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The first thousand 670 chapters and three hit the British again

When the encirclement circle was formed, the enemy fleet also rushed out of the port one after another. However, among the firepower of the encirclement circle, at least three to seven warships took care of it. There are about a dozen warships piled up within one nautical mile of the port exit, some are smoking and sinking, some are struggling desperately, hoping to get out of the sea of ​​fire, and some are rushing forward desperately, hoping to give the fleet of the New China Kingdom Deals damage and is very brave. w pineapple small w said

But it was nothing, but under the firepower of more than 80 warships, they could only sink into the dark sea sadly.

After losing [-] auxiliary battleships and [-] main battleships, the British stopped attacking, but stayed in the port and fought with Long Island and the port exit, lined up with full firepower, and There is nothing to do here. While dealing with the enemy's shore artillery, while dealing with the firepower on Long Island, and fighting with the warships in the port, it can be said to be very busy.

Seeing that the frigates could not beat the enemy's ferocious firepower, thirteen frigates had already been sunk or seriously injured. Zhang Siyuan ordered them to retreat a little and let his main battleship, the new main battleship, go up to fight the enemy. Line up and bombardment.

The destroyers spread out to protect their backs and explored the enemy's situation within ten or twenty nautical miles. Zhang Siyuan didn't want to be surrounded by other British super fleets when he was in a decisive battle with the enemy.

There are still quite a few warships in the port. In addition to the more than 30 warships that were sunk before, there are at least 76 British main battleships inside, as well as more than a dozen British main battleships that have been reinforced, as well as the reinforcements. There are more than a dozen auxiliary battleships, and the remaining 20 auxiliary battleships, as well as more than 30 battleships of the Spanish local fleet, as well as nearly dozens of coastal artillery and land field artillery. It can be said that the firepower is fierce. The reason why the main battleship of the new Qin Kingdom and the frigate of the current New China Kingdom cannot defeat the enemy.

The battle lasted for four hours, and thirteen battleships were lost, among which one destroyer was sunk by shore artillery, nine of twelve frigates were sunk, and three were seriously injured. Under the cover of the new battleship, one A frigate covered the three ships from the battle and escorted them back to the port of Tangier.

The escorting frigate also suffered a lot of injuries. After dispatching small boats to rescue and capture some crew members on both sides, the four frigates turned around and left, returning to the port along the coast of Spain and Portugal. In just four to five hours, the fleets of the Portuguese and Spaniards are almost completely wiped out, so there is no risk.

The battle is still going on, people are dying every minute, and shells are falling every minute. During the four-hour battle, the enemy's shore artillery on Long Island was completely wiped out, and the land artillery was completely wiped out. The enemy above has no counterattack power. The enemy's battleships in the port are coming one after another, after all, there are a lot of them.

Near the port exit and behind Long Island, the enemy's auxiliary warships were closest to the fleet. One was sunk, and the other came up from the rear to take over the firepower. The frigates suppressed the enemy's shore artillery on the two wings near the coast around the port. , Destroy the shore artillery on both sides of the enemy, and at the same time support the main fleet fighting in the center. The naval battle between the two sides lasted from dawn to two o'clock in the afternoon, eight hours.

There are more than 40 sunken warships of the enemy in the port, and more than 20 warships that have retreated to the back after heavy damage, but there are still more than 60 warships fighting. After the shore artillery at the coast and port exit, two more were sunk, three were severely damaged, and two were slandered. Only five destroyers were on guard outside and did not participate in the war.

This was a tough battle, a strong attack. This was the most unsuccessful battle in the history of Zhang Siyuan's sneak attack. One of the new main battleships was sunk and one was severely damaged.

We had to dispatch two severely damaged frigates and one severely damaged new main battleship to cover the return of the three severely damaged frigates.

At this time, Zhang Siyuan was very restless. He knew that the longer the enemy persisted, the greater the risk he would take. If the enemy persisted for a day, even sending warships from the British mainland would be possible.

So this battle must be fought quickly, and it cannot be dragged on any longer. Now they have sunk eleven frigates, nine have been severely damaged, and three have been slandered to escort the injured warships back home, and a new main battleship has been sunk , one was severely damaged, a total of twelve battleships were lost, and thirteen were injured. Almost half of the fleet has been destroyed. It is still the main battleship before. bigger.

