Lord of Ming Dynasty

Luo Zuo tried his best, but he still couldn't stop the British assault, especially when [-] British soldiers entered the battlefield with their cannons, the whole town became a sea of ​​flames, and fewer and fewer people resisted. The mercenaries and Russian mercenaries were almost completely lost. The residents of the town were either killed or hid in their houses. The cavalry squad could contain the enemy's cavalry, but they couldn't resist the enemy's approaching pressure. Many people were laid off.

The artillery of the artillery squadron exploded several barrels, but still could not stop the British attack. For both sides, everyone has a favorable location and friendly side. This town was originally attacked by the British, and they are familiar with it. Wen Ruxin and the others used to defend this small town and are even more familiar with it. Luo Zuo and the others have no geographical advantage.

At this time, Luo Zuo suddenly found that the backside was also under attack at sea. While bombarding the beach, three sailing warships rushed towards the pier, followed by several sailing warships, unable to defend. This is Luo Zuo's subjective judgment.

"Come here, tell the artillery squadron to blow up the giant cannon, and then move closer to me." Luo Zuo held back an officer of the Chinese squadron and told them to give orders to the Spanish artillery squadron.

He commanded the rest of the Indians and Iliads by himself, and the Han Chinese team continued to resist. With a messy manpower, it was necessary to find the right person who could speak Spanish to give an order, otherwise the order would not only fail to be conveyed, but might also arouse the opponent's resentment , now is an eventful time, a little bit of disgust may cause the enemy to quit.

Chapter 230

Luo Zuo, the Han commander of Bilin Town, is in dire straits, and his defense is about to fail. The lack of troops is his problem. The enemy is Wen Ruxin, who has defended and attacked Bilin Town twice, and British commander Wen Ruxin. , At the end of the fight, countless shells were tilted behind them by the British warships at sea. Luo Zuo felt that he had done his best, and now he should think about the way out for himself, especially the Han Chinese squadron.

Except for the Han Chinese squadron, anyone else can consume here. This is the purpose of the battle that Li Ya revealed to their confidant commanders.

The same thing happened at the other end of the land on the back of the adjacent town. A mixed force of Spaniards and Russians, with [-] Chinese, [-] French, and [-] British, attacked the pier of Grand Bank Port. .

This is a small stronghold, next to it is a logging camp, a small pier, and a military camp. In the military camp, there are a small squad of homeless people, a small artillery squad, a small Turkish squad, and 35 Han Chinese cavalry squads.

The attack here came a little late, because when the patrolling cavalry came back at night, they found the British attacking force. The cavalry squad sent people to Xinxianju Town to report before the enemy came, and launched an attack on the enemy. .

Then the garrison in the barracks ran out and fought with the British troops. If so, they had the upper hand, but the British still had sea troops. Two sailing warships rushed over, and five merchant ships behind carried the cannons and A company of the British attacked here.

When the smoke of war was rising, Xinxianju Town was also attacked by the main British fleet. The British who rushed to the 35 nautical mile sea were intercepted by several merchant ships patrolling outside. The artillery on the merchant ships had only three A six-pound gun, which is not enough to tickle the British sailing warship.

But these merchant ships alerted the port.

The sound of the cannon sounded, and the fleet at the port quickly gathered its personnel, fired and pressurized, the sailboats hoisted their sails, and left the port one after another. Mo Lin ran out from the water village and boarded the hastily repaired flagship of the Xinxianju.

Two brigades of sailors, some African mercenary soldiers, some Turkish soldiers, some Indian handymen, some Iliad handymen, and most of the Han Chinese squad that had stayed on the ship, quickly raised their sails to sea.

The four steam engine warships that came back from the last battle with the French, one Hangzhou, was directly dismantled, one Yangzhou was still lying on the berth, Jinling was barely able to fight, and Xinxianju, which was repaired with all its strength, could play its role. The previous [-]% combat power, the time is too short, but only four days, nothing can be repaired, especially the steam engine ship warship, you have to break open the hull, get out the steam boiler that was destroyed inside, and then drag it to the repair shop for repairs , and then put it in, cover it with wooden boards, and then install the armor plate. It is a huge project, so it will take several months, and there is definitely no such time now.

