Lord of Ming Dynasty

Not far away, fifty scattered ships and some ocean-going communication ships fled while quickly disguised and disappeared into the daylight. There were a huge number of merchant ships and fleets in the Mediterranean Sea, and the British could not track every one of them. .

Their biggest task is to keep an eye on the reinforcement fleet.

The British are still kept in the dark, and are still happy that the reinforcement fleet was attacked.

The first thousand and 350 chapters and three timid Turkish fleet

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Just in the smoke, a lot of ships put on the camouflage and flags of the Turkish fleet, and some of the Turks were scattered to the small boats that hadn't gone yet and eight hundred tons and one thousand tons, two thousand tons steamboats and three thousand tons sailing boat.

Turkey’s large warships left two sailing ships and two steam engine ships, and some ships in the auxiliary fleet replaced personnel and equipment, large equipment, personnel, and many Han people, basically from 15 to 45 years old. combatants, a total of forty ships were replaced.

The Turkish combat ships were replaced by combatants who remained to meet the ships of the enemy fleet, and all non-combatants, artisans, officers, teachers, and some army soldiers were replaced.

The forty warships were crowded with nearly [-] elite technicians and elite fighters needed by the New Qin Empire, as well as some important equipment.

The Turks replaced all the weak ships and warships, and those that remained were diverted once or twice, and then the remaining dozens of warships were ready to fight the enemy.

There are more than 11 people, including the Turkish people, there are nearly 3 people. The Turks took away more than 6000 people, and the [-] people who were previously diverted out, leaving behind are proficient in sea navigation and sea combat, or on land Fighting young soldiers.

There is no way, the remaining personnel cannot withdraw, because they have to fight for the more than 3 people.

When the ocean-going communication ship came back once, after listening to the report, Morin gathered all the ocean-going communication ships on both sides and asked them to infiltrate or swagger to join the reinforcement fleet and try to pick up a large number of Han Chinese and a small number of them. As for the mercenaries, Morin estimates that he can pick up 3000 people, and then the remaining ocean-going communication ships will serve as the eyes and ears of the main fleet and reinforcement fleet respectively.

The fourth hour was over, and in the fifth hour, the ocean-going communication ship picked up the last group of people from [-] nautical miles away, some of them were sent directly back to Korvo Town for reunion, and some of them will be handed over to the ocean-going center behind. Following the ship and several ships escorting the relay ship, returned to the shadows to observe the British reaction.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was only 38 nautical miles. Because they were facing each other, the distance between the two sides was doubled. It used to take ten hours, but now it only takes eight hours to reconcile. The two companies have done a lot of work, and the nearly 70 warships that broke through the siege have now moved away from the warring circle and are heading towards the Strait of Gibraltar in high-speed camouflage.

Sixty nautical miles away, Major General John Bing Carter was studying the news from his scout ship. Major General John Bing Carter was puzzled by the frequent movements of the enemy in the past few hours, "What is the enemy doing?" Well?"

On the one hand, they stopped advancing and began to replenish, and on the other hand, they frantically sent out scouting ships to scout the surroundings, but the scouting was ineffective. Instead, they were killed by African pirates and suffered heavy losses. It seems that the enemy lost at least [-] to [-] unprotected small boats. And there are more than a dozen ships fleeing. He has sent people to follow those fleeing ships, and he must destroy them.

The enemy cannot be allowed to reach the New Qin Empire one by one.

However, these reinforcements of the New Qin Empire did not need them to fight, and they were almost scattered by pirates and ocean-going ships. Regardless of the fact that there are still more than 100 warships, it is estimated that if their fleet rushes up, the reinforcement fleet will definitely disband and then flee in all directions. .

Rear Admiral Carter calculated the fleet's available warships, so he decided that his main battleship and warships with the highest tonnage as much as possible rushed to the enemy's main fleet. Others, three sailing warships of 180 tons, ten ships of [-] tons In his opinion, these warships are enough to destroy the enemy's reinforcement fleet.

However, the enemy's main fleet is not easy to deal with. After all, the two expeditions were defeated by the enemy's main fleet. Although the enemy's main fleet has few battleships, their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

At the same time, the enemy's Wunan Fleet should not be underestimated. Under the pursuit of five super fleets, the enemy escaped overnight and was sent to the African coast of Algeria to ambush. The other four fleets went to patrol the coast of Spain. Three teams went to pursue the enemy on the coast of Morocco outside the Strait of Gibraltar on the coast of Africa.

