Chapter 200: The Battle at Sea (1)
The 1,000-material reconnaissance ship quickly entered the mouth of Naha Bay and entered Naha Bay, and in the sight of many people, the speed did not decrease, and it continued to move fast until it was close to the pier, and the ship slowed down and finally docked at the pier. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The boat did not seem to have come to a complete standstill, and several people disembarked from the ship, led by a naval lieutenant, who as soon as he got off the boat and stepped on the dock, immediately took the two men with him, almost trotting all the way, towards the barracks in the distance.
There must be a major military situation!
Many people were stunned for a while, and they had already guessed in their hearts that there must be a major military situation, otherwise, it would be impossible to be in such a hurry.
The sailors who saw this scene even said to the sailors next to them: "I'm sure there must be a major military situation, and it is estimated that the traces of Zheng Zhilong's fleet have been discovered." ”
Immediately, some sailors agreed: "It must be like this, otherwise, it is impossible to be so in a hurry, and if it is not done well, we will have a big war soon, soon." ”
"Zheng Zhilong, it's exciting to think about it, this time we must beat them down and let them know that we are the navy, we are a new navy, and we are no longer the kind of sailors we used to be."
“……”
Many sailors were in a heated discussion, and everyone was looking forward to a lively battle.
"What, I found the traces of Zheng Zhilong's fleet." Zhang Feng was slightly stunned, and then immediately became happy, this luck is not ordinarily good, in such a vast and boundless sea, his own reconnaissance ship actually discovered the other party.
After listening to the lieutenant's report, Zhang Feng said happily: "You guys are doing well, what's your name?" ”
Being able to find the other party's fleet is not just a matter of luck, there must be two brushes, so Zhang Feng asked the lieutenant's name.
The lieutenant was slightly excited, immediately stood upright, saluted a military salute, and said loudly: "Report to the commander-in-chief, my name is Wu Di, 'Wu' in the mouth of the sky, and 'Di' in enlightenment." ”
Zhang Feng laughed, "Wu Di, good name, in the future, you will be the captain of the Navy's maritime reconnaissance team, and all the reconnaissance ships in the Navy will be under your command in the future." ”
"Yes!"
Wu Di saluted a military salute, turned around with a standard, happily walked out of the command hall, and watched Wu Di leave, Zhang Feng said to Zhao Weibin and others: "Commander Zhao, the other party's fleet is coming, eighty or ninety ships, heading straight for our Naha military port, what are you going to do?" Tell us about your plans. ”
Zhao Weibin said: "Commander-in-chief, there is no doubt that the other party must have searched the sea for more than ten days without finding our ship, and then wanted to sneak attack the Naha military port, wanting to lure us into appearing." ”
Zhang Feng nodded and motioned for Zhao Weibin to continue.
There was a huge map of East Asia on the wall of the command hall, Zhao Weibin walked to this map, pointed to the map, and said, "Commander-in-chief, my plan is that we will concentrate the main force in this position and wait for the opponent's fleet to send it to the door." ”
The location Zhao Weibin was referring to was about forty or fifty nautical miles southeast of Naha Bay, which was the only way to come to Naha Military Port, and Zhao Weibin was ready to wait there for work.
Zhang Feng nodded, Zhao Weibin's thoughts were basically the same as Zhang Feng's thoughts, but Zhang Feng had a little different plans, Zhang Feng also walked to this huge map, drew a circle on the map with a pen, and delineated the place of the naval battle between the two sides.
This location, which is also the location that Zhao Weibin refers to, is located in the southeast of Naha Bay, about forty or fifty nautical miles from the Naha Military Port.
After drawing this circle, Zhang Feng drew three arrows on the map vigorously, and these three arrows pointed to the circle just now.
Zhang Feng said loudly, "We chose the battlefield here, the troops are divided into three routes, divided into three fleets, five ironclad ships attack from the front, and the rest of the warships are divided into two fleets, each fleet is exactly sixteen 3,000 warships, twelve 2,000 sea ships, and those 3,000 transport ships are temporarily staying in Naha Bay." ”
This is a naval battle, and if the 3,000 material transport ship is a supply ship, there is no need to participate in the war, and it will stay in Naha Bay in the rear.
After listening to Zhang Feng's tactics, everyone's eyes lit up, and Zhao Weibin even said: "Commander-in-chief, divide into three fleets and outflank them from three different directions, you plan to annihilate all the opponents in one fell swoop." ”
Zhang Feng nodded and said confidently: "Annihilation, only two or three ships are left for them to go back to report the news, and let Zheng Zhilong know that we are not easy to mess with." ”
Zhang Feng had a certain tactics, followed by detailed deployment, and the officers at or above the rank of major in the navy held a pre-war military meeting, and after half an hour, everyone boarded the ship and began, heading for the designated sea area.
The originally lively Naha Military Port and the noisy Naha Bay gradually quieted down, and only a few 3,000 transport ships docked next to the dock, and those warships were all dispatched.
