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In order to maintain the supply of their nearly [-] warships, their supply fleet has to transport supplies from the Atlantic Ocean, and the remaining ports cannot berth so many warships.

At this time, the Spanish commander who was in charge of attacking this base was also very anxious, but the British who fought in joint operations were aggressive and put all the responsibility on them, because half of the main battleships of the British fleet supporting the Spaniards were wiped out. They still have a large base of battleships, but half of the main battleships are missing, and they are also very guilty. When they are guilty, it is undoubtedly a correct decision to go mad at the Spaniards who are weaker than them.

The hatred between the Spaniards and the new state of Qin has increased, even if the British and the Spaniards have not had such a big hatred in the century-old sea hegemony, the British have gained more benefits from the meat cut off from the Spaniards, but no matter what In any case, they are their own people. Westerners, in comparison, are the same as Chinese people. Westerners actually pay more attention to their own people.

Just like the United States and the British during World War II, the British in Myanmar not only cheated the Chinese, but also the Americans. They cheated a lot of goods and people. How many people were killed by the Japanese rape in Myanmar should be counted On the head of the British, but the Americans still forgive the British, because no matter how they come from the United Kingdom, their ancestors are actually British, and the ancestors of the British are actually all the Celts before, part of the Celts In fact, they are Germans, which means that most Westerners are actually one ancestor.

In this way, the Spaniards have lost a lot. Although they also hate the British in their hearts, when the enemy is the new Qin State and the Chinese Empire in the east, their goal is the same, which is to defeat these Chinese people.

But after losing their temper, Spain still has to work. With so many warships, they need a port to station. The port of Malaga suffered heavy losses. The only ports that can be stationed are the Portuguese port of Gibraltar and the small Spanish port here. There is also a large port, and other small ports are unusable within a few months of maintenance, and it is not a big deal for the fleet to float at sea, so some of the main warships must return to Spain's ports on the Atlantic Ocean, and some are stationed in Portuguese ports. This point is coordinated by the British, so it is not a problem.

Moreover, in this strait, all the main fleet and some auxiliary fleets cannot be withdrawn, so only half of the main fleet and half of the auxiliary fleet can be left in the above ports that are still on this side of the strait. The ports on the other side of Africa are You can’t go, where are the ports of the French and the Moroccans, where the Moroccans have a few small ports close to the Spaniards, they can also be used, so that the entire fleet is scattered in the ports on both sides of the narrow strait of Gibraltar in the Mediterranean Sea up.

However, compared to before, they narrowed down the scope of their defense, patrolling only the narrowest tens of nautical miles in the Strait of Gibraltar, and the main fleet withdrew from the sea off the Moroccan base. So many warships would consume enough supplies to kill the Spaniards, so the Spaniards could no longer eat Such a loss.

However, this has caused some people to question, because Zhang Siyuan's fleet will not attack if their fleet is concentrated, but if they are not concentrated, the fleet may be eroded step by step. This is really a dilemma, but they still implemented such measures. Because they concentrated forty main battleships and sixty auxiliary battleships in the only port in Spain that was not destroyed, which is still the absolute main fleet, including ten British battleships, twenty British auxiliary battleships, All retreated to Portuguese ports.

The British were on this side of the strait, defending in the Atlantic, chasing and intercepting, and the Mediterranean was handed over to the Spaniards.

Of course, the Spaniards still regularly rotate their main battleships, and there are [-] main battleships and a fleet of nearly [-] ships on a regular basis to patrol the Mediterranean Sea. All supplies go to Spain and Portugal. The attack had to be lifted.

So Zhang Siyuan's strategy got a little comfort, because he successfully lifted the enemy's blockade and attack on the Moroccan base, and the Moroccan base also won a little breathing time, because the enemy will not give up destroying them, once they calm down , will definitely attack here, but it gave Zhang Siyuan and the others a chance to rest. After Zhang Siyuan learned about it through telegrams at night, he led the fleet back to the base. The base has been cleaned up and the ruins have been cleaned up again.

Zhang Siyuan wanted to come over some destroyers from Jin Qishun, and got four repaired frigates. Those injured frigates were repaired after a few days of repairs. It must not be as good as before, because the shipyard and repair factory here have long been destroyed. Only simple replacement and repair can be done.

Supplementing the battleships and personnel, Zhang Siyuan led the fleet to attack again, this time replacing and replenishing some battleships in Jin Qishun's fleet. The fleet has a total of six cruisers, 22 frigates, and 32 destroyers, including five British frigates. The second-generation ironclad warships captured by them, because they were wounded and operated by the enemy's warships, their combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as the main warships of the New Qin Kingdom, so they can only be designated as frigates.

