The "Dengzhou" began to accelerate, but it was not at full speed, but the main sail was fully hoisted. Their current task was to maintain a distance from the "Left Cavalry" in front, so as not to follow too closely and be discovered by the Spanish, and also not to follow too closely and be discovered by the Spanish.
Don't be too far away to avoid being accidentally lost - the situation at sea has changed too much. If you are too far away, if the Spaniards suddenly deviate from the channel and the "Left Wing Hussar" is eager to keep up and yaws and accelerates, then "Boarding"
"State" may lose the target.
But when the flag signal of the "Left Wing Light Cavalry" came, Takagi San changed his planned plan after thinking for a while, and did not adopt Luo Yuan's suggestion.
He solemnly ordered: "Send a signal to the 'Left-wing Hussars': Our ship will notify the rest of my fleet to join your ship to pursue the Spanish fleet together, and your ship will not be allowed to challenge alone again. In addition, your ship is required to do a good job immediately.
In preparation for battle, we are expected to use battle line tactics to launch a battle line artillery attack against the Spanish fleet. This order."
Then he turned to another flag bearer on the stern and said: "You are going to inform the rear fleet that the war situation has changed. Our formation is no longer able to complete the task of luring the enemy fleet without contact. As the temporary commander of the formation, I have decided.
The formation will launch a battle line bombardment of the Spanish fleet in the hope of holding back the enemy fleet during the battle and creating conditions for the large fleet to encircle. This report."
These two orders were undoubtedly a warning of battle. The entire "Dengzhou" immediately became excited. Just like the previous battle preparations on the "Left-wing Hussars", the "Dengzhou" also quickly took action, following the instructions of the two ocean fleets.
Pre-war preparations are strictly implemented in the tactical drills.
After the "Left Wing Light Cavalry" in front received the answer and order from the "Dengzhou", Luo Yuan could not help but feel a warmth in his heart.
Although Gao Musan's orders were strict, with words such as "not allowed" and "required", Luo Yuan knew that beneath these commanding words was brother Musan's love and care for him.
Although the "Light Cavalry" is a warship built entirely according to warship specifications, it has strong and tight ribs. The hull, especially the deck and other key parts, are made of the best long-lasting teak wood everywhere.
It looks sturdy enough.
However, the "Left Cavalry" was not a main battleship after all - according to the highly pragmatic planning, only the battleships that could participate in the decisive battle of battle line bombardment were considered main battleships.
The "Light Cavalry" is a reconnaissance ship, and its purpose of construction is not to participate in the battle line bombardment decisive battle. Its ultra-high mast, clipper bow, bilge propeller and other novel designs are all for "
"High speed", and these construction methods result in that its gun load is definitely lower than other warships of the same tonnage.
In addition, the artillery factory was obviously unwilling to equip only two battleships with different specifications of shells. Therefore, the pure combat capability of the "Left Cavalry" has always been regarded as the last among the pure battleships of the two ocean fleets.
According to the principle provisions of the two ocean fleets, the "Ranger" class is generally not responsible for the task of artillery battles on the battle line. It will only be used in "extreme circumstances such as our serious lack of artillery power in the decisive battle of the battle line."
Considered as "a force that can be considered for participation in the war".
Now Luo Yuan's decision is almost like feeding a tiger with his own body. How can Takagi San, who is as close to him as a brother, sit idly by? What's more, Takagi San has his own latest judgment on the overall situation.
Luo Yuan told him that the commander of the Spanish fleet was very cautious, so he refused to take the bait. This sentence cannot be read alone, but must be expanded and thought about: the other party is cautious, what is cautious? Naturally, the other party thinks that there is someone behind the "left-wing light cavalry"
A large fleet, and this large fleet must be capable of defeating or even annihilating its large fleet of treasure ships, so he was not willing to pursue easily, so he was not fooled.
How to reverse the situation under this situation and create opportunities for the real grand fleet? In the final analysis, we still need to contain the Spaniards so that they cannot continue to sail to Manila at full speed. At this time, the grand fleet is still a bit far away, and Takagi San estimates that at least it will take
It took two hours for the large fleet to catch up.
Then, how to delay the Spaniards for two hours became what Takagizo had to consider and complete. At this time, he thought in reverse: The other party believed that the large fleet behind the "Left Wing Hussars" could easily defeat them, so Takagizo
Just pull out all three enemy formations and show them to the Spaniards - we only have four ships, including two non-main warships. Do you dare to fight?
Takagizo believes that in this case, the opposing commander should be able to let go of his psychological burden and come and fight the "enemy ship" to the death.
The only pity for doing this is that Takagi San did not want the enemy-baiting formation to suffer any losses in the first place. Because Gao Pragmatic has always been an "institutionalist", his two-ocean fleet has very detailed standards for the identification of combat merits, and the implementation
Among the highest-level combat merits that can be obtained from the task of luring the enemy, there are requirements for one's own combat losses.
