Chapter 177 - The Battleship's Performance
After all the things in the medical university are on the right track, the time has already reached November, and the New Year is coming up in another month!
Under Zhang Yun's repeated urging, Zheng Qiushan finally sorted out the navy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The most important thing is to finally get a thorough understanding of the Sea Power, simply put, the Sea Power already has a certain combat effectiveness.
But according to common sense, it is better to let the sailors and artillerymen continue to train for a while.
But at this time, Zhang Yun couldn't wait any longer, Taiwan was out of his control, and a year had passed!
Who knows what has developed in that area?
Although Lu Yongwang has to send telegrams every once in a while to report his safety, just a few words of telegram cannot report all the current situation in Taiwan.
Therefore, Zhang Yun was anxious, and with the nail of the Anglo-American combined fleet, if they didn't pull it out, they would keep transfusing blood to the Manchu court......
And the ultimate consequences of this are indeed borne by yourself!
Besides, the Manchu court, after losing the big tax opening in the south, what capital did they have to trade with the Anglo-American combined fleet?
It must be to take those treasures left by the Chinese nation to please their foreign fathers!
According to intelligence, the Manchu court has purchased hundreds of thousands of rifles with the British and American combined fleets, such a huge arms deal, I don't know how many Chinese national interests the descendants of those wild boar skins have betrayed?
As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Yun's lips foamed in a hurry, in Zhang Yun's eyes, everything in the Forbidden City, including the descendants of those wild boar skins, had been scavenged for the people's fat and people's ointment! It's all their own stuff, and now they're ruining it like this!
In this heart, Zhang Yun hated the-stirring stick of the British and American Combined Fleet even more!
Therefore, although Zheng Qiushan was very helpless in his heart, he still had to sail out to sea, and at the same time sent many small boats to search for the main force of the British and American combined fleets on the vast South China Sea.
Zheng Qiushan decided that since Zhang Yun must fight, it is better to drive, the Haiquan, a steel battleship with a full load displacement of more than 40,000 tons, to fight with them!
Because Zheng Qiushan felt that, first of all, if some of their small fleets were destroyed, it would be meaningless, and they might even startle the snakes and scare them all away.
At that time, where will you take the credit for your own work?
Thinking of this, Zheng Qiushan couldn't help but touch a gold star on the epaulette again, if he didn't pull out the stalk of the British and American Combined Fleet from Zhang Yun's heart at one time......
So when will you be able to put an extra star on your epaulette?
Looking at the vast and boundless ocean in front of him, Zheng Qiushan's heart suddenly rose with pride at this moment!
When a man is alive, he should fight hard, not to mention that he is already in an invincible position, the steel battleship under his feet is floating in place, and those British and American battleships should not be able to gnaw on themselves, not to mention that they still have cannons.
Thinking of this, Zheng Qiushan glanced back again, the barrel of the cannon that was almost as thick as his waist, and remembered the power of the cannonball fired during training, Zheng Qiushan smiled proudly again.
"Commander, Commander......"
Just when Zheng Qiushan was proud, the telegraph operator suddenly screamed, ran over, and handed a telegram to Zheng Qiushan's hand.
Zheng Qiushan shook it open and immediately turned the fleet to ...... It turned out that as soon as the fleet of the Patriotic Army left the port, the Anglo-American combined fleet had already received the information, after all, this country has never lacked traitors and traitors from ancient times to the present!
So at this moment, the British and American combined fleet, while gathering all the scattered ships, is rushing towards the sea in the direction of Sanya, wanting to give Zheng Qiushan a good look.
At this time, Zheng Qiushan asked the fleet to turn to avoid them first, not because he was afraid, but because he wanted them to gather all the scattered ships and then have a decisive battle with them in the past, so as to save the fish with the net and run away!
Three days later, on the sea about four or five hundred kilometers away from Sanya, Zheng Qiushan finally stopped escaping and encountered the Anglo-American combined fleet on the opposite side!
The two sides immediately began to arrange their troops, and Zheng Qiushan hurriedly used all the naval formation methods that Zhang Yun handed over to him......
The Anglo-American combined fleet on the opposite side was also in a panic, but fortunately, their fleet was more than three times that of the Patriotic Army, with fifty or sixty sail-type wooden warships.
