Lord of Ming Dynasty

So to deal with the challenge of the British, Wu Nan has to rely on the power he has to fight against.

The next morning, Song Qing took away more than 40 ships, warships, and the huge fleet brought the wounded and broken ships back to the mainland at one time. This is a bit sad. This is the second time that the New Qin Empire encountered such a huge loss. The last time was when the British besieged the neighboring peninsula. The tragedy was very sad.

Whether it is the British or the Han Chinese of the New Qin Empire, the foreign mercenaries feel unable to bear such losses, and the Portuguese cry even more sadly.

Tens of thousands of people were buried under the sea, and the ships and elite sailors gathered in the past ten years were basically lost.

As Song Qing led the fleet to withdraw, the popularity of the Azores became less and less popular, and nearly 3 people retreated. The Azores, with only a few hundred thousand people, became more depressed and desolate. In the past, the fishing boats on the blue sea were peaceful. The scene of fishing was replaced by dilapidated warship wrecks and the endless sea.

The busy waterways and seaports in the past were only busy sailors at this time. The businessmen and foreign immigrants from various countries in the past were all evacuated by boat during the one-month war break.

Except for a few thousand Han people, a few thousand mercenary people, and a few hundred foreign businessmen on the island, there is no popularity anymore. They are all soldiers.

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The first thousand and 470 chapters and nine British people can't do it anymore

"Is their fleet gone again?" John Bean asked the scouting fleet commander.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Earl, they took away a total of 1 of their wounded warships and our captured wounded warships this time. At the same time, they took away about [-] prisoners from several battles we captured."

Commander of the Scouting Fleet to John Bindal, Commander of the British Fleet.

John Bing put down the quill in his hand, stood up and walked back and forth in the flagship cabin with his hands behind his back. He has now recaptured the small island of Korvo Town and the large island next to it, and captured thousands of people on the island. And a garrison, some warships.

In order to attack this small island, they lost two ironclad ships, two steam engine warships, and seven transport ships, all of which were sunk by shore artillery. All of them were colonial soldiers, but it also made the British feel distressed, not to mention that the sunk warships also cost them [-] sailors and marines.

His fleet is shrinking. Except for the supplementary British ironclads that have not been used, the other injured ironclads are steam engine battleships left over from the last battle, sailing warships and merchant ships from the supply. The loss is not small. This battle has lost a total of [-] Sailors and crews, Marines.

There were also 5000 captured soldiers, and nearly 5000 soldiers were captured last time. Although they also captured many soldiers from the New Qin Empire who fell into the water, the two sides were different, and there was too much difference. In total, about 1 sailors, crews, and merchants from the New Qin Empire were captured in these few battles, and more than [-] civilians were captured.

He has a headache, these people are being held by the Portuguese, and the injured crew of the British are transferred by the Portuguese every time, and now the wounded of the Portuguese are occupying his ship space, at least 2000 people, The others were either captured or transported back by the Portuguese, and Lieutenant General Grasse of the Portuguese never saw him again after his fleet was defeated.

According to the latest information, the Portuguese fleet has successively withdrawn soldiers and ships on the Porto Lock Island and Funchal Island, as if they are about to retreat.

This made John Bing very unhappy.

But now he has nothing to do with the Portuguese. His credibility and right to speak among the nobles in the British cabinet has been exhausted. The fleet he sent this time was sent because the nobles could not suppress the annihilation of a fleet of battleships. , It was not sent because of his request. I heard that the leader of the team this time was a famous general in the Dutch battle, the old Duke Nar Downs.

When Gnar Downs came, he would have nothing to do with him, and his status would be reduced to a support. This was also something he was worried about. In this case, it was still a problem that he could help you keep your title when he went back. He also lost a lot of money and sold a lot of family property this time. If he can't defeat the New Qin Empire this time and achieve the goal he set at the noble meeting, he will be wiped out by other nobles, and finally he can keep it. An earl's noble title is fine.

Seeing his fleet busy on the sea, Rear Admiral John Bing had some headaches. Most of them were wounded warships, and the attached warships were almost wiped out. If the Portuguese did not come to replenish, he would almost be in trouble.

