Lord of Ming Dynasty

The remaining ten armored ships of the New Qin Empire shortened the distance again, and the artillery fire was tight round after round. Although the firepower was scattered, the hit rate increased. Maybe it felt like a life-and-death juncture, and the fleet of Song Qing was almost wiped out. , Everyone fired like crazy.

In exchange for hard work, the remaining sixteen ironclad ships of the Portuguese fleet burst into flames one after another, and three of them turned around and fled immediately, one was left behind and was sunk, and although the two were not It was severely injured, but there was a problem with the power, the pipe was broken, and it could not continue, so it could only be used as a fixed fort.

But how can this work, Lieutenant General Glass sent four warships to drag these warships and drag them away from the battlefield, and now his fleet has only eleven warships left to fight against the Song Qing fleet of the New Qin Empire up.

At this time, it was getting dark, and Lieutenant General Glass already had the intention to go. He opened the distance and dispatched warships to separate the severely damaged warships on the battlefield. Now no one thought about whether there was a reinforcement fleet, because reinforcements It's coming, and it's getting dark.

Song Qing, who only had ten battleships left, did not want the Portuguese to leave. The fleet split up, and three warships rushed to fight against the four enemy warships. General's eleven warships continued to fight not far away.

At this time, he was exhausted and desperately fighting, and how many Portuguese warships he could kill and wound would be more beneficial to Wunan and their main battleship fleet in the future. Heavy damage to the Portuguese was equivalent to cutting off an arm of the British. Anyway, here they still have a fleet of forty ironclad ships led by Lu Fang, which is about to arrive.

He didn't know that John Bing paid a lot for this battle and called another British fleet.

The first thousand and 470 chapters and seven return voyages

Now Lieutenant General Grasse is bleeding. In addition to some old sailing warships on Folsa Island and some merchant ships, there are more than a dozen steam engine transport ships of the supply fleet currently guarding the Porto Lock Island. The iron-clad warships and old warships bought by the Qin Empire, as well as some large-tonnage sailing ships, as well as some captive steamships and patrol boats from the new Qin Empire, a total of only thirty old ones can only be used as transportation. Except for soldiers, merchant ships, and supply ships, he brought all the warships and warships capable of fighting.

More than 90 merchant ships, warships, and warships are all his capital this time, but now there are 25 iron-clad ships, the most powerful Portuguese main battleships, and now there are only ten left. The British gave seventeen battleships. Eighteen steam engine warships purchased by the New Qin Empire and the British, and more than 30 sail warships of various tonnages and types were purchased, all of which were sunk or captured.

Looking at the few remaining warships, Lieutenant General Glass was no longer in the mood. If it weren't for the enemy, there were only a few ships left, and he had no idea to fight. Lieutenant General Sri Lanka still wisely chose to let the remaining six ships retreat, while retreating under cover of artillery fire.

As the commander of the fleet, Lieutenant General Glass still has a little dedication. He only ordered the flagship to leave when the flagship covered the other warships retreating to the open sea for about ten nautical miles. Not a single hit.

There are not many shells on both sides, so we can shoot again when we see them.

Seeing that the Portuguese were retreating, Song Qing was very anxious and ordered the fleet to pursue them. After two hours, he gave up the pursuit because it was too far away. The Portuguese fled to the Porto lock island. The battleship turned and returned to Port Heroes.

At this time, the overall speed of the battleship was only ten knots, and it was slowly sailing towards Hero Harbor in the dark.

After a whole day of fighting, everyone was very exhausted. The changing of the guard on the ship was changed to a half-hour rest time for one person, one shift for an hour, three shifts, and then replaced with a one-hour rest time for one person, and then changed to Four hours of rest time for one person, so that by tomorrow morning, one person will have at least six hours of rest time to maintain everyone's physical fitness to the maximum.

This may not necessarily allow everyone to recover, and may keep the fleet vigilant and safe, because this sea area may not be safe.

The British warships may be on the way for reinforcements.

They are already fighting and chasing, and they are about 120 nautical miles away from Hero Harbor. If this journey takes a normal time, it will take less than half a day. But now they are exhausted, and the main battleships are injured. The power system It needs to be replaced and maintained while driving, so you can’t drive fast, and sail at a slow speed of eight knots, ten knots, or even six knots.

