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Nine warships and twenty armed merchant ships, the armed merchant ships can be used not only as troop carriers for the landing force, but also as a supply fleet for his secondary auxiliary fleet, as well as reconnaissance and patrol.

However, as a second-level auxiliary fleet, he can have two third-level auxiliary fleets below him. He re-established a value reconnaissance fleet. He dispatched twenty steam engine warships or small-tonnage merchant ships that quickly captured the enemy, served as the scout fleet of his fleet, and sent a second lieutenant to take charge. Of course, this second lieutenant is credited.

So he had two third-level auxiliary fleets and one second-level auxiliary fleet under his command. After more than 40 days of operation in a month and a half, he finally established all his fleets.

For more than 40 days, he has been inspecting the entire waterway, port, fleet, organizing fleet personnel, meeting various officers and soldiers, while thinking about how to firmly defend Puerto Rico, and at the same time dispatching just two scout fleets to scout the surroundings. As far as I know, while constantly receiving intelligence, telegrams from Panama, he cannot receive intelligence from the mainland or other fleets, and he belongs to the middle and lower ranks of officers.

He can only come from the guidance of the first-level auxiliary fleet of the superior, from the newly established auxiliary fleet of the main fleet. Bay, the main fleet is stationed in the port of Coron, and after the opening of the canal, part of the main fleet is in Grand Panama City, and Grand Panama City also has a fleet, but it is a previously formed secondary auxiliary fleet, which has the same nature as his fleet.

It belongs to a second-level auxiliary fleet under the first-level auxiliary fleet stationed in the port of Cologne.

Four lieutenants, nine second lieutenants, three sergeant majors, and twenty sergeants, this is his temporary officer mix. Since the fleet was built, he took the fleet out to sea for running-in training a week later, and took turns stationing on the two islands Carry out logistical supplies and garrison training.

Zhang Siyuan had a great idea of ​​collecting junk. After repairing a few more merchant ships, he sent Baozi to salvage those sunken warships, dragged them back one by one, and then dismantled them in large pieces for those on the island. The captives were looking for something to do. More than 3 captives cleaned up the two bombed island ports, built fortifications, and repaired roads. These things were completed in about a month, except for some of the seriously injured captives. Except for 2000 people, the other captives basically recovered.

This is to find something for them to do, so they can’t be idle, so they go out to sea to salvage the sunken ship and come back to dismantle it. Although they exercised their bodies, it also left them no time to think about things like running away or fighting.

However, more than 3 captives are still too big for two small islands the size of projectiles. After consulting the captain of the first-level auxiliary fleet, he ordered Baozi to lead his own third-level auxiliary fleet, plus two destroyers, and The merchant ships here transported more than 8000 captives to South America, and handed them over to Luo Zuo to guard and use those captives.

After Baozi left, the reconnaissance fleet was responsible for the garrison of San Juan, and then a destroyer of the main fleet was sent to garrison, and the captain served as the commander to lead the battle against San Juan.

So far, the strength of Zhang Siyuan's own fleet has basically been finalized, and [-]% of the strength of the fleet led by the captain stationed here has been restored. Zhang Siyuan is very confident about the next garrison, but he is not worried that his garrison mission will not be completed safely. , What he was thinking about was how to build higher achievements, because the battle between the new Qin State and the British is still uncertain and clear.

The first thousand and 580 chapters and five manufacturing opportunities

The construction work on the island is in full swing. After reorganizing the fleet, although the fleet is weak, Zhang Siyuan is not satisfied. He keeps taking the fleet around the vicinity of the Spanish Port-au-Prince to look for fighters. However, there has been no instruction from Panama. Flotillas with merchant ships and escorts traveled between the mainland and the Azores after a brief stay here.