They have a total of 42 new main battleships, 36 frigates, and six destroyers. This time, they lost [-] warships and injured [-] warships. The fleet still has forty new main battleships, eleven frigates, and five warships. If the destroyer is surrounded by the enemy, the loss will be even greater. This time, they will not have the capital to fight the enemy for a period of time, because there will be no available materials and warships that can fight the enemy.

The enemy in the port was also uncomfortable. As more than 30 auxiliary warships of the British turned into scrap iron and sank into the sea, more than 30 auxiliary warships and more than a dozen main battleships of the Spaniards also sank into the sea or hid in serious injuries. In the depths of the port, the main battleships of the British had to go up. There were also main battleships before, but they lost more than a dozen main battleships. Then some of the main battleships were seriously injured and had to retreat into the depths of the port. Now they have been fighting for a few hours. , Their main warships only have a dozen or so ships, but there are more than 40 wounded warships, all of which are either unable to retreat in the port, or hide in the depths of the port for emergency repairs, but they will not be able to go to the battlefield again.

100 warships went to sea with only manpower. One ship has more than 2 people, which is also [-] people. Now the water surface is full of corpses in the port. Many warships have to push away the corpses to reach the battle position and fight the enemy. .

In the end the British had to surrender when the remaining twenty warships could not evacuate from the blocked port positions.

During this period of time, Zhang Siyuan and the others lost two new main battleships. After the frigate was greatly damaged, Zhang Siyuan retreated the remaining eleven frigates to a safe place. The probability of damage is high, the enemy is not much different from them after all, and they still have a numerical advantage, so losses are inevitable.

The first thousand and 670 chapters four of the Spanish attack

After the British and Spaniards in the port of Real surrendered, Zhang Siyuan ordered the frigate and several new main battleships to act as tugboats, cleared the port of a channel, and ordered the twenty main battleships of the British to come out, and at the same time Send the marines to take over the battleship, and also accept the surrender of the Spanish and British generals.

After the [-] British main battleships came out, the Marine Corps landed on other warships in the port in small boats. The frigate and five warships kept busy, pushing away the injured warships that blocked the way, and opened up a waterway so that the inside The injured battleship was also brought out, Zhang Siyuan never failed in every surprise attack, this time he still wanted to evacuate the port.

Eight frigates and five destroyers are guarding the periphery, and 38 new main battleships are urgently adjusting shells and supplies on the periphery. Maybe when the British reinforcements will come.

Five frigates cleared the channel, and four frigates transported the marines into the port. They also served as a deterrent to the shore artillery forts that were still operating in the port. They were too tricky, and the shells couldn't do anything to them. If they hadn't surrendered, Zhang Siyuan would have ordered the marines to land to snatch the fort and attack from behind.

The waterway was cleared in an hour. The marines entered the port and saw the warships in good condition and took over first. Then the sailors and officers were dispatched to take over. Those who could be opened would be opened, and those that could not be dragged out by frigates. It took several small boats to drag them out. After two hours of tossing at one breath, a dozen enemy warships that could act by themselves were cleared out at six o'clock in the afternoon. Eleven ships were dragged out, and then the entire fleet was formed to send five frigates to first send the fifty captured enemy warships back to the port of Tangier.

The rest is to rob the enemy's shipyards of materials and parts, and dismantle the shore artillery forts, directly dismantle the cannons, blow up the cannons that cannot be produced, and search the ports and cities at the same time. At 07:30, there are eight more After a seriously wounded enemy auxiliary warship was dragged out, and two thousand Chinese sailors from the New China Kingdom and New Qin Kingdom captured earlier were searched from this port. Just as he was preparing to make persistent efforts, Zhang Siyuan suddenly received a telegram that the Spaniards The local fleet was attacking the port of Bensu, while the destroyer outside sent a telegram and encountered the British scout fleet twenty nautical miles away, and was retreating.

Zhang Siyuan was taken aback, and immediately ordered the marines to retreat to the battleships, and the frigates to retreat from the port. All enemy warships were ordered to scuttle or blow up key parts, and blow up the shipyard. They had to leave within an hour, and then sent five frigates. The two destroyers from the British direction that responded to the reconnaissance fleet did not have the cover of frigates, and the two Type [-] backward destroyers could not run past the enemy's main battleship at all.

