I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 378 The only naval battle with zero casualties in history!
"By Allah, is this Daming?"

Lusa stared dumbfounded at the huge fleet of battleships covering the entire sea, his eyes widened.

In his heart, he had already imagined that Da Ming was very powerful, but when he saw Da Ming's battleships today, he suddenly realized that his imagination was still too lacking.

In his mind, no matter how powerful the Ming Navy is, there are only a few hundred warships, and they are of different sizes.

After all, if the Ming Dynasty's navy is strong, it won't be able to snatch the boats from the Portuguese country to guard the canal.

However, when he saw the real Daming Navy today, he realized that he was thinking too much.

The 8 steel warships radiated a cold light under the sunlight, and there were no less than 400 large warships of the same model, covering the entire sea surface. The snow-white sails were like waves on the sea surface, and there was no end to the past. (The first and second squadrons are the main fleet formations, each formation has 150 warships, and the extra is the frigate of the steel squadron.)
After seeing Daming's warships, he looked back at the pitiful 300 warships behind him, and they were still warships of different sizes. Lusa felt that today might be the day of his death.

Although his number was about the same as the opponent's, his size was far worse. His flagship was not as big as an ordinary warship of the opponent's, let alone compared with those eight steel warships. There was simply no comparison between a beggar and a rich man.

"Woooooooo..."

Suddenly there was a strange roar in the sky. Lusa looked up and saw a dozen small black spots flying towards him rapidly.

"Enemy artillery attack, pay attention to avoid!"

Lusa let out a heart-piercing roar.

God, the distance is at least six nautical miles, and they have already entered Daming's range.

By Allah, at this moment he found that the artillery that made him proud was not even as good as a wooden shield.

"Boom boom boom..."

More than a dozen shells fell back and forth, two of which hit the target, and the rest all fell into the sea.

Of the two poor guys who were hit, a raging fire ignited on one of the ships, and the crew members who were burned by the flames wailed heart-piercing pain.

The other one was even more unlucky and hit the ammunition depot, exploded directly, and exploded into countless fragments. The crew were very lucky, and passed away without any pain. Perhaps this is the luck among misfortunes.

As for the others, even if they failed, the shells that exploded on the bottom of the sea formed a powerful shock wave, shaking the surrounding warships.

"Damn it, go up, go up and mingle with them... spread out, don't get together..."

Seeing that his side had lost two warships before they entered the range of engagement, Lusa was furious and cursed.

Although he was angry in his heart, the anger didn't blind his mind. He knew that now was not the time to get angry, and he should immediately mix with the enemy and engage in a follow-up battle, infinitely disintegrating the enemy's advantage.

Following the order from Lusa, the warships of the Alliance of Allah quickly broke into pieces and rushed towards the Ming battleship group from all directions.

"Hehe, the mayfly shakes the tree, and the mantis arms block the car!"

In the command room of the Dingyuan ship, Li Hu, who was holding a telescope, saw the opponent's warship disintegrated into pieces, so he understood what the opponent was thinking.

"Decree that each ironclad ship will lead a small team and let Lao Tzu eat them."

Li Hu's order was quickly conveyed, and the eight ironclad ships, each leading a small team, began to meet the enemy from all directions.

At the same time, when the battleship was advancing, the artillery of the steel battleship never stopped firing, and the shells were vented to the opposite side at an average speed of 4 minutes.

Although most of these shells failed, as long as they hit one or hit the waterline, the enemy warship would be directly paralyzed.

This is the gap between the times, and this is the power of technology.

The Allah Allah warship on the opposite side still uses the old-fashioned front-mounted iron ball artillery shells, while the artillery equipped on the warship of Ming Dynasty does not count the super artillery on the steel warship, and the wooden warship uses rear-loading cannons.

The artillery used by ordinary warships of the Ming Navy is specially designed by the Artisan Battalion for the navy.

Their advantages are long range and great power. As for the size and weight, this is not considered by the navy.

If it exceeds the transport weight of the ship, then reduce the artillery, as long as it is not less than the minimum specified quantity, then come casually.

Anyway, the tactic used by the navy is to fly a kite from a distance, relying on its long range and fast speed, to hang the opponent abruptly.

This is the current tactics of the Navy, known as the Mongolian Cavalry Marine Tactics.

They are just like the Mongolian light cavalry who crossed Europe and Asia back then, hanging their opponents like this, grinding them to death bit by bit.

