Lord of Ming Dynasty

After approaching [-] nautical miles, the enemy's intercepting ships appeared. At first, they were a few small sailing boats, which only dared to harass the periphery, and then fired two shots and ran away. Supply fleet formation.

Wu Nan has already rushed to the main fleet, and the situation is not good.

Chapter 350 and five for the main fleet

In 350 miles, several enemy ships attacked the three steam engine warships that had broken through the encirclement. Wunan sent seven [-]-ton sailboats to assist in the battle, one was sunk, and then protected the three steam engine ships. A [-]-ton sailing ship, a [-]-ton steam engine ship, and the remaining dozen ships scattered and fled.

Wunan sent two [-]-ton sailboats to escort them back to the town of Korvo.

At this time, the supply fleet had eighteen ships, and his main fleet had fourteen ships.

Wu Nan ordered the fleet to speed up and rush forward, keeping the speed of the ship at eleven knots.

On the second day, it rushed to a place 250 nautical miles away from the entrance of the strait, and sailed [-] nautical miles in one night.

Here they encountered the exposed escort of two relay ships escorted by the British, and one relay ship, five galleys of two thousand tons, which were some of the ships that fled at the last moment, I don't know why the relay ship and the escorting fleet were exposed, and they were chased and intercepted by the British. They chased here from the inside of the strait. Several ships suffered heavy losses and staggered. Not far away, an enemy's full-sail fleet was approaching catch up.

Three sailing warships of [-] tons, depending on the situation, at least look like second-class battleships, followed by a vote of European-style third-class battleships, fourth-class battleships, fifth-class battleships, and sixth-class battleships. This is the real fleet.

There are about seventeen or eighteen ships, and it seems that they are making a fuss, and they want to take down this escaped small fleet with great fanfare.

Encountering this, the Wunan Fleet didn't think about anything. The five [-]-ton sailing warships left behind rushed to the battlefield with all their strength, and the three [-]-ton sailing warships behind were also ordered to rush up to intercept the enemy. The fourth-class and fifth-class sailing warships, six [-]-ton steam engine ships rushed to intercept the enemy's third-class battleships, and the remaining seven [-]-ton sailing warships also rushed to help.

The battle started at that moment. The British fleet was very arrogant. While dispatching ten third-class battleships and all warships below to disperse and intercept them, three sailing warships of [-] tons were still chasing the fleeing fleet. Wu Nan commanded six ships The first-class battleship quickly rushed over to intercept the three [-]-ton second-class sailing battleships.

As soon as the two sides opened fire, they both suffered damage. The enemies were all specialized military sailing warships, not some modified sailing ships or ordinary long-distance fleet ships. They were much more powerful than this side in terms of flexibility and firepower.

The eight supply ships sailed slowly, while approaching the fleeing fleet, while firing to drive away the harassment of the approaching enemy's ocean-going ships and warships.

As soon as the five [-]-ton sailing warships rushed up there, two of them were injured by the enemy's salvo fire. They only caused certain casualties to the enemy. These enemy warships are more powerful than other warships. too much.

Within 15 minutes of the exchange of fire, a 10-ton sailing warship sank, and the crew inside covered the sea surface for nearly one nautical mile like dumplings. Another sailing warship was sunk in [-] minutes, and there were hundreds of people Jumped into the sea.

Finally, the six steam engine warships achieved the results. In No. 201 minutes, they sank a 75-ton sixth-class warship of the enemy. The slender hull and seven masts made them the most outstanding targets at sea. The 45mm artillery hit the cannon gallery artillery together, and then the upper and lower floors, a total of [-] artillery pieces were blown up, and the ammunition that exploded caused almost no one to escape, and they were blown to pieces.

In 26 minutes, a fifth-class warship was damaged. A lot of flames and thick smoke caused the warship to withdraw from the battlefield directly, while two [-]-ton sail warships seized the opportunity to fire violently, approached it, and gave A round of artillery fire directly caused the crew of the ship to abandon the ship.

No. In 30 minutes, two escorting steam engine warships were damaged by the enemy's 36-ton sailing warship. At this time, Wu Nan finally seized the opportunity. A salvo from the flagship, 35 shells directly knocked out the enemy's main mast. With [-] cannons on the upper and lower layers of the flanks, this five thousand ton sailing warship immediately turned around and fled.

It was impossible to fight, nearly half of the ninety artillery pieces were destroyed, and the main mast was also broken.

The flagship here was hit by enemy artillery fire, and lost four artillery pieces, a dozen gunners, and one handyman.