The sea situation between the British and the new Qin State is getting more and more tense. The British and the Spaniards have learned that their two Caribbean fleets have been severely damaged. Except for the warships of other colonies that did not have time to rendezvous, the two countries lost a total of 100 troops. Many warships almost ruined all the old warships of their two countries in the Caribbean Sea. This may not be a traumatic injury to them, but it is also a piece of flesh.

Soon a new fleet of the British was sailing from the mainland to the Caribbean Sea, and a Spanish fleet also sailed over to make up for the gap in which their Caribbean fleet was completely wiped out. Here are their colonies, almost It is equivalent to a fraction of the interests of the Spanish colonies, how can they give up, they still have to rely on blood transfusions from the colonies here.

Another fleet of the Spaniards approached the coast of Morocco, South Africa, looking for the fleet of the new Qin Kingdom's overseas colonies in Morocco to prepare for revenge, because the fleet construction there was slow, and most of them used outdated old warships, where the fleet of the New Qin Kingdom The main purpose is to escort and transport personnel, so most of the repaired and captured British and Spanish warships were handed over to this place for use. There are about fifty warships, of which only a few capital ships and a few cruisers sent by the Azores recently, Several frigates are against big heads, so they are very weak.

The Spaniards gathered more than 80 old warships in the country, led by a fleet dominated by the old-fashioned first-generation ironclad ships aided by the British, hoping to defeat the fleet here with a numerical advantage. Wherever the colonial army attacked from land, their approach greatly restrained the strength of their fleet in Wunan of the Azores. Wunan had to send [-] auxiliary fleets, many fleet officers and a brigade of mercenaries to help defend. But their main force can only stand still, because the British have four super fleets surrounding them.

While the new Qin State is fully engaged in the construction and repair of warships, Zhuang Lin and the others are building the estuary of the canal at the port of Cologne and the port of Komon on the opposite bank, building a dam at the estuary, and building a shipyard at the same time, which is now being completed. In the future, many shipyards and ship repair yards will be built in the estuary here. The original ship repair yard is relatively small in the place where the port is close to the Atlantic Ocean. Although it has been expanded, it is only a repair yard. The newly built shipyard in the port But you can build your own capital ship and various warships below the capital ship.

The main task now is to restore and replenish the warships lost in previous battles. After repairs, about eight warships have returned to the battle order, and the rest are still under repair. Later, the warships salvaged by Zhang Siyuan were dragged back by the scout fleet. Enter the port for repairs. In view of the heavy losses of these warships, the repair period may be very long. At present, the port of Cologne can only repair warships.

However, the four first-class armed battleships captured by the British soon announced that they would join Zhang Siyuan's fleet after replacing the enemy's intact cannons and undergoing some modifications. After the two Type [-] warships, the fleet strength increased, with fifteen warships.

The two warships that were removed joined his subordinate third-tier auxiliary fleet, the Scout Fleet. The Scout Fleet finally had its own real warships, and the other warships were just camouflaged scout ships.

"Sir, we found that the enemy's warships in Port-au-Prince have left, probably to meet the Spaniard's supplementary fleet, and the British Virgin Islands fleet is sailing to the Atlantic Ocean. I think they are afraid that we will annihilate them and are returning. U.K,"

Zhang Siyuan touched his chin and thought, these two small islands are located at the bottom of the Puerto Rico islands on the map, not far away, the original location is not that important, where there are five or six old steam engine warships stationed by the British, the island is small and the population is small , is nothing important, and it will not affect the passage of the fleet of the New Qin State, but who would think of letting the enemy sleep beside him, he has long wanted to uproot the two closest islands of the enemy.

The Spaniard’s Port-au-Prince island is too big, he has no extra troops to seize it, and where the defense is tight, even if the Caribbean Fleet is destroyed, the Spanish British generation of iron-clad ships in the port are not easy to fight. The enemy relies on coastal artillery fortifications and natural harbor defenses, and he can't attack as much as he wants, but it is still possible to attack the two small islands below and clean up the small islands around him, and let the fleet practice coordinated operations.

