Lord of Ming Dynasty

The establishment is all retired sailors from the navy, and marine soldiers who are responsible for local guards. In short, their combat effectiveness is still very strong.

When they realized that the enemy was very strong at sea, apart from resisting for a period of time, the commanders on the island were more concerned about sticking to the land, and had long since given up fighting the enemy at sea. The few broken ships could not resist. enemy's.It was impossible to delay the time. After the shore artillery defense was broken, they began to move to the mountains, dense forests, swamps, and cliffs.

The British just broke the coastal defenses, defeated the militia after landing, occupied the seaport, fishing villages by the sea, villages and towns, and the inland has not had time to clear it.

Rear Admiral John Bing is now waiting to recover the Marine Corps soldiers, as well as the naval officers and soldiers who have landed, as soon as possible, and then decides to retreat or wait here for the enemy's main fleet to come up. In the end, he absolutely cannot wait here, riding the enemy When the main fleet is dispatched, it should take a detour and go to Hero Port, so that the enemy can be exhausted. He also agreed with the fifteen iron-clad ships to meet at Hero Port.

So when it was getting dark, he took the fleet and the recovered marines, sailor officers and soldiers, turned around and fled into the night sea.

Behind him is the commander of the Faial Island Fleet with eyes full of red eyes. With the incomplete fleet, it was already afternoon after he finished cleaning the battlefield, so he chased him as soon as possible, and when he found the British around the island with a radius of more than 100 kilometers, The British fled into the darkness without even bothering them.

John Bing runs fast, but he can't run as fast as the scout ship of the New Qin Empire. The scout ship has a tonnage of more than 3000 tons and is equipped with four 75mm cannons, two 37mm rapid-fire guns, and three [-]mm rapid-fire guns. , the hull is slender, and after the camouflage, it looks like a medium-sized British large merchant ship with registration information registered with the British, and the various camouflages are well done.

After landing on São Jorge Island, the two commanders put together a telegraph that was disassembled on the island to avoid the British snatching it, and installed it on the scouting ship. Only this scouting ship was sent down. Followed by five Type II ironclad ships for protection.

The situation on the island had to be sorted out, and then a telegram was sent to Wu Nan and the others.

This is the gap in strength, and Wu Nan has no choice. He is not far from São Jorge Island. After the rapid assault, the entire fleet needs to rest. It is sailing at a speed of about six knots, repairing the battleship, and the soldiers take turns to rest.

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After the meeting with the naval commander of this archipelago, Wunan's fleet watched the post-war cleanup while resting, and don't even think about adding anything. The British almost moved and destroyed all the supplies, and the rest The supplies still need the support of Faial Island. All the warships in the archipelago where Faial Island is concentrated are left for repairs. Ordinary injuries can be repaired here, and serious injuries have to be returned to Hero Port for repairs. But the situation is unknown now, so we can only The wounded battleship was parked here.

"The enemy's fleet has been caught, and they are heading to Hero Port." The major of the Faial Island Navy Fleet Commander said fiercely, slapping the table.

"Select the supply fleet and leave the slow ones here to help defend and supply, equip me with all the powerful battleships in your fleet that can fight, and leave some second-class battleships and below for protection here. Well, I don't think the British are coming back. They left us here. Their time difference is about ten hours. It seems that they succeeded.

We have successfully mobilized our fleet. If we go after them now, it is estimated that we can barely close the distance with them by running at a speed of [-] knots, so there is no need for slow warships to follow. "

After a three-hour delay in São Jorge Island, after rest and maintenance, Wu Nan took the remaining seven iron-clad ships of the second type in the archipelago, one of the first-type iron-clad ships to speed up, and eight iron-clad ships of the third type that could catch up with them. , plus the 35 Type IV ironclad ships of the main fleet, a total of 51 warships were submerged in the darkness again and rushed to the sea.

The chasing scout ship found that the British had slowed down. He was afraid that the British would play tricks again, so the entire fleet rushed over at a speed of fifteen knots.

Such a high speed in the middle of the night made almost all the sailors tremble with fear, because not all the hydrology of the place is familiar with, if they hit a hidden reef, it would be over. Fortunately, the sea is not too stormy and the tonnage of the fleet is very high. All are over [-] tons.

The British estimated that it was because of the dark night that the speed could not be driven too fast, so they only had a speed of six knots, but this side was almost thirteen hours away from the enemy, even if the enemy sprinted ten times at a speed of fifteen knots per hour. In an hour, they were more than 150 nautical miles away from the enemy. Now they were sprinting at fifteen knots, while the enemy was driving slowly at six knots. Wu Nan estimated that they would be able to catch up with the enemy by noon tomorrow.

"Song Qing and the others sent a telegram. They are now more than 100 nautical miles away from Faial Island, asking for our location." A captain handed Wunan the telegram.

