Lord of Ming Dynasty

The remaining personnel were only more than 530 people. Zhuang Lin ordered to adjust the personnel and sent more than 100 injured people to the supply fleet. There were more than 100 people missing, and more than 400 people were left. More than 200 people were drawn from the slaves captured behind to fill the supply fleet. The bottom warehouse slaves were captured, and then the bottom warehouse officers and the bottom warehouse control personnel of the two ships averaged more than 60 people, and one ship had more than 30 people.

There are more than 30 gunners on each ship in the upper battle, plus commanders, combatants, sailors, 60 people on each ship, so that each ship has 90 people, and each ship has more than 100 slaves to suppress the bottom warehouse. It is not bad, and then equipped There are several carpenters and blacksmiths, cooks, and each ship has more than 300 people.

The remaining personnel were all transferred to the ten [-]-ton experimental steam engine battleships behind, where the main force of the battle might be in the future.

Later, because a large number of cannons were destroyed, they could not be repaired at sea, so the two ships had to retreat to the supply fleet. While the supply fleet was cleaning up, maintenance personnel replaced the damaged cannons, repaired the hull, and placed them in the supply fleet. Of course, the few main guns they can recover quickly are also the combat effectiveness of protecting the supply fleet.

The remaining four ships also lost a lot of artillery, gunners, and personnel. Some lost more than 70 people, and some lost more than 100 people. However, the battleships were equipped with more than the manpower in service. Several warships were equalized and recovered immediately. Although the number of personnel has been reduced, the wounded are also sent to the supply fleet and scattered to the ships to recuperate.

On average, each warship has about 420 people. This is not the standard manpower for each warship. In fact, each warship is equipped with about 380 people. After all, many jobs can be replaced by slaves. There are more than 150 real combat personnel. , enough to operate the cannons on each ship, not to mention that the cannons on each ship are now reduced.

The ship with the largest number lost three cannons at the tail and four [-]mm rapid-fire secondary guns in the middle of the hull. The remodeled French ship is not the same. The secondary guns on the Huaxia battleship are much more, about sixteen , while the new Qin Empire produced eight to fourteen doors, generally eight doors were modified, and generally only four doors were modified by the French.

The five sailing warships did not suffer much damage at all, so there was no need to divert or increase personnel.

The battlefield was cleaned and the prisoners were held. The prisoners were held on two 750-ton sail supply ships that had made room. The six ships captured a total of 800 enemy people, and more than [-] prisoners were salvaged.

In addition to the 30-man battle squad, there were 30 sailors and a dozen gunners on the two supply ships, and there were only five commanders.

Other personnel on the ship were transferred to other supply ships or sailing warships.

Supplies were transferred to sailing ships and ten [-]-ton steamer ships.

After cleaning the battlefield, deploying personnel, and arranging the tasks, Zhuang Lin took the fleet to find a nearby port to rest. It was already dark, and the surroundings were the prying eyes of Indian tribes and British cavalry.

Oh, I forgot to capture the six [-]-ton steam engine ships of the enemy. On them were the manpower moved from the supply ship, some of them were manpower moved from the supply ship carrying the wounded, and slaves. There were very few manpower, just enough Piloting and limited combat, with two battered French warships, and two three-thousand-ton steamers, and one two-thousand-ton sailing ship, the formerly captured enemy British.

There are also two [-]-ton steam engine experimental warships produced by the Huaxia Empire and transformed by the New Qin Empire to protect them in this formation.

Inside the berthing area of ​​the port, the lights are bright, and many warships are placed side by side. The ships are covered with wooden boards and paved into a wide platform. Many slaves are sweating and dragging the cannons on the supply ships to the point where they are needed under the supervision of the supervisor. On the ship where the cannon was replaced, the maintenance workers and mechanics on the supply ship worked all night long, dragging the damaged cannon to the supply ship, and replacing the good one.

The decks of many ships were planed, and the damaged boilers inside were dragged to the supply ship, and then the good boilers were replaced. Many carpenters worked on the platforms made up of several ships, sawing pieces of wood into shapes suitable for repair, and then carried Another ship, went to the side of the ship to be repaired, and repaired the damaged hull on the side of the hull with a rope and a gondola.

