Lord of Ming Dynasty

The observer quickly reported the reading, and then the gunner quickly adjusted the artillery to form a straddle fire. In the next shelling, there will be a 90.00% chance of the battleship being hit by the shell. Of course, there are also battleships with high combat quality. .

Although it missed, a near-miss bomb exploded 13 meters away from the enemy destroyer, causing a huge wave as high as 30 meters high. The shrapnel from the explosion flew to the destroyer, blowing up at least a dozen people and hitting a double-linked enemy ship at the same time. The base of the turret, this base immediately lost the function of rotation, the artillery was stuck in front of the chimney and the turrets of the secondary guns on both sides, and at the same time swept the mounts of the two 120mm secondary guns.

At the same time, the enemy's main fleet also fired countless shells at this side, and the shells coming and going from both sides could fight in the air.

In the first round, in the second round, the losses in the first round were the enemy frigates and destroyers intercepted by the low-level warships in front of the enemy, as well as some cruisers. The artillery shells and the neatly arranged formations were smashed by dense secondary artillery, or torn apart by the shells. In addition, their purpose was to entangle the warships of the New Kingdom in front of them, so they could not go away.

If you can't walk away, you can only be hit, and after you hit it, you can only sink, and become part of the losses in the naval coalition forces of the West, Britain, France and other countries.

The battle started in preparation. There are more than 1000 warships here, plus the low-level warships of the coastal defense fleets in various ports. The main battleships have been dispatched to charge ahead or cover both sides of the main fleet. This time we must go all out to try to block the enemy's attack.

The combat power I have exploded at this moment, but the enemy's fleet has too many warships, and they are too close together. Within half an hour of the enemy's main fleet fighting with the main fleet here, there are destroyers and speedboats that have slipped through the net. It broke through the defense lines of all the warships of the New Kingdom here, rushed to the rear of the fleet, and rushed to the coastline.

Near the coastline, the destroyers and fast warships that were cruising immediately came to intercept them. These are the warships that the coastal defense fleet put behind to defend the port and the shore, and even the old ships and merchant ships in the port were transformed into the last line of defense, and patrols were added. The army is here.

How many such warships are needed for a coastline of hundreds of nautical miles to intercept the enemy's warships breaking through the blockade.

So many warships, let’s talk about how many broke through the blockade, and were quickly submerged under the artillery fire of the swarming destroyers and fast battleships patrolling the coastline, without even a wave.

As the battle continued, the New Kingdom lost 150 warships in an hour's battle, all of which were low-level warships and some main battleships of the coastal defense fleet charging ahead. In order to stop the enemy on both wings, they tried their best. After all, their warships were Old or damaged warships, because only those warships can be decommissioned into the coastal defense fleet.

Chapter 2011 Marching Footsteps

With the opening of the canal, the army can quickly reach the Indian Ocean through the canal. In this way, Central Asia and the Indian Ocean are once again filled with warships and troops of the New Kingdom, just like the warships and army of the Empire. Britain, France, the Dutch, and Spain feel pressure at the same time .

Another two months have passed, and the construction of the first section of the canal, which is more than ten kilometers into the sea, has begun. This section is quite wide, equivalent to a port, and on both sides are the port wharf, ship repair and emergency docking areas. In addition to the wharf warehouse area, where materials are unloaded or stored, there are trade areas, temporary warehouses, and residential areas on both sides of the bank behind, and the canal barracks behind. The guard work at the entrance to the sea cannot be left behind. On the top of the hill, a lot of bunkers began to be dug.

The fortifications, as well as the construction of shore artillery forts, and even defense forts and aisles against enemies attacking on land and sea, are two fortresses.

Zhang Yuan and Wang Weiyun stood on the cliff and looked at the workers who were digging the canal. They hired a lot of people from Africa, and then transported millions of captives and temporary personnel to both sides of the canal to dig the canal.

At this time, the intelligence from all parties has become clear. This is a temporary decision made by the fleet commanders of Britain and France. They feel that blocking this passage is beneficial and harmless for the time being, and it can also put pressure on the New Kingdom and relieve the pressure on the New Kingdom. Due to the pressure from the failure of the Haixiakou War in the two countries, many noble dukes resigned and stepped down because of the failure and loss of the war.

The Western Kingdom always likes to play this, to give a signal to the people in the country, at least a signal that there is no complete failure, so as to relieve the pressure given by their current people and the pressure given by various factions to them, the consuls on stage.

In short, it is a decision that the officers and soldiers have to continue to work hard in the hopeless war. In fact, since the interception failed, there is no need for them to cruise here.

It is very dangerous for them to cruise like this, unless they have more and bigger plans, and they will use the remaining reserve of more than 4000 warships. A decisive battle in a sea area close to their country and far away from any overseas territory or the mainland of the New Kingdom, so that they may use their numerical superiority to disable the New Kingdom's reserve force, otherwise, they can only add fuel to give away their heads.

