Lord of Ming Dynasty

If it is possible to leave one plus the remaining good warships to Zhuang Lin, the other Wunan will be brought back as the main combat force before the main fleet of the New Qin Empire is repaired.

The remaining steam engine warships and sail warships, those above [-] tons, and several small ships ranging from [-] tons to [-] tons are used as training warships for students of the Naval Academy.

At the same time, a heavily damaged Ironclad Type I battleship that has undergone simple repairs was allocated as a training warship for the Naval Academy.

Let the students master the operation and combat skills from small boats to ironclad ships.

Many experienced naval officers and soldiers who were disabled or injured and unable to board the ship retired to the Naval Academy as instructors.

The first thousand and 380 chapters of long-term persistence

Just when the New Qin Empire was victorious, it successfully welcomed back the reinforcement fleet, brought tens of thousands of Han people, and successfully broke through the British blockade. It is impossible for another British warship to appear at sea, but in the Caribbean Sea, Zhuang Lin's situation is getting more and more difficult.

In order to break the encirclement by the British, Zhuang Lin successively promoted more than a dozen corporal officers of the fleet to serve as the commanders of the small fleet. The chain controls these people, put a few British boiler workers to work in the boiler room, and put a few foreign mercenaries to deter them, and one or two Han officers and soldiers manage it.

The gunners use local aborigines as ammunition supply, handymen, gunners, aiming and firing, commanding foreign mercenaries, and then Han Chinese gunners as caretakers, replacements, and problem solvers. Only 24 Han Chinese soldiers and officers are used on such a ship. Seven or eight foreign mercenaries, a total of less than 32 people can operate a ship, at most some fighting foreign mercenaries, a ship has eight combatants, a total of forty people plus sixty slaves You can operate a [-]-ton steam engine warship.

The 150-ton steam engine warship is only 280 and seven people can operate one, and the sailing ship has a slightly larger number of about [-] people, but most of them are British captives, some foreign mercenaries, and some indigenous slaves on the island.

Even for some British immigrants who are willing to defect, immigrants from other countries only send personnel to monitor, about seven or eight mercenaries and one or two Han soldiers will do.

This greatly saves the human resources of the fleet.

Zhuang Lin set up a fleet of [-] warships in one breath, because he captured too many ships from the British and merchants from various countries. With a little selection, he could produce a lot of camouflaged merchant ships for scouting nearby and patrolling the open sea. Sneak attack, destroy, or sink the small British warships that searched a hundred nautical miles nearby.

This measure only prolongs the days when they were discovered by the Spaniards by ten days. On the 16th day, a Spanish fleet discovered that they had occupied Tampico, and saw the battleships in the port. This small Spanish fleet Flee quickly, and then No. 20 days, the whole Gulf of Mexico knows the news.

Since the Spanish fleet missed, Zhuang Lin has been busy. Thirty newly formed fleets were sent out, three ships in a formation, occupying the sea surface with a radius of 150 nautical miles, and then counted the power in his hands.

Food, supplies, shells, artillery, personnel are all sufficient, and the insufficient personnel are the real own people of the fleet, such as Han Chinese and mercenaries. The combat power is only 300 people. Except for 600 people used for 700 ships, the remaining There are 400 people, except for the 300 people who need to defend against the Spanish and French raids on land, mainly cavalry, supplemented by coastal defense artillery, the remaining 500 people, plus two slaves on the original ship They have no more strength than 400 men, [-] slaves captured here, and [-] captives on the British warships.

Choose the ships now. The main fleet of Zhuanglin Fleet consists of three British first-class battleships, three British second-class battleships, five British fourth-class battleships, and five captured Spanish and French merchants. The [-]-ton sailing warship is actually an armed merchant ship. During the repairs these days, it has basically been remodeled.

Zhuang Lin's main fleet also has two 70.00-ton steam engine battleships, two 60.00-ton steam engine battleships captured by the Dutch, and a 15.00-ton sail warship. The damage reached [-]%. [-]%, that is to say, [-]% they can not recover.

Restricted by craftsmanship, materials, and location, there is not even a latrine here. There is no processing and manufacturing industry, and even ship repairs have to be dug by themselves.

During this period of time, Zhuanglin mobilized nearly [-] captives and slaves to build complete fortifications and castles, the city, and dug wells and reclaimed farmland in the city, planted crops, stored enough supplies, and enough firewood.

Zhuang Lin is going to fight a land defense war if it really doesn't work.

It's just a land battle, and there are not enough manpower. Once they can't stand it anymore, mercenaries and captives may escape, and slaves may rebel. At that time, they will die without a place to bury them.

This left him in a dilemma.

But he still sent 300 mercenaries and 100 Han officers, [-] local slaves, [-] slaves, and more than [-] captives to form a fleet with five One [-]-ton warship captured by Spanish and French merchants, five British fourth-class battleships, two [-]-ton steam engine warships captured by the Dutch, and one [-]-ton warship, thirteen warships in total fleet to meet the British.

No.20 five days, three of the patrol fleet encountered the British ocean-going reconnaissance ship 150 nautical miles away, which heralded the arrival of the British.

So the three officers boarded the mercenary-based fleet and went out to fight.

On the sea, the British merchant ships and fleet, like locusts, quickly moved towards Tampico and gathered.

Thirty camouflaged patrolling warships continued to attack the enemy's single merchant ships and small warships. In three days, the war confused the entire 150 nautical miles of Tampico.

Zhuang Lin was in the newly built castle, looking at the sea, and there were ships coming back to report. Thirty ships have been sunk and five of them have been sunk. These ships can still fight, once the enemy fleet arrives, they can only be slaughtered.

No.20 In six days, another eight warships were lost, and five small fleets of three ships lost news. The other ships had to come back to report that the enemy had approached 120 nautical miles.

