Lord of Ming Dynasty

Korwu Town is about 980 nautical miles away from the Avalan Peninsula. Molin's main fleet is hiding here, waiting for news from the ocean-going communication ships that are probing ahead.

They have been here for a week, and the ocean-going communication ships have made two round trips, but they have not found the main fleet of the British. They do not know how big a fleet the British can send to stop them. The reinforcement fleet is related to whether the New Qin Empire can The key to development is that the British who have just lost the battle will definitely not allow them to pass, so even though Molin has not received any news from the main force, he still dare not move.

In addition, he had to contact the reinforcement fleet. Although there was a telegram, the telegram could not explain anything clearly. It was impossible for a long telegram to describe all the needs and dangers.

There must be detailed information, enough to ensure the safety of the main fleet before attacking.

After waiting for another two days, he learned the detailed information of the Wunan fleet from a returning ocean-going communication ship, and got some pieced together information. Wunan and the others had already fought two battles with the enemy, and eliminated some of the enemy's The patrol boats, several small squadrons, and the enemy fought a bloody battle, off the coast of Africa, but then disappeared.

Was it wiped out by the enemy's main fleet?

According to the news sent back by the communication ship, the enemy has at least five fleets chasing it, about 120 to 150 large warships, and nearly [-] to [-] other ships.

With such a huge fleet, if one can still fight, two will have to fight desperately, three will have to run away, four will not even be able to run, and five will be scary even thinking about it. The British have a good foundation , After a failure, it is difficult to shake their roots.

Mo Lin hesitated a little. The key point is that the five fleets and Wunan's fleet have all disappeared. Where did they go? Maybe others are hiding on the coasts of Africa and Spain. And maybe put yourself in it.

With this in mind, Morin waited in Corvo for another two days, and another ocean-going communication ship returned two days later, "We found it. The five main fleets of the enemy are now in the Santa Cruz Sea. Where did the Wunan Auxiliary Fleet chasing us go? We bought the news from a Spanish captain. It was a week ago, and we confirmed the news from a French captain.

Three days ago they saw that the five main British fleets dispersed, three continued to search down the coastline, and two returned to the Strait of Gibraltar. That is to say, if we go, we may encounter them, but we may encounter them to a fleet. "

Mo Lin stood up, walked around with his hands behind his back, and said to himself: "That is to say, we may not meet a single fleet. If we send a telegram to send a reinforcement fleet to set off now, we may only meet To the enemy's two fleets?"

The adjutant of the main fleet said: "Maybe we will meet all of them, maybe we will meet three fleets, maybe we will not meet them, but depending on the situation, the enemy fleets are all separated. If we can be faster, we may be able to meet them." If there is a fleet of the enemy, at least one, if we are a bit more lucky, our reinforcement fleet will be overtaken by the enemy when it is escorted back by us."

"Well, no matter what you say, there is going to be a battle. The British still have a lot of fleets at sea." He sighed, and then said to his adjutant: "Get ready, set off slowly tonight, and the dawn will speed up. Let's meet the enemy. [-] nautical miles, we will be absolutely safe for the first three days, advancing at full speed, at a speed of [-] knots. If we advance at full speed, we can cover about [-] nautical miles in three days. ships and merchant ships from other countries, so that our news can reach the enemy in two to three days, and it will take three days for the enemy to come over, so we have nine days to meet with the reinforcement fleet."

In the sea breeze, Mo Lin led the main fleet of 28 warships, five [-]-ton steam engine supply ships set off at half speed, and left the relay station slowly at a speed of seven knots. They traveled [-] nautical miles in one night, and took a rest at dawn the next day. hour, began to accelerate, sailing at a full speed of [-] knots.

The third day sailed 840 nautical miles with little rest and slowdown.

On the fourth day, the number of merchant ships from other countries began to increase, but the main fleet of the New Qin Empire continued to sprint at a speed of [-] knots. At night, it slowed down to [-] knots. For rest, maybe on the fifth day, the enemy will appear.

However, the enemy did not appear on the fifth day, but more and more merchant ships around looked at this fast-moving fleet with strange eyes, flying the flag of the New Qin Empire, which continued from the Huaxia Empire.

