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Only five main battleships were left to pursue the cruiser fleet, and the other five and nine first-generation ironclad ships turned back to deal with the frigate fleet together with the Portuguese warships that did not escape.

After fighting for a while, the British knew that they had to go all out now. Three of the first-generation ironclad ships of the Portuguese were blown up by the escort fleet as soon as they touched, and the others fled desperately. One of their first-generation ironclad ships was sunk by the enemy. Desperately.

The first thousand and 630 chapters and three expanded fleets

In fact, the main battleships of the British may only be stronger than the frigates of the new Qin State in terms of performance and combat effectiveness, but they are weaker than the speed cruisers.

Five enemy second-generation improved warships could not win the game at all, especially in front of three cruisers. The cruisers had fierce firepower. One cruiser had 24 20mm main guns and two main gun turrets. With such firepower, one cruiser would The second-generation improved main battleship that can stand up to the British has five main turrets and dual-mounted artillery. There are only ten artillery pieces in total. That is to say, if the firepower of a cruiser is well-armed, it can at least withstand two more enemy battleships. .

Three battleships equals 72 guns. The enemy needs at least seven to eight capital ships to make the fire distribution of the three new Qin cruisers unable to adapt. Now the enemy's five battleships are assigned at least twelve guns to each battleship. The artillery, just like that, is two more than the five enemy warships.

So after fighting for an hour and a half, the three second-generation main battleships of the British were severely damaged and fled with all their strength. As a result, under the concentrated firepower of the three cruisers, they were hit by two shells each, and one of them was hit by the ammunition immediately. Warehouse, sacrificed for explosion.

The remaining two ships that were not hit fled immediately, so one cruiser was left to deal with the two heavily damaged main battleships, and the two cruisers chased the enemy's two main battleships.

After five more salvos, the two heavily damaged British capital battleships had to hoist the white flag and surrender.

The battleship released a small boat to receive the enemy's battleship, and when it was almost under control, the two captured battleships were left behind, and the cruiser chased after them.

The two enemy warships over there were forced to surrender as well.

So a total of four main enemy battleships were captured, but the two seriously injured battleships could only return to Ceuta port under the cover of a lightly injured battleship. The remaining three cruisers and one captured enemy main battleship continued Rush to another battlefield.

On another battlefield, the frigate here sank three enemy warships of the first generation, seriously injured three, also sank three Portuguese steam engine warships, and severely damaged one of the enemy's main battleships and one first-generation warship.I sank five warships while fighting, leaving seven frigates, but the enemy is still relatively fierce, because there are more warships, the Spanish warships, the Portuguese warships, the British four main battleships, and six first-generation warships. very intense.

When the Spanish and Portuguese fleets came to support them, they turned against the eight destroyers of the destroyer squad, and the frigate squad sent five warships to help the destroyer squad.

When the three cruisers and one captured British main battleship arrive at the battlefield, it will be the situation mentioned above. Seven frigates will deal with the enemy's four main battleships and six first-generation warships.

The cruiser arrived at the battlefield, assigned the captured enemy warships to the frigate squad, and they went to meet the enemy's main battleship.

The eight frigates fought against the enemy's six first-generation warships, and now they have the upper hand. Although the three cruisers fought very easily just now, they were also damaged. Fragile, in the middle of the battle, after severely damaging one of the enemy's main battleships, its own pipeline burst, and a cruiser lost half of its power, and its speed dropped to only [-] knots.

After fighting for two hours, three of the enemy's six first-generation warships were sunk, three were captured, one of the eight frigates was seriously injured, and the others were wounded. However, they quickly rushed to support and surrounded the enemy's fleet. The three main enemy battleships under the command also surrendered while being seriously injured.

After the battle, three frigates were injured, one cruiser was injured, and the enemy captured two severely damaged main battleships, one destroyer went back to clean up the battlefield, and the remaining two cruisers, three frigates, and two captured the enemy's main force Battleships, two first-generation armored destroyers rushed to the destroyer battlefield.

On the side of the destroyers, facing the Spanish fleet of the new force, they fought flexibly and dragged the enemy. After losing one ship, one was seriously injured and left the battlefield. Six warships faced the enemy, twelve first-generation warships, and five frigates faced Spain. The five main battleships of the British, after three and a half hours of fighting, the remaining six.

The battle ended after two hours, with the loss of two captured British destroyers, the defeat of the combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet, the capture of six enemy ships, and the sinking of thirteen.

The cruiser arrived at the battlefield, assigned the captured enemy warships to the frigate squad, and they went to meet the enemy's main battleship.

The eight frigates fought against the enemy's six first-generation warships, and now they have the upper hand. Although the three cruisers fought very easily just now, they were also damaged. Fragile, in the middle of the battle, after severely damaging one of the enemy's main battleships, its own pipeline burst, and a cruiser lost half of its power, and its speed dropped to only [-] knots.

After fighting for two hours, three of the enemy's six first-generation warships were sunk, three were captured, one of the eight frigates was seriously injured, and the others were wounded. However, they quickly rushed to support and surrounded the enemy's fleet. The three main enemy battleships under the command also surrendered while being seriously injured.

