Lord of Ming Dynasty

The intensive artillery shells fired by more than 20 Portuguese sailing ships and steam ships flew for three to five kilometers and landed around the nine iron-clad ships. Countless water columns, waves, and turbulent sea water were immediately set off around the advancing iron-clad ships. Let the whole sea boil up.

However, none of the shells hit the nine armored ships. Compared with the sailing ships, the speed of the iron-clad ships and the endurance of turning are much higher, and the elites on the nine iron-clad ships have fought many naval battles, and in the Wunan kind of almost The officers and soldiers who survived the battles that were almost wiped out every time were supplemented by some newly trained Han Chinese sailors and soldiers, officers, and some mercenary sailors and soldiers, and some new slaves. Combat experience is quite rich.

Those slaves were also former British sailors, and they were experienced veteran sailors who had sailed thousands of sea miles in battles. After getting used to each other, they could maximize their combat efficiency, so don't look at the quality of the Portuguese. The combat efficiency is also very high, and he immediately came up with the tactic of severely injuring the enemy from a distance and approaching and destroying the enemy, but unfortunately, the difference in weapons and equipment made the Portuguese's two rounds of shooting futile.

Nearly a thousand kilograms of solid shells were wasted in vain.

Just when the Portuguese were nervous and wanted to continue to attack the nine ironclad ships, the nine ironclad ships turned around and bypassed them, and rushed directly to the two first-class battleships of the British. The ten steam engine battleships commanded by Lu Fang came up, and four ocean-going scout ships. Wunan's five ironclad ships, the first and second modified ironclad ships, entered the battle position from another direction, and stuck the British firmly. The escape route of the human fleet.

However, that position is the outskirts of the port of the Portuguese, and the port guns of the Portuguese began to fire. The 34-pound cannon, pushing a huge solid projectile the size of a watermelon, hit it from nearly three nautical miles away from the port fortress to only two nautical miles away from the port. A hundred-meter-high water column splashed around the five ironclad second-type battleships, and waves nearly ten meters high surged.

The momentum is huge.

One 34-pound gun may not do much, but twenty, plus thirty 32-pound long-barreled guns, this power and momentum will be great.

Seeing the water splashed by the cannonball like a wall of water column, even Wunan, who has experienced many naval battles, can only sigh in awe, because these giants are too ferocious. The free fall from high altitude can also deform part of the deck armor on the top of the secondary gun and gun gallery artillery. If two pieces are dropped, it can basically declare that there are four thick armor plates and [-] centimeters underneath. The final teak board can say goodbye to integrity.

If more than a dozen pieces fall, no matter how powerful this ironclad ship is, it will become full of holes and scars. Maybe the huge vibration energy will cause the various pipes of the steam engine to crack, which will affect the speed. Although there is no The explosion is powerful, but it will definitely cause huge structural damage to the ironclad ship.

Before coming here, Wu Nan didn't expect the Portuguese to be so powerful and cruel in this respect.

However, this battle still needs to be fought. Three second-modified ironclad ships used 28mm artillery shells to attack several enemy forts near the shore. At the same time, the fleet cruised about 300 meters away from the enemy's firepower. The fort will not be hit accurately by the enemy.

And one side of their artillery was dealing with the steam engine warships that the British rushed over. There were too many enemy warships, which added up to twice the size of Wunan's fleet, and in terms of tonnage, quantity, and firepower, they were superior to the New Qin Empire. of this fleet.

The nine ironclad ships of the first type can fight with ease, because they have fought against the British super fleet many times. Facing the small fleet of the British this time, it may be a motley fleet cobbled together in the port. There is no fear in the attack of the battle line, or the attack of punching the master to death.

Lined up in a neat battle line, the nine ironclad ships easily projected the firepower of the 600mm rapid-fire secondary guns onto the enemy's chaotic warships charging, and the gun gallery artillery neatly attacked the enemies who rushed to a distance of 800 meters to 75 meters A flexible small sailboat or a fast steam engine ship, and the [-]mm turret artillery will attack the enemy's large-tonnage steam engine warships far away.

