Lord of Ming Dynasty

After Major Hawkins took over and started to command the fleet, the fleet distributed in front of the fish scales accelerated the progress of the assault, and advanced while firing, suppressing the enemy's steam engine battleship battle line, and the steam engine battleships on both sides began to flank the flanks, trying to insert into the opponent Behind the two battle lines, they completely cut off the opponent's return to the port.

The two sides attacked each other and exchanged fire on the sea [-] nautical miles away from the coastline.

Morin observed the firepower of both sides on the flagship, and successfully performed a transposition, turning the weakest part of the enemy, that is, the sail warship into his own steam engine battleship fleet facing the front, and his side can pass a comprehensive replacement procedure The field guns, the new French naval guns, and the old Chinese Empire naval guns that Zhao Shuai and the others had brought in stock this time made the steam engine fleet on their side weaker in terms of tonnage, mobility, and combat effectiveness. In the case of the opponent, the number of warships on both sides can be equalized by sneak attacking the enemy's sail fleet, and the total combat power of the opponent can be reduced.

Although some steam engine warships with low tonnage and low power may be destroyed during the battle with the enemy's sail warships, and the total combat power of one's own side will decline further if it is much lower than the sum of the opponent's, but after all The total combat power of some opponents has been lowered, and the subsequent battles will be tilted to one's own side in terms of the number of battleships and combat power.

Originally, Mo Lin's plan was to pull the fleet out by himself, and then hide behind the opposite St. Pierre Island, with the help of the hidden reefs and sea fog there, and wait for the enemy fleet to fight the forts in Xinxianju Town for the final battle. When it was hot, he and his fleet suddenly came out from the sea [-] nautical miles behind, sneaked up on the enemy's back and inflicted heavy damage on the enemy, but Li Ya disagreed, and Wu Kejing disagreed.

Because in front of naval guns, they feel that only 128 cannons of 4 mm can work. Other artillery, 75 mm guns, cannot attack the enemy at a distance. The enemy only needs to hide five nautical miles away, and use naval guns to call them one by one. Let the forts in Xianju Town be destroyed one by one and unplugged.

This is the so-called gap between land artillery and naval artillery. Naval artillery can hit very far, while land artillery, even strengthened coastal artillery and heavy artillery, can only protect the coast of more than 128 nautical miles, or the previous artillery can only protect The coastline of three nautical miles was later the baseline of twelve nautical miles. Now the [-]mm artillery can only guard the coastline of seven or eight nautical miles. There is also a five-nautical-mile bay from Xianju Town to the outside. There is also a bay in the bay Anti-wave lift.

There are a total of two 128mm cannons on both sides of the bay. The 128mm cannons are the largest and most powerful heavy artillery in this era. Except for the old solid shells measured by shell diameter and shell weight, they can The solid bronze cannon that hits three nautical miles, about seven to eight kilometers, is considered the best artillery, but it is very heavy and can only be used as a defensive artillery on the city wall, just like the red cannons in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

It’s only the beginning of the 128th century, even if everyone’s steelmaking technology has improved, even if everyone’s technology has improved a lot because of the Chinese Emperor Zhang Qiang’s time travel, but now only the Chinese Empire has passed the smelting technology and can use [-] mm. The caliber artillery is still a long-barreled heavy artillery. Even if it is closely following the development of the Chinese Empire and stealing a lot of technology from the Chinese Empire, Britain itself has academic development, technological development, various celebrities, and various national strengths that admire the United Kingdom. Spain, which defeated the Dutch and became Britain, the emerging empire on which the sun never sets, only possessed the [-]-[-]mm artillery technology that is not far behind the Chinese Empire. No matter how high it is, their artillery will explode or fire twice You have to change the barrel, this kind of cannon cannot be installed in large quantities.

So in the face of this kind of shore artillery against naval artillery, when the number of enemies is sufficient, there are more than a dozen [-]-ton new British steam engine warships. In the process of steam engine battleships, most of the Western countries that can afford to equip the navy are mostly equipped with experimental steam engine battleships started by the Chinese Empire, and most of them are all wooden warships with sails on board. In most cases, people still Use sails to sail and fight, and only turn on the steam engine when the decisive battle is reached, to move with you, to compare speed with you, and to compare the projection of artillery with you.

The British, however, have gone through the era when steam engine warships had constant problems and sailed mainly on sails. They have developed a stable output, but the horsepower is not large, and limited by the hull and tonnage, they cannot build more boilers in the hull. , fiddling with more highly technical machinery.But even such a warship is much stronger than the western countries.

After all, the British were officially thriving in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, laughing at the era of the West, and their fleets of colonists are sailing all over the world in teams, competing with Western powers and ancient Eastern countries for territory and population , grabbing resources, vowing to fill the whole world with the British flag.

