Lord of Ming Dynasty

"Maybe they want to intercept our escort warship, intercept us and destroy us, maybe they can save some face. After all, they have failed too much." The first officer interjected.

Tang Kefeng: "All personnel entered the state of engagement, dispatched fast warships and destroyers to intercept, separated the formation, finished the glyph, protected the cruiser formation on the inside, and we continued to move forward. If the enemy does not vigorously attack and surround us, we will pass by them. If they open fire, we will counterattack and let the No.12 and No.30 three formations of the coastal defense fleet pay attention to protect the commander's cruiser, and if necessary, they can leave us and rush out of the encirclement."

Although he had doubts about the enemy's intention, Tang Kefeng still gave the correct order, first protect the people who need protection and rush out, then prepare for the battle, try not to conflict with the enemy, and fight, because they are not fighting alone now Formation, now their task is to escort.

"Flanking cruisers form an assault to intercept the enemy."

"The second group on the right wing spread out the battle line, ready to intercept the enemy,"

"The formation of the main fleet is unfolding in wild geese. Each formation should pay attention to the enemy's ambush and be ready to maneuver and respond at any time."

The enemy's intention to attack and intercept is becoming more and more obvious.

The fleets of both sides are approaching, approaching, until they are within range.

Here, in order to keep the task completed, exercise restraint.

But the French began to attack. After the heavy artillery fire, the fleet of the New Kingdom began to maneuver and evade, and counterattacked. The two sides fired the first round of mutual test fire.

The shells landed poorly, and both sides were maneuvering, so there was no accuracy.

However, the two sides are approaching each other, approaching each other, and the accuracy rate is getting higher and higher. The closest artillery fire is the artillery fire fired by the fast battleships of both sides. It is barbaric and crazy. The decks of the fast battleships of both sides are suddenly full of flames, thick smoke billows, and is in a mess. There were heavy casualties, because the French also used the fast warships of the New Kingdom for scouting and covering, patrolling, and conveying news. The French warship system used the warship system of the New Kingdom, and the New Kingdom supported them for 20 years.

Now when swords and soldiers meet, it is the New Kingdom that hurts. Many warships of the French were used by the New Kingdom or built with the help of the New Kingdom. Sometimes the knives stabbed by brothers are the most hurtful and painful.

But how can I say that the French use the outdated warships and artillery of the New Kingdom? Of course, the New Kingdom will not give the French their most advanced warships. In recent years, the French have obviously leaned towards the British, although the two are also enemies. However, it is common for the West to split up and cooperate for the sake of profit. Under such circumstances, of course they cannot get the latest warships and improved warships of the New Kingdom.

In short, advancement will always be an important factor for the New Kingdom to survive in the West, and being ahead of the curve is the mission of every New Kingdom person.

The New Kingdom recruited many Western scientists for refuge, and at the same time trained a large number of Han Chinese talents in all aspects, from education to technology, to various technical talents.

From the initial heavy loss of low-level warships to the final contact and engagement of the main fleet, when the battle started, the two sides finally entered a state of anxiety. At this time, the French began to become decadent, fled, and retreated steadily.

Because the firepower of the new main battleships of the newly replaced New Kingdom is too fierce, the main battleships of the New Kingdom two generations behind them can't resist at all, and have to be defeated. The assault of the fast battleships that overwhelmed the New Kingdom Tang Kefeng's fleet, on the general-purpose destroyers, the two sides can fight evenly, but on the cruisers, they began to be worse.

When it comes to the main battleship, they are no match at all.

"Fire,"

The old main battleship of the New Kingdom used by the French had four turrets, and twelve cannons fired in one direction in turn. The three destroyers of the New Kingdom that were outflanking were immediately enveloped in the near-missing shells of twelve [-]mm cannons. .

Here, the five turrets of the new main battleship fired a salvo at the same time. The 250mm caliber artillery fired immediately. The French main battleship was hit by several shells. The battleship, less than a minute later, exploded and disintegrated.

The old main battleship of the New Kingdom used by the French had four turrets, and twelve cannons fired in one direction in turn. The three destroyers of the New Kingdom that were outflanking were immediately enveloped in the near-missing shells of twelve [-]mm cannons. .