In other words, as long as Takagizo's enemy-baiting formation suffers battle losses, then at least the "highest level of combat merit" will be said goodbye to him. The combat merits that can be obtained can only be moved down one level, and then the merits will be discussed in detail by comparing them one by one.
As people go higher, water flows lower. Of course, Takagi Sanyi was aiming for the highest level of military success in the beginning, but the reality is not satisfactory, and now he has to settle for the next best thing. If he can't even complete the task, the so-called "
"The highest level of military exploits" is even more of a daydream.
The Spanish Treasure Fleet ran diagonally all the way, because the "Light Cavalry" behind them would adjust according to their course, forcing them to constantly adjust their course, which greatly slowed down the speed of the fleet. Not long after, the Spanish Treasure Fleet
An abnormality at the rear was discovered.
"There are four ships in total, two of which are warships no smaller than ours." Captain Echevari said solemnly: "It may be difficult to deal with, but I think the advantage is still on our side."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Commander Silva nodded: "I am very happy, Captain Echevari, that we have reached the same view."
"I'm very happy too, Your Excellency, Commander." Echevarri said: "Then, Your Excellency, what are you going to do now? Are you going to continue to Manila to avoid damage, or are you going to defend the Navy of the Kingdom of Castile?"
Dignity to compete with them?"
Commander Silva took a deep breath, raised his chin slightly, and proudly said with the proud attitude of a standard Castilian noble: "On the ocean of this world, only the Kingdom of Castile can make rules."
He paused slightly and said coldly: "Now, in the name of the commander, I give an order: the entire fleet should turn around, hoist all sails, and hoist the St. Andre's Cross flag! Gentlemen..." Silva's voice suddenly changed.
He became excited and shouted loudly: "Castile is watching us!"
The flag of San Andreas is the naval flag of the Kingdom of Castile. It is a diagonal cross with red wattle on a white background, derived from the cross of Burgundy.
The title of "Charlie the Bold", the former Duke of Burgundy, was passed to his daughter, Duchess Marie, after the "Skull Splitting Incident". The Duchess first married Maximilian, the future Holy Roman Emperor (but the title did not belong to her husband
), her title passed to her son after her death - her son's son later became Charles V.
Because his father was still alive when Charles V was born, his main title for a long time was Duke of Burgundy. In terms of chronological order, Charles V was first the Duke of Burgundy and then the King of Spain (
In fact, specifically, it was the King of Castile, the King of Aragon, the King of Naples, etc.), and later the Emperor of the Shinra.
And because Charles V himself was born in Ghent (located in the Netherlands) and grew up in the Netherlands, he had the deepest feelings for the Netherlands, so he brought the Burgundy symbol "Burgundy Cross Flag" with him.
It came to Spain and was widely used. In later generations, the red wattle cross flag of Saint Andre was rarely seen in Burgundy, but it was very common in Spain for this reason.
[Note: In fact, the two are slightly different in the form of wattle, one is a symmetrical arrow type, and the other is an asymmetrical wattle type, but they are still very similar.]
The Castilian Navy has always flown this flag, but "raising it" means starting a battle, which is the same as the British Navy later flying the "Z" flag when starting a battle.
The six large Galen ships of the Spanish fleet began to turn quickly, but just like the battle between the Armada and the English Navy, the Spanish fleet at this time relied on the advantage of the wind direction and did not intend to face Beijing's decoy formation with a broadside. They were facing
The enemy rushed over directly with full sail and smooth wind.
There is no doubt that the Spaniards still choose to join the gang war in which they believe that no one is worthy.
The assembled formation to lure the enemy has basically completed the turn after the "Dengzhou" raised the command flag. Although it did not maintain a perfect T-shaped battle line, it basically achieved this.
Although there was no standard semaphore command, the Spanish fleet still generally formed a vanguard formation in accordance with naval tradition. The flagship "San Antonio" took the lead and headed straight for the enemy formation as the arrow of the vanguard formation.
In terms of luring the enemy formation, the flagship "Dengzhou" successively issued two flags: follow our ship's maneuver; allow each ship to start calibrating firing and control the timing of salvo fire by itself.
"Follow our ship to maneuver" is because Takagizo already has a deep understanding of his own ship "Tengshu" and is confident to lead the maneuver to maintain a distance from the Spanish fleet, keeping his own ship in a T-shaped position for a long time, which is convenient
Battle line bombardment.
There is no way to "allow each ship to start calibrating and control the timing of salvo firing". In this era, there is no fire control system, and there is no radio intercom for real-time communication. When will each ship complete the loading preparation and when will the salvo begin?
It is impossible for Takagi San to understand the good timing, etc., so it is impossible to require the entire fleet to conduct simultaneous bombardment, and can only allow each ship to perform freely.