But after chasing for nearly two weeks, the enemy seemed to have disappeared. Three fleets cruised along the coast, and then one fleet had to continue to explore the deep sea, and the two fleets returned to the mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar.

"Speed ​​forward, we will directly surpass the enemy's reinforcement fleet, and let the auxiliary fleet of warships behind attack the enemy's reinforcement fleet, it is enough. We must destroy the enemy's main fleet this time." Major General John Bing Carter told the general Vice shouted.

While conveying the order, the first officer asked worriedly: "General, let the two fleets fight together after they meet up, so as to ensure a large number of casualties and wipe out the enemy. Is it possible to leave a chance for other fleets to claim credit?"

Major General Carter glanced at him, and said to him unhappily: "The enemy's reinforcement fleet is easy to deal with, we can destroy them in a very short time, but the enemy's main fleet is difficult to deal with, it will directly wipe out both of us. This time, the enemy fleet of nearly [-] to [-] warships has at least half the combat power of our main fleet. This time I see that our sailboats, [-]-ton steam engine ships, and steam ships will lose more than half, while the enemy has It's possible that several intact battleships escaped, so we'll have to go all out.

Don't you know that the enemy's auxiliary fleet wiped out nine of our first-class battleships?We must take it seriously. The auxiliary ships dispersed the enemy's reinforcement fleet, and then we concentrated our firepower to attack the enemy's main fleet. In this strait, which is only more than 100 nautical miles long and wide, it is like a pocket, or it is from the Strait of Gibraltar This exit rushes out, or returns to the bottom of the pocket, the port of Turkey, so that the enemy will not reach his goal, and we will win without a fight. "

Three hours later, Major General Carter's main fleet caught up with the reinforcement fleet, but he ignored the reinforcement fleet and continued to rush towards the enemy's main fleet, but their arrival caused confusion among the surrounding merchant ships. There was even a collision, and it was almost blocked for a while, and a large number of ships tried to escape here, because everyone knew that after the British arrived, this place would become a battlefield. Now there is no place to reason.

What made Major General Carter feel funny was that when the Turkish fleet escorting the enemy reinforcements saw them coming, they sped up and left. With a bang, dozens of ships with Turkish flags broke away from the reinforcement fleet and quickly fled away. Rear Admiral Carter smiled, then waved his hand, "Sign out, let the Turkish fleet go, let's move on, let the auxiliary fleet behind to clean up the few enemy reinforcement fleets. Now let's see how many of them can escape our clutches. "

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The first thousand and 350 chapters and four ghosts and ghosts

"Where are we going?" Wu Nan's first officer asked Wu Nan.

"Back to the mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar. We have been away for two weeks. We may have missed the time to rendezvous with the main fleet. Maybe the main fleet is caught in the enemy's siege, or the main fleet has been defeated by the enemy's search fleet, Maureen They were either dead or taken prisoner. I would rather they had not heard from us and postponed the operation than to see them defeated by the enemy to the expected end."

What Wu Nan said was a bit against his will, but it was also true, but compared to the main fleet, what he considered was that their strength was not as strong as the main fleet, and they were also dragging their families. The main fleet was only accompanied by five 30-ton steam engines. Warships, the supply is over, that is the combat effectiveness, but they have more than [-] supply ships, the initial number is [-] ships, and later wiped out so many British merchant ships and small fleets on the road, blocking an enemy pursuit fleet, There is even a powerful first-class battleship main battleship squadron.

Originally, their number of warships reached more than 70. This is the addition of twelve ocean-going communication ships. Now there are only five ocean-going communication ships left. Twenty-eight warships have also been lost, and several supply ships have also been lost. ships, the entire fleet has shrunk to more than 28 ships.

The combat power is only six [-]-ton steam engine warships, one [-]-ton sail warship, and five [-]-ton sail warships.

After a period of rest and recuperation, the three [-]-ton steam engine warships had to be abandoned due to heavy injuries, and all the things that could be used were moved to the three repaired [-]-ton sail warships. The sailing battleship only has [-]% of its original combat power, and it cannot exceed the speed of [-] knots, otherwise the newly repaired part of the hull will not be able to bear it.

Therefore, the three [-]-ton sailing warships can only be used as the escort ships of the supply fleet and form a team with the supply fleet.

The seven slandered [-]-ton sailing warships were restored to [-]% of their combat effectiveness after repairs, and their speed reached [-] knots. They formed a team with three [-]-ton sailing warships to guard the supply fleet.