After discussing with Zhang Yuan on the cruiser, Tang Kefeng of the Seventh Formation asked the cruiser formation and a coastal defense fleet formation, as well as the wounded warships and ships carrying supplies and wounded, a total of 36 warships continued to escort Zhang Yuan back to Azov The archipelago also dispatched five fast warships to observe after the crash. If someone intercepted Zhang Yuan’s returning fleet, they would report to Tang Kefeng at any time. To facilitate timely reinforcements, in the remaining time, Tang Kefeng and the others decided to give the enemy's interception fleet a counterattack.

For them, especially for Tang Kefeng, the battle at the mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar was just a warm-up match. They were fighting under the command of others. At this moment, he finally had room to show himself.

Finally, the opportunity came. The remaining coastal defense fleet consisted of 24 warships, and their 51 warships, a total of more than 70 warships. He wanted to sneak attack the enemy.

The battleships of the Seventh Formation fought hard to catch up, and finally intercepted the main force of the enemy's fleeing fleet.

After the battle, the battleship no longer had the original vigor and enthusiasm, but everyone still tried their best to cheer up, because the enemy had not been defeated yet, and they had to continue fighting.

The previous encirclement and pursuit battle was quick but unsuccessful.

But nothing, the enemy has nowhere to escape.

The observer quickly reported the reading, and then the gunner quickly adjusted the artillery to form a straddle fire. In the next shelling, there will be a 90.00% chance of the battleship being hit by the shell. Of course, there are also battleships with high combat quality. .

Although it missed, a near-miss bomb exploded 13 meters away from the enemy destroyer, causing a huge wave as high as 30 meters high. The shrapnel from the explosion flew to the destroyer, blowing up at least a dozen people and hitting a double-linked enemy ship at the same time. The base of the turret, this base immediately lost the function of rotation, the artillery was stuck in front of the chimney and the turrets of the secondary guns on both sides, and at the same time swept the mounts of the two 120mm secondary guns.

At the same time, the enemy's main fleet also fired countless shells at this side, and the shells coming and going from both sides could fight in the air.

In the first round, in the second round, the losses in the first round were the enemy frigates and destroyers intercepted by the low-level warships in front of the enemy, as well as some cruisers. The artillery shells and the neatly arranged formations were smashed by dense secondary artillery, or torn apart by the shells. In addition, their purpose was to entangle the warships of the New Kingdom in front of them, so they could not go away.

If you can't walk away, you can only be hit, and after you hit it, you can only sink, and become part of the losses in the naval coalition forces of the West, Britain, France and other countries.

The battle started in preparation. There are more than 1000 warships here, plus the low-level warships of the coastal defense fleets in various ports. The main battleships have been dispatched to charge ahead or cover both sides of the main fleet. This time we must go all out to try to block the enemy's attack.

The combat power I have exploded at this moment, but the enemy's fleet has too many warships, and they are too close together. Within half an hour of the enemy's main fleet fighting with the main fleet here, there are destroyers and speedboats that have slipped through the net. It broke through the defense lines of all the warships of the New Kingdom here, rushed to the rear of the fleet, and rushed to the coastline.

Near the coastline, the destroyers and fast warships that were cruising immediately came to intercept them. These are the warships that the coastal defense fleet put behind to defend the port and the shore, and even the old ships and merchant ships in the port were transformed into the last line of defense, and patrols were added. The army is here.

How many such warships are needed for a coastline of hundreds of nautical miles to intercept the enemy's warships breaking through the blockade.

So many warships, let’s talk about how many broke through the blockade, and were quickly submerged under the artillery fire of the swarming destroyers and fast battleships patrolling the coastline, without even a wave.

As the battle continued, the New Kingdom lost 150 warships in an hour's battle, all of which were low-level warships and some main battleships of the coastal defense fleet charging ahead. In order to stop the enemy on both wings, they tried their best. After all, their warships were Old or damaged warships, because only those warships can be decommissioned into the coastal defense fleet.

Chapter 2012 New Action

Every time you need to rest and relieve your demons before you can move on and walk, every new kingdom needs a period of self-reflection before launching a new war or new action.

The fortifications, as well as the construction of shore artillery forts, and even defense forts and aisles against enemies attacking on land and sea, are two fortresses.

The mouth of the sea is about five nautical miles wide, gradually narrowing, four nautical miles, three nautical miles, two nautical miles, and then one nautical mile, and then a sea-blocking dam will be built, followed by drainage channels to bring the water from the original lakes and rivers into the sea. There are other excavated river channels, and then there is a channel of more than ten kilometers. The width of the channel is about 100 meters. On the side, the channel with a depth of 100 meters is about 50 meters, also on both sides of the central channel, and then the bottom of the embankment with a depth of 80 meters at a width of five meters each.

