Lord of Ming Dynasty

"what's the situation?"

"Report, foresail mast broken, helmsman wounded, deck damaged, bow ensign dead, two 75mm guns destroyed, gunner killed and wounded five, gunner dead, second deck gun displaced, fifteen gunners Injured by the shock, eight gun positions could not be fired, and four gun ports were blown to pieces."

Fortunately, Major General Carter thought his ship had been hit by a giant cannon. He took off the binoculars and looked. An ironclad ship is like a Japanese devil chasing a division of our army. No one wants to resist. The five enemy warships are constantly firing, and the fleet on our side is running for their lives. From time to time, ships are hit by giant artillery, and then one The disintegration of a ship, occasionally trying to fight back, was immediately focused by the secondary guns on the crazy enemy ship.

The overtaken ship immediately hung the white flag, quickly lowered the British flag, hung the white flag, and waited there in a well-behaved manner. The ironclad ship ignored them and opened fire crazily. Some of them were ransacked by firepower or destroyed by artillery. He was still far away from the five ironclad ships, about two nautical miles. Major General Carter suddenly realized that his flagship had run so far. Wasn't it still 800 meters away from the enemy?

The first mate immediately went down to ask, and then he came up and said to Major General Carter in embarrassment: "It was the order of the second mate, and everyone else ran away. If we don't run, we may be the next one to be destroyed. Now general, we What to do? All the ships are asking us."

"What else can I do?"

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

After a moment of silence, Major General Carter whispered: "Let's go, retreat, and return home."

The chief mate was overjoyed, he had been waiting for this day for a long time, and immediately ordered the soldiers to deliver the order, and then shouted to the second mate below, "The ships are disbanded and returned to the country."

Here is not far from the UK, back to the UK is the best choice.

Where is the British mainland fleet, the number of warships in the local fleet, it is expected that these warships of the New Qin Empire would not dare to go wild in the British mainland.

Immediately, the forty or fifty ships of the entire fleet, which had been working hard just now and did not dare to escape too far, immediately disbanded and fled in all directions.

Major General John Bing Carter ushered in the second major defeat of his life.

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The smoke of gunfire was still floating in the sky, and most British people stood on the deck of a captured British battleship, looking at the busy sailors of the New Qin Empire on the sea, feeling depressed, lost, and broken. The enemy was defeated. This is the second time that the New Qin Empire has defeated the British super fleet. Although the two super fleets were not many and the fleet was incomplete, they were both so similar. Both were defeated and then defeated. captive.

Five first-class battleships were captured intact, three second-class battleships, seven 500-ton sail warships, three [-]-ton steam engine battleships, two enemy third-class battleships, three fourth-class and fifth-class battleships There are not many battleships, but this is the first time that the British have captured so many warships, and they are still warships of the super fleet. This time, [-] British sailors, [-] hired sailors, and officers were captured. Almost over [-] men, from ensigns to colonels.

Nearly 4000 men, nearly one-twentieth of the officers and sailors of the British reserve were taken prisoner.

After falling, they were beaten into a panic by the fleet of a small country, and they were defeated.

Wu Nan has already taken over the command of the fleet. There is nothing wrong with the five ironclad ships. Although they lost dozens of slaves, 37 to [-] sailors, and a lot of turrets were damaged, they can be used again immediately after repairing them. Seven or eight of the secondary guns were destroyed, several of the [-]mm deck guns were destroyed, and the rest were because of the armor of the ironclad ship.

And they are all iron bones, so as long as they don't get hit in important places and cause structural damage, basically nothing will happen.

Ten ships followed Song Qinglai's supply and auxiliary auxiliary fleet and the third squadron lost two ships, one was seriously injured, and three were slightly injured. After all, the enemy is also crazy, and there are a lot of them. There are more than 20 ships in total. The second-class battleships and first-class battleships sent over here.

It was not easy to fight.

After the fight, there were only three ships left on Wunan's side. Fortunately, most of the captured crew members were on the captured enemy ships this time, and they also rescued many sunken crew members from the sea. Captured enemy ships are unable to receive and guard.

However, the captives were good. With so many ships, several of them were still capable of fighting, which made Wu Nan feel very relieved. His few remaining warships were almost useless.

"Sir, the battlefield is cleaned up," Song Qing climbed from a small boat to the conning tower of his flagship, the No. [-] Type II ironclad warship, saluted Wu Nan, and stood behind him.

Wu Nan looked down at the chart, heard his report, and turned around, "A simple repair, we will return to the mouth of the strait immediately, Chief Molin needs us to rescue them, have the captives been interrogated? They know where our fleet is ?"

