Lord of Ming Dynasty

And those damaged warships are also undergoing comprehensive repairs, not just being able to operate. One-third of the artillery that can fire on them is good, so they dare to send them out to perform missions. Now they all have to be replaced. Only in a state of combat effectiveness.

After this operation, at least two hundred warships will be assembled, all of which are main battleships. Of course, they are the main battleships of the coastal defense fleet. The coastal defense fleet is more needed than the main fleet at this moment, because they can finally protect the coastline and fight against the enemy at sea. Fighting, every fleet of the coastal defense fleet is more powerful than the main fleet of the Dutch, and slightly inferior to the fleets of the French and the British. After all, those warships are outdated or the new warships are not equipped enough.

The enemy will never be allowed to break through the coastline and reach the shore to bombard villages and shore artillery facilities on the coast.

"Fire,"

The main battleship had four turrets, and twelve artillery guns fired in one direction in turn. The three enemy destroyers that were outflanking were immediately enveloped in twelve nearly lost shells of 250 [-]mm artillery.

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.

Chapter 2291 Search Outpost

After the bombardment of the naval guns, Meite Temple led a platoon of infantry to search for the enemy's outpost. A squad of recruits was left on the artillery position to protect the artillery. The recruits were left by the platoon escorting supplies to replenish their strength. Supplement soldiers.

Because the troops led by Yuan Xiaodao, under the assault of Yang Yong's cavalry, were basically on the coast of the Caspian Sea. Kazakhstan expanded a piece of territory and established a relatively solid military base. Many logistics troops went ashore or bypassed by land. The Kingdom of Persia and Ottoman Turkey, entered here.

In Central Asia, other troops have also begun to do the same as the original Xiaodao, using them as a base, developing multiple routes in the rear, penetrating into other places in Central Asia, some developing to Siberia, some developing to Afghanistan, and some continuing The offensive advances towards the Yin and Helan Mountains, the grasslands, and Russia.

At this time, Yang Yong's task is to continue to move forward on the original trail, and Yang Yong turns around to sweep around and expand the control area of ​​the base area, because many areas are not very stable, and there are still many horse bandits like Yang Yong and the others that they just eliminated. And the private soldiers left by the governors, or some deserters, and some local nobles and stragglers left by the merchants.

Yang Yong watched the reinforcements from Yuan Xiaodao's army load the treasures into vehicles and prepare to transport them out of the mountain. He ordered the cavalry to assemble and continue to go into the deep mountain. There were still some remnants in the deep mountain that had not been cleared away.

Of course, he also knew that such days would not be too long, because they were the vanguard troops after all, they were used to explore the way and test the reaction of the empire, not the main combat force. The main combat force was the main force commanded by Wei Yuanchao remotely. Under the command of lieutenant-level army generals, school-level officers and lieutenant-level officers like them really don’t participate too much in too many battles. The big battles are all at the brigade level. Life and death, or the ultimate battle, can not shake the situation in Central Asia.

In fact, their role may be okay in the early stage. They sent back a lot of information and told the empire that they had intervened in Central Asia.

As their battles started here, they eliminated a lot of enemies, at least a few thousand enemy troops. Of course, the enemies were more mixed, most of them were stragglers, some horse bandits, and some bandits who robbed houses. , I don’t know why the land here has always been in chaos. It used to be some Central Asian peoples here, but now it’s the Han people, but the Han people came here and I don’t know how they were changed by the environment here.

They suddenly became irritable and rough. Even the accumulated Confucian culture could not calm them down. They were bold and rough. They had no time to think about it. They changed with the environment. The climate and environment are national customs. Inevitably formed.

Therefore, it is impossible to stabilize here, but it is still possible to control the situation. After all, bold people are easy to be impulsive and easy to appease.

After Wang Weiyun gained a firm foothold in the Indian Ocean over there, he began to find faults with the British fleet here.

After gaining a firm foothold, how can we do it without a fight?It's good to announce their arrival.

Yuan Xiaodao and Yang Yong had a successful start, and they couldn't weaken the navy's limelight and let the army steal the limelight.

At this time, the fleet of the New Kingdom has been fully dispatched to guard against the British and French. The Spanish fleet continues to station, maintain, and patrol the Atlantic Ocean. Occasionally, a few ships enter the port shipyard for repair, maintenance, and replacement of some outdated artillery. and parts, and the others perform their tasks as usual, there is no way to remove them.

Then the fleets of the states and the local fleets began to mobilize on a large scale to escort and export their own capabilities for the eastward strategy, escort, transfer materials, and even maintain waterways. After some warships were eliminated, some warships were mobilized to continuously supplement Wang Weiyun and his side. The loss will increase the combat effectiveness here.

At the same time, he served as the deputy commander of the coastal defense fleet in the Strait of Gibraltar, responsible for logistics coordination, coordinating the decommissioning and exchange of warships between the main fleet and the coastal defense fleet, and supporting tasks.