If they are accidentally blocked by the enemy, they are not afraid. The rapid firing of the new artillery is not comparable to that of the old artillery. Even if the number is small, the rapid firing can make up for this disadvantage.

At the beginning of noon, the fleets of the two sides approached each other while sailing, and finally the most intense battle broke out.

However, it is said that it is a war, but it can actually be said that one side is being beaten.

The Ming Navy's combat range is two nautical miles, while the opposite Allah Allah Navy Fleet has a shooting limit of 500 meters.

As a result, the Ming Navy dragged a distance of two nautical miles and stopped approaching, and then the artillery continued to roar and hit the opponent.

The poor Alliance of Allah fleet tried desperately to go forward, but instead of approaching, they were beaten black and blue.

The two sides fought for only half an hour, and no fewer than 50 warships of the Alliance of Allah were sunk, and no fewer than 100 warships were injured in various ways.

On Daming's side, he didn't shed a single hair.

There is no way, the artillery on the opposite side can't reach it at all, it can't get close to it, it can't get close to it, it can't catch up to it, there is no chance of harming the Ming battleship.

"Oh, what a boring battle!"

In the command room of the Dingyuan ship, Li Hu was holding a cup of milk tea in his hand, listening to the sound of artillery in his ears, and looked boredly at the Allah fleet who had been beaten with bruises and swollen faces.

A middle-aged man next to him smiled when he heard Li Hu's complaint: "Master, there is no way, who made the other side too weak."

The name of this middle-aged man is Jiang Han, and he has nothing to do with Jianghuai, nor is he from the old navy.

He was one of the first batch of Weihaiwei Naval Academy students. After graduation, he took the first place in the school and served as the first officer of a ship. When he saved Zheng He's fleet, he made great contributions and was promoted to captain.

Later, he ranked among the best in many internal assessments of the Navy, surpassing most of the veteran generals.

Excellent people will naturally shine wherever they go, and Jiang Han's excellence and success are discovered by Li Hu who is looking for an heir.

Later, after Jinyiwei Yueyingwei's investigation confirmed that his identity was clean, Li Hu took him with him and began to teach him deeper naval knowledge and his years of combat experience.

Jiang Han lived up to expectations, studied hard every day, and often went to various fleets to practice. When he had no official missions, he was kind and kind, and was recognized by most of the admirals.

Later, Zhu Zhangui met him once in person, had an in-depth exchange with him, and found that he was indeed a talent, so he officially confirmed his status as the heir to the chief officer of the navy.

Since then, all admirals in the navy have called Jiang Han Major General.

Became the successor of the navy commander, Jiang Han is not proud and complacent, he still diligently learns from his master and the veteran navy generals, and goes to the fleet for internship every month.

With such a performance, the remaining small number of admirals also recognized the future chief of the navy.

"Xiaohan, after this battle is over, I will not interfere with the naval command, and I will leave the task of destroying Constantinople to you."

"And I can tell you in advance that this battle is a test for you. If you hand in a perfect answer sheet, the navy will be officially handed over to you in the future, and I will retire and go home to take care of my grandchildren."

"master!"

Jiang Han was a little excited, and then saw Li Hu's white hair and his face that had been exposed to the wind and sun all year round at sea, and his voice choked up.

When he met his master for the first time, Li Hu was still a middle-aged man who had a bad temper and called his mother at every turn.

However, in the blink of an eye, the master who was fierce and fierce became old, and the violence and coldness in his eyes disappeared, leaving only kindness and blessings for the Ming Dynasty's future navy.

"Ha ha!"

Glancing at his student, Li Hu laughed, stood up and patted Jiang Han on the shoulder.

"Why is the future general officer still crying? When I was fighting with His Highness at sea, I was stabbed several times, but I didn't shed tears. Wipe it up quickly, so that no one else sees the joke."

Jiang Han nodded, and quickly wiped the corners of his eyes.

"Behave well, Your Highness will not bury any talent."

"That little guy Qi Yuan used to be a thousand households, and he was still a thousand households in a corner. He had no chance to reuse him in his life, but His Highness fell in love with him. Now the old hen has turned into a duck, and he has transformed into the Western Expeditionary Corps. Commander, and also in charge of our Marine Corps, has become a general with a heavy hand."

"So, in front of Your Highness, don't hide your abilities if you have the ability, otherwise you will have no hope of being successful in this life."

"Also, during the annual summary meeting, don't be sluggish during the meeting. Slap the table when you should, and scold your mother when you want to. Otherwise, it will be difficult for you to get over those bastards in Jianghuai when it comes to robbing military expenses."

