Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 197 Invincible heavy cavalry on the sea!

Chapter 190 Seven, Invincible Heavy Cavalry on the Sea!
"coming!"

The distance of hundreds of miles is nothing at all on the vast Indian Ocean.

Follow the two sides towards each other.

The battle fleets of the two sides have already appeared in their respective sights.

The British Vice Admiral Nelson, who was holding a telescope, quickly saw the Ming army fleet zigzagging southward on the sea through the telescope.

no more, no less.

Exactly 36 bombardment gunboats of three-masted schooners.

The capital ship of the Ming Dynasty Indian Ocean Fleet, all beards and tails, are all here!

"Sure enough, the whole army attacked! I have to say that these Chinese dared to attack with 36 gunboats. These guys are really brave."

The horizon of Nelson's telescope locked on the 36 bombardment gunships of the Ming Indian Ocean Fleet in the distance.

"They turned around, and it seems that they want to take us around in circles to gain the upper hand and T-head!"

Collingwood said.

"But it's useless, we can find opportunities to launch rockets during the pursuit!!"

"Their ships are very fast, so we still need to be vigilant enough not to let them find a salvo!"

"If nothing else, this is the main battleship of the Chinese. It is a brand-new ship type that combines the advantages of Eastern and Western sailing ships. The biggest feature is their huge longitudinal sails. You can hardly say that this kind of sails are hard Sail or soft rice, maybe the advantages of both sail shapes are both, whether it is downwind or headwind, it has good seaworthiness and speed, there are double-layer gun bays, and the bottom gun bay should be 32 types of 24 pounds The gun may have a slightly larger caliber, and the upper gun compartment is equipped with eighteen [-]-pound guns. According to the information obtained from the Ming and Qing battlefields, the Ming army now has a technology of steel-shell rifled guns, and the range of the guns is extremely high. Potentially over [-] yards!" said Collingwood.

"[-] yards, or a rifled gun, such a technical difficulty is very high!" Nelson said, frowning.

"Maybe it's a barrel drilled by a drill press powered by a steam engine." Collingwood said, "But that's all. Their artillery has the advantage of range, but the accuracy at such a long distance is actually limited. Like that."

"So although their artillery has a longer range and greater power, it is actually not much different from the fragile defense of the sailing battleship when facing bombardment shells, isn't it?"

"That's right!" Collingwood said, "So our strategy later should be to keep gaining the upper hand, and then use our fleet's advantage in the wind direction to keep a distance, so that our rockets have a chance to fall to their fleet along the wind direction. Go, but the rockets are not accurate enough, so if they want to destroy all their main gunboats, it will take a whole day, maybe even longer!"

Just as the two commanders of the British Eastern Intervention Fleet were speaking.

Dangdangdang!

The hasty bell rang.

'what's the situation? '

The vision of the two's telescopes quickly locked on to twelve strange-looking ships appearing on the horizon in the distance.

Occasionally, a trace of metallic luster flashed across the black hull.

The side of the ship presents a slope that is wide at the bottom and narrow at the top.

There are huge turrets on the deck, two huge cylindrical chimneys, one of which is billowing thick smoke.

'What's this?Why no sails? '

"The Chinese's secret weapon?"

Nelson and Collingwood were obviously taken aback.

A little uneasiness flashed through my heart.

The relaxed look on his face has also disappeared.

"They came prepared! Just waiting to attack us here!"

Collingwood said with a solemn expression.

"This is a major intelligence error!"

Nelson took a deep breath: "It's no big deal, we also have a secret weapon! Now we meet on a narrow road, and there is no retreat!"

His face became extremely serious.

"Now hoist the flag of St. George!"

With Nelson's order.

A flag with a white background, a red St. George's cross painted in the middle, and a Union Jack flag in the upper left corner is slowly rising.

After the white flag was hoisted.

It means that the battle signal of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland has been sent.

on every battleship.

The flag of St. George, which symbolizes the signal of battle, was hoisted one after another.

Dangdang's rapid bells and the orders sent by the various flags hoisted on the Victory during the Eastern Intervention Fleet were quickly executed.

The entire fleet quickly transformed into a double row and a column, forming a standard battleship formation.

Commander Nelson's voice sounded in the command cabin of the battleship Victory.

"Subjects of the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, under the direction of God, under the banner of St. George, let us, in the name of God, establish civilized order in this fertile and savage land. Now is the time for battle. Already!"