According to intelligence, the British super fleet has sent fifteen warships to Port-au-Prince to help the Spaniards defend and suppress them. Because those warships are old, the enemy dare not attack. The two sides just sat and watched for a day. Now if the enemy can be mobilized, it will be a credit to eliminate them.

Baozi's third-tier auxiliary fleet will be back in two days. By then, he will surpass the British and Spanish fleets in terms of the number of battleships. Although it will not do any good to eat them, it is still a bit of credit. Exercise the joint combat capability of the fleet, eliminate threats, and scare the enemy. Islands without battleship guards are not safe. It is best to mobilize the enemy's super fleet to go south, and then notify the main fleet to attack the enemy's super fleet. Disintegrate the enemy's last support in the Caribbean Sea before arriving.

Attack two small islands first, let the reconnaissance fleet hold the enemy back after the fight, and then lead the fleet to ambush the enemy's last battleship in Port-au-Prince, then let the third-level auxiliary fleet returned by Baozi assist the reconnaissance fleet to destroy the enemy, and then two third-level ships The auxiliary fleet transported personnel to the small islands, occupied these small islands, completely made the strait on this side unimpeded, and everything was under his control, and let Baozi station in this archipelago in the future.

After thinking about it, Zhang Siyuan immediately convened a meeting of the army, cavalry, artillery, and navy personnel, and then sent out telegrams one by one. The next day the scout fleet went out to scout the nearby enemies.

Three days later, the reconnaissance fleet provoked the enemy's port and drove away the enemy's immigrant fishing boats. The enemy warship came out and was besieged by a reconnaissance fleet with a Type II ironclad ship, three Type I ironclad ships, and twenty armed steam engine merchant ships. A mere seven old sail warships and steam engine warships, as well as a first-generation ironclad warship lost to the sea, and the scout fleet pursued them.

Deliberately let go of a fast sailing warship.

Chapter 580 and six clean up the surrounding sea area

To be honest, Zhang Siyuan's fleet does not have an advantage against the enemy's fleet, but he still wants to ambush the enemy's fleet. Scattered and began to search the surrounding waters, Baozi's third-level auxiliary fleet moved back and forth between Puerto Rico and San Juan port, transporting combatants to prepare to land on the Virgin Islands.

Zhang Siyuan sent two first-generation ironclad ships that captured the British to help them.Baozi Fleet has three destroyers, plus two destroyers. The first-generation ironclad ships captured by the enemy are also called destroyers. Although this kind of destroyer may be better than their destroyers in performance, it is just not as good in some aspects, such as protection ability and speed. A little short, but not bad at all in terms of firepower.

It would be even better if the four first-class armed battleships transformed by the enemy obtained from Panama were used as landing support firepower. This kind of battleship has a large number of 110 artillery pieces of the British, although many of them have been improved and dismantled. Useless short-range artillery, the total artillery dropped to 85. Later, after Lu Fang and the others captured it, they dragged it back and dismantled some artillery to increase the buoyancy reserve of the first-class battleship. In order to maintain balance, some artillery positions were deployed diagonally. Except for some rapid-fire guns to prevent the enemy from approaching the attack, there are only [-] cannons left on the battleship, but this is also much more violent than the firepower on any warship from any country.

The total firepower of the four first-class armed battleships has reached 240, and one side can also shoot up to [-] artillery pieces, which is stronger than the firepower of all artillery regiments owned by the entire Panama.

So the battle of the archipelago was given to Baozi to command.

There are only [-] main warships left in the main fleet here. Although they have not undergone major repairs, they can still maintain a speed of [-] knots. As time goes by, caravans continue to come, bringing coal from Panama Island, making The fleet has sufficient fuel and is capable of attacking.

The landing troops over there fought unhurriedly, just to urge the British to rush to the rescue.

The landing troops of the two regiments successively captured several small islands in the archipelago under the transport of twenty merchant ships, and slowly surrounded and approached the two large islands.