The firepower of one ship may not be great, regardless of the accuracy and hit rate, it may not be a great threat to the enemy, but the firepower of nine ships is considerable, even if every salvo is missed, or only 30.00% of the artillery shells are fired The enemy poses a threat, the next salvo will definitely give the enemy a hit of 5.00% to [-]%, which means that for each stagger, at least one of the enemy's ships is hit by about two to three shells, or at least one The ship was hit by a shell.

However, after many rounds of fire projection, the enemy only hit three to five ships in half an hour, and hit more than a dozen shells. Some of these shells were crucial. The cracks in the hull, some water entering, or the vibration caused damage to some equipment and pipes in the engine room, but on the surface there were only some sunken craters and a blackened hull. What was more serious was just a few captives who transported shells or died on the deck. Slaves, or some sailors were badly wounded and carried off the medical bay.

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As always, the fighting power of the British became scumbag after being beaten by the iron-clad ships of the New Qin Empire. After two hours of fighting, the entire sea off Hero Harbor was covered with burning shipwreck fragments, as well as falling into the water like dumplings. The manpower of both sides, as well as the surrendered warships and warships of the British and Portuguese flying white flags, the New Qin Empire lost two ocean-going reconnaissance ships, two [-]-ton steam engine battleships, six other ships were seriously injured, and two After minor injuries, the battle ended quickly.

Only two of the ironclad warships were damaged, and the other warships were only slightly scratched. The total casualties were no more than a thousand people and the enemy's fleet was wiped out.

A total of two 300-ton steam engine warships, eight 100-ton sailing warships, a British first-class battleship, seven [-]-ton sailing ships, and three [-]-ton steam engine warships were captured. The warships killed or wounded [-] enemies in total, captured [-] enemies, and each of the two families had four warships and the warships fled back to the port with injuries.

After tidying up the dilapidated warships and cleaning the battlefield, Wu Nan began to think about what to do. The auxiliary fleet lost a lot. It seems that it is impossible to compete with the enemy for sailing ships or steam ships in the future. The enemy is obviously weak in this aspect. With more combat experience, sixty warships can easily defeat the New Qin Empire against their twenty or so warships. It seems that the New Qin Empire is definitely the right choice to abandon sailing warships and develop iron-clad ships.

Five Type II ironclad ships anchored three kilometers out to sea. The enemy here was basically out of reach, and the enemy shore artillery that could be hit was basically destroyed by the 128mm cannons on the five ironclad ships. There were no heavy solid bullets, but huge The 128mm artillery shells of the [-]mm shells are still more powerful. The shore artillery outside the Hero Port has basically been pulled out, and the other nine ships are cruising within five nautical miles of the surrounding area. Now the Hero Port is blocked.

Six wounded steam engine battleships are leaning together for simple repairs, two slightly injured ones are cruising within ten nautical miles around, and the captured British three slightly injured steam engine battleships of [-] tons have been taken over Slaves and captives, sailors, soldiers, and officers, after taking over these ships, are looking after those captured by the enemy.

All the ships were hit up, the springboard was set up, and the prisoners were taken to the first-class battleship where the British were captured. After a brief cleaning, the battleship served as a floating sea prison. The firearms and the old-style tiger squat guns brought by Yilianmen were used to aim at the cabin exit below the deck to prevent the enemy from rushing out from below to seize the ship.

There are two lower decks and a bottom storey. The bottom storey is occupied by slaves and some newly captured people. They are operating the steam engine boiler in the bottom storey. Several mercenary sailors are maintaining the steam engine pipeline of the ship. While taking care of the prisoners in the bottom cabin and the upper two-story cabin, they repaired the damaged cabins and the outer hull.

A mercenary team of 50 people on the deck and a 30-man Han Chinese sailor and officer commanded and operated the warship. The battle team controlled this large ship with 300 people and 100 people, including slaves from the New Qin Empire. More than 220 people, guarding and commanding, [-] people operating the boat, and [-] prisoners were held here.

