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The first thousand eight hundred and fifty eight chapters of the battle of temptation

The destroyers and frigates of the French went out, but the cruisers did not go out, and the overall strength was slightly inferior to that of the British coalition forces. These destroyers were all produced by the New China Kingdom, and most of the frigates were produced by the French. The warships eliminated and retired by the Huaxia Kingdom, and the French also brought many old frigates. They followed the New Huaxia Kingdom and changed the old warships or warships over ten years old into frigates. Names have been changed.

The French destroyers rushed forward along the entire eleven or twelve nautical mile front, surrounded by frigates for cover, and behind them were frigates in the rear.

The British let the more than 200 warships of the New Qin State rush forward with all their strength. The Spaniards and Portuguese were on the left wing, and the Dutch were on the right wing. Most of them were destroyers and frigates.

The fierce discharge of artillery filled the battlefield where the two sides were fighting. The watchmen couldn't see where the shells landed. They just relied on instinct to estimate the landing point and reported the parameters again and again. Most of the two sides were like this, but both sides were fighting at sea. Experienced old sailors always have a little accuracy in their fights. After more than a dozen rounds of shelling, the French achieved the first results.

Two 120mm armor-piercing projectiles directly hit the ammunition bay of a destroyer of the Xinqin State, passed directly through the open ammunition bay door, and exploded in the ammunition bay after breaking through the wall. The same 120mm shells and ammunition packs, It was detonated immediately, and the detonated charge detonated the bomb, and then the destroyer was split from the middle, and the separated front and rear hulls plunged into the waves of the sea in less than a minute.

The mercenary sailors and Han Chinese officers on the destroyer were all killed before they could react, and all sank into the sea with the hull.

The French were very happy when they hit the destroyer of the New Qin State. Several nearby warships cheered in unison and scored the first hit. They also achieved the first sinking in this battle for the first time. This is of great significance. In a naval battle, If the results of the battle can be achieved first, the morale of the entire fleet will still be greatly improved, so the French warships broke out several more hits next.

When a frigate was covering the maneuver of a frigate, a Spanish main battleship fired from the side and bombarded a frigate. The main battleship lost all power, the front deck was billowing with smoke, and hit the enemy's tall chimney in the middle, destroying multiple main gun turrets, and stuck a dual-mounted main gun turret transmission mechanism on the rear deck , this main battleship was immediately taken up by two nearby destroyers to pump seawater to extinguish the fire, and threw out the cables, preparing to drag the main battleship to escape from the battlefield, but the French frigate suddenly rushed up at high speed, preparing to replenish the enemy's main battleship. A few shells later, two 76mm shells fired briskly from the front deck of a destroyer hit the frigate's flank.

As a result, half of the power of the frigate was lost, and the speed dropped from 76 knots to [-] knots in an instant. Then, a [-]mm shell from the secondary artillery fire from the main battleship penetrated the wall of the power cabin and exploded. The entire rear of the frigate was blown to pieces. , the turbulent sea water poured in, and the officers and soldiers on the frigate abandoned the ship one after another, jumping into the sea with splashing water.

The frigate protecting it was besieged by two destroyers and the injured Spanish main battleship. It rushed left and right on the 300-meter sea, fighting back and fleeing, but did not want to meet a British destroyer. When the two sides collided, the soldiers on the two battleships dropped their jobs one after another, took up their rifles to fight back, and then picked up axes, knives, and bayonets and jumped into the opponent's battleship to start a hand-to-hand fight.

The surrounding battleships saw the two sides like this, so they could only look for other targets, and they couldn't fire. Maybe a shell went down and hit the battleship on their side.

On the other side, the British also achieved results. Two frigates sank two French frigates one after another, and were then rushed up by the French destroyer at high speed to injure them. Within the range, there were seven or eight warships fighting and fighting each other, and about fifteen or six warships engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

Inside are destroyers and frigates, or one or two main battleships. About 300 warships are fighting in the melee. On the outside, frigates are fighting each other. Suppress the opponent to gain the upper hand position, because the gunpowder smoke from the upper wind position can broaden their vision, and the gunpowder smoke from the downwind position will not dissipate for a long time, which will affect their performance and will be passively beaten.

The British's fierceness and perseverance prevailed, and they worked hard to climb to the upper hand. At the same time, the Spanish main fleet that followed them also reached the upper hand and took the upper hand. Now the French main battleships and frigates were somewhat passive. , Constantly relying on their own maneuverability and numbers to attack the position of the British, the frigates of both sides and some of the main battleships fought fiercely on the two wings, not much less than the destroyers who fought hand-to-hand in the center.

