Lord of Ming Dynasty

On the other side, two teams of destroyers successfully sank five enemy steam engine warships, severely damaged one sail warship, and escaped after being injured, eight enemy transport ships were sunk, and twelve enemy transport ships were captured. The model is aging, and it belongs to the Type [-] improved multiple times. Although it is close to the Type [-], it is still too old to dodge. It was hit below the waterline by three steam engine battleships of the enemy. Although other destroyers tried to rescue them later, but Still can't change the fate of sinking.

Fortunately, except for the 20 people who were killed by enemy fire during the battle and the more than 130 prisoners who were injured on board, the other [-] people are all fine, they were picked up on other warships, and then dispatched to various warships. On the transport ship, guard the enemy, master the transport ship.

This kind of work does not require many people. There are 100 people on board the ship, guarding the engines and pipelines. The main work is still done by the captives. A squad of mercenaries can control all the captives, and then release a squad of Han Chinese. Soldiers plus a few officers can solve the problem. The people on the sunk destroyer plus more than [-] people transferred, a total of [-] people are responsible for the custody of the transport fleet.

The wounded and some lightly wounded on other battleships were transported to the enemy's injured frigate, and after simple repairs, the frigate could follow the transport fleet at a speed of ten knots, and manpower was drawn from each ship, mainly some Han people had no experience Combat servants and common people hired sailors, as well as some newcomers among the mercenaries, and a very small number of mercenaries, as well as a certain number of Han soldiers and officers who could suppress the enemy, and the sailors went to the returning warships.

A total of twelve enemy transport ships, three frigates, and four main battleships were captured. Among these warships, two lightly injured frigates were transferred to join the destroyer fleet. The captured warships and transport ships, as well as the enemy's wounded frigate, returned to the port of Ceuta, led by a wounded frigate.

The second lieutenant officer of the sunk destroyer served as the commander of the transport fleet on the enemy frigate, and the lieutenant of the dispatched frigate squadron was the combat commander of the entire fleet, and at the same time commanded the entire return fleet. After the responsibility is clarified , The return fleet, three battleships capable of fighting, and thirteen transport ships and frigates with little counterattack capability, escorted [-] enemy prisoners and returned.

It was almost noon at this time, and Zhang Siyuan quickly counted the number of fleets and the deployment of troops. These were adjusted by the staff. Now they still have two full-stacked destroyer teams, one with eight ships and one with nine ships. , because of the addition of the two frigates captured by the enemy, there are a total of seventeen warships.

The frigate squadron was originally composed of seven ships, but one was taken away to join the four main battleships captured by the enemy, so there were ten ships, and the strength of the frigate increased.

There are still three cruisers, ten frigates, and seventeen destroyers. The number of battleships is six more than when they were dispatched.

They continued to maneuver towards the open sea, and they couldn't go back now, at least they had to attract the attention of the enemy.

For the safety of the returning fleet, a destroyer team was dispatched to escort the returning fleet until they completely returned to the port. In this way, Zhang Siyuan's fleet still needs to attract the enemy's main force and attention here until three or four hours later. , they can escape to the open sea, so as to provide the maximum safety guarantee for the returning fleet.

They circled the sea, went to the open sea three or four hours later, and then returned to the port in a circle from the open sea, while the escort fleet had to go to the port of Ceuta to follow the returning fleet for at least six hours, and then return to join them. Can only meet in the evening.

This time is relatively dangerous, for their main fleet of 22 warships, and the danger of the escorting destroyer squadron of eight warships is when they complete their mission and return to search for the main force. At that time, they will be at sea. Encountered enemy warships who were frantically looking for Zhang Siyuan and their main force.

As time passed, the fleet retreated fifty nautical miles on the sea and reached the middle of the relatively wide strait. It encountered the enemy's British patrol fleet stationed on the Atlantic Ocean in Spain from the Spaniards, and then went all the way Run to the open sea, and turn to the Tangier coast of Africa after reaching the open sea, and continue to complete the previous plan, but they don't know that the African fleet from Tangier is rushing towards the middle of the strait where they attacked the enemy's transport fleet. Hurry up, about [-] main battleships, [-] auxiliary warships, and leave the Tangier space behind to Zhang Siyuan and the others.

The British African fleet was really angered by the provocation, and most of the main force of the fleet was used to find them.

The first thousand 630 chapters nine sneak attack on the port of Tangier

This time it was luck, Zhang Siyuan did not expect that his fleet, three cruisers, ten frigates, nine destroyers, a total of 22 ships, after the destroyers sent back the enemy's movement, they immediately turned around and rushed to the port of Tangier. There are not many warships left. If this port is destroyed, the British African fleet will have to retreat more than 200 kilometers to the ports along the African coast, a total of more than 100 nautical miles, so that the blockade of the strait will be looser.