Although because of the strength of the Chinese Empire, they actually do nothing in the Pacific Ocean and more than half of the Indian Ocean. They can only infiltrate the Chinese Empire through commercial infiltration.

The first thousand and 230 chapters, the enemy is finally going to settle the battle with the artillery on the shore

Morin found that the enemy's ships and artillery were relatively powerful. They were not the old-style bronze solid-bullet artillery of the French, but all the new-style copper-shelled field guns and improved naval guns.Although it is a bit weird, for example, it is equipped on the deck and in the cabin below the deck like an old-fashioned sailing warship, and is fired through the gun window, using a method similar to solid bullet salvo to fight.

There are two or three ships with a relatively large tonnage, at least [-] to [-] tons of warships. They are steam engine battleships with front deck gun positions. Although they are not as strong as the turret gun positions here, they are still equipped. The terrace-type movable turret of the artillery position to defend against the attack of shells.

The fleets of the two sides came into contact, within half a nautical mile, or less than 1000 meters, the enemy's artillery fired violently, but the firepower was not very fierce. Why, because as I said before, the enemy's fleet is facing the port of Xinxianju Town. It came here, and the new Qin Empire Molin's fleet was divided into two factions, facing the enemy's battle line from the side, forming the best formation for the battle, waiting for work at leisure. When the enemy rushed over, Molin commanded the sailing warship to move quickly He turned around, circled half a circle, got behind him, put the steam engine battleship in front of him, and the sail battleship retreated behind him.

Afterwards, the two sides maneuvered. Molin and the others lured the enemy into the depths and made small adjustments to retreat the fleet. The British rushed over at high speed. If they wanted to drive fast, they could not turn sideways and had to face them. So even though the firepower is fierce, it is not as fierce as the firepower here. Flank firepower strikes, I will hit you with ten barrels with one barrel, of course I am powerful.

So at a distance of four nautical miles, the artillery of the Xinqin Empire Navy on the steam engine ship battleship fired nearly a few hundred shells, all of which could blow through the enemy's steam battleship, and their opponents, except those surrounded by both sides The enemy's steam engine battleship, the middle is full of four miles, full of enemy sail warships. Of course, the fastest and smaller enemy armed merchant ships rushing in front, followed by the enemy's thousand-ton sail warships, and then the slower ones. The [-]-ton sailing warship, followed by the slower [-]-ton sailing warship with larger firepower and body.

Now most of the western battleships, [-] tons are still the main battleships, if not, they are at least Tier [-] battleships, and they still have an absolute position in the fleet.

But [-] tons and [-] tons have gradually replaced the main force of [-] tons of warships. The [-] tons of warships are changing from the previous giants to the current soy sauce ships. They need speed, no speed, and less firepower. [-] tons high, some small kingdoms would rather have [-] tons as a capital ship than the expensive [-] tons as a capital ship.

Only a few big countries will pursue glory. They need the outdated tonnage warship of [-] tons to fill up the tonnage sequence of their own firepower warships. There are [-] tons, [-] tons, and [-] tons. There are [-] tons, [-] to [-] tons, [-] tons, [-] tons, [-] tons to [-] tons are considered super warships, then [-] tons Can't have it?

Britain is definitely a perfectionist country, so it is absolutely necessary to have a level of [-] tons.In fact, it's not that [-] tons is not powerful, other tonnages are powerful, but most of the [-]-ton warships are former super warships, and many countries use them as symbols or dignity, face, if you don't want it, don't, lower it If needed, it is still able to do things. Some countries have designed a relatively good warship of [-] tons.

The first wave of firepower of the steam engine warship led by Mo Lin was very messy. It just hit the enemy's sail warship of about [-] tons. To prevent the enemy from approaching the gang to fight, or knocking a few pieces of wood on his body with artillery, he had to lead the fleet back and retreat for half a sea mile. When they retreated to three nautical miles, the enemy pressed in to three and a half nautical miles.

In this way, basically every warship in the enemy's fleet is shrouded in the range of the turret behind.

So Molin sent a signal, and a yellow signal flare was sent from Molin's flagship. The sail warships behind changed their previous retreat and passed through the gaps of the steam engine warships. The steam engine warships retreated. They stepped forward and began to release smoke.

The enemy suddenly lost all traces of the Morin Fleet, and it’s not all gone, because everyone is still fighting, and the distance is not too far, hundreds of meters or even 300 meters, who can’t see who, everyone’s artillery is deadly. Greeted by the opponent, the steam engine battleship is not very flexible, the surface is pitted by the artillery of the enemy's sail warship and the small tonnage warship, and some places have been severely damaged, but the enemy paid for the warship of about [-] tons. Several battleships were sunk.