Wu Nan immediately adjusted his strategy and quickly distanced himself from the enemy. They were here to block the enemy's pursuit, not to fight the enemy desperately. In less than half an hour, four ships were lost here, and two ships were lost there. Injuring one of them violated the original goal of both sides. Now that the relay ship and the ships of the reinforcement fleet have escaped seven or eight nautical miles, there is no need to fight the enemy desperately.

So as the six battleships opened up the distance, the enemy also opened up the distance tacitly. The two sides began to waste shells at a distance of more than 900 meters, but this was good for the six 500-ton steam engine battleships. It is fighting at a distance of 200 meters or an optimal distance of [-] meters with the enemy.

The enemy is using battleships. In the previous decisive battles, they used salvo firepower. All the battleships here use roaming or limited battle line tactics. Therefore, the enemy's fifth and sixth ranks The ship suffered, and was continuously named by six steam engine warships, destroying the enemy's cannon guns, destroying the enemy's masts and sails. In less than half an hour, the enemy's ships that could fight were left with two [-]-ton sail warships With four third-class battleships of three to five hundred tons, the others either escaped or were struggling to escape.

If there were not six British first-class battleships, it might have suffered heavy losses. The six British first-class battleships played a big role, at least attracting most of the enemy's firepower.

Then six [-]-ton steam engine warships dealt devastating blows to the enemy, long-range strikes.

After nearly an hour of fighting, the enemy fled. Wu Nan ordered the remaining eight [-]-ton sail warships to salvage the drowning personnel and prisoners, and he continued to move forward with a [-]-ton steam engine warship and ocean-going communication ships.

An hour later, the fleet that cleaned up the warships caught up. After two hours, the fleet continued to sail, and the British never dared to intercept it again.

After another three hours, they advanced 60 nautical miles and encountered the Turkish fleet and some scattered warships they gathered. Eight supply ships and three [-]-ton sailing warships were dispatched, as well as all injured [-]-ton sailing warships.

There are still four [-]-ton sailing battleships, six [-]-ton steam engine battleships, and six first-class battleships left in the fleet. A total of [-] battleships continue to move forward.

Such a huge Turkish fleet, plus the supply fleet and those sailing warships separated from the fleet, the British do not need a super fleet to intercept them. They are absolutely invincible. Regarding such a huge fleet, Wu Nan is still very relieved. People have been routed, many small fleets or some wandering British patrol ships, or a huge fleet that the pirates dare not provoke again, all enemies have to weigh it.

There are 170 nautical miles remaining to approach the mouth of the strait.

The first thousand and 350 chapters and six chapters of the Maicheng of the Zhuanglin Fleet

After getting rid of all the burdens, the sixteen warships of the Wunan Fleet accelerated their speed and rushed to meet Molin's main fleet and reinforcement fleet.

And Zhuang Lin's fleet continued to attack the British routes in the Caribbean Sea. The small fleet almost turned the Caribbean Sea upside down. They sank fifteen of the enemy's [-]-ton sailing warships within two weeks, and [-] tons There are sixteen sailing warships, and there are also a large number of two to three thousand ton sailing warships and steam engine warships, one thousand ton merchant ships and some scout ships.

For a while, the wind and cranes roared in the Caribbean Sea, and the British dared not sail out to sea.

The two reinforced super fleets more than 1000 nautical miles away in the Caribbean Sea hesitated and hesitated. Within a week, they accelerated to the Strait of Gibraltar, and then chased the Wunan Fleet going south along the coast of Africa. A week later, they rushed to the Caribbean Sea at full speed. , After sailing for a week, except for the sky and the blue water, it is the blue sky and the endless sea. In the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, they can't even see a few people. Occasionally, they can see a ship from other countries sailing in the distance A merchant ship across the Atlantic or a looming pirate ship.

In this way, these two super fleets directly said goodbye to this interception mission. Zhuang Lin’s efforts not only turned the British’s Caribbean colony upside down, but also mobilized the two super fleets of the British in the past, so Gibraltar There are only four super fleets left in the Straits.

Now that there is no way to mobilize the enemy, Wu Nan feels that the possibility of victory is not high.

Over there, Zhuang Lin and the others wiped out [-] sailing ships intercepted by the enemy, a [-]-ton supply ship was sunk by the enemy, and lost a steam engine warship captured by the Dutch, a [-]-ton sailing warship, and a A [-]-ton sail warship, after losing a little manpower and supplies, captured the enemy's [-]-ton steam engine warship. This is the enemy's only reliance, and now it was captured by Zhuang Lin and the others.

After some supplies and repairs, continue to move towards the Caribbean Sea.

After this battle, Zhuang Lin was a little baffled, but he changed his decision to go to Nassau, and went deep into the Caribbean Sea instead of the Cuban Sea.

