Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 99 Qiongzhou Naval Battle

Looking from a distance, Bai Mingxiu saw clearly the situation of the steam ironclad fleet. When the gun decks of several steam ironclad battleships opened their gun doors one after another, the side of a huge battleship turned into a black hole. Suddenly, Bai Mingxiu's scalp tingled. These steam ironclad ships were flying the French tricolor flag, and each ship had a layout of [-] guns, which was not much worse than Bai Mingxiu's fleet.

"A lot of guns..." Meng Hui, the captain of the Ning Hai, also said in surprise.

But on the side of the navy fleet of the Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army, Bai Mingxiu was even more excited than his navy commander, Sister Shi.

In addition to this temporary task, he actually received three tasks when he entered the dungeon.

"[Challenge mission main line: first sea battle], defeating the fleet in the challenge mission in the sea battle, according to the number of enemy ships sunk, the rewards are divided into three levels: sinking or capturing less than 20 enemy ships, reward 5 Golden Finger Coins, Obtain 74 third-level sailing battleships with 2 guns; sink or capture less than 20-40 enemy ships, reward 15 Goldfinger Coins, obtain 92 second-level battleships with 2 guns; sink or capture more than 60 enemy ships, reward gold 30 finger coins, and get 120 first-class battleships with 2 guns."

"[Challenge Mission Side Mission: Boarding Battle], personally lead the troops in a naval battle, board an enemy ship and capture it, and will be rewarded with 1 gold finger coins and four B or C-level special talents."

"[Challenge Mission Main Mission: Rescue Yanping], your faction will not allow a prince to die in an inexplicable naval battle. Rescue Zheng Chenggong, and you will be rewarded with 1 gold finger coins and multi-expansion steam engine technology."

Bai Mingxiu went crazy when he saw the three tasks released by the system.After he captured Guangzhou, he still wondered why the system didn't release a new main mission for him. He didn't expect to rescue Zheng Chenggong and his Zheng fleet this time. The system issued three side missions in one go, and each mission had rewards. He wanted them all very much.

So he took Sister Lion's hand affectionately and said, "Sister Lion, it's all up to you!"

Bai Mingxiu knew very well that although the opponent's steam ironclad ship was particularly thick, and its speed was not weaker than his own ironclad ship, and even had an advantage in headwinds, their naval gun technology was not as good as his own, let alone his own Let's put the lion sister, the naughty ship girl.

The navy of the Restoration Army maintains the battle line, facing the enemy broadside, and the enemy fleet is also a group of 10 ships. It is inexplicable that the bow of the ship is facing the Navy of the Restoration Army. They don't seem to know what they are Perfectly gave a T prefix to the other party.

"Get into the range of our ship!"

Sister Lion asked, and suddenly shouted: "Fire!"

Dozens of artillery guns on the side of the battleship Ninghai, even including the 155mm naval rifled gun developed by the Second Bureau of Australian Ordnance, fired at the oncoming enemy warship at the same time.In front of Ninghai, a third-tier sailing battleship, the steam ironclad ship was about the same size, but it would still hurt a lot if it was suddenly beaten like this.

"The enemy's damage has been determined and a certain amount of damage has been caused."

Bai Mingxiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, these steam armored ships were only covered with a layer of iron on the wooden hull and had no protective deck.The steam ironclad was hit head-on by the Ninghai, and immediately a large piece of wood on the deck was overturned by the shelling.

Speaking of which, in fact, the technical level of the guns used by the Fuguo Army Navy is the worst in the Ming Dynasty Fuguo Army. Except for a few 155mm rifled guns, most of the other 24-pound and 32-pound guns are not as technical as the Napoleon guns. It belongs to the more traditional naval smoothbore gun.

However, when firing solid shells, these artillery can still easily tear apart enemy ships.

In contrast, the artillery technology used by the steam ironclad ship is not even as good as the Napoleon gun, let alone the 155mm rifled gun.Their only advantage is their iron shell and steam power.

Bai Mingxiu stood on the deck and watched the steam warship be riddled with holes by the salvo from the Ninghai. The debris of the plank was stuck to death, and some people fell directly into the sea, which was very miserable.

Naval battles with this idea are extremely dangerous, and anyone on the deck who participates in the battle is at the risk of death.Nelson was killed while commanding the Battle of Trafalgar, and before that battle, he lost an eye in Corsica and was later cut off by the Spaniards.

It can be said that naval warfare in the age of sail, whether sailors or naval officers, is a high-risk occupation, and the disability rate and death rate are very high.

However, when Bai Mingxiu finished the dungeon, he got a body strength increase of 100 points, so anyone could die while recovering his combat power, but this guy couldn't die, even if the Hongyi cannon hit him, it was useless.

Another person who cannot die is the ship's mother, Sister Shi. Although her body feels delicate and soft to the touch (Bai Mingxiu insists that he has never touched it), after all, she is the body of a steel ship with more than 4 tons, so some solid bullets can still There's really nothing I can do about her.

Sister Lion also made some research and judgment: "Basically, with the defensive power of the enemy ship, it is almost enough to be fired from the front by a third-tier battleship like Ning Hai."

What made Bai Mingxiu even more relieved was that although Bai Mingxiu's naval guns were a little weaker, the opponent's guns were even worse, and the M1 rifles in the hands of the sailors on his ship were all rifled guns, separated by hundreds of yards. Can also shoot people.

As the battle line moved, the warships of the Zionist Army Navy continued to roar with artillery on their sides.Such terrifying firepower has never been seen by this wild fleet. Even this fleet did not try to line up, but kept trying to charge.

"What's going on, is this fleet better at hand-to-hand combat? Is this going to fight us?" Miss Lion was a little surprised.

The opponent was also firing sparsely, and some shells also hit Bai Mingxiu's fleet, but did not cause any obvious damage. After all, the fleet of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army had an overall advantage in terms of battle position.

Not long after the start of the war, the heavy bombardment of the National Restoration Army Navy had sunk many enemy warships, and many other warships had also been paralyzed by the bombardment.The hull of the ship itself is covered with iron armor, so it should be very strong in terms of the ability to withstand shelling, but this fleet has a strange style, and it wants to approach Bai Mingxiu and the others, and in this wind direction, the powerful Lion Sister It is possible to lead the fleet around in circles and prevent these enemy ships from approaching.And keeping a distance, these steam ironclad ships have nothing to sing

On the two absolute capital ships, Ninghai and Pinghai, the 155mm rifled guns fired a shot at the waterline, regardless of the armor protection, and directly opened a big hole. Basically, any ship will undoubtedly sink.And at a distance of several hundred yards, rifled guns are much more accurate than smoothbore guns, so being hit by this kind of thing is basically equivalent to a roll call.

(End of this chapter)