"I'm afraid it's difficult," said Tobul, "for the wooden warship is not strong, but it has more guns than the ironclad ship. A maximum of 20 guns for an ironclad ship is about 20 guns, but these wooden warships have a maximum of 300 guns. ”

"That's a problem. According to intelligence, the Kingdom of New Guinea sent eighty-three warships, including eight first-class combat ships, twenty-seven second-class combat ships, forty-one third-class combat ships, and seven small cruisers. ”

Fu Mingcheng looked at the information in his hand and said.

"According to the classification of New Guinea," said Tobul, "a warship of this class is a warship with three decks of 300 guns, a second-class battleship with two decks of 150 guns, a third-class battleship with 80 guns, and a cruiser with only 30 guns. Even if only half of the guns of the wooden warships are fired at us at a time, we will have to endure the attack of nearly 5,000 guns each time, and our shore defense guns are less than 300, how can this battle be fought? ”

Fu Mingcheng said: "The battle is not a simple mathematical calculation, we can't calculate it like this, you see that our cannons are all shells with new charges, the range and power are stronger than the other side, and our artillery is protected by thick cement steel cap forts, their artillery poses little threat to us, the most important point is that the waterway outside Moore Harbor is narrow, and his warships have no place to arrange, and the firepower will inevitably be greatly limited." ”

Thoble nodded in agreement: "That's true, but that's not what I'm worried about, I'm worried that we have too little artillery, and what if the other party sees that we can't do anything to blockade our port, and our goods can't be shipped to the city?" ”

Fu Mingcheng said: "I'm also worried about this, but the young master shouldn't sit idly by, if the Chinese leader sends a naval fleet, there will be no problem." ”

Tobul pointed to the channel and said, "You see, the channel here is too narrow, even if the young master sends a naval fleet here, it will not be able to carry out operations here, and the losses will inevitably increase greatly." If the young master's navy participates in the war, it will inevitably start from the outer islands of the Kingdom of New Guinea to fight island by island, and eat away at each other little by little, which will inevitably prolong the war, and we will not be able to break the siege for a while, and we must not let all the factories stop. ”

At this moment, an officer walked into the room and saluted, "My lord, there is a call from the Chinese leader. ”

Tobul took the telegram and read it from beginning to end, and he smiled and said, "Great, the young master has solved all our problems." ”

Fu Mingcheng was surprised: "Oh? What's the solution? ”

Thoble said: "The young master asked us to report the caliber of the coastal artillery, saying that he would equip us with incendiary bombs to deal with the wooden warships of the Kingdom of New Guinea." In addition, the young master said that the maritime trade has been suspended recently, and all the products produced will be put into those mysterious warehouses, and the young master will be responsible for transporting them. ”

Listening to Tobul's relay of the content of Fang Xiaoyu's letter, Fu Mingcheng smashed his left fist on his right palm and said excitedly: "This is great, we have no worries, even if it is blocked for a few years, there is no problem, but how does the young master transport the products from that warehouse?" ”

Thoble smiled and patted Fu Mingcheng's shoulder and said, "Brother Mingcheng, I am a few years older, and I have some things to talk to you about." Some places of the young master are indeed very mysterious, but we can't probe the secrets of the upper echelons as our subordinates, which is a very taboo thing. ”

Fu Mingcheng suddenly said: "Thank you brother for reminding me, I want to pay attention to these places." ”

Tobul said with a smile: "This is my previous experience, and it may not work here in the young master, speaking of which, the young master is really a rare good lord in ancient and modern times, he is so generous to his subordinates, and he does not control the decision-making of his subordinates, and he trusts the two of us even more, and he hands over such a large wild continent to us, and now he is the first time to solve problems for us." ”

Fu Mingcheng nodded sympathetically and said, "Following the young master is my greatest luck." ”

Abadis sat on the deck, watching the fleet slowly moving with a pang of irritability. This damn wild continent has such a narrow channel that its own large warships have to be cautious to pass through. It had been almost a full day and had not passed through this area, but three ships had already run into the water and had to stop for repairs.

As the commander of the Southern Fleet of the Kingdom of New Guinea, Abadis is not qualified, he is not from the navy, but relies on his sister is the princess to sit in this position, so he has always wanted to find a chance to prove his ability, this time the king just gave the order to attack the wild continent, he volunteered to grab this task, in order to be insured, he also took the entire southern fleet with him.

In Abadis's opinion, such a large fleet, attacking a small harbor without the protection of the fleet is simply a matter of handicap, and when he returns from victory, those words of contempt for him will automatically disappear.

A lookout reported to Abadis, who was thinking about it in a chair on the deck, "My lord, I see land. Abadis stood up, looking at the thick black line where the sky and the sea met, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the destination had finally arrived.

