Lord of Ming Dynasty

There are a total of nineteen warships that can fight.

Other warships, such as the mixed ironclad ships of Type I, Type II, and Type III, the battleship squadron, and the Type III battleship squadron, were almost wiped out. For this battle, their task was to climb gone back.

It is more than 70 nautical miles away from Hero Harbor. They need to climb at least two days at a speed of three knots. If you speed up, they will also have to climb for a day and a half. Unbalanced, the fleet dragging the injured battleship takes the longest time to return, because it cannot sail at too high a speed, that is, three knots. Other warships have five knots, seven knots, eight knots, and ten knots. They return one after another. When Song Qing and the others rushed up, the last ship was full of the wounded and those who fell into the water, captured the enemy's wounded and those who fell into the water, and escorted a captured enemy steam engine battleship. The formation had already left fifteen nautical miles.

The speed is medium for the captured enemy warships. As many as 22 warships were rescued one after another by other sailors and officers of the New Qin Empire who fell into the water. They directly operated their warships and towed the seriously injured captured ships. Six knots left [-] knots.

The first battleship to return from the wounded was almost at port with the other seven captured enemy warships at a speed of twelve knots.

Lieutenant General Glass rushed up with 25 iron-clad ships built by the British, sank two first-class battleships, and damaged a second-class battleship. A battleship remodeled by the New Qin Empire sank one with concentrated fire, and seriously injured two of the enemy's ships again. Seeing his own fleet coming up, the wounded and seriously injured enemy's iron-clad ships and a steam engine battleship fought stubbornly. The silenced artillery fire opened fire on the outflanking New Qin Empire warships.

The two returned Xinqin Empire Type III ironclad ships attacked with artillery fire. At a distance of 800 meters, they made up for the two heavily damaged British ironclad ships and a steam engine battleship that were still firing. When the shells were fired, the enemy's battleship became full of smoke and swayed from side to side. After a while, both sank with a distance of 300 meters.

Staggering this battlefield, about one nautical mile to the side, two fleets staggered in line of battle, one is the fourteen iron-clad fleet of the New Qin Empire led by Song Qing, and the other is 23 British iron-clad ships The main fleet of the Portuguese fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Grasse.

After blowing up two first-class battleships of the New Qin Empire captured by the British, Lieutenant General Glass led the fleet to spare the five fleeing warships and sent only one ironclad ship to support the nearby one. The battleship, which was besieged by two Type II New Qin Empire ironclad ships, turned around from the side to attack Song Qing's flagship fleet.

The chief generals of both sides knew clearly that whether the battle can be won depends on whether they can kill the enemy's main fleet. They tried to use 24 warships to bully Song Qing's four flagship fleets. As a result, Song Qing directly recruited ten soldiers from the battlefield. A four-type squadron of ironclad ships that was injured but still able to fight, and once the two merged, it became the main fleet.

"Steer,"

"Distance, 1200 meters,"

"Correction, add 5, plus one up and down, minus three,"

"Fire sequentially,"

"Be careful to avoid enemy shells,"

"Left deflection, add 10, return minus 1,"

"Speed, fifteen knots,"

"Ready to fire,"

"preparation,"

"Increase the correction by 1, and increase the speed by one,"

"Fire,"

"Quick, fire!"

The numbers reported by the rangefinder, together with the data reported by other places, are fed back by the third mate, adjusted by the second mate, conveyed by the first mate, the captain makes a decision, gives orders, and then passes them down layer by layer. The flagship is orderly fighting the enemy.

And Song Qing raised the binoculars from time to time, adjusted the fleet's route, fleet tactics, and issued orders for the fleet to deal with some matters.

At this time, the first officer became a link between the past and the future, conveying and distinguishing, summarizing, and assisting the captain and Song Qing's tasks. The captain focused on the battle and march of the ship, and the second officer was responsible for commanding the operations of the signal soldiers and soldiers in various positions in the cabin. The third officer is responsible for damage control and shell handling on the outer ship, avoiding enemy shells, reporting the route of the enemy warship, and other miscellaneous matters. The fourth officer is responsible for the command of the bosun and gunner, and directly communicates with the chief officer, waiting and dispatching the ship. long order.

Except for the first and second mates, the third and fourth mates were not in the conning tower at all.

In terms of combat, after the reorganization, as soon as the fleet arrived at the No. 14 battleship, it issued orders with call signs and numbers.

After successfully blowing up an enemy warship again, a warship here was also severely damaged, and the battle situation was still unfavorable for Song Qing's side.Because the enemy still has 22 warships.

There are still thirteen warships left on this side. With the end of the battle over there and the withdrawal from the battlefield, the two sides actually only have this battlefield.

The firepower here has dropped, because nine of them have actually been fighting for a long time. Six hours have passed since the morning, and the power and personnel have been depleted.

The Portuguese fleet over there was just waiting for work, and only joined the battle half an hour ago.

Except for the four flagship warships, these warships of the New Qin Empire are all wounded battleships that fought against the British fleet last time. In terms of various performances, they cannot compare with the performance of the British ironclad warships that the Portuguese just left the factory.

Song Qing considered whether it was time to retreat.

The previously patrolling relay reconnaissance fleet had blown up eleven of the enemy's transport ships and seriously injured more than a dozen of the enemy's sail warships and some steam engine warships, which was equivalent to solving most of the thirty ships of the Portuguese transport and supply fleet. During the battle, the patrol fleet of five ironclad ships also destroyed many steam engine warships and transport ships of the enemy, which almost severely damaged the Portuguese transport and supply fleet.