In the middle of the night, they caught up with the severely wounded warships and captured enemy warships. Because the Portuguese escaped, all the wounded enemy warships and sailors on the battlefield were captured by the New Qin Empire.

There are a total of eight ironclad ships that were seriously injured on both sides in this place. The fleet stopped to communicate with these warships. Everyone had a meal. After reorganizing, the speed of the fleet dropped to four or five knots.

Because the injured warship needs to be dragged away by the uninjured warship, naturally it cannot go fast.

In the process again, Song Qing asked the chief mate and his command team to calculate the losses this time. There are nearly 500 sailors injured this time, and there are nearly [-] sailors in the fleet, and there are about [-] sailors who can operate battleships. There are not enough sailors on all the battleships, and there are more than [-] marines who are in charge of fighting on the battleships, and about [-] people have been injured. If there are [-] on each of the remaining battleships, it is already impossible to find manpower.

The firepower of the entire fleet is only 22 main guns. On average, only one dual-mounted turret can operate normally on a battleship. After emergency repairs, it is only half of the extra guns. All kinds of mechanical aids have been broken, and some have to be loaded manually , steering, accuracy drops a lot.

There are only 56 secondary guns. With such firepower, they may not be able to win against a fleet of sailing warships, and their maneuverability and firepower are limited to death.

There were quite a few prisoners in the entire fleet, nearly 4000 captives. They returned to the original battlefield along the original sea route to search.

It also caused the speed of the entire fleet to slow down.

In the early morning of the next day, they left the battlefield at the beginning of the war and headed for Hero Harbor, fifty or sixty nautical miles away, in the light of the sun.

In the thick smoke, the fleet was staggering. Some of the crew members were catching up on sleep, some were watching seabirds on the deck, some were lying on the deck in the sun, and many of them were smoking a new Qin Empire product. Cigarettes, in the strong smell of charred smoke, I am glad that I am still alive.

The pale faces of some trainee crew members finally improved a little, and they gathered together to discuss their future military careers, or what to do after retiring from the army. Some old sailors were happily discussing where women are beautiful and where What good things are there on the island, where is it suitable for living, and some old people recalled the past of the Chinese Empire, and discussed the relationship between the New Qin Empire and the Chinese Empire and the future development.

The post-war exhaustion left everyone exhausted.

Song Qing had just slept for a while, and he took over the responsibility of the captain of the flagship, and let the captain of the flagship commanded by him go down to rest. While commanding the fleet, he commanded the flagship at the same time. The deputy helped, but it was nothing.

After drinking a cup of jasmine tea from the Huaxia Empire and smelling the fragrance of the tea, Song Qing said to the chief mate: "This time, the fleet may have to be reorganized, and you may need to bring this remnant fleet. I won't be here for long. , After this battle is over, I will recommend you to the admiral to be the commander of this fleet, and you may be included in Governor Wunan's Navy Auxiliary Fleet, you must be prepared."

The first officer was very excited and immediately saluted, "Thank you, sir."

The fleet approached Hero Harbor three hours later. Wu Nan sent an adjutant to lead a fleet of [-] battleships to meet them. The two sides handed over and the fleet continued sailing for three hours before arriving at the port.

Stepping on the solid ground of the pier, all sailors who set sail have a sense of solidity.

In the three-day naval battle, almost half of the fleet was wiped out, and less than half of the people survived. The others were buried in the sea. Those warships were not even worth salvaging. It can be seen that the battle was fierce. The battle was sunk and destroyed. The concept, those destroyed warships, even the bodies of sailors can't be found, everyone has experienced the danger of being a sailor officer.

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Going back to the Governor's Mansion in Wunan, the Portuguese Governor's Mansion was requisitioned by Wunan. After renovation, it is now the highest office of the New Qin Empire in the Azores.

As soon as he entered the hall of the Governor's Mansion, Wu Nan said to Song Qing: "This time your encounter is not good for us. I lost [-]% of my reserve force. Now I only have [-] new ironclad ships left. The conflicts these days , we lost another seven battleships that captured the British, and a three-ship relay reconnaissance fleet, that fleet was completely sunk, and now we don't know if the enemy has captured our radio station.

