Lord of Ming Dynasty

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.

There is no way to deal with this kind of Tang Kefeng. Even if he commands, even if His Majesty Zhang Siyuan comes down, he also thinks that under such circumstances, on the wide sea of ​​fifty nautical miles, it is really impossible to stop the enemy's attack. Infiltration, although it is constantly retreating, the formation is shortening the distance, and the defense area is getting smaller and smaller. From fifty nautical miles to 45 nautical miles, and finally more than 30 nautical miles, there are more and more enemies to be intercepted.

About an hour and a half into the battle, the enemy's infiltration warships had reached more than one hundred. The enemy paid a lot of battleship losses in order to infiltrate, nearly 200 warships were sent to the bottom of the sea forever, and nearly 100 warships Either they were seriously injured and captured, or they were seriously injured and retreated, or they were slightly injured and had to retreat, and opened fire to cover their fleet with firepower to continue their attack.

However, compared to the thousands of intercepting warships in the coastal defense fleet, the enemy's more than 100 warships are like shooting on rocks, and the eggs on the reef are quickly wiped out and captured in less than an hour. hour.

At this time, the New Kingdom had retreated to the defense of the 28 nautical mile wide strait mouth, and the shore artillery with the largest caliber of the strait defense fort also carried out long-range harassing artillery strikes, which caused a certain deterrent to the enemy's charging fleet.

There are also unlucky enemy main warships that were hit by a near-miss bomb. The near-miss bomb of the shore gun hit the side of the hull at a short distance of ten meters. It is too late to open a hole deep below the waterline, so the ship has to be abandoned.

In the third hour, the main warships of both sides suffered losses. At least there were more warships seriously and slightly injured, and the enemy charged in.

The battle at the mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar was just a warm-up.

No one can guess where their next move with the British will be. They are the leader of this campaign, and even the intelligence personnel of the New Kingdom can't guess or find out.

This is a battleship that is older than the newest main battleship, but he is also satisfied with that. He did not look at the first officer and the combat staff officer, who have been in the main fleet for more than ten years, and actually have more military exploits than him. Personal envious eyes?

In the third hour, the main warships of both sides suffered losses. At least there were more warships seriously and slightly injured, and the enemy charged in.

The battle at the mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar was just a warm-up.

This is a battleship that is older than the newest main battleship, but he is also satisfied with that. He did not look at the first officer and the combat staff officer, who have been in the main fleet for more than ten years, and actually have more military exploits than him. Personal envious eyes?

In the third hour, the main warships of both sides suffered losses. At least there were more warships seriously and slightly injured, and the enemy charged in.

The battle at the mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar was just a warm-up.

Chapter 1964 The Counterattack of the Ural Mountains

In the cold wind, the cavalry crossed the ridge one by one. The cold wind made every knight shiver. The wind on the tuyere is indeed strong.

The cavalry of the Qing Dynasty had broken through the Ural defense line, and the Ural defense line was useless. The merchants of the Qing Dynasty who had come to trade in those years infiltrated into various parts of the defense line of the Chinese Empire. They led the way, and the defense line was broken into tatters in a few months.

Maybe for four to five hours, the dark may not be able to shake off the enemy, but it is true that the dark can make the enemy fearful and dare not chase too close.

While Tang Kefeng was executing his plan, commanding the fleet to rush left and right, and use the newly added warships to cover the injured and captured fleet formations and move quickly towards Versa Island, the first officer came in with a telegram , silently handed it to Tang Kefeng, who had dark circles and bloodshot eyes, and said at the same time: "Congratulations, sir."

Tang Kefeng glanced at him inexplicably, then looked down at the telegram, why congratulate him?

The telegram reads:

"He Qingyun was transferred to Xinxizhou to serve as the fleet commander and governor at the same time. Tang Kefeng was transferred to the Azov Islands and served as the governor here."

Tang Kefeng was a little excited. After so many years, he finally made his mark.

Governor, Tang Kefeng is 48 this year, and he has finally come to the fore. He skipped the two levels of admiral and supervisor, and at the same time rose to an administrative official who is one step higher than the civil affairs chief.

But this also means that the burden on his shoulders is even heavier.

After this war, all the battleships were injured, and the battleships capable of nautical battles were all injured, but their combat effectiveness was still high. If there were warships from the British, French and Western coalition forces, those broken warships and old-style warships would still be of great importance to the New Kingdom. It's not a problem at all for the Navy.

Now they are still escaping from the enemy's pursuit at sea, and now appointing him as the governor of the Azov Islands is a bit abrupt, but it also makes him happy. After a while of excitement, he finally suppressed his mood, returned the telegram to the first officer, turned around and continued to command Fighting, they are still [-] nautical miles away from the island of Versa, and the enemy is chasing after them. Although the enemy dare not make any rash moves in front of the [-] warships, they are also afraid that the enemy will put all their eggs in one basket and attack frantically.

