Lord of Ming Dynasty

The two frigates that were seriously injured quickly retreated into the ranks of the newly formed auxiliary fleet and quickly repaired them. An hour later, they returned to the battlefield with almost a slanderous attitude to rescue the crew of the sunk battleship and captured the crew of the new Qin State .

The battle progressed quickly in less than two hours, and three of the 33 main battleships here were also sunk, three were seriously injured, and the main fleet quickly wiped out the Xinqin under the situation that the new main battleship was swept by the side. The last 21 main battleships of the country, and the loss is acceptable, four were seriously injured, two were sunk, five main battleships of the enemy were captured, nine main battleships of the enemy were severely damaged and captured, and seven main battleships of the new Qin State were sunk battleship.

A few of the new main battleships were slandered, but they could be repaired soon, and the few minor injuries did not need to be repaired, so the new main battleships did not contribute much, nor did they suffer much damage, and they could continue to fight without much damage.

In this way, the fleet of the New China Kingdom now has 21 new main battleships, 24 main battleships, and [-] frigates left.

The fleet has shrunk, but because there are five main battleships in good condition to capture the enemy, the main battleships of the New China Kingdom originally came from the New Qin Kingdom, so there is no need to familiarize them with and modify them, just take them over and use them, and complement each other. The artillery shells and supplies of the main battleships, the heavily injured battleships were sunk directly, and the repairs were not too heavy, and three more battleships joined the auxiliary fleet.

In this way, the auxiliary fleet has increased its strength, with a total of twenty battleships capable of fighting and three transport ships.The battleships were loaded with all captured enemy prisoners, and the naval battle was over in less than three hours.

In less than two months, Xiao Nan became a prisoner of the New China Kingdom twice. He was followed by more than 2000 Han Chinese sailors and soldiers, and more than 5000 mercenaries and mercenary civilians. In the end, he captured a thousand One hundred Han Chinese sailors and officers, 300 mercenaries and mercenary civilians, and even some Spanish and British prisoners who were not released, about [-] people.

As for the Han captives, let’s not mention some people who everyone knows. There are people on the battleship here who can guarantee that the loss of the fleet here is about 300 people. Some soldiers can change officers and follow the arrangement without any risk. Many people, although this cannot completely make up for the loss of the battle, it can also make the fleet's military resources sufficient.

Those who could not be identified, or those who had followed the Xiao Nan and Wu Nan fleets for a long time, were directly detained in the auxiliary fleet.

The warships of the auxiliary fleet that surrendered were also reorganized. They joined the auxiliary fleet after changing officers or some soldiers. Now these warships are not available for me, and I will reorganize them in detail after returning.

After cleaning the battlefield, it was already over four hours ago. The fleet was on the road again, but it only sailed for 30 nautical miles, which was only three hours. The vanguard scouting frigate team sent back a message that the British fleet was coming. , more than [-] auxiliary warships of the enemy are in the vanguard.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Zhang Siyuan ordered to speed up to leave the route and return by detour. Now that he has just experienced a big battle, it is not suitable for the fleet to fight the enemy again.

Before the enemy arrived, the fleet changed its course and sailed to the coast of Africa. Although there are many merchant ships there, it is easy to be exposed, but this is also a flash of Zhang Siyuan's idea. Unexpectedly, they can run very far.

You must know that the British main fleet still has [-] or [-] main battleships and nearly [-] auxiliary warships. In the past few days after leaving, who knows whether the enemy will increase their troops.

Because the sky was getting darker and darker, after two hours of disengagement with the enemy, the fleets of the two sides passed by more than 20 nautical miles.

When the night came, looking for a fleet with shrinking troops in the vast Atlantic Ocean was like finding a needle in a haystack. It was impossible. So after the night passed, Zhang Siyuan and the others ran for [-] nautical miles and rested for two hours at dawn. Taking advantage of the blue fog on the sea, they speeded up and returned to the port of Tangier. It took only ten hours and they returned to the port after three o'clock in the afternoon.

After returning, the warships entered the shipyard for repairs. Some severely damaged warships were escorted by frigates and destroyers to the ports of Ceuta, Bensu and even Al Hoceima for repairs. Two days later, they moved to the port of Bensu with the night fleet. The facilities here It's better, the warships that have been simply repaired are re-repaired here, and many warships from the new Qin State have been captured, and parts can now be replaced.