The sailing warship Taizhou, the original flagship of Sa Lei, can go to battle after simple repairs. The other sailing warships can only lie on the berth. A few steam engine warships with small tonnage, and a dozen sail warships with different tonnage levels, the strength this time may not even compare with the fleet of only sixteen ships last time.

Because those sixteen ships were selected from the best warships of the New Qin Empire to fight, and the rest were all flawed, or there were various reasons why they were not suitable for battle, and they might not be able to defeat the enemy. Now there is no choice, all All the warships that can be dispatched will be pulled out to fight. After this time, the New Qin Empire will not have a single ship that can be used for battle again. What remain in the port are a few small-tonnage fishing boats built by ourselves.

Yes, this time the New Qin Empire can be said to have lost all its wealth. Last time, in order to let the French give up their small islands around the adjacent peninsula, a total of [-] merchant ships with a tonnage of about [-] tons were paid. It can play some role in the battle with the British, but in the eyes of Li Ya and Mo Lin, these are not very useful, they are only for delivering food to the enemy. Facing the powerful British fleet, this wooden sailboat with eight knots They can't even drive at a faster speed. How can it compare with the fleet's overall cruising speed of eight to nine knots? They have to go all out, but they still can't keep up with the fleet's speed.

The British standard warships can easily reach a speed of eighty-nine knots. Now it is not the age of great navigation. It can be ruled by a speed of eighty-nine knots. Now, the Chinese Empire is leading a wave of technology, and the ordinary cruising speed They have all been raised to the lowest line of [-] knots. Even some old ships are running at [-] knots. During the battle, everyone has reached the speed of [-] to [-] knots. The fast steam engine warships of the Huaxia Empire can even fly to a speed of sixteen to seventeen knots.

At this speed, you can't even catch up. People can hit you at will, but you can't reach them, and you can't run away.

Although the British explorer colonial fleet here is not so capable, it can run at a speed of ten knots casually, and the speed of twelve knots in battle. The New Qin Empire still has some shortcomings in this regard, and the steam engine ship can reach This speed is even stronger, but the source of the sailing ship is very mixed, so the speed is only eight to ten knots, which is just enough to meet the minimum speed. In the current battle between the New Qin Empire and the British colonial explorer fleet, it can barely fight.

Just when the fleet was leaving the port to face the British fleet, at the land border between the peninsula and Newfoundland, the East Anglia port stronghold, the Trenwell stronghold, and the Miracin Island stronghold which is only a mile away from the Avalan Peninsula, At the same time, the attack of the infantry regiment led by Major Thomas and the attack of the British sailing warship were found.

These strongholds have a symbolic merchant ship, a liaison sailing ship, and a naval vessel of an armed merchant ship. At the same time, with the port of Trenwell as the center, a Chinese brigade, pirate squadron, African mercenary squadron, and Turkish squadron are deployed , an Iliad and Romanian, a Chinese cavalry squadron, a Spanish artillery squadron, Russian fighting squads, and Inuit captives and British captives, Indians, Iliads, and others The prisoner-based logistics brigade.

The strength reached 3000, and there were 3000 prisoners in logistics.

It can be said that apart from Xinxianju Town, this is where the military strength is the strongest.

The British learned a lesson and no longer attacked in a dense formation of guns, fearing that they would be shot down by the New Qin Empire with cannons.

The British used a battalion as a combat unit to attack three strongholds separately and at the same time, making it impossible for the three strongholds to deploy troops to support other places.

And their style of play this time is the same as that of the British who are currently attacking in Bilin Town. The tribal fighters in the front charge with cannon fodder to attract firepower. .

In the middle of the battle, the British fleet arrived. Of course it was not the main fleet, but some sailing squadrons.

Chapter 230 and Three: The Arrogant British Fleet

In the binoculars, Molin's fleet, which had just left the port, was regrouping and was cruising within five nautical miles outside the port. The British fleet approached the fleet aggressively, twenty nautical miles, ten nautical miles, eight nautical miles, and six nautical miles.

