Lord of Ming Dynasty

What's more, the five 560-ton sail warships left, and he still has four first-class battleships, five second-class battleships, eight 28-ton steam engine battleships, five fourth-class battleships, and three [-]-ton steam engine battleships. It seems that the number is similar to the [-] warships of the enemy's mainstream fleet, but in terms of strength, he has heard of the coast of Africa over there.

The ten first-class battleships wiped out 28 enemy warships, captured three enemy warships over 1000 tons, and nearly [-] enemy crew members.

Although they also suffered heavy losses, but now they have more battleships and many auxiliary ships on their side. The enemy reinforcement fleet over there is just some old Turkey with little combat effectiveness purchased from the Chinese Empire and Spain. The coming warships, are the Spaniards very powerful?In these years of fighting, the British fought against the Spaniards.

A fleet of twelve ironclad warships began to approach the British. Another five five-thousand-ton sail warships and eleven four-to-five-thousand-ton steam engine warships were launched on the other side. Another stroke of the horoscope, and five [-]-ton sailing warships became the horizontal line at the bottom of the character horoscope, and went away.

Rear Admiral Carter on the opposite side snorted coldly, immediately formed a herringbone formation, and rushed towards the fleet of the New Qin Empire.

Four first-class battleships lead the way, forming the vertical bar above the herringbone. The remaining five second-class battleships, eight [-]-ton steam engine battleships, and five fourth-class battleships, three [-]-ton battleships The ton steam engine battleship was divided into two to form two herringbone shapes.

The two most powerful fleets here are currently engaged in a battle of formation.

The lookouts of the two families kept reporting the enemy's position, speed, and distance. The nervous gunners quickly adjusted the artillery so that the artillery was always aimed at the enemy.

According to the order of the boatswain, the helmsman constantly adjusts the course and maintains the formation.

There was a gap of nearly one nautical mile between the two sides. After constant adjustments, the two sides reached a distance of 650 meters.

Mo Lin looked at the opposite side, and sent a signal to contact the fleet on the opposite side. The two sides agreed to fire at 500 meters and began to correct the trajectory.

Many people in the command tower began to calculate the opponent's trajectory, speed, and distance, and provided shooting parameters for the artillery. The second and third officers quickly issued various orders, and the first officer maintained the formation while conveying Morin's orders.

The captain stood where the bosun was, directing the rest of the crew to prepare for battle.

"The wind speed is five knots, the other side has reduced the speed, fifteen knots, fourteen knots, thirteen knots, one thousand five hundred and twenty-two meters..."

The first officer kept receiving news and then reported it to Mo Lin.

"Prepare for battle. Each cannon shoots a test shot. The watchman pays attention to observe the ballistic trajectory, the speed of the enemy ship, and the height of the spray." Molin shouted.

On the other side, Major General Carter issued an order, "Fire at close to 200 meters. Regardless of the order, each artillery group fires freely, facing the enemy on both sides, and facing the enemy at the bow."

The commander at his side also repeated his order.

The flagships of the two opposing fleets are facing east and west, one is in the middle of the fleet, and the other is at the head of the fleet.

The British Admiral Carter's flagship was to withstand the frontal artillery of five five-thousand-ton galleons approaching, about ten 75 mm guns, five turret guns, and five thirty-pound heavy siege guns of 800 Focus fire strikes at a distance of 600 meters to [-] meters, and Major General Carter's flagship, a first-class battleship, has three upper and lower floors.

On the upper deck are gun gallery artillery, four 24mm rapid-fire guns, on the second deck are three [-]-pound guns loaded in the gun room in front of the captain's cabin, and on the bottom third deck are two [-]-pound old-style guns .

It can be said that the firepower is not as good as that of the five oncoming five thousand ton sailing warships equipped with turret artillery equipped with the New Qin Empire.

This is why Mo Lin dared to let five [-]-ton sailing warships be the horizontal line at the bottom of the inverted horoscope.

However, these sailing warships will also have the advantage in the first wave of attacks ahead. Once they get into the middle of the enemy's formation, they will face the attack of the enemy's two battle line artillery all the way.

In the herringbone formation of the British, the open opening of the herringbone is actually only 500 nautical miles away. When they walk in the middle, they need to bear the firepower of the enemy on both sides, nearly 580 artillery pieces, while the eight on both sides The main battleship outside the glyph only needs a team to bear the enemy's artillery attack of about [-] to [-].

At 200 meters, the turrets on the bows of the five sailing warships driving in the opposite direction began to aim at the enemy's flagship and fired. Ten cannons focused their fire and instantly smashed the shells within 50 meters of the enemy's flagship. The British here They also fought back, but the firepower of the four 200mm rapid-fire guns is really limited, and the distance is a bit far away, and the accuracy is not good. The shooting of the five artillery guns below, the impact of the five solid bullets is even worse. It fell into the sea at a distance of [-] meters, and no one hit the other side in the first round of artillery.