"Jingle bell, jingle bell." The alarm bell rang throughout Moore Harbor, and everyone began to prepare in an orderly manner. Everyone put everything that could be burned into the basement, and the unrelated personnel quickly evacuated inland, while the shore defense troops began to enter the gun emplacement, check the shells, and be ready to attack at any time.

Tobul stood in front of the lookout of the turret with a smile and said, "Brother Fu, you said that the young master gave us this, why is the shell of the trinitrate phenol charge so powerful." ”

Fu Mingcheng added with a smile: "It's trinitrophenol, it is said that this thing was invented by the young master, didn't you also see it when we tested it, not only can it cause a fire but also poisonous smoke, with this kind of sharp weapon, are you afraid that the New Guinea fleet will not be destroyed?" ”

Tobul said, "Yes, we will work closely together to defeat them." ”

Fu Mingcheng said: "The enemy is approaching, and I will also go to the infantry position to prepare." ”

Hearing that Fu Mingcheng was going to the infantry position, knowing that he was really going to prepare for the anti-landing operation, Tobul smiled and quipped: "Okay, you can go quickly." But I'm not going to show mercy, and maybe you won't be able to fight anymore. ”

Fu Mingcheng also smiled and said casually: "That's good, I'll just take the prisoners." ”

Seeing the approaching New Guinea fleet, the coastal defense artillerymen were excitedly wiping the shells and carefully checking the condition of the artillery, while some of the artillerymen began to install fuses on the shells and make the most final preparations.

The enemy fleet has already entered the range of the eight 330 mm coastal defense guns, which are modified from the main guns of the Lanting-class battleships, which are basically the largest caliber guns that the Chinese Consulate can come up with at present.

Seeing that the enemy was within range, Tobul immediately ordered one of his staff officers to shout to the enemy through the newly installed loudspeaker on the battery, ordering them to leave the range of Port Moore, otherwise it would be considered an act of aggression.

Hearing the shouts from the other side, Abadis was startled. For those who had never seen electrical equipment, he couldn't think of how the other party could make such a loud noise.

Seeing that Abadis was stunned and didn't react, the officer on the side reminded: "Commander, the other party shouted for us to stop and be examined, what should we do?" ”

Abadis slammed his fist on the table and said, "This group of guys who don't have warships dare to be so arrogant by relying on a small shore gun?" Order the patrol ships in front of you to lean over and attack, and test them first. "Abadis, although he is not a professional naval background, is not stupid, he still knows that he needs to test it first.

The three pilot patrol ships quickly approached the coastal battery, and then turned and aimed the side guns at the coastal battery, and a dense rain of bullets from forty-five small-caliber guns was fired at the coastal battery, and the first battle between the Chinese and the Kingdom of New Guinea began.

The equipment of the New Guinean navy is relatively old, and the warships are still equipped with front-loading guns, such as these small cruiser ships are only equipped with 24-pounder guns, which are not only less powerful but also use solid bullets. Seeing those small iron balls being bounced off by the cement bunker, Thoble shook his head: "The other party is weaker than I thought, and there is no suspense in this battle." ”

Seeing that the enemy was preemptively firing the artillery, Tobul ordered to return fire, but he did not use large-caliber artillery, but only ordered half of the shore guns of a caliber of less than 100 mm to return fire, and only ordinary shells could be used.

The coastal artillery group of Moore Harbor has been built since the beginning of the development of the Wild Continent, and since Fang Xiaoyu has always attached great importance to this, and the cement produced by the Wild Continent is also tilted in this direction, the fortifications here are built extremely strongly, and there are many of them.

Although more than half of the guns were large-caliber guns, there were also many small-caliber guns, at least 110 shore guns under 100 millimeters, which were not very powerful in Tobul's opinion, but the guns with a fast rate of fire were used against small boats, and under such dense firepower, the three patrol ships that were tentatively attacking were quickly sunk.

Seeing that the number of artillery on the opposite side was not as large as his own warship, Abadis was not angry but happy, he felt that victory was in sight, of course, he patronized to see the number of artillery of the other side, and did not realize that the range of the opponent's artillery was farther than his own naval guns. Believing that the other side had revealed all his strength, Abadis immediately ordered an attack on all fronts, and it was imperative to occupy Moore Harbor in the shortest possible time.

Seeing that the other party was pressed all the way, a smile appeared on the corner of Tobul's mouth. Seeing that the opposing fleet had all entered the firing range, Tobul ordered: "Use all incendiary bombs, order artillery of more than 300 mm caliber to attack the ships in the tail of the opposing fleet, and all other artillery can attack freely." ”