The British on the island were very confused, and kept sending boats to ask for reinforcements.

Finally, the fifteen warships combined by the Spanish fleet and the British in Port-au-Prince moved, circled Puerto Rico in the dark, and approached the Virgin Islands under the cover of cloudy skies.

When it was discovered in the early morning, a telegram crossed tens of nautical miles and flew into Zhang Siyuan's headquarters in the port of Puerto Rico. Zhang Siyuan immediately ordered the boilers of the main fleet to fire and pressurize.

The twelve main warships set sail quickly and left the port at seven in the morning. After five hours of sailing, they finally found the British fleet in the waters west of the Virgin Islands. A destroyer and nine quasi-ironclad ships quickly turned around and collided with the enemy first.

After that, four first-class battleships approached the enemy from the south and joined the battlefield. Zhang Siyuan arrived with the main fleet, one cruiser, two frigates, and seven destroyers, and surrounded the enemy.

Facing such a powerful fleet, the will of the British and Spaniards to resist was weakened. After sinking two first-generation ironclad ships, all the remaining twelve warships in the surrounded fleet surrendered and one escaped.

Zhang Siyuan was so happy, he immediately accepted these warships in an all-round way, and distributed them all into the third-level auxiliary fleet and the reconnaissance fleet. a little bit.

The strength of Zhang Siyuan's fleet was also enhanced by the enemy's food delivery operation. None of them were seriously damaged, so Xiu Yixiu continued to use them. Anyway, their fleet was all wounded warships.

He really wants to change a batch of warships from the mainland or Xindingzhou, but as an auxiliary fleet, their fate is like this, protecting the route and patrolling.

The main fleet led by Lu Fang has 49 main battleships, 20 cruisers, [-] frigates, [-] destroyers, and a total of [-] battleships. For those that have suffered heavy losses, basically those old battleships have been replaced by second lieutenants and temporary fleets. This is bad news for the British Caribbean Fleet, which has lost more than [-] warships.

Four lieutenants, nine second lieutenants, three sergeant majors, and twenty sergeants, this is his temporary officer mix,

One cruiser, captain lieutenant; three destroyers (Type III ironclads), captain lieutenant; seven first-generation British ironclads, (destroyer, captain second lieutenant); two type I ironclads, two frigates, and one thousand Fifteen tons of fast cruisers (British, sergeant-captains), .

As for Second Lieutenant Baozi of San Juan, he led a third-tier auxiliary fleet, nine warships, and twenty armed merchant ships.

However, as a second-level auxiliary fleet, he can have two third-level auxiliary fleets below him. He re-established a value reconnaissance fleet. He dispatched twenty steam engine warships or small-tonnage merchant ships that quickly captured the enemy, served as the scout fleet of his fleet, and sent a second lieutenant to take charge. Of course, this second lieutenant is credited.

So he had two third-level auxiliary fleets and one second-level auxiliary fleet under his command. After more than 40 days of operation in a month and a half, he finally established all his fleets.

The British on the island were very confused, and kept sending boats to ask for reinforcements.

Finally, the fifteen warships combined by the Spanish fleet and the British in Port-au-Prince moved, circled Puerto Rico in the dark, and approached the Virgin Islands under the cover of cloudy skies.

When it was discovered in the early morning, a telegram crossed tens of nautical miles and flew into Zhang Siyuan's headquarters in the port of Puerto Rico. Zhang Siyuan immediately ordered the boilers of the main fleet to fire and pressurize.

The twelve main warships set sail quickly and left the port at seven in the morning. After five hours of sailing, they finally found the British fleet in the waters west of the Virgin Islands. A destroyer and nine quasi-ironclad ships quickly turned around and collided with the enemy first.

After that, four first-class battleships approached the enemy from the south and joined the battlefield. Zhang Siyuan arrived with the main fleet, one cruiser, two frigates, and seven destroyers, and surrounded the enemy.