The waves gently hit the pier, stirring up waves of whitecaps and countless foam. The seagulls screamed cheerfully, flying high and low, showing off their excellent flying skills. As the waves formed on the shore
The sound of horses' hoofbeats quickly broke the peaceful scene, the waves began to roar uneasily, and the songs of seabirds were replaced by panicked neighing.
One after another, the giant warships began to raise their sails amidst the noise, drawing a beautiful arc and then splitting the waves and sailing away from the port, forming an attack formation in the distance. The tightly closed guns on the ship's sides were
It opened one after another, like a bloody mouth, with dark and solid barrels sticking out one after another, as if they were ready to spit out angry flames at any time.
On the deck, a large number of combat personnel are busy nervously. Sailors shuttle between cables and sails, splashing seawater on cables and sundries that are easily ignited. More personnel are carefully checking their hands.
The guns and sharp blades, and the red eyes reveal the desire for victory.
The Spaniards were angry. The armed merchant ship that had escaped two days ago told them bad news. The Ming fleet was coming! They adopted the most despicable tactics to sneak attack the Avery fleet, which was kindly sent to rescue, and took advantage of the fact that the West had been eliminated.
The heavy stern gun that fell off sent more than ten Spanish warships into the seabed during the pursuit.
In addition to anger, Salamanca also had another layer of worry. As the governor of Luzon, it was impossible for him not to care at all about this big Eastern country that was just around the corner. Although he had just taken office not long ago, he had already read all the records about this country.
, the Ming Dynasty once had a huge fleet, and they still maintain a strong combat effectiveness in the offshore waters. The destruction of the Dutch fleet on Dongfan Island many years ago is a good proof.[
Instead of bullying the Chinese wantonly like his predecessors, Salamanca just didn't want to attract too much attention from the Ming people and let them set their sights on the ocean and build their own ocean-going fleet again. But obviously, his plan failed.
The secret letter that the king sent to him made it very clear. According to Shivera's reconnaissance, the Ming Dynasty was developing in the direction he least expected. This eastern empire had begun to rely on its rich resources to expand to the west.
In exchange for a battleship.
Salamanca knew very well why his king would mobilize the huge colonial fleet to the east, destroy the country's coastal defenses, and destroy their growing fleet. While his Western compatriots were still hesitant about the size of the empire,
, turning the Ming Dynasty into a new Spanish colony, this is his mission.
He did not launch an attack as soon as the fleet arrived, not because Salamanca was afraid of Ming's revenge, but because this season was the typhoon season. He was confident of defeating the newly born Ming fleet, but he was not sure.
Facing the anger of Poseidon, he never thought that the people of Ming Dynasty would be so bold. They would dare to take the initiative to provoke the powerful Spain at this time.
If the God of Destruction wants to destroy people, he must first make them crazy. Thinking of these words of the ancient Greek tragedy writer Eudipides, Salamanca suddenly understood the behavior of the Ming people. Perhaps it was those Westerners who went to trade.
Their compatriots told them that a large fleet was being assembled on Luzon Island, so why would they do such a crazy thing?
After carefully listening to the introduction of Yusef, the pirate who escaped this time, Salamanca believed that he had enough strength to complete the task assigned to him by the king. The Ming people made a fatal mistake and mixed warships built by different countries.
If they are grouped together, not only will the original advantages of the battleships not be brought into play, but the different "performance" will also make the entire fleet more vulnerable to being defeated individually.
The peacock is very beautiful, but it cannot fly high or far. Perhaps now is the time to let this beautiful oriental peacock fall to the ground. Salamanca decided not to wait any longer. It immediately launched a counterattack, first destroying the Ming people sent out.
rookie fleet, and then take advantage of the situation to invade their country.
The Spanish fleet in Luzon Island is spreading its claws, preparing to tear the invading enemy into pieces. The Ming Navy hundreds of miles away is also in a state of excitement. After the task of luring the enemy fleet composed of seven Western warships, not one of them still has
With the ability to sail independently, hundreds of naval officers returned to the sea.