The British formed a fish-scale battle formation, surrounded by a dozen steam engine battleships in a figure-eight shape on both wings, with a relatively large tonnage sailing warship in the middle. Colonel Thomas personally observed from the flagship, commanded by Major Hawkins.

Morin arranged the limited fleet of thirty warships into two rows, and the ministers formed a long snake formation, aiming sideways at the enemy's invading enemy.

In front are [-] sailing warships plus a few small tonnage steam engine ships and a few paddle steam engine ships. Anyway, this is near the coastal waters of Xianju Town, and the impact of the wind and waves on the sea that the paddle steamers lack will be ignored. When the wind and waves are strong, the paddle wheels on both sides will be affected by the ups and downs of the wind and waves, and the power output will become unstable. When they are on the top of the waves, some paddle wheels may be idling, and a considerable part of power will be lost. It is said to be a very serious defect. When you pause, it is very likely that a shell will hit you.

Major Hawkins looked at the enemy's formation with a smile, then looked at the enemy's position, and said to Colonel Thomas: "Obviously, the enemy wants to fight us under the cover of shore artillery and approach the harbor because of their lack of strength. , there may be hidden reefs in some places, and the enemy wants to rely on our unfamiliarity with the terrain to plot against us."

Colonel Thomas smiled and said: "Hehe, they don't know. We are more familiar with this port than they are. We used to be in this port, but unfortunately we were driven away by the French, although they came to make some improvements and repaired the breakwater. Dam, but we are still more familiar with them. It just so happens that they helped me build it, and we will have a strong, solid, and comfortable port town in the future. Let them see our strength and leave it to you. Major."

"Yes, Your Excellency, I will definitely wipe out the enemy's fleet and bring back all of Newfoundland to the Empire." Major Hawkins answered Colonel Thomas excitedly with his head raised.

Colonel Thomas saw Major Hawkins, who was full of excitement, turned to command the flagship, and shook his head secretly, "Young man, if you give some encouragement, you will be very motivated. Back then, he was so motivated, for the sake of the empire, for the glory, but after so many years He came to live on a deserted island, it seems that he is the governor of the governor, but in fact he is lonely, and only he knows what it feels like to be exiled."

For so many years, he was just an old man waiting to die, only one step away from the general, but this step was 20 years of waiting.

Now, so what if he is a general?

He just didn't want the island to fall into the hands of the French or other outsiders, he made it his home.

"Hey, the Huaxia fleet has turned around. Do they want to escape?" Colonel Thomas trembled while holding the telescope. The telescope is a good thing. It was produced by the Huaxia people. It used to be a copper telescope or a monocular. Yes, but you have to close one eye when looking at a distant target, sometimes it is uncomfortable, but for people who are used to it, it is not uncomfortable, but after becoming a habit, one eye always In that way, people will become a little weird.

This is not the case with the telescopes of the Huaxia Empire. The wide rubber eye protection frame, the 35 mm long eyepiece, and the wide and thick fuselage can connect two binoculars for viewing, or they can be disassembled and used separately. Look, when the two overlap, the field of view is wider, and there is a certain distance measurement differentiation. The lookout holds a telescope and stands on the mast. He can simply calculate how far the other party is away from him through mental calculation. Of course, this is an estimate. , it can be said that the previous estimate is even more unreliable than this, but this one is at least reliable.

The ultra-long viewing distance, comfortable enjoyment, wide field of view, and ranging division make the telescopes of the Huaxia Empire famous all over the world, and all navigators want to own such a telescope.A telescope like this is worth [-] Chinese yuan. Even if Britain doesn't value China, the black market price of one pound is exchanged for [-] Chinese yuan, which is [-] pounds.

Five hundred pounds, in the hands of the British poor, may be the living expenses and all consumption of a family of four or five for three years. Now the British pound still uses Spanish gold coins, French gold coins, silver coins and other real gold and silver instead of pounds. The UK has also issued sterling banknotes, but people basically do not recognize the British sterling banknotes, and only recognize a small number of issued British gold bills.