This is not the main thing, the main thing is that there are too many injured people, all settled on the battleship, and the island cannot be settled, because when they captured, the shelling almost destroyed most of the houses and fortifications here, and the good people still live here. If you can bear it, the wounded will be fine, and they can only be placed on the decks of some wounded battleships. He is considering sending some of the warships back to England or Portugal.

But if he leaves like this, the number of warships in his fleet and the combat effectiveness of the fleet will drop again. This is also a contradiction. The patrol fleet of the New Qin Empire is also a problem. They occupy the advantage of the host, old ships, obsolete ships, and merchant ships. There is everything you need, and you can send one to wander around, and you will find the fleet you left here. This fleet has to go around Port of Heroes, or Grande Ribery Island. Without the protection of the Portuguese fleet, it is really worrying.

It seems that I have to give it a ride, the super fleet is coming soon, it is true to send away these burdens as soon as possible, and fight a decisive battle as soon as possible.

John Binwen, the commander of the reconnaissance fleet, meant that he wanted to send the wounded and supplies of the New Qin Empire, and send the fleet of wounded warships. If it could be wiped out, he would be able to rescue most of the captives. The United Kingdom has also explained that it will not lose face.

This idea lingered in his mind for a long time, and he couldn't get rid of it. A few hours later, he said to the generals around him: "Order the fleet to assemble. In three days, we will catch up with the enemy's fleet returning to the mainland, defeat them, and then bring With the captives and our captured soldiers, the battleship returns home."

The generals looked at him and thought he was crazy. Even if the enemy's more than 40 warships were injured, it was impossible for them to lose any combat power. Seeing the decisive battle approaching, Major General John Bing actually wanted to lead them to outflank the returning fleet of the enemy. In a few days, what about the supplies on the way?

"Concentrate our forces. We will set off with all our troops. We must catch up with them in three days. On the fourth day, we will end the battle and snatch their warships and supplies. Then we will return to the British mainland from the south. There is no way to fight this battle." .”

"Where did the Portuguese inform them to return? Anyway, they are useless. Send a few more warships to meet Duke Nar Downs' fleet and let them turn to pursue us. Calculated in this way, it will take two days to cross the border with a fast communication ship." On the side of Port of Heroes, it is estimated that they will encounter Duke Nar Downs' fleet in one day, and then let them turn around. One day, that is, they have four days, from that direction to the place where we returned, on that route Waiting for us, to meet our retreat.

I think that the New Qin Empire will definitely send a fleet, or Wunan and they will definitely bring a fleet to help. Their Song and Qing fleets not only have their fleet but also more people or warships. Wunan will definitely be dispatched. If we go If it is fast, you can chase after it in one day, annihilate the Song and Qing fleet, clean up the battlefield, and then take advantage of the night to meet Duke Downs. The Duke of Si and their response fleet. "

He knocked on the table, "The enemies are all injured fleets, so after they set off from Hero Harbor, their speed must be very slow, at most six to eight knots, even our wounded warships or the following merchant ships can Sailing at eleven to twelve knots, so three days is enough to catch them."

The first thousand and 480 chapters of the British pursuit of the transport and supply fleet

Song Qing's fleet traveled on the sea for a day and a night, but just left more than 180 nautical miles, and now it is slowly and carefully preparing to turn around the sea surface of more than 200 nautical miles around the island of Korwu Town at a speed of seven knots.

It is equivalent to still on the sea more than 180 nautical miles southwest of Hero Harbor, followed by three reconnaissance relay ships, and three old type III ironclad ships disguised as steam engine battleships.

In the distance, a clipper ship, sailing ship, and warship, about 180 tons, is skimming the sea at high speed. There are only 24 crew members on board, and they are using binoculars to observe the more than 50 ships of the Song and Qing Dynasties that spread out to a width of three nautical miles and a length of five nautical miles. The movement of large fleets of large fleets, the weather is relatively clear, so they are far away, the maximum distance the telescope can reach in this clear weather.

They didn't dare to get close. If Song Qing sent an ironclad ship to chase them, they would have no place to run. The Type IV ironclad ship has a speed of 22 knots. Eighty-nine knots.

Song Qing and the others knew about it, but they didn't drive it away, so it wasn't worth it.

To pass here, it would be terrible if the British did not move.