In the battle with the Avery fleet, Ersi ignored the problem of the different speeds of all warships. In the end, the three Dutch warships with the strongest firepower but the slowest speed were successfully surrounded by the enemy, and a planned pursuit battle
It turned into a positional battle of strength. Under the opponent's powerful artillery fire, the naval officers used unfamiliar muzzleloaders to fight back heroically. If it were not restricted by the naval battle methods of this era, they would have found an opportunity to rely on the advantage of hand-to-hand combat to capture them alive.
If the enemy fleet is in command, they will not be able to achieve final victory.
"General. The last general deserves death..." As the commander of the fleet, Er Sha was shot several times in the final gang-hopping battle. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to wake up under the emergency rescue of the fleet medical officer.
"Come here! Carry him back to me!" Zhu Youcong was not carried away by his anger. "I don't have the final say on how much responsibility you have to bear in this battle. You have to wait until the battle is over to be judged.
.Now you go down and cultivate yourself well for me, and I will respect you no matter what, because you embody the integrity of our Ming Dynasty soldiers, and you did not shrink from the battle and abandon your comrades."
"No! I won't go down. I will avenge my brothers who died in the battle!" Er Sha's heart was full of self-blame. Without being able to resurrect the brothers who had been together day and night, all he could do was send more
Enemies go to hell to comfort the heroic spirits.
"Go down as soon as I tell you. If you want revenge, wait until your body has recovered!" Under Zhu Youcong's strict order, Er Sha was forcibly sent back to the medical room, but before he left, his firm eyes told Zhu Youcong that even if
Even the general of Zhenguo couldn't stop him.
"Keep an eye on him. If there is nothing you can do after the battle starts, let him go to the machine gun squad!" Zhu Youcong was very aware of the virtues of his soldiers and gangsters, and he felt very uncomfortable, but now
This is not the time to blame himself. There are more powerful opponents waiting for him ahead. Completely annihilating the enemy and making Luzon the territory of the Ming Dynasty is the only way to let the soldiers rest in peace.
"General, you don't need to be upset about this loss. You must know that you can still achieve such a glorious victory with such a huge gap. No matter who hears it, everyone will be in awe!" Richelieu could not imagine this at all.
How did his Eastern allies win in the battle, but he saw Zhu Youcong's dissatisfaction.
"Maybe!" He shook his head and smiled bitterly. Most of the thoughts in this era should be the same as Richelieu. Even Zou Weilian next to him was proud of the victory in this battle. Ji Fang had no advantage at all.
Under such circumstances, he was able to defeat several times the enemy and finally captured six complete battleships. He also captured the enemy commander alive. This was a great achievement. But Zhu Youcong just couldn't accept it calmly. He also knew that in the battle
It was impossible that there would be no casualties, but the fall of every Ming Dynasty soldier was like a piece of flesh being cut off from his heart.
"General, we will be discovered by the enemy in about half an hour!" For such a commander who cherishes his soldiers, Zou Weilian is both lucky and afraid. He is worried that he will become handcuffed because of the losses in front of him. Then
This is extremely detrimental to the large-scale battle that is about to begin.
Trying hard to suppress the pain in his heart, Zhu Youcong then added: "You can make the specific battle arrangements yourself, but I want to remind you to refer to Joseph's opinions more. After all, he is more familiar with the Spaniards than all of us.
Combat methods and battleship characteristics.”
"Then General..." General Zhenguo is not responsible for specific command on the battlefield. This is already a tradition in the Ming Dynasty army, but Zou Weilian is still very worried about Zhu Youcong's current state.
"I'm going to the front turret to beat people up! To save you from destroying Salamanca who is said to be about as fat as me, I'm still waiting to catch him and take him back to prove that my body shape is normal!"[
"Follow your orders!" A meaningless answer made Zou Weilian feel like he was hearing the sound of heaven. General Zhenguo was using his own way to show that he had not forgotten his duty. Standing in front of him was still the decisive and shameless dead man.
Fat man.
"Fishing boats No. 3 and No. 6 began to leave the main fleet and take charge of guarding. Capture all the Xiyi who want to escape!" Zou Weilian, who had high morale and no longer needed to talk too much, returned to the command position and quickly issued the order. "
The rest of the brothers are ready, the cannons are loaded, and the rockets are in the firing position! Conduct ten rounds of attacks outside the enemy's range. If anyone is lazy in the future, don't go out and say that he is a soldier of our navy!"
