Chapter 732 can't just be left at that

Is that all there is to it? Of course not! grabbed a few live mouths and brought the flagship for interrogation, Li Heng and Zhang Guangde were happy. It's a good thing, Portugal and Spain are mixed in. I'm worried that I don't have an excuse to smoke these two, but it's good, and I took the initiative to send them up. The two discussed for a while, and Li Heng sighed: "It's definitely not appropriate to fight the British, it's better to pretend that you don't know what they're doing, after all, we have to cross the English Channel." The point is that this is not in line with the strategy of the grandfather. ”

Zhang Guangde also regretted that this matter was indeed not in line with Chen Xie's strategy. According to the previous strategic concept, support the Netherlands and ensure that the war in Europe continues. The Anglo-Dutch war lasted for twenty years, and in the final stage the French were involved, and it was too sorry for the bad relations between European countries to take advantage of it. Beating Britain now is tantamount to letting the Netherlands dominate the sea, and the Anglo-Dutch war is still a fart. Maybe there's no more! Now it's different, it just so happens that the three captives captured are all Spanish, and the excuse is ready-made. On the Portuguese side, it's the same whether you have an excuse or no excuse to hit him, the key is to see which target to hit.

Fleet Commander Li Heng and Chief of Staff Zhang Guangde opened the chart, called Knight to discuss together, and after looking at it for a while, Knight was sure that this place was not far from the hero, and it would be a night away at most.

Li Heng slapped the table: "That's it, you can't just be so cheap for the Portuguese." How dare you beat our minds! "Of course Knight doesn't have any opinions, the Netherlands and Portugal? Grape is also an old opponent, fighting from South America to India, and from India to the South Seas. It is troublesome for ships at sea to catch up, and there is no problem at all in hitting the port. Don't mention the fortress, if the thing is out of range, the cannon and the turret are live targets.

In fact, these two also have a sinister intention, that is, Herosa Harbor is rich enough to grab a good one.

This matter is settled. The staff officer came to report with the results of the battle, and the battle was fought for four hours, and the actual results were indeed brilliant on the side of the Ming fleet. The attack sank thirty-six enemy ships, killed countless enemies, and captured no ships. All of their casualties were on the side of the detachment, and three people were killed. Eleven people were slightly injured. These casualties were all caused by the combined fleet's shotguns, and although they were fired at a relatively long distance, it was normal for bad luck to hit people either dead or injured.

To sum up, the new artillery fire, in the future, the Ming Navy must be fully equipped with new artillery, this trip out in order to catch the monsoon, or a little anxious, not all the new artillery. What a painful lesson. In addition, the copper skin wrapped on the outside of the battleship once again played a huge role in actual combat, thanks to the rich copper resources in the South Seas. Otherwise, if you are Ming himself, a little copper is not enough to mint money, and it is specified that it cannot be wasted on the battleship.

If these two are crossing, they will definitely feel that this is a maritime replica of the Battle of Bali Bridge. It is all the result of the disconnection of weapons on the battlefield, which directly leads to the huge disparity in casualties.

Anglo-Heroísmo is not quiet here, a Portuguese clipper ship that has escaped from the battlefield. Brought depressing news. When Governor Colt was woken up in the middle of the night, he learned the bad news and scolded the British for his treachery. While giving the order to prepare for war, just in case. The ships anchored in the harbor did not receive much information, and those on the ships that escaped were charged to prevent leakage of news, and Colt also ordered more than 1,000 troops to be dispatched. Control the entire port, requiring the personnel on board the ships in the port to be put into combat readiness. In the wee hours of the morning, the entire harbor was littered with torches, constantly driving the people on board ashore and dismantling the ship's large-caliber naval guns. Erected on the shore and waiting for a possible enemy.

Colt was just in case, and actually didn't want the Ming fleet to come over at all. But hope for this thing is often accompanied by greater disappointment. At the time of the Mandate of Heaven, the fleet of the Ming Dynasty appeared on the sea, and the lookout soldiers on the top of the church rang the bell to tell the emergency. When the bell rang, the beating was extremely rapid, and the people who had been busy for half the night and had not rested had to fight hard at this time and prepare to fight. Colt is still very confident in the incoming enemy, after all, in this era, hitting a fortress with a fleet is like hitting a stone with an egg. It is a taboo move for soldiers, so when they saw the attacking Ming fleet, the people on the island felt very relaxed. Not to mention the batteries near the port, there were no less than a hundred cannons over 24 pounds that were dismantled in the second half of the night.

"How did these barbarians from the ancient empires of the East defeat the mixed fleet at sea?" Colt looked at the approaching fleet on the sea in bewilderment, and felt that it was a shame to lose to these people.

