Lord of Ming Dynasty

The ensuing damage was that the sail above the head fell, covered the deck, and was burned by the flames caused. Immediately, white smoke rose to the sky on the deck, the flames ran wildly, and the raging fire had a tendency to burst out immediately.

In addition, three solid bullets hit the hull, directly penetrated the thin iron skin of the hull, and raged in the cabin. Wherever they passed, the gunners' limbs flew horizontally, screaming again and again, and the hull swayed left and right. , it seems that this ship will no longer pose a threat to the fleet of the New Qin Empire for a while.

There were three other shells, all of which were made of copper, and they were more powerful. They directly blew up the stern of another 750-ton enemy armed merchant ship in the front. The mast fell to the ground, and all the artillery behind it was destroyed. One piece, the most important thing is that the steering gear was blown out, and it stayed in place and turned around. Although the artillery in front could fight back, it is impossible to get the head right now.

Two near-miss bombs also hit around it, and immediately even a few sailors on the mast that was still upright fell off. The ship's deck prepared to go to the stern for rescue, and a few firefighters were also washed down by the big waves.

"Dong dong dong," shells exploded around the two ships like a torrential rain, and fell into the water. Even if they missed the shots, they would panic and make the two ships unable to fight back.

The five ships of the New Qin Empire Squadron slanted past the two ships at a distance of 300 meters, and the fighters on the ship also used mortars and three-pound artillery to wash the decks of the two ships. Soon no one dared to stand on the deck or sail mast, and hid in the cabin one after another, letting the artillery and bullets hit the ship like a torrential rain.

The two ships were scrapped.

The fleet continued to line up against the artillery fire of the British fleet over there. At this time, the firepower had been transferred to other warships.

The enemy twisted his body and finally turned around. The two sides fired at each other across the fleet and attacked each other.

This side is not without damage. The thousand-ton steam engine battleship over there has just risked to block the hole, and finally can resume shelling. The artillery fire concentrated fire and severely damaged.

The entire hull was blown up, nearly [-] shells fell on it, the turret was destroyed immediately, there were countless holes in the hull, the power was destroyed, the steam ran around, and the slaves in the bilge and the Han soldiers urged They were all scalded to death inside, and the superstructure was bombed to pieces. Even with the protection of armor plates, it could not stop the abuse of so many shells.

Fortunately, it did not sink, and there were still people on board. The steam engine ship withdrew from the battle line, and was alone to save the wounded.

The second lieutenant here finally seized the opportunity. A 32-pound artillery gun at the bow fired a burning red flaming solid iron ball, which directly hit the deck of an enemy 750-ton ship, and the fireball directly ignited it. A bucket of gunpowder, the gunpowder exploded, coupled with the gravity of the red-hot iron ball, directly penetrated the deck, smashed into the cabin below, and then burned several gunners to death, and the iron ball reached the cabin below amidst the sound of burning through , and then ignited the goods and materials inside, and the flames suddenly shot up to the sky. The iron ball finally lost power and stopped after burning through for the last time, but the enemy in the bottom warehouse was shocked.

Because there is the sea below.

So the ship was considered useless, because although it didn't burn through, there were still cracks under the feet, and the splashing sea water still couldn't stop pouring into the bottom tank, and it was over the knees in a blink of an eye. With tons of seawater, can your boat still sail happily?

What's more, the sail above the head was also burnt to tatters by the shells. It was not fast at first, but now it fell behind in just a few minutes.

So there was a rush, and when the people above remembered the hole in the bottom warehouse and rushed to plug the leak, the sea water was on the second deck of the bottom warehouse, the materials at the bottom of the cabin were all soaked in water, and more than ten tons of water poured into the cabin. Sea water, come on, this ship dare not move anymore, if it moves again, the pressure of sea water will immediately break the ship.

