Lord of Ming Dynasty

There are not many sailors on the island, and this is almost half of his sailors, and the rest are just make up. This kind of quality can show the combat effectiveness of the fleet.

So even without Wu Nan's order, he would not attack easily.

Seeing that there was no movement from the British side, he turned around and went down to arrange defense in other places.

He was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night when the guard slammed his door loudly. He got up angrily, put on a pajamas and opened the door. Before he could reprimand him, he heard the guard shout anxiously: " Sir, sir, the British, the British are gone. There is not a single British on the opposite island, they are retreating."

Hearing such news, as the commander, he immediately dressed up, led the guards to the highest lighthouse, and looked towards the opposite side. The opposite side was dark, and nothing could be seen. "Send a boat over there, and be careful to ambush."

Half an hour later, a small-tonnage patrol boat with a fast steam engine traveled more than ten nautical miles and landed on the opposite island of Horta. After an in-depth search for an hour, the commander finally came back when he was anxious.

"They left quietly without taking any captured people or soldiers. The captives even left their wounded behind. Those British surrendered to us, but after our torture, they didn't know the British What happened to the fleet down, their army and fleet retreated, leaving them behind. We can't ask anything."

The commander thought silently, and then said for a long time: "Send the fastest warships, three ships in a team, search the surrounding area of ​​[-] nautical miles, and report back before dawn, hurry up."

At dawn, the commander stared at the chart on the table with bloodshot eyes, thinking hard. Although there were telegrams, not every ship had them, and none of the ships sent out were qualified to have telegrams. Only the eliminated Type II ironclad ships, the fastest, the best in size, firepower, and tonnage, are eligible to own them.

This is his flagship. There is an old one on the island, which is hidden for use in emergencies, and a new one is in the garrisoned camp, under strict protection.

So he could only wait here, trying to figure out what happened to the British who fell to the ground, and suddenly withdrew.

He forgot to send a telegram to report the disappearance of the British fleet first. When it was dawn, the first few search fleets that returned reported that they had not found any traces of the enemy fleet within a radius of [-] nautical miles. The fleet is ready to go, and he wants to find it himself.

At this time, there was an emergency call from São Jorge Island. Where did the British go to fight? There is a long and narrow island eighty nautical miles away from here. Previously, the camouflage ship followed the British fleet and found the British. I went to the farthest island in the archipelago, so after research, Wu Nan made all the small islands give up automatically and retreated to the big island that is closer to the archipelago, which is convenient for the fleet to protect, but St. Jorge Island is not in the British. direction.

They fought here, the commander and Wu Nan also considered where the British might go to fight, but the commander thought most about how to hold back the British, but forgot that the British would turn passive into active and where to fight.

"Damn the British," Faial Island generally focuses on this place, so his headquarters is still the focus of construction here, and the fleet is also stationed here.

Wherever the British fought, they thought that it was also a big island, and it was not easy to retreat, so they did not have the strength to retreat there. There were still some obsolete sailing ships and a few steam engine ships. Too many ships are already unbeatable, and if this continues, they will be even more unbeatable.

Now the British directly hit the commander's weakness, a contradiction.

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Look at the time, it has been two days, and several hours have passed, but in fact he lost these hours, the commander immediately ordered to send a report to Wu Nan and the others to report the situation here.

Then he took his own fleet and attacked with the whole army to chase the British fleet. After four days of mission, the British regained most of the night. He meant that he had completed the mission of one and a half days. To buy time for Wunan and their main fleet, even if they all die in battle.

His remaining strength is running out, five first-class battleships, three second-class battleships, two third-class battleships, one fourth-class battleship, one sixth-class battleship, eight [-]-ton steam engine battleships, and sail warships Five ships, three of the eliminated ironclad ships, [-] of the second type, and one of the third type.

After leaving a few old sailing ships and a few steam search ships, the commander of Faial Island led all the fleets to fight. Time, don't let the British harm too much here before the arrival of the main fleet.

At the same time dragging here, we can't let them run away.

Soon, the fleet assembled and set off, and a telegram was sent across the ocean to the Wunan fleet.

At this moment, Wunan and the others have traveled more than 200 kilometers. Although most of their fleet is the main battleship, the speed is very fast, but they can't be too fast. British first-class battleships, the fastest ships that can only reach fifteen knots, have to slow down to ten or twelve knots after sailing for a period of time, so other ships can't bear it.