Song Qing immediately replied: "The ship has basically been repaired, and even the seriously injured can sail. My suggestion is to allocate a few captured second-class battleships, plus the seven or eight ships we were injured, and immediately turn around and return to China. This place is far away from Britain. If we are too close, there are Spanish and French fleets eyeing us. If we are too weak, they will surely pounce on us. We may encounter the other two enemy fleets in the future. Therefore, it is best to send the wounded warships away now. Good choice."

Facing an officer and captain of his own auxiliary fleet who came to rescue him, Wu Nan was still very grateful.

Frowning, "Well, yes, that's it, three second-class battleships captured by the enemy, escorted by three [-]-ton steam engine battleships, and one seriously injured first-class battleship, the three sailing battleships here, The three steam engine warships, sail warships, and two [-]-ton wound sail warships over there took away the captured enemy's materials and prisoners, who do you think is worthy of such a task?"

Song Qing glanced at the distance, "I think Lu Fang of the Third Squadron of the Auxiliary Fleet is worthy of such an important task. This place is more than 3000 nautical miles away from our homeland, and there may be enemy warships on the way, so I I think we should deploy two more [-]-ton steam engine warships as the flagships of the team leader, and then take away the slightly injured warships, and keep the other lightly injured warships to speed up our search for Chief Molin."

Wu Nan nodded, "Go and make arrangements. We will leave in an hour. We will escort the battleship to [-] nautical miles. After [-] nautical miles, we will return to the mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar."

An hour and a half later, Lu Fang, who was promoted to second lieutenant, went to Wunan to receive orders, and then returned to the mainland, the mainland of the New Qin Empire, with more than a dozen wounded warships.

Wu Nan brought five ironclad ships, four first-class battleships, three [-]-ton sailing warships, three third-class battleships, three fourth- and fifth-class battleships, one [-]-ton steam engine battleship, and one The [-]-ton sail warship and three [-]-ton steam engine warships escorted them for [-] nautical miles away from the bay. They didn't turn around until they saw them rushing directly into the deep sea of ​​the North Atlantic Ocean, and then headed towards the coast of Spain.

Song Qing was appointed to take over the auxiliary fleet, which consisted of as many as eighteen warships other than the five ironclad ships.This once again challenged the limit of his command ability. He was just the captain of a sailing ship, and he just obeyed the orders. Later, he was in charge of five ironclad ships and trained for a few days. Later, he was appointed as the command of fifteen warships. It can be said that he was full of mistakes and worked hard, but he was finally relieved when he met Wu Nan, but Wu Nan increased the number of warships he could command, which made him feel dizzy.

Wu Nan was very happy on the iron-clad ship. He visited the entire battleship and learned about some performance and indicators with the officers on the battleship, and he was very satisfied. He was finally able to command the iron-clad ship. The firepower of this battleship is still much stronger than that of the Type I, and the speed is one knot faster, the economic speed is ten knots, the cruising speed is twelve knots, and the fastest speed is sixteen knots, which is much better than the Type I. , Don't look at the speed of a mere knot, when you are fighting, you just can't catch up with the enemy.

The sun was shining brightly, and the burning clouds dyed the sea and the sky red. Wu Nan ordered to increase the speed, and rushed to the Strait of Gibraltar at a speed of twelve knots. Although he knew that there was no trace of the main fleet, he still had to go and see, maybe he could get some news. , at least capture one or two enemies, and ask them to know where the British super fleet has gone. Molin and the others must be chased. The enemy suffered heavy losses.

When it was getting dark, the lookout post saw black smoke billowing on the sea. It must be a fleet, or a fleet of steam engines, sailing towards this side.

At a distance of about ten nautical miles, it was getting dark, and the view on the sea was already very close, and only black smoke could be seen for more than ten nautical miles. It was impossible to judge where a fleet was sailing, no matter how much more.

Wu Nan thought for a while, now that he meets the British super fleet, it is still possible to fight. He has already seen the combat effectiveness of the ironclad ships clearly.

Five nautical miles away, the lookout post shouted excitedly, "Our main fleet, I saw our flag, yes, it's an ironclad ship."

Wu Nan was immediately happy. He raised his binoculars and looked over. In his field of vision, the sunset glow was gone, the gray sky, the blue-black sea water, and the six ironclad ships sailed slowly. The speed was not fast, at most eight knots, and they could be seen faintly behind the fleet. Black smoke, that may be the pursuing British fleet.

