I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

I heard from Henry that when he went to the Ming Dynasty to participate in the Olympic Games and had his nose broken on the football field, he discovered that all children in Ming Dynasty would participate in military training, and every primary school student would use standard prone shooting and bayonet fighting techniques.

And it took me two full months to teach these fools on the streets of London!

I really don't know why the queen and the prime minister want us to go and fight Mingren.

We should arm the [-] million Indians and let them exchange with the [-] million Ming people, and we, the Anglo-Saxons, will gracefully clean up the mess, maintain world peace, and usher in a new era of human civilization.

And now?

Damn it, I don't know when Ming's bombs will fall on our heads.

Those of us aboard the Good Man Winston felt a chill down our spines when we thought of the horrors of the Far Eastern troops in the newspapers.

IMHO, the name of this ship is so inauspicious!

And the ice floes in the North Atlantic are also scary. Anyway, I can only keep praying to God that our journey will be smooth.

I don't say this to worry you, just to tell you that no matter what happens, I love you.

And, if possible, please find a way to communicate with Mr. Cummings and transfer me out of the North American battlefield, to Egypt or Sudan.

Please don't skimp on money.

Hallelujah!

PS: Dad, please tell Lily for me that I will look for Zhu Shou's signature as soon as I arrive in North America, and then send it as soon as possible.In case something unfortunate happens to me, please help me pay off my insurance.

No matter what happens to me, please pay the insurance money for me.Now it looks like things are getting worse.Please believe me, I will stick to my beliefs and do everything to the best. "

When Francis put the letter in the envelope and stood up, he didn't realize how unfounded he was.

He was worried about the ice floes in the North Atlantic, and he was worried that he would be attacked by the Royal Air Force of the Ming Dynasty after arriving in Canada.

But soon, he realized that these worries were completely unnecessary.

……

A few kilometers away, a sky-blue biplane light aircraft landed on the deck of the "aircraft carrier" Yunnan without any risk.

That's right, Daming's first aircraft carrier was the Yunnan.

The aircraft carrier in most people's minds is the most important weapon of the country like the Varyag.

But in fact, the aircraft carrier was born early and developed almost simultaneously with the aircraft.

At that time, the aircraft carrier was nothing more than a water platform for small aircraft to take off and land.

Even Zhang Zuolin, the bandit king of the Northeast, once stuffed a German merchant ship with eight French planes and converted it into an aircraft carrier.

So in theory, China's first aircraft carrier was born in 1923.

Of course, even by the standards of 1923, Zhang Zuolin's aircraft carrier was seriously unreliable, but in the weak Far East, it was still invincible.

And now, the Yunnan is such an aircraft carrier, which was reformed by the second member of the Ming Navy, Morishita Wushi, and declared to be named.

In this regard, besides letting [GHS] cooperate to develop the lighter [Haiyan] series of seaplanes, Zhu Fugui can only say that since I, Daming, can learn from Chang Kaishen, I can also learn from Zhang Dashuai, as long as the starting point is low enough, It won't look stretched.

Chapter 653 Torpedoes

Compared with the domineering red painting of [Fierce Dragon], the sky blue painting of [Haiyan] is much more low-key.

This kind of camouflage is more conducive to [Haiyan] carrying out investigation tasks.

Because of the too thin frame, [Haiyan] hardly has the ability to carry bombs, but it is enough.

On the Northern Yinzhou, Morishita took off his white gloves habitually.

This means he has a scent of big game.

Just 3 minutes ago, news came from the Yunnan reconnaissance aircraft carrier that a British cruise ship had been discovered.

Judging from the number of red-haired soldiers on the deck, this is probably a troop carrier.

The Atlantic theater shoulders the important task of cutting off the enemy's Atlantic shipping routes and protecting its own Atlantic shipping routes.

As the commander of the capital, Morishita knew that he must maintain a keen sense of the battlefield.

Moreover, as the only general of the Yunnan faction in the imperial army of the Ming Dynasty, Morishita felt that it was his duty to win glory for Yunnan, and we must not disappoint the trust of the emperor and the trust of the elders in his hometown.

Soon, combat orders were conveyed through shipboard radio waves.

"Commander Sendu's order is very simple!"

Yu Dongsheng said in a very calm tone, "Firepower overload strikes, don't save shells, the most important thing for my Ming Dynasty is shells."

The battleship Beiyinzhou where Morishita is located, because of its extremely heavy armor, has a relatively slow speed of only 14.3 knots.

This speed must be much faster than that cruise ship, but according to the pilot's visual inspection, it is slower than the two British frigates.

Therefore, in order to ensure the complete annihilation of the enemy forces, Morishita ordered the four light ocean-going frigates Yangzhou, Quanzhou, Hiroshima, and Jinzhou to circle around the enemy's rear at full speed and blockade the navigation area with heavy firepower.

Because he didn't care whether he could hit the enemy ship or not, he only cared about stopping the enemy's attempt to escape, so the sub-team leader Yu Dongsheng didn't have to think about saving ammunition at all.

Of course, this is also the confidence brought by Daming's terrifying and bottomless industrial strength.

……

"Sir, the enemy ship is about to come within range! They seem to have spotted us!"

In the command tower, Morishita nodded while holding up the binoculars.

It would be great if there was a warship that approached the enemy quietly and silently from below the sea surface.

