Lord of Ming Dynasty

They retreated while fighting, and soon two 500-ton sail warships rushed up. The number of warships on this side increased to ten, and the enemy also had two [-]-ton steam engine warships on the other side. They rushed to a distance of [-] meters, and the two sides continued to fight.

Wu Nan looked behind and captured two more enemy battleships. The side that fought three enemy battleships had settled the battle. One of the enemy battleships was scuttled, and the remaining two were captured.

The six warships dispatched rushed over, blocking most of the enemy's main battleships two nautical miles away.

The five wounded warships on my side protected the two captured enemy steam engine warships and slowly left the battlefield, and the two sides gathered five nautical miles away.

One after another, warships withdrew from the battlefield with rescued crew members and fallen captives, and evacuated in the direction of the supply fleet's evacuation.

In the end, another [-]-ton battleship was sunk by the enemy, and then three of the enemy's battleships were captured. The remaining battleships were still able to fight and immediately went into battle.

Half an hour later, when the two sail warships were blown up by the enemy's main battleships and the two [-]-ton steam engine warships were sunk by the enemy, Wu Nan gave a signal to evacuate without caring about rescuing those who fell into the water.

The remaining 28 warships withdrew slowly, and the enemy pursued closely.

It was dark by now.

After being three nautical miles away from the enemy, Wu Nan let the seriously injured battleship go first, and the [-]-ton main battleship stayed behind to cover.

After persisting for another half an hour, he led five [-]-ton steam engine warships to break away from the enemy after the wounded warship was separated by seven or eight nautical miles.

In the middle of the night, finally taking advantage of the darkness to get rid of the enemy, Wu Nan led five battered warships to a reef-strewn assembly point 150 miles off the coast of Africa to rendezvous with the supply fleet.

In the blackout anchorage, the screams of the wounded were everywhere, and there were many people crying.

Today, more than 50 warships were used to fight the enemy's first-class battleships. Of the ten first-class battleships of the enemy, one was damaged, one of the enemy sank, and one of the enemy was destroyed. The rest were all captured, and one of them was seriously injured. Two [-]-ton steam engine battleships were towed, and the other six were driven back.

But the price paid here is that all four ocean-going communication ships were sunk, all six 22-ton steam engine warships covering the supply fleet were sunk, [-] [-]-ton sail warships returned, and twelve returned, and all others were destroyed. Sunk or destroyed, the seven ships that came back were slandered and five were slightly injured.

Of the main fleet, eight [-]-ton sailing warships were sunk, three were captured by the enemy, three were seriously injured, one was slightly injured, and they were disabled.

Of the thirteen warships with [-] tons of steam engines, two were sunk, one was destroyed, one was captured, three were seriously injured, and the remaining six were heavily scarred.

In this battle, Wu Nan blamed himself deeply and did not grasp it well. Almost half of the auxiliary fleet was wiped out by the enemy. He only got six first-class battleships from the enemy. Although the tonnage was large, more than 6000 tons, he lost 28 ships. More than half of the combat power of the warship was wiped out by ten enemy battleships.

Of the remaining five [-]-ton sailing warships, one [-]-ton sailing warship, six [-]-ton steam engine warships, and five wounded ocean-going communication ships, there are only [-] battleships in total.

Others, the captured seven enemy battleships need to be repaired and staffed. Among the [-]-ton sailing warships, the seven slandered ones also need to be repaired. Basically, they have no combat effectiveness. Worrying.Three thousand-ton sailing warships were seriously injured, and they were dragged by other minor injuries even to walk.

Three [-]-ton steam engine warships were seriously injured and had to be towed away.

After being allocated in this way, among the remaining combat power of the fleet, five [-]-ton sailing warships and one [-]-ton sailing warship have to play the important role of towing the seriously wounded, only five ocean-going communication ships and six [-]-ton sailing warships The steam engine battleship can fight, and the five ocean-going communication ships still have to scout, and only six [-]-ton steam engine battleships in the entire fleet can serve as combat cover missions.

"The enemy captured 200 people. We estimate that more than 200 people were captured by the enemy, and the others were rescued. 500 people were rescued. It is estimated that 200 people were captured and 830 people were missing.