As Zou Weilian's order was issued, the warships of the Ming Empire Navy quickly took action. The waterproof tarpaulin was quickly uncovered, revealing the huge cannon body. Amidst the neat slogans, the crew members nervously
Busy, he lifted each rocket onto the launcher and carefully adjusted the shooting distance and orientation.
On both sides of the deck, all the sides had been opened. Dark, solid gun barrels instantly grew out. There were three boxes in each combat position. This was just an appetizer prepared by the machine gun squad for the Spaniards.
"Oh, my God!" Although he is the staunchest ally of the Ming Empire. Although he has been on this ship for so long, Richelieu saw the Ming warship entering combat mode for the first time.
Originally, he was still doubting that even though this was a brand new steel battleship, the cannons used by the Ming people themselves were more powerful than those of foreign trade goods, but what effect could such a small number of bow cannons have? But now he understood,
The rotating turret perfectly solves this problem. Landing the giant cannon on the ship will no longer be a nightmare. And judging from the scenes he saw at Lingshan Guard, the shooting speed of this kind of giant cannon will not be faster than that of the Spaniards.
The thirty-two-pound naval gun was slower, and its power was definitely far greater than that of the fifty-four-pound cannon.
The giant cannon is very tempting, but just like this steel battleship, Richelieu can only watch from the side. That damn fat man will not agree to sell it to him, and even if the Ming Dynasty is willing to sell it, he cannot pretend to it.
On the boat. The Gatling gun next to it aroused the French prime minister's great interest. How could just two people use so much "drug"? Of course he would not be so stupid as to think that it was a "shooter"
The things they use to show off will definitely be used up if they dare to carry them out.
The duration of a naval battle can be long or short, and it is not surprising if the battle is of equal strength and lasts for several days and nights. But are the Spaniards and the Ming people on the same starting line now? Richelieu fully believes that once the battle begins,
Luzon would have to change hands within a day of the start of the war. Although he was not proficient in Ming Dynasty writing, he could at least understand the "two thousand rounds" written on the medicine box. Doesn't this mean that those "shooters" had to
Completed 10,000 "shootings" in one day? That damn fat man really didn't regard his subordinates as human beings?
"Your Excellency General!" Richelieu opened his mouth before the fat man left.
"What's the matter?"
"I forgot to remind you just now that the Spanish warships are equipped with a large number of heavy medium-range artillery, so you can refer to the British approach appropriately. Use your advantage in range to distance yourself from them.
Try to avoid getting close to enemy ships and being hooked by them and board the ships for hand-to-hand combat!" Although I don't think that the Ming Navy, which is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, will fail, but how can I say that I am also in this fleet? What if this damn fat man ignores the situation?
Rampage, those cannons don’t have eyes!
"Thank you for the reminder. I will ask my subordinates to pay attention to this!" This suggestion was useless, but Zhu Youcong still expressed his gratitude. Anyway, it is good that others can think of this.
"This is what I should do as an ally." After a very hypocritical expression, Richelieu finally revealed his true intention. "My subordinates are very interested in the small cannons you use. No.
Do you know if the General can let them..."
Have you been deceived again? This old slick guy just said it if he wanted to see a machine gun, so that he was inexplicably moved. Zhu Youcong greeted Richelieu's family fiercely in his heart, and then smiled and said: "
We are allies, what's wrong? Let them give it a try this time, and if they think it's good, we can discuss it in the future, right?"
"Thank you! Thank you, your kind general!" Richelieu thanked him without any words. Zhu Youcong's last words really stimulated him too much. Discuss? Doesn't that mean that he has hope to buy such a thing?
?From what he said, he was still afraid that this thing wouldn't be sold, so he didn't take it out last time? But can the weapons produced in the Ming Dynasty not be used well?
"Come here, you guys, give these Western gentlemen a hard time and let them use it later!" You can watch it, and it's not completely impossible to play it, but if you want to buy it... I'm afraid you'll have to wait for several days.