Wu Nan rubbed his forehead, the enemy had successfully mobilized them all, "Order them to chase after them quickly, don't rest, those slow warships let them return to Grand Ribery Island immediately, I'm afraid the enemy might try to repeat the old trick , Sneak attack on Ribery Island. There are warships guarding it, which can also buy us time. Those who can’t move will go to Faial Island and transfer a few warships here to protect this place. The strength here is too weak.

Let him lead the elite warships over, and the others will be sent back to Ribery Island after they bring enough supplies. "Wu Nan could only order Song Qing and the others to do so.

On Song Qing's side, when he received the telegram, he looked at it tiredly, and felt that the British were too cunning.

However, he judged that the British must have gone to Hero Port this time. After all, their purpose was to defeat the New Qin Empire, pull out the surrounding small islands and island groups, and the ultimate goal was to fight Hero Port. It is important, and everyone is used to where to trade, where the conditions are the best, the port has the deepest waterway, and it is sheltered from the wind, just like a person spreading his arms to protect ships in the port from typhoons and hurricanes at sea.

Of course, he did not bring all the more than 100 warships this time. He only brought 35 of the most combat-capable ironclad ships and more than 20 first-class battleships. The other warships were left on Ribery Island to guard against the Portuguese. Woolen cloth.

After this voyage of more than 1000 nautical miles, the speed of those first-class battleships with large size and high tonnage can't be improved much, only 20 knots, which can't meet the task of keeping up with Wu Nan. Only eight of the more than [-] battleships that were damaged or really slow were left, and then the remaining twelve battleships were asked to return to Ribery Island immediately, where these battleships were needed to guard.

The warships he brought are all ironclad ships, type [-] and type [-], and the speed can meet the speed of [-] knots.

However, there were only eight problematic warships left, obviously unable to prevent the British from coming back to attack again, so he also left the five Type II ironclad ships in the fleet.He only took the Type III armored ship to chase Wunan and the others. At night, he didn't dare to drive fast, and only sailed at an economical speed of ten knots to catch up. He was also afraid of the reef or what would happen if there was a problem with these obsolete warships and machines. After all, they set off from Port of Heroes, arrived at Ribery Island, and then set off from Grand Ribery Island, sailing on the sea for more than half a month.

This is a crisis, a crisis on a large scale initiated by the British.

Just as Song Qing was thinking about it, a telegram from Grande Ribery Island made him nervous, and the Portuguese moved. According to the reports from the scouting ships, there were fifteen ironclad ships in the British fleet following the Portuguese, and their The [-] auxiliary warships with them sailed to Port Heroes, while the Portuguese sailed to Grand Ribery Island.

Because he is in charge of Grand Ribery Island, the telegraph station on Ribery Island will send him a report directly. Unless he can't receive it, he will report to the higher level. If he does not respond, he will also report to the higher level, but generally it must be passed Only by signing the order can he report to his superiors to prevent false reports or false reports.

After carefully analyzing the strength of the British on Porto Island, and comparing the information obtained from the British with the battles that took place these days, Song Qing quickly figured out the current strength of the British main fleet. There are only more than 30 warships. With a little strength, Wu Nan can handle it, but with the addition of these fifteen ironclad ships, Wu Nan's strength is almost equal to that of the enemy.

Song Qing immediately notified Wunan of the news, and sent a telegram to remind the defense of Hero Port, then turned around and gave the order of defense to Grand Ribery Island to increase the search. When the main fleet did not return, it could only defend. Do not attack.

Afterwards, the fleet was ordered to speed up. The mileage from Grande Ribery Island to Porto Heroes is very short, only [-] kilometers, [-] nautical miles. If you divert to make peace with this fleet, then the two sides will be able to make peace in a day and a half.

And Wunan sent a report that they were 180 nautical miles away from the enemy. The enemy's speed was not fast, but they would definitely speed up after dawn. That is to say, there would be at least three to four hours in between, and the enemy would take advantage of this time to get rid of Wunan and the others.

At a speed of [-] knots, four hours is [-] nautical miles. Even if it is impossible to calculate it perfectly, it is still [-] nautical miles. This is at sea level, especially when the line of sight is not good, the two fleets may pass by each other. .

At the beginning, Wunan and the others were facing the British fleet at fifty nautical miles, sparing the enemy's main fleet, and intercepting the enemy's [-] supply and auxiliary fleets returning from Korvo.

The first thousand and 450 chapters nine to catch up

The four fleets are struggling to approach, one and a half days, one day, six hours, eight hours, after a period of intense pursuit, more than 50 warships led by Wu Nan finally approached the main fleet of the British, and John Bin, the old opponent of the new Qin Empire will fight again.

One and a half days was Song Qing's fleet, the furthest away, circled around in vain, but was left behind, and now they are speeding up to catch up, sometimes at sixteen knots, sometimes at twelve knots, and sometimes at six knots , eight knots, because even the ironclad ships of the auxiliary fleet have been there for many years. After all, the condition is not good, and it is normal to repair them.

