Zhang Wanfeng stood on the deck of the battleship Huo Qubing and watched the entire battle.
The firepower of the First Fleet is extremely powerful, and all the coastal defense guns around Danmasixi City have been destroyed.
The coastal defense guns were destroyed, and a big hole was torn open in the Portuguese defense system.
The Third Fleet sails in the narrow Strait of Malacca without worrying about threats on the shore.
Zhang Wanfeng saw through the telescope that the Portuguese fleet had left the port.
There was a look of regret on his face, and the Portuguese responded quickly.
It is impossible for the Third Fleet to block the Portuguese fleet in the port.
If the Third Fleet wants to win, it needs to defeat the Portuguese fleet with dignity in a naval battle.
Zhang Wanfeng issued an order: "Raise the battle flag, and arrange the ships in a battle line to prepare to face the Portuguese fleet."
The order from the Governor of the Third Fleet was issued, and the command flag was raised on the mast of the battleship Huo Qubing.
When other officers of the Third Fleet saw the change in the order flag, they immediately acted according to the order.
The Strait of Malacca is long and narrow and does not have enough width to accommodate all the warships of the Third Fleet.
Zhang Wanfeng discussed this issue at the previous military meeting.
As a result of the discussion, the warships were arranged in two battle lines.
One is responsible for the main attack, and the other is responsible for battlefield support.
This is a helpless choice. The second battle line is actually a substitute.
If a warship is damaged in the first battle line, warships will immediately replenish the position.
The only two battleships of the Third Fleet, the battleship Huo Qubing and the battleship Wei Qing, each led a team.
Twenty-seven cruisers followed closely behind the battleships, forming two battle lines.
Zhang Wanfeng commanded the battleship Huo Qubing and led his warships as the first battle line to face the Portuguese fleet.
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Niu Xiangshan commanded the cruiser Wenzhou, and they followed the battleship Weiqing.
With a depressed look on his face, he kept patrolling the deck.
This was a naval battle, and it was a great opportunity to make meritorious deeds, but he missed it.
"The artillerymen should check all the artillery shells, and they must focus on checking the fuses of the artillery shells and pick out the duds in time.
We may replace friendly forces at any time, now is not the time to slack off, cheer me up immediately.
We are all soldiers and we are on the battlefield now.
My soldiers will never be allowed to mess around on the battlefield."
Niu Xiangshan shouted these words, and he showed great anger.
This is a battlefield, anything can happen.
They are substitutes now and may become the main players at any time.
Shi Lang walked to Niu Xiangshan and said, "Captain, you did the right thing.
The war is far from over, and we must be fully prepared.
Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and there is nothing wrong with being prepared on the battlefield."
Niu Xiangshan nodded and said: "We must be prepared and ready to go to the battlefield at any time.
Chief of Staff Shi Lang, who do you think can win between us and the Portuguese fleet?"
Shi Lang said confidently: "Captain, naval battles depend on the range and accuracy of warship cannons.
You have to believe in the capabilities of our battleships.
Especially the artillery on the battleships must be no worse than the Portuguese artillery.
Our naval tactics and naval heritage are indeed inferior to the Portuguese.
But as long as we give full play to our strengths, the navy will win everything with strong ships and powerful guns."
When Niu Xiangshan heard what Shi Lang said, he agreed: "The training intensity of our navy is no worse than that of the Portuguese, and our artillery technology far exceeds that of the Portuguese."
The Royal Navy of China was able to defeat the combined fleet of the Portuguese and the Dutch.
Now that the navy is stronger, how could it be defeated?
Niu Xiangshan looked at the Portuguese fleet. There were only nineteen main warships.
Of these nineteen warships, only one warship can reach the battleship level, and the other warships are basically equivalent to cruisers.
Niu Xiangshan saw that the strength of the Portuguese fleet was much worse than theirs.
The gap between one battleship and five cruisers cannot be made up, not to mention the huge gap in the number of cruisers.
Shi Lang exclaimed: "Attack. Governor Zhang commanded the flagship battleship Huo Qubing and has launched an attack on the Portuguese fleet."
Niu Xiangshan focused all his attention on the battleship Huo Qubing ahead.
The battleship Huo Qubing has used the ultra-long range of its main gun to launch an attack on the Portuguese flagship.
Niu Xiangshan's eyes widened and he said with envy: "The battleships have just been assigned new types of artillery shells. These artillery shells can attack enemy ships from a distance of five or six kilometers."
Shi Lang saw the battleship Huo Qubing and its guns roared.
He clenched his fists with both hands, praying for the blessing of his ancestors and for the gunners on the battleship Huo Qubing to be more powerful.
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On the deck of the battleship Huo Qubing, artillery staff officer Ma Fenjin.