More than 600 Portuguese prisoners were held on a Portuguese [-]-ton sailing ship, which was operated like a British first-class battleship, and hundreds of other prisoners were assigned to several sailing ships captured by the British.

The rest of the captured battleships began to be repaired. The fourteen ironclad ships approached the enemy's port and began to bombard the port violently. The flames in the hero port were soaring. Those warships that had just rushed back to the port were ignited one after another. Thick smoke blocked the view of the entire port.

Wu Nan watched quietly, perhaps more than 300 nautical miles away, the same scene happened in Korwu Town, where there were more than 1000 guarded mercenaries and hundreds of wounded and civilians.

Maybe he can't stop the enemy, but he doesn't know how to calculate this exchange ratio. Use a small island port or a remote port to exchange the enemy's nearly [-] warships and important supplies in the middle of the bustling Atlantic Ocean. The exchange of bases seems reasonable, and they took advantage of it, but in fact, what they have to bear is the Portuguese counterattack in the future.

"White flag, the white flag has been raised in the port." Captain No. [-] shouted loudly.

"Send Lu Fang a signal and ask him to send a ship to get in touch." Wu Nan held up his binoculars and looked at the distant port shrouded in flames of war. It came to an abrupt end, and the smoke from the gunfire gradually dissipated in the sea breeze, and then you could see the enemy's unsinkable steam engine warship still emitting black smoke, the enemy's sail warship still emitting white smoke, and the port full of flames, Many forts in the port have been blown into ruins, ruined walls, broken limbs and broken arms, and the materials and warehouses in the port are all on fire.

The Portuguese, British, or merchant ships from other countries that did not run out turned over in the port, and there was a mess everywhere.

A small boat that was not destroyed by the bombing sailed out of the port and met with a captured [-]-ton sailing warship sent by Lu Fang. The two sides talked for a while, and the sailing ship sailed back. Lu Fang jumped off the boat and walked to the iron-clad ship, the flagship of the fleet, " Report sir, they have surrendered, they will implement the request to detain the British, and will not allow the British to stay in the port in the future, their governor said that they hope we can leave here, and they are willing to pay us a thousand pounds of gold for this, three hundred pounds jewelry, and more goods."

Wu Nan looked at him, "Tell them that we are going into the port, and all the British will be taken away by us, and the British will not be allowed to take in in the future. Once there are British ships in the port, we will call them back again. When we enter the port During the period, the defense of the Hero Port is entrusted to us, and they can receive preferential treatment, but no one is allowed to move around without our consent, or they will be killed, and send a team ashore to control the port first."

Lu Fang nodded, "Okay," then turned his head and went to deploy troops. After arranging the troops, more than 1000 Han soldiers and mercenary soldiers waited for the eight captured sailing ships to enter the port and returned to the Portuguese. The pitiful people where the boats parked.

Entering the port, controlling it, more than 1000 soldiers rushed in and immediately controlled the entire port. The eight sailing warships pointed their guns at any place where they might fire, and watched the port nervously.

After an hour of busy work, the port was brought under control, and then several captured ships entered the port, occupying various strategic high grounds, and then the follow-up combat soldiers, mostly sailors, entered the enemy's castle with guns, along the way For protection, five ironclad warships were finally left on guard, and other ships entered the port, and Wu Nan disembarked from the flagship.

"Half of the soldiers and sailors rest and can go to the port for a stroll. After two hours, the other half of the soldiers and sailors go shopping. One-fifth of all the officers rest for an hour, and the other officers change every hour. Pay attention to vigilance, those who stay behind Quickly repair the ship, load the treasures and goods in the enemy's port, supply the fleet, and we will set off in five hours."

Wu Nan gave orders to the officers in the command room.

