Lord of Ming Dynasty

In fact, the New China Kingdom now has a lot of resources. North America is a fertile land. With the resources and wealth of Africa, even if the New China Kingdom does not have the maritime trade of Western countries, relying on the internal trade within its own territory It can also maintain the operation of the kingdom, because everything in the West can now be manufactured and processed, and the products of the New China Kingdom are becoming more and more abundant.

The less the New China Kingdom can communicate with the West, the better the New China Kingdom will develop. The fertile and rich output of various overseas territories and native North America allows the New China Kingdom to operate on its own despite the blockade, and it is normal.

However, there are some things that cannot be avoided. The trade friction between the Dutch and the New China Kingdom is also great, because many colonies rely on the New China Kingdom, just like the Straits of Florida. Where are the Spanish colonies in Central America? In Mexico There are still a few small French colonies in Central America. The Dutch are hostile to the New China Kingdom, but they have no contacts. However, they are hostile to the French and Spaniards, but they can still carry out colonial commerce and trade. This must pass through the Strait of Florida. , or enter the Caribbean Sea, bypass the Spanish colonies, and enter the Gulf of Mexico through the Cuban Strait along the coast of Cuba. The Dutch did not want to give up this route.

At the same time, after the Dutch rebelled, they did not want Cuba and other colonies to be occupied by the New China Kingdom. Therefore, although their naval strength has declined sharply, they still often create conflicts in the colonies.

In the same way, the New Qin Kingdom did not want to just sink like this. After the truce with the Spaniards and the Spanish retreat in the early stage, the New China Kingdom bordered the New Qin Kingdom in Venezuela in Colombia. The reason for the New China Kingdom’s restraint was because They are a Han country, and now they have defected to the Western world, then the relationship between the two sides will not be good.

The first batch of old frigates mobilized by the New China Kingdom were New Dingyang Prefecture, Tripoli, and the Caribbean coast of Venezuela. With the patrol of frigates, the New Qin Kingdom had no chance to make small moves unless a large number of warships came.

While the warships of the New China Kingdom were sold in large quantities, the frigates were too low-level, so they also sold a lot of unused and backward things. The New China Kingdom generally sold them, and the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires A large number of these warships were bought, and thousands of such warships were sold, causing the number of coast guard warships to drop sharply.

In the past, many warships were transferred from the coast guard and sold to the Dutch and French, so in fact, the coast guard now has a lot less personnel and warships. After the frigate retired, the coast guard is still not as good as before. It can be found in every corner, because there are too few new frigates, and there are only a few frigates in the whole country. Except for the decommissioned old-type frigates previously owned by the Coast Guard, there are about 500 remaining frigates, which will be distributed among several overseas territories and the mainland. , In this way, there are only a few dozen ships in many places, and there are only more than 100 new ships. The frigate fleet of Xinding Yangzhou often helps to patrol some remote areas, or near-shore areas, where they are stationed.

To be honest, regardless of the more than 500 ships, the combat power is equivalent to that of a fleet supplemented by the Dutch with a thousand dilapidated warships purchased from them. The French also bought a lot before. It can be said that the reason why the French fought against the British It became a one-to-three ending, and those warships have something to do with it. The difference between the British warships and the British warships showed up in the decisive battle later.

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In fact, the frigate has not been modified for many years, and it is a minor modification. In fact, the frigates of all companies are lagging behind. It is just that there are new warships, and the original old main battleships are simply lowered by one level. These old main battleships Most of them are old warships for many years, and there are very few places to be changed for new warships, so in general, this kind of frigate that can join the main battle line is actually sometimes not as effective as the new destroyer, and it needs speed. , Firepower is enough.

It’s been 20 years in a flash, and it’s been 70 years since the Han people came to the Western world in the New Qin Kingdom. It’s also been 20 years since the founding of the New China Kingdom. The new Qin State was able to distance itself further and further from the British, and now everyone is the same.

