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The entire upper deck was washed by enemy artillery fire, and the number of wounded in the command tower increased sharply. The third officer quickly took over the command, ordered each warehouse to report the loss, and ordered the bow and stern turrets to counterattack.

"Two steam pipes in the bottom warehouse burst, the power dropped to eight knots, and two steam engine pipes leaked, causing 35 sailors and 33 slaves to be burned. The damage control team lost five people and injured seven people. Two rapid-fire guns on the deck After being hit, one door was damaged, and it took 25 minutes for the other to continue shooting. Eight gunners were lost, two handymen were lost, and three slaves were lost. The damage control team took over from the gunner and continued to operate. Only one eighteen-pound gun left firing on the side, all fire on the right side."

"Return fire," | the third mate yelled.

Soon, the tail guns were paralleled and the two shells hit two ships respectively. The enemy's steam engine ship was hit by the command tower, and the enemy's command tower burst into flames. The mast of the [-]-ton main steam engine battleship that came up, the enemy's lookout hand and lookout bucket were destroyed, the enemy's artillery lost its speed and range measurement functions, and the shells temporarily lost their aim.

When the No. [-] steam engine battleship was successful, the five steam engine battleships led by Zhuang Lin also made meritorious service. They hit five enemy steam engine battleships respectively, one was hit at the tail, the steering gear was crushed, and the tail tank was flooded. The deck was in a mess, and one was hit by the artillery ammunition depot in the gun gallery. The ammunition depot exploded, and the whole ship was blown into two pieces and sank quickly.

The other three ships lost at least more than 50 cannon guns, and a dozen naval guns, and the firepower on the enemy's side suddenly became sparse.

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Of the fifteen steam engine warships, three were chasing the No. 30.00 French warship of the New Qin Empire. Of the remaining twelve, one was destroyed and one lost power. Although there was still firepower to provide, they still could not threaten Zhuang Lin. Of their five French warships, the remaining three were abolished by 50.00%, 70.00%, and 30.00% of their firepower, and they were all gun gallery artillery, which provided intensive firepower on one side of the firepower, so that the overall firepower of the French dropped by at least [-]% %.

Although there is one less battleship here, and due to the enemy's attack, at least 500% of the firepower supply has been lost, but what the New Qin Empire and the Huaxia Empire want is the quality of firepower and long-range firepower strikes. Pulling the distance to 70.00 meters can make the enemy lose at least 90.00% to [-]% of its firepower.

According to the distribution of Dutch firepower, their own long-range 68mm artillery firepower is only 30.00% of the entire fleet. Although they occupy the majority in terms of the number of ships, the long-range firepower is 30.00% less than five warships, and three percent less than three warships. Ten, and 70.00% of the firepower of the old artillery, they still have 30.00% of the firepower. This firepower base is still larger than the firepower base of the mere five warships here.

The firepower of the five ships of the New Qin Empire with a total of twenty 75mm cannons, plus the firepower of the rapid-fire guns with 86mm cannons and twenty cannons, for a total of forty cannons, and the enemy has at least [-] of these cannons, plus the still The other four warships that can provide fire support have sporadic firepower. They have at least the firepower of a hundred long-range artillery.

Nearly eight rapid-fire guns have been lost here, and the main firepower has been reduced a lot. Thirty cannons are firing at more than 100 enemy cannons. In terms of firepower density, although the enemy has become sparse, there are at least four warships with inaccurate firepower. Less is so good, even the 100-meter distance is not close, so the New Qin Empire has to use more than 30 artillery pieces to fight against the enemy's about 60 artillery pieces.

It's easy to say, hard to do, fast to say, and it takes only 10 minutes to run. At this time, the five sailing ships over there have begun to speed up. They are rushing to support Zhuang Lin. A No. [-] battleship was defeated by four enemy warships. Being entangled, there wasn't much threat for a while, but he couldn't get out.

