One of the guns of the New Spain, with its three-story gun compartment, was aimed at the two oncoming ironclads in front of it.

Boom, boom, boom.

The first to fire a salvo were twelve sixty-four-pounder guns.

Along with the New Spain, there were three other battleships of the first rank.

The salvo of four first-class battleships, a total of forty-eight sixty-four-pounder guns, sent out shells like raindrops and flew towards the Ming ironclad ships.

On the sail battleships of the fleet of New Spain.

The Spanish sailors burst into loud cheers.

On the battlefield of the current naval warfare, the emphasis is on a preemptive strike.

Get in a good position and unleash a powerful salvo first!

So many sixty-four-pounder guns fired together, although they were all solid shells, but it was enough to inflict enough damage on those two strange ships.

The power of the sixty-four-pounder cannon is impossible for anything to stop!!

Forty-eight solid projectiles flew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

About a third of them smashed against the steel armor of the forward bow with a clanging sound.

At the same time, about a dozen small black white dots appeared on the bow steel armor.

It's a cannonball that knocks off the anti-rust paint.

The shell that hit the steel armor of the inclined bow flew into the air after refraction and lost kinetic energy and fell into the water.

I didn't even make much splash!

Zheng Xiaoyi, who saw this scene, breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the bulletproof test of solid bullets was also done when the fixed distance level was finalized.

It proves that the Dingyuan level with steel armor has enough defense to withstand the bombardment of the old smoothbore cannon.

However, this is still the first actual combat of the Dingyuan level.

So after seeing that he had successfully blocked the bombardment of the opponent's most powerful and farthest sixty-four-pounder gun, Zheng Xiaoyi had a smile on his face.

He lowered his binoculars.

Said to his deputy beside him: "The Spaniards are finished, they are simply antiques from the last era!" I even think that the General Staff of the Navy is too conservative, and with our current strength, it is more than enough to directly look for a place to establish a military port on the west coast of North America! ”

Zheng Xiaoyi is a naval officer with a professional background - that is, an officer who has studied at the Daming Naval Academy for three years.

And now most of the personnel of the General Staff of the Navy are 300 old brothers who received some "European-style" education in the military academies of Europe in those years.

They were somewhat afraid of offending the European countries in an all-round way - similar to Emperor Zhu.

However, most of the "localists" such as Zheng Xiaoyi and Cai Lian believe that there is no need to be afraid of these European countries at all.

Both in technology and in terms of national strength.

Da Ming is a crushing existence in the face of any European country. 、

Pioneering in North America was too conservative.

"If they were going to run away, where would they run?" Zheng Xiaoyi said in a low voice.

Depending on the currents and the direction of the wind, it's probably in the direction of Hawaii. His lieutenant said.

"Hawaii" Zheng Xiaoyi nodded slightly, "Is it possible for us to pursue Hawaii?"

"Lieutenant Colonel, the military department did not give us instructions to go to Hawaii. And the range of the ironclad is not so far"

"The order given to us by the military department is to destroy the fleet of the Spaniards, and the scope of the battle has not been demarcated. And we also have a dozen hybrid ships, in addition . It is possible to tow an ironclad to Hawaii. ”

"This"

The deputy looked at Zheng Xiaoyi and didn't speak.

Recently, there have been some more radical voices within the Navy.

For example, the destruction of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the inclusion of Hawaii in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

And so it goes.

Hawaii can really be used as a springboard to the North American continent, and can also be used as a transit point for Ming immigrants to the North American continent. 、

The reason why these voices are so radical is that they appear.

This is because most of the recent wars in the Ming Dynasty have been on land.

On the army side, there are already quite a few marquis generals.

And the naval side .

Don't talk about the marquis.

There are not even a few generals.

In the Generalissimo's Palace, it is basically a hall of words for the army.

Even if the Ming Navy now has dozens of ironclad ships, it can be called the most powerful naval force in the world today.

But in terms of their various tasks, it seems that they are essentially a fleet subordinate to the army.

And on the other hand.

Those admirals who carried the stars on their shoulders were also conservative one by one.

Even the Hawaiian kingdom didn't dare to do it, and they had to talk about leasing a port.

The army has already reached the Western Regions and crushed the main force sent by the Russian army to the east.

The Navy can't even let out a fart right now.

Many young naval officers were very disappointed by this.

Even many people privately angrily denounced these admirals for failing the emperor's grace!

"Summons fire! Let's take down their four first-class battleships! ”

Zheng Xiaoyi suppressed the idea of going to Hawaii to make miraculous achievements, and ordered loudly.

The other side.

The commander of the fleet of New Spain, Malosca, was the first to realize their defeat.

Sixty-four-pounder guns fired solid bullets could not defend the bow of the ship.

That's a.

Now the distance between the two sides is less than three hundred yards.

The enemy's bombardment was enough to kill the New Spain!

Right now.

In the bow of the Songjiang, eighteen four-inch guns were fired.

Boom Boom!

Although there were only eighteen guns.

But this is a rifled gun, and the accuracy and speed are not comparable to the old smoothbore guns.

Four-inch shells swirled out of the muzzle and crossed a wonderful parabola in the air.

Accurately landed on the deck of the New Spain, and the spinning shells easily tore through the planks of the deck and burrowed into the cabin of the New Spain.

'O God! Hit..'

"It's over."

Both Maloska and Valeriano closed their eyes in agony.

They all know that the bombardment artillery equipped by the Chinese is yellow powder, and the explosion is extremely powerful.

And

Even if it's black powder, an explosion in the cabin is enough to hit any sail battleship!

Thundered!

Huge explosions rang out one after another.

Almost at the same time.

Maloska only felt like she was flying in the sky, and she had fallen heavily into the sea.

He struggled to climb out of the water and saw images that he will never forget.

The battleship of the New Spain, with a full load displacement of nearly 3,000 tons, had been blown in two.

The bow section was already pouring and sinking.

The stern of the ship is tilted upwards at the broken end because the center of gravity is backward.

It hasn't sunk to the bottom of the sea yet

But the New Spain is finished.

"Lieutenant General! Get out of here! ”

One of the surviving Spanish sailors swam to Marosca's side.

Maloska glanced at the New Spain, which was completely finished.

With a sigh, he headed for a light fast ship in front of him.

If they still have a chance to leave, then this kind of faster light ship may have some chance.

(End of chapter)