So they were careful not to provoke the Dutch, the British and the French pursued them with all their strength, and slowly dragged them to Versa Island. Although it is small, it has shore artillery defense and can also get fleet support from the African coast. At that time, it will be half of the enemy. After two to three days, the reinforcement fleet from Morocco arrived, and the reinforcement fleet from the Azov Islands arrived. By then, the enemy would have fled.

He Qingyun and Tang Kefeng made Zhang Siyuan and the others very happy. The two finally made Zhang Siyuan see the hope of the Imperial Navy.

There are more generals below who are rising rapidly, and this time, many generals have entered the eyes of the high-level navy.

Of course, they were not good enough to be named, or they were not well-known, and these generals were all Han generals, which made the New Kingdom finally get rid of its dependence on mercenaries.

"He Qingyun is in Xinxizhou, and Jin Qishun manages Morocco by the way. Although Tang Kefeng is old, he is still a navy general, but it is good to manage a harbor-shaped island. Qiangwei can still withdraw to replace Wei Yuanchao to manage the new Dingyang Prefecture. , Wang Weiyun was released to manage Florida and Cuba, while Jin Qishun and Wei Yuanchao managed the mainland, Zhang Yuan was still the commander of the navy, and Wei Yuanchao managed the army. Our new generation of talents is good, at least they are all old people who accompanied the New Kingdom. Even if they all have some deficiencies, they can work together to bring the New Kingdom to a higher level, at least it won't lose, and lose so quickly."

Song Qing said in an old-fashioned way.

The war had just ended. The French, the British, the Spaniards, and the Portuguese lost a total of more than 6000 warships. Many warships were either sunk or captured. A total of 1 warships were captured. Many warships, plus more than 1000 old warships from the Russians, Ottomans, Austro-Hungarians and other countries, they lost a total of more than 7000 warships.

It can be said that they lost more than they had.

The New Kingdom has not had a hard time with this. The coastal defense fleets of Morocco and Xinxizhou in the New Kingdom have been almost wiped out, and the warships supported by Xindingzhou and Xindingyangzhou have also been wiped out. At the same time, the main fleets of the three places have lost a total of more than 1000 ships. It can be said that the battleship also suffered heavy losses.

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.

Chapter 1965 New Kingdom Caravan on the Prairie

Yuan Xiaodao was selected from the Egyptian desert to carry out this mission to support the Han people in the viceroyalty of the Chinese Empire and fight against the invasion of the Russians, but it was mainly the troops of the governorship that provided weapons and equipment.

As for the defense of the canal by other troops, they rode war horses all the way from the desert, passed thousands of miles, fought with the Turks, fought with Persian steppe robbers, and protected about 5000 people with light weapons And ammunition and equipment, can be transported to the Central Asian ruling area of ​​the Chinese Empire, the governor's area.

Maybe for four to five hours, the dark may not be able to shake off the enemy, but it is true that the dark can make the enemy fearful and dare not chase too close.

While Tang Kefeng was executing his plan, commanding the fleet to rush left and right, using the newly added warships to cover the wounded and captured fleet formation and moving towards Versa Island, the first officer came in with a telegram , silently handed it to Tang Kefeng, who had dark circles and bloodshot eyes, and said at the same time: "Congratulations, sir."

Tang Kefeng glanced at him inexplicably, then looked down at the telegram, why congratulate him?

The telegram reads:

"He Qingyun was transferred to Xinxizhou to serve as the fleet commander and governor at the same time. Tang Kefeng was transferred to the Asian Islands and served as the governor here."

Tang Kefeng was a little excited. After so many years, he finally made his mark.

Governor, Tang Kefeng is 48 this year, and he has finally come to the fore. He skipped the two levels of admiral and supervisor, and at the same time rose to an administrative official who is one step higher than the civil affairs chief.

But this also means that the burden on his shoulders is even heavier.

After this war, all the battleships were injured, and the battleships capable of nautical battles were all injured, but their combat effectiveness was still high. If there were warships from the British, French and Western coalition forces, those broken warships and old-style warships would still be of great importance to the New Kingdom. It's not a problem at all for the Navy.

Now they are still escaping from the enemy's pursuit at sea, and now appointing him as the governor of the Asian Islands is a bit abrupt, but it also makes him happy. After being excited for a while, he finally suppressed his mood, returned the telegram to the first officer, and turned around to continue directing the battle , They are still [-] nautical miles away from the island of Versa, and the enemy is chasing after them. Although the enemy dare not make any rash moves in front of the [-] warships, they are also afraid that the enemy will put all their eggs in one basket and attack frantically.

So they were careful not to provoke the Dutch, the British and the French pursued them with all their strength, and slowly dragged them to Versa Island. Although it is small, it has shore artillery defenses and can also get fleet support from the African coast. At that time, it will be half of the enemy. After two to three days, the reinforcement fleet from Morocco arrived, and the reinforcement fleet from the Asian Islands arrived, and the enemy would have fled by then.