The news from all parties made Wu Nan very anxious. For the first time, he discovered that the British had been planning for a long time this time, and they were caught off guard. For the first time, he felt that their strength was a little weak, and the strength of the British was too strong. , maybe they still have something to do.

So he sent a telegram to Song Qing, ordering Song Qing to turn around and bring the fleet to meet him. He needs to be safe this time.

The move of the Portuguese to stay on the Porto lock island made them very puzzled.

It seems very likely that this was done on purpose to make them divide their forces. To be on the safe side, Wu Nan thought for a long time and decided to make a choice between the Grand Ribery Island and the British fleet. He chose to destroy the British fleet. After destroying them, he can take back the captured people and soldiers at any time, but if the British are not defeated and the Portuguese take the opportunity to enter, then not only will other islands be lost, but they will also be forced to withdraw from the new Qin Empire. In the fast archipelago, if you save land, you lose people, and you lose both people and land.

But this moth appeared here again, and Wunan really felt desperate. Although he had the advantage of weapons and equipment, the distribution of island groups was too large, and the range to be defended was thousands of nautical miles. The British really grasped their weakness.

Speed ​​up, he can only let Song Qing and the others speed up to join them, wait for a while, even if Faial Island is lost, he will destroy the British fleet, and go back to clean up the Portuguese Well, depending on the situation, the Portuguese didn’t dare to fight, and they deliberately grind foreign labor, or they just want them to divide their troops. If the British or Portuguese want to fight, they can only fight separately. The assembled fleet of the New Qin Empire is not something that the British can defeat.

Two super fleets are not enough for him to fight.

In the original Faial Island, there were five first-class battleships, three second-class battleships, seven third-class battleships, eight fourth-to-fifth-class, and sixth-class battleships from all the islands, as well as [-] eliminated steam engine battleships. , [-] sailing warships were eliminated and captured from the Portuguese, and some [-] eliminated ironclad ships, Type [-] and Type [-], he thought could still withstand two days, if he could rely on the fortifications of the island and not attack easily , about three days, if the commander is clear-headed and knows how to give up, there should be no problem for four days, and they can arrive as soon as possible.

Now from this telegram, the British are too cunning to run away in the middle of the night, which means that the British must be running after them now. According to the news from Faial Island, the British have only fifty ironclad ships, plus There were no more than 45 auxiliary ships in the last few days. The situation in the first two days was that the enemy lost more than half of the auxiliary ships, and the ironclad ships were also lost. Wu Nan optimistically estimated that the British should have [-] or less, forty warships.

He is now carrying all 35 ironclad ships of the New Qin Empire, so, based on his previous record, he is sure to win this battle, but the question is why the British dare to be so big?Dare to directly collide with them?What is their reliance?

Could it be that the British not only sent so many warships over?

It is possible that the division of troops is a tactic played by the British, which also shows that they are not strong enough, or they want to lose a small point to fight with them, or they are waiting for other fleets from the mainland. As for the Portuguese, Wu Nan was still nervous at the beginning, but now He thought it was just a pawn to lure him to divide his troops and weaken the strength of the fleet.

no other reason

So he sent a telegram to Song Qing, ordering Song Qing to turn around and bring the fleet to meet him. He needs to be safe this time.

The move of the Portuguese to stay on the Porto lock island made them very puzzled.

It seems very likely that this was done on purpose to make them divide their forces. To be on the safe side, Wu Nan thought for a long time and decided to make a choice between the Grand Ribery Island and the British fleet. He chose to destroy the British fleet. After destroying them, he can take back the captured people and soldiers at any time, but if the British are not defeated and the Portuguese take the opportunity to enter, then not only will other islands be lost, but they will also be forced to withdraw from the new Qin Empire. In the fast archipelago, if you save land, you lose people, and you lose both people and land.

But this moth appeared here again, and Wunan really felt desperate. Although he had the advantage of weapons and equipment, the distribution of island groups was too large, and the range to be defended was thousands of nautical miles. The British really grasped their weakness.

Speed ​​up, he can only let Song Qing and the others speed up to join them, wait for a while, even if Faial Island is lost, he will destroy the British fleet, and go back to clean up the Portuguese Well, depending on the situation, the Portuguese didn’t dare to fight, and they deliberately grind foreign labor, or they just want them to divide their troops. If the British or Portuguese want to fight, they can only fight separately. The assembled fleet of the New Qin Empire is not something that the British can defeat.