These are all minor details, the main thing is that the real undispatched main fleet watched the battle ten nautical miles away from the battlefield. The French drove the main battleship of the New China Kingdom built by the supervisors of the New China Kingdom. Of course, it could not be the same configuration, at least There are a few less main artillery than the main battleships of the New China Kingdom, because the French are equipped with double-mounted 183mm main guns, and the New China Kingdom is equipped with triple-mounted guns. At the same time, the tonnage and technical indicators of the two sides are different. If it is sold to outsiders, it is impossible for them to use the same standard main battleship as their own.

The New China Kingdom also equips some of these main battleships, because they are technically upgraded from the old main battleships of the New China Kingdom. Compared with the old main battleships of the New China Kingdom, they are faster, but have a smaller defense. The firepower is slightly weaker. If the two sides fight, the outcome may be five or five, because each has its own advantages and disadvantages, but the new main battleship of the New China Kingdom not only has extremely high defense power, but also has triple turrets, which may be better than double turrets. There is one less turret, but in terms of the number of artillery, since the number of turrets given to the French is the same as that of the triple turrets of the New China Kingdom, the French generally have seven fewer artillery pieces.

However, these seven lively French main battleships in active service are equipped with much more powerful artillery than the 152-level artillery newly equipped by the British, and because the warships of the New China Kingdom are equipped with a primary fire control system, the accuracy rate is better than that of the British. The human accuracy rate is [-]-[-]% higher. Maybe one or two warships will not be visible, and a dozen rounds of artillery will not be visible, but when dozens of artillery fire, they will hit before the enemy, or they will be bigger than the enemy every time. Three to four shells, that's combat effectiveness.

The first thousand 850 chapter nine tragic sea battle 1

The frigates of the French dragged down the battle, because many warships may be desperate, but the opponents they encountered were the warships of the old sea powers who had accumulated countless combat experience in naval battles over the years. Their old warships and weak hulls They can't suffer losses in battle at all. Before losses, they can still circle around enemy destroyers with their numerical superiority.

But once the enemy showed their strength, the French frigates were not enough. Soon more than 50 French frigates were either sunk, captured, or seriously injured. Staggering away from the battlefield under cover, their retreat and retreat required cover, which dragged down the battle of destroyers and frigates, causing many destroyers and frigates to be seriously injured or sunk by the enemy while covering them, and the battle in the central battlefield was tilted to the side of the British coalition .

The battlefield also moved to the French side, moving a total of five nautical miles, which may not seem like much, but it shows that the British, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and the new Qin State's maritime coalition forces have the upper hand, and their morale and luck are tilted towards the British coalition forces. .

After two hours of fighting, the French lost more than 80 destroyers and many frigates. In addition, 100 destroyers were seriously injured, 28 were slightly injured, [-] frigates were seriously injured, and [-] were slightly injured. Injured, there are no traces of frigates on the battlefield, there are more than [-] destroyers left, [-] frigates were lost, and eleven were seriously injured. In addition, eight main battleships were seriously injured by the siege, and two cruisers were sunk. .

The battlefield is already close to four nautical miles away from the main force of the French fleet, and the main force of the French fleet can support the central battlefield composed of destroyers and frigates.

With the defeat of the central battlefield, the width of the battlefield has shrunk from more than ten nautical miles to eight nautical miles, and the battlefields on both sides of the left and right wings are fighting six nautical miles away from the main French fleet.

Due to the disastrous defeat in the middle battlefield, the two wings were also shaken. They were forced to abandon the seriously injured warships and the comrades in arms who were sunk from more than ten nautical miles, and retreated to the flanks only six nautical miles away from the main fleet, but they still couldn't stop the decline. The fleet continued to send frigates to add fuel and vinegar, which stabilized the situation.

The New Qin State was the first wave to fight, and it also suffered the most heavy losses. They almost took over the French's first wave of attack. Up to now, in addition to the main battleships of the New Qin State, the cruisers and frigates have been destroyed. Tear to attack the periphery, or help the Spanish and Portuguese on both sides. They have not had a naval battle for several years. The frigates and cruisers were on the verge of collapsing, and at the same time they were beaten by the mixed fleet of destroyers and frigates attacked by the French. If the British hadn't sent frigates to protect them, they might have collapsed in the middle of the battlefield before the French.

