Lord of Ming Dynasty

He Jing beside him reported to Zhang Siyuan with several telegrams sent by intelligence personnel.

Zhang Siyuan watched the battle of low-level warships in front of him, and his binoculars looked at the two wings. Both He Qingyun and Baozi fought well. The enemy's attempt to encircle the fleet failed, and they were expanding to [-], in an attempt to lengthen the New Kingdom's fleet formation. Pulling apart, Zhang Yuan is adjusting the formation of the main fleet.

They don't have as many warships as the British, so they always suffer losses in battles. The enemy may use their cruisers to break up the formation, and then concentrate a large part of the main fleet to swallow Baozi or He Qingyun. They are on the two wings of the formation , and then use more warships to eat the warships of the New Kingdom one by one.

At this time, the main fleet is still advancing, maintaining a cruising state, moving the fleet slowly in the formation mode of a small fleet. They and the enemy fleet have reached within ten nautical miles. If an inexperienced admiral commanded, this distance Then you can bombard the opponent's fleet formation. If the accuracy rate is high, the waste of shells can also cause a few warships to be reduced or injured here. At least the enemy's formation can be scattered. However, both sides are well-tested maritime kingdoms. No, I won't do such a waste of shells, but little benefit.

Therefore, even though the main fleets of both sides were within the range of each other, neither of them took the initiative to attack each other.

He knows what the British are doing. They use their old warships and the weakened warships that were injured in the last battle with the French to consume the number of warships in the frigate fleet here. In this way, they already have a numerical advantage. If they succeed , They can once again expand their numerical advantage over this side.

Chapter 1 Visiting the Front [-]

As the battle progressed, New Kingdom lost more and more warships. Thirty frigates were seriously injured and quit the battle. The 35 warships of the cruiser fleet were attacked by the enemy's wolves. Thirteen battleships were redeemed, that is to say, thirteen cruisers were attacked, hit, and sunk by the enemy, and eleven cruisers were injured and entangled by the enemy.

The British suffered even more heavy losses. Under the attack of 35 New Kingdom frigates and 200 cruisers, 110 of the more than [-] destroyers and frigates started by the British have been sunk or severely damaged. Other warships While covering these wounded warships, they desperately attacked the formation here, and at the same time retreated backwards.

During the retreat, the British continued to deploy warships from the two wings to make up for the front line. At the same time, they deployed destroyers and main battleships from the standby fleet at the rear. It is a battleship transferred from the mainland.

After losing a hundred warships, the British added a hundred warships, and stabilized the line of defense three nautical miles in front of them, preventing the frigates from rushing into their main fleet formation.

The main fleets of the two sides have reached a distance of six nautical miles, and they still have not attacked each other. They are dispatching troops to stabilize their respective lines of defense.

"Your Majesty, there seems to be a change in the Spaniards. Their home fleet disappeared in the port three days ago. Our ships did not find their trace. The Portuguese fleet also disappeared three days ago. There is also the Dutch People's fleet, their fleet disappeared two days ago." After a while, He Jing walked over and said to Zhang Siyuan, sweating profusely.

"Don't panic, it's no big deal. They may go to support the British home fleet. The British warships are here to attack us and the French. The French have [-] warships. They only have Half of their warships, [-] warships, more than one-third of their troops are here with us. The Spaniards may be called to protect their home fleet, and the Portuguese may be called to prevent us from being dispatched suddenly. Ambushes, the Dutch? That's something to think about."

Zhang Siyuan said calmly.

The information on the battlefield is not very clear now, maybe the Dutch will come here to replace the more than 600 local fleets of the British here, and fight them, at least as an ambush to solve them as soon as possible.

But now is not the time to deal with them. The most important thing is to end the battle quickly. The enemy has rushed over. With the strength of the New Kingdom, Zhang Siyuan is confident to defeat the Dutch reinforcements, and even break through the obstacles to support the French. However, under normal circumstances, Zhang Siyuan was unwilling to take the initiative to support the French, and let the two of them fight to consume the strength of the British and the French at the same time.