The enemy quickly launched the second round, and the four rapid-fire guns fired. This time, they hit the front of the five sailing warships of the New Qin Empire at a distance of 30 meters. The distance between the two sides was close to 60 meters, and the bottom five artillery were still being adjusted. Well, they may not be able to fire until the fourth round of the four artillery is finished. The rate of fire is too slow, which is why the artillery of the Huaxia Empire eliminated the old artillery.

In the first round of artillery, the twelve warships of the ironclad warships achieved 24 artillery pieces and a good score of nine, while the enemy's artillery only achieved a record of 580 artillery pieces.

At a distance of 500 meters, this is really a test for the artillery fire of the British with dense artillery. Many shells do not know where they hit at 300 meters.

One of the nine shells hit the stern of the enemy's flagship ship, reimbursed the enemy's stern mast and sails, and destroyed the four gun gallery artillery at the stern, as well as nearly [-] gunners and three crew members.

Three of the other eight shells nearly missed, and exploded at a distance of one meter to ten meters beside the enemy's hull. The huge shock wave made the enemy's warships tremble, affecting the loading of their subsequent shells, and at the same time causing their hulls to shudder. Some cracks were opened, each ship was flooded with one to two tons of water, and the speed dropped slightly.

Chapter 360 The enemy is too weak! 2

Although the damage caused by the remaining few shells was not large, it also affected the formation of the entire fleet. The firepower output originally relied on intensive firepower to strike the enemy, and the accuracy was not high. Now that some damage has occurred, there are more than 100 soldiers in the fleet A shell made a serious error in the second round of firing, and the spread was wider, almost reaching a distance of more than 500 meters.

In this way, it is even more impossible to hit the battle line of the fleet traveling at high speed on the opposite side. Regardless of the battle line, all ships must follow a certain route, a certain speed, and keep a certain distance, just like a row of guns. , what you play is firepower, what you play is to see who kills who first, who tries to hit as many vital points as possible in the first few waves, or damages the enemy with the amount of ammunition. By luck, that won't work either.

During the period when the British had a powerful army, they were fighting with various surrounding European countries. After decades, they relied on unnecessary courage to line up and shoot formations, risking huge losses. Those who flew around the enemy could only rely on luck In front of the bullets, they fell down row by row. They reached the enemy 30 meters away with the same unafraid of death as Saburo, and then a row of firepower accurately and densely engaged the entire row of enemies. And bloody, making all the enemies who fought with them terrified.

But now that the main fleet of the New Qin Empire is sailing at high speed, the turret mode used is the hit rate instead of intensive firepower. If the intensive firepower is not close enough, it will be a waste of shells if it cannot hit the enemy. Now the gap is not so big. But in terms of training and professionalism, they really can't compare with the gunners of the New Qin Empire who have experienced so many long-range turret artillery shots.

Moreover, Morin's fleet was firmly stuck on the edge of the enemy's firepower. It was 300 meters to 200 meters away, even if it was only 50 meters or [-] meters, with their firepower, only sporadic shells hit them occasionally. The battle line, but it may not be able to hit the fleet of the New Qin Empire.

The battle lasted for half an hour. The two sides maintained a battle line formation on the sea surface of fifteen nautical miles and attacked each other. After nearly twenty rounds of artillery, both sides suffered little loss. The sailboats couldn't stay on the battle line anymore, because they were taken care of, and the concentrated fire of a few shells quickly turned the two [-]-ton sail warships into pieces.

After all, this is a decisive battle at the battleship level. Small ships like theirs were not born to go to the battle line at all. All sailing ships were not born to go to the battle line. Even a [-]-ton steam engine battleship cannot With such firepower, they kept on the battle line at all times. In less than five rounds, they were seriously injured and withdrew from the battle line.

Here, the five [-]-ton sailing warships of the New Qin Empire that passed through the middle of the enemy opened fire on both sides. They were also stretched to cope with the enemy's flanking firepower on both sides. The sails and masts were crooked and tattered If the hull hadn't been rebuilt with armor plates, the enemy's solid bullets might have sunk them.

The first round of attack bears the blow of the enemy. This is what they have to sacrifice. The enemy needs to disperse part of their firepower on them. When passing by four first-class battleships, their hulls are at a distance of 200 meters The upper part fully withstood the attack of nearly 75 shells from the enemy's side, of course not all [-] shells, let alone [-], as long as four or five [-]mm shells hit them, they had to get down, and another ten When one comes, it has to be sent into the sea.

