Lord of Ming Dynasty

But this is not enough, because there are nearly [-] warships on the enemy's battlefield, more than a dozen ships under [-] tons, [-] tons over [-] tons, and seven or eight ships under [-] tons. The second and third brigades have more than a dozen dilapidated warships.

While Wu Nan was calculating the enemy's strength and numbers, two warships of the second and third brigades were sunk. Depending on the situation, the second and third brigades could not hold the enemy back for long.

What is more powerful is that the main fleet has not yet shown its defeat, and it still looks very tenacious.

When Wunan and the others approached the battlefield, enemy warships separated from other battlefields also rushed towards them. A [-]-ton steam engine battleship rushed over first and reached the front of the two [-]-ton steam engine battleships. A [-]-ton steam engine battleship approached from the other side, trying to eat these two steam engine battleships that reminded them that they were similar.

The other two [-]-ton sail warships rushed towards the [-]-ton sail warship here.

There is also a [-]-ton sailing warship rushing out from the edge of the enemy's main fleet, and two [-]-ton armed merchant ships rushing out from the second brigade, both intercepting the [-]-ton sailing ship heading towards Wunan's current flagship. battleship.

The enemy's main battleship also rushed out of two [-]-ton steam engine battleships, and rushed towards the two [-]-ton steam engine battleships of Wunan's squadron that were still able to fight.

Wu Nan directly commanded the fleet to turn around and leave. He was attracting the enemy, in order to lure away as many enemy warships as possible, and relieve the pressure on the second and third brigades.

The entire fleet turned around when it was three or four nautical miles away from the enemy.

The enemy warships charged from four directions, they were not united at first, and they came from between the main force and several battlefields, so the speeds were different. Wu Nan led the fleet directly to the two smaller five ships that rushed over at the beginning. The [-]-ton and [-]-ton steam paddle wheel battleships, the enemy was frightened, turned around and left, but it was not so easy. Under Wu Nan's command, the two steam engine battleships accelerated and rushed in front of them, blocking them with their huge hulls The escape route, the [-]-ton sailing battleship made a detour, directly blocked their breakout route, and then the three warships opened fire together, focusing their fire on the [-]-ton steam engine paddle-wheeled battleship.

Here, the [-]-ton sailing warship and the two [-]-ton steam engine warships under Wu Nan rushed forward quickly. The turret artillery turned around, and the four shells directly blasted the paddle wheel of the [-]-ton enemy steam engine battleship. At the same time, it caused huge damage to the enemy's deck, and the fire confused the entire enemy's deck.

Seeing this, in just 2 minutes, the trend of encirclement did not take shape, and the enemy's [-]-ton steam engine battleship was destroyed. Wu Nan asked two [-]-ton steam engine battleships to follow him to the other three of his own warships. move closer.

It was not an easy task for six battleships to focus on a mere 2-ton steam engine paddle-wheel battleship. In less than [-] minutes, the [-]-ton paddle-wheel steam engine battleship was smashed to pieces.

When the enemy's other warships did not arrive, the six ships, under the enemy's artillery fire, fired back and retreated from the battlefield. The enemy was still one or two nautical miles away.

Seeing this, not only did the enemy not back down, but instead accelerated, the [-]-ton sail warship rushed over with two [-]-ton sail warships, while the enemy's [-]-ton steam engine warship over there took away two A [-]-ton armed merchant ship with sails rushed over, but it was still more than three nautical miles away.

As Wu Nan walked, he kept the enemy away from the battlefield for seven or eight nautical miles before turning around to face the enemy's [-]-ton sailing warship and two [-]-ton sailing warships. These two [-]-ton sailing warships were probably the enemy's Most of the original Newfoundland warships joined the patrol fleet, patrolling the surrounding waters with the auxiliary fleet ships brought by the enemy from the United Kingdom. Today, the enemy looks about the same Most of the patrol fleet was transferred over.

Chapter 2 Battle of the Main Fleet [-]

The purpose of Wunan and the others is to kill the enemy's warships in seconds by gathering firepower to kill or kill with one hit.

Although the enemy was already very careful, they hid at a distance of one or two nautical miles and followed carefully. At this moment, Wu Nan and the others suddenly increased their speed and rushed forward. The two 700-ton sailboats of the enemy saw that they were falling behind. An 1-ton steam engine warship was far away from Wunan and the others by more than 500 meters. After Wunan and the others accelerated for [-] minute, the ship was already [-] meters behind.

And they were 200 meters away from this ship, which made them see an opportunity, so they suddenly accelerated to go up on both sides, preparing to bully this ship, and another ship fled 800 meters away from this ship. Seeing that the enemy's two [-]-ton sailing warships were about to bully a falling steam engine ship, they turned around and came back to help.

Seeing such an opportunity, how could the British let it go?