When the bottom is raised to 30 meters, there is still an extended width, about ten meters wide, and the depth is about 29. After that, it gradually becomes too high. It is not until more than 130 meters that we can see the obvious embankment above the water. The height of the embankment is about 30 meters.This is building dikes when the bottom is only about 15 meters, riverside dikes.

The width and depth of such a river will be enough for an aircraft carrier in the future. The ship lock is at the narrowest part of the river within about 80 kilometers. This one is about 20 meters wide, and the two sides extend 120 meters, which is exactly 55 meters. The width of the central river is about [-] meters. , the lock is here.

The 800-meter-long embankment is about ten meters lower than the river. It used to go around several kilometers of ramps and diverge here. Now the divergent rivers on both sides have been leveled. It has been filled, and the diversion channel has been separated. In the middle is the railway, the ramp for loading materials, and the material storage station.

The ship lock will have a central channel ship lock with a width of about 48 meters, two side embankment locks with a width of 18 meters, one is a diversion lock and the other is a ship lock for small boats. The lakes and reservoirs are all transformed from natural lakes. In the future, Zhang Siyuan and the others will use this place to generate electricity, so they have reserved holes and gates for installing generators.

The first section of the canal, the more than ten kilometers section of the estuary, has already started construction. This section of the river is quite wide, equivalent to a port. On both sides are the port wharf, ship repair and emergency docking areas, plus the wharf warehouse area. The place where materials are loaded or stored, there are trade areas, temporary warehouses, and residential areas on both sides of the bank behind, and behind it is the canal barracks. bunker.

The embankment is about 200 meters wide and 110 meters at the narrowest point. Ships can pass through it easily, or through tugboats, and sail upstream or downstream within an hour to half an hour.Then go to the Indian Ocean and there will be a flat river.

The depth of the entire canal varies from deep to shallow, taking advantage of the natural terrain, some places are even as deep as 150 meters, and some places are only a little over 100 meters as specified.

There are also high and low sides of the canal. In some places there are deserts behind the embankments, in some places there are mountains behind the embankments, in some places there are oasis grasslands or plains behind the embankments, and in some places there are dangerous beaches and cliffs. Towering, rocky, and some places are hidden in the depths of mountains and forests. The terrain is complex and changeable. The prospectors are still exploring and formulating plans.

The work of excavating and sorting out the estuaries on both sides has already started.

There is no grand idea yet, because we are still digging river channels, diverting river channels, and transporting thousands of tons of mud, rock, and sand to the nearby lowlands for partial burial, and at the same time retaining a part of high-quality sand for future use. It is used for the construction of ports, wharves and dams.

These huge sand, gravel and soil, even some stones and trees, and some ores have become a burden. The ores have no time to distinguish and screen, because of the lack of technology, manpower, and machinery. Although the British only carried out some resistance, they did not manage The big plan they are carrying out here, one is that the British feel that it has been developed, and they can take it over. The other is that the British do not have the strength to contend with the New Kingdom. Those aborigines who have been reorganized and defected to the past know that they do not have so much financial resources and troops to fight this battle.

Yuan Xiaodao followed in the footsteps of the leaders. Yang Yong's cavalry guarded the roads below. The surrounding infantry guarded every three steps and every five steps. Some low-lying land and high ground were occupied by infantry to prevent people from approaching the five-mile radius. Now a small six-pound cannon can wipe out all these leaders. Wulidi is also the best place for observers to observe. Yuan Xiaodao dare not let the British rifle snipers or observers approach these imperial courts Imperial envoys.

Zhang Yuan and Wang Weiyun stood on the cliff and looked at the workers who were digging the canal. They hired a lot of people from Africa, and then transported millions of captives and temporary personnel to both sides of the canal to dig the canal.

At this time, the intelligence from all parties has become clear. This is a temporary decision made by the fleet commanders of Britain and France. They feel that blocking this passage is beneficial and harmless for the time being, and it can also put pressure on the New Kingdom and relieve the pressure on the New Kingdom. Due to the pressure from the failure of the Haixiakou War in the two countries, many noble dukes resigned and stepped down because of the failure and loss of the war.

The Western Kingdom always likes to play this, to give a signal to the people in the country, at least a signal that there is no complete failure, so as to relieve the pressure given by their current people and the pressure given by various factions to them, the consuls on stage.

In short, it is a decision that the officers and soldiers have to continue to work hard in the hopeless war. In fact, since the interception failed, there is no need for them to cruise here.

It is very dangerous for them to cruise like this, unless they have more and bigger plans, and they will use the remaining reserve of more than 4000 warships. A decisive battle in a sea area close to their country and far away from any overseas territory or the mainland of the New Kingdom, so that they may use their numerical superiority to disable the New Kingdom's reserve force, otherwise, they can only add fuel to give away their heads.

In short, it is a decision that the officers and soldiers have to continue to work hard in the hopeless war. In fact, since the interception failed, there is no need for them to cruise here.