After the battle, three frigates were injured, one cruiser was injured, and the enemy captured two severely damaged main battleships, one destroyer went back to clean up the battlefield, and the remaining two cruisers, three frigates, and two captured the enemy's main force Battleships, two first-generation armored destroyers rushed to the destroyer battlefield.

On the side of the destroyers, facing the Spanish fleet of the new force, they fought flexibly and dragged the enemy. After losing one ship, one was seriously injured and left the battlefield. Six warships faced the enemy, twelve first-generation warships, and five frigates faced Spain. The five main battleships of the British, after three and a half hours of fighting, the remaining six.

The battle ended after two hours, with the loss of two captured British destroyers, the defeat of the combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet, the capture of six enemy ships, and the sinking of thirteen

The remaining twelve warships faced the five main battleships of the British and the ten first-generation warships. They fought very hard.

Otherwise, the Portuguese fleet and the British fleet alone, the British and Portuguese fleets themselves are fleeing.

The first thousand and 630 chapters, he is fighting against the whole of Europe

Zhang Siyuan's entire fleet consists of four cruisers, 21 frigates, and 32 destroyers. There are so many warships, but more than one-third of these warships belong to the British. They received telegrams from Lu Fang and Luo Zuo, but Zhang Siyuan has nothing to do now Open the route, the route is still blocked by the British, and Wu Nan does not cooperate. Anyway, he has many cruisers that can enter and exit. Now the speed and combat effectiveness of the main battleships of the British are only equivalent to the warships of the frigate level of the New Qin State. This is what Wu Nan can do. There's a reason to have time to play power struggles.

Although the British have a lot of warships, and there are nearly 3000 main battleships and more than [-] first-generation ironclad ships, most of these warships are unimproved warships, and improved warships account for one-third. Inviting guests to dinner cannot be created in a day.

British warships were built using local methods. Their sufficient population and the Portuguese and Spaniards later made their generation of warships unimproved. The three countries worked together to build them, and it took nearly four months. It takes time to build a warship, and it takes five to six months to build an improved warship.

After the British shipyards are transformed, they can build a new generation of warships, and the newly built shipyards can build improved warships. Some warships can be manufactured by the Spaniards, and all of them are improved first-generation warships. They can’t use the Spaniards for the main battleships. Because it is impossible for their advanced technology to be left outside, they can build about [-] main battleships in a year. This speed is being improved by the rapid development of shipbuilding technology by the British. Now they can build about [-] to [-] ships.

But these warships are not enough to compete with the New Qin Empire, because according to past experience, the combat power of the Navy fleet of the New Qin State is equivalent to one and a half times theirs. They can have 120 warships to defeat their [-] warships, so the British have a large number of troops The Wunan Fleet encircled and suppressed the Azores.

The number of new and old warships in the Wunan Fleet has reached 350, which means that their main battleships and improved first-generation warships are more than 1000 plus the first-generation warships are more than 2000. Maybe they will eventually need to pay about [-] or [-] main battleships, [-] or [-] improved first-generation warships, and maybe [-] or [-] other warships. Such a loss, such a national war, the British never Disdain to fight.

They are good at dissension, division and disintegration, and division into joint attack.

Their nearly one and a half years of encirclement, suppression and disintegration of the new Qin State have achieved remarkable results. The king and crown prince, Wu Nan, and Wu Kejing do not want to fight such a war, and want to find a solution, but it is so easy, the following Neither the army nor the navy officers wanted to compromise easily, because they had been in the West for nearly 30 years and had already understood who the British were.

Facing such a huge fleet of the British, Zhang Siyuan couldn't play with the British at all with this little capital. Even if Lu Fang and the others tried their best, they couldn't send it in. So they had to find a way to wait for the right time. When was the right time?

When the British fleet that he blocked the mouth of the strait has almost eaten away, and he is unable to estimate such a large sea area, relying on the advantage of radio, the fleet can go forward to meet Lu Fang and his fleet. Now it seems good, the Portuguese dare not fight Fearing losses, the Spaniards' Mediterranean fleet was wiped out, and the Mediterranean became undefended.

Now the Spaniards are dealing with it. Now the new Qin State is afraid of the British, and the Spaniards and Portuguese are afraid of the New Qin State, but they are not afraid, they are still fighting.

The British fleet also suffered heavy losses. The previous fleets in various places were upgraded to the previous super fleets. The number of warships in the current super fleet has gone to hundreds of main battleships and hundreds of escort warships. In the battle of the new Qin State, the nearby local fleets, such as the British Mediterranean Fleet, have 45 main warships, [-] escort warships, about [-] other patrol warships, scout warships, nearly hundreds of merchant ships and transport ships. The ship was sunk, wrecked, damaged, and the British lost a lot here.

But this still cannot shake the blockade of the British. Their African colonial fleet and the super fleet stationed in Spain have more than 200 main battleships and [-] to [-] escort warships. It's just a little bit of skin peeled off the enemy's body.