In the wide front of the three seas, after a few back and forth, the exchange ratio between the two sides ended with the battleship of the New Qin Empire winning and successfully retreating into the smoke with injuries. Just as it rushed up to prepare for a frontal impact, the fleet surrounded by two-winged steam engine battleships suddenly found that there were no enemies in front of them. It's smoke.

Amidst the fierce and deafening cannonade, the enemy's shore artillery fired. Major Hawkins shuddered and watched most of the ships in front of him, which were silent in the enemy's smoke, suddenly explode like torches being lit one by one.

Is this a complete victory in the number of fleet ships, crushing the enemy's British fleet?

He originally arranged for [-]-ton warships and several [-]-ton warships. These slow-moving warships attacked the enemy's coastal fortifications, and launched firepower strikes against the enemy's possible or exposed fort positions known to the enemy. In terms of distance, this is not difficult, and the distance is more accurate when it is closer to three nautical miles.

But as for the enemy’s shore artillery, there must not be many in front. It is said that there are more docks and cliffs on both sides, as well as the forts built by the enemy on the city wall behind the beach. The problem is that those forts are a bit far away, and the enemy must be most of the forts pointing at the port. Inside, a small part of the long-range pointing out of the port.

They have calculated all known firepower points and places where firepower points may appear. Several 75-ton warships each carry thirty 150mm caliber artillery. These artillery are more sophisticated and powerful than the French imitation artillery. Well, several ships add up to 260, plus the [-]-ton battleship, as well as the ship of myself and Colonel Thomas, and the [-]-ton warship, with a total of more than [-] artillery pieces, all of which are devoted to attacking the enemy's shore artillery. in the action.

The enemy's shore artillery hadn't fired since the fleet exchanged fire. He thought it was all destroyed, but he didn't expect the firepower to be so fierce.

In an instant, several of the [-]-ton sailing warships behind that did not go deep into the smoke released by the enemy exploded. Although they did not sink, they were still billowing with thick smoke, and their burning smoke engulfed themselves.

"I knew that the enemy would not give up the shore artillery they relied on. I heard that they have a 128mm shore artillery. I heard that only the Chinese Empire can produce it. They brought it from Russia. Russia paid a huge price to buy second-hand heavy artillery from the Chinese Empire to strengthen their shore artillery force, and it was originally used to defend against the Swedes." Thomas said to Major Hawkins, the fleet commander beside him.

The first thousand and 230 chapters six precision strikes

"Yes, Wen Ruxin, a Han captive, once said that they had two such cannons, and then they did not know how to imitate two of them. Although it is not as good as the one produced by the Chinese Empire, it is a 128mm cannon after all. , our British Empire can only produce 75mm rapid-fire guns, or 40mm small guns, or even smaller 37mm, 25mm guns.

At present, on our warships, most of the steam engine battleships use relatively heavy 75mm artillery suitable for naval warfare, but not all warships, or not all artillery are 75mm, such a powerful flowering artillery, Many of our artillery are just similar to our 75mm naval gun imitated by the French, with both solid bullets and flowering bullets.

In the actual naval battle, I found that the flowering ammunition of the 75mm artillery is only suitable for hitting those wooden sailing ships, but it is somewhat incapable of hitting the steam engine warships equipped with steel plates.

We often need to hit the enemy with a dozen or more twenty or thirty artillery shells to destroy an enemy warship, but this kind of flowering shell is very powerful for killing the superstructure of a steam engine battleship. In comparison, even the New Qin Empire The artillery shells produced by them are more powerful than the explosive shells produced by ourselves. They can destroy our hulls, but we can only inflict some insignificant damage on them. We solve the enemy by burning.

Sometimes this kind of artillery is not even as good as our old 32-pound guns with solid bullet firepower.more efficient. "

Hawkins obviously had a feeling of raising the enemy's prestige and demoralizing, Thomas immediately stopped his continued analysis, "Rush forward and kill the enemy's fleet, even if we suffer heavy losses, we will also pull the enemy's fleet. We still have more fleets, and the enemy, a small peninsula country with an area of ​​less than [-] square kilometers, cannot compete with our British Empire at all."

The enemy's coastal artillery fire hit that area like hail. Although each ship actually has a space of 100 to 50 meters, this is a ship, or a large ship. If you turn a little bit, or stagger a little bit, it will take at least [-] In such a wide sea, the enemy's shore artillery seems to have eyes, one by one, each ship has at least five artillery pieces to take care of them, and there are more messy The artillery blocked the front and rear retreats of the battleship.