Morishita has seen illustrations of this magical battleship in the science fiction novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Long Live.

And Long Live God swore in the annotation: "Just as I believe that iron birds with steel wings can soar into the sky, I also believe that a warship that can submerge for a long time is also feasible."

Now, there is barely a big bird with iron wings. Of course, the exact one is made of aluminum alloy mixed with wood.

The battleship that has been submerged for a long time, another prophecy of the Long Live Lord, will surely come true soon.

In fact, the first combat submarine had been built by the Confederates a decade earlier to use against the Yankees.

Daming even used administrative orders to access relevant materials.

But in the end, it was judged that its performance was too poor to have much research value.

So when Morishita saw the British ship turning its bow to prepare to escape, he felt regretful.

"Continue to speed up and keep in touch with the lieutenant colonel!"

Under Morishita's order, the huge Beiyinzhou approached the British ship like a rhinoceros that seemed bulky but was actually not slow.

There was silence in the conning tower, and now all the sound came from outside, the sound of the waves parting the ship's side, the noise of the machinery, the churning of the propeller.

The enemy ship was obviously blocked by Yu Dongsheng's troops, and turned its course again.

They had to form a ninety-degree T-shaped intersection with the main force of the Ming Fleet.

This means that the enemy's bombardment area has increased several times.

"Fire!"

Although it was a bit far away, Morishita decided to give it a try.

In the binoculars, the three enemy ships were instantly engulfed by huge waves like leaves in a storm.

At this time, the distance between the two sides is about 6.5 kilometers, which is still a bit far for the friendship cannon developed by Mingde.

Within maximum range, but not very accurate.

Therefore, the three enemy ships looked extremely thrilling, but they did not explode for a long time.

"Stop shooting, keep going!"

Morishita gave the order.

The previous shelling was not completely useless, at least the enemy had no way out.

The British were also forced to attempt to return fire using the ship's Armstrong guns.

They only have two 2500-ton frigates. On the "Goodman Winston", the cannons installed at zero time are not fixed, and the range and accuracy are even less flattering.

Rather than fighting back, it is better to say that it is a dying struggle.

However, perhaps because of the centuries-old maritime tradition, there is really something magical about it.

The British shells actually hit the Beiyinzhou first.

You know, although the Beiyinzhou is very big, the "Good Man Winston" is even bigger.

The British can hit a shot from 5 kilometers away, which is pure fraud.

The shells of high-concentration compressed black powder fell on the 260 mm thick "imported" steel armor, leaving a black dimple that emitted heat.

God!

Morishita was furious.

If another [-] or [-] shots are hit in this place, the enemy will penetrate our armor!

Morishita's face was gloomy.

The British cannon did little harm, but it was extremely insulting.

He tried his best to restrain the words starting with "eight" and said: "Masters, Yinghu gave us a big gift, and it is not indecent to come and go. We should also let them experience our Daming's way of hospitality." .”

"Torpedo tubes filled with water!"

"Completed! Sir"

"Open the tube!"

A series of mechanical commands spit out from Morishita's lips.

In later generations, large warships no longer installed torpedo tubes, but now, all countries are keen to install torpedo tubes on former dreadnoughts.

Torpedoes are an ancient weapon.

At present, the torpedoes commonly installed by the navies of various countries are white-headed torpedoes propelled by air compression.

The range is only 800 meters.

It was this kind of torpedo that was used in the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-], but in the end there were no results.

However, the thermodynamic torpedoes on the Beiyinzhou are different from these rotten fish and rotten shrimps.

Not only has the shooting range reached 2000 meters, but the stability has been greatly improved.

Now it can be regarded as the first time that the Ming Navy has used it in actual combat.

This is not a conventional weapon of the Beiyinzhou, but at this time, the choice to use a torpedo that is so powerful that it hits the soul is obviously a revenge for "the enemy not only did not surrender, but dared to resist".

There is no room for charity in war.

The Ming Empire also did not sign the "Geneva Convention".

In this battle, Commander Sendu ordered that no prisoners be taken.

In addition, the use of torpedoes can be regarded as a little consolation for thinking about underwater warships.

Sun Tiejun, who calibrated and fired the torpedo, felt so dry that he couldn't even speak. His palms began to sweat. He would be the first armorer to verify this weapon in this war.

"No. 1 torpedo launch, No. 2 torpedo launch".

After Sun Tiejun heard the commander's order, he immediately pressed the No. [-] and No. [-] torpedo launch buttons, and the reverse propeller of the internal combustion engine torpedo in the ship's water-filled torpedo tube immediately rotated, pushing the torpedo tube toward the target.

Sun Tiejun and his comrades were breathing together, and everyone was waiting for the sound of the explosion.

"Start the countdown".

Sun Tiejun's voice broke the silence.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six..."

After about ten breaths, first the flames burst out from among the waves, and then the sound of a huge explosion came late.

Chapter 654 What a pity the coffee

Francis clung to the railing and prayed to God.

He swore that although he secretly read Ming novels, read Ming magazines, and listened to Ming radio, although Ming culture has merits, he has always been a devout Christian.

It seems that God really heard his prayer. When the giant ship of the Ming Dynasty sailed into the classic range of two kilometers, it suddenly raised the muzzle at a 45-degree angle to the sky and stopped the shelling action.