After going out for more than a week, the New China Kingdom is still developing and building.

Looking back, Zhang Siyuan ordered those stubborn Han captives from the Xiao Nan and Wu Nan factions to be thrown into prison camps for reformation, and some captives who had been sorted out for relatively minor crimes were reorganized and educated, and then reorganized into the naval fleet, first enlisted in the Coast Guard , Han Chinese sailors were transferred from the Coast Guard to join the main fleet.

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The 670th, [-]th chapter-style main battleship entered service ahead of schedule

The Han captives and the prisoners rescued from Weshal Island, after a whole separation and a week of observation, about 2000 of the rescued captives rejoined the fleet, and the sailors and soldiers of the new main battleships that were trained in advance Mixed formation, waiting for the new warships to enter service before joining the army, of course, hundreds of people were transferred in advance to supplement the loss of the previous 21 new main battleships.

Because it is a victorious return, so there is no loss of many personnel this time, but it can be said that there was a fierce naval battle. Maybe the battleship was not sunk, but the battleship was hit by enemy shells. The battleship cannot protect everyone, so there are still losses. up.

Supplementing more than 800 people, plus the Han Chinese who captured the Wunan Fleet of the Azov Islands of the New Qin Kingdom at sea, added a total of more than 100 people, which is also a huge loss of personnel. It can be seen how cruel the naval battle is, and this is not counted. The loss was not small, and the loss of the main warships of the main fleet was not small. The personnel of the escort fleet and the destroyer fleet suffered the most losses from mercenaries. Because the New China Kingdom was the same as the New Qin Kingdom, the Han population was insufficient, so a large number of people were used. High mercenaries, so they also lost a lot.

As soon as the escort fleet came back, it was reorganized immediately. This time, it was mainly replenished from the captives of the new Qin state. After a week of review and screening, the fleet quickly acquired another [-] Han officers and soldiers, and [-] mercenary soldiers. From the spare source of troops, as well as the coast guard and the destroyer unit, after obtaining part of the source of troops, they will be broken up and reorganized into the escort fleet.

However, Zhang Siyuan is not going to use these frigates anymore. One is because they are old and have suffered too many injuries, so he ordered the new warships to be downgraded to main battleships, and the former main battleships to be reorganized into frigates. The battleship has been upgraded to another level, using the main battleship of the new Qin Kingdom as the frigate.

The main battleships were being lost and replenished. After the repairs, the strength of 34 ships was restored. These newly replenished troops were directly sent to the repaired main battleships returned from the repair shop. Make a change, join the fleet, gather enough 36 main warships, and hand them over to Lieutenant Colonel Baozi to lead. Lieutenant Colonel Baozi also changed from the commander of the Coast Guard to the commander of the escort fleet.

And Zhang Yuan served as the commander of the main fleet, and after the launch of the other 21 new main battleships, he will serve as the commander of the fleet.

The original fourteen remaining frigates were downgraded to destroyers and all destroyers, about 35 destroyers, including the main battleships that captured the British, and the auxiliary warships that captured the new Qin State. The destroyer fleet is supplemented by young destroyers, and there are also destroyers drawn from the coast guard. In this way, the destroyer squadron accommodates many warships with different levels and great differences in advancement. Although it is not conducive to command and coordination, it also expands the new fleet. The number of warships in the Huaxia Kingdom's fleet.

Of course, 49 is not easy to allocate. If one battleship is not in good condition, there will be 48 destroyers, which is beneficial to the formation.

Under normal circumstances, the destroyer squadron is assembled to take on the task of defending the local fleet of the New China Kingdom. During wartime, it will follow the main fleet to fight, but under normal circumstances, Zhang Siyuan does not plan to use them. The warships are much taller, which is not conducive to fleet coordination. Most of them are warships that capture the enemy. Their combat capabilities are not convincing. The combat capability of the main fleet with fast speed, good defense and coordinated battle.

After reorganizing the fleet, the main fleet has a total of 42 new main battleships, 36 main battleships, and 48 destroyers. The main combat power is 42 main battleships and 36 warships in the escort fleet, a total of 42 ships, but the combat power of such a fleet must be twice as high as that of the British, and at least higher than that of the fleet of the New Qin Kingdom. more than double.