And the Dutch also knew that they couldn't let the reinforcements behind them catch up. While escaping to their own island, they maneuvered to the open sea, and quickly opened up the distance. Even if the five sailboats rushed over at the fastest speed of 10 knots, It also takes five or ten minutes, because the enemy has extended the distance again.

The method played by the Dutch is really good. Compared with the guerrilla warfare that Zhuang Lin and Wu Nan played with the British in Newfoundland, it is much more powerful and advanced in tactics.

However, the Dutch did not expect the enemy's battleship to be so durable. They hit the enemy at least a hundred times, dropped solid bullets [-] times, dropped some near-miss bombs, and dropped some that exploded early in mid-air only to the enemy's deck. There were at least [-] shells that hit the enemy, and at least [-] shells that were confirmed to be effective were distributed to six enemy warships, that is, at least two shells per battleship were enough to severely damage the enemy. shells.

But the enemy seems to have only suffered a little injury, and it still does not affect the speed and combat effectiveness. He can continue to follow his own fleet in circles. In the speed battle, the enemy was injured and nothing happened. The only unfortunate thing was that the sixth battleship at the tail of the enemy team that was hit may have hit the command tower and the enemy's boiler room, so the enemy The battleship he had left behind was still being besieged by the four warships he sent out.

In the case of four against one, one was seriously injured, one lost part of its firepower, one lost its mast and artillery observation team, and one suffered a slight damage to its hull and deck, which did not affect the battle.

The two sides fought each other twelve or thirteen miles away, and they didn't hit each other a few times. It was equivalent to an enemy warship dragging down four of their warships.

Their battle surprised the French and the Spaniards. Six [-]-ton steam engine warships, fifteen [-]-ton steam engine warships chasing the Dutch, seven sail warships, and more than a dozen ships under [-] tons. In the fight against the communication ships, the Dutch lost six sailing ships, more than a dozen communication ships under a thousand tons, one of the fifteen warships was destroyed, one was seriously injured, and another sailing warship was also seriously injured.

How brave it is.

The Dutch kept running away, and then fought back. Although they seemed to be playing with the fleet of the New Qin Empire, the warships of the New Qin Empire were too resistant to fighting. This ship seems to have been severely damaged, but it is still capable of entangled and fighting with three enemy steam engine warships of [-] tons and a wounded sailing warship.

After being hit by the enemy many times, the five steam engine battleships led by Zhuang Lin finally slowed down, with an average speed of [-] knots. The enemy also slowed down because of Zhuang Lin and the others. The cannonballs don't seem to be much, but a bite hurts.

After all, 68 mm and 74 mm seem to be not much different, but in terms of weight and charge, the French did a good job, and they weighed about a catty. If you use the weight alone, you will smash the Netherlands. The human steam engine warship was heavily scarred. In a close-range fight, the Dutch fired 68 shells again, hitting three of them, and severely damaged No. [-] of the revenge fleet of Zhuanglin of the New Qin Empire.

No. [-], a [-]-ton steam engine battleship made by the French and transformed by the New Qin Empire, trembled, the ammunition of the front turret was hit, and at the same time the cannon gun was hit, the mast was broken, the deck was looted by the enemy's artillery, and the entire superstructure It was a mess, and even the usually solid podium was severely damaged, being knocked down by two centimeters.

Leaning to one side, the fallen mast knocked over two [-]mm rapid-fire gun turrets in the middle of the two sides. The two turrets were directly scrapped, and the gun gallery on the right was blown to pieces. The artillery inside was still the gunner, the slave who carried the shells They were all blown up and fell into the sea. There was a three-meter-wide and two-meter-long opening on the waterline on the right side. A lot of black smoke gushed out of it. The violent vibration made the gun gallery on the other side Both the artillery and the gunner were displaced or fainted by the shock.