In addition to getting some destroyers in good condition from Jin Qishun, there are also four destroyers captured by the enemy, which are the improved first-generation ironclad ships of the British.

A week later, Zhang Siyuan's fleet attacked again, this time sweeping all the Spanish ports along the African coast, and even hit the narrowest point of Gibraltar, almost breaking through the enemy's blockade of Gibraltar. Zhang Siyuan's plan went bankrupt and he could only retreat back to the Mediterranean Sea.

Then he continued to attack in the Mediterranean, and on one occasion he encountered a patrol fleet of ten British capital ships, twenty Spanish capital ships, and sixty auxiliary battleships, which were the main force of a patrol. fleet.

The first thousand 610 nine chapters win a hard battle

When encountering the enemy's main battleship, Zhang Siyuan's first thought was to run away, because he didn't want to fight the enemy to the death, but it was a pity that the destroyer team of Second Lieutenant Baozi fell into the siege of twelve destroyers of the enemy. In order to rescue Lieutenant Baozi's destroyer team, Zhang Siyuan had to join the other three destroyer teams.

After strengthening, their destroyer team has one more, but it has added some captured warships and equipped some Jin Qishun and their warships than before.

The 32 destroyer squadrons defeated more than 60 enemy auxiliary fleet battleships, which attracted the enemy's main battleships. The twelve British main battleships rushed into the battlefield first, and Zhang Siyuan sent two frigate fleets to rush forward. Entering the battlefield, the fourteen warships of the frigate squad withstood the enemy's twelve main battleships.

And his cruiser squad led a frigate squad around the battlefield to fight with the Spanish main battleship fleet. Six cruisers and seven frigates fought a decisive battle with 21 enemy main battleships.

The six cruisers are indeed firepower fortresses, and they are all heavy artillery. The 120mm ammunition with armor-piercing bombs, incendiary bombs, and explosive bombs made the Spaniards suffer.

First, all 30.00 blasting shells were fired in a concentrated manner, and the decks of the seven enemy capital ships were baptized by shells. The Spanish open turrets on the decks caused heavy losses to most gunners, sailors, and some handymen. A wave of shells When it rained, even the enemy's main warship, which was hit by a shell, lost at least 40% of its firepower. At least [-] people were attacked by artillery and lost their lives. More damage control teams who rushed out to put out the fire were injured.

Then the second wave of incendiary bombs went out. This time it didn't necessarily hit the previous battleship, but the effect was the same. The enemy couldn't extinguish the burning devil's fire. During the half-hour naval battle, the first wave made the enemy Two warships were seriously injured and suffered a great loss of personnel, so they had to withdraw from the battle. The other eight warships were burning with raging fire. While fighting back, they retreated. In the third wave of salvo, three ships were shot. Armor-piercing projectiles, three enemy warships were hit immediately, one was pierced through the hull, exploded in the ammunition bay, and as a result, the enemy warship was seriously injured and sank before running 50 meters away.

After three salvos, two enemy ships withdrew from the battle, three were seriously injured, one was sunk, and one was still struggling.

The frigate squad would not pass up the opportunity to beat the dog in the water. The two frigates rushed up at high speed, approaching 1000 or 15 meters, risking their own injuries, and sank the two battleships that were severely damaged by the enemy. The enemy's capital ship to be rescued was penetrated by the hull, a main gun was damaged, and [-] people died. Then other frigates and warships dragged down the enemy's other capital ships, creating opportunities for the cruiser team to severely damage the enemy. .

Under the command of Zhang Siyuan, the cruiser squadron continued to fight and charge, three waves after another. Despite the large number of Spanish main battleships, they were stunned. , the cruiser team severely damaged the enemy, and then handed over to the two frigates that had been missed. After an hour of naval battle, the two sides pursued for [-] nautical miles. Seven of the Spanish main battleships surrendered, seven were sunk, six were severely damaged, and only one The ship ran away.

When we turned around here, the cruiser team took the lead, because they were the fastest and arrived at the battlefield in less than 10 minutes. Here is another situation. Although the British capital ships are not many, they are not enough to fight the new Qin State. Although there are few main battleships, the fourteen warships of the two frigate squadrons were not entangled. Four warships were allocated to help more than 60 auxiliary warships attack the 32 destroyer squadron. The destroyer squadron has already A team was severely damaged, and a team was disabled, but the results were not bad, because the quality of the enemy's auxiliary warships was uneven.