Today is another good day, the wind is calm, the sky is cloudless, and the visibility on the sea is very good. In this regard, Li Heng and other commanders felt that the luck of the Ming fleet was really incurable. It is said that the winter climate in the Atlantic Ocean is strange, especially the English Channel, and after entering the winter until the summer, there are few good days in the entire Strait and the United Kingdom.

The fortresses of San Sebastian and San Juan Bautista are the main defensive forces of Anshato-Santo, located in the Azores, a volcanic island surrounded by mountains, which protects the ships in the bay and effectively defends against attacks from outside.

Knight looked even more excited than the two Navy leaders, holding a sixty-fold copycat version of the military telescope, and could clearly see the heads of people moving on the fortress. "Look, that's the St. Sebastian Fortress, with its fortified batteries."

"Hmm!" Li Heng's head also hurt a little at this time, this is a fortress, even if there is a cannon bombardment, it will be difficult to bring too much damage to these strong forts, right? Zhang Guangde also thought of this problem, this kind of tall fortress, you can see that it is not easy to get it, I am afraid that the 105 caliber cannon will not be effective. And the shells brought are also limited, and one shot is one less.

"How many shells did we bring with us? Big! Li Heng was crooked and asked. Zhang Guangde was familiar with it, and immediately replied: "Each gun carries three bases, and there is also a base number of spare ammunition on the supply ship." In yesterday's battle, the average consumption of each cannon was half a base, which means that each gun had a maximum of three and a half base shells. "The ammunition base of the new guns is sixty, and according to this base, there are about 210 shells for each gun. This is thanks to the reduction in the number of new cannons, which freed up space for more ammunition and supplies.

"In that case, let the main fleet rush forward and release the hot air balloon for calibration." Li Heng still decided to fight, the military order is like a mountain, no matter how much he doesn't want to fight, there is nothing to say at this time. However, when the morale of the Ming Navy was bursting, I really didn't take this fortress seriously. Back then, Batavia was beaten with solid bullets, not to mention now.

Li Heng and Zhang Guangde still thought too much, they were judging other people's fortresses according to the fortresses of Xinghai City. The fortress in Xinghai City is made of reinforced concrete and thick boulders, and the cannon bombarded it, and the effect was really not good. And the battery is not yet open-air, it has a roof on it. Like the forts here, they are all open sky, and the cannons are covered with something to protect them from the rain.

When the hot air balloon rises from the sea, the people on the fortress are terrified to see it, but it can still fly? What is this? Hot air balloons in the modern sense only appeared in the eighteenth century, and the hot air balloons released on the flagship are not lethal, but there is no lack of deterrent effect.

"Have you forsaken your people, O God?" Colt kept paddling his crosses, and his monoculars watched as the hot air balloons continued to soar higher and higher, closing in on the sky near the fortress, and the fleet on the sea was also approaching.

With a bang, a shell took off from the battleship and landed in an open space near the fortress, a dozen meters away from the fortress. Li Heng looked at it and wanted to scold his mother, and said crookedly: "These Qiu Ba don't read much, they just don't know how many shells they wasted yesterday." ”

Zhang Guangde's face was gloomy, after all, naval education is still relatively systematic, and it is all grasped by the Navy General Staff. The key is that the staff officers had great power before the war, and whether or not to fight had to be signed by the staff officers. It was only when the fight began that the status of the staff officers declined.

"Well, let's see what the calibration looks like." Zhang Guangde replied, looked at Li Heng, and found that this guy was not aimed at him, but nervously holding the binoculars, and felt much more comfortable. Five minutes later, the balloon was calibrated, and after the flag was sent back, the second shot was immediately much more accurate, and landed directly on the high wall. There was a violent explosion, and the place where the smoke rose could be seen clearly, and this time Li Heng was happy: "It's okay, just fight like this." ”

After recalibration, the third test shot hit the building above the fortress directly, exploding just seven or eight meters near one shell. At this time, there is not much of a problem, and the next thing is naturally covered by artillery fire. The arrogant Ming fleet, relying on the long range of artillery fire, directly anchored at sea, and began to bombard the fortress violently with 105 cannons.

Forty cannons opened fire one after another, and the entire fortress and the surrounding area were soon shrouded in flames. This is not a solid bullet, the continuous explosion of shells, the people near the explosion point are either dead or injured, and the head here is not loaded with black fire and medicine.

The Portuguese, who had never faced such a battle before, suffered a big loss, and this thing would explode. The fortress is full of people, constantly hitting the target, constantly triggering the explosion of fire and medicine barrels, but half an hour of shelling, half a base of shells will be finished, at this time the fortress was directly killed countless people, lying on the ground and being shocked by more internal injuries, in short, as long as it is near the explosion point, there are few people who are alive. Either they are dead or they are dying. (To be continued......) R1292