The arrival of the reinforcement fleet has greatly supplemented their previous battle damage, allowing the main fleet to recover to [-]% of the number before the war, and those injured warships have been repaired, and after some simple repairs to the battleships have been basically completed, they have all been destroyed. Sent down and joined the coastal defense fleet, making the coastal defense fleet reach [-]% of the original fleet's number of warships, barely supporting coastal defense and limited offshore patrol missions, which can't do everything like before. and the umbrella of the strait.

After accomplishing such a task, the repair and maintenance work is divided in half, and one fifth of the warships have entered the maintenance berth for maintenance work, completely replacing the damaged parts, replacing the gun barrel, replacing the turret, and everything in the early stage of operation. Among them, the part lost in the battle, because the enemy still has the possibility of attacking, can only be repaired briefly, replace the barrel and correct the parts that need to be replaced, so that the battleship can go to work with injuries. Now that the situation has basically eased, we have to Give the battleship a new look to cope with the possible next big battle.

And those damaged warships are also undergoing comprehensive repairs, not just being able to operate. One-third of the artillery that can fire on them is good, so they dare to send them out to perform missions. Now they all have to be replaced. Only in a state of combat effectiveness.

After this operation, at least two hundred warships will be assembled, all of which are main battleships. Of course, they are the main battleships of the coastal defense fleet. The coastal defense fleet is more needed than the main fleet at this moment, because they can finally protect the coastline and fight against the enemy at sea. Fighting, every fleet of the coastal defense fleet is more powerful than the main fleet of the Dutch, and slightly inferior to the fleets of the French and the British. After all, those warships are outdated or the new warships are not equipped enough.

The enemy will never be allowed to break through the coastline and reach the shore to bombard villages and shore artillery facilities on the coast.

"Fire,"

The main battleship had four turrets, and twelve artillery guns fired in one direction in turn. The three enemy destroyers that were outflanking were immediately enveloped in twelve nearly lost shells of 250 [-]mm artillery.

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.

Chapter 2292 Fierce Exchange of Fire

"We are turning in the valley ahead, and I need two forwards to explore the way." Meite Temple said to the veterans around him, but everyone shook their heads. Nine of the ten forwards died, and one was seriously injured. Just for fun, the seriously injured people who were sent down were all the forward squad soldiers, Meite Temple looked at the ten new soldiers.

Although the Ottoman Empire begged for mercy, the New Kingdom originally gave them some forgiveness, but this time the New Kingdom would not let them go so easily.

The arrival of the reinforcement fleet has greatly supplemented their previous battle damage, allowing the main fleet to recover to [-]% of the number before the war, and those injured warships have been repaired, and after some simple repairs to the battleships have been basically completed, they have all been destroyed. Sent down and joined the coastal defense fleet, making the coastal defense fleet reach [-]% of the original fleet's number of warships, barely supporting coastal defense and limited offshore patrol missions, which can't do everything like before. and the umbrella of the strait.

After accomplishing such a task, the repair and maintenance work is divided in half, and one fifth of the warships have entered the maintenance berth for maintenance work, completely replacing the damaged parts, replacing the gun barrel, replacing the turret, and everything in the early stage of operation. Among them, the part lost in the battle, because the enemy still has the possibility of attacking, can only be repaired briefly, replace the barrel and correct the parts that need to be replaced, so that the battleship can go to work with injuries. Now that the situation has basically eased, we have to Give the battleship a new look to cope with the possible next big battle.

And those damaged warships are also undergoing comprehensive repairs, not just being able to operate. One-third of the artillery that can fire on them is good, so they dare to send them out to perform missions. Now they all have to be replaced. Only in a state of combat effectiveness.

After this operation, at least two hundred warships will be assembled, all of which are main battleships. Of course, they are the main battleships of the coastal defense fleet. The coastal defense fleet is more needed than the main fleet at this moment, because they can finally protect the coastline and fight against the enemy at sea. Fighting, every fleet of the coastal defense fleet is more powerful than the main fleet of the Dutch, and slightly inferior to the fleets of the French and the British. After all, those warships are outdated or the new warships are not equipped enough.

The enemy will never be allowed to break through the coastline and reach the shore to bombard villages and shore artillery facilities on the coast.

"Fire,"

The main battleship had four turrets, and twelve artillery guns fired in one direction in turn. The three enemy destroyers that were outflanking were immediately enveloped in twelve nearly lost shells of 250 [-]mm artillery.

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.

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.

Chapter 2293 Detour back

The fierce fighting and the constant reinforcements of the enemy made the Meite Temple overwhelmed, and the casualties increased. Now there are three seriously wounded, all of whom are recruits. Of course, Meite Temple knew that it was because they were cowardly, or because they were lazy, and they wanted to escape, these cowards.

Although the Ottoman Empire begged for mercy, the New Kingdom originally gave them some forgiveness, but this time the New Kingdom would not let them go so easily.