Therefore, in terms of quantity, Tony, the commander of the Anglo-American Combined Fleet, was not very afraid, but what made him feel a little confused was that the battleship that looked like steel on the opposite side made him a little puzzled!
After all, steel battleships are not popular in this era, and no one believes that steel will float when it reaches the water, not to mention that the steel battleships on the opposite side have no sails......
However, time was running out for Tony to continue thinking about it, as the distance between the two sides soon exceeded five kilometers.
That is to say, the two sides have already entered the firing range, but at this firing range, no one will fire indiscriminately, after all, although the front-loading artillery can hit so far, it is not accurate, let alone powerful!
So the two sides continued to get closer, and all the sailors on both sides were shouting, constantly adjusting their sails, trying to get closer to each other......
It's getting closer...... Finally, when the distance between the two sides broke through to two kilometers, Tony was about to let the fleet start a battle formation, wanting to rely on three times more ships than the opposite side, surround the opposite side, and save the other side from escaping after defeat!
But at this time, to Tony's surprise, the opposite battleship actually fired first, although the steel battleship still did not show any force, but at such a close distance, coupled with the power of the artillery on the opposite side seemed to be a little surprising, so the combined fleet suddenly became chaotic.
After a few rounds of firing from the opposite side, Tony watched his fleet sink quickly because of the close distance, and four or five battleships ......
Although the cannon on the opposite side was surprisingly powerful, this was not what surprised Tony the most, and what was even more surprising was that in the monoculars, the barrel of the gun on the opposite steel battleship seemed to be terrifyingly large!
However, fortunately, those big scary artillery, as if they were just decorations, may only be used to scare themselves, and they will not be fired at all.
Just as Tony was comforting himself with this comforting method, the distance between the fleets of the two sides, with the efforts of the sailors on both sides, had finally sailed within a kilometer, and each other didn't even need binoculars anymore!
At this time, following Tony's order, the remaining fifty or so battleships of the British and American combined fleet finally surrounded the opposite side, and Tony finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this......
Knowing that at this time, I don't know how many shells the battleship Haiquan has received, and Zheng Qiushan's order can be fired.
All the solid shells fired by the guns of the Anglo-American Combined Fleet on the opposite side finally showed a hideous smile to the gunners and sailors on the Sea Power who were upset!
Since the shooting Zhuyuan had already been set, and now the distance between the two sides was close to about a kilometer, and there was no longer even much need to aim, so it was quickly ......
"Boom ......"
A series of twelve, earth-shattering loud noises, just like that, suddenly sounded, and after a salvo, all the gunners were nervously reloading.
At this time, Zheng Qiushan hid in the command room, waiting for the smoke to dissipate, and carefully observed the situation in all directions with a telescope!
The result was the result of this round of salvo fire on the Sea Power, which made Zheng Qiushan nod slightly, because this time, he put the arrogant British and American combined fleet on the opposite side into about a kilometer before firing the cannon.
So it was also a very good result, just now, the opponent lost eight warships, and the nearby sea was full of battleship debris!
After all, being hit by a 380 mm caliber naval gun is a devastating blow for these wooden-hulled battleships!
A few minutes later, the smoke of gunpowder had not completely dissipated, and the twelve main guns, which were reloaded, saw this, and hurriedly ordered the second round of salvo fire......
Tony, who was stunned by the loud noise just now, was awakened by the loud sound of the second salvo of the Sea Power, and at this time, he hurriedly ordered the fleet to move closer to him and prepare to retreat!
After all, the steel battleship in front of him was so huge and indestructible, just now my own ship, I don't know how many solid cannonballs were fired at a huge steel battleship, but the result was like a stone in the sea, and no results were achieved at all.
The most terrifying thing is that the twelve huge cannon barrels on the opposite side, which I originally thought were decorations, were found to be the main guns at this time?
And this power is so amazing, no matter what kind of own wooden-hulled battleship it is, as long as it hits one shot, it will sink on the spot, and there will be no second consequence.
Even Tony saw that he had a woodcut battleship, which was directly hit in the center of the ship by the opponent's main gun, but the entire battleship was blown into powder......