It only takes ten years. I don’t know if Richelieu will kidnap Zhu Youcong and send him to the Spaniards after he understands his mind.
"Eighty miles ahead, the enemy fleet was discovered!" As the distance got closer, one warship after another revealed their tall and majestic bodies on the sea level, and the sails swaying in the wind were like an eyesore.
A letter of challenge. The word surrender was written on it in blood.
"Every ship enters the combat position! Sound the siren to warn!" Zou Weilian is not that shameful fat man who punishes people without teaching them. He will notify people before beating them, so that they can be prepared. Don't look around.
Wrong person!
"Damn it, is this the Eastern Fleet that drove away the Dutch?" Salamanca couldn't help but shook his head, with a look of disappointment on his face. "Do they think they are safe just by covering the warships with a layer of iron?
?Think you are using a fortress cannon?"
A series of questions. No one could answer them. Six armored battleships, followed by a dozen French merchant ships that had lowered their flags. This was all Salamanca could see. The most ridiculous thing is that the Ming people obviously did not
With the experience of fighting on the ocean, I didn’t even know that this was a naval battle! In a naval battle, the most important thing is the wind direction and terrain. This is also the aspect that most tests the level of the battleship commander and the quality of the naval soldiers. As long as you occupy the right time and place,
It is not difficult to defeat a large number of people with a small number.
"Tell Mo Ailian to let his fleet set off immediately to send these damn Ming people to hell. Others should pay attention to the enemy's main fleet!" There is no reason for Salamanca to believe that he is seeing what he sees now.
It was the enemy's entire strength, and those broken ships were not worth mentioning in his eyes.
How powerful would it be to add a layer of iron to a wooden warship? Don't the people of the Ming Dynasty know that this backward technology had been eliminated by the West a hundred years ago? And their strange ship type is neither based on
Round ships, which mainly carry goods, are not longships that are generally considered by the West to be the most suitable for combat. Salamanca even wondered if the Dutch were so laughing at seeing such strange warships that they forgot to fire their cannons.
He was captured alive.[
What was most incredible to Salamanca was that the enemies who came to challenge were actually at a disadvantage. Didn't they know that once the war started, the smoke that spread would be blown towards them by the wind, covering the lives of all personnel on the battleship?
Line of sight? Or are they simply not prepared to go into battle, so that’s why the broken ships are still in a sailing posture without any intention of turning around?
After careful observation, Salamanca finally discovered something strange. The Ming warships had no sails? No wonder they didn't consider the wind direction? But all the members of the Spanish fleet, including him, who discovered this problem were laughing wildly. There were still sails in this world.
In such a backward country, human oars are still used.
"Ouch" the dragon roared, but the Spaniards did not realize that this was a warning from the Ming Empire. They were still pointing and laughing wildly.
"Dear Mr. Zou, I think you should let those poor Spaniards know that this is the fleet from hell!" The laughter that came from dozens of miles away did not make Zou Weilian feel unhappy at all. People just laugh,
It will be time for them to cry for their father and mother later. But as a military advisor, Joseph is a French nobleman, how can he endure such ridicule?
"As you wish!" Hell Fleet? That's a good name. Zou Weilian nodded with satisfaction. From now on, the Ming Dynasty's navy also had another name, and it sounded more majestic than Li Zicheng's bandit Panda Legion. "The order was given to cut the cables, and each ship began to
attack!"
"Bang bang" as the cables dragging the French warships were cut one after another, the naval warships of the Ming Empire split the waves like arrows from the string.
"Target the two wings of the enemy's main fleet! Ten rounds of 'fire'!"
Mo Aieran, who has already moved forward, is not worthy of enjoying the baptism of rockets. What awaits them is the warm hospitality of the nine-inch cannon. What Zou Weilian has to do is to beat the enemy to pieces in the first time and eliminate the enemy's two wings.
’ They moved towards the middle.
"ignition!"
Although they were far apart, the captains of each ship issued the same order at almost the same time. Dozens of rockets roared away from the launcher, bringing the greetings of the Eastern Empire to the Spaniards. (To be continued.