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"I am the Governor of the Azores, Shajialu Bifeiluo. Your Excellency, I officially announce my surrender to your fleet. Please ensure the safety of our personnel and property." A yellow beard wearing a gorgeous costume, The man with yellow hair, round head, and very tall stature, in his 40s and 50s, came out from behind his desk. In front of the crowded Portuguese military officers and nobles in the office, the officials handed Wu Nan his saber. .

Wu Nan casually took his saber, handed it to Lu Fang behind him, then sat on the chair behind the desk, and looked around at the decoration and layout of the house. The ground is four or five meters long, and it seems that people inside seem empty and small.

People in these European countries really enjoy it.

"Because you are protecting the British and fighting against our new Qin Empire, so from now on, this place belongs to us, pack it up, you can leave here, and we don't want your ransom and property anymore, of course we can only take personal Property, I will give you two hours to clean up, if you don’t leave for two hours, you are hostile to us, and we have the right to kill anyone, anyone who resists us." Wu Nan said casually to Shajialu Bifeiluo.

"Your Excellency, you can't do this. This is our Portuguese territory. It is only 2000 nautical miles away from our Portugal, and more than [-] nautical miles away from your Newfoundland. Are you really going to fight against Portugal? Sir, we I know you are very powerful, but this does not mean that you can fight against our entire Portugal. Our fleet is here, and it is your death day, so you can temporarily occupy this place, and we can forgive your offense, but you cannot turn this place into a Your territory belongs to Portugal."

Shajialu Bifeiluo almost roared and shouted at Wu Nan, and was immediately caught in the middle by two navy sailors in sky blue uniforms, one left and one right.

Bi Feiluo didn't struggle either, just looked up at Wu Nan with his head up. Wu Nan smiled and waved his hands. The two soldiers stepped back and let Bi Feiluo go.

"Didn't you occupy a piece of unclaimed land at the beginning? Now it belongs to us. Of course, we welcome you to take it back. If you don't have that ability, we welcome you to do business. We can charge you a little bit less port parking fees. Hehe." Wu Nan said to Bi Feiluo.

Bi Feiluo was furious and irritable, but he didn't dare to make more troubles because there were soldiers from the New Qin Empire behind him holding bright bayonets.

"Pull it out, watch them and tell them to pack up and go." Wu Nan waved his hand, and the soldiers came in and drove out the Portuguese in a room, and then began to pack up and pack up. We can't stay here for too long. Cleaning up all of them can also reduce some losses. Two warships were lost, other warships were seriously injured, and many warships were slightly injured. These losses have to be recovered from the Portuguese.

The entire island is very large, and Wunan and the others had no way to search the entire island. They drove away the undamaged merchant ships carrying the Portuguese, and then all the merchant ships were driven away. After everything was installed, the entire fleet set off and disappeared. On the sea, it was already dark at the moment.

The whole sea is shining with silver light, and there is a piece of fish scale white.

In order to escape from here as soon as possible, Wu Nan ordered all the ships to speed up, leaving [-] nautical miles in two hours and [-] nautical miles in six hours, and then anchored in the sea to rest.

An ocean-going reconnaissance ship was sent to find out the movements of the British fleet.

A few hours later, the scout ship returned, "reporting that the enemy has returned to Port Heroes, but not all ships, only the main battleships, their supply ships and auxiliary fleet are still on the way, and another part has occupied the town of Corvou. We Everyone there was captured, and some slaves and captives were accepted by them, and it was a mess. It was even more tragic than Hero Harbor, and all our warehouses were burned."

Wu Nan has no expression. This situation has happened many times, and he has also experienced it many times. He came from Russia and was burned by the enemy. The camp was burned by the enemy, and there was no peace in chasing him. There are many days like this, and he stayed on the island. He knew that it was impossible for those people to fight against such a powerful enemy fleet.

This is the inevitable result.

He looked at the sky, it was almost dawn, and now he turned back and intercepted the enemy's supply fleet and auxiliary fleet on the way, and then returned to Korvo Town, and then killed all the people left by the enemy, and rescued the people there .