Now Zhang Siyuan is not afraid of losing warships. What he is afraid of is that there will not be so many people to waste with the British. The British can recruit many mercenary sailors from other countries, and then send a few officers to be their warships.

They are using the entire population of Europe to fight against the New Qin State, while Zhang Siyuan doesn't even have the support of the New Qin State, and Lu Fang's support can't reach here at once, and they can't support them when they arrive. The port of Ceuta is too small. How can a village with an area of ​​more than ten square miles feed more people?

Therefore, the population must be obtained, and he has already sent a telegram to ask the fleet to send the population to South Africa, where is the place of the Dutch, and from there to the port of Ceuta through the colonies of the British and the Spaniards, hundreds of people at a time If it goes well, it will take more than a month. If it doesn’t go well, the population will disappear, and a lot of people will have to be compensated. They will be captured by the Spaniards and the British, or by the local indigenous people. And the climate kills.

It is also possible to get people from the Mediterranean, Han Chinese from other countries or people from Central Asia, Russians, and Turks, but because one is from the East and the other is from the West, everyone is not familiar with it, so it is difficult to get it, and he does not know the relevant people. The number of people from the Huaxia Empire is also very small. Although it has not been cut off, it is only a little every month, dozens or hundreds of people, and sometimes thousands of people.

In addition, the port needs to be repaired. For a port that is several miles wide, once the enemy attacks on a large scale, naval guns can cover the port at sea, and even penetrate the entire Ceuta, from one side of the sea to the other. Ceuta is too small. up.

Hand over the investigation and patrol to Lieutenant Baozi, and hand over the construction of the port, the construction of the fleet, and the reorganization of the various armies to Zhang Yuan. The relationship between Morocco's Huceima base and the relationship with the new Qin State is now well known to everyone. Now that the new Qin State has not passed on the news, he must deal with it, because he acted without authorization, disobeyed military orders, and Xiao Nan. This supervisor disagrees, which is a big taboo.

Racking his brains and sighing for a long time, Zhang Siyuan had to drive away these negative emotions and devote himself to improving the current situation.

The first thousand and 630 five chapters of internal strength training

After the fleet came back, within three days, there were wailing everywhere. The port of Ceuta was small, and the entire port could be walked in a few steps.

In half a month, the wounded and the shockingly wounded battleships all over the entire port of Ceuta, the smoke and fire, and the damaged hulls could not disappear for a long time, even today, a month later.

It’s like a goat’s horn sticking out of the strait. They are still a little bit on the tip of the horn, and there is not much land. It is equal to the size of two medium-sized villages in a county combined, about 8 miles away, and the port is deep. About three and a half miles, and it is a large and small port, a port within a port, a port connected to a port, the width can be equal to the width of the territory, about seven and a half miles in total for several large and small ports.

For the people of the New Qin Kingdom, it is infrastructure madness. When they arrive at a place, they first repair the wharf, then build the shore artillery fort, repair some city walls and fortifications, and then dig the water depth of the port, and then divide the various functional areas. Fortifications and forts are set up in the area. This is what Li Ya and the others did on the adjacent peninsula. Now Zhang Siyuan has given this task to Lieutenant Baozi. Lieutenant Baozi and Major Zhang Yuan worked together to build the port crazily.

On the other hand, Zhang Siyuan sent a fleet of destroyers to investigate, while staring at the telegraph room to receive news from the new Qin State every day, and at the same time often went to the simple ship repair shop to pay attention to the repair status of those warships.

The food stored in the port is enough for more than 6000 people in this area. This naval battle lost one-third of the warships and nearly 900 people. After the battle was won, all those who fell into the water were rescued. Only half of those who survived, or were able to return to the army in the end, were about 300 people, and about [-] people bid farewell to the navy forever, and could only become local people to guard the warehouse and the gate. Or do some clerical work.

This is the case of the sailors and marines. The mercenaries and captives, as well as the enemy immigrants from Ceuta, suffered even more losses. About 100 people were lost. The number of captives captured several times totaled more than 3000. This time, more than 1000 people were lost, and the fleet itself also lost more than 1000 Han Chinese and mercenaries. This time, more than 3000 enemy prisoners were captured. After more than 1000 Han Chinese and foreigners recruited from Russia, the Qing Dynasty, and other Central European and Central Asian countries stayed, the total population of the base almost reached 7000.

For the people of the New Qin Kingdom, it is infrastructure madness. When they arrive at a place, they first repair the wharf, then build the shore artillery fort, repair some city walls and fortifications, and then dig the water depth of the port, and then divide the various functional areas. Fortifications and forts are set up in the area. This is what Li Ya and the others did on the adjacent peninsula. Now Zhang Siyuan has given this task to Lieutenant Baozi. Lieutenant Baozi and Major Zhang Yuan worked together to build the port crazily.

On the other hand, Zhang Siyuan sent a fleet of destroyers to investigate, while staring at the telegraph room to receive news from the new Qin State every day, and at the same time often went to the simple ship repair shop to pay attention to the repair status of those warships.