The 600-ton sailing warship rushed up, but before the ship arrived, shells had already fallen around the returning [-]-ton steam engine warship, the purpose was to prevent it from reinforcing its sister ships, the two [-]-ton sailing warships. The battleship rushed to a distance of [-] meters in one go, and fired two salvos at the [-]-ton steam engine battleship in one go, and the turret on the steam engine battleship fired three rounds of artillery fire at them. The artillery also fired a round of salvo at the nearest enemy ship, but the second round of salvo was not fired, and the enemy's salvo shells hit it.

The [-]-ton steam engine battleship was suddenly enveloped in a rain of solid shells by the rain of shells like a storm. The mast was broken, the chimney was smashed, and the deck was smashed with holes everywhere. The turret was also smashed and stuck and couldn't move. The enemy's flowering shells also caused a fire. The thick fire made the tail turret unstoppable. After firing two shots in a hurry, the gunner had to escape from the turret and was burned through by the fire. Pyro then jumped into the sea to escape.

The copper shells made several large holes more than one meter wide on it, and exploded inside. The warehouse was blown up in a mess, and the internal space was in a mess. Many people were injured in the explosion, and the firefighting and leak repair personnel also suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, the boiler room was not destroyed, the pipes were only broken, and the power dropped, but there was still some power. All the personnel in the boiler room were not dead.

The battleship still relies on inertia to move forward.

The enemy's sailing warship hit by them was in a difficult situation. The main mast was interrupted, and a two-meter-wide hole was blown out of the hull. Sixty gunners and crew died.

The bow of another ship was damaged, the guns on the bow were all destroyed, the gunner was killed and injured, the other mast was on fire, and a big hole the size of a bowl was smashed under the waterline, and the sea water gurgled into it. Pumping vigorously in the waist-deep seawater to plug the leak.

It can be said that in this attack, Wunan and the others exchanged an 2-ton steam engine warship with two enemy sail warships. The seriously injured 50-ton steam engine battleship, after [-] minutes, the battleship completed his naval battle and sank slowly to the bottom of the sea. There were more than [-] wounded and dead bodies floating in the sea, and a dozen people who fell into the water , Others sank to the bottom of the sea with the ship.

Some of the crew and sailors of the ship who sank were previously captured by the British and sailors from other European countries hired by the British. They were filling coal in the bilge coal bunker, and there was no way to escape. Injured, the three monitoring Han people quickly escaped from the coal bunker, quickly led the Han people in the boiler room to the upper floor through the boiler room, and then locked the hatch door.

The 1-ton steam engine ship that rushed to the rescue was hit by a [-]-ton sailboat, and a large hole more than two meters wide and two meters long was opened on the side of the hull. Fortunately, it did not hit the waterline. Although some of the bilges were flooded, the leaks were plugged in time and the ship could continue sailing. The bow of the ship was blown apart, and the commander was also knocked out, but he was rescued in less than a minute.

Then he turned around and ran for his life, while firing, one shot sent away the [-]-ton sailing warship that was seriously injured by the enemy, and two shots, plus side-spin salvo, sent away the other [-]-ton sailing warship that was also injured and entered the water. , it can be said that the protagonist's halo is at fault, but he was hit again by the [-]-ton sailing warship, the stern of the ship was blown to pieces, and the steering gear and propeller fell off.

Can't go now, looking at the approaching [-]-ton sailing warship, greeted with fierce firepower, leaving nearly [-] solid bullets, [-] flowering bullet, and a copper cannonball on the [-]-ton sailing warship. Under the waterline of the [-]-ton sailing warship, but because the enemy added iron skins, the shell was not powerful, and it only exploded nearly two meters below the waterline in the side spin.

The violent explosion not only distorted and dented the iron sheet there, but also cracked the teak plank behind it, and the sea water gushing in like a stream, but this is not the case for a 600-ton sailing warship. It was just scratching the surface, not a major damage. The [-]-ton battleship's main guns and secondary guns fired a salvo, directly blowing up the enemy steam engine battleship that was close to [-] meters away.

So far, the Wunan Squadron has lost two steam engine warships, and the enemy has lost two sail warships. This is a very cost-effective exchange in the eyes of the enemy.

In addition to the fact that the steam engine warship is not as large as the sail warship, it is much higher than the two sail warships in terms of cost and combat effectiveness, so the enemy has at least earned one sail warship.

Because of the delay of nearly 10 minutes, the two [-]-ton armed merchant ships and the two [-]-ton steam engine warships behind the enemy have already rushed over, and they are less than two nautical miles away. The [-]-ton sailing warship rushed straight to about [-], and the [-]-ton sailing warship kept its firepower locked on a [-]-ton steam engine warship.

The two sides were exchanging fire while maneuvering. Wunan and the others saw that the two [-]-ton steam engine warships they wanted to save had exchanged with the enemy, and immediately turned around and ran while forming a battle line.

