Beiyang new warlord

It’s no wonder that Mao Jue would rather abandon Manila and wait for the four Liaodong ships in this area as his trump card! All four are ironclad ships! Half of the essence of Ming’s industrialization for more than ten years is on the Overlord Cannon, and half is on this ironclad ship.

In fact, many seemingly impossible things in the world can be turned into manifestations as long as you break through your imagination. In Mao Jue's era, he thought it was a dream to have a computer for everyone when he was a child, but in his college dog era, everyone has the same experience. Computers are almost the same as smartphones, and as for the giant steel ship, it is running all over the street, so when Dongjiang was researching trains, the research of iron-clad ships was also on the agenda.

But I have to admit that this thing is much more difficult than a locomotive. Installing a steam engine on a ship is not just as simple as increasing the size of the steam engine, but also requires better steel! More reasonable design and forging process, seven or eight later than the train In [-], the ironclad warships that could catch up with the second-tier battleships had just successfully launched into the sea, and their technological level was far behind the ironclad warships of the Beiyang Navy, whether it was naval guns, ammunition, rust prevention, maintenance, fuel, etc. They all came in piles and piles.

But this is still an ironclad ship!

The entire ship has four cannons, each of which is several meters high and can turn 270-degree steel turrets. Standing in the command room of the second main gun turret, looking in front of the half-meter-thick bulletproof glass, remove the sail Being taken away violently by the waves, Sun Chun, the chief of staff of the Ministry of War who was proclaimed the God of Artillery by Mao Jue, narrowed her delicate long eyes dangerously, and then yelled loudly again.

"At six o'clock, with a body angle of thirty degrees, destroy the ship, launch!"

Following her loud order, the turret steam engine was suddenly connected to the gears. Amidst the creaking sound of metal friction, the several-ton behemoth suddenly turned a corner. The same gears drove the chain, and the heavy gun barrel fell down. A few minutes later, there was another loud bang, and the gun barrel with the retractor suddenly retracted, and two heavy yellow powder metal shells more than one meter long flew out roaring and viciously.

Amidst the loud bang, the unlucky guy who didn't know whether it was a French ship, a Spanish ship or a Portuguese ship just sailed to that position. The whole hull of the ship exploded and tore apart more than one meter of damage as if it had been bitten by a dog. , the solid cast iron cannons were all twisted into twists, and the sailors on the lower deck bleed and collapsed to the ground.

Bang bang, bang bang, amidst a violent sound of metal, a row of dense white marks appeared on the protective armor on the side of the battleship, and his mature and temperamental eyes just glanced aside, and immediately Sun Chun had already looked away indifferently. The western battleship that was firing at him continuously and was already scarred was ignored, but continued to give orders calmly.

"Continue to sail at full speed! Within half an hour, I will see the ship chain blocking the strait destroyed by our naval guns!"

In the lower cabin, in the boiling heat, dozens of shirtless and sweaty sailor boiler workers kept loading coal into the boiler, which can be called the opposite of environmental pollution. The black smoke from the typical big chimney became more and more intense , the entire behemoth roared and rushed towards the Cebu Strait at a faster speed.

But here, Michel still defended the last dignity of the Dutch navy. Even Sun Chun didn't expect that the Rotterdam, which had hit three battleships in a row, hit her again with full sail and oars. This huge force, Even the heavy armor was bent by the impact, dozens of rivets bounced out, and the ironclad ship deviated by fifteen degrees.

But this time, for the Rotterdam, it was a death shock, and it undertook the bombardment of an unknown number of guns. The entire three-meter-long bow was directly smashed to pieces. Under the huge recoil, the same damaged center mast crashed. It collapsed, and the sweaty Dutch sailors on the deck dangled like rolling gourds and were thrown into a large area of ​​the sea. When they retreated more than ten meters, the stern of the ship began to rise high, with large strings of foam. The head popped out gurgling.

This also broke the Rotterdam's fighting spirit, full of disbelief, despite his subordinates frantically fighting for the lifeboat to escape, Michel just stared straight at the corrected direction, and then stared at the black chimney piercing the strait. After a long time, he sat down on the ground slumped.

"Fly the semaphore, escape if you can!"