Fifteen enemy sail warships and fifteen steam engine warships were severely damaged or sunk. Within [-] nautical miles of the entire sea, there were burning warships and sunken warships everywhere on both sides. The people who fell into the water were scattered like dumplings. the sea.

The ones that are more resistant to resistance are the improved model of the enemy's first-generation ironclad ship and the enemy's British battleship. However, the British battleship is not without damage. Hit hard.

After the cruiser team rushed back, the fleet's morale was boosted, as if the gunner's aim was also high. Immediately, two of the enemy's first-generation ironclad ships were blown up, making a good start, and then the cruiser team rushed to the nine remaining British main battleships. In the course of three waves of shooting, three British warships were severely damaged and one was sunk. In just 15 minutes, like cutting melons and vegetables, the auxiliary warships of the British and Spaniards fled one after another.

The pursuit came quickly and ended quickly. After an hour of pursuit, two of the nine British warships were captured, four were sunk, and one of the other four warships was captured, one was sunk, and they escaped Two ships, while the Spaniard's auxiliary fleet thought that fifteen ships were captured or sunk, and more than fifteen ships escaped, were injured or were severely damaged.

The battle came to an end, and half of the frigates and half of the destroyer squad were lost here, but this naval battle was won. In addition to the sunk warships, the wounded warships could also be used as shore artillery firepower when they were pulled back. If it can be repaired, combat is impossible, but it can still serve as a transport ship and offshore patrol ship.

Fifteen enemy sail warships and fifteen steam engine warships were severely damaged or sunk. Within [-] nautical miles of the entire sea, there were burning warships and sunken warships everywhere on both sides. The people who fell into the water were scattered like dumplings. the sea.

The ones that are more resistant to resistance are the improved model of the enemy's first-generation ironclad ship and the enemy's British battleship. However, the British battleship is not without damage. Hit hard.

After the cruiser team rushed back, the fleet's morale was boosted, as if the gunner's aim was also high. Immediately, two of the enemy's first-generation ironclad ships were blown up, making a good start, and then the cruiser team rushed to the nine remaining British main battleships. In the course of three waves of shooting, three British warships were severely damaged and one was sunk. In just 15 minutes, like cutting melons and vegetables, the auxiliary warships of the British and Spaniards fled one after another.

The pursuit came quickly and ended quickly. After an hour of pursuit, two of the nine British warships were captured, four were sunk, and one of the other four warships was captured, one was sunk, and they escaped Two ships, while the Spaniard's auxiliary fleet thought that fifteen ships were captured or sunk, and more than fifteen ships escaped, were injured or were severely damaged.

The battle came to an end, and half of the frigates and half of the destroyer squad were lost here, but this naval battle was won. In addition to the sunk warships, the wounded warships could also be used as shore artillery firepower when they were pulled back. If it can be repaired, combat is impossible, but it can still serve as a transport ship and offshore patrol ship.

The first thousand and 620 chapters changed from an officer to an official

In fact, Zhang Yuan also wondered if he could also rise like Zhang Siyuan. The new Qin State is a country that pays attention to merit and merit. With merit and merit, his official position and military rank often do not represent his power, but He can be promoted. He is now in his 40s, but he is not as high as a 25-year-old boy. This makes him have some ideas.

However, he is not the kind of person who likes to cross the bridge to draw boards, and as a middle-aged man, he knows it is safe and knows that he needs a springboard. If Zhang Siyuan's battle is well fought this time and the Morocco base is saved, then his value will also increase accordingly. , he might even be the next naval admiral of the base. As for Jin Qishun, he will definitely get some credit. After all, he has been here for more than half a year, and no credit is considered hard work.

This time, he must be promoted to colonel when he goes back this time, and Xiao Nan, the capital division, must be promoted to lieutenant colonel at least. He may continue to serve as the capital division of the base, may be transferred to other bases, overseas territories, or may be transferred back to the Marine Corps. What he wants to strive to become the admiral of the navy here is also in charge of a squadron.

After taking charge of the squadron, his credit this time has been rewarded, but he may not be enough to serve as the governor. It can only be said that two people work together to manage this base. In the new Qin State, the navy and navy have natural advantages. Speaking of the army, the New Qin State is an island country, the navy and the navy are the masters of power, and the army is only for cooperation.

While Zhang Yuan was thinking about his future, Zhang Qiang called Second Lieutenant Baozi into his temporary office in the Morocco base, "Sit down," the two of them are old acquaintances, and compared to the flagship captain, the current flagship The captain, Lieutenant Commander Zhang Yuan of the Main Fleet, said that the relationship was closer.

