Chu Feng stood on the first deck, like an iron tower.

After a while, he had an idea.

"The distance between the two third-level battleships of the enemy is about 200 meters. I can directly get through it, but the enemy's artillery and cannon positions are dense and they are also steam warships. In this way, my speed advantage will not be great. If there are heavy artillery above 32 pounds on the local warship, it would be bad if one hits our ship"

"But if it is too far away from the enemy ship, how can we find out their firepower situation?"

"Command: Right rudder, head east, but not to the depths of the Azov Sea, but to turn north at a safe distance ahead, target, behind the enemy fleet!"

He observed a little.

"Since the enemy has used a steam warship, why do they still use sails? It is indeed the north wind at the moment, which can be blessed with speed, but if they follow me, they must adjust the sails immediately. Although the speed is still very fast after using the upper crosswind, in a moment, they will still fall into temporary stall due to the existence of the sails!"

He obviously had the right bet. When his warship suddenly made a nearly ninety-degree turn, the two third-level battleships were either blinded or slowed down because they wanted to adjust the sails.

It was almost time to say that, Chu Feng's Batulu had a long distance from the enemy ship within five minutes. Just after the enemy ship had turned around, he had already rushed to the north!

At this time, if the two third-level battleships turn again, the style on the ship will be against the wind. Although you can also use the wind tactics to chase after it, it is obviously impossible to catch up with this Batulu.

For Ushakov, he also faces this problem.

Seeing this single enemy ship suddenly bypassing the two warships in front of him, should I send warships to attack, or let it go south and attack the main fleet of enemy ships in front?

At this time, the port side of the Chu Feng ship was only one mile away from the enemy fleet. With a "boom", a shocking sound of artillery sound came from a warship on the eastmost point!

It was a huge second-class battleship, with at least sixty heavy artillery of more than twelve-pound cannons on it. There were obviously sixty-four-pound cannons in the middle of the lower deck!

But at a distance of one mile, it was difficult for them to accurately hit their own warships. With the roar, Chu Feng was still standing firmly on the deck without moving.

The commander asked him to find out the firepower of the enemy ship, it was right now!

In fact, he was obviously taking a huge risk. There were dozens of artillery on one side of the enemy ship, and the two ships were almost flush. A distance of one mile was not close, but not far away!

If a shell hits him, he will be crushed to pieces!

But he still stood on the deck without moving.

He obviously did not just be ruthless, but had some support. When the enemy ship cannons rang, he found black spots all over the sky.

His long-term maritime career gave him basic judgment, and with the assistance of telescopes, he became even more confident.

"It's all solid bullets!"

If the enemy has mastered the manufacturing technology of the new howitzer, when facing such a skill, he will not release all solid bullets at such a distance - in such a small space on the ship, if he still shoots grenades in the traditional way, he will accidentally not hit the enemy ship, but will instead blow up his ship!

Solid bullets, only solid bullets are the safest!

Obviously, they do not fully master the most advanced hair-pull or striker shell-induced technology.

"Pu!"

"Pu!"

I saw a thirty-two-pound solid bullet hit the port side of the Batulu, but after flying for a mile, such shells were obviously not strong enough to deal with the oak boards as thick as 40 cm. It just left a shallow pit on the gang.

Another twelve-pound light shell fell on the first deck, leaving a shallow pit there, and then bounced up. Fortunately, there were no sailors nearby, and finally fell into the sea with a plop.

The enemy ship obviously did not release all the artillery through the two layers of straight decks at once. At this moment, the Chu Feng ship had already passed by him and continued to sail forward.

At this time, a Saiyin ship was sailing side by side on the outside of the Chu Feng ship. If Chu Feng made a decision now, he would immediately use the flag language to inform him to report to the main fleet behind him, but he did not do so.

He was still nailed firmly on the deck and had already observed that there seemed to be a commotion in the enemy fleet.

Obviously, the enemy ship commander was hesitant about his sudden warship.

At this moment, he began to turn again about one mile northeast of the enemy fleet.

This time, he turned to the west!

He bet right. At this time, if the enemy ship still wants to keep up, he must adjust the sail significantly, and that will also reduce the speed significantly!

"Swish..."

The Chu Feng ship perfectly left a trail about one mile north of the tail of the enemy fleet, and then quickly sailed to the west.