Therefore, many of the frigates of the New China Kingdom have not kept up with the times. In the battle with the British, the New China Kingdom will lose a lot of combat power and increase losses. Because the two of them also use the warships of the New China Kingdom, they may have an advantage over the Dutch.

Compared with the New Qin State, it also has more advantages, because except for some main battleships of the New Qin State that have been improved and improved according to the changes of the times, most of the other warships are the same. Their researchers may have a flash of inspiration, and even in a certain On the one hand, they are stronger than the British and the New China Kingdom, but their personnel are turbulent, tossing and turning, and there are not many people who can calm down to study warships. The reason why these personnel are valuable is because of their decades of experience And skilled technology, as well as their deep theoretical research on the development of warships, whether they are masters, school teachers, or working in the research department, they can bring some improvements to the research department, and the promotion comes from various sources. aspect.

The camera returns to the sea area bordering the New Qin Kingdom and the New Huaxia Kingdom. The replaced frigate is familiar with the area under the leadership of the frigate, and they are conducting their few patrols.

Many of the frigates in the main fleet here have been dispatched to the coast guard. About 50 old frigates and more than [-] old frigates eliminated from the mainland fleet of the New China Kingdom and other fleets have formed several large-scale teams. Patrol squads, one cruiser per squad, old cruisers, five frigates, four frigates.

A team of ten ships, this is to avoid repeating the mistakes of the last frigate attack. The three old frigates faced the enemy's destroyer, which was ten years more advanced than them, and almost wiped out the whole army. When the frigate came, the British Both the Chinese and the Dutch dared to confront them and refused to return the captured merchant ships, which made Qiangwei of Xinding Yangzhou realize that patrolling with three or two warships is indeed very dangerous.

The current combination is very good. The frigate knows the route and route, and the surrounding situation. Two or three small defense areas are merged into the area patrolled by a small team. Using the frigate's familiarity with the things here and the experience of contacting the new Qin State, the front Act as a bait to open the way, and the frigates behind sail in battle formation to protect the cruiser. When encountering the enemy's large fleet, the cruiser can provide a few minutes of cover.

The frigate can escape for 10 minutes, and then the frigate can stand behind for a few minutes. The two types of ships cover alternately. Finally, the cruiser can stand for the last few minutes, and the frigate and frigate can retreat to a safe time point. Talk about a favorable combat position, while the cruiser uses speed and firepower to block the enemy, and finally speeds up and escapes, calling other teams to help.

And unless the enemy wants to create conflicts, or come to attack, the large fleet is coming, otherwise they can only increase the patrol of warships, which is unfair to the new Qin State, because the warships they patrol are backward and there are not many. There are only a hundred or so warships plus the newly launched warships in the past few years, and there are still a hundred or so to protect the caravans going to Europe and Western countries.

That is to say, it is not the main decisive battle, and their coping is only the same number of enemy patrol fleets as theirs, which is beneficial to clear up the enemy's hatred and combat experience. Most frigates and frigates have new naval academies and intern officers, and they can't wait to hurry up Fight, so that you can see the real sea battle.

But obviously this team didn't look at the almanac when they went out today. The new Qin Kingdom has really come, and through the observation of the watchman, there are about fifty enemy warships floating [-] nautical miles away. There is thick black smoke over the fleet. , Is that the black smoke from good coal? It proves that the steam engines of these battleships are either seriously worn out, or the new ones do not have good coal to provide enough power for the battleships, and the old engines are still struggling to pull the broken cars.

"At a speed of 27 knots, in two hours, we will encounter them." The fleet commander, Major He Qingyun, the captain of the old cruiser, heard the shout of the watchman, picked up the binoculars and observed carefully, just for a while, The enemy has jumped out of the horizon, looking at the distance from a distance, the enemy quickly let him feel that the enemy is only [-] nautical miles away from them, that is, the enemy can walk towards them in less than two hours encounter them.

"Send a telegram to report that we have encountered at least four squadron-level fleets of the New Qin State, and request to verify whether the enemy has declared war on the kingdom. Before verification, we will maintain speed and avoid the enemy for the time being."

