified that it must be a small-caliber field gun used by the Army.

Thinking of this, Edward's frown deepened.

He was not worried about the damage such a small cannon could do to the battleship, but he was worried about the Marines still in the port.

Although the field artillery used by the army has a small caliber, it has a fast rate of fire! One salvo fired by one's own warship was enough for the opponent's field artillery to fire two or three rounds.

Although the field artillery did not do much damage to the battleships, it was overwhelming firepower to the Marines in the port.

"Damn it!" Edward cursed secretly, and then he turned to the gunner next to him.

"Wynn! For the sake of God, I order you to find the enemy's artillery position within three minutes! Send all those damn artillerymen to see God!" Edward shouted loudly.

When Wynn, the gunnery commander of the Savage, heard Edward's order, he didn't say much. He just immediately raised his telescope and looked towards the dark port.

As the gunnery commander, Wynn knew very well the threat these field guns posed to the Marines below the ship. Even if Edward didn't say anything, he decided to knock out the opponent's guns first.

However, neither Edward nor Wynn, nor the entire combined fleet, noticed that behind them, about ten nautical miles away, there was a group of bloodthirsty "sharks" staring at them.

A small boat with "Fan-Leijia 1" printed on the side is rising and falling with the waves.

The dark hull makes it blend into the surrounding environment.

Behind this torpedo boat, there are more than thirty torpedo boats exactly like him.

Inside the Pan-Leijia No. 1 torpedo boat, a young man wearing Daxia Imperial Navy uniforms was holding a telescope and looking at the battle situation ten nautical miles away.

"Sir, our brothers from the army have already begun to attack Jinghai Port. Should we attack now?"

A voice suddenly sounded behind the young man who was observing the situation with a telescope.

Hearing this voice, the young man known as "Sir" put down the telescope in his hand and turned around slowly.

On this young man's collar badge, there is clearly the rank of Imperial Major with two bars and one star.

"No, now is not the time." The major shook his head and directly rejected his subordinate's proposal.

"But sir, if we set off now, we can launch the attack within the time specified by Prince Rui. If we are slower and miss the time, I am afraid that our brothers in the army will also suffer heavy casualties." The adjutant said to the major.

After hearing his adjutant finish speaking, the major walked slowly to the table in his cabin, picked up the red wine on the table, and poured himself a glass.

The major picked up the wine glass, shook it slightly, then smelled it again, and then drank the red wine.

"Prince Rui ordered us to destroy the combined fleet. The specified time is only a rough condition."

"Now is not the best time for our raid, because the opponent's destroyers have not yet fully returned to the harbor."

"At this time, if we launch an attack, it is very likely that the destroyers of the combined fleet will not return to the port, but will pursue us."

"You don't really think that we are still driving a D-class battleship now, do you?"

"You have to understand that what we are driving now is the last navy of our country. We only have more than thirty torpedo boats! If something happens to these torpedo boats, our country will really have no coastal defense."

"So, I will not let my brothers take risks until the best time. Even Prince Rui, I will say the same in front of me."

The major said firmly.

"My lord, when do you think is the best time?" The adjutant still looked at the major with some confusion.

After hearing the adjutant's words, the major did not speak. Instead, he turned his head and looked through the porthole of the torpedo boat towards the entrance of the port.

There is still a destroyer parked at the entrance of the sea.

The entire hull of the destroyer was lying across the estuary, and it was using the ship's artillery to attack the pier of Jinghai Port.

"The best time? It depends on whether God gives us a chance." The major murmured.