One day was Wunan's fleet. Although they were chasing hard, they still couldn't catch up with the British fleet. After all, they turned a circle from thousands of sea miles, and their condition was not very good. After a night of chasing, they accelerated in the early morning. After a day's journey, Port Heroes was approached, but they were in the northwest, and the British went in the southeast.

Yes, the British changed their course halfway. When they were chasing ahead, they had a difference of seven or eight hours between São Jorge Island and the UK. They took a break and the gap was over ten hours. The speed of coming festivals, but the British are also moving. In the early morning, the distance is shortened by only two hours, and the British speed up during the day.

The reconnaissance ship couldn't get too close, and was fooled by a merchant fleet in the middle. The reconnaissance ship chased in the wrong direction. When they came back, they almost lost the British fleet, and Wu Nan and the others had to adjust their direction to pursue. , As a result, the speed was fast, but it took some wrong roads, and opened a distance from the British, and lost about three or four hours.

After such a toss, the advantage they had been desperately catching up with had been lost again. Instead, they lost a few hours of time, which was only a day away, but now Wunan and the others are desperately catching up.

Six hours later, the British fleet came from the Porto lock island and took a shortcut, just in time for the rendezvous with the main fleet.

Another fleet of the British from the Porto Lock Island was dissatisfied with the Portuguese for a long time. After receiving the order, it immediately turned around and went to Faial Island, and turned to São Jorge Island halfway. Turning to the Heroes Harbor Meeting, the whole time was one day faster than the British John Bean's fleet, so although there were many detours, it was able to quickly approach the British main fleet.

Eight hours was another reinforcement from the British, a super fleet that rushed over from the coast of Spain.

John Bing dared to think about destroying Wunan, of course they would not rely on this strength, he had already ambushed, and it was impossible to get the Portuguese to contribute by thinking of coercion and lure, the Portuguese were just an auxiliary That's all, it's just a trick to attract Wunan and the others to divide their troops. The Portuguese are not willing to do things, and they are not quick, which the British know.

Only then did I think of calling other British fleets to help.

In order to regain the Azov Islands and completely defeat the New Qin Empire, the British racked their brains. The rise of the New Qin Empire has greatly affected their interests. Uncomfortable, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, going down the coast of North America, passing through the Newfoundland of the New Qin Empire, starting from the coast of Africa, passing through the Azov Islands, the New Qin Empire is like putting its hand softly on their necks up.

During the several years of naval blockade and anti-blockade, the New Qin Empire is also blocking them. The British can only operate in the north and northeast of the North Atlantic Ocean, on the European side and the coast of Africa. If they want to go to the Caribbean, they must be in Africa. Some of the places below cross the Atlantic Ocean and reach the Caribbean Sea through the South Atlantic Ocean. What is so undead is that Panama in the Caribbean Sea is a route that Zhuang Lin and the others will take, and that is still the sphere of influence of the Spaniards.

Therefore, removing the Azov Islands is the most reasonable choice for them. They can defeat the Wunan fleet, weaken the New Qin Empire, cut off an arm of the New Qin Empire, and block it again. It is good for the British, but it is uncomfortable for the New Qin Empire. , they can no longer get shipping from the hometown of the Chinese Empire.

The two fleets had an agreement and were sailing slowly. John Bean had already calculated this time.

The six Type II ironclad ships of the scouting fleet could not get too close even though they were pretending to follow the British. They were two and a half hours away from the British. It is also very hard to make close inspections at night to determine the trajectory and location of the British, and to avoid the search fleet sent by the British in many cases.

They are also afraid that the British will be ruthless and send a fleet to chase them and annihilate them. They are also afraid that they will lose the British. Well, the information is released, but it is not good.

This time when the British stopped, they had to hide far away from the sight of the British. In order not to be discovered by the British, they had to suppress the fire in the boiler as much as possible to prevent a lot of smoke from the chimney of the steam engine. Far to attract the attention of the British.

Sixty nautical miles to the southeast of Port of Heroes, 230 nautical miles away from Isla Grande Ribery, the British fleet is moored here waiting for the [-] British ironclad fleet that followed the Portuguese to come and join them. Only by reconciling with that fleet can John Bin have the confidence to fight Wu Nan and the others again.

The wait was always long, and the British seized the opportunity to repair the war-damaged ships, use the supplies and materials on board, beat them, replace the damaged artillery and various accessories on the ship.

At this time, Wunan's fleet was running desperately. After the British stopped the ship for six hours, the fleet, which was almost at a speed, ran 110 nautical miles at a speed of [-] knots. The gap between the British and the British was even smaller. The distance and time between them has been shortened to [-] nautical miles. Under such circumstances, as long as the speed is eight knots per hour, ten hours will arrive.

At this time, Wu Nan ordered to reduce the speed to [-] knots per hour, and changed the steam engine boilers and pipes, steam engines, and let half of the people rest, so that they could meet the British in five or six hours.