"The enemy is twenty nautical miles away from us, the enemy has turned around, and they are coming towards us." The lookout screamed.

He Qingyun's heart skipped a beat. Although he had experienced a lot of battles, seeing the situation of the enemy now, there were so many of them that they couldn't resist at all, so he ordered: "The frigate will return first, and the frigate will retreat five miles, and stay with us. At a distance of five nautical miles, the cruiser flagship accelerated to separate, and the entire fleet accelerated to separate from the enemy, and reported to the superior that we were intercepted by fifty warships from the New Qin State in our defense zone—”

After finishing speaking, the Dispute Fleet turned around and sailed to the nearest island. The Kingdom of New China was seized from the Spaniards, and the island colony port that the Dutch exchanged for it, and quickly broadcast the situation to the surrounding patrol fleets, drawing their attention, and taking the initiative to tell them Closer, they were only about 24 nautical miles away from the enemy at sea.

The frigate left first, and the frigate and cruiser turned around. The cruiser deliberately waited in place for 5 minutes, then turned around and drove at the end of the fleet that turned around.

and the enemy

Speeding up and approaching, and having already taken off the gun coat, the guns of the battleship turned towards them, and He Qingyun immediately issued an order for the entire fleet to prepare for battle.

The wait was long. They waited here for about 10 minutes, and within the range of the semaphore, they used the public semaphore to negotiate righteous words with the new Qin State warship, but the New Qin State ignored them and was loading shells. Eighty-nine nautical miles, or even ten nautical miles, the enemy is likely to fire at ten nautical miles, regardless of the wasted shells if the hit is too low.

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Sure enough, the warships of the New Qin State launched a salvo of the main guns on the front deck of the warship at about eight nautical miles. No matter the size of the warships, all the main guns on the front deck were fired. This is because they are advancing at a high speed. Being able to hit a warship of the New China Kingdom is luck and victory. If you miss it, you can also conduct the initial distance test to provide shooting parameters for the next accurate shot.

Compared with the strength of the New China Kingdom, the weak New Qin Kingdom can severely damage a warship of the New China Kingdom in a battle. Even if it hits a single shell, it is enough for them to pass through the current developed wired telegraph network. It's been a month or two of showing off.

At this time, the four frigates had rushed out four to five nautical miles at high speed. At a speed of [-] knots, they could escape about [-] nautical miles an hour. Now the frigate was slowly accelerating and was following them for about three miles at a speed of [-] knots. , and the cruiser also began to maneuver when the enemy entered eight nautical miles, drawing a wonderful arc on the sea, perfectly dodging the enemy's first round of school-fired shells, not even a piece of skin let the new Qin State rub on.

Then they continued to wait on this line for the arrival of the warships of the New Qin Kingdom. The waiting time was always long, because regardless of eight nautical miles, at the current speed of the fleet of the New Qin Kingdom, it would take them half an hour to 45 minutes to catch up. They realized that perhaps throwing off their arms and fleeing, their fastest warships could escape eight to twelve nautical miles, about sixteen knots to twenty-one knots, but if they kept fighting in formation, they would drop to the average speed of the slowest warships in the fleet. Speed, so the New Qin warship approached at a speed of about fourteen knots.

Five nautical miles, the new Qin State has advanced another three nautical miles, and the artillery has become more and more accurate. A water column about ten meters high has been splashed around the cruiser. The effect of the bomb is to explode at a distance of about 20 meters to more than ten meters around the battleship, so that the deck of the battleship will be washed by the spray falling from the water column. If you are not stable, you may be photographed by the spray falling from the water column.

The frigate had already escaped to twelve nautical miles in the process, and the frigate had also fled to ten nautical miles, but He Qingyun still felt that it was not enough. It was necessary to ensure that those old battleships had an hour's journey at a speed similar to that of the enemy's warships. Otherwise, if the enemy speeds up and dispatches the fastest warship for about an hour and a half, two hours, they will be able to catch up with them, and then kill them as easily as killing a chicken.