Except for one of the seven first-class battleships captured by the enemy, which could not be repaired and had its preserved parts and some spare parts removed, the remaining six ships recovered their combat effectiveness, reaching at least 380% of their original combat effectiveness, and their speed increased to at least 240. The speed of knots, the firepower is only [-]% of the original firepower, the enemy's ten warships have the firepower of [-] cannons on one side, and now they only have the firepower of [-] cannons on one side, and here, the firepower of the six ships is [-] to one side. The firepower of a cannon is powerful.

On both sides is the firepower of [-] artillery pieces.

So now these six ships have become the well-deserved main battleships of the Wunan fleet. Wunan has also transferred the flagship from the [-]-ton steam engine ship flagship to a ship whose firepower has recovered [-]%, and its maneuverability has recovered [-]%, about [-] knots. On the battleship.

The supply fleet, after a month and a half of continuous supplies, most of the ships ran out of supplies and became specialized personnel and parts transport ships, as well as the main patrol ship of the auxiliary fleet.

However, Wunan does not need so many ships. The entire Newfoundland Peninsula is still empty. The main fleet, auxiliary fleet, and supply fleet are dispatched. Newfoundland, the hometown of the New Qin Empire, has almost no battleship defense.

He sent ten warships in good condition of the supply fleet back to Newfoundland. The ten supply ships of the supply fleet went through some camouflage and took a relatively long route, avoiding the main route, and sailed [-] nautical miles from the coast of Africa. At the same time, across the Atlantic Ocean, three ships returned to the New Qin Empire in succession.

After the return of these ten supply fleets, at least the New Qin Empire will have an offshore defense auxiliary squadron available for use.

There are eight remaining supply ships, three [-]-ton sailing warships, and seven [-]-ton sailing warships formation. They have become a new supply fleet, and they can also be attached to the enemy's auxiliary fleet or at critical moments. The patrol fleet fought, reducing the encumbrance and burden.

The main fleet consists of six first-class battleships, six [-]-ton steam engine battleships, five [-]-ton sail warships, and one [-]-ton sail warship, making a total of eighteen ships.

The combined fleet of the two fleets has a total size of 36 ships. The combat effectiveness has increased and the burden has decreased. So Wu Nan took them around a circle of [-] nautical miles and returned to the North Sea of ​​the Atlantic Ocean opposite the Strait of Gibraltar.

At this time, the enemy's three chasing super fleets, two went to the Caribbean Sea, one returned to the Strait of Gibraltar, blocked the gap, and one went deep into the Mediterranean Sea to intercept Molin's main fleet and reinforcement fleet. The branch hid on the coast of Spain.

For the British's crushing strength, Wunan really has no solution. The British don't care about the captives they captured, and they don't care about the warships they were sunk. After all, they are all small warships. Even if some steam engine warships are sunk, They also have more, less is just a loss, they still have a lot of manpower.

A battleship is equipped with 100 or 500 officers, more than 100 sailors and gunners, and the other nearly 3 people are recruited, handymen, cooks, blacksmiths, carpenters, and even some buskers, boiler workers, and more. Adding some slaves, they actually lose more than [-] people on a battleship, but they have nearly [-] sailors, thousands of officers, and some retired pirates and officers and sailors. Recruit people from Europe.

Even the population of the supply fleet and auxiliary fleet of the New Qin Empire is domestic, and the mercenaries are all domestic, and they are all population, and one death is less than one death.

In this battle, nearly 2000 people have died or been captured and disappeared after continuous losses.

Gradually, British reconnaissance ships could be seen on the sea. For these ships, Wu Nan found one and wiped out one, and tried to stay as much as possible. He didn't want to be discovered by the enemy early.

When they approached the mouth of the strait for 180 nautical miles, they encountered several [-]-ton small boats scattered from the reinforcement fleet. These boats had safely broken through the enemy's blockade. , these small boats have broken through the enemy's interception, and even some larger boats have returned to the town of Corvo.

For the first time, Wu Nan got the news of the Morin fleet.

Wu Nan sent a [-]-ton sailing warship to escort them to Korwu Town, and asked them to return to the New Qin Empire as soon as possible after arriving there.

After that, he sent five ocean-going reconnaissance ships to conduct reconnaissance. The closer to the strait, the more careful the enemy should be.

The ocean-going ships kept sending back news, and they received more and more ships scattered to break through. When they reached [-] nautical miles, the news of fifty ships had been confirmed, and the ocean-going reconnaissance ships had contacted thirty ships. , and return to report.