We had 300 wounded and more than 500 seriously injured. We added 750 slaves to each ship, and there were [-] slaves on the supply ship.There were [-] additional personnel on each ship. The personnel on each ship dropped by [-]%, and the combat personnel lost [-]%. "

The adjutant of the fleet commander reported to Wu Nan.

Wu Nan asked depressedly: "How many ships have been repaired?"

"Sailing ships are easy to repair, and carpenters can solve them. Masts and sails, cables, nails, iron hoops, paint, everything is missing. We have repaired five ocean-going communication ships that were slightly injured, and a [-]-ton ship. Sailboats, all lightly damaged ships can be repaired by dawn. The combat effectiveness can be maintained at [-]% to [-]% of the original, and the speed will drop by [-] to [-] knots. That is to say, the speed of the slowest ship in our fleet will be [-] knots. "

"This is what I think. To mobilize manpower tonight, first repair the steam engine battleship of the capital ship and all the steam engine battleships. After we transfer at dawn tomorrow, we can repair those slightly and seriously injured sailing ships on the road while transferring. I don’t think it can run far, the speed is not fast, and the heaviest one may be given up in the future, so there is no need to repair it, so quickly disassemble the cannon, steam engine, and all useful materials.”

Wu Nan nodded, agreeing with the adjutant's statement very much, first ensure the combat effectiveness of the main battleship, and then slowly repair other sailing ships in the following journey, those are easy to repair, do not need to stop the ship, do not need to repair the outside, do not need to repair those that are difficult to repair inside In places where there are leaks, you only need to plug the leaks, repair the masts and sails on the inside and on the deck, and replace the artillery.

In the night, I dare not turn on too many lights. All internal repairs are carried out, and the lights are covered on the deck for repairs. I try to repair some of the damaged parts of each ship, but Wu Nan is thinking about what to do next. Now the fleet is lost. Almost half of the combat power, and the remaining combat power may have a fight with the enemy's [-]-ton sail fleet, or with the enemy's southward pursuit fleet yesterday, but the result will definitely not be too good.

What's more, the enemy must have other fleets coming here. The African coast is the focus of contention between the British, the French, and the Spaniards. The British warships and warships here are far more than what the six fleets can express.

The first thousand 340 eight chapters of the Strait of Gibraltar into the sea

At the mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar, a camouflaged ocean-going communication ship is covered with a hull made of modified wooden shells. There are greasy and tattered fishing nets on the deck, which looks like an ocean-going fishing vessel.

On the side of the cabin where there were strings of dried and salted fish with a strong fishy smell, several people held binoculars and carefully observed the British warships patrolled by the British wandering around.

"The British seem to have a lot fewer warships today." A big man with dried seaweed hanging all over his body and a yellow face said to a blond man beside him.

"Well, it looks like they are all small battleships. Where did their main battleship go? We saw the enemy's first-class battleship a week ago." He looked through the cracks of the dried seaweed and said.

"I don't know where Lieutenant Wu Nan is. Did they divert the enemy fleet away?" the Han man asked.

"The British are cunning. It is impossible for them to send all their warships to chase the enemy. Even if you see them all gone, there must be other fleets waiting for us outside, and they must be stronger than the fleet that chased away. Much stronger, that's how they beat the Dutch, and the Spaniards too, but the Dutch are still strong, and the Spaniards are like that."

The blond man shrugged his shoulders and said contemptuously.

The Han man also shrugged his shoulders and continued to observe.

"Let's go a few tens of nautical miles further and look behind those islands. I guess the British will hide their fleet behind those islands, or we can go to the coast of Spain to look for them." The Han man said.

"Well, I think we should look for the African coast. Spain will not let the British hide, but the Moroccan coast will definitely hide the British." The blond man said.

"Well, let's go to the coast of Spain first, and then to the island. If it doesn't work, go around in a circle and spend a week looking for it. The fleet can't wait any longer, and the Turks won't allow us to stay where they are. The time is too long, 10 people just manage, eat, guard, and the combat team with hundreds of people in the three squadrons can't manage it at all. Take them back. We have nearly 1 army brothers to manage them, so our support fleet We must take the risk of rushing out of the Mediterranean Sea and into the Atlantic Ocean." The Han man put away his binoculars.

Several crew members wore sun visors with bare arms, quickly raised the sails, started to turn, and accelerated.