Chapter 881

There was another earth-shattering explosion, steaming up in this hot sea area, and in the dark mushroom cloud of smoke, the six or seven battleships blocked in the harbor, together with Daming's own two second-level main battleships, also Together, they turned into splinters in the smoke of more than ten tons of black powder.

On the deck, the tearful Huge Sea held up the command knife, and the huge mothership was the first to run over the debris of the sunken ship, and merged fiercely into the battlefield. The same strong bronze statue of Nuwa With the strength of Wan Jin, it crushed fiercely on a Dutch warship that was still entangled with the Ming warship and shouted and fought on the deck. With a loud cracking sound, a large piece of the side of that Dutch ship was also shattered. Amidst the panicked shouts of the red-haired sailors, the Daming sailors, whose eyes were red from suffocation, grabbed the cables and hung on to their ship. Gritting their teeth and holding a bayonet, they charged at the stunned Dutch sailors. .

Behind the mothership, the main battleships, which were also swollen with suffocation, rushed out one after another, and each of them plunged into the battlefield like that. The more intense artillery fire, the more shocking roar of fighting, the passionate battle in the drowsy sky The sound of the middle sounded, the battle was so fierce that even the sky was shaken, and several dazzling thunders pierced the dark clouds.

On the other side, seeing Pang Dahai solve the problem of being blocked by himself, Sun Chun, who had already rushed to the center of the boat formation, a smile appeared in his elegant and temperamental eyes, and immediately she swung her command saber heavily, and continued to be brave The forward iron-clad ship finally turned a target at thirty degrees.

Under the huge propulsion of the turbine, the logs of the two Western warships squeezed on the ironclad ship were crushed by the huge force, and finally climbed onto the deck of the opponent's ironclad ship, but they were helpless against the fully enclosed steel hull. Pieces of western sailors fell into the sea. At the far end, on the French flagship Soleil, which was firing, through the round binoculars, looking at the knife-sharp bow of the ironclad warship that was heading towards him at full speed, Prince Condé's old face, which was already covered with a thick layer of powder, turned white like a vampire, and the hand holding the binoculars couldn't stop shaking. Amidst his horrified shouts, France, who was also terrified, The gunner also tried his best to bombard the surging Daming Sword.

But even if the solid iron balls hit the ship with a bang, a few minutes later, Sun Chun's iron-clad ship still cut into the thick side of the French warship with a thunderous sound. Almost at the same time, three white flags hung on on the three masts of the Sun.

On the other side, a smaller Dutch light ship Yuanyuan had already left the battlefield. Turning around and looking at the slowly sinking Rotterdam with his old friend, Curt sighed sincerely, and then he didn't look back. got into the cabin.

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The Battle of the Cebu Strait can be regarded as a negative example in the history of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty. The superior force was blocked in the narrow bay and could not escape. The enemy took advantage of local advantages to surround and sink 33 of the main battleships of the Ming Dynasty. The loss was heavy!In Pang Dahai's stomach full of grief, this paragraph was meticulously written into the history of the Ming Dynasty's naval warfare.

But this battle can be regarded as Mao Jue's most Beiyang naval battle. The invincible steel behemoth, the shocking sea battle, this time and space human beings put hundreds of tons of non-sail-powered steel ships on the battlefield for the first time. The scale is also unprecedented, and more importantly, it has severely damaged the main force of the coalition forces of more than a dozen countries formed by Western powers.

France, Spain, the Portuguese, the Italian states, etc. sent a total of 190 battleships, of which 110 were sunk and captured in this bay. Half of the coachman Dutch fleet was sunk and captured, and the fleets that escaped most completely were the fleets of Venice, Genoa and other states. For more than 100 years, Europe considered itself the center of civilization in the world. All over the world are plundering and plundering, and they have not taken the East as an equal opponent in the slightest. Now, they have paid the price for their arrogance.

This battle also marked the end of the Dutch era.

Knowing that his command mistakes have not been wiped out, after three days of repairs in the recovered Cebu City, Pang Dahai took half of the fleet that was almost uninjured, and went out to sea again. This time, the goal was to go straight to the last piece of Western powers in Southeast Asia. Colony, Dutch East Indies.

