Should they charge or not? The twelve Barton fast ships had not yet made up their minds when Ironclad Ship 001 was already charging toward them head-on at full power, moving with terrifying momentum and not showing the slightest fear. Its message was simple: you have already been surrounded by me!
At this moment, without even mentioning anything else, the twelve Barton fast ships had already lost a step in terms of momentum.
On top of that, with two large warships serving as command ships sunk within the same fleet, the twelve Barton fast ships had clearly fallen into chaos.
White Butcher, on the other hand, was only getting into his stride!
During the earlier combat drills, he had already predicted how formidable Ironclad Ship 001 would be in the current stage of naval warfare. After putting it into actual combat, however, the fighting power it displayed had far exceeded his expectations.
White Butcher had always been extremely aggressive, and at this moment, he had completely cut loose, intending to show what he could do across this stretch of sea!
Confidence was one thing, but arrogance and conceit were still unacceptable.
The opposing side had twelve Barton fast ships, after all. Since he could destroy them much more easily, White Butcher would not choose to make things harder for himself by fighting a difficult battle.
"Entire fleet, hear my order! Spread out into an encircling formation and attack the twelve Barton fast ships from both sides!"
Upon receiving the order, the Great Zhou fleet, which had originally been sailing ahead, all turned their bows around, spread out their formation, and moved to envelop the Barton fleet from the rear.
At this stage, the encirclement had not yet fully formed, but the rapid change in the situation still threw the Barton