Lord of Ming Dynasty

Three to four.

The two sides happened to be on the same battle line. The flanking artillery of the two battleships on this side fired salvos. The middle one had to use the artillery at the bow and stern of the ship to salvo the enemy because the gun gallery artillery was destroyed. The flagship bow artillery was damaged. Only the stern can be used. The bow of the other ship is good. The stern of the ship was blown to pieces, and the bow can only be used.

Sure enough, after the salvo, the gun gallery artillery on this side of the other battleship was also destroyed, and was hit at the mast at the same time. Although the mast of the steam engine battleship is useless, it is usually used to look out and locate the enemy, but it is always lost. It's uncomfortable.

The flagship's stern cannon was also dumbed down this time. An enemy shell raged on the deck. In the end, the shell fragments got stuck on the turret rotation mechanism. Yes, unless the enemy comes from somewhere, it can only be abandoned. Of course, even so, it cannot be fired. Once fired, the shrapnel will destroy the rotating mechanism. In this way, the gains outweigh the losses, so they can only stop for emergency maintenance.

In this way, only two cannons at the stern can fire, and you can only use the cannon on the other side to fight back. The firepower of the whole ship is reduced by half. One cannon can fire, and if the enemy is not close to 800 meters, only one 75mm cannon can fire back.

In fact, this ship has been disabled. After discussing for a while, when the enemy was about five nautical miles away, the second lieutenant took the command team and most of the crew on another ship. Now it seems that the firepower is still intact. , another [-]-ton steam engine battleship of the third brigade with good speed and maneuverability, and then raised the flagship flag.

Going back again, the two sides were looking for each other's loopholes while firing aimlessly. Suddenly, a [-]-ton warship of the other side stopped, and then the entire warship turned over. The gunner of the warship that lost its flagship status hit the middle of the enemy's two chimneys with one shot, and the shell exploded on the top of the enemy's boiler room. The enemy's power was completely destroyed, at least no one could stand below the deck.

This looks good, the enemy still has two [-]-ton steam engine battleships and one thousand-ton steam engine battleship. Although there are two more in the distance, they are still seven or eight nautical miles away. It will take at least half an hour to get here. Come over and gather those crew members who fell into the water.

The enemy has an advantage in terms of firepower, but not in terms of tonnage. Seeing where the steam engine battleship is parked, a thousand-ton steam engine battleship immediately leans up and transfers personnel from above. The power is completely destroyed. This ship can only drag gone back.

This is three to two.

The second lieutenant commanded three ships to outflank the enemy, and the enemy's two steam engine warships fired back fiercely. However, before the second lieutenant could figure it out, the two enemy ships suddenly turned around, increased their speed, and ran away at a speed of twelve knots.

The three steam engine battleships were covered with scars, but compared to the two two thousand-ton battleships that were transferring personnel, the one thousand-ton battleship still had an advantage in firepower and tonnage.

The three ships surrounded them and made a circle to give full play to their remaining firepower advantage. Now they can choose which side to attack from. Therefore, by making a circle, they can revive their remaining artillery.

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After shelling for 3 minutes, the enemy's two-thousand-ton warship and one-thousand-ton warship raised the white flag, because they didn't move, the enemy moved, this was the target, and if they wanted to escape, the boiler pressure of the steam engine battleship dropped, and then went up, at least 15 minutes, not sooner, so they give the enemy 5 minutes to choose how to destroy them.

The original flagship leaned up, and the two ships on this side continued to circle around and monitor the enemy while setting up small boats. Soon, the uninjured thousand-ton warship was taken over, and the strength of the New Qin Empire Squadron increased again. stand up.

The [-]-ton warship suffered heavy losses, and it would take at least half a year for repairs when it went back. It could only remove important parts and artillery, capture personnel, and then detonate the gunpowder barrel inside and sink the matter.

When the thousand-ton warship that took over came to the [-]-ton enemy warship, the enemy also raised a white flag.

So the thousand-ton battleship captured the personnel, and then put a few people on it to control the personnel, and then dragged it away from the battlefield, returned to the original battlefield, rescued the wounded who fell into the water, and fired artillery to sink an enemy thousand-ton battleship that hadn't left. Captured the remaining battleship full of people who could not walk, opened fire and destroyed the battleship they rescued, and then returned to the ship that the squadron was abandoned, the flagship towed the seriously injured ship, and the remaining two thousand tons of battleships, two captured steam engine battleships.