The levels of warships of different generations and types of destroyers are uneven. The Type IV ironclad ships are already a little behind the British improved first-generation ironclad ships, and they are too far behind the enemy's improved second-generation ironclad ships. , although the enemy's second-generation main battleship is only better than the best improved Type IV ironclad ship among the destroyers, there is still a generation difference.

At eight o'clock, the retreat here was not completed until five destroyers took 55 captured enemy warships away for [-] nautical miles. Thirty severely damaged warships were not dragged out, the port was not much damaged, and more than half of the coastal battery forts were cleaned up. Many forts had no time to clean up, and those deep forts had no time to clean up. The marines were all on board. Afterwards, the fleet followed with the main battleships, and the frigates accelerated to catch up with the enemy's captured battleship formation protected by five destroyers to protect the achievements of this time.

retreated.

About half an hour after they left, a five-ship destroyer fleet of the British came to the port and saw the ruined port and the angry Spanish people. The main fleet of the local fleet that came from the mainland, and a small fleet that was dispatched from the French coast to suppress the French, an hour later, the British reinforcements arrived, and they could only look at the port and lament, and could only turn back to the nearby The port of Santa Maria is resting.

At this time, Zhang Siyuan's main fleet had just run less than [-] nautical miles, because there was a slower formation of captured warships of the captured British in front.

Zhang Siyuan took the fleet back overnight, dispatched eight new main warships, and eleven frigates rushed to the port of Bensu for support as soon as possible. The main fleet and five destroyers were responsible for escorting the captive fleet.

By dawn, they had already appeared in the port of Tangier, which had already entered a state of full alert.

Of the thirteen wounded ships that came back earlier, seven slandered frigates and new main battleships were patrolling outside the port with coast guard warships, and the scout warships were placed fifty nautical miles away.

Back at the port, Zhang Siyuan's flagship entered the port first, and then the captive fleet entered the port. Zhang Siyuan found Yan Chao, who was injured and was carried to see him, "Sir, all twenty destroyers were destroyed by the Spaniards. Xiaguan fled back alone with the flagship."

Yan Chao said with some frustration.

"What's going on?" Zhang Siyuan asked.

Yan Chao leaned back against the pillow, raised his body and continued: "In the morning, Lieutenant Colonel Baozi sent a telegram and found that the Spanish suddenly appeared in the Mediterranean Sea. Thirty auxiliary warships are provoking near the port of Al Huceima. I don't take it seriously. The third The [-] warships of the Coast Guard, together with the [-] destroyers we sent out to support, can probably drive away the enemy. The Spaniards are very weak now. They may just harass and destroy them secretly, so I don’t care. , ordered to send five destroyers to have a look.”

"Well," Zhang Siyuan made a lot of sense when he heard this. The Spaniards had already lost their temper after being beaten. Commander, there is nothing wrong with him doing this.

"But at noon, Lieutenant Colonel Baozi sent a telegram saying that they fought the enemy and suffered a lot of losses. I was quite surprised. Only [-] Spanish auxiliary battleships are so powerful? So I ordered the second of the First Coast Guard Ten armed merchant ships and three destroyers went to support them. Unexpectedly, they encountered ten main enemy warships outside the port of Ceuta and were almost wiped out. Only five merchant ships and one destroyer hid in the port of Ceuta. This time I knew The enemy has more than this force and ordered an investigation."

Zhang Siyuan frowned.

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The first thousand 670 chapters five Spanish attack 2

Back at the port, Zhang Siyuan found Yan Chao, the commander of the destroyer unit temporarily in charge of the port of Tangier, and the injured Yan Chao reported to him the situation of the surprise attack.

Yan Chao continued: "Sure enough, the local Spaniard fleet is dispatched. They all arrived long ago. There are many of them. I don't know how many ships. They ambushed in various ports first, and attacked the patrol ships leaving the port. transport ship.

So far, the known losses are about thirty warships sunk and more than 20 missing. These are all three Coast Guard warships. My destroyer squadron also suffered heavy damage to a dozen ships.