Killed three enemy ships, lost one ship here, slightly injured one ship, and the remaining four ships ran fast, and the shells hit the enemy for free. Their fleet is small, the turning radius is small, and they are all The steam engine ship, with power, turned without hesitation, but the sailing ship over there could only adjust the sails and mast, and it took a few minutes to turn in a hurry.

Only a [-]-ton steam engine ship can keep up with this side, and in the end it becomes four ships against one ship, fighting on the sea for several nautical miles. In less than a quarter of an hour, the enemy's [-]-ton warship has already moved. Staggering, with bullet marks all over his body, the second lieutenant commanded the [-]-ton battleship to approach and attack at close range, almost washing the enemy's deck with blood, smashing all the artillery and turrets on the enemy's shoulders.

Before they jumped up to help seize the ship, the white flag on the enemy ship was hoisted.

Let the wounded 350-ton steam engine warship lean up to receive the ship, wait for the signal from there, the ship has received, captured more than [-] enemies, and then turned to face those sailing ships, in fact, those sailing ships wanted to escape , As a result, because of the wind direction, it is necessary to drive against the wind to this side, and then turn to the other side to drive with the wind, and take the zigzag route to escape.

As a result, the remaining three ships rushed up and beat them violently, and the remaining four sailing ships of the enemy surrendered.

Send the remaining two steam engine battleships to receive the enemy, and then put down the boat to rescue the enemy who fell into the water and his own crew, and at the same time send people to transfer the excess manpower on the main battleship to those captured battleships.

There were more than 500 people on the main battleship, more than 30 people died in one battle, and more than 70 people were injured. The remaining people were used to operate this 100-ton battleship, so more than [-] people were separated from here, including those The lightly wounded were also transferred to the enemy's wounded two-thousand-ton warship, and that ship was completely under control.

Half an hour later, we took over four 750-ton sailboats and one [-]-ton steam engine ship, and at the same time returned to capture a damaged enemy ship and plug the loopholes. The other two suffered heavy losses. The ship could only be scuttled, and the enemy's wounded and remaining personnel were taken to other ships and locked in the bottom warehouse.

The battle lasted for 45 minutes, and other patrols patrolling near the enemy were about to come. With the current combat power of the squadron, it is best not to be attacked by the enemy. They could not attack the enemy at all, so they had to take the prisoners back in the dark.

This may be a small battle, and it is not a serious injury to the British. After all, the large and small ships they left on the sea outside the port of Xinxianju Town, the injured auxiliary ships, and the ships of the main fleet will not go down. More than forty ships, they have lost hundreds of battles of this size, and within this half, they lost hundreds of warships.

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Relying on its familiarity with the nearby waters, the fleet returned to the small safe haven where it hid on the side of the main island.

After returning to the port, the second lieutenant stood on the newly captured [-]-ton steam engine battleship and looked at it carefully.

It was soon found that it was not too dilapidated, at least the power chamber was not damaged, the steering gear was not damaged, and the propeller was not damaged. The damaged superstructure was repaired a little, and the damaged cannon was removed and replaced with other captured sailing warships. In less than half a day, this [-]-ton warship took on a completely new look, and our own fleet has another [-]-ton warship.

Walking to other parts of the port, five sailing warships were also being repaired, but one of them had to be dismantled because of its heavy injury, and the remaining four sailing warships were repaired with its plates, artillery, masts, and canvas. By dark, the five warships were ready for battle.

The crew of the [-] surviving British battleships captured and the British were imprisoned in a stone cave.

It is guarded by more than a dozen Han Chinese squadrons.

The manpower was redistributed, and the three steam battleships, together with the five captured warships, were reorganized into two small fleets.

In the evening, the second lieutenant was going to go out to make another deal.

Although one warship was lost and one was seriously injured this time, the results of the battle were gratifying. At least six enemy warships were captured, and one was thrown away and there were still five that could not be used.

The rescued crew includes the crew on the main flagship, and the previously rescued soldiers on the shore can be assigned to other ships.

In the evening, the eight warships sailed again, again targeting the enemy patrol.