Along the way, they were intercepted by three or four enemy fleets. The supply fleet continued to lose, but their seized ships continued to increase. By the time they reached the waters near Trinidad and Tobago, they had captured three enemy ships and three ships. A thousand-ton steam engine battleship, a five-thousand-ton sail warship, a four-thousand-ton sail warship, five two-thousand-ton sail supply ships in the supply fleet were lost, and some Dutchmen who were captured and delivered to the supply fleet and the British warships, a total of eight warships were lost.

At this time, Zhuang Lin suddenly turned, went deep into the Caribbean Sea, and then returned to cross the Cuba Strait, returned to the Florida Strait, passed through the Florida Strait, turned back along the Florida Peninsula, and after reaching the coast of Pennsylvania, he replenished again. Then five supply ships, seven injured ships, some [-]-ton sailboats, some wounded ocean-going scout ships, and ships under [-] tons were all formed into a fleet, and dispatched to capture the Dutch Three [-]-ton steamships escorted them back to the New Qin Empire.

He thought the same as Wu Nan, after mobilizing a large number of enemies, those supply ships and some warships that could not contribute in the battle could no longer follow the fleet and add records to the enemy's record list.

So this time, in addition to the seven lost sail supply ships, all the supply ships that were emptied and ships below [-] tons, as well as seriously injured ships captured in previous battles, and ships that could not fight all returned to the New Qin Empire. Contribute to the coastal defense of the New Qin Empire.

So about 20 ships left the fleet and formed a fleet to return to the New Qin Empire. This place is much safer than the Wunan Fleet, and it is much closer to Newfoundland of the New Qin Empire.

After this adjustment, the two wounded [-]-ton steam engine battleships also returned with the team, the three steam engine battleships captured by the Dutch, and the nine remaining steam engine battleships and sailing battleships of the supply fleet, leaving behind their own supplies and coal. , everything else was transferred to the remaining eight [-]-ton steam engine battleships, even the combatants and some rescued crew members who fell into the water were transferred to them. tons of steam engine battleships, and other surplus materials are allocated to other large battleships.

For example, six 23-ton sailing battleships, six restored [-]-ton French steam engine battleships, plus one captured steam engine battleship, eight [-]-ton steam engine battleships, ten ocean-going communication ships, two three Thousand-ton sailing warships, the total force has also dropped by nearly half, [-] warships, and ten ocean-going communication ships.

Then Zhuang Lin began to return to the Caribbean Sea, and after a series of battles, the British were pissed from time to time. They are now really during the rise of the ocean overlords, and they will stop because of the harassment of Zhuang Lin and the others. They will continue to mobilize troops to chase and intercept them.

Zhuang Lin and the others fought five battles within a week of their return, from a few small sailboats daring to attack them to a large fleet almost as large as a super fleet blocking them in the Cuba Strait, forty or fifty warships, Fighting with Zhuang Lin's fleet for a day and a night, one of the ten ocean-going communication ships was captured, five were sunk, two were injured, six French warships were sunk, the third was sunk, the sixth was seriously injured, and finally had to give up, the fourth Minor but knocked out a propulsion shaft, leaving only eight knots of power left.

Of the six 1000-ton sail warships, three were sunk, one was seriously injured, and one was slightly injured. However, they captured a first-class battleship and a second-class battleship of the enemy, and then fled the British with the fleet in a hurry. Surrounded, more than [-] men and three seriously wounded ships were lost to the British captives.

The British paid for this. Three third-class battleships were sunk, three first-class battleships were destroyed, eight [-]-ton sail warships were sunk or seriously injured, five [-]-ton steam engine ships were sunk, and one The [-]-ton sailboat was seriously injured, and as many as ten armed merchant ships of various types were sunk or seriously injured.

After the war, the Zhuang Lin fleet did not escape from danger, because they fled into the Gulf of Mexico. This land is a French colony, and some British colonies. In this bay, this wide bay is surrounded by French and In the port of the British, more and more ships were blocked by the British outside.

The only outlets are the Florida Straits and the Cuban Straits.

Or you can go to the port of the Spaniards or the French to hide, but that is impossible. These two countries will never offend the British for the new Qin Empire. Although France and the United Kingdom are now at war, the Spaniards have just experienced The Nassau naval battle with the British, and a treasure ship fleet has just been killed by the British fleet.

The first thousand and 350 chapters and seven battleships are not without shortcomings

Tampico, the original Spanish colony, was later captured by the British, and the French came to seize it again. After that, the British rose rapidly and dominated the ocean, and it was seized by the British again. This is a British colony.

Zhuang Lin, who fled in embarrassment, crossed the Gulf of Mexico for 150 nautical miles, came here, bombarded, occupied this place, captured [-] British immigrants here, and [-] colonists here.