The entire fleet dragged the three ships of the enemy and us, and the remaining three ships escorted the road and staggered back. It was already noon.

For some reason, the enemy's support and patrol fleet did not come.

Back at the garrison, nearly 3000 captives were escorted to the cave for guarding. Including the original captive enemies, the number was already close to [-].

But what is pleasing is that the two 750-ton sailing warships have returned, and the five sailing warships over there have also returned. Although the tonnage is not large, they can bring back many people.

At least 900 people were lost tonight, including more than 400 slaves, more than 150 Han officers, and more than 300 foreign mercenary sailors and gunners. Among them, 50 Han Chinese and more than 100 slaves and dozens of sailors and gunners were probably captured.

More than 300 people were injured, and more than 200 people were rescued after falling into the water. The rest were either missing or captured by the enemy.

The good thing is that four enemy steam engine warships were captured, one [-]-ton, one [-]-ton, two [-]-ton warships, and a [-]-ton warship on his side was rescued .

The squadron here can fight in total with the original flagship, and the two [-]-ton steam engine battleships brought back from the brother unit. The two enemy steam engine battleships that are in the best condition are the last captured enemy steam engine battleships, [-]-ton class of.

The two thousand-ton warships of the squadron were sunk.

The sailing warships brought back by the five brother units include two communication ships of tens of tons. There were only 35 people on board, but this time they came back full of people. They were all sailors from the original third sailor brigade and escaped The crew and slaves on the sunk ship squeezed in at least 80 people, and the two ships contained 160 more people.

There are 700 people on a 600-ton merchant ship, which is almost double the number of people. These people have more than [-] people after the number of driving and fighting hands.

There are more than 400 people gathered on a 180-ton armed merchant ship. This ship has only 120 manpower for operation and combat, but there are [-] more people.

A 300-ton sailing battleship is loaded with a lot of materials, steam engines, boilers, sails, masts, various parts, and iron-making furnaces, as well as dozens of artillery, turrets, hull armor plates, and more than 350 battleships. Personnel, it is said that there should be at least 300 people on this battleship, but there are only [-] people, and the others are not loaded because they are overweight.

In this battle, 300 people were killed and more than 100 people were killed, the sails were damaged, and the mast was broken. If the steam engine battleship squadron was not broken, its final fate would be to sink and be captured.

These people restored the squadron with only 600 people to full strength. At the same time, they brought [-] slaves and [-] combatants on land. The supplies they brought allowed the damaged warships to be replaced as soon as possible.

The fleet hid in the port for seven days, repaired the three captured warships, repaired the flagship, and repaired all the damage of the warships. Of course, it is impossible to restore the original combat effectiveness. It can only be said that the firepower can be guaranteed when fighting again. It can almost reach the fastest speed of [-] knots. Other places, many places are tattered.

The restored fleet has a captured 750-ton steam engine warship, four [-]-ton steam engine battleships, two [-]-ton warships, a [-]-ton sail warship, and two [-]-ton sail warships , a [-]-ton armed merchant warship, a [-]-ton merchant ship, and two communication ships.

The strength has more than doubled.

But the fleet did not go to battle. They sent two communication warships to the neighboring peninsula to inquire, and two 750-ton sail warships to inquire about the enemy's whereabouts.

It has been more than half a month since they lost contact with the empire. They don't know if the empire still exists?

Their side suffered heavy losses, but they recovered some strength, while the British side suffered heavy losses. Although they captured a 750-ton sail warship through a captive mutiny, the British also suffered heavy losses. Battleships were sunk, or damaged.

The enemy captured five steam engine warships, four sail warships, and eleven steam engine warships were destroyed, including four steam engine battleships of [-] tons, one sail warship of [-] tons, and eight thousand tons of warships. There are so many ships.

Almost disabled the original Newfoundland fleet.

At the same time, the patrol fleet on this side was almost crippled, to the point where only a few sail warships could be used for patrolling. Twenty warships must be assembled, among which steam engine warships are the main force, and sail warships are supplementary, before they dare to patrol. .

Here is the manpower of the third brigade, and on the other side of the island, the auxiliary fleet stationed on the four small islands was also severely damaged by the escaped fleet of the second brigade. Although the second brigade also suffered heavy losses, the remaining 45 ships Fifteen ships were destroyed, twelve were seriously injured, and only twenty ships were able to fight and harass.