The French have [-] warships. If they sneak attack the New Kingdom, the New Kingdom will not be able to bear it. The New Kingdom has too many overseas territories, and they are all more important than the British and French colonies. We can only talk about interests with the Westerners. In case the New Kingdom As the kingdom declines, the first to eat the new kingdom must be the French, so the strength of the French must be reduced a lot for the new kingdom to be safe.

He Jing suddenly felt relieved. A calm superior and a confident king have a great impact on the morale of the people below. He feels that with Zhang Siyuan around, nothing is a problem.

Zhang Siyuan smiled, a very warm smile, giving people a feeling of confidence.

He turned his gaze forward.

The frigate fleet and cruisers on the front side have been completely lost, and the other surviving warships have also faded away.

170 warships have been lost here, which can be regarded as traumatic, while the British have lost 370 warships, and one-third of the warships are gone.

It can be regarded as a heavy loss.

The British lost a large number of destroyers and frigates. Almost all the frigates and nearly one-third of the cruisers were lost here. Because of this battle, the British also have cruisers. Maybe they are not as advanced as the cruisers here, but they There are a lot of them, and there are a large number of destroyers and frigates to protect them. The disadvantage here is that there are few battleships.

"He Qingyun was pressed and beaten by the enemy on the left wing, Your Majesty." As Zhang Siyuan's personal intelligence officer, He Jing was very responsible to report the situation to Zhang Siyuan.

Zhang Siyuan turned the telescope to the left wing. The British probably saw that the left wing was the joint fleet of the two states. Therefore, they knew that no matter how powerful the cooperation was, they might be beaten out of their weaknesses. The British invested about 300 warships there. , There are frigates and cruisers, the main battleship, the enemy's main battleship finally moved.

Zhang Siyuan said to He Jing, "Send a telegram to Zhang Yuan and ask him."

He Jing immediately went out to ask questions.We can only use the telegraph room in the command tower. Now Zhang Yuan is commanding the battle with the second flagship of the local fleet. The main force of the local fleet has moved to five nautical miles away from the enemy. The gunfire was too loud, and the smoke was too thick.

He Jing suddenly felt relieved. A calm superior and a confident king have a great impact on the morale of the people below. He feels that with Zhang Siyuan around, nothing is a problem.

Zhang Siyuan smiled, a very warm smile, giving people a feeling of confidence.

He turned his gaze forward.

The frigate fleet and cruisers on the front side have been completely lost, and the other surviving warships have also faded away.

170 warships have been lost here, which can be regarded as traumatic, while the British have lost 370 warships, and one-third of the warships are gone.

It can be regarded as a heavy loss.

The British lost a large number of destroyers and frigates. Almost all the frigates and nearly one-third of the cruisers were lost here. Because of this battle, the British also have cruisers. Maybe they are not as advanced as the cruisers here, but they There are a lot of them, and there are a large number of destroyers and frigates to protect them. The disadvantage here is that there are few battleships.

"He Qingyun was pressed and beaten by the enemy on the left wing, Your Majesty." As Zhang Siyuan's personal intelligence officer, He Jing was very responsible to report the situation to Zhang Siyuan.

Zhang Siyuan turned the telescope to the left wing. The British probably saw that the left wing was the joint fleet of the two states. Therefore, they knew that no matter how powerful the cooperation was, they might be beaten out of their weaknesses. The British invested about 300 warships there. , There are frigates and cruisers, the main battleship, the enemy's main battleship finally moved.

Zhang Siyuan said to He Jing, "Send a telegram to Zhang Yuan and ask him."

He Jing immediately went out to ask questions.We can only use the telegraph room in the command tower. Now Zhang Yuan is commanding the battle with the second flagship of the local fleet. The main force of the local fleet has moved to five nautical miles away from the enemy. The gunfire was too loud, and the smoke was too thick.

The first thousand nine hundred and six chapters is to retreat or continue to fight

The British were having a headache, the Spaniards hadn't arrived yet, and the Portuguese were timid, and they were still wandering around the periphery, not approaching the battlefield. Maybe they didn't want to bury all the warships they had accumulated over the years.