One pound is equivalent to one-twentieth of the Spanish gold coin, which contains a lot of gold.But a gold list is equivalent to [-] Spanish gold coins or [-] Spanish gold coins, because Spanish gold coins are not rich in gold content, and some are crudely made, just like the Spanish gold coins issued by the Spanish governorates.

In short, the currency system is very messy. Five hundred pounds is equivalent to four or five hundred gold bills, which is equivalent to more than 2000 pounds.

This is a very expensive thing, and it is extremely precious in the hands of every naval officer. Every year, British merchants who go to the Chinese Empire can only get back about 100 such telescopes. After the royal family and the army buy some, the rest is not enough. The private buyers divided it up, and Thomas had to work very hard to get one. Compared with the copper monocular, this telescope is much lighter, and it has a hanging bag, which can be hung on the chest. The hanging bag is made of fur and added waterproof grease, so it is not afraid of water.

In the lens of the telescope, as analyzed by Major Hawkins, the enemy fleet that has already attacked has lined up in battle formation after galloping five nautical miles. In fact, no matter in terms of quality or quantity, these warships are scumbags in front of the British warships, and the British are not afraid of them at all.

Maybe the Chinese people also knew this result, so they were at five nautical miles, and when the British fleet pressed for half a nautical mile, when the two sides were close to the nearest line of fire, the opponent's sailing warship rowed a half circle and circled to four nautical miles The enemy's steam engine ships went behind the battle line. Although it took a long time to go around, and they were under the firepower of the British fleet's sailing battleships and the firepower of the steam engine battleships surrounded by them, they were In this way, he ran behind the steam engine battleship.

It's very complicated, but the British can understand it. This is because they retreated two nautical miles, let their steam engine warship face the British sailing warship when they were four nautical miles away, and ran to the back to avoid the enemy's sailing warship. Quantitative and qualitative suppression, as well as shrinking the front line by another three nautical miles, allowed the British to continue to press forward for one and a half nautical miles.

The British have rushed to the four and a half nautical miles of Xinxianju Town, which is already within the strike range of the artillery battery on the city wall of Xinxianju Town. With an artillery range of eight kilometers, all field artillery can almost hit this place up.

The first thousand 230 chapters are not stupid to underestimate the enemy

The British are very aware of the motives of the seemingly weak Chinese people in front of them, but knowing this motive is one thing, how to fight is the same thing, and no matter how they fight, they must pay sacrifices. easy.

After all, the French had consumed the most powerful naval fleet of the Chinese people for them, and the rest, through Wen Ruxin's report, they knew that they were all improvised warships, which might not even count as warships, but armed Just merchant ships.The British also have a large number of armed merchant ships, but these armed merchant ships have seen blood, and there are a large number of experienced British people drawn from the entire island in charge, and they think it is enough to defeat this group of ethnically diverse temporary naval forces .

What's more, the British know that there are still a large number of Inuit and Newfoundlanders. These two have been trained by the British for decades. At the same time, many of them have British blood in the tribal indigenous soldiers. Feedback According to the intelligence that came back, these people are simply time bombs in the Huaxia army.

This is the hidden worry of the New Qin Empire. This hidden worry broke out in the battle commanded by Commander Luozuo Huaxia in the neighboring town, which made Commander Luozuo fall into a predicament that was almost defeated, but this is not important. Because Li Ya and Wu Kejing predicted this form very well, most of the Inuit were deployed on sailing warships, and they were armed merchant ships, the kind of cannon fodder merchant ships.

Don't look at them in the first round of the contest, because the British didn't care and hid behind the defense line behind the steam engine battleship, but the British would not let them go, and Li Ya also didn't want a large number of Han Chinese teams, The Spanish squad, the pirate squadron, and the Iliads and Indians, two tribal populations that are currently relatively loyal to the Chinese New Qin Empire, became cannon fodder because of the better capabilities of the Inuit and Newfoundlands.