The battle formation arranged by the Spanish fleet is a traditional half-moon formation, with eighteen warships in the front, spreading east and west, with two stern pointed and concave in the middle. Two main battleships of 700 tons are located in two months respectively.
At the tip, six transport ships were in the rear of the warship and gradually slowed down to distance themselves from the warship.
The captain of the Spanish fleet, Sanchez, was also stationed in the ship building, staring at the Chinese fleet approaching him. It was indeed a bit beyond Sanchez's expectations, and Sanchez is now basically sure that Taiwan has indeed lost its control.
But he immediately adjusted his combat formation and prepared to fight against the Chinese fleet.
Because the first squadron of the Merchant Army was a column, and it also distanced from the third and fourth squadrons for a certain distance, Sanchez did not see the fleet behind him, and thought that the opponent's strength was so much in front of him, so he was not afraid of it.
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However, the column formation of the First Squadron still puzzled Sanchez. This is a common tactic used by the British or the Dutch. Will it be difficult to make physiological people? However, Sanchez also discovered that the physiological fleet is adjusting.
Direction, the direction of the attack changed from facing the middle of his half-moon formation to the left moon tip. After the distance was closer, Sanchez also recognized that the one who was driving at the forefront of the opponent was the flagship "Galaxy Battleship" of the Expeditionary Fleet.
Is it? This discovery also surprised Sanchez. It was much more surprising than the loss of Taiwan. Could it be that the Expeditionary Fleet is really in danger? In Sanchez's heart, there was a shadow.
But now both sides are about to enter the distance of the battle, and it is too late to turn back, so they can only go head-on and finish the battle first. Therefore, Sanchez immediately ordered and ordered half of the fleet on the left to accelerate and also lined up in a column formation.
Fight against the enemy.
The First Squadron is the strongest squadron of the five Navy teams of the Merchant Army Navy. There were originally twenty-five warships of various warships. When they went to fight, they also included the newly-served 2,000-four lucky ships.
The squadron brought the total number of warships to twenty-six. Among them, there are fifteen main battleships, including the only battleship in the navy, two cruisers, eight destroyers, and four frigates.
Among the auxiliary warships, in addition to the newly-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-suspended 2,000-
Judging from the tonnage, it belongs to the same level as the Galaxy, so it is not named after the word "Fu". It was named "Giu Whale" by Shang Yi. No matter how combat effectiveness it is, it is very terrifying to pull it out, and the other two
The One Thousand-Fire Fu Ship was named Fuxing and Fuquan, and it was at least a ton class of frigates. Therefore, the auxiliary warships of the First Squadron are also the strongest among the five squadrons.
Although Shang Yi's plan, Fu Ship will be used as a transport ship in the future, it is still mainly used for multi-purpose. Therefore, the design of these three ships has made some improvements in consideration of their war needs.
First of all, in the aspect ratio, the "Giant Whale" is 1 to 4, and the two 1,000-foot lucky ships reach 1 to 5; although the bow is still flat, it is changed to a pointed shape near the waterline; and the sail is
While retaining the Chinese hard sails, Western soft sails and side sails were also added to make the three ships more flexible and faster to sweep.
Of course, the biggest change is that all the three ships were equipped with Western-style under-deck guns. The Giant Whale set up three decks, seventy-two cannons, the Pak Xing and Fuquan were second-decks, and thirty-two decks.
Six artillery. Although the number of artillery is slightly smaller than that of warships of the same level, compared with the old-style lucky ships, this is a very big breakthrough. It can also be said that these three
All lucky ships are improved and upgraded versions, and the combat effectiveness of new lucky ships that are both commercial and war-friendly, and their combat effectiveness cannot be ignored.
In fact, with the number of warships, tonnage and firepower of the First Squadron, they have the strength to win the battle with the Spanish Fleet. Therefore, when Shang Yi and Alisandra formulated tactics before the war, they decided to let the first one.
It is not unreasonable for the squadron to take the lead.
At this time, Shang Yi also discovered that the Spanish fleet had changed its offensive formation, and half of the warships on the west side gradually became columns and came. Shang Yi couldn't help but say, "Does Spain also use column tactics?"
Alisandra said lightly: "If you fight too much with the Dutch, you will naturally learn some of it. Therefore, when fighting, the Spanish army also used some column tactics, but when arranging the array, they would still use it.
The half-moon array or horizontal array is like this, but it is too late to change the array now."
Shang Yi also nodded, because one side was prepared, while the other side was hastily changing the formation. Compared with the two sides, the high and low were naturally judged. Moreover, the first squadron had occupied the inner route, no matter how the Spanish fleet changed.
, even the fate of being intercepted by the First Squadron is inseparable from the fate of being intercepted by the First Squadron. Of course, for the Spanish fleet, it can also use the method of two columns of attack to fight the First Squadron.