After three nautical miles, the frigates ran twelve nautical miles, and the cruiser entered into a firefight. After turning around in the sea, it separated from the enemy for about one and a half nautical miles, and then at four nautical miles, the main gun fired fiercely. , to attack those new Qin frigates that had just dispersed and attempted to outflank them, um, to earn a little interest first.

At this time, the enemy's artillery shells are already very dense, because three nautical miles, about 7000 meters, can cause a lot of trouble for the opponent when the artillery fires upwards. If it is closer to 5000 meters and the angle of the artillery is further lowered, the accuracy rate will be higher. Well, eight nautical miles and ten nautical miles are the shelling fire tactics that warships use when attacking land. At about three nautical miles, they have already reached the longest distance for combat at sea. The artillery may hit the enemy or ourselves at any time.

The enemy's formation has dispersed, and about seven or eight warships are coming towards them. The remaining warships try to bypass them and pursue the frigates and frigates. Of course, He Qingyun can't let them pass by, and the interference artillery hits them. The new Qin State warship on one side.

At this time, the artillery on the battleship is at the maximum elevation angle, and there is no need to waste shells. The minimum caliber is 122mm artillery. This is the latest artillery 20 years ago. Along with it, there are reforms in the types of ammunition. The howitzer shells sweeping across the deck, there are more armor-piercing shells specially used to penetrate the hull of the enemy warship, more incendiary bombs specially designed to burn the enemy's superstructure, and smoke bombs specially designed to create smoke at sea, and to see the enemy clearly at night. The position of the battleship is convenient for flares for night attacks.

There are so many types of ammunition, and now the power of these types of ammunition has been improved a lot. Now, in order to cover the escape of the old warships of the patrol team on their side, they use grenades to cause trouble for the enemy.

The cruiser is now equipped with 122 24mm cannons, sixteen 152mm cannons, and ten 183mm dual-mounted cannons for the main gun. Such a firepower configuration is simply a hedgehog covered As for the firepower turret, if the hull is huge, the defense is lower, and the speed is taken care of, the cruiser can be used as the main battleship of the New China Kingdom.

This is still an old cruiser that has been a warship for ten years. If it is a new cruiser, twelve 183mm triple guns are simply equipped with eight 122mm guns, and several sets of 152mm dual gun turrets are deployed in a concentrated manner. Thirty-six 36mm cannons were installed, and the maximum speed increased by about half a knot, the defense power increased to about 152% of the main battleship, the tonnage was close to [-]% of the main battleship, and the cruising mileage surpassed the new cruiser of the main battleship, which was even more powerful.

The cruiser opened fire, but after three rounds, the enemy advanced less than 200 meters, and three destroyers were hit and caught fire. Since they were not armor-piercing projectiles, the destroyers of the New Qin State were not seriously damaged, but their speed slowed down. The entire battleship was lost in the raging fire and thick smoke, and lost its ability to attack, and one of its hulls was tilted, trying to break away from the fleet.

After being hit by the cruiser here, the enemy rushed over, and the entire fleet that was about to rush over slowed down at the same time. The enemy commander saw that the situation was not good, so he assigned several frigates to come over, and a main battleship to come over, and then The remaining battleships rushed past the interception of the cruiser's firepower from the side about five nautical miles away, and chased the frigate fleet that had fled to fifteen or sixteen nautical miles away and the frigate fleet that had fled to about thirteen nautical miles away.

After blowing up the enemy's three frigate-level destroyers, He Qingyun knew that he had to leave. The nearest patrolling team was still [-] nautical miles away, which was the furthest patrolling distance. There might not be any patrolling fleet coming at this time Support them, they have to escape to the deep sea, either to Grenada Island, or to Barbados Island, if it is not possible, he knows that there are not many fleets and warships there, they are only alert, and the largest ports are Puerto Rico and San Juan An Island.

