Chapter 366: Under the Asymmetrical Naval Battle (Reward and Change)
This is the gap of the times, the crushing of science and technology!
The sailors of the Far East Combined Fleet were desperately loading and firing their guns, and every time the first-class battleship and the second-class battleship fired, dozens of guns were in the windows of the three or four rows of guns, emitting sound and light effects that flashed blinding flames...... It's so beautiful!
It's a pity that Mao didn't have a ......
The grenade that had been pinned on the high hopes was fired into the iron shell of the Zhenyuan, and it did nothing but blow up a white mark......
As for the grape eggs at close range, it was impossible, the rate of fire exploded the commander's Haggaeth rapid-fire cannon and machine guns in the Far East, turning any sail battleship that dared to approach into a wreck!
What's even worse is that the shipborne torpedo boat of the Zhenyuan has been released, and each torpedo can bombard a huge first-class or even special-class battleship into the sky!
In the real sense of the word, the commander of the Far Eastern Combined Fleet even saw a wooden-hulled ship hit by a torpedo, the entire hull was more than ten meters away from the water, and then completely fell apart and fell back into the water!
That scene was extremely sour......
Sailboats have no power of their own and cannot provide a steady speed output for any longer period of time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It is almost impossible for a sail ship to obtain a completely constant wind direction and speed in any period of more than 1 hour to maintain the established course and speed. Even if the wind can remain consistent for a long time, the sea will be stirred by the wind, the sea conditions will rise, and the sails will have to be adjusted accordingly, and the speed will change. Therefore, although the sail era does measure the speed, it is generally a very short period of speed, and it is rare to maintain the XX speed for several hours in a row, which is impossible... The speed and direction of the course must be adjusted according to the weather and sea conditions at any time. Therefore, until the 19th century, clippers measured the rapidity of the period, and there were two indicators, 1, the ultimate speed, 2, the maximum number of miles sailed per day. Therefore, the "speed" obtained according to 2 has historically indicated the average speed.
This caused an embarrassing fact for the Far East Combined Fleet, they were not as fast as the Zhenyuan, and they were not able to break through the firepower network of the Zhenyuan, the Zhenyuan's shells were terrifyingly powerful, and they were almost as far away from a cannon and a ship (main artillery shells), and the range was still fucking far!
It can be said that the situation of the Far East Combined Fleet at this time is no different from being slaughtered, it is impossible to fight and penetrate, and it is impossible to jump the gang at close range and kill and injure enemy sailors with grape eggs, and it is impossible to run and outrun the other party, so do you still need to fight?
In less than an hour of the engagement, the Far Eastern Combined Fleet sank dozens of large battleships!
As a result, the commander of the Far Eastern Combined Fleet had to give the order to retreat......
At this moment, the sail battleships of the Han Empire, which were watching the play in the rear, saw that the Far East Combined Fleet had lost its temper by the Zhenyuan ships, the formation was scattered, and many ships were busy escaping, and even collided with their own people!
When will you not be able to do so now?
The Zhenyuan didn't care about the small battleships that were crossed by itself, and went forward, aiming at those large live targets, and fired again with all its strength!
All the weapons on board don't have to stop, because the Zhenyuan is full of enemy ships on all sides!
Even the smallest caliber cannon can easily blast out big holes in the wooden hull ship, let alone touch the human body!
The blood of the white sailors completely stained this sea area red, and the explosion was a powerful high-explosive bomb, and every time it fell, it would send people and ships to heaven together, and the first-class battleships might be able to resist the next main gun, but those 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th class battleships were not so capable......
Especially the 3rd tier battleships, which occupy the majority, can't even carry the secondary guns of the Zhenyuan!
Like a masked knight, the Zhenyuan slowly crossed through the area with the most dense core of the Far Eastern Combined Fleet!
Everywhere it passed, there was only the wreckage of a burning ship, the white sailors struggling to survive in the water, and even the terrified surviving boats!
Subsequently, the sail battleships of the Han Empire that watched the drama were belatedly pressed up again!
The place that was ravaged by the Zhenyuan could not organize an effective battle line at all, how could it stop the neat and uniform Han Imperial Navy?
For the Far East Combined Fleet, the only good news is that these later warships of the Han Empire are no different from themselves, and there is only one ironclad ship with explosive attack power and anti-sky protection power......
However, it was such a ship that was on the verge of collapse to slaughter the Far Eastern Combined Fleet!
The wooden-hulled ship was too vulnerable under the fire of the Zhenyuan, even if the Far East Combined Fleet had received an order to retreat, how easy was it to change course from the state of charge?
In addition, the main sail warships of the Han Empire are biting the tail of the Far Eastern Combined Fleet, and it is even more difficult to retreat!
As for the Zhenyuan, with its stable and ultra-fast speed, it efficiently slaughtered the large battleships of the Far East Combined Fleet!
After three hours of naval battle, the commander of the Far Eastern Combined Fleet, along with all the special and first class battleships, sank to the bottom of the sea or became a burning torch!
Even the second-class battleships lost more than half!
Such a big result is due to the contribution of carrier-based torpedo boats!
Unlike large sail battleships, which require several cannons to completely sink them, torpedoes only need one hit, and no matter how big a sail wooden hull ship is, it will end up falling apart!
The commanders of the Far Eastern Combined Fleet have changed again and again, and their purpose is no longer to fight, but to keep the ships as much as possible!
There was a one-sided slaughter scene on the ocean, and the firepower and invincible armor of the Zhenyuan had completely frightened the Far East Combined Fleet, and even the courage to face the ordinary sail battleships of the Han Empire in the rear disappeared without a trace!
The slaughter continued, and with the steady speed of the Zhenyuan, the Far Eastern Combined Fleet could not escape at all!
In this way, the Zhenyuan happily chased the wooden-hulled battleships of the Far East Combined Fleet and slaughtered them, traveling all the way until it was completely dark, and then ended this unilateral slaughter!
After this battle, the Far East Combined Fleet was completely scattered and destroyed, and almost all of the special-class battleships, first-class battleships and even second-class battleships were sent to the bottom of the sea, and even the Han Empire captured many ships below the second rank!
It was all the surrender of the desperate white ships......
The navy of the Han Empire, which had won a great victory, was unforgiving, and in the next few months, it continued to pursue the scattered Far East Combined Fleet, and when the European bosses of the Anti-Han Alliance received the news of the defeat, the Far East Combined Fleet that finally survived was not one out of ten!
However, Zhao Dutian also discovered a fatal problem!