After the two sides met, it took almost half an hour before they entered the battle distance. At this time, it was 3:00 pm.
As the fleets of both sides were about to enter the range of the cannons, Alisandra also decisively issued a new order. "Turn left fifteen degrees, hit the rear mast side, advance at full speed, and order the cannons
, the target opponent's first ship is ready to launch. At the same time, notify the rear fleet and speed up to follow."
Although the commander-in-chief of the fleet was Shang Yi, Shang Yi was obviously not as good as Alisandra in his practical experience in naval battles. Therefore, when he issued an order, Shang Yi was always half a beat faster than Alisandra, but Shang Yi was also
Not a slim person, but according to the instructions of Alisandra, he issued orders one by one.
"Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-"
Before the Spanish fleet's formation was completely completed, the first ships of both sides had entered an interlaced distance, about three hundred meters apart, and almost at the same time fired guns and bombarded each other. A series of huge roars also resounded throughout the sea.
, thus opening the prelude to the first naval battle in history of the Chinese and Spanish fleets.
The first ship of the Spanish fleet, Xize, was the 700-ton Bullfighter. The captain was Francis. The ship had 70 artillery pieces, with thirty-five one-sided one-sided fire. The shells roared over 300.
The sea surface was dome wide, and more than ten water columns soaring into the sky were stirred up in front and back of the Galaxy. Three solid bullets hit the side of the Galaxy. Only one solid bullet killed two sailors, and two of them were
The side platoon did not even break through, so it did not cause much damage to the Milky Way.
The Galaxy has a total of 92 artillery pieces, and forty-six artillery pieces on one side. They are divided into three decks and fired one after another, causing even greater momentum. The water columns that aroused by the shells falling into the sea almost covered the Bullfighter.
, and at least six shells hit the Bullfighter, two penetrated the sideways, and two fell to the deck, killing and injuring six or seven sailor soldiers.
After all, the two warships are not of the same level, and their resistance is also obvious. Therefore, after the first round of artillery attacks, the Galaxy obviously occupied the wind. However, neither caused any major damage to the other side. After the artillery attack, both sides continued to move forward.
The horses were about to cross, but both sides still had time to shoot. So under the decks of the two ships, the gunners were cleaning the barrel at the fastest speed, then reloading the ammunition, preparing for the next launch.
The anti-shock force fired by artillery fire also shaking violently. Shang Yi grabbed the back of the ship and stopped the rod to stabilize his body, and ordered loudly: "Order the artillery on the deck to use a chain ball.
Bullets are prepared for the launch of the Thunder Rockets."
At this time, on the deck, the soldiers of the merchant army had already prepared the thunder rocket box, and took advantage of the gap after the artillery was launched, immediately placed it on the launch stand, aimed at the direction of the Bullfighter, and ignited the lead.
Rockets spitting out flames brought out thick smoke and flew towards the enemy ships opposite. This time, the merchant army took the lead and launched an attack.
There are 72 Pili Rockets in total. After the tail wing is added, the stability and accuracy of the Pili Rockets' flight have been greatly improved, although it cannot be said to be there,
But at least after launch, it can fly in one direction, rather than flying aimlessly in the past. The Bullfighter is not a small target, and the cannon can only shoot at the hull, while the Thunderbolt rocket can use sails as a
When attacking targets, although most of the side sails and auxiliary sails will be put away in the naval battle of sailboats, a certain number of main sails will be retained, so the targets are much larger than artillery.
Although most of the seventy-two thunder rockets fell into the sea, at least a dozen hit the target, three hit the sails, and four or five hit the deck. The rest also hit the side of the ship.
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On the deck of the Bullfighter, a series of explosions immediately sounded. In fact, it was not scary to explode, but the iron sheets and oil in the Thunder Rocket would explode and splash everywhere. The sailors on the deck and the crew were killed and injured, everywhere
It was a flame, and what was even more terrifying was that after a thunderbolt rocket hit the main sail exploded, most of the splashed oil fell on the sails and immediately burned. The sailors on the deck were also in chaos, and some people were busy.
When trying out the fire by shooting water, some people also use their hands to lower the burning canvas.
However, the chaos on the deck did not affect the deck below, and the second round of artillery fires from both sides began almost at the same time.
After this shelling, one of the Galaxy's five cannons pierced the side strings, and four sailors were killed. Among the shells fired by the Galaxy, more than a dozen were chain bullets, and they were whistling towards the Bullfighter.
And, two chain blasts hit the target and twisted the two masts into two sections. One mast had already lowered the sail, so even if it was squeezed, it would not hurt much, but the other mast was hung.
It was the already burning sail that fell down and brought the fire to the entire deck.
After this round of artillery, the two warships passed by and sailed towards their next opponent. On the other side of the Spanish fleet, Sanchez also commanded the fleet and leaned towards this side to reinforce.