In the evening, the eight destroyers of the escorting destroyer fleet will also join up. They ran for three hours with a British search fleet, and then accelerated to throw off the enemy's fleet at sea. The fleet rendezvoused, and at this time Zhang Siyuan and his fleet were already five or six nautical miles away from the enemy's port. The nine warships in the destroyer team in front continued to engage the enemy's patrol and defense fleet, and expelled merchant ships from other countries.

The ten combat ships of the frigate squad rushed all the way to the enemy's port, lined up in a frontal formation, aiming at the enemy's port aimlessly, trying to destroy the enemy's port while the enemy did not react, the cruiser fleet Then follow behind to help the destroyer set up a defensive circle and drive away the passing merchant ships.

Nearly three nautical miles away, the enemy fleet and merchant ships swarmed out. Many merchant ships were hit by frigates and caught fire in the waterway, and then began to sink. The firepower provided support, and the frigate squad sent five warships to intercept the enemy's warship rushing out of the port, and exchanged fire with the enemy.

At a distance of 400 meters, the ferocious firepower of the cruiser squad quickly destroyed several enemy forts near the sea, reducing the pressure on the frigates, and then continued to suppress the enemy's shore artillery. The remaining five frigates continued to attack the enemy's port. Tilt fire.

The ferocious firepower caused thick smoke to rise in the enemy's port, houses collapsed, port facilities collapsed, trestles were blown up, and merchant ships were overturned into the sea. After driving away the enemy's patrol fleet and merchant ships, the destroyer fleet also joined the battle. Seventeen destroyers The battle with some small warships and some patrol warships that the enemy rushed out of the port was a one-sided trend. The British did not expect that they would come back to fight the port. Many warships in the port did not light fires to boost the boilers, resulting in at least an hour. Set sail, at this time, Zhang Siyuan's fleet had already bombed the port of Tangier, and at the cost of three destroyers injured and one frigate seriously injured, the enemy's shore artillery defense was destroyed, and the rest of the time was free time.

There are still 100 warships parked in the enemy's port, but most of them are transport and steam engine warships. There are only seven generations of warships. As mentioned earlier, there are about [-] to [-] warships in the British super fleet to escort and assist them. There are more auxiliary warships for transportation and supplies. They received the news that the patrol fleet was destroyed before. Most of the combat auxiliary warships went out to patrol and look for the enemy. There are still some warships protecting the port and some purely transport and Auxiliary battleship.

The British compared with the New Qin State and the Chinese Empire in building ships, but the more they built, the more obsolete they were. Often before they finished building a wave of warships, the new Qin State’s new warships were developed. Although they had less equipment, But the combat power is much higher than the warships they are building. Their speed of building ships is also a shortcoming. Before they can change it, one or two thousand outdated warships have been built.

So the British super fleet, as well as other colonial fleets, and the native fleet were filled with outdated warships.

It caused a large number of warships to enrich the colonies in various places. There are more warships in the colonies and their strength has been improved, but that is not enough for the colonies and for the new Qin state.

Soon the destroyer fleet wiped out the enemy warships rushing out of the port, and then rushed into the port through the unblocked waterway. The small boats were lowered, and the soldiers of the Marine Corps rushed to the enemy's port town. The land exchange began. The Marine Corps was led by Han officers. The prisoners were used as cannon fodder, the mercenary officers and veterans were the commanders, and the recruits led the prisoners to charge. In one hour, [-] marines landed at the port.

Soon after the battle ended, the fleet that controlled the port quickly sent people far away to search frantically for supplies, those that could not be taken away were blown up, and those that could be taken away were shipped, regardless of those merchant ships that were bombed and sunk by other countries, and those that belonged to the British were not damaged. Merchant ships were requisitioned, port materials were quickly searched, food was taken away, battleship parts were taken away, battleship maintenance personnel were taken away, steam engine battleships that could not be taken away were blown up, and those who could be taken away were driven up. The guards were guarded, and the crew used British or hired people from other countries, and some were even Spanish.

The ten warships of the frigate squad were guarding outside. The cruiser docked for repairs and replenishment. They were somewhat injured when fighting with the coastal artillery. After all, it was a decisive battle with coastal artillery. was hit several times.

The enemy's three main battleships, seven frigates, and six destroyers were also found. They recruited some Spaniards or people from other countries who were willing to be hired at the port, and drove back directly.