On the night of the fifth day, the fleet rested for two hours at anchor, accelerated to ten knots in the third hour and continued to move forward, and continued to accelerate without slowing down until the sixth night.

It is to rush through the Strait of Gibraltar to meet the reinforcement fleet during the period when the enemy understands it, or the enemy finds out that the message is being delivered.

The reinforcement fleet also advanced at full speed for six days after receiving the telegram, but they advanced at a speed of eight to ten knots. After all, they were large in scale and the ships were mixed, so it was necessary to ensure that all ships kept up.

At this time, it just rushed out of the Aegean Sea and entered the Mediterranean Sea.

The relay ship received the news from the ocean-going communication ship and sent the telegram back, and then the relay ship on another small island sent an ocean-going communication ship to chase Molin's main fleet, and caught up with Molin on the eighth day The fleet told them the news, and Morin checked the chart carefully. At this time, in two days, they should be approaching the island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea.

But where is the scope of the Italians, the Italians will not allow them to resupply, they can only go to the coast of Africa to resupply.

However, the reinforcement fleet with supply ships could reach the New Qin Empire all the way, so they kept moving forward without stopping.

The first step is to drill into the Mediterranean Sea without damage and meet the reinforcement fleet.

The second step is to attack according to the situation. I originally thought that the reinforcement fleet would start from Turkey and then arrive at the Strait of Gibraltar. This coming and going is more than three months of waiting, and now I am short of the last step of contact.

Pick them up, and then depending on the situation, highlight the Strait of Gibraltar, advance at high speed in the dark, drive for a few more days, and run as far as you can before returning with the British fleet.

On the tenth day, Mo Lin saw the Strait of Gibraltar, but there was a medium-sized British fleet, about [-] ships, about [-] main battleships, and the rest were auxiliary battleships, and the main battleships were similar to this kind of three to five thousand tons It would be easier to deal with steam engine battleships instead of British battleships.

Chapter 350 Chong Chong Chong

On the coast of Tunisia, two hundred ships of the huge reinforcement fleet lined up in a long four-column march, and lined up a march of nearly fifty nautical miles.

Suddenly, nearly twenty sloops with pirates on them rushed over from the coastline and approached [-] nautical miles immediately. The reinforcement fleet of the Qin Empire is simply impossible to defend against. Although it is escorted by the Turkish navy, it cannot take care of every place within fifty nautical miles.

They rushed over, but the width was only two or three nautical miles, and there were about five or six ships in each nautical mile. In the length of fifty nautical miles, they took advantage of a gap of two or three nautical miles to attack, which was impossible to defend against them immediately. When they are mobilized, perhaps they have already entered the marching ranks.

However, there are still two sailing warships of about one or two nautical miles each in the queue, although they are also supply ships, but with a certain combat power, they are escorted by [-] to [-]-ton sailing warships. While escorting the Turkish fleet, the pirate's sloop had already entered the queue and massacred the unprotected transport ships. The combatants and three-pound gun firepower on the transport ship could not compete with the enemy's six-pounder gun firepower and the ten-pound gun at the bow. Compared to the firepower of the two-pound gun.

Immediately, three 180-ton merchant ships were set on fire, and the sporadic gunfire on board could not stop the attack of the pirates who were charging at a speed of twelve knots.

The three-pound gun came from Turkey. This kind of solid ammunition the size of a baby's fist can only hit a small gun at a distance of 180 meters to 300 meters. It can't hit the pirate's ship at all.

The six-pound gun played a certain role. There are too many ships around. The six-pound gun, plus the original 180-ton armed merchant ship, was also a warship sailed by Europeans. Facing the challenge of the sloop, it is still very handy. Yes, after the initial panic, the surrounding ships, especially a [-]-ton sailing ship, instantly covered a sloop with eighteen twelve-pound guns, and no one was seen on the sailing ship that was hit immediately. Broken in the sea.

A [-]-ton armed merchant ship that was still marching in formation opened fire with six-pound guns while directly crushing over the fragments of the disintegrated sloop. It went into the sea, but it didn't come up after that.