The Spaniards lost [-] destroyers, [-] frigates, and [-] main battleships, almost one-third of their battleships were wiped out, and of course not all were sunk, about forty were sunk , the remaining [-] ships were severely damaged, [-] were slightly injured, and the lightly injured were the main battleships. When it comes to the French on the frigates of the New China Kingdom, the Spaniards' main battleship is actually comparable in strength to their New China Kingdom frigates.

The New China Kingdom has not replaced a good frigate for many years, so the New China Kingdom really has no advantage in this regard, so they sold many frigates to the French. The French were ecstatic, although they were all old, But all previous battles have shown that this battleship is capable of fighting and has made countless achievements.

Therefore, these frigates sank many destroyers and old warships of the Spaniards and the New Qin State, as well as some frigates, and even damaged several Spanish main battleships. The other main battleships were the main battleships joined by the French. wounded or sunk.

After all, the Spaniards and Portuguese now share almost the same level of main battleships as the British, and their combat equipment is lower than that of the British, which is also at the same level.

The battle is still going on. With the appearance of the defeat of the French, the main battleships of the new Qin State, the main battleships of the Dutch, the main battleships of the Dutch, the main battleships of the Portuguese and so on are dispatched. A total of 180 main battleships are divided into two groups. Dial, to support the two wings of the battlefield, the last few main battleships of the new Qin State broke into the middle battlefield.

The French also invested 180 frigates and main battleships, and the number of battleships in the main fleet was further reduced to only 140, with only [-] frigates, ten cruisers and [-] main battleships.

But just like this, the French have not yet engaged in the main decisive battle. At this time, more than 800 warships of all French warships on the scene have retreated steadily, and more than 300 warships have been sunk, captured, or seriously injured and withdraw from the battlefield.

Of the 100 warships that are still struggling, more than 800 battleships are billowing with smoke, and they are retreating from the battlefield while fighting, at least retreating to their main fleet. The remaining frigates and cruisers are struggling to resist, while most of the British coalition forces The battleship is still being dragged out of the battlefield by the cruiser fleet, and there are only about [-] battleships in the fleet.

If it weren't for the French frigates, there would be too many destroyers, and the combat effectiveness of the low-level warships would only be used as cannon fodder, so the French seem to be in a very critical situation now. If it weren't for this, maybe this battle would not be like this. The warships began to circle the battlefield and rushed towards the French main fleet.

The decisive battle of the main fleet was very fierce, even more tragic than the decisive battle of thousands of warships just now.

As other French warships withdrew from the battlefield one after another, there were less than [-] French warships left on the battlefield. Of course, it can't be counted as some of the main battleships of the British, some of the main battleships, frigates, and destroyers of other countries. cruiser fleet.

The battlefield over there is still not so clear, but in general, the British and Dutch sides have suffered a lot. Warships have been injured and withdrawn from the battlefield, and some warships have been sunk, but very few.

The current ratio of the number of warships on both sides is more than 400 for the French, and more than 700 for the British, Dutch, Spanish, New Qin, and Portuguese coalition forces. In the previous battle between the two sides, the coalition forces severely damaged the French Nearly 400 warships were severely damaged to the point where only more than [-] warships remained.

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There are only 280 remaining French battleships, and there are [-] battleships, including the last main battleship, which is surrounded by the remaining [-] Anglo-Dutch warships that are constantly shuttling and firing. The French cruisers are still performing dispersal operations. The order was delayed, and even the impulsive captain led the cruiser into the encirclement group to save the main force of the French.

But it was useless, and the result was that they were also caught in a battle. Due to the coming of night, the French wanted to retreat, and the Anglo-Dutch coalition forces did not want the French to retreat, so they surrounded France tightly. People, the two sides judged the enemy's position at night by the flames fired by the other side and the burning flames on the hit battleship, and fired back.

Of course, there is really no way to continue this kind of battle, because there are too many unstable factors at night. The French successfully used the darkness to save themselves, and completely tore a hole, leaving at dawn with the warships they could contact. After leaving the encirclement, the entire battlefield was about [-] to [-] nautical miles wide and [-] nautical miles long. The French broke through to the edge of the encirclement, which was guarded by the Dutch main battleship. At this time, the cruiser fleet was organized and launched an attack from the periphery.