"Sir, what do you want me to do? Don't worry, I will take care of what you entrusted to me."

Second Lieutenant Baozi patted his chest and said.

Zhang Siyuan smiled and handed him a document, "You have been promoted. The lieutenant of the destroyer fleet was killed in the last battle. I recommend you to be promoted to the lieutenant of the destroyer fleet. Now lieutenant, go and straighten out the fleet, and then we still have There are more battles to be fought."

Zhang Siyuan is messing around here, he is promoted too often, even if he fights a tough battle, he can't get promoted, because the new Qin State's seemingly deep promotion system is actually easy to say, because it often fights, And Li Ya and the others also lack a kind of great talent for governing the country. It would be good to be able to bring the new Qin Kingdom to this point. Dissatisfied with those who came, apart from joining the army, most of these people are willing to farm and serve as civil servants according to the habits of Chinese people. Therefore, the whole country lacks a real high-ranking and talented person to take the helm, so they often fight The people below are promoted very quickly in such a deep military promotion system.

It is very difficult for you to be promoted in the Chinese Empire now. If you don’t survive for 20 years, you will not be able to get ahead. But for the truly outstanding people in the new Qin Kingdom, they will be promoted soon, just like Zhang Yuan. He is higher than Zhang Siyuan in terms of military rank and rank. Of course, it was when Zhang Siyuan came to the original squadron. After Zhang Siyuan came, he was promoted from second lieutenant officer to captain. Major, he was a captain before, and his chances of promotion and success are much higher than Zhang Siyuan's.

According to the current promotion path of Zhang Yuan and Second Lieutenant Baozi, Lieutenant Baozi will be the captain of a frigate, or first officer, and lastly a second officer, because there is also the upper echelon of the New Qin State mentioned earlier The officer promotion mechanism is that if you do well on a battleship, then the fourth officer will be promoted to the third officer, and some may serve as the third officer on your own battleship, but many opportunities are actually to go to some newly created battleships or Going to serve as the third officer on a new battleship. Because of the war, I have introduced it in detail before, so I won’t go into details here.

Although the previous battle was won, the loss was not small. In the next few days, there were so many port attacks, the fleet and merchant ships intercepted and fought, and all the warships lost a lot. Yue is able to continue to attack.

And the task of attacking in half a month is Jin Qishun's business. After all, Zhang Siyuan's squadron is a guest army, not the main force. Jin Qishun is the military and political chief here.

Zhang Siyuan and the others haven't done much in this period of time, so we can't take all the credit for it.

Although Jin Qishun's naval fleet is seriously damaged now, it was also caused by fighting the enemy. The past six months have not been for nothing. The Spaniards will not play with them. It is a real battle, so if all the credit is taken, These people will make trouble on purpose, Zhang Siyuan doesn't want to offend them, not to mention that there are more than a dozen ships that used to be in the same fleet as him, in the new Dingyangzhou Squadron in Macaibo Bay, he was just promoted As the flagship captain of the squadron, everyone still has a passion.

He can't be promoted, so he can only promote his own subordinates. This point was quickly answered, and Jin Qishun and the others were promoted by the way. Jin Qishun was transferred back to Xindingzhou to serve as the admiral of the navy in Xindingzhou, while Song Qing resigned. The Admiral of the Navy there was transferred back to the Navy Headquarters. He used to be the Chief of Staff of the Navy, but now he has returned, while Wu Nan and Jin Lin continue to hold their current positions but are responsible.

After Jin Qishun left, Zhang Siyuan successfully took over as the admiral of the navy here, and Zhang Yuan successfully took over as the commander of the squadron. Zhang Siyuan officially rose from a pure naval officer to a high level, becoming a middle and upper-level naval officer, not limited to The fleet is gone.

Why are there many places mentioning navy and navy, because the new Qin State is always used to the name of navy in the Chinese Empire, and it still can't be changed here. Many times everyone still calls it navy, and the above In the words of the crown prince, we must keep up with the development of the times. The West is called the Navy, and the Chinese Empire has changed its name a long time ago. We should also change it. So many places, at least officially, are called the Navy, and the navy is just the people below. As mentioned, this is because since the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, they have been called sailors. Generally, the old navy masters of the Chinese Empire like to be called sailors. naval.

It is such a customary and official name.

Zhang Yuan is still thinking about the dream of being promoted, but he doesn't know that Zhang Siyuan and the others have already received the above documents, and everyone's promotion has been settled. This is the difference between an officer and an official.