In the middle of the night, the four sailing warships opened the way ahead with open fire, and the four steam engine warships followed with half fire for about fifteen nautical miles behind, and headed towards the sea under the cover of the night.

On the shore, a team of people was left to guard the captives and guard the two damaged warships. The warships with their parts removed were lying alone on the beach in the night.

"Sir, there is a signal from the front. We seem to be on a errand. They saw the lights of the port." The deputy beside him said a little startled.

"The lights of the port?"

"We are heading towards the deep sea, why have we reached the end of the land, is there something wrong?"

The second lieutenant was also struggling, but he quickly figured it out. The people on the second ship quickly sent a light signal. It was really a mistake. This fucking came to the other end of the Avalan Peninsula, away from the shore It's only about fifty nautical miles, and if you drive forward and turn slightly north, you can enter a strait that is only a dozen nautical miles wide.

Going further south, you will reach the coast. When you land on the shore, you will go around several ports at a fast pace. The inland river is Gubisburg, which is only about a hundred nautical miles away.

"Where are we headed?"

"Where is that idiot on the damn first ship from, who sent him on?"

Seeing the second lieutenant's eager and angry look, the deputy shook a bit, and said with some fear: "Because of the lack of manpower, the original British captain was used on the first ship, and the slaves in the bottom warehouse were also British. The crew and fighting soldiers are ours, but the Exile Squadron, the soldiers who escaped from Fort Swift Current.

The one on the watch is a leader of the original overseer brigade, a Spanish pirate who was recruited.This guy is from the pirate brigade. "

The second lieutenant clapped one hand on the railing of the two thousand ton steam engine ship, "Damn it, something must have gone wrong."

"Standing and staring, the watchman climbed down from the top, quickly crossed the platforms in the middle of the hull, turned over the top of the gun gallery, ran over, climbed up the ladder, exposed a head on the bow, and shouted to them: "Sir, The first sailing ship suddenly accelerated and headed towards the port of Gretzkov. The sergeant major on the second ship asked whether to shoot to intercept it? "

The second lieutenant was furious, and turned around and shouted: "What are you firing? I'm afraid that others will not know we are here. Let them come back and meet with the fleet immediately. Turn around and let's go back. Tonight is a waste of time. If the enemy patrol comes over later , we may not even be able to escape, this is the exit of the strait, we may have already fallen into the enemy's encirclement."

Before he could finish speaking, artillery fire came on in the distance. At least twenty ships opened fire on the three ships in front. The second lieutenant was really stunned, and he knew something was wrong.

The four ships of the entire steam engine fleet immediately increased the pressure of the boiler with all their strength, and thick smoke came out of the chimney. Although it was already suppressed, there was still the sound of whining steam, like a bright light in the dark night, pointing out the direction for the enemy. Then there were artillery fires around again, everyone was startled, and at the same time, doubts abounded, who fell to the ground and betrayed them?

It's all over the sea, even if they are betrayed, it is impossible to find them in the vast ocean, do you know them?

However, the artillery fire did not attack them, but as the artillery fire hit several ships in the distance, they knew that there were people of their own nearby. Five warships, and at least one steamship, because they saw black smoke.

The four steam engine warships immediately turned and rushed there. In the dark night, they saw the fire from the cannons on both sides igniting the night. The situation on the battlefield was clear at a glance. About thirteen nautical miles away, there were constant gunfire and constant fire, and they gradually moved towards this side. Approaching, a dozen enemy warships jumped out of the darkness here, chasing about seven ships.

Depending on the situation, five of them are sailing ships with a smaller tonnage, two are steam ships, and two are steam engine ships of the thousand-ton class. They are counterattacking the enemy fleet on the other side.

From the artillery fire and the flickering flames, it can be seen that the enemy has at least fifteen warships, at least three [-]-ton sail warships, five thousand-ton steam engine warships, and one [-]-ton steam engine warship. The enemy's strength is not small, and they are chasing the warships of the New Qin Empire who fled here.