The fleet went out of Naha Bay and divided into three, with five ironclad ships as the main force and attacking head-on, and the other two fleets, consisting of 3,000 warships and 2,000 warships, made a detour from the side.
Zhang Feng stood in the command room of the "Shanghai" ironclad ship, looked at the two 150-mm main guns on the bow deck, and thought in his heart, this is a front-loading gun, if the breech-loading gun is successfully developed, the ironclad ship will be replaced with a breech-loading cannon, and the combat power will be greatly improved.
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On the sea.
The fleet led by Piminghai is sailing in formation, so many ships, it is simply covering the sky, the most conspicuous of which is the flagship of Piminghai, with three layers of artillery deck, dozens of Franc machine guns, visually measuring the size of 3,000 materials, among so many warships, it is simply like standing out from the crowd, very conspicuous.
I heard that this sail battle ship was built with reference to the shipbuilding technology of Westerners, and it is a bit like Western sail battleships.
In the command room of the sail warship, Pi Minghai looked out at the sea outside through the window, looking in the direction of Naha Bay, and Pi Minghai asked, "Where are we and how long will it take to get to Naha Port?" ”
Someone immediately replied: "General, we are about fifty nautical miles southeast of Naha Port, and we will be able to reach Naha Port by evening, and we are now sailing at full speed." ”
"Hmm." Pi Minghai nodded, having been at sea for so long, Pi Minghai also wanted to arrive at the port earlier, preparing to rest for a few days in Naha Port, replenish, and wait for the arrival of Zhang Feng's fleet by the way.
Pi Minghai didn't know that Zhang Feng's fleet had already arrived.
On the "Shanghai" ironclad ship, Zhang Feng got a report and took Zhao Weibin and others to board the highest lookout post of the "Shanghai".
Zhang Feng said slowly: "Have you seen it, our opponent has come, good guy, there are more than eighty warships, and a few of them are big guys, which is not much smaller than our three thousand warships." ”
Zhao Weibin took the monoculars, looked at them for a minute, and then said: "Commander-in-chief, this will be the biggest naval battle since the establishment of our navy, and there is no one, and the opponent is full of eight or ninety ships!" ”
"Hmm." Zhang Feng nodded, and led everyone to get off the lookout post quickly, and the order was issued quickly, ready to fight!
The five ironclad ships were originally sailing in a zigzag shape, but now they began to form a tactical formation, and the formation was changed to a horizontal row, with the "Shanghai" ironclad ship in the middle, two ironclad ships on each side, and the distance between each ironclad ship was more than 100 meters.
"Ready!"
"Ready!"
Many naval officers shouted loudly, the sailors were in position, and all the guns were ready, especially the main guns on each ironclad ship, with thick barrels, pointing straight ahead.
At each firing position, the sailors held their breech-loading guns, aimed at their guns, and prepared to shoot, and the range of the rear-loading guns reached more than 300 meters, and the use of muskets could also hit the people on the opposing warship.
Pi Minghai finally discovered Zhang Feng's ironclad ship.
"General, look, there are five small black dots ahead, coming directly towards us, and that should be Zhang Feng's ship."
After receiving the report, Pi Minghai immediately looked at the sea in front of him, and sure enough, there were five ships, but the distance was relatively far, and he couldn't see it very clearly.
Undoubtedly, this is the symbol of Zhang Feng's ship, a steam-powered ship, unique in the world, only Zhang Feng has it.
"Haha, they only have five ships, this is looking for death!"
Many people saw that Zhang Feng only had five ships, and immediately laughed and was very happy, but only Pi Minghai seemed to think that this was unusual, and many years of experience told him that this was not simple and could not be taken lightly.
"Pass the order, prepare for battle, use wolf pack tactics!"
Pi Minghai did not dare to underestimate the enemy, for fear of capsizing in the gutter, for the sake of prudence, the common wolf pack tactics were adopted, this tactic, mainly aimed at the opponent's ships were relatively few, and their own ships in the case of absolute superiority in numbers, surrounded the opponent's ship with several warships, or even a dozen warships, and then fired guns together, and finally sank the opponent's ships.
In the past, Zheng Zhilong's warships used such tactics against the East India Company or Westerners several times, and they were tried and tested, and this time, Pi Minghai also ordered the use of such fighters.
Pi Minghai saw that the soldiers on each of his ships were busy, the artillery was ready, and his ships were full of sails and greeted them.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer.
The distance was closer, and at this moment, Pi Minghai saw clearly, the other party's ship was very strange, it had never been seen before, it was simply unheard of, it didn't seem to be a wooden warship, it seemed to be a big ship made of steel.
Thinking of steel, Pi Minghai immediately threw this absurd idea out of his mind, in Pi Minghai's opinion, the steel thing is dead and sinking, and if you build a ship with steel, the ship will not sink directly to the bottom of the sea.
Pi Minghai couldn't understand it, he didn't know what kind of ship these five ships were, but he saw that the cannons on each ship were aiming at his side, and Pi Minghai seemed to vaguely see the muzzles of the thick black holes of the cannons.
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Today's two watches, the second one is sent! (To be continued.) )