The colony of the Netherlands is not small. The East Indies under Batavia’s rule includes the entire Indonesia of later generations. It conquered Southeast Asia and is regarded as the top power in Java. It owns the most profitable Spice Islands of the Dutch East India Company and Monopolizing most of the Eastern trade lines, its ruling population has reached 800 million to 1000 million. At the same time, the population of the entire three islands of Luzon was only 50 to 80. The rich East Indies also supported this sixteenth century. The most prosperous Netherlands.

But this land is no longer related to the Dutch!Originally, more than [-] Western professional mercenaries that Curt was going to guard the Batavia colony lost more than half of the more than [-] main warships in the battle of the Cebu Strait, and only a dozen ships fled back to Batavia.

Borneo was directly abandoned, and Pang Dahai directly took over the largest port in the south and Amori, one of the ancient countries in Southeast Asia, and then used this place as an anchorage springboard to directly head towards Batavia, the capital of the Dutch colony on Java Island.

It’s really a news of the world. In April and May, the coalition forces of various countries assembled here on the European continent set off in a mighty way and hit the city of Manila, the capital of Luzon, in one breath. back.

Not to mention, Batavia and Manila are really similar. The same vast semi-circular arc-shaped harbor also has a series of floating island fortresses at the entrance of the harbor for shielding protection. After all, these two ports were chosen by Westerners. The geographical location and functions sought are similar, the only difference is that Manila is oriented north-south, while Batavia is oriented east-west!

The layout of all western cities is similar. On the steeple of the cathedral in the center, the heavy bronze bell clangs. The bloody revenge of the Ming people on the Spaniards in Manila is well known to the Dutch here. At that time, the 80 Years War It's not over yet, they are still gloating and having fun, they never thought that this scene would happen to them, the whole city looked like the end of the world, the noble women panicked and packed their carriages, and the poor simply packed up their revenge and took their families with them The mouthful fled to the outside of the city.

However, I have to admire the brainwashing ability of these Western colonists. In this battle to defend Batavia, the most active ones were the Javanese tribes who converted to Christianity. Next to the port, more than a dozen priests waved staffs , where the "Great Invigoration Technique" was being actively performed. Groups of Javanese wearing headscarves and local sackcloth with machetes hanging from their waists, excitedly and crazily took over the muskets from the Dutch colonial infantry, and were then killed. Arranged on the defensive wall in front of the port, from time to time, some people in the crowd shouted the slogan of long live God.

However, standing in the small Western-style building at the port and watching these natives eagerly hiding behind the city wall, Curt was full of sadness. Before the arrival of the coalition fleet, he took out No. As the main battleship, even if the Ming navy is fully engaged, he is confident that he will fight another 40-year war in East India, so as to hold back the expansion of the Ming Empire.

But now, not to mention the warships, there are only a dozen left, and the mercenaries are less than 3000. Just this time, the super giant cannon unveiled by the Ming army has already given him a great blow to his confidence.

However, this war still has to be fought! The Netherlands can’t afford to lose the East Indies! Once it is lost here, the small seven-province lowland republic that has finally risen will be restored to its original form. This independent status is hard to say!

One wrong move, and the whole game is lost!

It's a pity that the situation will not improve because of old man Curt's worries. Amid the old man's fearful worries, the Ming Fleet still arrived as scheduled.

It was also the same as during the battle of Manila, the entire sea was surrounded by Ming's warships, and the only thing I was slightly relieved about in the telescope was that what I didn't see was the four dark and thick beasts that terrified Curt as if seeing the god of death. black smoke.

Sun Chun is a woman who knows how to be a human being. Anyway, she won’t be able to escape the battle of the Cebu Strait. This battle is a battle of atonement for Da Dahai. Advanced is advanced, but it is not durable. After a fierce driving of a war, there are more or less problems with the boiler systems of the four ironclad ships. She returned to Manila for repairs and adjustments.