More than 30 merchant ships were captured, and a dozen transport ships were captured. All damaged warships or ships were blown up in the port. Finally, the fleet safely withdrew from the port, and then fired several fleet salvos at the port. Destroyed, and then dragged several seriously injured warships and merchant ships into the waterway to blow up and sink into the waterway. This port has less than three months, and it can no longer be used at all.

So a huge fleet was born.

Originally there were three cruisers, ten frigates, and nine destroyers, a total of 22 ships. Later, the eight new Qin destroyers who escorted the returning destroyer team joined together, and the force reached [-] warships.

This time, one of the frigates was seriously injured. We couldn’t go to the meeting to see the situation. We dismantled some key equipment and drove directly to the depths of the outer sea to blow them into pieces. This is a warship of the New Qin Kingdom, and the British cannot get it. Now the frigate has twelve battleships, but half of them are the enemy's main battleships.

There were two destroyer teams with a total of seventeen ships, one was seriously injured, three were slandered, and one was sunk. The severely injured was an improved British warship that sank directly into the waterway of Tangier port. Zhang Siyuan didn't want to drive back. The speed of the fleet is slow, and the next is the time to escape. The enemy's fleet may have returned. It is already past eight o'clock in the evening. The enemy has been out for seven hours. They spent three hours attacking and looting the port and blowing up the port. , now it must take an hour to run out of the port to join the fleet of frigates, and must break out of the outskirts of Tangier port in three hours.

So now the destroyer fleet has lost two warships after supplementing the seven frigates captured by the enemy, and there are still sixteen battleships left, three of which are slanderous. The six enemy destroyers are 22 warships. Although the enemy's destroyers are not good enough, they must be taken away now and must be used.

In this way, four destroyer fleets can be divided. Three slandered warships, one intact destroyer, and three enemy destroyers form the fourth team of the destroyer team. There are seven destroyers in total. The fourth team is responsible for protecting more than 40 A transport ship and a merchant ship left first and returned to the port of Ceuta.

From the two destroyer teams that were dismantled, four of the more seriously injured, actually slightly injured, and the remaining three destroyers captured by the enemy formed the third team of the destroyer team, and they also left behind. The two teams were separated by ten nautical miles.

This is to avoid being surrounded and wiped out by the enemy. The front four teams are responsible for guiding the transport fleet, and the rear three teams are responsible for the rear and protecting the rear of the transport ship.

Of the remaining two destroyer teams that are relatively intact, only one is a pure New Qin destroyer, a mixed formation of Type [-] and Type [-] battleships, and the other is a destroyer team composed entirely of British improved first-generation battleships. Seven warships maneuvered following the main force.

Zhang Siyuan's fleet expanded again, except for the three cruisers, the frigate fleet was organized into two squads, one on the left and one on the right to protect them, while the two destroyer squadrons spread out in front to search for the enemy.

There are a total of 29 warships in total. If you add the two destroyer formations protecting the transport fleet, he will come out with 26 warships and return with 44 warships, which can be described as a heavy blow to the enemy.

The Spaniards lost a colonial port, the British lost about [-] merchant ships, and merchants from other countries lost [-] merchant ships. Many of the British transport ships were also converted from merchant ships, but they had some insignificant firepower. Count as a merchant ship.

The British lost more than 30 auxiliary warships in the port, including more than a dozen battleships of the main fleet stationed in the port. At the same time, they lost the garrison in the port, a large number of naval personnel and maintenance of port equipment, shipyards, and docks. At the same time, they lost one Near the port of Ceuta, the closest base capable of blocking and patrolling the mouth of the strait.

If you add the previously eliminated patrol battleships, that is about ninety auxiliary battleships, if you add the battleships that have harassed and sunk, damaged, and destroyed the enemy these days, the auxiliary fleet of the African Fleet is 60.00% of the force of the five It was wiped out, and one-third of the main battleships of the African fleet were captured or sunk, which dealt a heavy blow to the British African fleet.

This is a provocative action against the British fleet. Maybe the British will come to take revenge soon. Over the past six months, they have lost more battleships and ships in the hands of Zhang Siyuan and the others than the combined total of the two super fleets. About eight hundred warships.

The first thousand and 640 chapters are bumpy on the return journey and victory can be expected

After three cruisers and twelve frigates were broken, 28 destroyers covered the return of 44 transport ships and merchant ships. This time, they took the shortest distance and marched along the coastline of Morocco, Africa from the port of Tangier. Don't look at Zhang Siyuan when they attacked others. The distance of nearly [-] nautical miles was traveled, because in order to hide their whereabouts in the sea, they deliberately made so many detours, playing hide-and-seek with the enemy's patrol fleet and main fleet. For a straight line of fifty nautical miles, they still decided to rush over, even if they encountered patrol ships and patrol ships of the auxiliary fleet scattered by the enemy on the way, they would still rush over. They had the strength.

