Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Deng Shichang led the Yoshino ship to the predetermined sea area, and soon arrived at the designated location. Immediately, a training bomb was fired at the simulated target position, which fell within the permitted radius.

The wr-11 tactical drone quickly photographed the location of the impact point, and transmitted the impact point, the speed of the Yoshino ship, and the expected speed of the target to the Beijing ship through the relay data link of the wr-30. The personnel used the pre-programmed program to calculate the angle that the artillery needs to adjust, and sent it back to the Yoshino ship. The Yoshino ship quickly adjusted the position of the artillery according to the newly obtained data, and the new shell hit the bull's-eye more accurately.

This exercise has come to a successful conclusion.

Drones seem to be very successful in calibrating naval artillery fire, but Lin Yuan suddenly thought of a problem: that is, it is now a warship. If there are many warships on our side in a naval battle, then there will be many ships on the battlefield. How to find out exactly which warship produced it among so many impact points seems to be not an easy task.

Moreover, during the naval battle, the battlefield situation changes rapidly, and it is very likely that the naval battle will fall into chaos at the beginning. In this way, it will be even more difficult to accurately indicate the target, Lin Yuan thought silently.

This problem was not resolved, and another problem jumped into my mind, that is, once the war with the British was started, it would be impossible to buy coal from the British. The coal used now is all bought from the UK.

At this moment, Li Kai found something from the photo. He pointed to a target and said, "Why is there another warship here?"

Lin Yuan asked, "What kind of warship is this?"

Li Kai said: "I don't know, and I'm not very familiar with warships of this era, but it seems that this warship is much smaller than the Hashidate ship, and it seems that this ship is still powered by sails."

Lin Yuan asked, "How far is this warship from us?"

Li Kai said, "It's no more than twenty nautical miles away from us."

Lin Yuan asked, "Only this one?"

Li Kai looked at the picture carefully again and said, "This ship seems to be chasing the one in front."

Lin Yuan nodded, and ordered the wr-11 drone to fly to the sea area where the warship was located, and at the same time ordered the Yoshino ship where Deng Shichang was located to move to the target sea area.

Soon the drone sent back a clearer image, a warship, impressively chasing a civilian ship!

Due to the relatively light wind on the sea surface, the speed of the two ships powered by sails is very slow. The Yoshino ship is moving towards the two ships at a speed of knots. After half an hour, it can be seen from the observation equipment of the Yoshino ship. There are two ships.

Standing on the bridge, Deng Shichang raised the telescope in his hand. When Deng Shichang got the telescope, he clearly felt that this telescope was different from the one he had used before. First of all, it was a telescope he had never seen before. Binoculars, the lenses seem to have a darkening film on them.

What he didn't know was that the film was not simple, and it would not appear until the century. Since the direct light would destroy the image presented in the telescope, in order to enhance the visual image, the lenses and prisms need to be coated with a layer of polarizing film, and military Telescopes typically have multi-layer coatings on all optical surfaces to optimize image quality.

Deng Shichang first observed the civilian ship without artillery, and saw that there was no sign of the national flag flying on the civilian ship, but those people with braids and shaved foreheads made him understand that this was a ship from the Qing Dynasty.The people on the ship were waving shovels and throwing the coal in the cabin into the sea. Deng Shichang understood that this was to reduce the weight of the ship itself as much as possible to increase the driving speed.

He looked at the warship with the artillery again. The first thing he saw were the ropes all over the ship. This is not surprising. A warship powered by sails needs a lot of ropes to fix its sails.In warships in the age of sail, the artillery is usually arranged on the side. This warship is aimed at the civilian ship in pursuit of the bow, so the warship did not fire when it was chasing, and the civilian ship escaped.

Could this ship be a pirate's ship?He thought, but he has never heard that the pirates here in the East China Sea can equip such advanced ships!He looked at the warship carefully again, and found that there were blond-haired foreigners and Asians with black eyes and black hair on it. Looking at the national flag on the warship, the main body was red and yellow. On the left, there is an intricate pattern!

Although he didn't know what the pattern on it meant, he recognized it from the shape, it was a Spanish warship!At this time, the Spanish Navy has long since lost the glory of the Armada. Where could this warship come from? It is impossible to come all the way from Spain just to chase a civilian ship!So Deng Shichang judged that this warship came from the Philippines!The Philippines at this time was a Spanish colony.

Deng Shichang sent the news back to the Beijing ship, and the Beijing ship immediately ordered to rescue the civilian ship.

The maneuverability of sail-powered warships is far from that of steam-powered warships. Soon, the Yoshino warship took a favorable position and first fired a training bomb as a warning. Hesitantly turned and fled.

The civilian ship followed the Yoshino ship back to the port. The captain was a thin middle-aged man. When he saw Deng Shichang, he almost knelt down and said, "I didn't expect to see our brothers from the Qing Dynasty here."

The fact that Deng Shichang traveled from Taiwan to Ryukyu was kept secret by the Qing court, and it was only said that "Deng Shichang died of a sudden illness." Lin Yuan had secretly ordered Zhang Hua in Beijing to transport Deng Shichang's family to Ryukyu.

So Deng Shichang did not reveal his real identity. The captain claimed to be surnamed Liu, with a single name of Hao, and then said: "We are a merchant ship from Taiwan, transporting coal. This Philippine ship always bullies us, not only our merchant ships, Even the fishing boats are not spared, robbing our goods, and sometimes killing our people! If we hadn’t met you today, we would have been in trouble!”

When Lin Yuan heard the word "coal", he couldn't help but feel moved, and said, "You guys can transport coal for us in the future, we will definitely not lose your wages, and we will also send warships to protect you!"

When Liu Hao heard this, he immediately patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, Mr. Benedict, we will transport coal for you in the future without charging any money! There is still some coal left in this ship, you can collect it first."

Lin Yuan considered that the fleet was indeed short of coal, so he was not polite, so he accepted the coal.

After this incident passed, Deng Shichang suggested to Lin Yuan: Our warships should no longer be called by the original Japanese names, we should rename them!

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Your idea is very good, I will leave this matter to you."

Lin Yuan suddenly remembered something, he immediately found Liu Hao and asked, "Apart from coal mines, do you have other minerals?"

Liu Hao was taken aback, and asked, "What are the other minerals?"

Lin Yuan thought for a while and asked, "Then are there any foreigners in your area who want to open mines near the mountain?"

Liu Hao thought for a while and said, "Don't tell me, there really is a place where foreigners have been operating for a long time!"