"Don't worry, master, I won't let our navy suffer."

Thinking of a few years ago, when he went to the end-of-year summary meeting with his master, his master slapped the table and scolded his mother, and wanted to duel with his good brother, Jiang Han couldn't help laughing in his heart.

But at the same time, he also understood that it was just a quarrel related to the interests of his own army. Normally, the two were very good brothers, the kind who could stand up for each other.

"Report, the enemy fleet shows signs of retreating!"

While the master and apprentice were chatting leisurely, the captain of the Dingyuan ship reported loudly that the enemy was about to retreat.

The two immediately turned around and came to the window of the ship, picked up the binoculars and looked into the distance.

I saw the Alliance of Allah Fleet chasing the Deming Fleet in quasi-close combat, some large ships began to retreat slowly, and the rest of the warships were desperately moving forward, preparing to block the Deming Fleet with death and buy time for the retreating fleet.

"Oh, it's just a dying struggle!"

Li Hu sneered, and ordered to Jiang Han behind him: "Order the Second Squadron to destroy the enemy's blocking forces, and the First Squadron will start to close up and launch a pursuit to the enemy's escaped ships. .”

"Yes!"

Jiang Han responded loudly, turned around and returned to the radio station, and began to convey Li Hu's order.

Soon the ministries received orders, and the 2nd Squadron began to move forward proactively to eliminate those broken ships. The 1st Squadron assembled to the Ironclad Fleet, followed the Ironclad Fleet, bypassed the battlefield, sank a few and prepared to come up. The blocked Allah ship followed closely behind Lusa's retreating fleet.

"Damn it, speed up and go to the reef area. I don't believe that they who are not familiar with the sea dare to catch up."

Looking back and seeing the enemy fleet catching up, Lusa was so angry that he threw the binoculars on the deck and gave a very dangerous order at the same time.

At the end of noon, the Allah Alliance fleet, which had been beaten for half an hour and lost more than a dozen ships, finally arrived at the reef area.

Looking at a piece of sea in the distance, Lusa looked back with a sneer. The Ming Fleet, which was still in the back of the neck, gave the order to enter under the helpless expressions of the captains.

"All ships pay attention to slow down, the front may be a dangerous area."

Seeing the strange route of the opponent's ship, Li Hu became vigilant all of a sudden, took a look at the chart next to him, saw that the dangerous area was marked on it, and guessed in his heart.

"Has our fleet ever explored here?"

Li Hu looked back at the fleet commander who was protecting the canal and followed Qi Yuan to rob everywhere.

The commander who came here as a guide shook his head and replied: "This is the inland sea area, the terrain is extremely complicated, and the time is too short. We can only mark the dangerous areas in various places based on the collected information, but what are the specific dangers and where can we avoid them? Dangerous, not sure!"

Li Hu frowned slightly, and after a while, he thumped the table with his hand.

"Damn, why doesn't our navy have planes? If there were planes in this situation, they wouldn't be so passive."

Looking at the opponent, there are still nearly a hundred warships that are gradually sailing away. Although Li Hu really wants to catch up and wipe out the remaining enemy forces, he is worried that he is not familiar with the sea conditions and it will be dangerous to go in hastily. In the end, he can only order Withdrew to the main battlefield, and then wiped out this little grasshopper when there is a chance.

This is the helplessness of combat at sea. Unlike land, which can use the terrain to set up an ambush in advance, the enemy has no way to escape.

In the endless sea, it is impossible to complete the real blocking. Under the condition of this kind of wind direction, it is very difficult for the steel battleship to catch up.

As Li Hu returned to the main battle with his fleet, the dozens of ships of the Alliance of Allah who were still resisting rose in vain and chose to surrender.

This battle, known as the Battle of Cyprus by later generations, started in the morning and ended in the late afternoon.

In this battle, a total of nearly 700 warships participated in the battle.

There are 378 ships on the Daming side, and 311 ships on the Allah Alliance side.

In this battle, the Ming Dynasty had zero casualties and zero sunk. On the side of the Alliance of Allah, 183 warships were sunk, 23 were captured, and the rest all fled.

This is a battle with a very exaggerated casualty ratio, and it is also a super record that has never been seen before or since.

Even this battle was called the most classic naval battle by the navy in the future.

Although everyone knows that it is a technological deviation between the two parties, it can't cover up the dazzling, desperate and crazy record of the Ming Navy.

(End of this chapter)