The first thousand and 470 chapters of the sixth chapter smashed the Portuguese fleet 2

Song Qing's fleet of forty warships, plus the relay reconnaissance fleet, plus five warships in Wunan's patrol fleet, a total of 48 warships, also lost a lot, at least twenty warships were sunk, ten One battleship was severely damaged, and the other battleships were wounded.

Although the harvest was quite large, the 34 or so warships that Portugal came to aid, plus the 56 or so steam engine warships and sail warships that came after them, were sunk at least, [-] were destroyed, [-] were captured, and they escaped with serious injuries. A dozen or so ships, along with the relay reconnaissance fleet and patrol fleet, the remaining battleships, and the armored ships completely defeated the enemy's remaining battleships and fleets. The current loss ratio of the two sides is already [-] to [-].

Of course, this is an estimated number, but according to previous intelligence, how many warships did the Portuguese arrive in total, from more than 90 to a hundred ships, and nearly half of them were lost, and the Portuguese were already injured.

It can be said that the Portuguese, the British reinforcements, have been abolished.

Of course, Song Qing and the others were basically abolished.

There are only a dozen warships that can fight back, and the enemy's [-]-ton steam engine warship is about the same as the sail warship. If you want to deal with the British fleet, you may have to flee.

In the sky, countless fluorescent lights flashed, representing countless shells coming towards this side, and the enemy's firepower density was still good.

Trying to dodge here, there are still many warships being hit, a few of the hundreds of shells always hit, and the sparks that burst out one after another made Song Qing feel distressed, and the successive reports made him frown. This blow caused him to lose at least 100 sailors, more than 24 auxiliary slaves, and [-] mercenary soldiers. The key point is that [-] main guns were destroyed, [-] secondary guns were destroyed, and [-] Fifty millimeter rapid-fire guns were destroyed.

This took his fleet firepower down a notch.

There are not many remaining main guns. On average, one double-mounted cannon turret survives on each battleship, and some have two. Only his flagship still has three turrets, a complete six double-mounted artillery.

The other side was very lucky. A round of artillery fire from this side passed, and only one shell hit. An ironclad ship that fell from the tail of the enemy was unlucky. The shells hit, and the shells cut off the superstructure, the command tower, and the entire command tower, including a cannon below, were completely blown into the sea.

The battleship was suddenly leaderless, and it took the bosun who was busy below 3 minutes to recover. He took over the command of the entire battleship, sent people to the mast, and conveyed their misfortune to Vice Admiral Glass. Order them to withdraw from the battle line to rest.

The bosun took the place of command.

The exploding shells affected seven nearby artillery pieces. The gunners on the gun positions were wiped out, and half of the damage tubes that put out the fire were lost. There was a serious shortage of battleship combatants and personnel to put out the fire and repair the damage, although the firepower in other places did not However, there is no one on the battleship to take overall command and battle command, so they can only withdraw from the battle first and turn to rest a few nautical miles away.

After this wave of blows, Song Qing continued to extend the distance with the enemy fleet. This was the magic weapon for the New Qin Empire to defeat the British fleet. The longer distance relied on the training and quality of the crew of the New Qin Empire, as well as the long-range hit of the artillery. speed to defeat the enemy.

The battleship pulled to 350 meters and successfully avoided another salvo of firepower from 21 enemy warships. Although the huge water column made the fleet panic, it turned out that there was no danger in the end. This successful straddle shot just made people Surprised a bit.

But Song Qing still pulled the fleet to 420 meters before turning around and firing. Three rounds of volleys severely damaged an enemy warship. Lieutenant General Glass reluctantly let that warship withdraw from the battle line and returned to their anchorage. rest.

Get escorted by the battleship that just destroyed all command.

So he left only twenty ironclad ships, and the enemy had twelve warships.

After the third round of artillery surprise attack, another ship was severely damaged by Song Qing. The ship was almost blown over, the chimney was blown up, and thick smoke billowed from the ship. Without waiting for Song Qing's order, he drove the battleship out of the battle. Wire.

In fact, at this time, in order to avoid the intensive artillery fire of the Portuguese, the battle line almost did not exist. Many warships were scattered on the battlefield of three nautical miles. The space in the sea is not good for Song and Qing, because the Portuguese have more warships than them. They can besiege one with three or four ships, but only one can fight against three or four of them here.

Song Qing also discovered this problem, trying to get the warships closer to him, and attack the enemy with battle line firepower, because the firepower of a warship is too weak now, compared with the British habit of accumulating firepower, they can't beat the Portuguese. British ironclad ships.

After an hour of panic, being oppressed, and injured, Song Qing narrowed the distance a little. Each warship was about 200 meters apart, shortening the battle line. Finally, in a salvo, they severely damaged three enemy ironclad warships in succession.

The three ironclad ships didn't even have the ability to withdraw from the battlefield.

After that, another ship was severely damaged by the enemy, and it was unable to withdraw from the battlefield. At this time, the two sides did not care about anything. The Portuguese warship rushed up and attacked the heavily damaged warship. It took 15 minutes without any interference. However, after only being hit once by the returning artillery fire, the battleship of the New Qin Empire and more than 100 crew members on board were sent into the sea, and no one escaped.