The messy firepower came from the fleet commanded by the retreating Molin. Looking down from the air, on the smoky sea, amidst the sparks from the shells, and the deafening sound of the cannonballs, the sailing warship was almost on the beach near the sea. , not far from the beach is the breakwater, and about one and a half nautical miles away is the steam engine fleet. The steam engine fleet is trying to fire, but if you look carefully, every steam engine warship approaching the enemy fleet has At least dozens of people are carefully observing the smoke with binoculars, or the wide sea on the opposite side.

Then he muttered to himself, and then someone recorded behind him, on the heights of the steam engine warship, on the mast, on the top of the command cabin, on all the heights, there were some sailors who signaled, and they quickly took over The comrades in arms handed over the note, and then used the signal flag to signal to the rear. On the breakwater, on the reverse slope, there are countless, yes countless, artillery.

There are about a hundred artillery pieces busy, and after receiving the signal, they began to load. The artillerymen on one side quickly scratched something on a piece of paper while holding the data in their mouths. Then the artillery began to roar, and the artillery behind the breakwater dam The roar of artillery came and went.

This is the course that Li Ya studied at the Army Artillery Academy and the Naval Academy. It is a course of precise strikes, division of lots, division of areas, calculation of bombardment parameters, coverage of shooting, and complete destruction of targets.

This time he handed these to Mo Lin. If Mo Lin was the fourth officer on a naval fleet warship, he must have studied these courses, but he didn't have a specific implementer of the idea of ​​this plan, and even this He has no idea, that is, he can only become a naval officer, and Li Ya is compatible with the knowledge of the two military schools, and the rich experience accumulated in each small-scale actual combat has changed from quantitative to qualitative.

The battered fleet fled in a hurry, and the smoke and dust cleared. In the breeze, Major Hawkins saw that his sailing fleet was almost completely destroyed. Twenty-five battleships were in pieces, capsized, or broken in two.Countless British sailors and soldiers were struggling and calling for help on the sea, and most of the sailors had turned into corpses, even minced meat, floating on sponges.

Three of the raiding steam engine warships on both sides were also sunk, two rushed to the beach, and five hurriedly withdrew. The smoke was billowing and they were in a panic. What is even more sad is that the other steam engine battleships are still suffering from the precise attack of the enemy's naval guns. , had to flee backwards in a hurry.

However, Major Hawkins and Colonel Thomas had no time to think, nor did they have time to be angry, because the enemy's artillery fire extended, and they were also within the enemy's strike distance. Everyone was within five nautical miles.

So Hawkins could only order the fleet to turn around and leave here at maximum speed.

The firepower of four 120mm shore guns has been chasing them. Major Hawkins and Colonel Thomas saw that a steam engine battleship that had just surpassed them was hit by a huge shell at the stern. The whole battleship trembled and then tilted its front. , plunged into the sea from behind, and several tons of sea water rushed into the hull of the steam engine battleship. The hull sank very quickly, and the huge vortex brought up almost killed their [-]-ton flagship. Pull into the water.

"Turn the rudder, turn on the power, and take us out of here." Colonel Thomas almost did not hesitate to overstep his authority and shouted to the adjutant beside him.

The adjutant didn't care that Hawkins was here, and shouted down orders.

They wanted to leave, but Li Ya in the port didn't want to let them go "ordered the giant cannons on the cliffs on both sides to shoot in front of them to block their escape route, all the artillery behind the breakwaters tried their best to block the shooting, and ordered the fleet to wait for them to escape. The more the enemy warships are sunk or stopped before they are out of the range of our cannons, the better, we have few ships left, and we need to capture enemy warships to supplement our own fleet."

Li Ya did not say this for no reason. The French took away all their wooden sailing warships of [-] tons or less, mainly merchant ships and armed merchant ships. In the past, before the soldiers invaded the border, they were still in ink with the French, and they had already disabled the French. If the French could not solve their problems before the arrival of the British, then the French were likely to die after the war. That is the best hope, that is, they won The battle against the British was stopped, even if it was the first wave of fighting.

They still need to send troops to land on the four islands to deal with the French. If the French resist, they need to consume more troops. It is very irrational to entangle the French when the British are likely to come back to make trouble. However, if the British attack fails, if they still have a reserve team, then it is very likely that within a week, or earlier, within three days, another group of warships and soldiers will be assembled to attack the fragile, small-populated and newly-managed Qin Empire.

For this reason, Li Ya reluctantly complied with the French's request. All the French in the entire territory who were willing to go were transported to Xinxianju Town within two days, and then boarded a boat and sent to St. Pierre Island. The French In the territory of the French, they then received French supplies and houses, defenses, firearms, and artillery. They used the French prisoners and Wu Kejing and the ships and supplies they brought to the French, and let the French take them away.