Chapter 197 The invincible heavy cavalry on the sea!

Chapter 197, the invincible heavy cavalry on the sea!

"Here you come!"

A distance of hundreds of miles is nothing on the vast Indian Ocean.

Walk with both sides.

The fleets at war between the two sides had already appeared in their respective sights.

Lieutenant General Nelson of the British Army holding a telescope soon saw the Ming fleet heading south in a zigzag shape on the sea.

No more or less.

There were exactly thirty-six three-masted schooners bomber boats.

The main battleships of the Ming Indian Ocean Fleet must be fully tailed, and they are all here!

"It turns out that the entire army has attacked! I have to say that these Chinese people dare to take risks with thirty-six gunboats. These guys are really brave."

After this white flag was raised.

In terms of quantity.

Collingwood said with a serious expression.

The vision of the two people's telescopes quickly locked in the twelve strange ships that appeared on the horizontal line in the distance.

It is impossible for the enemy ship to escape!

They cannot escape the pursuit of the ironclad ship!

The people below also shouted: "Long live the United Kingdom! Long live His Majesty King George!"

Dangdangdangdang!

Now the British Eastern Interference Fleet has taken the stance of a fleet decisive battle.

The purpose of the specially thickened iron armor on the bow is to impact!

Under high-speed impact.

And the sharp triangular bow!

"Their ship type is very fast, so we still need to be vigilant enough to not let them find a chance to volley!"

then.

Put a flat artillery at a distance of only one mile to the enemy ship to shoot directly!

With the power of the four-inch cannon, it is enough to penetrate the boards of any warship ahead and sank it!

Then, relying on the advantage of mobility to draw circles around the opponent's fleet one mile or so on, tilting the firepower around the enemy fleet.

"So, in the name of the commander of the Eastern Fleet of Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Ireland, I command each of you to do your duty in the coming battle. I promise that victory will belong to us and to God's people! Each of you will return to your hometown with glory and wealth!"

"This is a major intelligence error!"

"That's right!" Collingwood said, "So our strategy to wait a while should be to keep gaining the upper hand and then use the advantage of our fleet's wind to maintain a distance, so that our rockets have the chance to fall on their fleet along the wind direction. However, the rockets are not accurate enough, so if they want to destroy all their main gunboats, it will take a whole day, and maybe it will be longer!"

‘What’s going on?’

The entire fleet quickly transformed into a double-row column, forming a standard battleship naval battle formation.

"If nothing unexpected happens, this is the main warship of the Chinese. A brand new type of ship that integrates the advantages of East and West sailing ships. The biggest feature is their huge longitudinal sails. It is hard to say that this kind of sail is hard sail or soft rice. Perhaps the advantages of both sail shapes are both good seaworthiness and speed. There are double-layer gun cabins. The bottom gun cabin should be 18 categories of 32-pound guns, which may be slightly larger in caliber. The upper gun cabin is equipped with 18 guns the size of 24-pound guns. According to the information obtained from the Ming and Qing battlefields, the Ming army now has a steel-shell rifled gun technology, and the range of the gun is very likely to exceed 20,000 yards!" Collingwood said.

Nelson took a deep breath: "It's no big deal, we also have secret weapons! Now we meet on a narrow road, and there is no way out!"

On every battleship.

The huge turret on the deck, two huge cylindrical chimneys, and one was emitting a rolling smoke.

Rely on the advantages of speed, power, armor and firepower.

Twelve ironclad ships lined up in a row.

Nelson's telescope's vision locked onto the thirty-six bomber boats of the Ming Indian Ocean fleet in the distance.

St. George's flags symbolizing battle signals were hung one after another.

"Each ship is shooting freely, and it is necessary to destroy the enemy fleet in the shortest time!"

With Nelson's orders.

"The secret weapon of the Chinese?"

Obviously, I don’t know how powerful the Ming Dynasty is.

The twelve Via-class ironclad ships that remained quietly on the calm sea were already ready for battle.

We're going to win!

The most brilliant victory in the history of the Ming Navy will be born under its command!

The weapons of the Wei-class Iron Crafts are in addition to the twelve 4-inch caliber main guns.

In short, with powerful armor.

Either you continue to increase the distance by relying on your speed advantage, or just use the impact angle to sank the enemy ship!

This tactic is described by Zhu Daohua as a "heavy armor and light cavalry" tactic.

"Report! The enemy has formed a double platoon and is approaching our ship!"

‘What is this? Why don’t there be sails?’

"Maybe it was the barrel drilled out of the drilling machine powered by a steam engine," Collingwood said. "But that's all. Their guns have the advantage of range, but the accuracy at such a long distance is actually that."

Zhu Bin ordered loudly, and the messenger translated his order into a flag sentence.

His face became extremely serious.

The turtle shell cavalry wearing heavy armor also has the advantages of mobility and firepower, so they abused each other at a certain distance!

The ship's side presents a wide slope with a narrow upper slope.

But the other party obviously didn't know how powerful the ironclad ship was, and was still approaching quickly.

On the Weiyuan.

But I don’t know what martial ethics are.

However, Zhu Bin knew very well that in this situation, if the other party turned around and left now, he might be able to leave some ships.

A little uneasiness flashed through my heart.

Almost at the same time.

"Those Chinese in the East tried to overthrow the order of civilization with force, they tried to take away our wealth and honors given by God, and to incorporate Indian territory bathed in the glory of civilization in Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Ireland into their evil rule!"

"So although their artillery range is longer and more powerful, the fragile defense power of sail battleships when facing bombardment shells is actually not much different, right?"

The rapid bell rang.

Until now.

Commander Nelson's voice rang in the command cabin of the Victory battleship.

Twelve battleships and more than fifty enemy battleships and more than eighty light gunboats were disproportionate.

"In today's battle, our army used the tactic of heavy armor and light cavalry to strait with one character, sticking it half a mile away from the enemy ship, and bombarding the enemy ship with artillery!"

The black hull occasionally flashed with a metallic luster.

"But this is useless. We can find the opportunity to launch the rocket during the pursuit!!"

Nelson pulled out his sword and pointed his sword at the sky and shouted: "Long live the United Kingdom! Long live His Majesty King George!"

"They are prepared! Just wait to attack us here!"

It’s no longer a lack of martial ethics.

No wooden ship can withstand the impact of the ironclad ship!

Therefore, the method of the Viagra to deal with the British fleet is very simple.

Nelson and Collingwood were obviously stunned.

"The subjects of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, under the guidance of God, under the banner of St. George, let us establish a civilized order in this rich and barbaric land in the name of God. Now, the time for battle has come!"

If you encounter an enemy ship that dares to stick to the enemy ship for a fight without eyes.

The distance is getting closer.

The relaxed look on his face had disappeared.

This means that the battle signals from the Royal Navy of Great Britain and Ireland have been sent.

"Twenty thousand yards, it's still a rifled cannon. Such a technology is very difficult!" Nelson said with a frown.

It's totally unilateral abuse!

It is equivalent to a super soldier wearing double thick armor and able to run and jump at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, holding a twelve-stone strong bow, and he can still hit an enemy without armor in every arrow hundreds of steps.
To be continued...