In addition, there are ten patrol fleets of modified steam engines and sailboats captured by the Portuguese, seven Type II ships, two Type I ironclad ships, and the Type III patrol fleet of the five main fleets that were injured in your battle. One of the relay reconnaissance teams was sunk, two sail patrol boats were lost, two were injured, they had no firepower, and could hardly fight anymore.

Calculated in this way, we have lost a total of 78 warships during this period, warships, and [-] merchant ships that came to supply, Spanish and French merchant ships, we have been unable to obtain commercial supplies from them, this is the largest The loss is not visible yet, but in the following days, the commodity trade supply of the New Qin Empire from Europe will drop sharply by about [-]%, and we can only get it from the coasts of North America and Africa through the merchant ships of some scattered merchants. supply.

A drop in the bucket, where the empire can get some supplies from North America, the Caribbean, and Spanish colonies, we can only get supplies from the empire here.The empire sent a telegram that the production speed of our four types of warships has dropped by 30.00%. If we cannot get supplies within half a year, our shipbuilding materials will be exhausted, and coal can only allow [-] steamships to sail on the mainland. It's at sea.

And this is not enough, if these overseas territories of ours are not supplied now, they will be eaten up bit by bit by these western countries in Europe, so we must defeat the British.

The question now is, how many active warships do you have?

Six ships, plus other battleships, battleships, Type [-], Type [-], and Type [-], add up to less than ten ships.

The others are all wounded warships. In your fleet, there are [-] seriously injured warships. They are all moored in the port and repaired as much as possible. In fleet operations, anti-strike capability is a very important condition.

So, your task now is to rest for a day, and then take your remaining few warships, take the wounded, and some civilians, mercenaries, and prisoners, take as much as you can, and capture thirty British wounded ships Battleship, go home. "

Song Qing has been listening quietly. Judging from the calculated data of Wunan, the fleet of Wunan and the fleet defending the Azov Islands have also lost a lot. It seems that Wunan and the British have not been idle these days. , Although there was no big fight, the friction between the patrol fleets between each other still caused a lot of losses.

He estimated that Wunan's 52 main battleships, as well as the warships defending the archipelago, did not lose much, but the main loss was the warships defending the archipelago. The loss of the main battleships is estimated to be within a dozen, and they are all obsolete old ships. , For example, Type [-], Type [-], battleships, and Type [-], the main Type [-] battleships, Wu Nan would definitely not be willing to send them out.

Calculated in this way, there are only more than 100 warships in the Azov Islands of the New Qin Empire. It is estimated that there are no more than [-] to [-] ships left to fight, and the main fleet may be even less, only about [-] ships.

The main battleships of the British on the opposite side have more than 50 warships. Although they are not necessarily ironclad warships, according to the situation of the previous battles, it can be analyzed that the British have about 43 ironclad warships. Leaving aside the injured warships, there are also more than 30 warships. As for the battleships, some of the battleships that the Portuguese retreated after they were defeated also returned, which means that the British had at least forty warships that were almost ready to go into battle.

In other words, the combat power now exceeds that of Wunan's main fleet.

In addition to twenty new warships in Wunan's main fleet, the remaining dozen warships are all warships after the last injury, and their combat effectiveness is only [-]% of the previous one. The repaired warships are basically not brought back this time. In a hurry.

Wu Nan was in a hurry this time, so he just brought some supplies and auxiliary warships, came here with supplies, weapons and equipment and accessories on the ship, and then took out the battleships that could defend the archipelago. lost.

That is to say, now they only have more than 30 warships with full combat power. The other warships are either injured or their combat power has dropped drastically. Especially the wounded warships after two battles, their combat power is only [-]% or [-]%, and they can't even guard the port. .

Now in the Azores Islands, apart from Hero Port, there are more than five battleships on each big island, and the others are some old ships, and each island has no more than ten warships.

Fortunately, the Song and Qing Dynasties almost wiped out the Portuguese fleet this time. Otherwise, the Portuguese made trouble everywhere and occupied the island. This time, the Portuguese really succeeded. Made a contribution and let them benefit from it.

Of course, Song Qing will not forget Lu Fang's fleet, but this fleet cannot come out now. He or Wu Nan have considered the behavior of the British last time and hid this fleet. Anyway, there is a telegram. In time, they will come.