But even if Sun Chun is not there, the current Royal Navy is strong enough to stand upright! This time, the mothership of the entire Imperial Royal Navy, the Titan-class treasure ship Haiquan directly rushed to the forefront of all battleships, and once again the huge sail group It was dropped, and six heavy anchors were thrown into the sea fiercely. Looking at the same outside the harbor, on the floating island fortress, watching through the telescope those Dutch mercenaries who were nervously pushing the 32-pound cannon to prepare for defense, now The Minister of the Navy, Pang Pang Hai, has recovered his previous demeanor and shock. Following his boss's mistakes, he poured himself a glass of Liaodong wine slowly, and took a few sips happily. In the eyes of excitement and urgency, he slowly waved his fat hand.

"Fire!"

There was a bang, even with the displacer, the huge treasure ship was still hummed, and the Dutch mercenaries who were nervously deploying were still suffocated, and their eyes were fixed on the black man who rubbed against the air fiercely in the midair and made a piercing roaring sound. Point straight to yourself.

With a bang, the sharp shells pierced straight into the brick wall of the Dutch.

He held his breath for a second, as if nothing happened. Ke En, who was watching the battle with a telescope at the port, was slightly relieved, but at this moment, the deafening explosion sounded in his already dull eardrums. It was shaken suddenly, bricks splashed, and the two-ton cannon fell straight down along the gap, hitting the sea and splashing a few meters high water column.

A huge crack suddenly appeared on the strong Dutch sea fort.

In an instant, Cohen's old face turned pale.

Chapter 882. Nanyang unification

The reason why the Battle of Manila was able to survive was that on the one hand, the Ming army was well-trained and well-equipped professional soldiers, and on the other hand, the main force guarding Manila were all Ming people, regardless of workers, buddies, plantation owners, shopkeepers, and masters. Let us work together to defend our new homeland, even if we bleed and die for it!

But in Batavia, the Dutch have no such spirit!On the one hand, the heyday of the Netherlands in the past year made the Dutch in the colonial capital almost as extravagant and lustful as the citizens and nobles of the Roman Empire. The will of a colony to die.

The rich fled according to the island, and a lot of the poor also fled. Relying on the local conquered Java natives to defend the Dutch city, the resistance is evident.

The lesson of the Cebu Sea is that although Pang Dahai seeks merit, he is not impatient. He first used the Overlord Cannon to collapse the outer sea castle, and then rushed into the strait, launched bombardment against the inner sea wall and the defensive fortress on the top of the mountain, and dispatched a squadron After seizing the nearby port, the marines landed and surrounded Batavia from both land and sea. After eleven days of war, they landed troops from the right side of the city and launched an attack on the city wall.

On the sea, the Overlord Cannon that had sung the protagonist for several days roared domineeringly again. There was a loud bang, and a big hole was pierced through the defense wall of the farm on the east side. On the top of the wall, the Javanese natives were afraid Amidst the howls, there were only a few thin layers of bricks left on the top and after shaking a few times, it finally collapsed with a crash, and a dozen soldiers and a cannon fell into the pile of ashes.

"For God's sake, kill those heretics!"

It’s the same old tune that has been repeated for hundreds of years. The Dutch Protestant pastor held up his staff and roared in a hoarse voice. A group of small natives really pulled out the traditional short swords in the religious fanaticism, hula la Yes, Xiang rushed out along the pile of ruins.

But fanaticism does not use bulletproof, they just took the lead, and a row of crackling bullets has already hit the shop. The bullets hit the thin white linen clothes like a peony in a Chinese painting. They rolled down the slope with a splash, and let the Ming army gather under the city head with a single shot. Then, holding bayonets, they rushed forward to the ruins with fierce strides, and fought fiercely with the natives guarding the city on the edge of the wall.

It’s tragic, but it’s also the tragedy of the Javanese natives. They are quite short in height, and they can’t compare to the professional killing machines of Ming Dynasty regardless of their physical strength, explosive reaction ability, and a priest here is still holding scriptures and singing the Gospel loudly, suddenly. A soldier from the Ming Dynasty rushed to him in a whirring manner, his bayonet was like lightning, he slapped three times, and the three small native scimitars had to be raised before they were stabbed to the ground by him in the chest. The bastard with a smirk ran towards him with big strides, and in an instant, the pastor didn't even want the scriptures, he threw his staff aside, turned around and fled.