Chapter 731: Even if you see the flying eagle flag, you have to walk around

Since its birth, the navy has been a bottomless pit that burns money. ¤Isn’t Britain’s 200-year world hegemony relying on a powerful navy? Conversely, with the increasing costs of supporting the navy, Britain was still full of colonies after World War I, but it could no longer support its huge naval scale.

In this era, every ship is precious because its construction period is very long. It takes only half an hour to start the war, and more than ten ships were either sunk or injured in one breath. The loss is a bit unbearable. It is not that the British navy is not brave enough to fight, nor is it that the British pirates lack courage. In fact, British people who are pirates are bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. Isn’t pirates just a fight and robbing one after another, and run away if they can’t beat them? They are insidious and cunning, cruel and ruthless. The British don’t lack these things, otherwise how can they deserve the title of “smashing stick”.

The above reasons are not the most important. The most important thing is that there is no hope of victory, or that it is frightened. At the beginning, the bombardment of the 105 gun did not make Black feel too afraid. This little fire rushed forward. Isn’t the British Navy’s tactic just to seize the T-shaped head after getting close, and use the cannon on the side to wash the opponent’s floor?

When the 75th gun group opened fire, Black was really scared to death. Sixty 75 mountain cannons fired at a speed of six rounds per minute, and they were not solid bullets. As long as they were a boat, they would be seriously injured. It was only then that Chen did not make the bitter taste, otherwise the sailing warship would be a fire ship that was just a little bit.

There is another detail that is even more deadly. Black discovered that the warships of the Ming Empire, even when they were turning, they did not mean to stop the guns at the bow of the ship. At the end of the turn, the guns at the tail of the ship were also bombarded. What tactics is this? What kind of fire is this? British warships also have cannons at the bow of the ship, but they were short-barrel large-caliber smoothbore cannons. When they came into play, they penetrated the opponent's oak deck with huge solid bullets after approaching the enemy. The warships of the Ming Empire were just the opposite, and the guns were always on both ends. This was beyond his understanding. People were always afraid of things that could not be understood, and once such things that could not be understood were superimposed, fear became irresistible.

Black, who was frightened, saw that the situation was not good, and his first reaction was that the battle could not be fought. The gap was too big, so he immediately ordered the Z-shaped flag to be lowered, and it was important to turn around and run away. The naval battle was almost the same. When fighting, it was called a fleet, and when it ran away, the birds and beasts scattered. This guy decisively made Li Heng unprepared, and left thirteen warships that could not move due to the damage to the war, and the other ships fled in scattered.

After Li Heng reacted, he just sneered a few times and ran away just in time. He asked Zhang Guangde to order the fly-scissor fleet to attack and find an opportunity to annihilate the enemy. The main force turned the direction and killed the joint fleet on the other side. The "pirate ships" on the sea that could not move were handed over to the armed merchant ships hiding behind to clean up.

The British ran so simply. They far exceeded Knight's expectations. There was no doubt that this was the victory of the new cannon. The area around one thousand meters, due to the dense and fast artillery fire, taught the British a lesson.

"Is this the latest naval gun of the Ming Empire?" After Knight understood this, he felt extremely painful. The reason was very simple. The sea belonged to the European era. It was gone forever. In the past, the Dutch were not so convinced compared to the Ming Empire. Today, the battle was fought, and only ten ships caused heavy damage to the British Navy and easily won the scene. Knight gave up completely. The gap was too big, and it was no longer impossible to match it. It was just standing downstairs, others standing above the third floor, and even looking up could not see the gap.

Ten warships bulged their sails and drew a circle on the sea. They did not immediately reinforce the battle of the squadron, but instead circled around the sea and ran to the side of the joint fleet.

The battle here has ended, and it has just started. The two sides are about 800 meters away. The squadron, which was the first to turn, launched an attack with fierce artillery fire on the side. The fleet warships lined up in a z-shaped shape. When the enemy of the warship tilted on one side, the cannons roared, and the gun hatch on the side sprayed out smoke from gunpowder.

The hit rate of the smoothbore gun can be imagined at a distance of 800 meters, but there are always a few unlucky guys who are hit by solid bullets emitted by naval guns. The old-fashioned rifled gun may not be the most powerful in naval battles, but at a distance of 800 to 500 meters, it is enough to turn the oak armor of any warship in the world into a decoration.

At five hundred meters, the fleet had completed all the steering, speeding towards one side, maintaining the distance between the two. The joint fleet tried desperately to get close, but this action was undoubtedly futile. The naval advantages of the Ming Empire were not only reflected in the range of naval guns, but also in the performance of the warships. The design was more reasonable and the personnel were placed in more scientific warships, leading the speed of other warships of this era, easily maintaining a suitable distance. After seizing the t-shaped head again, fierce artillery fire rang out again.