No. 13 immediately fell behind, and it took a full 15 minutes to restore the signal contact, and 75 minutes to restore the fire output, but there was only one rapid-fire gun on the right side of the bow and the rear, and the left one on the stern. Fifty millimeter rapid-fire guns, a pair of 34mm guns on the front deck, and a [-]-pound heavy siege gun on the front deck.

The enemy immediately dispatched three steam engine battleships to besiege the No. 13 battleship that was behind. Fortunately, the No. [-] battleship drifted with the current for [-] minutes, until the firepower recovered and the command resumed, and was not hit by the three enemy steam engine battleships.

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No. [-] knew that even so, he would not be able to get help at the end of the battle, so while speeding up, he quickly took the three enemy steam engine warships away from the battlefield.

Of course, the enemy, the Dutch, is not just taking advantage and not suffering. After all, what they are facing is Zhuang Lin and the fleet of the New Qin Empire. They have high defense power, medium speed, and although they have not much firepower, they are very accurate. , and the artillery shell is heavier than the enemy, the initial velocity of the shell is higher, and the destructive power of hitting the enemy's warship is higher than that of the enemy's own warship.

When the two sides passed each other, only three of the 68 shells fired by the enemy hit the unlucky No. 28 ship, but of the [-] shells fired by the New Qin Empire, seven hit the enemy.

A near-miss bomb exploded ten meters away from the enemy's flagship. The water column from the explosion caused almost half of the sailors on the enemy's deck to be washed into the sea. However, there is a crack as long as three meters. The hull of the enemy's flagship after several rounds of artillery fire is no longer strong. The copper nails that fixed the iron sheet with rivets in many places fell off, and the iron sheet was dented. Many places were loose, but the iron sheet did not fall off. However, sea water can enter through the gaps between the iron sheet and the planks of the hull.

Although the three-meter-long crack was not wide, it also allowed the enemy's bottom warehouse to enter more than ten tons of water in the next 5 minutes. The crew and slaves of the enemy's bottom warehouse soon stood half their waists in the seawater to continue Work, desperately plugging the leak, but the pressure of the sea water also makes the enemy's leak plugging work difficult, and from time to time, shells fall around, and the shock wave of the explosion makes it difficult for them to plug the leak, but it makes the gap open even bigger, and it is very difficult for them to plug the leak. Soon the enemy's bottom position will not be able to stay.

The crew pumping water from the damaged tube had to evacuate and then close the hatch leading to the upper deck.

About thirty slaves banged on the hatch angrily but to no avail, the Dutch would not care about the lives of these slaves.

The other two landed on another battleship, breaking a hole one meter wide and fifty centimeters above the waterline. And the pipes in the boiler room below, boilers, boiler workers, coal burners, some handymen, damaged pipes, combatants, and counterweight personnel in the bottom warehouse, killed nearly seventy or eighty people in one blow.

Now the speed of the enemy warship dropped to ten knots, and the deck and upper deck, conning tower, bow, and stern personnel had to be dispatched to restore the boiler and repair leaks, transport the wounded, and treat the wounded, which reduced the number of artillery operators above. The gun gallery artillery below lost again twelve old guns.

At the same time, another shell blew up two 68mm and 45mm artillery pieces on the enemy's hull and stern, and the enemy lost two more artillery pieces. Because the gunners were transferred, the enemy's four 45mm secondary guns could no longer fire. The firepower of this battleship weakened, and was immediately ordered by the flagship to pursue the straggling New Qin Empire No. [-] battleship.

Another shell directly hit the junction of the stern and the hull of a battleship in the middle, destroying the firepower of four 45mm secondary guns, and at the same time destroying nearly eight guns on the upper and lower sides of the gun gallery and a 68mm gun at the stern. mm artillery and nearly thirty gunners, the explosion of the shells caused the hull to vibrate, and many pipes in the boiler room burst.

The same ship was ordered out, out of line.