The power of this giant cannon on the other side, like the devil, can't resist at all, although it is close, as long as you work harder, you may be able to rush up and fight with others.
But Tony knows very well what kind of people his subordinates are, to put it bluntly, they are a bunch of ruffians, and when they fight with the wind, they are all extremely brave, like lions!
However, the first two rounds of shelling may not only have scared me, but the group of ruffians and hooligans under my command still don't know what they have been scared of, and if they don't retreat, anything is possible.
When Tony ordered his men to play the flag, there was a scene that made him collapse!
All the Anglo-American Combined Fleet battleships were almost frightened by the steel battleships on the opposite side, so no one approached Tony at all, but began to retreat on their own.
In this case, Tony was half angry, but there was no way, since there was no substitute for the ghost, then everyone would ask for more blessings!
As soon as one person on the battlefield starts to flee, it will cause a chain reaction in an instant, and this is the case with the combined Anglo-American fleet at this time......
When a few of the battleships began to escape, all the others began to pull the sails desperately, trying to make their battleships run faster, but unfortunately, there was no ocean current in the nearby sea, because this was the battlefield that Zheng Qiushan had chosen!
Therefore, all kinds of external conditions that are conducive to sail warships have been avoided by Zheng Qiushan!
At this time, seeing that the other party was about to flee, and it was fleeing in all directions, Zheng Qiushan hurriedly ordered all the ships to chase after him......
At the same time, he let the Haiquan, which had been pressing its own speed, move forward at full speed, and the Haiquan, which had been pressurizing the boiler, had reached a speed of nearly thirty knots after only a few minutes.
And the sail warships on the whole scene, even including the sail warships belonging to the Patriotic Army, can only run at a speed of four or five knots at the fastest.
As a result, in the entire South China Sea, it was time for the performance of the Sea Power, and the speed difference was five or six times, so that the British and American combined fleets had no possibility of escaping at all.
Besides, when Zheng Qiushan chose this battlefield, he also avoided the islands that might exist nearby, so there was an ocean in all directions......
In this chase battle, from morning to dark, the Sea Power almost searched the nearby sea area, and Zheng Qiushan checked again, the number of ships of the British and American combined fleet at the beginning of the war.
After gathering all the fleets, Zheng Qiushan proofread it again, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, because the combined fleet of Britain and the United States was annihilated by its own formation!
At night, Zheng Qiushan stood on the deck where the crew had been cleaned, and found that it had not suffered any substantial damage except for being pitted by solid shells.
This war ended in a complete victory, and except for a few wooden-hulled warships, which were irreversibly damaged, they did not pay any other big price, which is perfect!
"Report ......"
The telegraph operator's shouting rang out again, and at the same time, he hurried to Zheng Qiushan's side and handed a telegram to Zheng Qiushan.
After reading it, Zheng Qiushan shook his head slightly, Hou Ye was really too careful......
It turned out that after the war was roughly over just now, in order to prevent Zheng Qiushan, who was worried about Zhang Yun, hurriedly sent a telegram to report the good news.
At this time, Zhang Yun's reply made Zheng Qiushan a little speechless for a while, and it turned out that on this telegram, Zhang Yun ordered again......
The fleet should continue to search for a few days near the area of engagement to make sure that there is no living space on the surface of the sea before allowing it to return!
understood Zhang Yun's idea that he didn't want this steel battleship to be leaked, but Zheng Qiushan looked around the battlefield, and the closest land and islands from here were more than two hundred kilometers.
Coupled with the combined Anglo-American fleet, all the ships have been sunk, and they were cleared by their own guns at the same time as the captain!
In this case, even if there is a fish that has slipped through the net, can he still float 200 kilometers to find land with a piece of wood in his arms while seriously injured?
If he really found the land, it was unless he was the illegitimate son of the gods......
However, although Zheng Qiushan didn't understand, Zhang Yun's order still needed to be executed, there were so many pairs of eyes watching, if he didn't do it, I was afraid that a catastrophe would not be far away!
After all, Zheng Qiushan still knew something about Zhang Yun's character, so Zheng Qiushan hurriedly ordered: Except for a few seriously injured ships that can return to the sea, the other ships must stay in place and continue to search for three days to ensure that nothing goes wrong and no fish slips through the net.