At this moment, on his side was the tail of the three battleships!

The enemy's battleship has obviously also heavy artillery at the tail, but its density is far worse than the side port position.

Chu Feng no longer stayed on the deck, but returned to the cabin.

"Peering guns, four times each time, all armor-piercing howitzers are fired!"

The order had just been issued, and three artillery guns on the upper and lower levels of the enemy ship stern almost burst out at the same time, but this time they had no luck as before, and all six shells were lost.

"It's still a solid bullet"

After receiving the report, Chu Feng was completely convinced.

Soon, his warship passed over the three battleships, and then the tail of one battleship was hit by a 12-centimeter-weight armor-piercing grenade weighing 15 kilograms, and a raging fire ignited!

"I advise the main fleet that my suggestion is to turn eastward and then go around the back of the enemy ship. Although the enemy ship uses a steam engine, its speed is obviously not as fast as ours. In addition, there are sails on it. If it turns frequently, it will not only cause chaos, but also slow down significantly."

"Enemy ships still use solid bullets"

Saiyin No. 1 also drew a perfect arc on the sea and left.

The speed of Saiyin can reach up to eighty miles. Even if it goes around the sea, it is impossible for the enemy ship to catch up.

After passing the suggestion to Saiyin, Chu Feng ordered the warship to start turning east again and soon disappeared at the end of the sea.

....

The two fleets played hide-and-seek on the Azov Sea. The Russian fleet obviously wanted to surround the Truchen fleet as soon as possible and then hit a blow. However, not only were their steam power far inferior to Truchen's, but the sails also brought obstacles to them.

So, half a day later, both fleets arrived in the middle of the Sea of ​​Azov!

After half a day of secret competition, the enemy's steam power situation was also observed by Saiyin, and it soon reached Shen Muhan's ears.

"Haha"

Shen Muhan laughed again.

"So their steam engines need to replace parts every hour? Our steam engines have now been replaced once a month. With such a big gap, they still want to win?"

Soon, his new order was issued.

"At this time, the wind direction on the sea is unpredictable, and it is very difficult to adjust the sails. If there is chaos in the enemy ships, it must be when they have just completed the conversion. After their conversion is completed, the distance between the steam fleet and the sail fleet has been at least five miles away!"

"I order to sail towards the enemy's sail fleet at full speed, leaving a Saiyin, and four Tengis continue to play hide-and-seek with the enemy's steam fleet!"

At this time, Ushakov was a little confused. It was his first time to play with the steam warship. He had not fully mastered the essence of it. Coupled with the occasional steam engine failure and the constraints of sails on the steam engine, he could not play out his originally very skilled sail warship tactics.

Now his problem is coming. He saw that the main fleet of enemy ships was heading for the sail fleet that was replacing steam engine parts. If these sail warships were not protected by steam warships, the result could be imagined, but there was also a Saiyin and four Tengis in front of him!

Even for the Saiyin number, there is an eleven-centimeter and twelve-pound howitzer on one side of the deck, and the Tengis number is more, with three on each side.

Moreover, these five warships are continuing to sail eastward, so should I continue to chase forward or turn around to guard the dragged sail warship?

After all, he was a famous naval general in Russian history and soon made up his mind.

"I still have fifteen steam warships, which can be divided into two"

So he asked half of the steam warships to chase the five Truqin auxiliary warships that were gone, and personally led half of the warships to go back to deal with the five Truqin main warships that were rushing towards their sail warships!

Although the sea wind direction is unpredictable, it is mainly north wind. He obviously cannot turn north, but can only turn south.

Of course, he steam power and with the wind, he turned very quickly, but the Truqins obviously discovered the secret of replacing the steam engine parts of their sail warships. When Ushakov's fleet approached the five warships led by Chu Feng again, they had already gone behind their sail warships!

Ushakov gritted his teeth and followed.

Chu Feng turned again, so both sides turned around the sail warship!

One hour later!

Fighter planes are coming!

At this time, the sailing warship has not yet completed the replacement of parts, and Ushakov's steam fleet has come to replace parts again!

"Boom..."

The pure steam warships faced most sail warships, and the battle between a very few steam warships began.

On the east side of the Sea of ​​Azov, the Russian steam warships that were chasing the five auxiliary warships also faced this problem.
Chapter completed!