The smoke column was getting closer and closer, and it was clear that there was only one smoke column.

"The British North American squadron has six ships. If it were them, we should be able to count six smoke columns. But now there is only one, and this must be a return whaling ship." The Americans made such a reasonable inference and dispersed the fleet in advance so that they could surround and intercept it - although whaling ships generally do not have steam assisted power and cannot run fast.

The smoke pillars were getting closer and closer, and in General Cade's telescope, the boat finally emerged from the sea level.

"Hell! This is... This is the 'Free Trade No.'! Hell, how could she be here!"

General Cade once participated in the two-on-one battle with the Free Trade. It was very familiar to this super cruiser that thought it was a "nightmare ship" for Americans. So even though the distance between the two sides was still very far, General Cade still recognized this warship that had appeared in his nightmare more than once at a glance.

"'Free Trade'?'Free Trade' is back? Where is the 'Common Market'?" asked a young officer standing next to General Cade in a strange way. At the same time, he noticed that General Cade's hands were trembling slightly.

"It's not our 'Free Trade', it's the British, it's the 'Indomitable' of the British!" General Cade stabilized his mentality, and then said in a calm voice as much as possible, "Order, the fleet will be gathered immediately and ready for battle!"

The US fleet, including three super cruisers and three ordinary cruisers, began to reorganize, accelerate, and prepare for the battle.

General Cade felt that although the performance of his warships was indeed far inferior to the British "Indomitable" ships, they were in large numbers after all, so they were not without the power to fight.

After being ravaged by the French "Free Trade", the US Navy has been studying a problem, that is, how to fight against the "Free Trade". When the French listed the "Free Trade" for sale, the Americans jumped out and raised their signs, hoping to buy the warship that made them have nightmares to sleep at night. However, the British killed halfway and snatched the princess in the minds of the US Navy at a higher price - so the British are not good things! My father told me the three principles of life - believing in God, paying taxes according to law, and hating the British really makes sense.

After the British bought the Free Trade Unit, the US Navy continued to focus on how to deal with the Free Trade Unit.

From the technical details disclosed by the French when selling the Free Trade, the Americans found that the existing naval guns of the US Navy could not penetrate the defense of the Free Trade. What should I do? Of course, I quickly ordered some armored naval guns from the French that could penetrate the Free Trade. Therefore, although the Americans could not buy the Free Trade back at that time, they brought the money to buy the Free Trade, but they did not bring them back to the United States. Instead, they all turned into expensive French long-barrel cannons.

This kind of rear-mounted long-barrel cannon has an astonishing thirty-times caliber barrel in this era. (So this thing is not all a scam, because the longer the barrel, the more difficult it is to drill.) The initial velocity of the shells fired is as high as 600 meters per second, so it can easily penetrate the draped iron armor outside the first version of the "Free Trade" at a distance of 500 meters. In this era, the distance of 500 meters is already quite far from the bombing of naval guns at sea.

Of course, the British also equipped their newly bought "Unqu" with the same cannon. This is of course one of the reasons why Americans do not hang iron armor on their super cruisers: anyway, if they hang iron armor within the normal range of killing, they cannot stop the French cannon. So, it is better to just run naked, at least this way can run faster.

Because of the armored naval guns that were enough to penetrate the "Unqu", the Americans were still very confident in this battle.

The two sides began to approach each other, and six warships of the US fleet lined up from two columns to meet them. If both sides maintained their current course, the "Unqu" would pass directly from the middle of the American columns. If it were the past, such a practice would not be considered. Anyway, the American cannon could not penetrate the iron armor of the "Unqu". It was enough to just guard against the Americans playing bumper ships without any chance.

But now, the situation is a bit different. The American naval guns can also penetrate the iron armor of the "Urqu". So if the Urqu chooses this approach, it can certainly gain the advantage of firepower because both sides of the left and right can open fire, but it will also suffer significant losses because both sides of the left and right are shelled. Therefore, the British began to turn first.

The British knew that compared to the American fleet, he had some advantages:

First, their warships have higher speeds, which gives them a better chance of gaining the upper hand in the game of t-snatching and their sailors have higher training levels.

Secondly, the British modified the "Introvert" and canceled the original method of laying artillery on both sides of the gun deck, but installed two doors on the front and rear decks of the ship on a circular cannon that could rotate at a large angle.

After the British turned, the Americans also began to turn to avoid being snatched the T head. Then they soon became a fleet of both sides to draw circles on the sea. The British tried hard to grab the Americans' head position, but the Americans kept turning and trying hard to keep the two sides in a opposite position on the side.

The "Unforcing" has a slight advantage in speed, but these Americans' ships are more flexible in steering, so it is not easy for the British to grab the Americans' T-position.

After turning a few laps, the distance between the two sides began to be closer, but due to angle issues, the Americans' side guns could not aim at the "Unforcing" and fire the guns, but the "Unforcing" tail guns could turn the angle and fire the guns at the Americans. Although the British had only two tail guns, and everyone was maneuvering at high speed, the accuracy of the shelling was not high. The first few guns failed to hit.

However, being beaten unilaterally but unable to fight back is the most harmful to morale. Moreover, if these shots fail to hit, it does not mean that they will not hit in the future. At this distance, once hit, the damage to the US warships will definitely be very serious.
Chapter completed!