Not long after, many battleships were repaired and entered service, and the new main battleships were also launched into service a few days in advance. The current warships do not have the cumbersome procedures of later generations. Once equipped, you can serve in the army, and you can go out to fight directly.

So those soldiers who were trained and reorganized directly boarded the ship and began to get familiar with the battleship. It has been more than a week since the sneak attack battle, and the whole battle has been more than half a month now. The British are very angry, and the new Qin State even directly generates electricity. Reported it to scold him and vowed to take revenge, but Zhang Siyuan just snorted coldly and ignored it. He is not afraid of the revenge of the New Qin Kingdom now. If he had that kind of determination, they would have broken through the blockade of the British a long time ago, and they would not do it now. After so many compromises, the British still did not relax the blockade against them, and now the new Qin State is still struggling.

It's just so hard, their blockade of Xinding Yangzhou has not been lifted, and the atmosphere with the Xinqin State is still awkward. If you talk about rebellion, the Xinqin State has not announced it, and there has never been a rebellion, and it has not done anything. , Just persisting like this, the two sides are fighting a silent war, but behind the scenes is the power struggle between the army and navy of the New Qin Kingdom, the royal family, the prime minister's office, and the radical protesters.

The new Qin State neither progressed nor regressed, but people were panicked, which made the foreign people lose confidence in them. Some foreign people who were not arranged by the British and Spaniards turned to immigrate to other countries or went to Xindingzhou through Xindingzhou. North America, the current colonial British in North America have started a vigorous struggle against colonial rule. The British have no time to find trouble in Xindingzhou just by suppressing these rebellions. France continued to fight in small ways. The two sides fought from land to sea, from sea to colonies, and even to the mainland. The struggle was endless.

Just when the British wanted to retaliate against that sneak attack but could not mobilize warships for a while, the interests of all parties were entangled, and in the process of negotiating, after another half a month, the new main fleet of the New China Kingdom had already arrived. It's almost running in, and it has formed a combat force. The British super fleet on the opposite side still hasn't added a few warships, and is still wary of the New China Kingdom.

At this time, Zhang Siyuan was already preparing to sweep away the annoying British fleet at the door. If he could succeed, then the British would have another strong opponent like the Han Kingdom in the future. Made a name for himself.

The first thousand 670 chapters can't let the British go away like this

Zhang Siyuan was planning another war with the British. After the fleet and personnel establishment were completed, he dispatched destroyers one after another to detect the enemy's movements, and ordered Wei Yuanchao's army to mobilize to fully occupy the territory of Morocco. Although it may eventually conflict with the French, because Algeria next door is a colony of the French. The French are old. The current Napoleon Bonaparte has not yet been born, and neither has Nelson. The British and the French are similar, but the British are on the rise, while the French are period of decline.

Ports that had been occupied or destroyed were rebuilt, the population moved back, there were far fewer captives than before, fewer immigrants, and fewer African tribes, because their wars with the Spanish and British made the surrounding vast The land was devastated, and many captives escaped or were killed in the chaos. Therefore, the entire New China Kingdom is now very small in population. Except for some remaining and some captives, foreigners are almost gone, and mercenaries and their families are also gone. Not much, because there were too many casualties in several naval battles, most of the family members of some mercenaries took advantage of the chaos to immigrate or apply to be transferred to other Western countries.

This is just right, now the population of Han Chinese is 8, mercenaries are 6000, the population of foreigners is less than 1, and the population of African tribes is less than 6000. There are hundreds to 1000 people, just like the new Qin State at the beginning, slowly accumulating the Han population.

A few days later, the results of the investigation came out. The British did not replenish many warships, but the Spaniards added some sailors to them for a dozen or so ships. The crippled British super fleet has not taken any action recently, and has not even come to harass operations. All the destroyers and warships of the New China Kingdom appear at the mouth of the strait.

Because there is no trade with the country or other places, there is no contact, so there are no merchant ships passing by here. All countries know that there is a war here, and most of them have detoured, or turned to land trade, and then from the colonial land of Spain or other African countries. Detour, and then reach other countries from other coasts, but the French, Italians, and Prussians, merchant ships from countries that have not had wars with the New China Kingdom or the New Qin Kingdom, still pass through the mouth of the strait one after another.

The destroyer fleet of the New China Kingdom here is only patrolling, and does not check or interfere with their passage. Now Zhang Siyuan does not want to offend other countries.