Wu Nan and his fleet are following [-] nautical miles to the east. They will definitely escort them there before turning around. They all have telegraphs, and there are relay telegrams to detect and disguise the fleet to detect around. Song Qing thinks it is impossible. something happened.

However, he still ordered the fleet to increase its speed. The overall speed of the fleet increased by one knot, reaching eight knots. It can be faster, but the mechanical endurance of the injured warships and the endurance of the towed warships must be considered. After all, it is dragging a battleship of several thousand tons.

The sun is not very warm in the morning, and there are still some dark clouds in the distance.

After the fleet increased its speed, it traveled another thirteen nautical miles.

A telegram arrived unexpectedly. The fleet of relay ships [-] nautical miles away was speeding up to them. A British fleet was approaching at high speed [-] nautical miles away. They were expected to make contact in three hours.

Song Qing looked at the telegram and was a little silent. They could only escape 24 nautical miles at the fastest speed of eight knots. The enemy's speed was at least twice as fast as theirs, at a speed of more than sixteen knots. The enemy's speed was fifty nautical miles in three hours The distance, even if they opened up the distance during this process, there is still a gap of [-] nautical miles, that is, they must resist the enemy within these [-] nautical miles, and they can delay it for three hours at most. After a total of six hours, they will be at the same time. Enemy contact.

"Order the fleet to increase the speed, ten knots." Song Qing was cruel and told the fleet to increase the speed, so that although there would be some mechanical losses, there might be some accidents, and now he can't control these.

"Send a report to the main fleet, the enemy has come, let them catch up as soon as possible, the direction - [-] degrees west by southwest. Let them catch up as soon as possible, we may be caught up by the enemy in five to six hours, It is also possible that we will delay until the evening, disband the fleet after the sun goes down, and return to the homeland separately. There is—possibly, we will suffer heavy losses.

--,feel free to contact. "

"Where is Lu Fang's fleet, what is their call sign, ask for their location, and then contact them as soon as possible."

After finishing speaking, Song Qing called the first officer over again, "Jin Qishun, now I appoint you as the commander of the supply transport fleet, forty ships for wounded and transporting wounded soldiers, and the warships for the common people will be handed over to you to relay the scout fleet Report it, the radio station on the scouting fleet is the radio station you contacted us, you are the commander of that fleet, let the gunner and the fourth officer go with you to form a fleet command team, if we want to separate in the end , you must bring the fleet back.

The enemy cannot be captured, at least not with heavy losses.Understand? "

"Yes, Commander, I will definitely bring the fleet back." Jin Qishun saluted. From this moment on, he ended his status as the first officer of the flagship and became the commander of the transport and supply fleet as a major. This was the first time for him. Being in charge of a fleet of more than ten battleships, I can't help but feel a little nervous and nervous.

Song Qing patted him on the shoulder, "Do as usual, and you are unlikely to encounter too intense a battle. The fleet and I will stay to prevent the enemy from finding you at night. Tomorrow, it's up to you. We will follow you, when the enemy catches up, we will block the enemy, and you leave the battlefield as soon as possible."

Jin Qishun left the flagship with the flagship's gunner and four officers.

The second mate of the flagship automatically became the first mate, the third mate became the second mate, the bosun was promoted to the fourth mate, and then promoted again.

First officer Jin Qishun is actually a part-time adjutant in Song Qing's command team. Song Qing has an adjutant himself, but it is not as good as Jin Qishun. Therefore, Song Qing put a lot of effort into training First Officer Jin Qishun, who had a higher rank and more experience than the Sergeant Major.

After the arrangement was made, the speed of Song Qing's main fleet dropped a little, and followed the fleet led by Jin Qishun at a speed of nine knots.

Jin Qishun continued to advance at a speed of ten knots with the transport supply ship.

After several adjustments during the period, the direction was changed, and the sailing resistance of the warship was reduced, allowing the sea wind to propel the warship from the side. At the same time, the distance of the fleet was also reduced. In the formation of a long snake, let the wake of all warships push the warships forward,

The speed reached a little over ten knots. After four hours of sailing, the enemy's battleship had already appeared 600 nautical miles away. He scouted the fleet to expose his own danger and bombarded the enemy's battleship at a distance of [-] meters. The battleship in front of the battleship, the enemy had to separate the battleship to chase them and drive them away.