Another shell hit the coal bunker of an enemy steam engine battleship, killing several slaves adding coal, two boiler workers, and a pipeline repairman, causing a 68mm artillery gunner to be exploded The shock wave pushed it down into the sea.

Without much damage, the battleship remained in the fleet.

The remaining two shells also caused the destruction of four 68mm guns and one 45mm secondary gun at the stern of a 28-ton battleship, and the loss of nearly [-] gunners and a commander.

This battleship was also ordered to join the pursuit of the No. [-] battleship. This time, the two sides ventured close to the battle, causing the three Dutch ships to be slightly damaged and hit the battle line. The remaining one on Zhuang Lin's side was slandered and also withdrew battle line.

An hour and 10 minutes had passed, and at this time five sailing warships had rushed over, about four or five nautical miles away, and ten experimental steam engine warships of [-] tons with no enemies behind were pulling their sails and traveling at a speed of ten knots. Speed, while protecting the supply fleet, while chasing over.

There are still seven or eight nautical miles away.

One of the Dutch was sunk, one was severely damaged, three besieged No. [-], and three besieged No. [-]. Only seven warships were left to deal with Zhuang Lin's four French warships.

At 200 meters, Zhuang Lin and the others only had fifteen artillery pieces left, and the enemy also lost nearly 32 artillery pieces, leaving only 200 long-range artillery pieces. At 35 meters, the enemy's solid bullets can also hit this It is far away, but the enemy's gun gallery artillery has been destroyed many times, and there are not many guns. There are less than [-] guns left on the seven warships, [-] guns on one side, and about [-] guns on the other side. None of the solid bullets fired can hit In the middle, harassment is not enough.

Zhuang Lin was not greedy, and focused his firepower on the enemy's flagship. The firepower that the four warships could allocate was only eight on one side, and one of the eight shells hit one. Akira traveled about ten meters before leveling off, but he had already suffered heavy damage and lost all firepower. The remaining six ships saw this situation, and within 5 minutes, the second ship behind the other leader immediately hung out the flagship flag, then turned and fled.

The remaining five ships fled immediately, dispersed, and fled in five directions, but they were mostly in the open sea, deep in the Atlantic Ocean.

The two sides fought for a while, and the speed had dropped to about ten knots, but the enemy still had enough strength. After increasing the speed, it reached eleven knots. Zhuang Lin chased for three nautical miles. Seeing that he could not catch up with the enemy, he immediately retreated and rushed towards Fight against the enemy's six warships.

At this time, No. [-] had been severely damaged, barely a cannon fired back, and the five sailing warships coming from one nautical mile away took full advantage of the wind, and launched a pursuit of the six lagging warships. But there are Zhuang Lin and the others here.

Nine warships chased six battered warships, it was not easy. An hour later, ten [-]-ton experimental steam engine warships came up behind and captured the enemy's flagship, captured the enemy warship that had lost power, and sank the enemy The sailing battleship that had drifted and smashed into the sea, there were not many people alive on that battleship, and it couldn't even start.

At the same time, five sail warships and four French [-]-ton steam engine warships led by Zhuang Lin destroyed two enemy [-]-ton steam engine warships that the enemy was trying to resist, and captured four enemy battleships that did not escape and were severely damaged.

This battle saw nearly a hundred French and Spaniards who stopped to watch the battle trembling. It was too brutal. Six warships defeated a Dutch fleet of fifteen [-]-ton steam engine warships.

The Dutch hit the post roller.

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The No. 500 and No. 50 French battleships suffered heavy losses. The crew of more than 500 people, although 50 people were diverted from the front to the supply fleet behind, still had 80 people. In this battle, the two ships lost everything from the captain to the crew. In each artillery battle, nearly 100 people were involved in the boatswain and bottom warehouse control officers, 100 combatants and damage control personnel, more than 450 bottom warehouse slaves died, more than [-] gunners died, and nearly [-] people were directly lost.

Most of the crew of a battleship was lost.