There are still 33 destroyers available in the port, and [-] other transport ships and armed merchant ships of the Coast Guard, but they are all distributed in more than a dozen inland wharves and ports to Bensu Port, and those with combat effectiveness are also distributed in Several ports along the way, now I have ordered them to guard the port and strictly prohibit attacks. If there is no telegram, I will send cavalry to convey the order. I don’t know how many ships are attacked by them. "

Zhang Siyuan stopped him from nagging: "There are ambushes in every port, so it seems that Spain has a lot of auxiliary warships. At least a hundred ships can suppress our coast guard. Because the destroyer squadron is scattered, they have suffered heavy losses. They just don't know their main force. The battleship is there, we can't do it little by little, the Spaniards can't fight it head-on, and they have learned to sneak attack!"

Zhang Yuan said to the guards around him: "Order the escort fleet and the five returning destroyers to select some suitable warships from the British captured warships, plus the destroyers in the port, and immediately organize a fleet, led by Zhang Yuan." , to clean up the Spanish warships outside."

From Yan Chao, I can’t know the real situation of the Spanish fleet, because it is now in the fog of the battlefield, and they have just returned from a battle. Zhang Siyuan went to the port, and the battleships are urgently repaired. Zhang Yuan and the others have brought About forty destroyers and frigates went out looking for the enemy.

The port is in a mess, mainly because there are too many captured warships, and there are too many injured warships running back. There are also many injured warships of the Coast Guard here, and the warships and merchant ships of the Coast Guard left behind The hedgehogs are all gathered in the port, and they dare not go out easily, but this is not possible. Zhang Siyuan immediately ordered to send several injured frigates and destroyers in better condition to go outside and search for the enemy along the coast. The coast of the kingdom.

Now that the battlefield has become confusing, the British will definitely retaliate. The Spaniards don’t know where their target is. If they attack rashly, they may fall into the enemy’s trap. The Spaniards and the British are not stupid. The kingdom is just a port. If they want to sneak attack, they have to wait for the main fleet to leave. As long as their main fleet is still there, they can definitely fight back. That is to say, as long as they cannot be wiped out, they have the possibility of turning around. This is the British What the Spaniards understand, in the current situation, they may have planned to attack the New China Kingdom long ago, but he seized the opportunity. The New China Kingdom now has a large territory and there are too many places to defend , so it gave them a chance to sneak attack and weaken the fleet of the New China Kingdom.

"Sir, Huceima telegraphed that the Spaniards currently have 30 auxiliary battleships and more than 45 main battleships. At present, Lieutenant Colonel Baozi has defeated the enemy's two waves of attack and wiped out [-] enemy auxiliary warships at sea. , I also suffered a lot of losses, and retreated to the port. At present, I can only detect the enemy's movement within five or six nautical miles near the port.

Commander Zhang Yuan telegraphed that they came into contact with fifteen of the enemy's auxiliary warships and routed them, successively pursued and sunk eleven of the enemy's auxiliary warships, and fought with and sunk the five main enemy warships. Said that the Spaniards dispatched a total of about [-] auxiliary warships, [-] main battleships this time, and [-] main battleships of the British to help them.

Now they are looking for the enemy fleet outside the port of Ceuta and Bensu. We lost twenty armed transport ships, thirty armed merchant ships, fifteen merchant ships, fifteen destroyers, and two frigates. It is the main battleship and auxiliary battleship of the Spaniards. A total of 85 warships have been contacted. He reminds you that the enemy's main fleet does not know where it is, so be careful of the enemy's sneak attack on us. "

After listening to the report, Zhang Siyuan sneered. Based on these circumstances, he could deduce that these were the remnant warships in the Mediterranean port left by the Spaniards and all the warships of the Spaniards' home fleet, with a total strength of about fifty or sixty ships. The main battleship, 100 auxiliary warships, [-] ships have been lost in the previous sneak attack, they also sank and captured [-] ships in the port of Real, they attacked the patrol ship outside the port of Bensu and were sent by Yan Chao The support fleet also sank a lot. Now that Zhang Yuan leads the fleet out, the enemy has lost more than [-] auxiliary warships and at least ten main battleships in total. It is clear at a glance how much strength the enemy has left.