The [-]-ton sail warship and two [-]-ton steam engine warships formed a battle line. A [-]-ton sail warship and the captured enemy's [-]-ton sail warship continued to flee backwards. The [-]-ton sail warship Battleships are not something they can afford.

However, they did not leave the battle line very far. They were like two little wolves, cruising at a distance of 600 meters on the other side of the battle line, looking for opportunities.

At this time, with the support of two [-]-ton steam engine warships and two [-]-ton armed merchant ships, the lone enemy's [-]-ton sailing warships rushed to the battle line without fear, and stood in front of the Wunan Squadron's battle line. Hit horizontally, shoot while chasing.

Because to maintain the battle line, the speed of the Wunan Squadron cannot be too fast. It is only ten knots, and it can’t be faster. They are all warships that have experienced several battles. They are seriously damaged. Each warship in the bottom warehouse has at least twenty tons. It is impossible to pump the seawater clean under such circumstances, so we have to go back to the slipway to solve it.

"Boom, boom," the front and rear turrets fired a salvo, and the gunfire enveloped the enemy's 50-ton sailing warship, but it was only when the water column fell that it was far away from the enemy. Both are [-] meters away and hardly do any damage to the enemy.

At this time, the other four enemy warships rushed over, less than one nautical mile away, but only 600 meters away. Two [-]-ton steam engine warships formed an absolute fire interference to them, so they had to separate a tail ship. The steam engine warships fired at the enemy, and now the Wunan Squadron, which already had little firepower, suppressed the [-]-ton sail warship even less.

Why does someone’s [-]-ton sail warship dare to shoot at three of your warships of the same tonnage? It’s because they saw that you suffered a serious loss of firepower after repeated battles. The gun gallery artillery was basically destroyed, leaving only the main gun. Well, the three battleships have only five main guns in total, originally there should be nine. The British have one main gun in the front, one in the middle, and one in the stern.

And Wunan's 34-ton sail warship has three main guns in the front, but the 800-pound main gun can only fire when it is close to 75 meters, hitting the enemy's deck with solid bullets, and the remaining two [-]mm main guns are one on the left and right. On one side, if the angle is good, two salvos may be fired. If it is a purely flanking battle line, only one main gun can attack.

The rear is also similarly arranged, except that there are two main guns and a 300-pound solid-bullet artillery. At this moment, the two main guns have been destroyed, and only one 600-pounder solid-bullet artillery is left. This 800-meter distance combat The use is fine, it is almost impossible to hit more than [-] meters, unless a dozen guns are fired together in the gun gallery, but it is also a threat at a distance of [-] meters.

All three battleships have lost their main guns, so there are only five guns left that can be used for battle line attacks, and on the other side, only three cannons are left for attack, but the gun gallery guns on the other side still exist Six or seven shots, enough to get close to a tense salvo.

The two sides were fighting while staying away from the battlefield. Of course, Wunan and the others fled to St. Pierre Island. It has been more than four o'clock in the afternoon since the battleship was sent back to the captives. It has been two hours. At eight nautical miles away, five or six nautical miles away, a [-]-ton sailing warship, a [-]-ton sailing warship, a [-]-ton sailing warship, and two [-]-ton sailing warships are Coming at high speed.

There is also a [-]-ton steam engine battleship.

At this moment, with a bang, the [-]-ton sailing battleship fell down one of its foremasts. The battleship was in a panic, and its speed dropped by nearly two knots. Staggered.

This leaves two steam engine warships facing the enemy's sail warship, and the enemy's two 200-ton sail warships are still [-] meters away.

A thousand-ton sailing warship rushed forward to drag the enemy's two five-hundred-ton armed merchant ships.

Temporarily shared some of the pressure on the fleet.

Chapter 3 Battle of the Main Fleet [-]

After repeated battles, the sea was filled with smog, and the battlefield was covered by gunpowder smoke. When the sail fleet from St. Pierre Island arrived, the enemy did not know that the Wunan fleet had arrived, so the enemy smashed through the smoke with [-] tons of sail. The battleship was directly surrounded by the coming squadron, and then fired a volley. The enemy's sailing warship saw the situation clearly and saw other warships far away from itself. , While rescuing ships and rescuing the wounded, the white flag was hoisted.

Then two [-]-ton sail warships rushed up and went directly to capture the enemy ship.

After Wunan and the others repaired the ship, they turned around and joined the fleet that came with them.

It was Wunan who sent back the flagship of the [-]-ton sailing warship, after simple repairs, and then returned with the captive ships. The commander of the fleet was his flagship mate, a later Han Chinese squad leader, sergeant major military rank.

After the two approached and quickly communicated with each other with signals, the fleet turned to rush towards the enemy's two [-]-ton steam engine battleships. Disarm and surrender.

This time the first officer brought all the people left behind on the island, and the captives were left on the island. They couldn't escape without a boat anyway.