For these jackal-like cruisers, the Anglo-Dutch coalition forces have no temper, but they don't care too much. Regardless of their large tonnage and fast speed, everyone knows that their defense is weak. Maybe destroyers and old warships can't do anything to them. The frigate can still give them some threats. In front of the main battleship, they can only swim and fight. Therefore, the Anglo-Dutch coalition forces divided a part of the main battleship, about 100 or 200, into several small teams, leading 100 or [-] frigates, fast destroyers More than [-] ships, a total of about [-] ships intercepted these more than [-] cruisers to the periphery, and could not help the French.

At night, they were driven to fight forty or fifty nautical miles away. Now that they have returned, the Anglo-Dutch allied forces followed suit and continued to send out the fleet that participated in the expulsion yesterday. Supplements were made on the battlefield, but the main battleships did not suffer much loss. From yesterday to today, only eighteen main battleships were lost, twenty main battleships were severely damaged, and thirty main battleships were lost. Among them, there are as many as [-] main battleships in the sea battle, and there is almost nothing worth noting.

So when the remaining [-] warships of the French rushed to the side of the main Dutch fleet under the cover of [-] battleships struggling to charge and broke their rear, the Dutch didn't pay much attention to these warships.

At this time, the observation groups of the two countries were flying the flags of various countries, and they had already watched the battle seven or eight nautical miles around the battlefield. None of the fleet will fire on them.

Holding up the binoculars, He Qingyun said to Song Qing beside him: "Sir, do you think the French can break out?"

Song Qing sneered, "The French are sure to win. Those cruisers have not shown their strength in front of them. Even though they have less than 650 warships left, the enemy still has about [-] warships. That is to say, the Anglo-Dutch coalition forces are now losing. What they have is only [-]% of their power, and the French have lost [-]% of their power, but the French are the main force that has wiped out almost all Western countries and their hostile countries.

Have you noticed that most of the French dispatched are old warships, similar to our coast guard warships, and even the main battleships are outdated models from many years ago. After remodeling, they are used for facade. Those sailors were also urgently recruited from European countries temporarily, and at the same time they asked us for help. Of course, it is impossible for us to give them our elite sailors and domestic sailors.

What we give are French or American sailors who immigrated from the West or captured by us, and then captured sailors from Western countries, as well as Han Chinese sailors we received from the new Qin State and the Chinese Empire. We provided 3 people , these people may return to become our population in the end, and become sailors of our New China Kingdom Navy, but they are just cannon fodder at this time.

So don't look at the heavy losses of the French now. In fact, what they consumed was the strength of the British and the Dutch. The Spaniards and Portuguese, the new Qin State was only consumed by the way.

It is estimated that 30 of the 28 sailors are mercenaries, which is why the French fleet is vulnerable, but the French still have countermeasures. You see, their remaining main battleships, frigates and cruisers are against moved closer.

Naval battles require cooperation. Although the multi-national coalition forces are now fighting with great momentum, there is no cooperation at all. The Westerners are consuming the strength of the New Qin Kingdom. The more than 200 warships of the New Qin Kingdom are placed here today. Can you do it again? Have you seen the warships of the new Qin State? "

He Qingyun shook his head, "It's very few, there are about [-] ships left, and they are withdrawing from the battlefield. Their positions are being taken over by the Portuguese. The British and Dutch coalition forces are the main force on the battlefield. Even if the warships are better than the Dutch The Spaniards are not the main force on the battlefield, after all, they haven't fought a sea battle for several years. The Dutch are still very powerful."

Have you noticed that most of the French dispatched are old warships, similar to our coast guard warships, and even the main battleships are outdated models from many years ago. After remodeling, they are used for facade. Those sailors were also urgently recruited from European countries temporarily, and at the same time they asked us for help. Of course, it is impossible for us to give them our elite sailors and domestic sailors.

What we give are French or American sailors who immigrated from the West or captured by us, and then captured sailors from Western countries, as well as Han Chinese sailors we received from the new Qin State and the Chinese Empire. We provided 3 people , these people may return to become our population in the end, and become sailors of our New China Kingdom Navy, but they are just cannon fodder at this time.

So don't look at the heavy losses of the French now. In fact, what they consumed was the strength of the British and the Dutch. The Spaniards and Portuguese, the new Qin State was only consumed by the way.

It is estimated that 30 of the 28 sailors are mercenaries, which is why the French fleet is vulnerable, but the French still have countermeasures. You see, their remaining main battleships, frigates and cruisers are against moved closer.