He took out a pencil and notepad and calculated the parameters of the bombardment on the paper.
The position of artillery staff officer has existed before and belongs to the technical arms.
The previous task of the artillery staff was to calculate the shooting parameters and hand them over to the gunner for use.
In the past, artillery staff officers used this position as a springboard.
Wang Doudou made a meritorious service with one cannonball and was appreciated by the leader.
Finally passed the assessment and became a battleship captain.
The inspirational story of senior Wang Doudou inspires everyone.
After the Battle of Penghu, the navy summed up its experience and lessons and unanimously believed that ships' sharp guns were the decisive force in future naval battles.
They discovered, however, that there were no positions on the warship to centrally manage the naval guns.
The position of artillery staff officer has gained new responsibilities.
The artillery staff not only calculates the firing parameters of naval guns, but also manages all artillery on the warship.
Complicated formulas flowed from Ma Fenjin's writing, calculating the firing parameters of naval guns and the ballistic trajectories of artillery shells.
He looked at the cannonball trajectories he had calculated and felt a little awkward.
The new artillery shells carried by the battleship Huo Qubing were only enough for three salvoes.
These three salvos will destroy more Portuguese warships to ensure the final victory of the Dahua Navy.
Ma Fenjin's requirement for himself was that these three salvos must make at least five enemy warships lose their combat capabilities. This would be considered qualified.
Ma Fenjin looked at the flag blowing in the wind on the mast of the battleship Huo Qubing.
"Wind direction, consider the wind direction."
Ma Fenjin bit his pencil hard and continued to calculate the trajectory of the cannonball.
He finally remembered the reason for the awkwardness. He had just missed a key factor.
The battleship Huo Qubing is heading into the wind on the sea.
After the cannon is fired, the cannonball will be affected by the wind and deviate from the target.
Now they are too far away from the enemy fleet, and if the wind affects them even a little bit, the cannonballs will miss.
After detailed calculations, Ma Fenjin began to arrange the firing parameters for each naval gun.
He expected that the first salvo would hit at least three enemy warships.
The battleship Huo Qubing carries fifty-four 150mm naval guns.
There are only twenty-five 150mm naval guns on the sides.
In order to ensure that the battleship Huo Qubing achieved maximum results, Ma Fenjin pointed five naval guns at an enemy ship.
These five naval guns directly sealed the enemy ship's surroundings. Whether the enemy ship stopped or accelerated to escape, it would be hit by at least one shell.
It is better to cut off one of his fingers than to injure ten of them.
Damaging five enemy warships is not as good as sinking one enemy warship.
Ma Fenjin finished adjusting the firing parameters of all naval guns.
He gave Governor Zhang Wanfeng a sign that he was ready.
Ma Fenjin saw Governor Zhang Wanfeng nodding towards him and making a firing gesture.
He shouted excitedly: "Fire!"
The battleship Huo Qubing roared with twenty-five 150mm naval guns on the side.
Twenty-five high-speed cannonballs flew towards the Portuguese fleet.
After Zhang Wanfeng gave the order to fire, he stared at the Portuguese fleet with his binoculars.
He saw the Portuguese fleet, with the four warships at the front bursting into flames.
Zhang Wanfeng smiled and the battleship Huo Qubing fired the first salvo and achieved considerable results.
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General Lalit led the Portuguese fleet on his flagship Curida.
They set out from the port to fight against the Great China Navy.
"This indigenous country dared to attack the great Portuguese fleet. Who gave them the courage?
Guys, let these natives see what it means to be a navy.
These young ones who have just entered the water dare to challenge us.
We will sink all the warships of these indigenous people and send them to the sea to feed the fish."
General Larritt was extremely confident.
Their Portuguese fleet was no match for the Spanish, and was much weaker than the Dutch.
But an indigenous country with a navy less than five years old dared to provoke Portugal.
General Larrit felt that he had been greatly humiliated.
General Larrit looked at the current direction of the wind and smiled.
They are downwind, and the warship is more maneuverable.
Warships can use wind power to make more complex maneuvers.
Warships move faster and are less likely to be hit by enemy ships.
General Larrit looked at the navy of the Chinese Dynasty through a telescope.
“I didn’t understand the battle lines clearly, so I chose to attack against the wind and played two battle lines.
We will win easily today, and I love the feeling of torturing rookies.”
General Larrit looked at his men, they all had high morale.
The Dahua Dynasty is the largest indigenous fleet they have ever seen.
But this kind of indigenous fleet only looks powerful, but they are very weak and vulnerable.
General Larrit saw that the distance between the two sides was close to ten nautical miles.
He immediately ordered the ships to load ammunition and prepare for the attack.
General Larrit suddenly saw that the Dahua Dynasty warship on the opposite side actually fired at them.