A Spaniard and a British are enough for them to fight. It is unwise to offend other countries. Although the British and Dutch have the most powerful warships and the largest fleet in the Atlantic Ocean, they can still cause as little trouble as possible. .

Lieutenant Colonel Baozi usually sits in Al Hoceima to command the Coast Guard, and Zhang Yuan sits in Tangier Port to command the escort fleet and destroyer squadron. Because the destroyer squadron lacks a commander, Zhang Siyuan has recently promoted a Lieutenant Colonel of the main battleship with great military exploits to serve as the destroyer fleet. Commander, his name is Yan Chao. Maybe he is not very capable in administrative management and he is a bit old, but his tactical ability is good, and his strategic ability is not bad. He can still command the fleet.

After assigning 24 destroyers to the third coast guard, he only commanded 26 destroyers, managed the destroyers to guard the mouth of the strait, and accepted the command of the fleet commander Zhang Yuan, who served as the civil affairs officer of Tangier port while commanding the fleet , the frigate fleet and his destroyer fleet, with such strength, they can guard against the British sneak attack.

Zhang Siyuan took the main fleet to sit in the port of Bensu, supervising the civil affairs and military affairs of the three places, and dispatching various things in the three places.

The news of the investigation soon reached the port again. The British were quietly transferring their wounded and lost warships and supplies. It seemed that they were preparing to retreat. Thirty auxiliary warships left the Spanish port one after another.

In order to better understand the enemy, Zhang Siyuan sent Yan Chao to lead a destroyer squadron of 26 warships to scout the Spanish and British coasts. After finding that there were no more reinforcements coming, or that it was not the enemy's ambush, he still assembled the fleet at night. His 42 main ships The battleship first arrived at the port of Tangier, and then rested and replenished there for two hours, then reunited with Zhang Yuan and left the port together. Two hours later, after the fleet left the port, 42 main battleships and 36 frigates moved towards the destroyer to monitor the enemy's sea area Set off.

After sailing for ten hours, the fleet rendezvoused with the destroyer fleet, leaving six destroyers behind, and the other twenty destroyer fleets returned to the port to defend the port. Zhang Siyuan often raided other people's ports, and this time he went to attack other people's ports too. , Of course, I am afraid that others will attack the port of Tangier.

At this time, he and his fleet were about [-] nautical miles away from Puerto Real, and the sky was about to brighten. The last time they attacked was the Spanish Puerto Santa Maria. The bay of this port is not as deep and wide as Puerto Real. , there is also a semi-arc strait, which is open, but there is a small long island outside Puerto Real, and the port is closed inward, with a depth of about seven or eight nautical miles. For ordinary small ships, or merchant ships, the power of the shells is still acceptable, but it is almost impossible to destroy or destroy the warships inside, because the inside is wide, the depth is acceptable, the width is also acceptable, and there is a lot of room for turning around. It will rush out soon, so be more careful this time.

The enemy also learned to behave, and moved from the Portuguese port at the mouth of the strait to the Spanish port in the distance.

There are patrol boats on the sea, and merchant ships come and go from time to time. Outside Long Island, there are shore guns, and inside there are many shore guns. The inner port is deep and wide. The fleet can quickly come out to fight the enemy. The battleship undocked quickly and turned around to fire. It can be said that this port is very difficult to attack, at least it will take a lot of effort and losses.

"Send six destroyers to test it out," Zhang Siyuan said to the adjutant beside him.

Under his command, the six destroyers quickly approached the port. The enemy's patrol boats had already appeared, and the patrol boats patrolling at night were also changing shifts, and soon there were rumbles of gunfire on the sea.

Soon six destroyers ran back one after another, followed by seven or eight enemy patrol boats, and a dozen enemy auxiliary warships rushed out of the port to pursue them. Condition.

When the locals saw the thick smoke rising from the sky here, they quickly turned around and ran away, but the escort fleet had already outflanked. At least nine of the enemy's twenty-odd warships were outflanked. The main force led by Zhang Siyuan As the warship advanced, it oppressed the enemy's living space. In half an hour, all nine of the enemy's warships were sunk.

The six destroyers had already chased after the enemy's fleeing dozen warships, and the frigate arrived quickly. In less than an hour, the fleet had surrounded the enemy.