If you can't catch up, you can only be beaten passively. At this time, the United Fleet also discovered something was wrong, especially after accepting the battle on the other side, you found that you could not hear the sound of cannons and the British pirates could not be seen in the telescope. The fool knew that he was betrayed by his teammates.

The fierce battle on this side was nearly an hour, and the casualties of the combined fleet were not too great, but the six ships lost their combat power. The lethality of solid bombs was incomparable to the high-explosive bombs. The combined fleet, which was not a single heart, immediately responded after discovering that the British ran away, and the Portuguese retreated first. The French were the last ones who ran away. The Spanish, who were in danger of the Ming Empire navy, rushed to the front and found that they ran away, and after they found that they ran away, the thirty-three warships of the entire fleet were violently attacked by the Ming squadron on the front, and the white sail of the main force of the Ming fleet appeared behind.

At this time, for the Spanish pirates, the pain of being betrayed by their teammates is no longer the most important thing. The important thing is that they have missed the best opportunity to run away. If these people work together, today's battle cannot be so easy. If the British entangled the main fleet regardless of casualties, they could have lasted for a few hours. After all, it was a naval battle in the sail era, and the accuracy was very limited. The previous large number of casualties could be caused not because of the accurate battle, but because of luck.

At this time, the strength of the United Fleet was not much loss. If everyone persisted, they could even take down more than half of the armed merchant ships without arms. Unfortunately, Black was frightened. The rate of fire of the 75 gun was definitely a rapid-fire gun in this era. In addition, it could even be fired with three shots of 105 main guns in one minute. This thing is the consequence of the shipwreck. In this way, everyone would be afraid of it. In the naval battle of the sail era, it was too difficult for a ship to sink. It would have to be fought for three or five hours before the shipwreck would be sunk. This is something that only happens with a large-scale fight.

The result was that the Ming Navy did not perform according to the script. The new naval guns were used to give high-explosive bombs to teach wooden boats. Who can stand this? When the Spaniards wanted to run, Li Heng and the main fleet had already touched them. After approaching a distance of 500 meters, they directly dispersed the three unlucky men. There were seven ships on fire, all of which were masterpieces of 75 guns. You can't say that it's accurate to get far, right? It's almost like bayonets to be bayonets. It's strange if you can't hit the cannons at this distance. Even for these 500 meters, the Spaniards' cannons cannot cause damage to the battleships. The solid bullet hits the target at this distance, which is a consequence of weakness, let alone a 500-meter distance.

In general, in European naval warfare, the real spray distance is between 2 and 300 meters. This large-caliber smoothbore gun with a short distance can exert great power. However, at a distance of 500 meters, the function can be ignored. The real lethality is the shotgun that approaches a hundred meters. This thing washes the floor and washes people by the way. After the sail is damaged, losing power is the most feared thing for naval warfare, otherwise it will be run.

It is impossible not to say that the Spanish were unlucky. After being betrayed by his teammates, they were attacked from the front and back. The squadron was a little better. The dense solid bullets were difficult to cause fatal damage to the warships. At most, they could penetrate several holes and block them and continue to run. But the main fleet was deadly, especially the 75 guns, which were fast and urgent, and the damage was strong. Sixty guns fired thousands of shells in one breath. In less than half an hour, there was no good Spanish ship on the sea. Either they fell apart or caught fire and flew around the sea, and they were soon surrounded by the Ming fleet.

Francisco, the commander of the Spanish fleet, ordered the white flag to be raised and the resistance was abandoned. The naval battle did not end here. With the cooperation of the clippers, the armed merchant ships surrounded the British ships that had lost and suffered severe damage. Even if they hung the white flag, they would not stop. The clipper ships named the two 75 guns on the bow one by one, and the Marines on the armed merchant ships used rifles to name the struggling British pirates at the sea.

After the battle of the main force of the fleet was over, British ships were no longer visible at the sea, and they were all broken into broken wood, and there were everywhere on the sea, and there were also corpses floating on the sea.

"Do you still want to chase?" Zhang Guangde looked at the other battleships that were running away with unsatisfactory intentions. Li Heng tutted his mouth: "Forget it, we still have a mission. Besides, this battle has basically achieved the goal. From then on, any warships of any country on the sea have to go around when they see the flying eagle flag of the Ming Dynasty." That's right, the purpose of showing off their martial power has really been achieved! (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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