"Haha, these stupid natives were so far away and because they were too nervous, they fired directly at us.
The distance between the two armies is a full 10 nautical miles.
Even our most advanced artillery in Europe cannot reach that far.
These indigenous cannon-casting abilities are very poor and there is no way they can attack us."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the USS Negus, located to the left of the flagship Kurida, being directly hit by four artillery shells.
The main mast of the USS Negus was directly blown off, and a large hole three meters in diameter was blown out of the side string.
The USS Negus has a watertight cabin and cannot withstand such damage.
The warship had tilted, and the sailors on board took small boats to escape from the sinking warship.
General Larrit's eyes widened in disbelief.
Unexpectedly, the artillery of the natives of the Dahua Dynasty was so sharp and could attack targets ten nautical miles away.
Not only the Negus, a total of three warships were sunk by such extremely long-range artillery shells.
"No, no, my God."
General Larrit showed a horrified look as he saw five shells flying towards his flagship, the Kurida.
The three warships in front of the Kurida, including the Negus, were sunk by the enemy.
The battleship Kurida is still moving forward at full sail.
Its figure was directly exposed in front of the gun muzzle of the Great China Navy.
General Larrit heard a huge explosion.
He immediately fell to the deck and tried to get up several times, but was unable to stand up due to the violent shaking of the warship.
General Larrit suddenly heard a loud noise, and then the deck was shaking violently.
He saw the battleship Kurida, with its main mast severed directly in the middle.
Half of the mast hit the deck, directly punching a big hole in the deck.
General Larrit suddenly heard a huge explosion.
He saw a huge fireball rising from behind the battleship Kurida.
The ammunition room of the battleship Kurida was directly detonated by the enemy.
The battleship Kurida could not withstand such a large impact, and the tail of the warship was directly disconnected.
The bow of the ship tilted upward, and the battleship Kurida slowly sank.
"Evacuate, everyone evacuate immediately." General Larrit wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and roared.
He immediately took his confidants, took a small boat to other warships, and commanded the Portuguese fleet to withdraw from the battlefield.
They lost at least five warships this time, one of which was the only battleship.
The Portuguese have already lost this naval battle.
General Larrit also tested out the Chinese navy, which was not an indigenous navy, but a powerful navy.
These people may have a short training period, but their artillery is so sharp that they cannot resist it on the sea.
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Governor Zhang Wanfeng put down the telescope in his hand and smiled.
"Well done to Ma Fenjin. He sank five warships on the other side and damaged three warships on the other side with three salvos.
All the flagships of the Portuguese fleet were sunk by us.
Portugal will undoubtedly lose this naval battle.
All warships are ordered to pursue the Portuguese fleet, and each ship can shoot freely."
The tense face of Wang Qijiang, Chief of Staff of the Third Fleet, relaxed.
He said happily: "The Portuguese fleet chose to flee. They came with a tailwind, but their escape turned into a headwind.
Our army uses steam engines to adjust the sails, which can adjust the sails at the fastest speed.
We can also use artillery and rocket launchers to attack their sails.
With the same headwind, these Portuguese warships had no way of getting rid of us.
Even if they run away, it won't affect the situation of the battle.
You can run away from the monk, but you can't run away from the temple.
Our ultimate goal is to occupy Malacca.
To destroy the Portuguese fleet is just a matter of convenience."
The Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of Great China is closely pursuing the Portuguese fleet.
They pursued the fleeing fleet, and the two battle lines had dispersed.
Two long dragons formed on the sea, surrounding the Portuguese fleet.
As the two fleets approached, the Portuguese fleet came within the range of the ordinary artillery of the Third Fleet.
Two battleships and twenty-seven cruisers formed a powerful firepower network, constantly destroying the Portuguese fleet.
After the Portuguese fleet found that they could not escape, many warships flew white flags.
Governor Zhang Wanfeng ordered: "Send someone over to collect the prisoners, and these warships will be given to the garrison. They are also good warships.
We must continue to be vigilant. If the Portuguese make any changes, we will immediately fire and sink them."
Niu Xiangshan received the order from the governor and was responsible for receiving the prisoners.
He was also extremely nervous, fearing that the Portuguese would pretend to surrender.
The Portuguese were afraid of death and the surrender process went smoothly.
Zhang Wanfeng saw that all the Portuguese were driven off their warships.
He smiled and said happily: "The Battle of Malacca is over.
The result of this naval battle proves that our navy is heading in the right direction, and strong ships and powerful guns are the future."
Governor Zhang Wanfeng immediately commanded the fleet to attack Danmasixicheng. At the same time, he sent people to notify the troop transport ships to transport part of the Ninth Army ashore.
Without the protection of the fleet and coastal defense artillery, the Malacca Strait is already within their grasp. This chapter has been completed!