In the process, their hulls on each side were attacked by thirty solid bullets from the enemy, about every ship, and one or two 45mm rapid-fire artillery shells, and the gun gallery artillery on one side was almost completely destroyed. Destroyed, with casualties of nearly forty-five gunners, eighteen slaves, and twelve others, an average number of casualties per galleon.

The enemy's 75mm artillery hit an average of two to three per ship, but they missed the vital parts.

Although the five [-]-ton sailboats were lost, they were lucky enough to rush out of the firepower of the five or six hundred artillery pieces. After they rushed out, they rushed towards the enemy's steam engine battleships and sailboats that had broken away from the battle line formation. battleship.

Now everyone knows that they are no longer suitable for the battle line, and maybe the battle line of sail warships and steam engine battleships with high tonnage will no longer exist in the future.

Because their artillery has a short range, or the operation of the sail is not suitable for the 75mm battle line of the steam engine, no steam engine warship sails fast or stable.

Five [-]-ton sailing warships became the horizontal line at the bottom of the horoscope. The five [-]-ton sailing warships turned around and rushed to the enemy's heavily injured [-]-ton steam engine warship and sailing warship, as well as a wounded A fourth-class battleship, both sides were in bad condition, withdrew from the battle line, and the eleven steam engine battleships of [-] tons and [-] tons met the two second-class battleships separated by the enemy, and four [-]-ton battleships A hundred-ton steam engine battleship, and a team of two fourth-class battleships.

The formation of the two sides changed from the herringbone of the British to four parallel lines with an interval of 350 meters. The British went to the outer line, and the fleet of the New Qin Empire Morin went to the inner line.

Molin's twelve ironclad ships moved to the inner line, and the British battle line led by Major General Carter had four first-class battleships followed by two second-class battleships, four [-]-ton steam engine battleships, and two A fourth-class battleship went to the original position of Molin and the others. The two sides were entangled, like two greedy snakes, always trying to surpass the enemy, and then went to the T-shaped battle position, using more battleship firepower to hit the enemy at the head. The battleships, one by one, like sharpening the end of a pencil, cut off the entire enemy line.

In the process of changing formations, the distance is inevitably shortened. Except for those warships that retreated from the battle line, other armored ships that approached the enemy were hit by the enemy's intensive firepower. Some iron-clad ships even suffered five or six 75mm shells from the enemy at the same time. However, it is not an unbearable loss for the new Qin Empire ironclad ship, which is covered with iron armor and wrapped with a thick one-foot-long teak board.

In the counterattack firepower, the artillery of the ironclad ship caused great damage to the enemy. After all, although the enemy also has armor plates and iron sheets for protection, after all, it is still a ship with mostly wooden planks. The deck artillery was destroyed, dozens of gunners were either killed or injured, and the enemy's firepower suddenly dropped.

In the constant bombardment, the artillery fire density of the British battleships became more and more sparse. In addition, Molin could open the distance. Once the parallel battle position was reached, the distance of 400 meters was immediately opened, so that the enemy could hit them. Basically, they are some 75mm artillery. Although the [-]mm artillery has a fast rate of fire, it is not powerful enough at such a distance.

So the enemy's losses came out, a second-class battleship lost its intensive firepower on one side, nearly fifty artillery pieces were destroyed, two third-class battleships had their masts collapsed, and their superstructures were almost destroyed. The conservative heads of the British, they still added sails, which affected a lot of maneuverability and increased tonnage. The thousand tons of tonnage they added were almost unnecessary things.

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After almost crippling a second-class battleship, a third-class battleship, and two fourth-class battleships on the enemy's side, and destroying 40.00% of the firepower on this side, Molin and their ironclad ships are facing a dilemma It's much smaller.

What they lost was just three rapid-fire guns on one side of an ironclad ship, five guns on the side of an ironclad ship, and nearly a hundred sailors and gunners. Their main firepower, the 75mm turret artillery, Not a single door was destroyed.

But from now on, it has entered the middle consumption stage of the battle.

One shot here, one shot there, the two sides are like absolute players fighting a fair duel with their opponents.

Because of the weakened distance and firepower, there is no way to use their firepower, because their firepower is so far away that they can't accurately hit the high-speed mobile ironclad ship here, and even if the ironclad ship is hit, except for the personnel on the deck and the turret. The personnel, the place where the gun gallery must be opened, the hull generally has a high defense, and can withstand dozens of solid bullets. Unless it is hit by a 30-pound artillery, otherwise the power will not cause much loss here, at most it will be left behind. Several sunken pits.

The rapid-fire gun can at most paralyze the turret or hit two shots in a row to destroy a rapid-fire gun turret. The 75mm shell can destroy and cause damage to the deck, but it cannot be used against the personnel below the deck and the key parts with thicker protection. caused damage.