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Mo Lin, who joined forces, looked at the new five iron-clad ships, and couldn't help feeling a little bit embarrassed. He didn't expect that the empire had already built five more iron-clad ships within three months of leaving the New Qin Empire. He remembered that when they started planning to build the iron-clad ships, they had gone through a lot. It took three years to build the first batch of two iron-clad ships, and they played a decisive role in the decisive battle with the French. .

At that time, 80.00% of the iron-clad ships were clad with iron sheets. The key defensive parts were the keel, the command cabin, the ammunition compartment, the boiler compartment, and the coal bunkers. Because of the coal stored, they were not afraid of enemy attacks at all. At that time, the iron-clad ships still used a very small 75 mm Artillery, and a great deal of old French artillery, and seven ironclads when the war with England began.

The seven ironclad ships have been improved and now have one 75mm cannon at the front and the rear, two 3000mm cannons, two decks in the middle, bow and stern, with old French and British cannons on top and bottom, and even the Chinese Empire. The old-style artillery, and then thickened the armor plate in some key parts, the iron sheet was replaced by the armor plate, and the tonnage was increased from more than 4000 tons to more than [-] tons, which was close to [-] tons.

In the decisive battle with the British, although the ironclad ship also played a role, it was nearly two hundred artillery pieces, old and new, and three 128mm cannons that really played a role. Later, the British sent an expeditionary force for the second time. At that time, it was still positional artillery and fortress artillery, and the coastal fire prevention artillery took the lead. Zhuang Lin and Wunan's auxiliary fleet guerrilla warfare played an irreplaceable role. At the last moment, the main fleet relied on the excellent defensive performance of the seven ironclad ships. The British defeated the British in a tragic victory.

Now the New Qin Empire has almost become a shelter for the old ships of the British. All the captured ships accounted for almost 80.00% of the number of the New Qin Empire, but they were sunk in the war with the British soon after. Since the establishment of the Qin Empire, about 200 ships have captured the British, and more than [-] ships have been sunk. Some were dismantled because of heavy injuries, and some were destroyed because the navy did not have so many manpower. Sold to the French and Spaniards.

In this battle to respond to the reinforcement fleet, almost all the remaining dozens of ships were sunk. Most of the sailors and officers lost in total were the newly trained personnel who arrived in the New Qin Empire last time. The sailors and officers trained in the battle are now almost exhausted, lost, captured, sunk, and killed.

The reinforcement fleet also suffered heavy losses. Some sailors, soldiers, and officers sent by the Huaxia Empire also lost thousands of people. It can be said that the war with the British caused the New Qin Empire to lose many experienced sailors and officers. Not a tragic victory, but almost the same.

After meeting with Wunan's fleet and the reinforcement fleet, the British vanguard fleet retreated wisely. Because of the twelve ironclad ships, their two super fleets combined and lost more than 100 large and small ships, but sank three , and wounded the remaining six ships, three of which were seriously injured, but the enemy came to five more, how did they fight?

Is it possible to lose all their remaining warships?

What's more, they are just the vanguard of the combined fleet of the two chasing super fleets. The goal is to chase and hold down the main fleet led by Molin.

They were no match for the eleven ironclad ships of the New Qin Empire.

But this time the British were not without gains. From the sunk ships, they captured nearly 3000 people from the New Qin Empire, among whom were thousands of navy officers and slaves from the New Qin Empire. The slaves were rescued. , There are about 2000 people, and the overall captured enemy officers and soldiers are about [-].

The other 1 people were captured by the small boats and escaped ships that intercepted the reinforcement fleet, as well as those captured by Molin's main fleet and auxiliary fleet squadron that sank the reinforcement fleet. These were all given by the Huaxia Empire to the New Qin Empire population.

Overall, the support was considered a success. Only a few thousand people died in battle, more than 1 people were captured, and more than 1 people were injured and sent back to the New Qin Empire.

Now they have lost nearly 2000 people, and the Wunan fleet was almost wiped out, but Wunan doesn't care about those, the naval battles he fought, that time was not almost wiped out, captured the enemy's ships, continued to participate in the war, as long as he wins, there is a future, Even if you win badly.

But in Mo Lin's heart, he blamed himself infinitely. He knew that this battle was very difficult, but he didn't know that the loss was so heavy. He knew from Song Qing that there were only more than 30 ships left in the reinforcement fleet that went back. There are more than 40 ships, and the remaining ships including the returning ships of the auxiliary fleet are less than 70.00 ships. All the losses are battleships and combatants. Almost [-]% of the newly established fleet of the New Qin Empire and [-]% of the navy were buried. .