The sweep was over in an hour, and it took an hour for the fleet to leave the port. The destroyer reported back. A patrol fleet of the enemy, about a dozen steamships, had reached 15 nautical miles away, and then hurriedly formed up and left, transport ships and merchant ships first. In half an hour, the destroyer squadron [-] left [-] minutes later, the main fleet departed after destroying the enemy patrol fleet, and the destroyer squadron [-] and squadron [-] also recovered from [-] nautical miles away.

An hour later, the transport fleet had traveled twelve nautical miles, and it had just left the port of Tangier. If it could be seen by sight during the day, the enemy's patrol fleet and cunning saw a small group of scouting destroyers, and immediately turned around and drove away. The frigate team chased for five or six nautical miles, and stopped running after monitoring from a distance. The destroyer team turned back to drive, and they ran again, dragging the destroyer team for ten nautical miles. Outflank, the destroyer squad will be surrounded by the enemy's patrol fleet.

So after the main fleet left the port, the destroyer team retreated while monitoring. In the other direction, the second destroyer team expelled several enemy warships that had been reconnaissance, and rushed back to join. The two teams spread out a fan of ten nautical miles to protect the main fleet from retreating. , After the main fleet sailed ten nautical miles, a telegram was sent to them to come back quickly.

An hour and a half later, the destroyer squadron and the main fleet met nineteen nautical miles northeast of Tangier Port, five nautical miles away from Fort Segil. At this time, the transport fleet was 25 nautical miles away, about six nautical miles away from the main fleet, The African coastline is about eight nautical miles, and the coastline is accelerated.

45 minutes after they left, the enemy's closest patrol fleet returned to the port of Tangier. They found that they couldn't even enter the port. When Zhang Siyuan and the others left the waterway, some merchant ships and seriously injured themselves and the enemy's warships were blown up. It sank in the waterway of the port. Maybe a hundred-ton sailboat or a steam engine warship could get in, but a thousand-ton warship couldn't.

Two hours after the fleet left the port of Tangier, the transport fleet ran for 31 nautical miles, and none of the ships ran as hard as they could. The average speed reached a little over fifteen knots, while the main fleet followed leisurely, and the destroyer squadron Watch out ten nautical miles behind and in the Atlantic direction.

They had almost reached the port of Bensu in three hours, and the main British fleet came back, but what they faced was the ruined port of Tangier. The British chased like crazy, and they could run at a speed of [-] knots per hour. At this speed, they will be able to catch up with Zhang Siyuan and the others before dawn. The enemy's patrol fleet hangs Zhang Siyuan's fleet and keeps reporting news. Everyone knows where they are going.

But it's a pity that Bensu, the Spanish fleet that focused on defending their Spanish port, went crazy for some reason. Previously, Zhang Siyuan thought that they had no fighting power. Although there is still a port where the Spaniards still stationed a fleet, the strength is not bad, but they also tacitly refused to take the initiative to challenge them. Now they are blocked by the [-] main battleships of the Spaniards in Bensu Port and that port.

The fourth destroyer squadron in front of the transport fleet desperately sent telegrams, three of their wounded New Qin Empire destroyers, one wounded frigate, four unimproved warships of the first generation captured by the British, and ten first-generation Spanish warships that came out of the port of Bensu The first generation of British ironclad ships imitated by the Chinese fought very fiercely. Two merchant ships in the transport fleet were sunk. About [-] British prisoners, [-] mercenary soldiers, and five Han officers were sent to the bottom of the sea together on one transport ship. The transport ship didn't know where to go. In the chaos, the British prisoners rioted and took five warships away.

It took the destroyer team ten miles behind to bypass the chaotic transport fleet for half an hour, regardless of the captured transport ships and merchant ships, and rushed to the front to fight Spain.

However, a seriously injured frigate was sunk, 150 officers and soldiers were sent to the bottom of the sea, and 30 people were floating in the sea. It took [-] destroyers an hour to wipe out the enemy's fleet, but they still need to spend more It took too much time to gather the transport fleet, and some of the captured transport ships rushed directly to the opposite Spanish port. Although they were damaged by bombing, as long as they reached the coastline, they could still be covered by the Spanish. This was the captives' mind.

It took an hour and a half, ignoring the fleeing transport ships and merchant ships, and finally gathered back 32 transport ships and merchant ships, and the second destroyer team also arrived. After the officers of the three teams met, the remaining six destroyers of the fourth team continued to escort He went to the port of Ceuta not far away, and sent a telegram to the port to dispatch a frigate squad to respond, and then reported the battle process.