How many warships do the Portuguese have? There have been no naval battles in these years, and they have not participated in the war. Therefore, they have accumulated a lot of warships, not counting the newly built and latest British-style warships, not counting the warships they bought. There are more than 830 warships, and they have [-] warships in total. This time they sent [-] warships, but they were timid. This is not like Portugal, one of the former western sea coachmen.

The Dutch were more active, but they sent more than 100 warships to support them, but the other warships went to the Azores to ambush the fleet of the New Kingdom. Can the British guess what they thought?

It must be to recapture the Azores, how to recapture it?

After the British's Hero Harbor and other islands were captured by the New Kingdom, the New Kingdom's fleet must have suffered heavy losses. At this time, the Dutch rushed forward. Even if the warships were not as good as the New Kingdom's, they could still take the New Kingdom's fleet with a numerical advantage. This is Dutch thinking.

The British don't care what the Dutch think now. What they care about is that the Dutch have thousands of warships coming to support them. They can't stand it anymore. Destroyers can't withstand the French attack.

At present, the British warships have reached a very low level. More than 900 warships have been lost out of [-] warships, and only [-] warships are left to defend the homeland. It is possible to be wiped out by the French. The French have eaten the heart of a bear and dared to attack the British frantically this time.

Although the French also suffered heavy losses, more than 5000 warships have already lost [-] warships. In addition to the [-] warships guarding the mainland and the [-] warships guarding the colonies, the French sent out a total of [-] warships. Hundreds of battleships, half of the battleships were lost.

The loss is not afraid, but the resistance of the British is still fierce, and it has caused a lot of damage to the French coast. The port, seventeen small docks, and 130 docks of seven French shipyards were destroyed at the same time, greatly reducing the production and productivity of French warships, and their combat potential.

The French tried their best to block and counterattack. As a large number of warships were dispatched to participate in the battle, the British coast was also in flames. Destroyed ruins can be seen everywhere.

Both sides are exhausted from fighting, and they don't want to fight anymore, but the pace of war has started, how can it stop.

The two sides still dispatched troops. The British dispatched warships from all over the colonies, as did the French. They not only accelerated the production of warships in the shipyard, but also accelerated the pace of conscription. All fishermen and sailors who were able to move were recruited. Familiar with the battleships, they were driven to the battleships, and then formed to patrol the coast, and then sailors and officers were transferred from the coastal fleet to join the combat fleet, using human lives and the number of battleships to fight for a victory.

The British are also collecting warships everywhere, sending diplomats to the Spaniards and other places, and European countries are recruiting mercenaries to buy warships to supplement the losses. In a short period of time, they have collected [-] warships and are rushing to the British home island day and night. Join the battle.

They fought so anxiously that the battle between the New Kingdom and the British Azores fleet over there had come to an end.

After losing 370 warships, the fleet of the New Kingdom successfully defeated more than 100 warships of the British Azores fleet and chased them around. In the dark night, the warships dispersed and chased the British within a radius of [-] nautical miles. People escaped from the battleship.

Zhang Siyuan left He Qingyun's fleet of fifty warships to protect him, and Zhang Yuan took the rest to chase the fleeing British warships. This time they also lost a lot, only more than 700 warships remained More than 390 warships, and about [-] warships returned to the small islands they occupied in the Azores for simple repairs or rest, and then were towed by tugboats back to the mainland for repairs.

At present, the British warships have reached a very low level. More than 900 warships have been lost out of [-] warships, and only [-] warships are left to defend the homeland. It is possible to be wiped out by the French. The French have eaten the heart of a bear and dared to attack the British frantically this time.

Although the French also suffered heavy losses, more than 5000 warships have already lost [-] warships. In addition to the [-] warships guarding the mainland and the [-] warships guarding the colonies, the French sent out a total of [-] warships. Hundreds of battleships, half of the battleships were lost.

The loss is not afraid, but the resistance of the British is still fierce, and it has caused a lot of damage to the French coast. The port, seventeen small docks, and 130 docks of seven French shipyards were destroyed at the same time, greatly reducing the production and productivity of French warships, and their combat potential.