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Chapter 1330 Great Battle, Decisive Battle in the Tunis Strait ([-])
"My lord Grand Vizier, our empire's fleet has been deployed and is ready to attack the enemy's fleet at any time!"

The ship of the Ottoman Prime Minister Bar Ilan Pasha is a huge sailing warship with more than 600 sailors and warriors. Behind him are countless red and white Imperial Star and Moon Flags, covering the sky and the sun.

He was surrounded by elite Turkish novices, well-trained and excellent musketeers.

"The left wing is the 17 galleons and 53 galleys led by the governor of Tripoli, Kara Musha Pasha, and the right wing is the 25 galleons and 45 galleys led by the governor of Rhode Island, Hoshan Zand Pasha. The reserve team is Marsha Pasha’s 38 galleys and galleys. Our number of ships is six or seven times that of the enemy, so it can be said that we are sure to win. They chose to fight us in the Tunis Strait, which is definitely a fatal mistake made by their fleet.” The captain of the battleship said to the Grand Vizier.

"Hey, how could the Europeans think that our Ottoman fleet learned from the failure of the Ottoman Empire 60 years ago, and learned the craft of making galleons from Spanish galleons and Arabian dhows. Their intelligence was wrong. We also have Your own galleon. Defeat them, and use their heads to appease the anger of His Majesty the Emperor." Grand Vizier Baylan Pasha showed a cruel smile.

The Ottoman Empire was an effective war machine whose war potential could make Europe tremble.

The Ottoman Empire, which lost to the Spanish galleon and the Venetian galleon 60 years ago, set its sights on the galleon with more fierce firepower and began to manufacture sailboats in large quantities. Therefore, in addition to the traditional galley in the current imperial fleet, there are also There are many more galleons, sacrificing flexibility in exchange for more ferocious firepower and thick and closed wooden armor.

Although the Ottoman Empire began to popularize Spanish galleons and Arabian dhows, they did not realize that the sailboats they imitated were actually far from the European ships fighting in the Atlantic Ocean.

The frequent naval battles on the Atlantic colonial battlefield and the English Channel made Spain, the Netherlands, Britain, and Portugal frantically upgrade their equipment and improve their warships and artillery technology. The Ottoman Empire engaged in naval warfare.

The Ottoman Empire still feels good about itself, thinking that with the galleon it can regain its dominance in the Mediterranean.

"Order, prepare for an all-out attack!" Bar-Ilan Pasha held a sharp sword and was wearing heavy armor. His armor shone brightly under the sunlight.

As long as the combined fleet on the opposite side is defeated, the shameful record of the fall of Algiers will be overshadowed by the victory of this sea battle.The Ottoman Empire will remain the sole hegemony in the Mediterranean!

"Woo!!!"

Just as the Ottoman fleet was preparing to attack, the sharp sirens rang across the battlefield!
This is the long sound of steam, the mysterious power from industrial civilization!
This is also the new number agreed by the United Fleet to launch an attack!
Almost all the ships of the Ottoman fleet heard a loud noise like a sea monster. They looked around in surprise, trying to find the source of the strange noise!
"Sea...sea monster?!" Many Ottoman soldiers who believed in the existence of sea monsters were terrified.

"My lord Grand Vizier, the enemy fleet has launched an attack!"

Many soldiers who were afraid of ghosts were frightened, and the combined fleet consisting of six large warships on the left and right flanks of the combined fleet began to attack in line formation first!
The two formations of the iron-clad ship General Fubo and the sailing battleship Shuhan targeted the opponent's wings respectively!

In order to keep the ironclad ship in line with the battleships and frigates behind it, the boilers were not fully fired.However, it can rely on the steam boiler to obtain an explosive speed far faster than that of ordinary sailboats at any time.

The artillery layer of the ironclad ship is covered by heavy armor, and officers are patrolling the full-through artillery deck layer. The first batch of gunpowder and shells have been loaded in advance.

The artilleryman and the artillery commander in charge were so nervous that they almost suffocated.

This is the first time a steam ironclad warship has fought at sea, and it needs a victory to prove to the world that ironclad ships are more suitable for combat than ordinary wooden sailboats!
Although the ironclad had only 22 guns, its gun calibers were a formidable combination of 40-pound and 68-pound cannons, the recoil of which would have cracked the hull of a wooden ship of the era.

"Everyone follow the order and fire the artillery. Remember the loading steps during the usual training, don't delay! You should have mastered the rhythm of the battle when you bombarded Algiers and Tunisia! Don't be afraid of the enemy's artillery, we are ironclad ships , even if they are close to our hull, it will be the opponent's ship that will be sunk, not our ironclad ship!" The commander on the artillery deck was full of strong confidence in his words.

They are ironclad ships!It would be too shameful if it could be easily sunk by the galleys of the Ottoman Empire. The steam ironclad ship did not appear until 200 years later!

"Send Manager Li to the cabin. Unless all the soldiers on the deck are killed in battle, they are not allowed to stay on the deck!" Zheng Zhibao, the captain of the ironclad ship, asked the soldiers to send Li Jinde back to the cabin.

Although the ironclad ship is indestructible both on the deck and the artillery layer, in order to avoid the enemy's boarding battle, musketeers are deployed on the top deck, and the 68-pound movable naval guns on the bow and stern of the ship need to be operated by the gunner and commanded. The officer observes the battle situation and directs the ship at any time, and the most likely to be sacrificed in the melee is the person on the top deck.

Even Zheng Zhibao, the captain, may be hit by stray bullets from nowhere.

The casualty rate of the commander-in-chief of the navy has always been high. Nelson, the most respected of the Royal Fleet, also died during the naval battle, and the commander-in-chief of the Netherlands navy also died a lot.

"Captain, you must be careful of their ramming horns! Our armor is not strong enough to withstand the ramming horns coming at high speed. They wrapped iron sheets on the ramming horns. Once they are hit by their ramming horns from the side, we The hull of the ship may dent and lose maneuverability, and they will have to engage in a boarding battle with them." The adjutant reminded.

"Our artillery will easily destroy their approaching ships. This battle must be won!" Zheng Zhibao could see the enemy fleet getting closer, and his hairs seemed to stand on end!
General Fubo is leading the left-wing fleet, and it is facing the right-wing fleet of the governor of Rhode Island. The opponent has 70 large and small sailboats and galleys!

That's when the formation led by the ironclad ship needs to defeat a fleet ten times its own!
(End of this chapter)