Two super fleets are not enough for him to fight.

In the original Faial Island, there were five first-class battleships, three second-class battleships, seven third-class battleships, eight fourth-to-fifth-class, and sixth-class battleships from all the islands, as well as [-] eliminated steam engine battleships. , [-] sailing warships were eliminated and captured from the Portuguese, and some [-] eliminated ironclad ships, Type [-] and Type [-], he thought could still withstand two days, if he could rely on the fortifications of the island and not attack easily , about three days, if the commander is clear-headed and knows how to give up, there should be no problem for four days, and they can arrive as soon as possible.

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At the end of the battle, the British successfully threw off the wreckage of [-] wounded and sunk auxiliary battleships and ironclad ships, and this made British Major General John Bean's expression sour.

How can this still be played? Two of the 35 ironclad ships in his main fleet were injured when they fought against Faial Island, and another one was damaged when they bombarded São Jorge just now. Three of the five ships that came back this time were slightly injured. A total of eight warships with him have suffered serious injuries, and the combat effectiveness of the other eight warships has declined, and the crews of the other machinery and equipment are still a little tired after thousands of miles of sailing.

After such a long period of bombardment, the ammunition reserves have dropped to half of their reserves. Even if they take São Jorge Island, their fleet will not be able to compete with the enemy's main fleet. The battleships themselves are of a lower level than other warships, and their combat effectiveness is not high. People are powerful, now who goes out without some auxiliary warships, which are used to escort and expel the harassment of the enemy's stragglers or to carry supplies.

But the auxiliary fleet he brought was consumed on Faial Island. It was the last consumption just now. Now he only has 28 battleships that are still intact, but the speed has dropped to 35 knots. Leading 22 main warships of the New Qin Empire with a speed of up to [-] knots arrived, they didn't have to fight, they had to retreat directly.

And the fifteen ironclad ships and steam engine warships that followed the Portuguese have not arrived yet. They should have completed the task of attracting the main fleet of the Chinese Empire long ago. He really wants to kick the Portuguese general to death. Why not come sooner? and he will and.

In this way, he still has at least 43 ironclad ships, which are more in number than the enemy's main fleet.

With the Portuguese fleet attracting more than 100 auxiliary fleets from the enemy, it would be even more perfect if it could attract a few ironclad ships. The news from now is not very optimistic. The Portuguese did not catch the enemy The main force of the auxiliary fleet, but nestled on a small island and did not leave.

Ships have been dispatched to urge the Portuguese, and let the Portuguese go up and fight there to attract the attention of the other side, otherwise how can they attract the attention of the New Qin Empire.

With the end of the firefight over there, it is also over here. The Marine Corps has already entered the island. Such a large and narrow island is very difficult to defend. For the British who have a navy, they can find a place anytime, anywhere Landing, this island is not Newfoundland. There are so many cliffs and cliffs around it that ships can't get close. Only when you find a beach can you wade and land.

There are not many cliffs and cliffs on this island. It is full of beaches like small hills, Mirin, and wetlands. There are also many places where you can land on the beach.

The British easily bypassed the key points of the enemy's shore artillery. After rounds of shelling, they destroyed the obstacles set up on the enemy's beach and defeated the defense on the enemy's beach. Send [-] marines to the beach.

Within half an hour, many forts were destroyed. In three hours, they destroyed the forts in the enemy's largest port and sank several battleships in the enemy's port. The enemy has completely Abandoning the battle at sea, some warships escaped from the port and fled in all directions. The resistance on land continued until the afternoon, but for the British fleet, the battle at sea was over, and the island was basically occupied.

However, the resistance on the island can only be regarded as subdued, but the resistance cannot be completely given up. The gunshots on the island are still fierce. The people guarding the island are not a group of unarmed people. Far, if they don't have a little fighting power, they will be underestimated.

Many people are even the group of people who survived the war between Russia and Turkey, or survived the big waves in their country. Anyone can pick up a knife and come to you desperately, or pick up a gun to shoot, plus Many people on the Internet are retired garrison troops from the Huaxia Empire, or retired navy officers and soldiers from the New Qin Empire. There are not many army troops, because the New Qin Empire really doesn’t have many troops.