Several British armed merchant ships of 180 tons passed them by and glanced at them briefly. The sailors were foreigners from the Principality of Hesse, and the size and appearance of the Germanic peoples. The British did not care about these people at all. Yes, I know that these people are Germans from that part of Germany, but they certainly can't recognize whether they are the Germans from the Principality of Hesse, the Duke of Bavaria, or the electorate of Saxony.

The Prussian part of Germany has just started to exert its strength, the Austrian Empire is still in the limelight, and the Hungarians are elegant and decent, but they are still suppressed by Austria, and they are gradually learning the European culture of Italy and France.At this time, Italy was gradually declining, the French were the representatives of the upper class, and the British were still bumpkins. Although the British had established their prestige as the European hegemon through several naval battles, in the eyes of Europeans, they were nouveau riche. Without any upbringing and culture, they are still a group of bumpkins without culture and quality.

The reconnaissance ship is gone, and the reinforcement fleet behind them has been assembled in Turkey. The Turks provided a lot of supplies and ships, but they also gained a lot of benefits. The Chinese Empire has almost all the ships and weapons before 1705. Sold it to them, because in the eyes of the Chinese Empire, the equipment and warships that are 15 years behind are not advanced things, and they are better, and everything can be postponed to 1711 to 1715 and 16 New equipment produced after years of improvement or leapfrog technological development.

From the perspective of Turkey, these things are almost 30 to seven or eight years ahead of Europe, because even Britain is not as advanced and reconciled as the old things they got from the Chinese Empire. The Turkish sea fleet is out of control and surpasses the British, but they That is to say, in the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, there is no decades of traditional precipitation-style naval personnel training, and they are still a bunch of land bumpkins who own advanced warships. They don’t know how to apply these things and make use of them. power.

Turkey not only received these almost free gifts of weapons and equipment, warships, and warships, but also received a lot of loans, which were tens of billions of Chinese dollars. Otherwise, why did they work so hard to cooperate with the Chinese Empire and give the Chinese Empire more than ten thousand yuan? People, a group of 10 people crossed the border. This kind of group is simply a military force the size of a group army. What is the New Qin Empire used for?

Of course, it was used as a soldier. With so many soldiers, no matter how good the relationship is, if there is no reward, who will do it if there is no reward for piercing the sky?

What if you use these 10 people to attack us? In history, the army of a country in Europe borrowed the way to fight against Charlemagne of France. As a result, halfway through, the country that gave them the way was wiped out. It's gone, haha, such a thing, any monarch with a little head would not agree.

Now that the reinforcement fleet has been formed, and has stayed on the Turkish coast for three months, it is waiting for the New Qin Empire fleet to pick it up. The original fleet is small and can be dispersed and camouflaged. The British have not yet realized the new Qin Empire. Powerful, but after a tragic sea battle, although the British only lost more than 20 main battleships of the auxiliary fleet, there were more than 200 other ships that could be sent, which were wiped out by the New Qin Empire. This British Very embarrassing.

Let's fight the Dutch, don't look at the small size of the Dutch, but they have long been the sea coachmen who dominate the sea. It is not shameful to be defeated by them, but the new Qin Empire is a magic horse. Thousands of captives and slaves, more than 1000 foreign mercenaries.

The reinforcement fleet is waiting here to come out early, and Molin's main fleet over there has also sailed for a week and reached the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and is about to rush to the area blocked by the British.

But Morin didn't dare to hit it directly, and sent a lot of ocean-going communication ships to investigate, and also contacted the telegraph relay station hidden in the desert in Morocco, asking the Moroccan desert chiefs to help find out the news of the British.

Due to the constraints of the times, several fleets are now flying, and no one knows who's situation.

It will take at least ten days and a half months to contact casually. The news will be outdated long ago. This depends on the judgment of the commander. The commander must be very familiar with the situation in these sea areas and understand the situation of the warships of both the enemy and us. , make a judgment according to the situation, and then execute it.

Wunan and the others fought a fierce battle on the sea, which has not been passed on to the coast of Morocco until now.

The first thousand 340 nine chapters are the main force moving forward

The town of Corvo is a desolate island. There is a slightly larger island less than a dozen nautical miles away. There are several islands 120 nautical miles away from them. As an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, there are generally few people here. Later, the British and French occupied these small islands, but they did not pay much attention to the slightly remote islands far away in this one hundred and twenty-four nautical miles.