"Those Chinese in the East are trying to overthrow the civilized order by force, they are trying to take away our God-given wealth and honor, and they are trying to incorporate into their wicked kingdom the Indian dominions bathed in the glory of the civilization of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ruling!"

"Therefore, in the name of the commander of the Eastern Fleet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, I order each of you to do your best in the upcoming battle. I promise that victory will belong to us, to the people of God! Every one of you Everyone will return to their homeland with glory and wealth!"

then.

Nelson drew his sword, pointed it skyward and shouted: "Long live the United Kingdom! Long live His Majesty King George!"

The people below also shouted: "Long live the United Kingdom! Long live His Majesty King George!"

"Report! The decoy fleet has completed its mission and is leaving with the wind to the southeast!"

"Report! The enemy has formed a double column and is approaching our ship!"

"The distance is ten miles! The speed is 7 knots, with a tailwind! There are a lot of them, including 53 large sailing battleships, and at least [-] light fast gunboats!"

almost at the same time.

The twelve Wei-class ironclad ships quietly staying on the calm sea have long been ready for battle.

The boiler was already burning hot, and the steam engine was already rumbling.

The battleship can be ejected at the highest speed at any time!

On the Weiyuan.

Zhu Wei stood in the command cabin, staring at the huge fleet ahead.

in quantity.

The twelve battleships are out of proportion to the enemy's more than 50 battleships and more than 80 light gunboats.

But Zhu Xi knew very well that in the current situation, if the opponent turned around and left now, he might still be able to get away with some ships.

But the opponent obviously didn't know how powerful the ironclad ship was, and was still approaching quickly.

The distance is getting closer.

to now.

It is impossible for the enemy ship to escape!
They can't escape the pursuit of the ironclad ship!

to win!
The most glorious victory in the history of the Ming Navy will be born under his command!
The weapons of the Wei-class ironclad ship are in addition to twelve 4-inch caliber main guns.

There is also a sharp triangular bow!

The purpose of the specially thickened iron armor on the bow is for impact!
Under high-speed impact.

No wooden ship can withstand the impact of an ironclad ship!
Therefore, the way for Wei-class ironclad ships to deal with the British fleet is very simple.

That is, twelve ironclad ships lined up in a row.

Rely on the advantages of speed, power, armor, and firepower.

Rush directly towards the enemy ship!

At a distance of only one mile close to the enemy ship, level the artillery and shoot directly!
With the power of a four-inch gun, it is enough to pierce through the plank of any battleship ahead and sink it!
Then rely on the advantage of mobility to draw a circle around a mile outside the opponent's fleet, and tilt the firepower around the enemy's fleet.

If you encounter an enemy ship that doesn't have long eyes and dares to stick to it for a side-to-side battle.

Either rely on the speed advantage to continue to increase the distance, or. Just use the ram to sink the enemy ship directly!
This tactic is vividly described by Zhu Daohua as "heavy armor and light cavalry" tactic.

The tortoise shell cavalry in heavy armor also has the advantages of mobility and firepower, so they torture you at a certain distance!

In short, with a strong armor.

The twelve Wei-class ironclad ships are invincible heavy cavalry on the sea.

It is equivalent to a super soldier wearing double-layer thick armor who can run and jump at a speed of [-] kilometers per hour, holding a twelve-stone strong bow, and every arrow can surely hit the enemy without armor at a distance of hundreds of steps.

Totally one-sided abuse!

This style of play.

It's not that he doesn't talk about martial arts.

But I don't know what Wude is at all.

Now the British Eastern Intervention Fleet is posing for a fleet decisive battle.

Obviously, they don't know how powerful Daming is at all.

thought here.

Zhu Xi shouted orders, and the orderly translated his orders into semaphore.

"In today's battle, our army will use the tactics of heavy armor and light cavalry, line up horizontally, stick to the enemy ship half a mile away, and bombard the enemy ship with artillery!"

"All ships are free to fire, and the enemy fleet must be wiped out in the shortest possible time!"

Following Zhu Xi's order.

The Great Tomorrow Sun Moon Flag was also flying high on all the warships.

Of the 36 Wei-class ironclad ships on the sea, [-] more have completed the task of luring the enemy. Now they are far behind the ironclad ships and are preparing to pick up cheap warships of the Ming army. Shocking cheers sounded.

"Long live my emperor! Long live Daming!!"

(End of this chapter)