The two sides greatly restrained the British forces, and the British only had 45 warships of the main fleet to continue fighting with Xinxianju Town and the surrounding ports.

In Xinxianju Town, the main fleet did not suffer much damage, but lost a [-]-ton steam engine battleship, a [-]-ton sail engine battleship, two [-]-ton steam engine battleships, and three [-]-ton steam engine battleships. , there are other thousand-ton and five-hundred-ton, six-hundred-ton sailing warships, and a dozen or so steam engine paddle steamers of one hundred tons.

As the two communication ships of the third brigade broke into the port and brought the news of the third brigade, Xinxianju Town finally breathed a sigh of relief. The second brigade still had twenty ships, and the third brigade still had a dozen Although the ship suffered heavy losses, it still exists. Everyone knows that the British were beaten badly.

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In Xinxianju Town, after losing 37 artillery pieces, 22 captives and [-] slaves, [-] Han Chinese soldiers, sailors, gunners, and cavalry, and an artillery officer from the officer regiment, the Navy's first There are [-] capital ships in a sailor brigade, ranging from [-] tons to [-] tons. From the capture to the five ironclad ships built by myself, a total of [-] ships have been lost. Under the cover of shore artillery fire, the main fleet is now only [-] The ship can go to war.

The surrounding ports were all destroyed by the enemy, and all personnel retreated three miles to build fortifications, and prepared to resist the enemy's land attack in hilly areas, wooded areas, swamps, and lake areas.

The breakwater dam was blown up by the enemy, the beach fort was destroyed by the enemy, and the cliff fort was mostly destroyed by the enemy. Because of the high terrain, the enemy had nothing to do, so the firepower there could still prevent the enemy from approaching the port. Under the enemy's artillery fire, they fought for a month. Afterwards, six hundred gunners were killed or injured on the cliff fort. The original foreign gunners were replaced by gunners from the First Han Chinese Brigade, Han Chinese gunners and foreign gunners from the artillery squadron, and finally replaced by slave gunners. When the slave gunners ran out, they were replaced by captive gunners. .

The gunners, sailors, and artillery squadrons of the entire New Qin Empire changed hands three times, and the Han soldiers also lost thousands of people, and finally defended the territory of the New Qin Empire.

Luo Zuo met the enemy's sea of ​​​​attacks on the border for nearly half a month. All the British on the island, British mercenaries from other countries, tribal fighters, tens of thousands of people, took turns to attack the border, and the cavalry brigade attacked more and more frequently. More and more came, but the number became less and less. From the more than 500 cavalry gathered in the front, only [-] cavalry went out to fight in the end.

The three ports, as well as the three fortresses and strongholds on land, have been breached by the enemy many times. When the slaves were driven to fight back, a large number of slaves were lost. Some slaves rebelled directly, and some slaves did not have time to rebel. Overwhelmed by the sea of ​​​​enemies.

A total of 2 slaves, [-] captive soldiers, [-] Han Chinese cavalry, and [-] foreign cavalry were lost. By this day, tens of thousands of tribal fighters and British mercenaries, the escaped British soldiers who had been captured died more than [-] people had to be separated in the end.

The third brigade of the Han Brigade only had [-] Han left, [-] more loyal Indian and Iliad warriors, [-] Han cavalry, and [-] Han gunners.

According to the news received, Gubisburg was breached by the British, Swee Tianlei led a brigade of [-] Han Chinese soldiers, [-] Han Chinese cavalry, [-] discarded cannons and shells, and the defeated remnants of the artillery carts retreated into Swift Fort Tecalente, together with Jinlin Merger, continued to stand firm, enduring wave after wave of attacks from tribal warriors.

If Jinlin hadn't received the help of two thousand Indian tribal fighters in the swampy mountain forest, it might have retreated to Gubisburg long ago. The enemy's strength is really too strong.

There are more than 300 Han Chinese killed and injured in a brigade, only more than 50 loyal allies, only more than 200 slaves, and more than 600 people left in the exile brigade. There were more than 100 tribal fighters left, more than 500 people fled from the mercenary brigade, more than 200 people rebelled, more than 100 people died in battle, and more than 800 people remained.