All the battleships of the main fleet in this area are stationed there, and they patrol the surrounding waters once in a while, and they are patrolling small coast guard squadron-level warships at other times, but now they are unlucky, the enemy chooses At such a moment, this moment is when the distance between the two frigate fleets is the furthest, and the other two fleets need to rush to support, and it will take five hours at the fastest, and ten hours at the slowest. For a small fleet of only five frigates, four frigates, and one cruiser, it was a dead end. When encountering a large enemy fleet, they could only flee.

Even if it is the new Qin State, which has not been able to update the warship technology for many years, the former Han Chinese maritime overlord, and now the weakest South American country, the New Qin State.

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He Qingyun commanded the cruiser to turn around, and while walking away in a zigzag battle tactical route, he used flank artillery to attack the fleet of the New Qin Kingdom. The scattered fleet of the New Qin Kingdom would lag behind them by two to three nautical miles no matter how they turned, and the cruiser was stuck all the time. On the enemy's pursuit route, the enemy's fleet presents a zigzag pursuit formation with uneven layers, and it keeps expanding. It always wants to bypass the firepower range of the cruiser and then pursue the frigate and the patrol team of the New China Kingdom in front. frigate.

Finally, the cruiser received the news from the frigate that they were about [-] nautical miles away from here. That is to say, with the current battle formation of battleships, even if it is a relatively fast and latest destroyer, it is impossible for them to be at a speed of one I caught up with them within an hour, and after two to three hours, although the enemy may increase the speed of pursuit to [-] or [-] knots.

But five hours later, they will find that they have chased the Puerto Rico island of the New China Kingdom. There are only three patrol teams on the outermost perimeter, but there are five patrol teams on the inner floor, and the main force of frigates plus patrol teams are patrolling inside. The number of warships in each patrol team can reach eighteen to twenty. , it is not something that the fifty small fleets of the New Qin State can fight. At that time, the New Qin State fleet can only run away.

The sea was covered with thick white gunpowder smoke due to the confusion of the battle, and the sky above the sea was thick and pervasive black smoke, which was the smoke produced by the steam engine burning coal. Steam engine battleships inevitably produced a large amount of black smoke, and at the same time, a large amount of white water vapor was discharged from the sides of the battleship. The air channel is discharged to the sea, and the entire sea is covered with smoke and rumbling guns for a circle of four to five nautical miles.

The desperately intercepted cruiser almost exerted [-]% of its maneuverability. The steam engine overheated, making this, this sound, and the rumbling, rumbling, clicking, clicking sounds that made the ears feel uncomfortable, accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of the turret rotation mechanism. The sound, but the sailors, who were sweating profusely and took off their coats, didn't have time to feel those carefully.

The speed of the cruiser has increased to 21 knots, and the speed of the enemy's warship has also increased to [-] knots, so the speed of those slow main battleships has been slowed down a bit. To maintain stability, they have to drop to [-] knots, and at most [-] knots before they can fire Otherwise, the recoil from the artillery fire would disintegrate the entire battleship. The destroyer was galloping on both sides, trying to go around, and the frigate and main battleship fired at the cruiser with all their strength.

Finally, after holding on for an hour and a half, when the frigate had run [-] nautical miles and the frigate had also run [-] nautical miles, the enemy's three peripheral frigates and eight destroyers rushed out of the cruiser's space at the fastest speed. The artillery fire intercepted the area, made a big circle, and rushed towards the frigates and frigates of the New China Kingdom, which were fully protected by the cruisers.

The cruiser is not in a hurry, because the enemy is now chasing it, and it will take at least two to three hours to close the distance. This precious hour is the safety time of the frigate and frigate.

The cruiser that completed the task turned around and sprinted at full speed. Under the interception of the enemy's cruiser with all its strength, the fire from both sides of the frigate, and the sound of gunfire from the enemy's main battleship that was pulled far away behind, the cruiser was beaten all over by the approaching destroyer. The scarred hull flew three nautical miles in 15 minutes, and after 10 minutes, the enemy's artillery fire was about six nautical miles away from them.