The entire reinforcement fleet was told at the beginning that there must be British ships on the road to make trouble. No matter which ship, as long as it does not lose its ability to move, it must maintain its formation and continue to follow. The manpower of the three squadrons sent by the Wunan Auxiliary Fleet will solve the problem, or the ships serving as guards in the fleet will come out to solve the problem and rescue the crew members who fell into the water.

The formation is too long. In order to keep the enemy from attacking in chaos, we can only sacrifice those damaged or destroyed ships, so that the enemy can give up the pursuit of the entire fleet after taking a bite and being satisfied.

Unless there are huge losses and blows, for example, more than ten ships are outflanked and suppressed, and the nearby combat ships cannot be rescued. According to the situation, issue an order to escape backwards, to disperse and escape, or to continue to follow the fleet to disperse and escape.

The battle is still going on. With the arrival of the escort fleet, there are fewer and fewer pirate sloops active in the fleet. The remaining five or six ships turned around. Relying on their small size and flexible operation, they drilled from the fleet. out, and quickly fled to the coast of Italy.

They harmed the fleet at least thirteen miles away, wounded at least 20 small ships, and severely damaged one, so that the ships escorted by the fleet had to stop, transfer supplies and wounded, and sunk directly after the personnel. The ship continued on its way.

This time, nearly a hundred people were lost, and at least three masts of one ship were damaged, which affected a little speed. The second half of the fleet had to wait for them to repair at a speed of eight knots.

After solving the pirate attack, it took another three days to sail for [-] nautical miles and arrived at the coast of Algeria. The fleet narrowed the distance, from [-] nautical miles to [-] nautical miles, and the queue became dense. The eight columns escort those warships that need to be protected with slow speed and low firepower in the circle.

The Turkish fleet escorted the left and right, the auxiliary fleet plus the combat ships in the reinforcement fleet escorted the front and rear, and then sent the scout fleet to scout the front and left and right.

At this time, Morin also led the main fleet to cross the Strait of Gibraltar while fighting, advancing [-] nautical miles in one night, and met the ocean-going communication ship that was connected. The fleet hid on the coast of Africa and rested all night, waiting for the reinforcement fleet The arrival of the British fleet, while sending ocean-going communication ships to monitor the strait.

The next day, while walking and scouting, they sailed 160 nautical miles.

Both sides already know that there are still 120 nautical miles away.

Among the fleets sailing in the bustling countries, the fleet maintains a speed of ten knots, and it can basically be encountered at night.

But the British will not let it go. Just when everyone was happy, a British fleet was approaching them. The British had been waiting for this time, and they were hiding along the coast of Algeria.

Five of the British's six fleets are outside the strait, and one is hidden in the Mediterranean Sea. It is true that they have fought several sea battles with the Spanish and the Dutch, and the British who have defeated these two will only play naval blockade?

A main battleship has reached thirty, four first-class battleships, five second-class battleships, eight 560-ton steam engine battleships, three 180-ton sail warships, ten [-]-ton sail warships, eight Two thousand tons of sails, twelve armed merchant ships of [-] tons for reconnaissance.

That is to say, apart from the accident of the Wunan Fleet, the British have always been in control of the rhythm of the naval battle. The reason why the main fleet of the New Qin Empire rushed in was to annihilate the main fleet of the New Qin Empire.

But everyone in the New Qin Empire was kept in the dark and didn't know it at all. They thought their strategy had worked and the British were diverted away. In fact, after a week of returning, the two British fleets were blocked. The strait is over, and there is also an auxiliary fleet that Molin and the others encountered only disturbed them from a distance and let them go.

Now that it's caught in the urn, the British are probably laughing.

And what are they doing in the Wunan Fleet at this time?

The Wunan Fleet attacked a small island in the British sea, and then grandiosely repaired the ships damaged in their battle on the island.

The first thousand and 350 chapters cheating under the nose of the enemy

At the eighth hour of the countdown, Morin received a message from a disguised ocean-going communication ship that a super fleet of the enemy had appeared in the nearby African naval battle. Someone had seen them appear.