Some blacksmiths set up a furnace on the armor plate of the steam engine ship, quickly smelting the removed armor plate, and then on a large platform, they continuously swung the hammer for forging, finishing and repairing the deformed armor plate, Then take the armor plate and take the steam engine ship to the side of the damaged steam engine ship, go down with the basket, and repair the damaged armor plate.

The doctors gathered as many as 500 wounded in the cabin of a large sailing boat, and then began to change the dressings. The legs should be sawed off, and the arms should be sawed off. It is cruel, but this is the only way to save them. Now , even later generations have no way to deal with such destructive wounds, they can only do this in order to save their lives, and then they will be fitted with prosthetic limbs and sent back to the Newfoundland Island of the New Qin Empire to arrange a leisurely position for them to retire.

Naval battles are so brutal.

A dozen ocean-going communication ships were constantly patrolling outside the port, and six steam engine experimental battleships were placed on both sides of the port to prevent enemy sneak attacks.

In order to restore combat effectiveness as soon as possible, Zhuang Lin could only ask his men to repair the ship, replace the artillery, and deploy personnel as soon as possible.

Learning from the experience and lessons of being tricked by the Dutch during the day, he reorganized with the officers. Four experimental steam engine warships followed the main battleship to form a main fleet of eight ships, and four experimental steam engine warships followed the supply fleet. In the back, there are two ships on the wings, and two escorting sail warships in the middle.

After the No. [-] and No. [-] resume their combat effectiveness, they will be equipped with two [-]-ton steam engine battleships in front of the supply fleet. When necessary, they can form an auxiliary fleet to support the main battleship fleet. Two Dutch [-]-ton steam engine warships with prisoners formed an escort flotilla on the right.

A captured British sailing battleship was incorporated into the leader's supply fleet. After the auxiliary fleet left, it cooperated with the captured two Dutch [-]-ton steam engine battleships to protect the front of the supply fleet.

Five sail warships and the remaining two experimental steam engine battleships protected the left side. After the five sail warships left, the armed merchant ships and two steam engine supply ships in the supply fleet came out to fill the gap.

After the coal of the last steam engine battleship was added, the loose coal on the supply ship that held the captives and the two sailing warship supply ships that transported the crew and the wounded were all loaded onto the captured battleship and all the warships that needed coal.

These four warships can concentrate on transporting the wounded and crew, as well as slaves, and prisoners, and can also participate in battles when necessary.

The first thousand and 340 chapters of the second Dutch admit counsel

At ten o'clock in the morning, in the humid breeze of the Caribbean Sea, the fleet personnel who had slept for four hours re-boarded the ship. After a night of emergency repairs, all ships were restored to 80.00% combat effectiveness, and all ships were repaired It is brand new, with new paint on the outside, and after four hours of baking during the day, it can go into the sea even if it is not dry.

So the entire fleet rushed out of the port again, and headed for the depths of the Caribbean Sea with the main fleet and the supply fleet in two formations, one small and one large.

Specialized personnel transport fleets, wounded transport fleets, captive escort fleets, fleets of damaged ships that could not be repaired at sea and lost most of their combat effectiveness were added to the formation. In the middle of the supply fleet, there are small escort fleets around, and there are ocean-going communication ships patrolling everywhere to check for news, and the main fleet is fighting ahead.

There are very few Chinese people here, and they have never been involved. This is the back garden of Europe. Now the new Qin Empire fleet composed of Chinese people is here.

Two days ahead, we approached the Dutch colony, Freeport, and the Dutch were waiting in full force. Six steam engine battleships that fought that day, and more than [-] sailing ships, it seems that this is the last time the Dutch are here. the strength.

It is only more than 100 kilometers away from Palm Beach on the coast of the Florida Peninsula opposite the British, which is almost 50 nautical miles. There are many more trade ships arriving, almost every hour you can see about 50 trade ships passing by.

Some knew that they fought a battle with the Dutch, and when they saw this posture, they immediately stepped aside decisively and stayed away from here, while some stopped to watch the show with great interest. More and more, soon more than a thousand ships, the Dutch are not big, and I don't know why.

Zhuang Lin didn't want to be blocked by them. They still wanted to find the British fleet here. It was said that it was not far away, just three hundred nautical miles away from Nassau Island.