No.20 Nine days, the enemy approached fifty nautical miles, thirty ships lost twenty ships, and the remaining ships could only circle within fifty nautical miles, and the sound of artillery came faintly.

No. 30 days, the battle is still going on fifty nautical miles away, more and more fighting ships from the enemy come, most of the remaining captured merchant ships are injured, those who are captured are captured, those who are missing, those who are missing, and those who can fight are not. When the number reached 400, only another group of people could be sent out. This group only sent 30 people to manage the last batch of merchant ships, all of whom were British and slaves. The number of slaves lost this time reached more than 2000.

The mercenaries lost more than 300 people, and only a few dozen escaped back.

The tonnage of warships brought by the British is getting higher and higher, most of which are around [-] to [-] tons.

Faced with such a situation, Zhuang Lin could only send a fleet of mercenaries to fight. The two sides fought fiercely from [-] to [-] nautical miles away, almost reaching the point of endless death.

The first thousand and 380 chapters of the destruction of the Zhuanglin Fleet

After a month of waiting and fighting, 45 warships transformed from merchant ships were sunk or destroyed by the enemy, and were captured. A total of more than 3000 slaves, 450 mercenaries, 150 captives, and [-] Han soldiers and officers were lost. , The British finally pressed the front line to fifteen nautical miles off the coast of Tampico.

Fifteen nautical miles away, the mercenary fleet is resisting steadily, fighting with the enemy's auxiliary fleet-level warships, desperately prolonging the time for the enemy to reach the coast.

It's already the middle of the second month, and the mercenary fleet sent out has gone out to battle seven times. The enemy's fourth-class and fifth-class battleships have been captured, and the third-class battleships have been damaged several times. After returning to repair, they will continue to fight , As the fighting time prolongs, the loss of personnel and ships here increases, and finally even the steam engine warships and sail warships that were captured by the Dutch were lost.

During this process, Zhuang Lin frantically drove the slaves to build the fortifications of the castle, perfected various areas inside the castle, even set up street fighting barriers, and dug anti-gun holes.

On the 20th day of the second month, the mercenary fleet was completely lost except for those who fled back after being injured. The small boat that came back from the final investigation brought news of the arrival of the main battleships of the two super fleets of the enemy.

The British warships and warships gathered outside Tampico reached a peak. There are nearly 80 main battleships and more than [-] auxiliary warships. Previously, they were entangled with nearby British colonial ships. Now they are two The warships and capital battleships of the super fleet that besieged them.

It's not that Zhuang Lin didn't think about abandoning the ship and going ashore before. The problem is that they have to flee thousands of miles and run back to Newfoundland from land. During the thousands of miles, there are Indian tribes, Spanish and French everywhere. , the British adventurer team is occupied by these countries at the same time, how long will it take for them to run back, and how many people will be lost.

There are only two thousand people, they don't think they can run thousands of kilometers without being blocked by the British who have the advantage of sea navigation. The British can calmly deploy their troops and land in front of them to wait for their arrival.

Fleeing with the fleet, the enemy is stuck in two straits. They cannot enter the Atlantic Ocean, so they can only be wiped out by the enemy in the Gulf of Mexico.

After a long period of investigation, analysis, and consideration, Zhuang Lin has given up the idea of ​​finding a way at sea. He is not alone, nor is he in a boat. There are at least 2000 captives or slaves who need to be taken away, and at least 1000 people need to be taken away. He came to take care of them, and more than [-] Han people needed him to lead them out.

In the distance, the British faced the New Qin Empire fleet, which had not come out to fight for several days, to study and study, and then sent a fleet to approach the Tampico Bay tentatively. After being driven away by the artillery from the bay, they fought back with artillery. The British were much more careful than when they attacked Xinxianju Town.

It has been testing Tampico's firepower for seven or eight days in a row.

On the first day of the third month, the British launched the largest firepower attack. Forty warships of all sizes leaned against the coast and launched firepower strikes against the bay and the forts on the shore, destroying the forts and the warships in the harbor. The warships suffered almost devastating blows. Almost 60.00% of the warships moored in the battle harbor and some merchant ships and remodeled warships that could not fight all day were destroyed, and the rest were also seriously injured.

Throughout the day, more than 1000 people were killed or injured.

The attack continued the next day. Zhuang Lin sent 1000 slaves and [-] captives, and [-] Han Chinese guards on board to fight back fiercely against the enemy. He also sent mercenary cavalry to patrol the various forts, and about [-] captives were placed in the forts. Operate the artillery to face the enemy, and more than [-] slaves carry shells and supplies under the whip to fight the fire.

The violent counterattack caused the British ships to explode and catch fire one after another, causing serious damage. After two days of fighting, thirty or fifty British warships sank outside the harbor.

On the third day, the British gave up the storm.

It was not until the fifth day that they organized their personnel to land on the sandy beaches more than ten nautical miles away on both sides.

Zhuang Lin sent the rest of the mercenaries and the wounded soldiers of the Han people to escort the slaves to stop the attack. They fought for three days and lost nearly [-] slaves and [-] prisoners in just three days.

On the tenth day, the enemy attacked the harbor, and the remaining ships in the harbor fought back desperately.

The enemy's warships rushed into the harbor, and the last few warships were also hit by the enemy. The people of the New Qin Empire were forced to abandon all positions in the open sea, harbor, and outside the castle, and retreated to the castle to hold their ground.

At that time, there were only 100 Han Chinese, more than 1000 mercenaries, more than [-] slaves, and [-] prisoners.

The other prisoners either ran away or were captured by the enemy, or were killed or wounded, or abandoned.

Now the enemy completely surrounded the entire castle. After three days, the enemy continued to attack the city when they were ready. Under the fierce naval guns, the castle was crumbling.