Here, the five turrets of the new main battleship fired a salvo at the same time. The 250mm caliber artillery fired immediately. The French main battleship was hit by several shells. The battleship, less than a minute later, exploded and disintegrated.

Chapter 1958 Yuan Xiaodao's Life

Yuan Xiaodao stood on the bank of the demarcated canal in Egypt, looking at the mountains and sand dunes in the distance. As an army unit, he came here from North America, and as a Han Chinese born in the fertile land of North America, he felt The motherland they speak of is very far away.

At this time, the intelligence from all parties has become clear. This is a temporary decision made by the fleet commanders of Britain and France. They feel that blocking this passage is beneficial and harmless for the time being, and it can also put pressure on the New Kingdom and relieve the pressure on the New Kingdom. Due to the pressure from the failure of the Haixiakou War in the two countries, many noble dukes resigned and stepped down because of the failure and loss of the war.

The Western Kingdom always likes to play this, to give a signal to the people in the country, at least a signal that there is no complete failure, so as to relieve the pressure given by their current people and the pressure given by various factions to them, the consuls on stage.

In short, it is a decision that the officers and soldiers have to continue to work hard in the hopeless war. In fact, since the interception failed, there is no need for them to cruise here.

It is very dangerous for them to cruise like this, unless they have more and bigger plans, and they will use the remaining reserve of more than 4000 warships. A decisive battle in a sea area close to their country and far away from any overseas territory or the mainland of the New Kingdom, so that they may use their numerical superiority to disable the New Kingdom's reserve force, otherwise, they can only add fuel to give away their heads.

After discussing with Zhang Yuan on the cruiser, Tang Kefeng of the Seventh Formation asked the cruiser formation and a coastal defense fleet formation, as well as the wounded warships and ships carrying supplies and wounded, a total of 36 warships continued to escort Zhang Yuan back to Azov The archipelago also dispatched five fast warships to observe after the crash. If someone intercepted Zhang Yuan’s returning fleet, they would report to Tang Kefeng at any time. To facilitate timely reinforcements, in the remaining time, Tang Kefeng and the others decided to give the enemy's interception fleet a counterattack.

For them, especially for Tang Kefeng, the battle at the mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar was just a warm-up match. They were fighting under the command of others. At this moment, he finally had room to show himself.

Finally, the opportunity came. The remaining coastal defense fleet consisted of 24 warships, and their 51 warships, a total of more than 70 warships. He wanted to sneak attack the enemy.

The battleships of the Seventh Formation fought hard to catch up, and finally intercepted the main force of the enemy's fleeing fleet.

After the battle, the battleship no longer had the original vigor and enthusiasm, but everyone still tried their best to cheer up, because the enemy had not been defeated yet, and they had to continue fighting.

The previous encirclement and pursuit battle was quick but unsuccessful.

But nothing, the enemy has nowhere to escape.

The observer quickly reported the reading, and then the gunner quickly adjusted the artillery to form a straddle fire. In the next shelling, there will be a 90.00% chance of the battleship being hit by the shell. Of course, there are also battleships with high combat quality. .

Although it missed, a near-miss bomb exploded 13 meters away from the enemy destroyer, causing a huge wave as high as 30 meters high. The shrapnel from the explosion flew to the destroyer, blowing up at least a dozen people and hitting a double-linked enemy ship at the same time. The base of the turret, this base immediately lost the function of rotation, the artillery was stuck in front of the chimney and the turrets of the secondary guns on both sides, and at the same time swept the mounts of the two 120mm secondary guns.

At the same time, the enemy's main fleet also fired countless shells at this side, and the shells coming and going from both sides could fight in the air.

In the first round, in the second round, the losses in the first round were the enemy frigates and destroyers intercepted by the low-level warships in front of the enemy, as well as some cruisers. The artillery shells and the neatly arranged formations were smashed by dense secondary artillery, or torn apart by the shells. In addition, their purpose was to entangle the warships of the New Kingdom in front of them, so they could not go away.

If you can't walk away, you can only be hit, and after you hit it, you can only sink, and become part of the losses in the naval coalition forces of the West, Britain, France and other countries.

The battle started in preparation. There are more than 1000 warships here, plus the low-level warships of the coastal defense fleets in various ports. The main battleships have been dispatched to charge ahead or cover both sides of the main fleet. This time we must go all out to try to block the enemy's attack.