It is impossible for the British not to know their arrival. If their battle with the Dutch happened yesterday, then it is possible not to know, but it has been two days. The speed is enough for the British to know, but it is only a day's journey.

Are they waiting for the British fleet to come and cooperate with the British fleet to annihilate the fleet of the New Qin Empire?

With this possibility, Zhuang Lin didn't dare to wait any longer. Now, if he had to fight directly, eliminate the Dutch, then find a place to land for repairs, replenish, and then quickly take the fleet away. Compared with the Dutch, the British Their firepower is superior, and their fleet is only here to hold back or take advantage. If they are intercepted and surrounded by the British fleet here, then they will only be annihilated.

"The main fleet is looking at the Dutch fleet. The supply fleet is passing by. Let's go. We won't spend any time with the Dutch." Zhuang Lin ordered the main fleet to stay still and the supply fleet to pass first.

Stop here, the confronting fleet waved the signal flag, and the entire fleet slowly passed through the strait led by a [-]-ton sailing warship and two captured Dutch [-]-ton steam engine warships, and then Zhuang Lin led himself The main fleet retreated slowly, gradually opening the distance from the Dutch fleet.

five nautical miles,

six nautical miles,

eight nautical miles,

eleven nautical miles,

After the large supply fleet passed, it sailed eleven nautical miles, followed by the main fleet, and slowly opened up the distance, always maintaining a distance of five to six nautical miles from the large supply fleet.

The huge supply fleet and the ever-increasing number of captured ships made their formation three nautical miles wide and five nautical miles long, protected by small squadrons in front, back, left, and right, whether it was the Dutch, or the passing Spanish small fleet, the French Neither the caravan nor the fleet could find a gap to pounce and kill.

After they left, it took 15 minutes for the ocean-going communication ship to leave slowly, and it kept hovering five nautical miles behind the main fleet at a high speed of [-] knots.

All the people who watched the battle were dumbfounded, so they just left?

The Dutch just let them go?

The Dutch breathed a sigh of relief. Yesterday, a fleet of [-] steam engine warships could not beat the six French warships. Today, six [-]-ton steam engine battleships, plus more than [-] sailing warships, how can they win?

Is it lucky that people don't take the opportunity to pounce on your colony?

The Dutch knew that the Chinese of the New Qin Empire let them go not because the fleet of the New Qin Empire was afraid, but because they wanted to trouble the British and had no time to deal with them.

An hour after the fleet of the New Qin Empire left, the Dutch fleet thankfully returned to Freeportely Island.

And two hours later, Zhuang Lin was thinking about where to go, and he was led by the captured British. He knew that the other party was on Nassau Island, but the problem was that he couldn't go directly. Who knows if the British were ready for battle? Waiting for myself to die, the British must have a lot of strength here, otherwise they can survive the constant harassment and war of the French, Spaniards, and Dutch.

There is no need for Zhuang Lin to look for it. After Zhuang Lin struggled in the captain's room for an hour, the ocean-going communication ship came back. There were British merchant ships and ocean-going communication ships spying on them in the distance. After they broke through and intercepted, they found that the enemy had a fleet. A dozen ships are coming this way.The journey was five hours, and it took two and a half hours for the ocean-going communication ship to return, which means that the enemy is only about forty to fifty nautical miles away from us.

There were twenty or so ships, all of which were sailing ships, and they were supposed to be unable to beat us. The enemy's speed was about eleven to thirteen knots, and it seemed that they were coming with all their strength.

But why did the enemy dare to attack them with twenty or so sailboats? The supply fleet, in Zhuang Lin's opinion, the enemy definitely didn't think it was a supply fleet. Now the supply fleet is not the fifteen ships at the beginning, but the The captured ships, as many as 20 ships, must be considered by the enemy as a manifestation of the combat effectiveness of their own fleet.

At the same time, I also have five 50-ton sailboats, ten 20-ton steam engine battleships, plus a [-]-ton and [-]-ton steam engine battleship captured by the British, and four captured Dutch. A steam engine battleship, with such a huge fleet of his own, there are more than [-] ships, and the enemy sends more than [-] sailing ships to fight?