Although Jinghua has conducted less live-fire training than before due to financial constraints in the past year or two, it still maintains at least four live-fire trainings a year. Three of them are regular training with two bases, and one is intensity training with four bases.
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The word "base" may be a characteristic word used by Jinghua at present, but in later generations it is a common word in military terms. But it is common, and many people actually do not understand what this word means, let alone what it means.
What exactly is "a base number"?
Essentially speaking, the ammunition base is a unit of calculation for ammunition supply, and the base quantity is a base quantity or weight of a single item of equipment. The standard is usually determined by the top leadership of the military based on the national industrial production level and the troop carrying capacity.
, the tactical and technical performance of weapons and the general consumption rules are uniformly stipulated.
If we explain the situation in later generations, for example: the ammunition base quantity of a 7.62 mm semi-automatic rifle is 200 rounds, a submachine gun is 300 rounds, an 82 mortar is 120 rounds, and a Jiefang CA10 transport vehicle is
The base amount of oil is 161 kilograms, and the base amount of wartime medicinal materials for 100 people is 9 kilograms...and so on.
This is the so-called "one unit of calculation", which is a base number of ammunition for guns and cannons.
In this era, Gao Pragmatic may be the first person to introduce the concept of "base number". Of course there are reasons, the main reason is that specifying the base number of ammunition can bring great convenience to command and support.
It is not only convenient for superiors to issue orders, instructions and other writings, but also convenient for ordnance departments at all levels to calculate the quantity of ammunition and report the level of ammunition support to superiors. The use of ammunition base numbers can not only simplify and standardize complex numbers, but also facilitate calculation, supply,
Memory and secrecy.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Gao Jiading has been required to learn Arabic numerals since the establishment of the Jinghua Armed Jiading System. Gao Pragmatic even introduced decimal points, so it is very convenient to use the base number.
Words are used to handle the logistics work (after all, one of Jinghua’s major advantages is the logistics system).
Suppose there is a military order that says "carry 3.5 ammunition bases." Even if this order is discovered by the enemy during the ordering process, the enemy will not know what it means - Europeans may know 3.5, but most of them do not know Chinese characters
, and they don’t know what a base number is; not to mention the enemies around the Ming Dynasty, they may know Chinese characters, but they don’t know 3.5, and they also don’t know what a base number is.
The base number of artillery shells of the Beijing-China Liangyang Fleet was 10 rounds. This standard would be too small for later generations, but in this era, this base number is not too small.
The artillery ammunition base of the later Red Dynasties was the standard amount of artillery that performed one mission, and the calculation unit of artillery ammunition consumption was called "gun standard". For a gun standard of a body-barrel artillery, the number of rounds of ammunition was one-tenth of the ammunition base;
The standard number of rounds of ammunition for a rocket launcher is one-fifth of the base number of ammunition.
Generally speaking, the base number of ammunition for a 122mm howitzer is 80 rounds, so a rapid fire of 8 rounds for a 122mm howitzer is a standard gun.
When Gao pragmatic was in the county party committee, he accompanied the leaders to inspect the county reserve training, so he understood this system. However, the situation in later generations was different from today. How can there be any "rapid shooting" now?
After working hard to improve various artillery technologies, optimize loading steps, and undergo strict loading training, Jinghua's artillery fire rate is just faster than other artillery of the same period (mainly referring to European armies, of course). What is fundamental is rapidity.
It doesn't exist. It's a little stronger than a snail. It's already an amazing achievement to be able to evolve to turtle speed.
It is precisely because the rate of fire is too slow and the transportation capacity of this era is too poor that the base number of Jinghua's artillery shells is much smaller than that of later generations. Naturally, there is no such thing as "artillery standard".
To put it bluntly, it takes a long time to fire a base number of shells in actual combat. A few years ago, when there were many pirates along the coast, Jinghua wiped out a group of pirates, and most of the participating ships could not even fire a base number.
of cannonballs.
However, the ones we were fighting this time were not pirates, but the current "World's No. 1 Navy," so Takagi San was still very cautious. Under his command, the enemy formation was prepared with as many as six shells. The six shells were divided into
There are three batches, and each two bases are one batch, and they are transported to the gun position first. The subsequent two bases are on standby in the ammunition bay, and the sailor responsible for transporting them is directly on standby in the ammunition bay.
A "bang" sounded on the sea.
The "Left Wing Hussars" was the first to prepare for the battle, and the long heavy artillery equipped with it used the lightest shells. It had the longest range and fired the first shot after officially engaging the enemy in this battle.
Takagi San glanced at it, then turned his attention to the Spanish fleet, and said softly: "The master said that the Spanish navy claims to be invincible, so its fleet even dares to call itself the 'Invincible Fleet'. Humph, I want to take a look today.
What is the quality of this world's best!"
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