The combat power I have exploded at this moment, but the enemy's fleet has too many warships, and they are too close together. Within half an hour of the enemy's main fleet fighting with the main fleet here, there are destroyers and speedboats that have slipped through the net. It broke through the defense lines of all the warships of the New Kingdom here, rushed to the rear of the fleet, and rushed to the coastline.

Near the coastline, the destroyers and fast warships that were cruising immediately came to intercept them. These are the warships that the coastal defense fleet put behind to defend the port and the shore, and even the old ships and merchant ships in the port were transformed into the last line of defense, and patrols were added. The army is here.

How many such warships are needed for a coastline of hundreds of nautical miles to intercept the enemy's warships breaking through the blockade.

So many warships, let’s talk about how many broke through the blockade, and were quickly submerged under the artillery fire of the swarming destroyers and fast battleships patrolling the coastline, without even a wave.

As the battle continued, the New Kingdom lost 150 warships in an hour's battle, all of which were low-level warships and some main battleships of the coastal defense fleet charging ahead. In order to stop the enemy on both wings, they tried their best. After all, their warships were Old or damaged warships, because only those warships can be decommissioned into the coastal defense fleet.

After a fierce battle, running back and forth two to three hundred nautical miles away, they should have entered the shipyard for maintenance, but now they still have to fight. With the collision of the main fleets of the two sides, their task is to intercept the enemy from the two sides. It is a warship that is trying to infiltrate near the coastline with a large number of people and ships, attack the coastline, and cause damage to the coastline of the New Kingdom.

They retreated, but opened their own defense line, so that British and French warships, especially low-level warships, relied on their speed advantage to continuously pass through their defense line and penetrate into the formation of the main fleet, resulting in the firepower of the main fleet. They have to be intercepted, and they have to be prevented from passing through, but because there are too few battleships.

The enemy has more than 4000 warships. The New Kingdom has only about 2000 warships on the front line. The rest of the coastal defense fleet has hundreds of warships and hundreds of warships that have been transformed into merchant ships. There are more than 4000 warships in total. The successive attacks of multiple warships made more and more enemy warships slip through the net.

Chapter 1959 Construction of the canal begins

Zhang Yuan and Wang Weiyun stood on the cliff and looked at the workers who were digging the canal. They hired a lot of people from Africa, and then transported millions of captives and temporary personnel to both sides of the canal to dig the canal.

At this time, the intelligence from all parties has become clear. This is a temporary decision made by the fleet commanders of Britain and France. They feel that blocking this passage is beneficial and harmless for the time being, and it can also put pressure on the New Kingdom and relieve the pressure on the New Kingdom. Due to the pressure from the failure of the Haixiakou War in the two countries, many noble dukes resigned and stepped down because of the failure and loss of the war.

The Western Kingdom always likes to play this, to give a signal to the people in the country, at least a signal that there is no complete failure, so as to relieve the pressure given by their current people and the pressure given by various factions to them, the consuls on stage.

In short, it is a decision that the officers and soldiers have to continue to work hard in the hopeless war. In fact, since the interception failed, there is no need for them to cruise here.

It is very dangerous for them to cruise like this, unless they have more and bigger plans, and they will use the remaining reserve of more than 4000 warships. A decisive battle in a sea area close to their country and far away from any overseas territory or the mainland of the New Kingdom, so that they may use their numerical superiority to disable the New Kingdom's reserve force, otherwise, they can only add fuel to give away their heads.

After discussing with Zhang Yuan on the cruiser, Tang Kefeng of the Seventh Formation asked the cruiser formation and a coastal defense fleet formation, as well as the wounded warships and ships carrying supplies and wounded, a total of 36 warships continued to escort Zhang Yuan back to Azov The archipelago also dispatched five fast warships to observe after the crash. If someone intercepted Zhang Yuan’s returning fleet, they would report to Tang Kefeng at any time. To facilitate timely reinforcements, in the remaining time, Tang Kefeng and the others decided to give the enemy's interception fleet a counterattack.

For them, especially for Tang Kefeng, the battle at the mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar was just a warm-up match. They were fighting under the command of others. At this moment, he finally had room to show himself.

Finally, the opportunity came. The remaining coastal defense fleet consisted of 24 warships, and their 51 warships, a total of more than 70 warships. He wanted to sneak attack the enemy.